. The Street railway journal . rolley cars would be inoperation across the Williamsburg Bridge before long. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THEAMERICAN STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION A meeting of the executive committee of the American StreetRailway Association was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, NewYork, on Feb. 29 and March 1. There was a large attendance,the following members of the executive committee beingpresent: Messrs. Ely, Foster, Grant, Shaw, Penington,Hutchins, Rogers and Smith. One of the principal subjects discussed was, of course, thatof the next meeting place of the Association,
. The Street railway journal . rolley cars would be inoperation across the Williamsburg Bridge before long. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THEAMERICAN STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION A meeting of the executive committee of the American StreetRailway Association was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, NewYork, on Feb. 29 and March 1. There was a large attendance,the following members of the executive committee beingpresent: Messrs. Ely, Foster, Grant, Shaw, Penington,Hutchins, Rogers and Smith. One of the principal subjects discussed was, of course, thatof the next meeting place of the Association, which, at the lastmeeting, was left open, subject to appointment by the execu-tive committee. A number of cities were considered, and con-siderable progress was made in selecting a meeting place. Noabsolute decision was reached, however, at the meeting in NewYork. The decision of the committee in this respect and alsoas to the date of the meeting and the programme will be an-nounced in these pages as soon as it is made March 5, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 385 LONDON LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) One of the most novel schemes in the history of light railwayenterprise in England is proposed to be carried out in the Forestof Dean, namely, construction of a three-rail track of line, 12miles long, from Cinderford to Lydney on the Severn. The trackconstituting the middle and outer rails—a narrow-gage one—isto be used for passenger traffic and the two outside rails as abroad-gage line for mineral traffic. Owing to the high gradientsfrom Cinderford to the Severn, no motive power, it is estimatedby the engineers, will be needed to draw the trains, while it isproposed that the power necessary to make the return journeyto Cinderford be obtained by utilizing the force of the tides ofthe Severn for the generation of electricity. The scheme hasexcited a good deal of interest in the Forest of Dean, and at apublic meeting recently held it was decided to support it.
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