Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-16
rLEornlcAL CONTENTION.
An Interesting Exhibition to he Give
Wine Ii is In Progress

The committee of the Board of Trade
to arrange for the meeting of tho
National Association of Municipal
Electricians, which is to be held in
this city September 5th-9th next. held
a meeting on Thursday at the Clayton
House and discussed plans. Chairman
Jonathan w. Aydon gave an interesting
account of the meeting Of the executive
committee of the association held in
Boston. He said there would be large
attendance of delegates and many of
them will bring their wives and daugh-
tiers. G. W. Mcdonald of Ottawa,
Canada, who is vice president of the
association, said he was making every
endeavor to get the "a aldermen of
Ottawa to attend in body. Pyle's
Cycle Academy has been secured in
which to hold the electrical exhibit.
and out of the % booths, II have been
taken By exhibitors. 1t has only been
few days since the plan of the booths
was sent to New York, and Mr.. Aydon
feels greatly elated that so many of
them were taken in such a short time.
The electrical exhibition is an as
sured success. A quantity of old
electrical apparatus has been secured
and will be on exhibition to show the
rapid advancement made in electrical
appliances adapted to the several de-
partments OF municipal work. In a
short time committees will be appointed
to arrange for trips TO be given in
honor of the visitors. The following
taken from the Electrical Journal
shows what the electrical world thinks
of the coming convention:
Letters received from Jonathan w.
Aydon, president of the National AS
ISOLATION of Municipal Electricians,
Wilmington, Del, confirm the report
that the next meeting of this associa-
tion, TO be held in that city during the
week beginning September 4th next, is
an assured success. The Board of Trade
of Wilmington have appointed COM
mittee of five who will interest the
business men of Delaware who are ex-
pected to cooperate with the com
mittee and bring the city of Whining
ton to the front ON this occasion. Since
the meeting in Boston on January 2sth,
when the constitution and by laws
were revised, there has been large in
crease in membership in the associa-
ton, both active and associate, and at
the present time there are 40 cities in
the United States represented. Com
missioner Thomas W. Flood Of the wire
department of Boston I'd Capt. Will
liam Brophy have put tLeir shoulders
to the wheel and today the association
is the most prosperous of any associa-
tion of electricians in this country.
President Aydon has secured Pyle's
Cycle Academy of Wilmington for an
exhibition hall. The dimensions are
S6x53 with an annex of 22x44 feet.
Space in this hall is given free to those
who wish to exhibit their goods at this
convention, and space OF 25xs has
been set aside for the technical press.
The following well-known corporations
have secured space for exhibition pur-
poses: The Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
graph Co, New York; Montauk Multi.
phase Gable Co., New York; the
Okonite Co.. New York; Standard I'm
| foreground Gable Co., New York !;
Habirshaw Wire and Gables, New
York; Shelby Electric Co, incandescent
lamps, j, S. Wilson, Boston; F. NJ.
Ferrin, Municipal Gable, Boston !;
Frederick Pearce, Electrical Supplies,
New York; NJ. & |. Electrical Co, Il.
j. Smith, manager. New York; Ma
tional Conduit Cable Co., New York.
All these corporations appreciate the
fact that the members of this associa-
tion arc in a position TO assist them in
many ways in their respective cities.
Arrangements havo also been made to
have the finest exhibition of X-ray pic
lures and apparatus ever given in the
United States The Edison Cinemato-
graph Co. have promised to give an ex-
hibition during each evening of the
convention, showing their latest pic
lures of the battles of Santiago and
Manila in addition to other interesting
pictures. A lecture by one of the
brightest up-to-date electricians is also
being arranged for, as is also an illus
trated lecture on Cuba. The Munich
pal Electricians appreciate the fact
THAT convention and exhibition on
educational lines are what is required
at the present time, and their meetings
will be conducted on those. lines in the
future as they have been in the past.
The State of Delaware which was the
first to sign the Declarationof Independ-
ence which has made it possible for
the United States to become the power
they are today. As the Association of
Municipal Electricians increases in
number, the conventions will be called
to meet in larger cities; in fact, it has
today invitations from Boston, Pitts
burg, Chicago Omaha, st. Louis,
Kansas City and Ottawa, CAM, to
honor them with the meeting in 1900.
The Municipal League of the United
States, which is composed of mayors
and other city officials, appointed
committee of five at their meeting in
Indianapolis last November to visit
| Wilmington on this occasion.