Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-03
7. N. M'CARTER
LIKELY TO HEAD
TROLLEY ASST
President of P. S. Is Now First
Vice-President of Electric
Railway Men.

Officials and representatives OF the
Public Service Company will attend
the convention of the American Elec-
trie Railway Association, to be held
in Atlantic City next week. h con-
vention will last five days and 1t is
expected hat many difficulties h a
have been encountered In local street
| car affairs will be placed before the
| convention for discussion and sugges-
ton.
1t is probable that Thomas n. Nc
Carter, president of he Public Service
Corporation, will succeed to the presi-
dency of the national association. The
position Is now held by Arthur w.
Brady, who is head Of the big Union
I%nterurban Traction system of Indiana.
Mr.. MeCarter is first vice-president,
and it has been he custom of the con-
Vention to elect its presidents progress
aively."
Il is estimated. that no less than four
thousand electric railway officials will
attend the convention and discuss the
manifold phases Of the operation of
trolley cars. improvements in the
methods Of the roads and new ideas
in equipment and operation will be ad-
vanced, and such matters as THE Pre-
vention of Accidents and How the
Public Can Be Educated to Prevent
Them will be discussed.
Forty~six committees have been de-
voting their thought n time during
the past year in every branch of the
street car service, and a valuable
amount of attention wi be given to
the conclusions drawn by thece COM
m~ittees, the suggestions n recon-
mendations of which should bring
benefit and relief both to the companies
and the public as well.
To Discuss Many Subjects.
The subjects of mileage, transfers,
fares, timetables, franchises, signals,
doors, windows, airbrakes, platforms
and, in fact. everything will be taken
ue at length by well-known men who
have made a study of these subjects,
The convention will l. international
in it's scope, and representatives from
Canada and Mexico will also be pres
| ent. but the main interest OF the meet
ing will centre about tie discussions
Of the problems at home.
The convention will be addressed by
William G. McAdoo, who will speak or
the Manhattan and Hudson tunnels
Other men who will speak are James
G. Cannon, president of the Fourth
National Bank, New York; c. L
Henry, president of the Indianapolis
and Cincinnati Traction Company; AL
bion e. Lang, president of the Toledc
Railways and Light Company.
Twenty-Five years ago there were nc
electric railways or cars propelled by
electricity in the United States. There
are now 1880 electric railways, with
$4,000 cars running on 80, 900 miles OF
track, carrying ten billions of passen-
gers a year which is about six and q
half times the entire population of the
earth. The gross annual income from
these electric railways is s440, 000. 900
and their capitalization is about foul
billion; their employees number u
quarter of d million and the p~ay-rol.s
alnount to $3.50, 900, 900 a year.
Among those from this city who will
attend the convention are Thomas N,
McCarter, John l.. O'Toole, publicity
manager; M. w. Bolen. superintendent
of transportation; Comptroller S. P
Young, Auditor M. r. Boylan, Assist
ant Superintendent of Transportation
J.. w. Brown, H. B. Brown, general
claim agent; Mark Schrieber, engineer
of maintenance and way; Martin
White, superintendent of maintenance
and way; II. A. Benedict, mechanical
engineer.