The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
ELECTRIC RAILWAY MEN HERE THURSDAY Their Trip Will Embrace
 11,000 Miles OBJECT OF THEIR VISIT President McCarter Gives Out State ment on the Purposes Which
 It Is Hoped Will Be
 Accomplished
OBJECT OF THEIR VISIT

The trip of the prominent street rail- way officials who will visit Birming- ham next Thursday will embrace 11,O00 miles and is made for the purpose of oultivatlng closer relations between the street railway officials. arriving at a better understanding between the peo- pie and the association and otherwise creating bettered conditions. The party Is travelling in the private car, "Ad- vance," and will make all the principal cities of the south and west before the II ,00O miles have been travelled.
 The following interview given out by President Mccarter of the associl ton deals broadly with the trip:
 Eleven thousand miles will be cov- cred by officers of the American Elec- tric Railway association and of the American Electric Railway Manufac- turers association in their journey from New York to the Pacific coast ana return The journey outward be- gan April IT, extends a s far south as Galveston, as far west as Los Angeles and san Francisco, and as far north as Vancouver, B. C. on the return jour ney cities in the northwest and middle west will be visited. The object of the tour is threefold;
 "1. TO confer, not only with elec- tric railway mAnagements, but also with representatives of public utility companies in all lines and with public offieals and civic bodies and citizens generally, on the subject of the rela- tions between public service corpora tions and the communities they serve It is believed that by q liberal ex- change of Information and views on this subject better understanding w'll be established between the corporations and the public and a spirit of eo-oper- alton fostered, in the absence of which the companies cannot prosper nor the public receive the quality and extent of service which it rlghtfully expects.
 "2. TO cultivate closer relations with the remote members of both assocla- tions.
 "3. To enlarge the membership of aoth associations.
 'In the United States today there are 1900 electric railway companies, owning and operating 42,000 miles of track 90,- GOO cars, carrying between lo,00o,Ooo'- o0o and II 900. .000, 900 passengers year ly and employing more than 2oo,Ooo persons.
 "The companies already holding mem bership in the American Electric Hali- way association own and operate 3V,oOo miles of track, 73.000 cars, carrying seven and a half billions of passengers lin a year and have 200,0 900 employees Be- sides the companies, the mempershlp of the association comprises electric railway officers, heads of departments and employees and many other men as sociated with the great industry or cleo tric traction. ,,.
 ",rhe American Electric Railway Manufacturers association is also an important body Each association, In it's respective field, is constantly study . ing and developing by constructive work along the lines of standardization and efficiency, the best interests Of transportation by electricity, pubic service so largely dependent upon pop ular good will" l..
 The cities to be visited as centers in which representatives of the various public utility companies, the public oi- flcials and civic bodies of adjacent ter ritories will meet are;
 April 1S-Rlchmond, Va.
 April i9-Charleston, s. C.
 April 2O--Augusta, Ga.
 April 22--Atlanta, Ga.
 Aprr 29-Nashville, Tenn.
 April 2i-Memphis, Tenn.
 April Birmingham, Ala.
 April 2G--Mobile. Ala.
 April 27--New orleans, La.
 April 29-Galveston, Tex.
 April 30-iDallas Tex.
 May l--Oklahoma City, okla
 May d-Los Angeles Cal.
 May S-Santa Barbara, Cal.
 May 9-San Francisco Cal.
 May 14-Portland, ore.
 May 15-Vancouver, B. C.
 May 1e- Seattle, Wash
 May 1S-Spokane, Wash
 May 2O-Fargo. N D.
 May Minneapolis, Minn.
 May 2i-St. Paul, Minn.
 May 22-Omaha, NeD.
 May 23-St. Louis. Mo.
 May 24-Louisv.lle. KY.
 May Indianapolis, Ind.
 May 21-Cincinnati, o.
 May 2S-Pittsburg, Pa.
 The officers appointed by the two as roeiations to undertake this tour and con ference arc:
 Thomas \. Mecarter of Newark. N. J..