Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
UTILITY MANAGERS
WILL GET CLOSER
TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Street Railway Men of
Country to Adopt a New
Platform of Principles.
Drastic Laws the Cause.

Recognizing the Importance of establish
ing cordial relations with the public, the
American Electric Railway Association,
at its annual convention, to be held in
Atlantic City, october IL to IS, will formu-
late n declaration of principles embracing
what it believes to be a statement of what
these relations should be- committee
representing the strongest men in the
electric railway field in this country has
been at work whipping the formal dec
iaratlon into shape, and the report which
will be presented to the gathering was
finished at a meeting here today.
Public relations Is the most important
topic in the minds of public utility cor
poration managers and operators. Re
Gently throughout the country there have
benn put into effect drastic measures gov
crning the financing and operation of
utilities. especially the street railways,
and it is the belief of the association that
there should be properly presented to
the general public information as to what
the readjustmentS are and what VIII be
their effect, especially upon that part of
the public which has money invested in
the securities Of public service corpora
tons.
The association represents virtually
every important electric railway on the
North American Continent and a very
large number in South America. An at
tendance Of between four and five thou
sand railway mon Is expected at Atlantic
city, and in spite of the depressed bust
ness conditions the exhibit of electric
railway appliances and apparatus will
cover more than 10000 square feet of floor
space. The association consists of a par
ent organization and four allied bodies
covering the engineering, accounting,
Claims and transportation departments Of
railways, so that during the five days of
the meeting there will be five conventions
in continuous session and more than 20
committees will report.
With a capital stock amounting to ST.
36l,jOO, a corporation Is being formed to
provide most of the electrical service for
York. Pa, and "A considerable portion of
York County. The new company. known
as the Edison Light and Power Company,
will include the Edison Light and Power
Company, the Merchants Electric Light.
Heat and Power Company; the Lower
Windsor Township Light, Heat and
Power Company; the Spring Grove Light,
Heat and Power Company; the Jackson
Township Light Heat and Power Com
pany. and the Heidelberg Township
Light Heat and Power Company
Atlantic City residents have proposed
the construction of IL hiGh-specd electric
railway along the western edge of In
side ThorouGhfare from Longport through
Margate and Ncntnor Heights to lower
Chelsea and thence to II junction with the
main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad
on the meadows. In Il proposition which
they will submit To the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad il will be pointed out that the
motive power and rolling stock of the
Vest Jersey and Seashore Railroad could
be applied to the Longport extension
Residents of Riverside, Riverview and
Muhlenbcrg Park, n, j., are Interested in
plan TO provide electric railway service
between Riverside and Tuckcrton.