UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION.

IRA B. MILLS, of Minnesota.

B. H. MEYER, of Wisconsin.

J. C. CLEMENTS, of the Interstate Com- JOHN A. KNÓTT, of Missouri. merce Commission.

SAMUEL L. ROGERS, of North Carolina.

O. B. STEVENS, of Georgia.
GEO. E. BALES, of New Hampshire.
A. C. IRWIN, of California.

B. L. CAUGHMAN, of South Carolina.

E. A. STAFNE, of North Dakota.
S. D. MCNAIR, of Mississippi.

LEGISLATION.

FRANK BAKER, of New York.
JOE P. RICE, of Missouri.
J. N. MCKENZIE, of Tennessee.

JOHN S. MCMILLIN, of Washington, President.

C. C. MCCHORD, of Kentucky, First Vice-President.

J. H. WHARTOŃ, of South Carolina, Second Vice-President.
EDWARD A. MOSELEY, Secretary.

MARTIN S. DECKER, Assistant Secretary.

RAILROAD TAXES AND PLANS FOR ASCERTAINING FAIR VALUATION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.

POWERS, DUTIES, AND WORK OF STATE RAILWAY COMMISSIONS.

BENJAMIN F. CHADBOURNE, of Maine. FRANK M. BAKER, of New York.

J. W. ROBINSON, of Kansas.
DAVID J. PALMÉR, of Iowa.

J. N. MCKENZIE, of Tennessee.
T. W. ATWOOD, of Michigan.

R. HUDSON BURR, of Florida.

RAILROAD STATISTICS.

H. C. ADAMS, of the Interstate Commerce C. V. MCADAMS, of Indiana.
Commission.

B. H. MEYER, of Wisconsin.
THOMAS YAPP, of Minnesota.
D. N. LEWIS, of Iowa.

W. M. BARROW, of Louisiana.

C. I. STURGIS, of the Association of American Railway Accounting Officers.

UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION.

JOHN BARNES, of Wisconsin.

VIRGIL C. GRIFFIN, of Alabama.

ISAAC B. BROWN, of Pennsylvania.
ALLISON MAYFIELD, of Texas.

A. C. IRWIN, of California.

J. O. CLIFFORD, of Illinois.

FRANCIS M. COCKRELL, of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

C. C. MCCHORD, of Kentucky.

H. A. FAIRCHILD, of Washington.
IRA B. MILLS, of Minnesota.

LEGISLATION.

FRANKLIN MCNEILL, of North Carolina.
JOSEPH B. PEAKS, of Maine.
JAMES S. NEVILLE, of Illinois.

CHARLES A. PROUTY, of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

W. G. SMITH, of South Dakota.

SAFETY APPLIANCES.

EDWARD A. MOSELEY, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.

S. D. McNAIR, of Mississippi.

JOSEPH C. PHILLIPS, of Arkansas.
JOSEPH M. BROWN, of Georgia.
UNION B. HUNT, of Indiana.
WILLIAM KILPATRICK, of Illinois.

DELAYS ATTENDANT UPON ENFORCING ORDERS OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONS.

FULLER C. SMITH, of Vermont.
CLINTON WHITE, of Massachusetts.
A. D. WALKER, of Kansas.

Time and place of holding next convention, July 29, 1907, Seattle, Washington.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2, 1906-11 o'clock a. m. The convention was called to order by Hon. W. G. Smith, of South Dakota, president.

The PRESIDENT. Gentlemen, I take pleasure in calling together the eighteenth annual convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners. I would like to hear first the report of the chairman of our executive committee.

Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. The executive committee suggests the following as the business for this session:

The calling of the roll.

Address of greeting by Mr. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

The address of the president, Doctor Smith, of South Dakota, to which a reply will be made by Hon. Theodore B. Klein, of Pennsylvania.

I take it that will about cover the business of the first session of this convention.

The PRESIDENT. The secretary will now read the official call.

CALL FOR EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

By authority of the seventeenth annual convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners, held August 16-19, 1905, at Deadwood and Hot Springs, S. Dak., and pursuant to vote thereof fixing the time and place for the next annual meeting, notice is hereby given that the eighteenth annual convention of the association will be held in the city of Washington, D. C., on Monday, April 2, 1906, 11 o'clock a. m.

Membership in the association is fixed and the privileges of members are determined by article 2 of the constitution, as follows:

Active membership shall embrace only the Interstate Commerce Commissioners, the railway commissioners or deputy commissioners of the several states and territories of the Union, and in those states and territories having no railway commissions, state officers who by law exercise active supervisory powers over the affairs of railways; also the secretary and assistant secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the secretary or clerk of each state railway commission where such office is created by law.

Honorary membership shall include former members of the association, a committee of three from each steam or street railway accounting association, the statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission and of the several state commissions, together with the engineers of said commissions.

Active members shall be entitled to one vote each, if present, upon all questions coming before the association. Honorary members shall have the privileges of the floor and the right of debate, but shall not be entitled to vote.

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Committees have been appointed to consider and report to the next convention on the following subjects:

1. Classification of operating and construction expenses of electric railways.

2. Grade crossings.

3. Railway taxes and plans for ascertaining fair valuation of railway property.

4. Amendments of act to regulate commerce.

5. Uniform classification and simplification of tariff sheets. 6. Railway statistics.

7. Legislation.

8. Safety appliances and block signals.

9. Delays attendant upon enforcing orders of railway commissions. 10. Rates and rate making.

11. Powers, duties, and work of state railway commissions.

Committees are required to prepare and transmit their respective reports to the secretary thirty days before the date of the next convention. The committee reports should be sent to the secretary as soon as possible.

It is earnestly desired that all members shall attend this convention, as questions of unusual importance are likely to be brought up for discussion. Each member should come prepared not only to discuss the topics above mentioned, but to present additional matters pertaining to railway regulation for consideration by the convention.

EDW. A. MOSELEY,

W. G. SMITH,

Of South Dakota, President.

Secretary Interstate Commerce Commission, Secretary. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1, 1906.

The PRESIDENT. The secretary will please call the roll by states.

ROLL CALL BY STATES.

Connecticut.-A. F. Gates, W. O. Seymour; H. F. Billings, clerk. Georgia.-H. W. Hill, J. M. Brown.

Illinois.-W. Kilpatrick, secretary.

Indiana.-C. V. McAdams.

Kansas.-J. W. Robinson.

Kentucky.-C. C. McChord, McD. Ferguson, A. T. Siler; J. E. Newman, clerk.

Louisiana.-W. M. Barrow, secretary.

Maine.-J. B. Peaks, B. F. Chadbourne, Parker Spofford.

Massachusetts.-G. W. Bishop.

Michigan.-T. W. Atwood.

Minnesota.-I. B. Mills, C. F. Staples, W. E. Young; Thos. Yapp, assistant secretary.

Missouri.-J. P. Rice.

New Hampshire.-A. G. Whittemore, G. E. Bales.

New York.-J. M. Dickey.

North Carolina.-F. McNeill, S. L. Rogers, E. C. Beddingfield;

H. C. Brown, clerk.