UNITED STATES 8l 



Report of rates for commercial lighting and power service. New 



York, 1903 ; 2d ed., 1904. 4. 

 Report; electrical method of thawing water pipes. By G. S. Haley. 



New York, [1904]. 8. 

 Electricity vs. gas. By W. F. White. New York, [1905]. 8. 



Distribution. Issued to members only, with the exception of a limited number 

 of libraries and colleges. Extra copies may be obtained by members for a 

 nominal sum at the office of the Association. 



Research funds, etc. Special fund raised a few years ago by voluntary 

 subscription for making photometric tests of arc lamps, afterward ex- 

 tended to cover incandescent, Nernst, and arc lights (open flame and 

 Welsbach) and carbons; four reports made and included in the Pro- 

 ceedings for 1900-03. Special appropriations for investigation of steam 

 turbine ; first report in Proceedings of 1904 convention. A fund has 

 been set aside for the investigation of district heating (by steam or hot 

 water) in connection with central stations ; two reports have been made 

 and another is in preparation. Gold medal offered in 1904 for best 

 paper on underground construction. 



National Municipal League. 



Address. Secretary: Clinton Rogers Woodruff, 703-707 North American 

 Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



History. Organized May, 1894, as the result of a National Conference 

 for Good City Government held in Philadelphia, Jan., 1894, at the invi- 

 tation of the Municipal League of Philadelphia and the City Club of 

 New York. Under its auspices similar conferences have been held 

 annually. Maintains the following standing committees : on instruction 

 in municipal government in American educational institutions ; on nomi- 

 nation reform; on coordination of university and collegiate instruction 

 in municipal government; on municipal taxation; on uniform municipal 

 accounting and statistics ; on business bodies ; on alliance of civic organ- 

 izations. 



Ref.: Handbook of the National municipal league, 1894-1904. Philadelphia, 

 1904, p. 5-io. 



Object. To promote by concerted action the thorough investigation and discussion of 

 the conditions and details of civic administration and of the methods for selecting 

 and appointing officials in American cities, and of laws and ordinances relating to 

 such subjects. 



Meetings. Annual meeting of Board of Delegates in connection with annual con- 

 ference for good city government at time and place appointed by the executive 

 committee. For list of places and dates of meetings, see Handbook, 1894-1904. 



