Physical description

Report - black Rexene cloth card covers, 28 pages (including blank end and glued papers), sewn binding one section titled "Chairman's Report upon his Visit to Europe and America in connection with Electric Tramways 1923". Title gold blocked.



Details Alex Cameron's 1923 visit to America, Great Britain and the Continent of Europe in connection (note different spelling to the cover) with electric tramways. In particular it was to investigate the question of the use of Conduit systems.



Visited San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, St Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York and Washington. Then to London, Paris, Brussels. Also attended the Municipal Tramways Association conference held in Portsmouth, August 1923.



His conclusions - conduit system not desirable, and the need to regulate buses from competition with tramways.



Has an appendix extracts of numerous reports, letters and papers about the various issues.



Report dated 29th Oct. 1924.



Second copy from the McComb collection added 5-1-2017 - scanned to a pdf - text readable when opened in Adobe format.

Inscriptions & markings

Has a lable on the first page, "Plan & EPA Library M0036390"

Second copy - has Mr. Lormer in the top left and right hand comers.