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THE inaugural meeting of the Institute of Transport held at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London on Monday of last week augured well for the success
of the Institution. Sir John Griffith, President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, in the name of theinstitution extended a hearty welcome to the President and members of the Institute of Transport.
At this, the first -meeting of the Insti; tate of Transport, there were present 340 members, associate members, and guests. Sir Eric Geddes, the first President, made his presidential address, being supported by the Rt. Hon. Lord Ashfield, Mr. H" E. Blain, Sir J. G. Broodbank, Sir Sam Fay, Mr. S. E. Garcke, Mr. H. Gordon, Sir Henry 3,Laybury, Mr. E. S. Shrapilell-Smith, Mr. Walter Wolsey, Jura., Sir-Herbert Walker, and others.
The address of the.president we do not propose to reproduce here, as its subject being Transport in Relation to the St-ate. it dealt mainly with the question of State -control over the railway services.
The transport agencies of the Country, he said, are not able to carry on on the basis Of their pre-war revenue, and the burden of his argument was that the basis of the revenue must now be altered,,
that amalgamations previously asked for. but refused shall now be permitted, and that the whole of the -undertaking shall be put-on a firmer basis, hut in return the State must obtain certain advantages in the way of increased efficiency, good service, and reasonable improvements. He said very little about the roads, and nothing about -road transport. It is satisfactory to note that the first paper read before the Institute will deal with the roads, the author being General Sir Henry Mayhury, and the date being -Monday, April 19th. the venue being the Institute of Civil Engineers.