MINUTES. OPENING OF THE CONVENTION. The National Electric Light Association began its Fourteenth Convention at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Canada, September 7th, 1891. The President, Mr. C. R. Huntley, of Buffalo, N. Y., took the chair at 3 o'clock, P. M., and called the meeting to order. ADDRESSES OF WELCOME. BY PROFESSOR H. T. BOVEY. MAYOR MCSHANE. SIR DONALD A. SMITH. SIR WILLIAM J. DAWSON. ALDERMAN CLENDINNING. HONORABLE JUSTICE WURTELE. The President then introduced Prof. H. T. Bovey, of McGill University, Chairman of the Citizens' Executive Committee of Montreal, who addressed the Convention as follows: PROFESSOR BOVEY: Mr. President, Officers and Members of the National Electric Light Association of the United States: It devolves upon me, as President of the Citizens' Executive Committee, to offer you a very hearty welcome. It is no little pleasure to have this opportunity of meeting and making the acquaintance of so many of the foremost promoters of electrical |