Show TRAM INVESTMENTS SHOW FALLING OFF CHICAGO Feb 4 Alarmed Alarmed at ht t the increasing difficulty in getting new capital for electric railway extension and Improvements as reflected in a decrease decrease decrease de de- de- de crease of or more than 36 per cent in th the thA amount so Invested during the last five years as compared to tote the previous five years the executives of the principal street and interurban railway systems of or the United States represented Inthe in inthe inthe the American Electric Railway association asso asso- association clation met here today to discus discuss means for meeting the situation It was stated that miles of electric railways with annual receipts of ot more mora than half a billion dollars were represented |