Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-30

,r,nyrlght, 1907 ny FRANK VI Cafpeh-
WY teri
birmingham, England, How would
like 10 have street car ride for
'.,, You can get II In Sheffield, where
,i,y owns the tTamways and charg-
:, inherent rates, according 10 distance
,.,de from one end Of the town to the
',ber for penny and my short rides
rule cost me n halfpenny. The
fares in Liverpool are penny or
.oo cents for the ordinary trip and it
!, ,be same in Manchester The rates
ara not different IN old Chester,
,b,ch was town In the days Of the
pomaps, and about the same in the col
lsge town Of old oxford. In Glasgow
ha municipality owns the trans and
chorges one cent mile, or six cents for
sx miles. Belfast charges six cents for
Ave miles, Liverpool one cent mile
and Manchester two cents per mile,
There are many of our American cities
IN which you can ride ten miles for a
nickel. which Is equal 10 half a cent
mile but as the most Of our street car
tides are short the British on the aver
are pay much less than we do in the
United States
The cars are mostly double deckers
vlth seats below and also on the roof
hlgh above which are the wires Of the
trolley. You ride as high up In the air
as though you were on the top Of an
elephant, but 1t Is delightful, although
the cars do not 60 half as fast as our
own,
The tramways are rapidly increasing
IN Great Britain and the tendency is
entirely toward city ownership. a score
Of different municipalities are now ne
gtating for the purchase Of street cars
Or are laying down new lines, Many
cities own the tamways and lease them
out to companies who manage them.
In nearly every case the municipal
tnmways pay q profit, thus reducing
the tax rate.
CITIES WHICH DO THEIR OWN
BUSINESS.
have already written something as
to how the British cities are managing
their own business Manchester is maxi
ing about 100000 out of its gas works,
electric lights and markets, The mar
kets bring II an income Of $4,000 a year,
and at the same time give the best OF
facilities to the. people. The markets
have big cold storage plant and freez-
ing chambers connected with them. AS
] rode down the, Manchester ship canal
/ went by the abbatolrs, which belong
to the city, They have wharves and
buildings for the accommodation OF a
thousand head OF cattle and one thou
sand sheep. There are slaughter houses
and chilling chambers adjoining them
In which 1900 sides Of beef can be
chilled in "a hours
,e"NNA NV IdS ilH OWU telephone
system belonging TO the city in which
the hello girls are city clerks. Glas-
gov owns its telephones and charges
Two cents a call or gives you an unlm-
Yea number Of calls for SIG a year.
Liverpool. Nottingham, Hull, Leicester
ana q half dozen other cities are now
thinking OF buying up the telephones or
Of establishing telephone systems run
by the city
! spent some time in the Sheffield
markets during my stay there. These
recently belonged TO the Duks OF Nor
lGh VINO sun owns a large part OF the
city but the government bought them
az big price and il now running them
az profit, London has control over a
part OF Us markets, although the big
vegetable and fruit markets Of Covent !
Harden stlll belong 10 the Duks " Bed
i0ld' Bolton owns Its markets and also