New-York tribune., 1903-02-26
the board Of directors of a

of management than the board Of directors Of a
When once a municipality has set up an estah-
~ no use l0 trying to undo tie mistake il such Il
should prove to he. Municipal employees cannot @ oe
nsd $ al ad5sf te exeease q si the rasepsyers @ and
course they VIII agita'e tor pensions , al.o arton In
with any who suggests that they fo,nes be 1ss
The birmingham city corporation employs
over zoe men. and the street railways, if taken
ever by the city would employ L5eo more, 4 ne ne
are mn AT about l5oo0 We'll organized such groups
must have great influence in municipal eiecuoIis; 9
Tanmany would become if in addition to 1hf
present force OF "iiiess an boso are not i'm
aeinary but real dangers from the aGopuol. 81 VI
iishnnent OF enormous bureaacracles and the cTes
tion OF privileged class OF einIlo.1s I1 "Ou'0 ~
stitute a menace TO the public veal
Mr.. DoNALD's REPLY TO Mr.. PORTER
In reply TO Mr.. Porter's paper, the secretary
of the convention read a paper by kooer.
Donald. Editor of 1.-THE Municipal journal -
London in part, follows:
one of the elements which helped forward var sle LUG
,,nicinaiizsfion movement was the bad n;lIts- man. e
their leases They paid their workmen 80 ors we're
fully that there Were verse sefl01s iTTes,ilsr'
The advantaeS n 39fes 9f fare rr9vides for working
mons cars and fair treatment 70 enapioS 1aased
Local civic pride and jealousy ho~eTs IsfFe
cooperation between @ nnnisiphte m 2 mnicpaiity has
:,ot been 10 make profit I'm relief OF local 1aA of
,Sn 6g the he longest ES1 'hs possible distance The lowest
possible fare BY the END OF me epiete pe' systems OF
leetTfc traction and in almost all large cen&ne9 re W U
ikey 70 " b. extended The scope for private
enterprises viii be confined ohiefiy 70 ni'hie
together and opening up rural dlsulc's'
In the discussion Of the papers Milo r. Malhie
said:
Wages are higher. service is better and prohIs rs
ere almost as great under municipal cen1Ioi 4 ne
best men are among the best in the commune .,Ss
and certain social standing is given 10 i"e" mus
employed
&. r Rellamy. general manager of the munich
,,al street railways of Liverpool, England. began
1he afternoon session with speech on me
Sunicipal Ownership uf Street Railway Lines
lie said in part:
There are ,wo forms nr profit attending a ny NJ
nieipa urderstandingthe profit thai results - ~ bttT
individual by OF increased faclllts i stands
articles at lower and the pTot tsI tins
net balance after ali nnanfa, + s he ret
have been met the latter is unimpoIttat' ,,dr - ,
considerable. but both are SUBS
in England appears to have originated pTinclisi!y
American cousins who are h1I9uf m .rsrs
portation London. though the requlTeInetr r,i ~
New-Tork in this respect strikes me hs peiiis wa
much pressing
C. T YERFES'S VIEWS
raner to the convention and it was read in re
. nlr 10 Nr. Bellalny 1t argued that the entire
1,11hlic should be considered. not merely the
poorer travelling part of the public In CONSIDER
ing the question of municipal ownership. II
declared that municipal ownership Of "A rallroau
should not be considered more reasonable than
municipal ownership OF a large drygoods store
adding:
There are several reasons. however, why ! am
First ali business ventures should be taken h9la 9
Of neEefny f sRd with % dqs in fha unic
pality could railroad economically or WlseiE
are with few exceptions men who have been
brought up the business: many of them having
The little details are understood and everything
cone 10 te @ eoS 5red l9t e Extensions are well
Sidared improvements are carefully lookeQ IIlt9
ONE OF nr rsiroads being managed by our city
council or the State Legislature? The results would
he really amusing if they were not 80 Il, seT18s
notes the growth Of railroads and encourage rage
ITSa' t the % ang its t ccomnaniments That thi.
private ownership ne abused there is no doubt
have been relates 10 the country it is far ahead
of anything like municipal control
PROFIT ON RAPID TRANSIT CONTRACT
Edward NJ Shepard spoke City Owning
and Leasing" and explained the method that
had been taken with the construction of the
rapid transit subway since the late Mayor
Hewitt proposed that New-York should take
some partnership in a rapid transit road. Mr..
Shepard said:
Those who criticise the leasing Of the rapid
transit road for fifty years must remember that
until three years ago there not railroad or
finanCier who would undertake TO build the road
To-day the profit in sight the contract Is S3O,-
0o.@01 and I believe il may he sJ0010.Ge1
In a paper on massachusetts Experience in
Street Railways Louis D. Brandeis said that
the aggregate length Of street railway surface
lines in Massachusetts in September 1902. was
.,oS6 miles compared with 2,106 of steam
railroad lines. The average dividends paid on
The capital stock during the year ended Sep
tember -. 1902. was 0.25 per cent. The Mas
sachusetts system of street lines had been de-
veloped under law having peculiar features
first. a revoca bic franchise: second. effective
prohibition of stock watering. third, effective
system Of franchise taxes