The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-30
PUBLIC WORK OF CITIES
What Many Are Doing In Great
Britain.
VARIOUS ENTERPRISES MANAGED

VAklUUS ENTERPRISES MANAGED
Baths, water Gardens, Golf Links,
Thenters, Pleasure Boats, "switch-
back Railways" Sewage Farms
and Oyster Beds Are some of the
specinIties--NearIy Two Hundred
Towns Have Their own water sup
ply.
English cities have gone much fur
aher than our own in carrying on ac-
tlyities that used 10 be considered ex-
clusiyely matters Of private business.
An article In the Liverpool Post, sum
married by United States Consul
Boyle, shows the extent to which this
process has been carried.
The town of Bath owns its hot
springs, most Of the cold springs, the
Roman baths and the famous pump
rooms" one Of which has recently
been extended with Roman prom
enade at a cost Of $4,000
Bournemouth owns It's winter gar
dens and golf links and keeps public
orchestra.
Harrogate receives a good income
from its royal baths and springs. win
ter garden theater and the Royal Spa
concert rooms and gardens.
bennington owns its popular baths
and pump room
Southport earns $1,000 q year with
pleasure boats on its marine park
lakes and runs d Coney Island on tile
beach, with switchback railway,
''aeriaI aight7 and other attractions.
Brighton owns its royal pavilion and
aquarium.
Many towns dispose of their drain
age ON sewage farms which they cul-
tiyate with profit. birmingham raises
Iover $4,000 worth Of stock, wool,
crops and milk on its sewage farm ev-
cry year.
Colchester sells 100000 oysters
year from Its famous Colne oyster
fishery
Bradford runs d hotel In connection
with its public markets. and Plym-
outh owns both hotel and theater
Birkenhead clears $4,000 a year
from its fleet Of twelve ferry boats
plying to Liverpool
York owns canal and feet Of
tugs.
Manchester has invested s25.000,00O
| IN the Manchester shin canal. in which
| 1t holds d controlling interest
Bradford tests wool, yarns and cord
at a profit, makes paving slabs from
the clinkers in It's refuse Instructors,
and turns fish refuse into fertilizer
Liverpool makes artificial stone out
of olinkers and turns it into workmen's
model dwellings.
Leicester makes paving slabs OF
clinkers and its three sewage farms
| produce $4,000 a year
All the common services OF Glasgow,
except the cemeteries. have been rnu-
nicipalized.
Manchester clears $4,000 year net
profit from its fifteen markets; Liver
pools markets pay S72,sGo, and the
22S towns that own public markets
draw in all $41s,010 profit from that
source.
The street railway systems owned
by the various towns clear over $500
900 profit which is rapidly increasing.
Ia every case, 1t is alleged, the trans
fer Of such a system from private to
public hands has led to better serv-
Ice, cheaper fares, increased traffic and
larger profits, while the position OF
the employees has been greatly inn
proved In regard to pay and the hours
Of labor
IN Leeds the tramways have re-
lieved taxation S2o4,3so a year.
Liverpool last year cleared $60,145
from the supply Of electricity.
One hundred and ninety three towns
have their own water supply, from
which they clear a net annual profit
Of $450,640 after providing interest
and sinking funds for borrowed capt.
tai, and ninety-nine towns own gas
works, paying q profit of $1,9T4,125 a
year Manchester alone clears $780,
900 from gas, instead of paying three
millions to corporation, like New
York
Regarding cuckoos, it is said that the
long tails Of these birds so interferes
with their balancing that they have
necessarily developed strong feet with