Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-04-22

''N'HN. y l'iINdl' company
coI''rolS III" gas Ill Liverpool. and it
viii p' several years h"Ior" IN" city
can acquire possession OF tn iran
'''N'. 'h 'I' "'I'f G''!d, Liverpool
operate - ,r'IhW|!N, N1lI" prlNat"
'"'''pal! Operates 'hoN" oI IIrlnlnG
man, 'aS'h| 'h'lh from u" 'ltN.
II Is f"ih'F singular Ihat OF the ten
il"N' popular "IJ'rlS OF ululllrl@al own
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u''H'I'hkth inc "h'lr' HN'. II" ten !
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"'' P'"''''"ilA i'i"''''' p'''lH Nl"" IL
III 'ilt n'''i H'a'eS ana hSNc NOT Ill
'lu'''" ""''r""'NS 'or 'lle reason 'hat
l'l k' l"l''l'''S'' IL h"' INV MAYOR l'A >
VI '''ieS Ill 'i''S country ANA ''haua
'learly recognize .il'' TN" water supply
H'"'iiu "eIoilE l" the 'l'N ana o' oHerat-
'u ny It, ''l'SS"" comes 'le nearest
VI amy CIT! u '""'pl''' n'''li''lpaIlHa
''oh' ouI aS yet II maintains no burial
E'oui'is,
h'u an interesting '''k Win Sir
H"'l'u'l '"iliiS"h Oh 'h'S SunJe'l. for
'II''A "iu Years Nlr Hahl'l'l mas hc'h
'oNH 'I'lh oi No''lhEhalh' ana IL
Sl'oIiu ne uiid'FN'ood 'I'a' ll'' town
'IerN Is 'he prliclpAi oiliccr III british
'o"h OF 'l'!' having vastly more pow
or ana lhiIueice lhah tle mayor or amy
'i''''N' ollclal' Ire usually holdS MS
pi"'' iof me- ana most town clerks
I'VE 10 Sood olu age. II would he ulfil-
cut l" ma hlEh"r type OF the court
~ "il iaShloheu EhEIiSh gentleman
lh"h S!r Sallluel Johnson, ana ms oill-
clal NE goes back 10 the days before
the present scope OF pubIlc ownership
WIS dr'aillcu oi.
NY Is IL, asked, tlI;it there Is so
niue uniformity Oh action among your
llullltllDtlllIi-
u"h' II pupllc ownership be good
'I'IliS' WI! 90 your clllcS omit certain
enterprises ana take up others III IT
he pra'tlcal Tor birmingham to own its
gas WORKS, why Is II not equally so for
IlN'rp""i ana i"r All olll'r "lllrS
men our Young iolkS get married
ana start houSrA'"plhE' SAID Sir sam
uei all'f pause '"ach couple pro
ceedS 10 III UP It's house according to Its
tastes OF means. one may buy piano,
another begin the collection of a libra
r!' Il tlllrd may put all OF its surplus
earnings INTO land, Will" others will
concentrate thcIr energies on obtaining
possession OF various comforts and lux
uileS. Hut all hav" in mind the cVentu-
''''''N ''''''' wa
cohduce 10 happiness ana prosperity.
III IS the same with our cities. There
are good ana Suillcicnt reasons why
tllry ar" compelled to wait before they
uare assume certain responsibilities.
GLASGOW proud position has been at
tanned from ;he fact that she started
on TINS work many years before the
"tller cities did. In many instances we
ar" hampcr"d hy leases and franchises
granted To private companies and must
wait until these expire or pay eXtOr-
uonate prices for their surrender. Ev-
cry city in Great Britain knows that 1t
should own its gas and electric light
Ing works, and every one has such
ownership in contemplation 1t is not
matter of principle, but of cXpcliency
in other words. Of money. Come over
again. he concluded. with Il smile, as
he poHred out another cup of tea. come
over again when You are as old MS
am, and our successors will show YOU
the municipal editice of which we are
building the foundation"
When Joseph Chamberlain hecame
mayor of birmingham In 1873 he set
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