The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-02

between Greenwich and Poplar, which
can be used by foot passengers only
| These tunnels did so much to relieve the
congestion of traffic that the Council
is now spending nearly twelve million
dollars on what will be the greatest un-
der-river subway in existence. This
monster thoroughfare beneath the river
will be located below the Tower bridge
The County Council has planned a
, most elaborate street car service for the
city of London, but it is making little
Roadway in Introducing it. The reason
for this is stated on good authority to
be King Edward 9 fear that the street
cars will interfere with automobiles. 1t
is hoped that in the course of time his
majesty may be brought to view the
matter in the light that the interests
of the masses should be-consulted rather
than those of the privileged few. Con-
sidering the limitations that have been
placed upon its authority, the Council
has made good showing with it's street
car management. It's cars are all
doubie-deckers, arranged so that as
many people can be seated on the roof
as on the inside. The Council cars are
conspicuous for the fact that they are
not entirely plastered with advertise
ments, and because of the introduction
of box arrangement to prevent crowd
ing. At the terminals and important
stations the approaches are arranged 80
that the cars may be entered only from
the rear through sort of chute, which
holds the same number of passengers
that can be accommodated in the car.
SPREAD OF THE MOVEMENT.
The unparalleled success of the Lon
don County Council in coping with the
problems of municipal ownership has
encouraged other cities to experiment,
and the movement is rapidly spreading.
We find cities everywhere engaged in
operating gas works, electric light
plants, street car systems and telephone
exchanges. More than fifty British
cities now control their own slaughter
houses, some of them even going so far
as to make it unlawful to sell meat of
any kind not killed in a municipal
slaughter house. Over 300 towns and
cities in the United Kingdom have
added the management of cemeteries to
the responsible ties of the municipality
Others include in their range of actiyi
ties such small enterprises as public sta
tions for laundresses.
1t seems that owing to the ponderous
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England it has been difficult for the
municipalities to gain control of the
telephone plants Any community wish
ing to embark in this business on its
own account must first procure license
from the Postmaster General, and for
some reason the department of that
worthy has been 10th to permit the
control of this public utility to pass
from private ownership. Wherever the
fight has been won by the municipality
the people have been promptly bene
flied by both improved service and
cheaper rates.
AS comparison between the tariff
for telephone service abroad and in the
United States it may be said that in
Glasgow, where the system is owned by
the city, the rate for unlimited service
is $26.25 per year, while in Boston,
Massachusetts, a city only trife larger
than Glasgow, private company
charges $4,000 year for the same
service. In some places abroad quail |
fed service, similar to what is known |
in this country as a ''party line wire, -
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