Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-02-06
BRITA|K'S AWAKENING
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thar bor9pga reached tie Tegge ot
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that 1be elecfr5e pant wes pro1ta5 BE
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by tau1ol-
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st meeting u tie Rotterdam bor-
01ga co1-cs5 Alderman Gunner Oh
.scted % tie a1oo1n1 which the gzs
undertaking eoztr1b1-ed 70 the rates
On tae ground that II had been made
possibse oaly By raising the price Of
gas and thus making It's consumers
bear az unfair proportion Of the rates.
This bore especially upon the poor,
WHO use gar Instead of electricity.
II city lie well governed nnunic-
pal ownerzhip tE the most dangerous
thing imaginable and should lie care
fully avoided. There ts always the
danger that the public utilities the city
Ii supposed 10 own VIII become moth
ing more Or less than the private prop
srty Of the people at the head Of the
government, who VIII work 10 their
OWN advantage and the enhancement
of their pirate yealth.-WiIliam r.
Stead, Editor Reyiew Of Reviews.
At the fifth annual conference Of the
Municipal Tramwayg association g.
w. Holford, general manager Of the
Stafford corporation tramways, stated
that the probable average life Of rails
was twelve years. Commenting upon
the fact that In many cities no depre-
citation or renewals fund was being
yet aside, he earnestly warned the
gentlemen responsible that serious re-
suits would follow In ten or twelve
years time, when heavy calls would
have to be made upon the ratepayers
for the purpose Of renewals"
-Four years ago London took over its
waterworks. with the result that wa
ter rates have Increased rather than
diminished. Referring to the operat-
ing expenses, Sir MeIvili Beachcroft,
chairman Of the water board, recently
said:
80 far 1t must be admitted that no
saving has been effected. do not
think that It was ever anticipated that
there would be any saving In the ex-
penses Of administration, az the man
agement Of trading concern by a
municipal body must always involve
expenditure quite outside that which
falls On a private company"
In my opinion, the root Of the evil Is
to be found In the too great facilities
afforded by parliament for crazy mu-
nicipal traders TO borrow money upon
periods Of repayment out Of all pro-
portion to the lifetime Of the work
upon which the money is expended.
In Hnddersheld we are wearing out
our third set Of tram rails, and yet
payment for the first set Will not be
completed until 1857. In our capital Of
Ez14.000 for some thirty miles Of tram
ways there Is at least 100000 for
which we cannot produce any asset
whatever."--T. II. Moore, Esq, Alder
man and Chairman, Huddersfield Cor
poration Tramways.
An English correspondent writes:
"The tram cars In Liverpool until
late years were owned by a private
company. whereas now they are own
cd by the corporation. In the time of
private ownership overcrowding was
unknown; now 1t is the rule. On In
quiring the reason OF the change I
was told that 1t was this: The regula-
tions as to numbers remain the same,
but they are never enforced. The po-
lice dare not enforce 1t because they
are servants Of the corporation; the
corporation will not enforce II becauso