The story of public utilities
By: by Edward Hungerford, with 81 illustrations
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Public utilities
Description: Contains primary source material.

This book aims to give in as simple a way as possible a picture of the origin, the development, the general organization and the practical workings of the utilities which serve our cities and our country.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings of the American city; title: Pathways of community transport; title: American railroad development, I; title: American railroad development, II; title: Our railroads of today; title: The coming of the trolley car; title: The street railway of today; title: The development of city lighting: electricity; title: Modern electric light and power; title: The story of the telegraph; title: The coming of the telephone; title: The telephone today; title: Municipal utilities: streets and bridges; title: Municipal utilities: water, sewerage and parks; title: Service organization and policy; title: Financing and regulating the utilities; title: The future of the American city.