Efficiency in city government.
Contributors: King, Clyde Lyndon, 1879-1937, ed.
Series: The Annals / American Academy of Political and Social Science ;; vol. 41: [whole no. 130]; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ;; v. 41.
Publisher: American Academy of Political and Social Science
Published: 1912
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Municipal government.
Notes: "Book department": p. 317-355.
"The papers in this volume were collected and edited by Clyde L. King."
Includes index.
Efficiency in budget making / H.R. Sands, F. W. Lindars -- Efficiency value of the budget exhibit / J.H. Braddock -- Attaining efficiency in city school systems / F.P. Bachman -- Effective charity administration / L.A. Halbert -- Efficiency in county government / O.G. Cartwright -- A proposed municipal administrative code for New Jersey cities / D.O. Decker -- Efficient supervision of weights and measures / F. Reichmann -- Securing efficient administration under the commission plan / F.W. Donnelly -- pt. 3. Bureaus of municipal research: The New York Bureau of Municipal Research / G.B. Hopkins -- The outlook for municipal efficiency in Philadelphia / J.D. Burks -- The Cincinnati Bureau of Municipal Research / R.E. Miles -- The Milwaukee Bureau of Economy and Efficiency / J.E. Treleven -- pt. 4. Training for municipal efficiency: Investigations as a means of securing administrative efficiency / C.E. Merriam -- A national fund for promoting efficient municipal accounting and reporting / U.L. Leonhauser -- Training men and women for public service / W.H. Allen.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The need for efficiency in municipal government: Efficiency in city government / H. Bruère; title: The need for coordinating municipal state and national activities / F.A. Cleveland; title: pt. 2. Efficiency principles applied: Efficiency through accounting / W.A. Prendergast; title: Results obtainable through reorganization of accounting methods / B.J. Taussig; title: The application to a municipality of modern methods of accounting and reporting / J.M. Walton; title: Efficiency in child saving / J.S. Neff; title: Efficiency in the fiscal operations of cities / E.D. Fisher; title: Economy and efficiency in the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of New York City / J.L. Pultz; title: Efficiency in water revenue collection / J.H. Clowes; title: Securing efficiency through a standard testing laboratory / O.H. Klein; title: The problem of securing efficiency in municipal labor / B.F. Welton; title: Efficiency in highway administration with special reference to pavements / E.P. Goodrich, W.B. Holton, Jr.; title: Standardization of specifications for public works / W.H. Connell.