IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // C^ s J W M?< 1.0 I.I u. 2.0 IIIM 116 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" — ► ^ <^ /a /a 'm r Zi w ■ ■. V /A Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 # V 'q iV \ \ % v-" ■ wi, y I m 8t| ^ i )"^ ip ; i " I I ' TORONTO UNIVERSITY STUDIES IX OX.y ntiniii. Pn-fai- Ml NH ii'.M, MoMiri'MK.-- vMi riii.iit M\nai.imi;n. ("liqitiM' I, -M iiniriiMil Muiiniiiil n .■ Si-c'tinii I.- On CV'itdiii l{t'(|iiisiti/s uf Mml. in <'iiy L tf 1. WiiteiwiiikM 'J. StlM'l -CiilS ;>. LiyhhiiLC 1 1 . 'I'ii«'ir l\('liil i.'ii ti> ^ Iiivorniiiunt 111.- The MoniiiiuiisLic CliiinictiM- (if tiiu Sovoi-iil [iKhisMic 1. Siivot. UiiliViiys li. Waturwoi k« ;i. (iiis Supply 4. KK'ciiic I^»'I' "• - (^iin'piiri.tuii I I S iiiio Almtnifi. Kinamial .iml I'lcniiiiiiic Cnnhiili-nitii'ii-" II I!. I.itivo KiiiLii'iu'V i.f i'uMii' .-ni'l i'liv.itf S,r\:iii*- III. Si)li:'> ( 'iiiuiialMtix (• St:>l'.stii-s !, WatiTWiir k.s 'J. < i,l'^ Sn|.|ily .'!. Kiiiiiii' Liujlitit)!.' 4. 8tm-t ciis ...• Pi'. SlrlUC 1 LlifbHinll* 7 7 m I ,H 10 II 15 1(1 17 18 •21 > •Jl 24 27 •27 29 .■14 36 30 l{ilili(ii;raiii>v 37 riM-JWci:. Till' iluf nliiiiiiii Iictwi'tii civic ( iiivtiiuiiriit iiinl (•••ifiiiii iiiihi-^lrii'. wliicli, wliil*' I't' liisl cniisctiiiciicc tu ilif itilialiitiiiits .if cilifs, aii- yt iirci-s-^iirily moiin|»- • )li>i(lr ill Hicir I'lmr.'U'ttr. i-. .1 i|iii'stii)ii i.l iii'Ljt'iit im|Hirr(»iit.rio lla^ *.u:,'i,'t'.'»t<'(l t > tlic IMilur the tlif ciinsiiliTatiiiii \i\(' tin- m coiiil u|' tin- Toruiito (Jiiivfrsity Stii'lit'"' ill I'lilitirHl Sciciicf. Tin' ciiiThT )iiirtiiiM nf .Mr. Sim-Iiiir's Kssay i> ncnijiif 1 wiili n stntiinciit of tin- ci.nditions nfrtctiii^' tin- iiwli'sti ics in i|iii'sti(>ii, nixi :i ilisfiissioii nltln- v.-iriotis cnnsiiicrutifiiis wliicli liavr tu Ix- ialin^f yroiiml uIi-chIv <'X)iiiiiiicii liV t tliris ; anil sncli list I'lilncss is tin- K.vsav will iiesscs*; will lie dfrivcil iViiii il>< ('(ini|inrati\ 1' (.Miii|(li'tt'iH's^ unil its >.\ v{, nuitic nt'iaii'^i nirn!. Tlie lattT ]iart i>t' (In K^s»i\ , I'DWfVi r i-, in my "|iiniiiii, "I' liiu;li<-r vmIih' ; fur il i^, ns far a^ I l^iiow, till' lii>-l ini;i;iiM iai alti'iii|i! lliat lias \t\ Lcii inaMr Id n»iii|>ar<' tin- liiiaiiiiai |)ii>.ii inii iif |)i|lilic \\ ith tlia! lit" ] 1 i\atr niiiln takiiiLTs. This <'i)tii]'ai is'>n ou'^dit to ilo >'iiiii'\vliai In iiii.ili ralf t lir ai loiir d ( \tr. mists on fi: Iicr side. Into (lie ilrtail ol' Mr. Sinclair's arL,''niiii'nt. it is not lic^ii-alilr to ciMi r in tlii- note. lint llin-r ny< ( \vm aspt'cts of tin- .snliji-ct| wlii'ti hr lia> not toiiclh'd, ami Upon which some oliscrvalioiis may imt he out of place. .An ciilai\'t'nii'nt of iiiiiiiii-i|tal action in relation to nioiiopnlistic iii'ln.-strit's ha> lii'cii vi ry widely siipjiorted, es|icfiall\ in the fnited Slater, in the lielief which has heeii freely expressed, that it would If a step in the direition of Socialism, or ' .Na'ioiialism." Siu-h advocaix cin -caiTely he ie;;Midcd as altoj.r,.th(T wi^c. Ill the iii-i place, it implies that we cm foim ihiteamncii ihmi-c dc^finite cunce|.tioh of th" hrni ijanization of s «eiety t.haii i-^ ji'Tiuit tc I l>y an intcllii^cnt hciiel in si.cial e\nlntion. In tht; --econd piace, it ai.ai^c.s the opp tui- tion i/f men who would ot lierw isc j.r icjidy to a-'-i-f mi a piMctical r'-form : and allo\v-^ tho>-c who are stru:4<4liii:,' to retain in lleir own hairU tin' advan'a^c.s i>f nwMiopoIy to shelter tliein-'el\-es hi'hind the princijjh of industrial licedoiii- It wiaiM lie at I'lice nioii scieiiMti*- and more expedicn; if tin- advoeato of nniiii- cipal action wnuld allow thai a> the world is now coii-tilutccl. iiidivi liial enier j)ri>e has olivioiis advantaLjes. and then l;<) on to point out liiat in the case (if eeriain cily indnstrie.-< these advantai^t's cannot he ohtaincd, since, from the nature of the case, comjtelition is there inipossihie. Wliat the conunnn seiisr citizen lias to nndci.^tand is this, that to try to niaintaiji individual enter- prise in a ticiii wheie it cannot, he allowed with adxanta^c, is to di'-cr dit individual enterprise even in fields where it is desirahle. .-() H"^ nM„.r usp..,.t ..}• tl... sul.H.(.t to wl.icl. Mr. Sin.-l.-ur has not H.|v..,t..l, 's its ;'"'*"•" '"""• '■^'"""•-..pl.,v...l. TI... .I,.,i,.. t ,.,„•.. i,u,.n.v...l ...n.liti.,„sfur l"l-»r ,s ,1,.. vUri UMMiv.. r„r t!M> K„.ll.l, M-itali..,, f,,,- nnnm-ipali/aMnn for M.sUuK-.ntlM. n.soof tli.- hun-luM -locks an-l ..MM.uav. lu A ri,. , this n.n- sph.iaM.a, IS ...l.h.M, lM,ar.l ol" ; ai.-l it is th- flMancial a-lvaniavM- to th^. city that .s pi.t in thr Con.irroMn.I. I'.nt it i. ..vi.l..nt that this is a f,„...sti,.n whirl, will t-r,. ,t,s..ir uir.n puhhV attention, , v.n if it i. not raise.! iv ).l.ilM,.tl.ropv W'h. ,v lar^f l.o,l,..s of cnn>pnr«tiv,.ly m.skillo,| iahoiuvr. an- ..n.p!ovv,|, th.-.v' is always '■ priahlm-.Tof l.ilH.nr .Hsputos ; mh is snfllri..nllv .•vi,|,,.ncv,| !.v t h.. stn-t .."ir strikes in N.w York, V:.nna. Ton.nto, an,l !n.| 1 i, .f ^.vat rities. nut. lal.our .h-pul,..s involv.n- a c-ssation in th. supply .,r wa...r or .as or >,,,.,! ...r STvice '""••' nMn>...lu.l..|y air.ct puhlir safety .■.n,l co,iv..uh.neo than auv o.!,-,- similar •litlu.nllM.s.Mn.l c-all nin,v | ||v i',,, .^ ,,.„„.,|,, ,, j, ,ii(,i,,,|, ,,, j,,,;,.,,. ,j,„t j,,^, IHvsrnt anarchy .-an h.n^ continu.'. in th.- interest of th-, ,:.s,.rs of tl,.. s.-rvice if not in that of th.- lal.o,u,.rs, son,,, nirtl..,.! of pul.lio n-uiation nnist .oonrr or h.t-r, I... .u-Hnv.I at. |!ul w!...tl,-r .li.v.t n.nnicipal n.ana-.-nn.nt w,a,h| l„. an iatiMn liaM nut, been conliiii'd t,o ni'W vth nf cities, wliicli I'oniis so strikin;? a cliaracttii i*)f the |)n'8ciit century, in w and iiiit'orescen diHicullieH liiive Hpniiii into cxistMiice. Old forms (d' ci\ ic :;o\eniiiwnl, on lieiiiLj Milijected to tin- severer sirain, ii.ive not stood it widl. They seem to have lifc-.i out-efown, as tiio circle of tliiir inllueiice widened ; and, in the f'ice of new conditions, all the j^'i'iit niunicipnliti'S of the world are strixinj; to solve th«« trenienduii.s prnMeins they (iiid conlVontiii,' ilii'iii. of the necessities of inoderii city life, that i,'ive ri-;e to tin H(i ^^'ll:lt illr S .in< prolilenis A'.is in a necessary precaution against the epidemics that attend the tilth and .'■i|Ualor of Eastern plaijue- iwept cities. Of the eood tint can he at:complislied in this direction an excellent ex- ample is presented in the c-ise of Liverpool, which "comprises an area of 5,210 acres, witli an estimated population of .'•'JD,7."m"^, or 1 Ifi peo|ile pei- acre, heini; the most . ;U. {I'ltb. Aimr. Ecm. .l.wdC, Vol. III.) + Mr. Sliernian in L'niltd Utatix Cunsular Jii ii„rlii, June. 1S90. 8 [52 tliJin (.'iiii \)i: olitaiiu'd fioni tlio soil of citins, iiiiprcgnatfd as it must bn with tli« priiis of discasi'. lu oi(<('r to lio jmn', tin; water sup])ly must llicicfori' lie l>rought from l)(>yoml the reach of this coiitiimiiiatinf,' influfiicf. It must he lirou<;ht from its source either in mains or l)y aiiucduet, and distrilaitod ihrouyliout the city liy a Hyst«'m ot pipes. WliateviT metliod lie aih)pted, it is evidently a matter involvin;,' a very f,M'eat onthiy of capital. Tlds cost is j^'reatly enlianced hy the fact tliat in order ii3 supply lli^h huildiiigs, and to re->siire ; and the loss of water hy l'.'.(kaf.;es hecomeH important, since the amount n[' n lluid passing thronti;h an oriCn e in a j,dven time varies directly witli tlie force hejiind it. A ,-;ystcm of water-works is thus a. 7ii:crssi/,i/ for a city. 'J"he jijrowth in the numher of water-works in the I'nited States and in Canada is ilhistr.ited hy the fcllowing tahle * .shewin;,' the nnmlier of works operating,' in the years nn'utioncd : — rnited State Oaiiiula I sno. (J'.t G •20 1S>'.'). 1.037 ISSII l,'J«iO 87 r_'0 companies operating; witli !i lu tireat ni'ilain and Ireland in ll^80, there w capital of ,i;7,0O''.O0O, (e.xclusixc of S in J.ondon witii a capital of ,f 1 L'/OOO/'CH), inid n num'ier of nmnicijial plants in (ilas^ow, r.i)-ininL,diaia, Manchester, etc.r Stkki:t ('aiis.— Another nec< ssity arisiiiL( from modern conditions of city lii" is somo mode of (du'ap and speedy transportation from jdace to ])lacc within the city limits. Not ouJy is this esseiitiiil as a mode of conniiunication hetween tin' business sections of a -l Ai>;iri: TliftSJ- arc 1,0(10,000 : cost nl' Dinning; '•.7c. jn r mile, fnr carli car'' 4!' roa'l.s, H'JT iiiilis ot' track, run ''V rnUr, \alufd at s| l.dOn.OijO -. (•(>st of niniiini: - ;"'c. per- mile " " -\i) roads. L',(i"_'l iiiiics of track, nin l^y ilicl rii-i/i/, valued at s I l,OUi),000 ; co.st (^.t ru'nin,' J -Jc. j.< r mile " " ■l.'i roads, ."i."i 1 miles of track, rnn liv .-.,'■ r///, valued Jit 87, 011(1, oO'i : cosi of riiiniiiiir r).(lc. |.ei mile " '• No tiiat '■ iiorse " ro ids do tiK.' ,■ tiian liali' the tr.illic. 'I'lii.^ is to !'<■ e.\[iected fioin tlu- circumstance, under wliifii .streei. railwaya liavc de\ elope. 1. .\ '• horse ' road is the e.i-i.st and I lieajicst to liuild : altlioiij^h it is said to cist .norc to " run ' than tlie nthcis. 'I'lir- olijcctioiis to it ai'e : Ist, Its .vA/z/vc-.s' ('S|Mci.illy for sulaii'han tratlii-, « here all tlie other,"- are j,'really its superior in thi-; respect. L'ud. Ii reiiuires a 'ar;ie stall' ot' unskilled cniploveis. 'Afd. its stiililis must ii' in a (.enijul part, and n.-uiHv constitute a nuis.ince . while the excreta ot' .■^0 uuiuy iidditional animals contriliutc s lar^ieiy to the uncleanline.-s of the .^licet.s. I''lec(ricity st.-uids second, ahhou^h ii is so new an elcMnent in moti\(' powers, i anil lias w(ui its wiiy to popularity in iiu r li-comiiii^ mme stahle cvei y year, laid more imporiant loails are ado|ilin..' it. Tlio lar;,'e»l ehctric r.ulway is in Ijostun. whei'e tlie " \\'e>i I'nd System," with 2^1 luilc.■^ of rai.'k, h t> tilt miles of il elec- trically CljUipped. 'I'liei;' are t wf) kiuds;J o!' ele,.'(ric .nlrect car: fine in which the power is e;irri''I in tlie car, wldcli is called thi; "storaj^e hattery '' system ; and an;ith"r which ohtains its power from a wii'c oserhiad. connected with the car l>y ;; trrdley or arm fasten«d to the car, and ha^■inJ^ on its iijiper end a pulhy which tuns on lie- wii", thus ( Diniilctin'.,' tie- circuit. Th(^ advocates ct' tin- twu .systems wai^e (jnthuaia.siic war upuii e.ich other. '{'hr lattei seems so far to he mther the more suc.i-esatul ; nolwiiiisraiidimr tiie disadvantage it lahors under, of lieing ohliyeil to striii;^ its wiri's upon poles which makes it necessary tlitit ill" track should he by the s:ide of the roa!, and in case ot'douhle ri-.i'kf;, one on eai it i-ide of tin; roail ; oi-el.sethat the poh s should lie, placed in the roadway in tin' spai e Instween the tracks. In t iihc!- case tin oiiiitruction to Liatlic is coiisideiaiiio. i>otli systeuKs have the following; disadvantau;i'H : 1st, Tliev ai^- iill'e-te I liy electrical chatii,'! s in the atmosuh.Me. L'ud. 'I'liey .are oft"n dania^e.-l hy lii{hlniiiv'. '•>i\\. Tiie track must be kept perfectly ch-Mr of siio-v m wi.itec, I ili I'li,- c I'.'s .ire often stripped from the yearinii in connection witii the dynamo, h-ivini; the c ir in'l[)les.s on the street,;;' "itli, 'I'hey are unable toasceml very heavy i^r.ides. Tlieir limit in this la>t direction w.-uld seeni to be ascertained by the following.,' examples : -Milwaukee has an electric r.iilw.iy workin;; KUccc'ssfuIiy over a 10 per ceiit. Lfrr.de. liVim (.Mass.) has a sy^tem whose cars succeed in climiiins,' a yrade of \'.\.'2 perc-ii'. In Taco ;ia an eUctric railway was stttrii'd : but it wtis found unable to master a ri.se of 1 in 7, and ii, has bei n r>p'.i ed by a cable line. * F"r conii)ari.-iructii.ii "i ii tiMi iiiilf roii'i wiili lifteeii cais, ac Kixiii liy ;i ciiiiiiiil.cc el the .-Xm. .Street liaiiway Ass laati-in in >( |ii.. l.s'.li). Cal>Ie sy.stiin — Ciift m i-;il)le ciirslruct i.m, .>7tlO,00.lOO: |ii>w.i "plant, .■SlL'U.OOO : totiil. .sslU.tjOO. Klej-trio ■Acilieiid wire system -tj(i.-t iif roailiicil, o70,iMH) : winiij,', .:!.-!u,nOii ; c-ar^, >iiO.O'iO ; power plant, js.li»,00a; t^tal, .■slii.i.iMNj. .Storage Ij.ilterv .-v.-!' rouill.e.l, .'<7u.0Ui» : car-, .ST.'i.UOU : i>ower plants .'s;<0,0(K); total, .sl7o,0a.). " • t The tir.-it (-lectrical .str-rt railuMV u.'^Mii iniiiiiiiH' in C'iev el.-ni'I. < >.. in Ksst. ] .\ diinl variety, whei-.^ ih.- w.n 1- in .-i e uvl'iit IbuciIIi the tj-a.-U. li.i-^ lieeri Iriid in I!..rt'>ii aid in |)e)i\ er. lint at sncli r"'i .is in lie ..nt .it llie i-naiit S " Fin'ii live ii.i lULe.s t.i ilirce ye.xr-), " wan tht' reply ..r ati eleK.trical expert to a ipiesli.iii as in the iifu of tln'1-e J,'earillJ/s. 10 [54 Electric systems have great ii(lvant(\j»os however ; — Ut. Thi'v secure speed (from 3 to 20 miles ]ier liour 1>ein^ ol)tiiiii;ihle iit tln' will of i]\(' t'lirnluetnr) -a irreat i-onsiclcratioii. (specially in siilnirlian flistricts. ■Jnd. In i,'a'«' of danger, ehM^tric ears can stop more (|ui(;k!y (owin;^ to tli(( dynamo l>eini( reversilile) tlmn either horse or lahle cars. •'ini. 'riicy are di'Mji,'' and, with the ranid inipi'oviMui'nts mid" in electrical s''iencn All) pro'.alilj' soon ln'Oiix' <'lH'n]H'r still. 'Dii- lalilc system. tli(Mitjh (lieay) to operate, is very costly to estahlish; and is adopteri oidy where thmc is i;reat trallic in liiri;e (Mlies, or wlierc th-'re ire stei'p inrdin<'S to sni'- mount. Theirarsare propidh'd l>y ai\ endless chain, runninu' in a tuntel lii-neaU' (h ■ track, and eonni'ele,! with the car liy a elntidi whieh passes from the latter tlii'oni;li a groove into the tunnel. 'J'he eli.'iin is kf[il- in 'nation liy a central engine. Sliouid tlie eiutch eat ell on iin ie' i|inlit\ of tie' ehaiu, it .■sometimes heconies impo' >il>le fur lie- londnei.or to release ii. The eni' then runs anui -k, till it smashes .i^^ainst some oirstrm-ti'in, or till the ei'iitrid stiiiion e,in he cimnniniealed with, and the eliiiin stoppeil. This of course stops all fh" other ciu's on th;it liiu". Stenni is a motive p.uver for street cars, is not popular for ohvioiis reasons. It is used on the elev.i'ed lailwav of New \'ork, and the underground railway of Jjondon. In ih<' tenner cMse i'.s noise and lillh er.nstilute a niiis.uice to the inhahiiants of the distriit^s tiji versed, and in l!ie 1 itt -r to the :r.i\-idh'rs tln'inselves. l.n.iiTiMi The lii^litin^ of |iiildie lhorou<,difaipiness of the great hody of the people as revolutions of much greater fame. An ingenious projector named Eilward Ifeming ohtained letters patent, conveying to him, for a tei in of year.s, the exclusive right of lighting up London. He undertook for a moderate consideration to ])lace a liglit heforc! evt^ry tenth door on moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady Day and from si,\ to twelve of the clock. Those who now see tlie capital all the year, from dusk to dawn, hla/ing witii a splendor compared with which tlie illuminations for La Ilo^ne and I'lenheim would have looked pale, may perhafis smile to think of Heming's lanterns which glimmered feohly heforo one house in ten fluring a small part of one night in three. But such was not the feeling of his conteinporaries. His scheme WHS enthusiast'cally ajiplauded and furiously attackcnl. . . . ]\lany years after the date of Heming's patent theie were exten-^ive districts in which no lamp was seen." Progress in lighting 1ms kept pace with other improvements; *. and even Macaulay's London of fifty years ago " hla/ing with splendor "' would prohahly appear hut poorly lit! bei lii dc .stj ovl Wtl *T lis clnapiii M-" is I;ir(:cly tli>' rf^ii't i>f tlieir Hjiced. If a iikkI can run its ciis half as fast again as tliose of aiM'tlicr, two thirds tlic iiuiiiler of cirs will siilliop. + //ix/"rii i.f HiidIiiiiI, \()1. I., cli. ;<. ;ln IsS;', ill Cieat Uiitaiii and Irdaiiil iIm le were t'-'iO. 000,000 cii!.'.igeil in tlie business : in 18S!) the capital liad iiRTea.-ed to t(i(l,OOO,O0O. :)4 :)r> 'i. It is Jjoiidon, s of tho lit lis compared witli the iiverat;" city of to-ilay. lln' iiiiportanoo of lliorouijli li::litiiii» is beiiit( ni'iCf mtkI more n-couniz d. In (Ila'JC^'ow tin- mii!ii''ipa! antlioritics comp»'l thu lii^litini,' of stiifA'ays in tiMic unnt honscs, and pav pair of llif i.'o.st. Tln^v can atlnrd to e more cheaply handled in lai'.'o (piantities -il '.^a-^-work-: than when dis'rihnted in small quantities thiduuhout a «.ity. Moreover ii !,'is-\voiks the liv jiroducts of th'- coal are almost ,ill tuil'/.ed. iicarcely auv w.i>te o'currini,' in the prodi.'tion of yas. In the liuriiiiiL; of '_'as it is estimated tiiat SO jicr I'cn!. of th" l'eat-|iro(Uieint; pr-uer may Im utili/eii, wlnle in coal stoves 10 to L'U jicr eciit, ii ohlaiiied and in a _;iare lir(? only 3 [)er ci nt.* As a motive jiosver i;:is would »-/llO*llU«-ll'-' V 'Jlll't »M I/|i>l|;.t\«V« .^l.lll lllJi'. ',il«t».l'». lLil-^illO\/lt\ll_« ' t r .-?(#Il|i- HULL, tL lt'ly<7l4ll be olttained at a sutheicMitly low price, its utilization as a motive power to drive small -^.v (^nqiiies would tend t^ do away witli the oncentratien of industry at !ora! centres ren lerei nticcNsary hy the introduction of the steam enLjiiu' at the l)e;,'inni!i;^ of th" i^-ntury. J In li.nhtiii:,', as in street railway traili'. ehctriiuty is rapidly M- tliMrmii-'l: ventilation ol)taiii("l ill iui etheiulHe st:i;,'niint-:iirey kei'|iintf a jet luiniiiit,' in the viinlutiiifj tine. l:lt has n..t yer lieen oliiained i-hiMp eneuijh. hii\ve\ci; iiml wiirtier tlil.s re.^iilt would |m11..w is \tev- liap.s .alsiidiiiihtfiil. The same cliiiin i.s raiseii mi behalf <>! elec'tricity. Lord .Sali-'lmry, in ,i recent speech, said, " Kh'ct.rii.'i'y will se/ittei- the [ireseiit unhealthy aeKrei,Mf,ien <.t lahor." The truth of thi> is .|iie,i mn. <[ \)y the Klirlf'-hi-liiiixrhi r Aii-.i iiii }• \\\,'\r.\\ iiejds tliat it will aiinihihitt' siiiall industries. In .iiiy event it seems seareelv likely tli.-it when se tiiany eeiiditii. us vitally atfectinx industry have ohiui>;ed witliin luO years, that the state ni thiiiif.s then existing* eeuld he retnnied to l>y simply i.diminatin^? what was at that time th" distuiliiiii,' "lenient, \i/, , the steam en^-ii.c. Whdh'jr, under the new re^'ime tliat would r -suit, the werhiiif,' iii.iii wmild he hetter situ.ited than at present remains to he proveil. SMr. M. d. KraiicirtC'o, in a paper read before the National Eleulrii; Light .Vssouiation, Au^'. I'.i, I'^'JO. Th« priiR'i]il(> of litisKcz ia'wo wiis itself a rclar to their pros^Tt'Ss, an instrnnietit t'nr their o[i{iression. T}i" paternal theory of tlie slate was still la);j;<'ly nir'-'tinj^ I'-ntdisli industry, wlien Adani Smiili wrnt( liis " W'efdtli ot Nations." IJe opened tlir way for its cost, of some man li fact un d products Jias prohalily tiei n < iihanced. I lie clian^e hr'.uiiht ii certain amount of ^'iU'eiini; as CM ry chiiie_e must cio. Y(-t, w.'i^hiiii; the ev il.> a;^aiiist the heiiejjts oiit^iined, e\< ryont; must ctincede that it was hitter liiat the dilliciiliies eiit.iiii d Ity tin cliaii^e should hi; endured tlain that (hildicn sliould he alio\\i(l to >;rfiw up "vilh tin piiysical, iiienl:d and moral tlis, ases invai'iahly accompany iiti,' 'lie oMer system. ' had so ion.;- sioed ill the way of .■>wuHi; .so far to the o)'positt' Ihif, in the icviilsion lioni the restri( live pfilic\ t rial proirros, the scale of op!ni(.)n had iialinall\' extreme i)iat it wa.-; not to he hrouirht h.uk to tie' halanci^ hy such an example ol' the lienetits to !"• derived fuuii o.ca-i:nal iii'ei feri^nce as the precerlitii,' That was in behalf of childKU. Mi" w re con-ider'd a' le to 1moI< alier themselves. .\i, f-xainple is seen m tiie c(jn(lict hetweiMi hihor and capital U In n a laho' er ,mumhlcd at ic-uii]!,' his waj,'( s ri diired he «ns represented as hein;,' \ery unn as^ nahle ; for could he not stop work it he lik' (I / Wvir tin re not others ready to take hi- place at the. new wagen, and should not compc'itiuii and iiecdi^m of contract rule in all such matiers '. lait the laliorer -savv that wiiile tJii m- mic.s wtre I nforced. Smailin^' with a s use of injustice, wnrknieu com'iitii;d m.-ipiteof the laws and W(!re successful. Jii this p^riod aro.^io the nsentmenl of employees ai^aiiist employer. *Arnel(i Tiiyalice, T/n J n'tusii inl H( rn/iiiih)!, \i. S". Ol \:\ 'I'll!', liittcr ;iniii<'u n^iintlii'd may s'ill l»e mit with from timn to time. Tlii'^ htru'.".'l<' of I'apitiil and lalior hud an cduM'ivi; cllt'ct. It fmpliasizrd tiit- faiit that i'oni|i<'titi')a c aild li'' t'rci^ only jmon^ i-i/mtJ.s. Tli.' id'^i that men couM, by comhiii- ini; ihtMnsuiid ha;; liecn l.'i>iic o\ it au'aiii, ainl t In- conclusion di'.iwn tVorn tiic la-l twciitv yi arx' rxp' rience ni.tv hi stated :is follows : While cfinipeiition may he a \e)y i^'ood ami useful tliiii:^ in itself, still it m'lst very M-hhim et.'i'ur lliitt jifldition.ii circumstances do Tiot so entei" into tlie consideration of any jiarticular indiisti'y as to make a'lsoiuti'ly free and ei|iiai com|tetitioii in itui\ imp issiliility. 'I hns, turning; to the (piestion immi diateiy hefore ns, ami askine how far a useful and eiri('ti\e c(>mpet it ioti iiet ween tlh'ise iMiLraijint; in the same liusinesH is re, illy pissilile, it will 1.1- found thit industries run throu.;h the i^'amut from ihos" in whiih competition is hy hir tlie j^riatest factor to those at the other cxtremi' whose naturaliy mono[)olislii! features overshadow thfir enmf)e|itive ones, in some ins! iie-e^ deslroyin.; tli'-in almost entirely. At tlio 'aMer nd of i he si.'ile will Ite found th )se industries wh isc rem irk I'ole, (levelupmeiit !ind pei'nliu- po-ition a- ne( essitie'-, of eiry lif,. hue heen (h's'iiW.' I in Section f., VIZ. Waterworks, Street railways, (las and Klectric Li;^ht,in:^ and Teiephono service. Tliey were not dealt witli tiy Adam Smith heciuse they were not in (ixistmice In his dav. Ainoiif,' the first to t(nich upon their monopolistic characteristics was .fohn Stuart Mill.* r.ut why slioiild thesi! industrial undertakin.,'s he moaonolies i I; is t video' th it i,li.;ir nionn|i(>iistH; character is not of the same kind as that of th" aiiilicial monopolies ijrauted hy Elizabeth, .lames I,, and (Jiiarles (,, in wliich an ordinary liusiu'Ss w.is coiilineil to F'ated per-ons by the crown a.utliority, in return for annual paym-'ots to the t.reisury. N'T are they akin tr> those iindertakinifs, such as inventions, or the establishing of new industries in a cimntry riipiiriiii,' them, on whose behalf 'jjovcrnment mav st"p in aiid ve- strain coinpolition by j^rantini,' patents, or by imposing,' a protectivi! taritf. In fact they aro diametrically opposed to the last mentioned in the pirticulir t'lit L^iv.Tn nents, whether fjetmral or local, have attempted tocr'-ufi- competition in them, and in spite, of the altoiupt they have bi come nioiiopolies. In what tlien dj they ditJer so widely IVoin other pursuits ? Sonu' of their characteristics '^dven by Sir T. II. h\irr(^r in his book "'The State in Relation to Trade " arc as follows : " 1. Wliat they supply is a necessary. " 2. 'J'hey occupy peculiarly favored spots or lines of land. " '.]. Tho article or convenience they supply is useil ,tt the place whei'e and in con- nection witli the plant or machinery by which it is supplied. " 4. Tills ar icie or convenience can in j,'eneral be largely if not indetinituly increased without proportionaio increase in plant and capital. " '). Certainty and harmonious airanijeinent, wliich can only be attained hy unity, are paramount considerations." No o«/^ ot'thesc peculiaritit's seemsat all sutlicient to constitute any of the industries under consideration a monopoly. 1. Their character as ni-ce---iinries has .already been dealt with in Section I. ; but they are. not more necessary to city life than, say a dry-!,'oods store or a bakery, and these are industries clearly open to competition. '2. Here we meet a much more important diHlrence between tbein and such a busi- ness as the sale of dry goods. By oljtaining a i^ood site for his store, «.'> j.'ri'aier if the Htrc'-th wer« wliolly j^iveu uj) to tlicm ; init tlml is hardly what .streets are for. Their UKe ri\' the KtreetK is a Ljreat ineoiivenience to the i^ener il pMl)lie;aiul each athiitiona! traik or main or pole imi-e.seH the .innoyanee and (ilii-tiuciim in a lar ^re.itei' raiio than its proportion to tliOHe alren.iy " Incatt d " wouhl at tirst sis;ht had us to expect. While the people ma} he complacent uiuler tie' hre.il^ini,' ep nf a .-•leet fur two (;r tlu'ei; wefik.s in a season l>y the ojjeration of hiyiu'.; or re|i lirinij the water nriins of a company, and may lie aiije to endure having' the nni-aiu'e ineria.sed tu twice ihiit ien^^th (>i' time l.y the Hicursion ol'a si i 'mrl i omnaiiy; slill,if a third I'oiejiany apf e.ir rm I lie scene wit li tlie siiiie deinand. it is exiddit that an increa.se <;f only .'jU per ci nt. in tiie titee dnrini' which the dii!!' iihy lastr. will he vn-wed i.y the ordinary rifi/eu as an inci--ase (.if at h-a-i 1(H) per cent, in i he ,iMhf>yance. Is thcn' not a pfijnt at whii h huni.in pat ieiii-e njust L;i^< way'/ With tlie tipjie.irance of a fourtli ■■onip.in} will not that p'lint !»■ reached, altiiou'^h the iiMiense ii: linw ask< d for he hiii oiH-third ' i he troulih- is not in aiiy wav le!->i'iied hy all the coii!p;ii.ie:; ( aiiyin:,' un their icpairs at once, lor thut would stop trathc- en rlie stn et etitin ly. (irmfini,' (ill this, liowever, it ilocs not [)iM\e an ah.-.()|ute nionopuly of :> 1 th(- imhisiiii K. lor tiiere i- room on each st re t for at hast t>»"o competing' con^panies, with the exception of .street cars: and flie.-c ndj^ht he ei\( u adjacent pariillel streets or aliowed to use < he* one liin- in < omnion as a meatis of accss to important hiisincss .'•octions, as is (lore in many American citie-- S.. that ilm mo.vt tl at can he said I"!' this second oonsiilerntion of physical iiecessji.y, apart fr in otln r onsidci.tion^, is thaT it linnt.-- ci.onpei itioii to a coiiipar;iti\-ely sinaJl numlK r. ;'). Their third or /o'-'il clciractori.stii; is al.so mi i'ii[)ori.int one in connecti(ni with S'>i:i'- of the.^e in(histries, If <.'as ooiihl lio easily soiiili'lcd or rethnjed to a .-mall hulk, so as n* admit, lii.e (-otton or -uij.ir, of transportation to disti»nt plac-s, it would make all th" ditii i. nee in the way in which it could he supplied. ( ompetition svould at once he extended to all ;,'as-preduein^ companies within an nrv.w, ^reat or small, accoi'diuLj ti> the cost of freight on the article sent. Thi; same i.^ true of \\at(^rworks. Ifaslreetcar ticket pc-'-essirl the inl'.i^ien' propei'ty on heincr torn of convoy in;:; it.s hoi ler to hi.s cl'stina- tion all c(nnp:ini( s in the world ijould compete ii\ supfdying tlto lioknts, thou'^di they shouhl cost the conj'.,niphone companies, and to telei'iaph compaiues scarcely at all, siu'-e elec- tricity, thi> form of force us(!il in them, is .o easily transleired over long distances, •h By an industry of " increasin;^ retm ns ' we mean one in whii-h if we invest SIO^OOO we mav ol)tain a net return of S'lUU a year, hut, if we invest •'-'2 to a certain point, e,(/. the large piano manul'acl-uri r usually has a great advantage over his rival who works on a siu'ill scale, from the tact that the former is enahled to huy materials in larL;er lots and so get reduced rates. He is enahhal to (Mn|)loy specialists, etc. Still this, as we kuow, does not dt-stroy cotnpetition among su<;h manut'actur rs. Omi reason is that there come.i a point heyond which, from the nature of the industry, thi? iu.lvantage.s of increasing the capit.al involved htcome less and less. [oK iiut c uinnt ililir nt I'll ts smihII iiiiiii- IT of HtriM-t upon olir • ;;ri'ilMT if ■or. Tlicir i()M>i! Ir.'ick io tliaii its fur two (ir iiiuiiis of a it ltMif .sui'iu' with iiM' ilnriiiii (,i lit !-ii-t. ' must i^iv*' 1, ;iltliuu;,'li IV leii>i'iii'(l ittic on rlie ipcily of ii ! unit's, with or iillu\v<'(l , as is (Ioi;»^ isi'li'i'iition ■titioii r.j a witli -nil'' k, so us to i'. all t!i" , oncf he lit,' to thfs >; 'fct car is (1 'stina- li'V sliOlllU )C.ii 111 us 'd svittiin >uiii;iny. a sliu'lu ■ e t;lec- I SI 0,000 lin a net iC olitivin are not lin point, works on Its and so osv, doea conies a ksing the 5t)| 15 While in tin- ciisc of sipcet railways, i,'iis, cto., this point nviy not he «') quickly reaclieil as in most uthers. it i'i finally Ibund ; an i extension Iteyond tliat point can lie carried on only at a lohs. This fourth reason is not, then, suiRcient in itself to constitute them nionopolii.'s. 5, As to the lust reason ^i\('n, vi/.., the itreit ad\antai;e of cei'tainty and li innonions ftrianjjfinent whicli can only lie attained hy unitv, this advantai^e is esjieeially marked in the case of tlu Leiephone, where its utility larijeiy depends oi lieiin^ able to r niiiiuinicate with litii) of tlu! services in the city. It is mori easy to .irrange a system of transfers hetwe<'u lines of street cars if they lielonii to oim company if there ho a lir>'ak in the waier or i.'as mains or defect in teicphone wire>i one i- iinpany cannot cast the Mame up'Hi ttiioiji' r, if iheie he hut one company in a district. That company must at once shc'-Iuer the responsihility and attend to th'j'/fi'!r, the r.'sult is .juite dilT ri nt. Tlie lirst ensures a dcinand, the secoii'l narrows competition to two or three companies on a tlnir'iULihlare, the third contines competition to om^ town, the tourth makes the prize of olilaining .^ moni^poly .-o great as to change c.jiiipi'tition into a war to tlu^ de.ith, in which the weaker ciimpany must he " ah>>orh. 'I " : while the tifth makes it a matter of piUiUc con\enienre that tiK^rt sliuiild not ln' <'oniii"t.iti m in ihe.-i; industries. yir.ctioa -J. — Tli.-i Man ipiiUsdc (Jharii'l.iw nf t'l.'t Sevcfa/ Iiulnslrira, 1. Sfn^'^f /I'liihrai/n. — .Since it is pliy ically impossihle to have more than one doidile tracic on a street, iheonlv way in wliicii cam|ietitioii h'-comes at al! p'issilile l^ (1) To allow compi.'ting companies tunning powers over a comninn 'diu! ui rails, di (2) To let them use aflj icent str"ei> for t le'ir tracks. ( )f the two metliiiis the fMniicr is cl.-irly tlie better; lor in the latter c is-, the e,).,i; of layinir and iiiaintaiiiiii:;- an extra track (from .'51, -'UU to oJl),UUU per miie; ' is s.j gieat til-It tiie eompany could allbrd to give lietter si;rvioe, it the mo ley wasted in building the sec'ind track couM he .^avcd and expend-d in thi', wa\. Moreivor. the im|)eiliiiieiit to traliic oll'ered iiy slieet car line.s, aiul the c mstant annoyanc they present ui residential (juarters would he sullicient I'eason, apart from tinauuiai e<>n- siderations, for conliiiin^ them to the smallesl nuni'ier uf' streets po-sihle'. So that, dismissing the case of competing on adjac-nt streets as w.istcl'ul :>\id as ,i multiplication of an uiinecc^ssary aiinoyanci;, wi^ h.-wi; remaining the first nainwl in^'th 1 1, or that ill whiih tlui same track is usetl in common by com[)etiiig companitis. This plan, with various modilications, is adopted in many Ane rican cities i ; where it is usual for a numiier of companies to have runiiing ptiwers over co'umon tracks in the " ihiwn town " or business sections of the city, and outside the'.-^e to have their indi\idual private track.s. Now the chief consiih'rations in a street car service are ; (I) Th it it should take us to our ilestination with as little walking as possible ; (2) That v.-e should be able to get there as (/nii'/,/i/, ('■>) as ronifhrtnh/if, and (1) as ch-niiltj as possible. Over that part of the road wliiea is private property there can lie no eom|ietition ; for if roads are on ulternate stre-ts. the disadvantages in the way of wa^Lelulne.^s and annoy- ance deah. with above make theins(dves felt. If, oi the contrary, they diverge to a Toronto Street Railway Arbitration. + E. g,, CItVfland, Ohio. 10 [GO diHtiinen from caoii otht-r so as to catiili a local tiallic, as is almost alwayn tin- onso, com- ^K'titioii is at omu- (l((.stri>y(!il, for no uik' ".vill walk cvi'ti tsvo lilockw t'artliir" tli in In^ nccil in order to {liilronizf a rival coi ipauy's line ; nK.n- csin'cially a> tin' timr lo.^t in so iloiny will usuiilly niori' than match any a-un in spp'-il >u- Tare on llu! part of the nioti- distant company's rars. N'ow, it is only for thnsi- takint; a lonj,' ride that I hi' item of comfort }>('C!oinos im|ii)itaiit ; liut in takiiit,' :i loiii; ridf thf (ra\<-lli'r is olili^cd to approach the jjuhurlis when) railways aro far apart, and, as uc havf just seen, in siioh a casd thu para mount consirlcrationa arc ncariicss and si't'cd. Althoui^h compf'iitioti is thus sn powcilrss as a rc^Milator of street railway trallic, the faith that has hccn rcposi'd in ii hv Americm cities is riMnarkahlr. Fkjiu a list in thn {^trcf't Kailway .Jnnrmd of July, 18'JO, the t'ollowin*,' lit,'ur(s have Ik'hm cmipuN-d : lt^^ Ami'iican cities and ti'wns have f^7^ street railways. Of these ;!.'?'» have liut ont! railway, 0") have 2, "J'? have ;{, If) have i, S have a, 'A have 0, 1 have 7. '•'> have I-*, 2 havo i). one lijis 10 milways, one 11, one I'J, one I :•, and (Uie 1'). San l-'ranscisco lias 1(!, St. 1/aiis I'J, Now Vork I'.t, I'hikulelphia L'l, and ritslmri; rejni'^es in the possession of 21. The attempt to produce <'nmpetiLion as shown in thfse ligures lias not lieen attendfd ■with iiny nnirkMl succpss. In f.et, in faco of the diliiculties that have heen sketched ahove, it would 1m! veiy surnrisiiii( indeed if it htid licen. In Phihuh^lphia a syndic-ate lias l>een formed, which contrnlH most of the roails in that city. W'iien the elevated roads of New Vork wore Ituilt, an illort was mado to kenp the three lines distinct ; hut this etFort was d(>feated, and they cpiickly aiiiMl^amated. The street railways of Newaik, N. J., liavo heen consolidiited, and I'oston, Detroit. IiuHalo, RucIh stcr and Coluiiilais, < )hio, have recently followed tlw. example. The Toronto City Council, after consideriusj; various proposals to introduce competii.tj lines, have also, recently decided in favor of "an •i.fchtKtvi'. rij^ht to operate street railwtiys in the city." Mr. C. E. Stump, Vice-President ol' the Stre, t IJailway Puhlishini,' (Jompany, New York, under date of Jan. 12th, 1S!)1, writes: '• It is inipossilile to tell how many lines are heing controlled hy syndicates, as lines are continually heiiig hought up. When; the .Unes of a city are not all under control of a syndicate, those which are retain their individual name. 'I'he railroads of Now York city are controlled hy the .Metropolitan Traction Company."' Mr. I'Veeman, of the Detroit Street Railway, says : '• Ai,'reenieniH usually exist hetween the street railways not to interfere with oiu^ another, and to run on common agreements." So that it is evidcmt that competition anion;^ street railways exists only in name, ■A-nd that if the American cities in tht! list from which the writer ohtained the above general figures granted charters true character of street railway trailic as a anonopoly, and by dealing with it as such. 2. Waterworhs. — The monopolistic features of waterworks are so apparent that they have been more dearly seen and more generally acted upon than in the case of any other of the industries mentioned. The nece.ssity of water supply is so evident ; the cost of providing it is .so great ; the public annoyance from the breaking up of streets in the laying of mains, etc., so considei'able ; the imine isfo has 1 (!, iHsion ot' 24. ■iTi aftf'iuled I'll sketched a syiKJirate ivatfil roads t ; l)ut this wark, N. J., MlliUH, ( )hi(), ■iiii^ various vor of " an ipany, N'cw inany lines \Viu!ro tho retain tlieir •trupolitan \i^ceenieniH and to rnn ill name, the al)')vo l)tain com- terly al>an- of capital radio as a that they any other »e cost of Kts in the caso of a e industry ifies have niH in <»a3, ea provide one com- in most -ill 17 London has S water companies supplyini,' ."i,t)5M.(^0(i people One cliaiijes C J Is for what another char;,'es C'MTs, and for the same service that tli" < Jla-i^ow svaLerwurks, which are owned i»y thf numicipality, charge t'l Ds iM ; ssith tiie fiirthci' diHep nee that uiiply. I'hese rentals have trchled since If^'t.'), Iiave double! since \Hi]H, and Imve incriMx-d -'' /, sinci* 1 SSQ ; uiid yet the coiupaiiies ll:ouL;h rliari^iii;,' thesi' increased rates, actually supply less water per houni' liian they did lU yi-urs a:,'o. The value nf tlieir >t(n k doulileil in the years from 1^71 to ISS.i, Somt! of the companies had a maximum dividi nd of 10'' j, pruvitled for in tli( ir charter ; this limit two of the companies h.ive reacled. < )nc oou>- ])any liux inj^ no le^al limit to its dividends pays ll'l^ ,„ uiul the luwi st pays t)*\,,. The total value ot the waterworks in the city is >£;J."5,(iOO.(liM.), and alter dedii'tiui,' runninji expenses, etc., it is estimated that tiny ii'pav their owners c?'>(IO,Ol)0 a year over the. current rates of interest. I n so vital ,i matter ti> (he city, moreover, as irotection ai,Min>t con dii^'rations, (he Kire l!rii;ade iinds il>elf' oontiuually hampered l)y the lack of pressure .md scircity of wudr under the j)resent system. In February. lf>l)U, a inminittre was ppiiinted by the Loiiclon (bounty ("ouncil, to tonsidf r the (Mkiii^; over cf ihc various d the I mjMrial nil' waterworks This coininiltec! has reported in favor of the >,. h I'arliatnent is beiii^ asktul for tlu; necessary powers. :'), i,',(s Sujijili/. — In this industry the tfuidency to monopoly is scar ely less m irked. The ditliiuilties of attempting t) re:^ulate it l)y competition and ilii' Ix-nelits of mananini,' it as a rt'co,'ni-.e.| moiioiioly, are so clearly proven liy the past exp'Timie of American and iMiropean cities liial a reference to some of lluuu will lure be niadi-. In London, Knglaiul, the principle of assii,'ninj,' t ich company a di.slinol territory which had been in voguo for 20 years was abandoned in iSJi' and competition encouraged. As a icsult, six diri'en>nt companiis laid mains in Oxford Street. Diirin:,' the pandemo- nium tliat ensued, .-uch little incidents as vvasti' in Icaka^t! resulting from a ch.in!,'t! of service hastily made, the counectin},' of a hoii.se service with the m.aiiis of a wroii;,' com- pany, or even the conneclin.:;of two dillerent companies' mains to;,fether, pas.se 1 unnolioe I in the clamor for cu.stomers. In the war of rati s that ensued, consumers o'liained gas for one-sixth tlie price of pioduolion, while, tluough the jealous .sect coy main- taineil liy the coni[ianies, .some, obtained their gas for nothing' l) interfere. In addition to the public inconvenience, the companies suirered sevi n Iv and severil became virtually b.mkrupt. In IS.").") ihe l-i companies came to terms with one another, divided tho city int > districts each taking one, cea.sed competition and tuch adojited one uniform rate for the whole of its district. Prices were greatly increa.sed, and it was (.'vident tliattho consumers would now have to pay tor the unnece.ssarv mains, etc., that had been buried during the eiithusi.tstic period of competition. Xotwilhstanding the public outcry a Parliamentary imiuiiy, alter careful consideration, indorsed this action, and provided a system of regulations. .Vmalgamation of the companies tollowed, and by I86.ithe thirteen companies had beoomo three. T'heir stocks now .sell at from two and a half to three times their nominal v.ilue and their owners receive from 12 t city, ('xcliniiufd |ii-M|ii-rty a •.'oriliiii^ ti» loiii'ioii, an I iniiui'iliutfly imt ili" priif of !,ms up to tlu' oM iiguri! hffon- coiupt'titioii roiiuncmMvl. Tim city fnu!,'lit the cam' in tin' courts, lint whk cv 'titniillv liciitcii. and thti i'.)ni[i:»iii''.-i li iv" l.-cn L;oini,' jiIoiil; in tli-dr own way fvcr sinic. ' A CoiiRffHuioiml (JoMuiiltii> Ims rc|'oitt'd ilut "it is l"ad p >li' y to piTmii ninrc than oiii' j{as company in tln^ .-^anit' pail of the cily." •' ( 'onipi'tition unolvis ut least two or tlin-' and evn more wofUs wlii-re one would li.- siitliiient. it means two or tliree or even nioie uiain- where one would lie ample. It iH'ccssila'es a eorrespnnil- in;; nnndier of dillt lejit siM-viees m eucli house, and an enormouhly lai'i't' mnnher of ins|iictii. s mid c;nllectors and all f^r what f Che.iper i^as ? !!y no ne i\iis. The enormou.-i >uni-; of capiltl which sui !i a -yslcni w.i te.^ will eertdnly try to eiirn dividend'- in Kunie way or otlier, and the only nie.m.^ is in hi:;h prices . VVhtMi the puhlic is tin illy compellfd to takt> hold of the matter in earne.-t, to remedy 'he al)U.se, as it always must sooner or later, the laru<' suniH of wiisted cafiital ar^' always piii, for. vard as eii'.ith'tl to s line i.iinsi'ieration in li\inLf the rates."* Win tin-r cities have leirni'd Irs-iuns fro n hisr )ry. or wlmleMc th" reason, te\vii attempts at lumjii titioti in the "as industry ha\i Iccn made of late yeais than formerly, ami tlie husiiuss may now sal'ely he set lioun as an alis-lute moiiop' ly. ■1 Tim EU'ctrir Lhihliinj industry is soyouny llnit ii has .scarcely \et heen sutlieienlly studied to be rel«pated lo a linal jtosition. Kiom a comparison with the characteri.slics ;,M\en on paye l.'i as pcciiliai to municipal mono) oiies, it may fairly lie inclndcil in tlie nundier. as it possesses tliem all to a very consideraMe deeree. It has hecoine a m-ci ssity ; it occupir-K favored tracts ot land : the plant must be in or very near the pl.n-e su|. plied: it is an industry of inerensinj; returns ; and roipiires certainty and Inirmony in its woi'kin,i.;s. Ol' the '/'i'liyi/i' ., aiul nf ) yciifs. us I , I'xcliaii:,'! (I to ih«' olcl •fS, Ipllt WIIK ■II wav fViT ' iM'Tf tlifti: t least two iiK tw.i or foirt'spmnl. i':.'<' iniinlicr !■ ;ilis. Tlic y to <'!irn r flsi' what i: is till lily '•iititlctl to iisoii, t<'\v< I 11 f.'MHcrly, SUllici.'iuly IfUtiTJ^lirs I'lc'l ill tlic :t necessity; oiiy in its iist iiuiucd far more fii'iii any ollicc. A losiiij; Olio {>nssi\SH<'.l .'e Wouhi, telepliDiif for tlieir unsj-htly es, almost ,'r.i;)!i an I t,el«|ilioiie companies, cut liy the liremeii 'I'h" result o'" this w.n to r'"ii>|er us 'iess th > m)ii;{s ami lielLs in the poli -e stations and iiMW-ipipT olli cs. T.ie i»rovt s^oa;^ in th- eiiy hall :;ot out of ord«>r at midiii^'ht, and refused to nicorl an alarm In th>- oiii "s th^ hulls, the ronneetiii^ wires of whii'h were crossed with te!e|iliou" wic's, rin,' il n i>' in ceHKantly. " It is evident that ipiite apart from linanci il considerations, lh>- sudd<'n dis oigani/ation of the hystem of communi' ation upon wliii-h 'he order ai 1 safety nf a city are lia'^ed, is a very serious matter. The advantages of p'lluciii,' th" wires lo the least mimlit r pnssilile, uhi-nstruni; overhead, are manifest. When stretcheil in siKvvays th" advanta^'es of limiting' t'"' numiier are f)f another kind. Here i-ost h-coiiien the rnlin;; factor, and inerea^"s willi the iiumher of wires, ») thit a \ast and nnnecesiary outlay of capital must accuinpany any attempt at coiiipetili>jii, such as we saw to lie the case with the pvs miiiiopuly. When eiectrii'ity was lirst introduced as a li;4htiiii,' a.'eiit. ir was opjio.s -d l.y :,'aH I'oiiijiaiiies, who claiiiiMl liy their chatters a monopoly. In tireat hritiiin and inland an Impi-ri.il Act (i'l iV l'< \ ic, c. ."it'i). estalilished that what they pu.ssessed was a priority, lint oi li'^'ltiiii;, hut only of i^as sujijily. Klectiic comp:inies at ome entered into com pi-titif>ii with j,'as ; and thih competition has had a \ery consideraM" ellect- upon prices. As previously pointed out,* liowever, each seems to lie specially htiid for some kind of illnmiiiiitinii ; and it is a si^'ii'tiiimt fait, that in the I'nited Siate.-i, more than 'itiu .•om- panie .lie operiitin:.' ehniric lights in coiucctioii with their ^a:- works, an I that duriiii^ the y. ;u I'l'iiii .Mar.'h 1 S8'.t 00, the f^as companies increased tin ir ownership of cl'ctric li^^lus hy almost. ."lO jur cent. f W'lure competition i.> attempted in telephom ser\ iic the kind of w.irtare that ehrtrae- terizes tlie^e monopolies is .shewn ill a couple of (Jamnlian instuiies. In .Monti al tiie IJell 'J\lt pliom* (Jo. is oppO.sed i>y the Kethual Tell phnii" i'l). Mr. Si/.e, the rre>ldilll of the torir.i r Company. s;iys : — " ( tf course the liusiiiess in that city f Montreal) is lieinij operated u a lo-s, hut wo are iloiu;,' live-sixths of the Wusiaess there " ( )!' I'eterii rouL;!i, ( >nt., where the llell (Jo. is also opposed, he says : — " We are now supjilyin;,' instruments free of chart;' t' kill opposition." I'letore lea\in.,' the suliject of electrical o|ieratiiins it is nc'.'essary to point out that one undertaking^ is often consideralily impelled liy tic neir presence! ot another ; and that their ici-iprocal actinn one upon tlie other is often productive of serious and tmex pccted results. Tiius where an electric street railw^iy is in opei.ition, the '■ return cur- rent " from the car always interferes with the telephone .service to a i^'reater or less dei,'iee. And at,'ain, when an electric lii^ht wire touclie.s .u lelephoii" wire th" latter immediately sutlers, often hurniiiL,' out the iiistruments, and htcoming a source of danger to the neij^hliorhood. An attempt has been made in the pr(;cedini{ |iat;es to prove that some industries necessary to city life, r.y., water supply, street railways, {i;as and elfctrii; lii^hlinu', and •telephone service, are, from their nature, incapalile of rej^ulation by competition. .. If this 1p<' true, and competition is attempted, it can only 1) • carried on at ;,'reat los.s of capital and public convenience. If the monopoly be partially rucogni/.ed, as whero * I'agf 11. tTlie electric street railway cniiipany, the pas C'>ini>any, and the electric light company liiive recently aiiialgiiiiiated in l)anville, III. In two C'anailiun tnwn.s, Slierlirnoke, l,>ue., anil Mnncton, N.H., tiie electric liglit, gas and waterworks are the property of one company, with good financial results in each cane, accoriling to all accounis. :^ l^uoted ill Th- Mmutdnj Times, Toronto, January 10th, 18'Jl. § " A new corporation invariably joins with the old, andjthe.thuinb.screws of the double monopoly are turned ui) tigliter." Inaui/ural Aldrcas of the Mayor of New Haven, Conn., Jan., 18'Jl. •2i) |.U lAch <'iuiy is i-iiiiliiicil to oiu* iliHtrii-'t H uri^iiii; liMiti its iliiii)U)sioim, iH virtnaiiy split up iiilo a numlii 1' (if Hinall towns, rii|uiciii,' nitirly scpiriti' plan's fof cai-li, xiiiinl to its si/»', thus involving a yrt-it w.isli' ol 1 u[)i(al. So that all tin- chaiiccs for po>.-il>|i' cii-apin'ss lit* on till' si(l<- of a nioiiopoly, ai»nUiti- and nn indiistiii s ihfii, is to r- coLjni/" fully 'heir ui iiio|>olis'ii' natun', discoiiiili'iiainM' any at- tempt ai coinpi'tilion or part ilionini^ iIk* liiy int 1 distri'-ts, and maintiiin cuili frantdiiso intai-t. Ah the mdinary ni'-ans of kr<'pini,' tln'^t? iirhiilii"s within proper limits, viz, com" petition, Inis failed, mid ns linniitn nature iH not y<'t fri"i from MellUhness, we must (iii'l some met hud liy whieli we may sciiire tlie Id ly p ilitin from the inonvenieiKjes that will resilt it the Miipply "f sndi service- is left to pri\ate initiative fr^e from ■ ontrollin^ ooiulili ms. Nowhere is Lhens a m.ire a'osolnte Wre.ik ilown of tin jir-mise on whiidi is reared t he policy of iiiissf, I'ai '-. vi/. ; tliit what is most for the inten^st of the individual, is also inosit for the inieiisi of the communily. Win te shall we olitaiii the power to compel thi' o.irryin;^ on of tln:se iindertakiiii^s in a manner not aiitit;">iii-.li(; to the intci'ests of the :^.'iieral piiMie.' Tiere em li.- Init oiK^ answer, vi/. , in the ]ii)Wer oi control vesteil in the niMiiii.'ip.il or the central authorities. The only (piestim that ean arise is. How far shall piihlio control extend, and how iar;^e a domain may liesl l»i! left to private enterprise .' A thon.sand (•on^ich'ration.i must enter into the determination of e.ach individii il can- : an I ae^ordini^ to whert; the line is drawn will the man.ini'meiit of any monopoly he assii^ned its place in one nr other of these two divisions : 1. Manai,'eiiienl Ijy /'//(•(' monopoly, so many ipiesiioiis peculiar to tho localitv. and the people intere.sted must he t.dcen into consiih'ration, that any attempt at tlie draftin;,' of ahsoluto rules must h(f alimdoned as hopeless. The greatest of these ilistniliing elements, and one vvliioh must, he a factor in the ijuestion everywhi're, is the di.shiinf'.sti/ of public olliciahs. Phis must of course vary in every town, according to the ]iul>lic sentiment and the morality of people and olUcials, the carefulness of the in- ^peclion given, the proportion that the salary of public servants biiars to the e.xpensi^s of the style of living they are pn suineil to adopt, and a hundred other things. Now it would seem that if we could free ourselves from this most ditlicnlt element, and neglect it for a time, wo might be able to arrive at some geiu-ral conclusions near enough to the truth to be of value, which would admit of (jualitications to suit the (iifl'erent degrees of faithfulness luet with in the ditferent administrators of public alfairj. \r,i (\r>\ SI of niiryiii:» it II iiiort) il of rnlptll^ up inlo II I lo its .-ti/.f, ll<'Hpll)-HS liti witli ilii'sc ri(,-i' ;iiiy lit- II franoliiHi* s, \ 1/ , coiir si timl NoiiKt L will rus.ilt L'omliti )iiH. H'ttHMl tll«> Itial, is also idcrtiikim^H Mil II.' Iillt aiitli'it'itic-i. , mill liow vtimirt imist tin- liiii- is or otiicr of owmrsliip, owning thi' ii;\|i;.NT iiiy line of upon the iocilitv . It at tlin ut' those 'I', is tin; iitlini^f to if tilt; ill pt'ns(!s of Xow it ont, iind ons nc;\r suit thi' ic ait'aii'd. Sn'titni /.- Soiii" Afmh'ii'l Fltmnrinl in'l Et'oiiiniiif (JiniKvhriUinnH. i((')iriii)( in mind, tlit>n, that fm tlii< prcHi-n' wr itti> li'UNiiiL; thin i|u<t lir t.tkiii into iti-couiit in dt'cidin^ Im pnlilic or for private control. Tliroo caHcs uriHo : Irtt. Where the monopoly fails to pay expeiiHOH. •Jnd. Where i(s eiiininj,' power is iieai (he Imrdir line ot expenMen, eithi-i ulmve nr helow. •Srd. Where it is yielding larj^e returns, I . In the first case, \vlier<' the monopoly is deurly u losing ;,'iime, it is evident i hut i\tr leHs tli(! niunieipality Ins to do with it in tlir wiiy nf assuming' the property the Ketter. A Inwn iimsf icHch a eertain si/e lietore Ihosc indiistiies we are < onsideriii}; can ln' iniide prolitalili. ' 7., to have a street railway in an onlinury town of les-i than TiiOOO people is a folly for which some one must pay.* Ai'i'ordinuly we lir.d that it has heen a general rule for the (irst street railway eoin paiiy estalilished in a town to 1:0 under in the course of a few years. Tie- plant is then lioui^ht up iiv Koiiie other coiiifiany at a fi artion of its cusl ;tand the eariiiiiv'- whieli were a loss to the first ennipany may hrint,' a surplus to t he sii-ond, owini,' to thi' le.-is ii'iiount of capital they have invested. When the municipality lieyins to tliink ot" assnniint; ih*' Inisine^'i, it is also a i^i'ie'ial rule for the .secund company to ur:,'e (he hanlship \iiideri,'one liy fh" lirst, as if that weie a reason why they should he paid more, when they have already profited liy the disaster of their predecessors. (ireiit caution must lie exercised to determine the true condition of affairs. In represenlini; the returns of the liusiness, if a yood shewing; is desired to lie made, it is nut uncommon to huive mit of ac(?ount such items as interest on the cajiital e.speiiiled, any percenta;.,'e foi sinkinij fund or deterioration in value, etc. ( )ii the other hand, com panies may find it advantaj,'ec.us to (onceal their real profits, under the cloak nf secrecy which many of them are still uiiforlunately ahle to cast over llieir proi;ee(l i nj^s. 'I'here is a shrewd suspieion aliroad that the hu;,'i' masses of stoi'k upon wliich some ot' tliem reckon dividends have heen olilaincMl mainly liy the aihlition of l.ii';,'e (|uaii titles of water. One of tim j^'reat dilliculties atteiidini,' this sulijeet in its (;onsidi'ra tion. either hy municipal authorities oi- economists, is the almost insujieratile o'istaeles in the way of oli'ainini,' rclialile st.itisti(;s. This has prevented investii,Mtion in this field ; lor if there is oni; thing more discourattiny than another, more likely to lause paralvsis of action, it is to find ntieiiy eonliictini; tii,nires ijiven on the mie hand liy those who have all the means of kiiowiiij; liui whose interest il wiuld he to supprcs.s the truth, and uu tlu; other hy tho.se who, thou;,di honest enoii;,'ii, have no imans of as, er- tainint,' whether the estimates they L'ivc are more ilian men' L,'uesses. ."^ome ninre ade,|U iii returns shoulil lie insisted upon than are at ])rescnt olitaiiialih' trom these monopolies in most of the cities of tlie United States and I'annda It is clearly an advantai,'e In h ae the ]iowor of appointing an auditor to go over the Ik nks of the gts compiny in Toronto, rather than to have iiu such power as in Montre.tl. or as in the ('uses ..f the street railway conipanitf.s of hoth cities. Tliis information mii;ht he given to tie; pi 'die or it might not ; hut in any case it sliould li(> known to the authorities df the miiiii -i- *How itlcisely ill" prosperity "fa street railway coiresjiDnii-. with the ki.iuiIi nf iKc city it is in, is nli. wa by the fdllowiiig tii.'-iirfs j,'iveii hy tlie Torniitii Street Railway Ce, ilnriiijr tlie rcoeiit iirlutralicai : — Trips jier I'.iss. iiffers head ef Year. I'lipulation. carried, population. 1,S"0 .")O..Mtl OIC), li;0 12 •_' 18S0 "."sllO L'.W.i.tWJI ;(.s.2 188.^ ur>,'.'ii 7,:ts(;,L'(i.s 70.1; IWK) 1110,141 lt),;no, t44 101. s t In .St. Thi.ina.^ Out., the .Street Kail\v:iy tliat cost .«Sl4,C00 t. l.aild wa.s recently -old f,.r !J2,;«X). 99 [GO palicy. Jt would not 1)0 any injustice to tho owners of tlie monopoly; fti(Ie world cominy the owners it would nt once fnc them from that "carping' criticism, unreasonini,' hostilily and base suspicion" uiiilt'r which tliey i^roan ko bitterly, and whicli is no doubt, in very many cases, (piite uncalled for. The remedy, however, lies in their own hands. This rii^ht of secrecy was no doubt granted when these undertakings wen' tirst set on foot, in tlie cai'elessness I)orn of nosclty. enthusiasm and ignoi-ance of resuUs. IJut it is high time the puijlic authorities disposed of this unfair advantage. ( Hir municipal aiUlioritiiss themselves have liecni scarcely guiltless : and the book- keeping of some American cities in I'egard to those monopolies over which they have had even full control, has been done in a maiiuer mystic, wondfrl'ul, which none should ridi- cule, for suHily none can understand. 2. Wliere tlie earning power is upon the bonier luu- of expenses, it may be advant- ag"0us for the iiuinicipality to acquire tlie industry in the following cases : in) Where a town is growing, so that, its future being assured, a surplus maybe relied upon in time. (/>) Where the town already owns one such monopoly, and can economicallj' manage another in connection with the liist, ''. the investment a lucrative one. This is a state of affairs that, according to the advocates of private initiative in bu.sine^;s matters, can never occur. Social contiidvrations. A company, under the terms of their charter, sometimes can- not be compelled to conform to the wishes of the municipal government, cgr., in the matter of extending their system to sparsely .settled suburbs, or the giving of such con- veniences as the transfer of passengers from one route to another. If the change pro- posed is financially expedient for the company it will, of course, usually be ready enough to comply ; but it would often nol pay the company to do so. If the municipality is obliged to subsidize the company to get it to carry out the improvements, it is clear, [66 tlif Imsiness irl(l coming I way ilctre- Hiitlioritif^H, c intcrcfit.s, uld at once suRiiicion '' ;a.scs, (juito ■re first set ts. l>ut it 1 til.- hook- y Imvc had ilioulil ridi- bi- advant- iis may bo liy manage the power 10 accounts a consider - ■! Kullicient )t' liorrow- st llian is interest riio con- lough use- ross. It n value, ly times l)y tile is the um[)lioii o win it. )fi or 10 niuni- ucrativo itive in mos ran- , in the uch con- ng(> ju'o- enough lality is s cl<-£!r, from the nature of things, tliat since; tlie ciim]iany must In- lioLter ;il»Ii' to tell tlio real cost of sucli iin])rovement than the city otliciais can l)o, and since there can ho no c()m]>etiHou with till' ostahlisliod company, tin; city must always jjay very dearly indeed for the improvement. In such a case the oxoieist! of the right of the comiuunity to take over the ciimpany's franchise, if the munici|iality possestes the right, may ho a convenient way out of llie ditliculty. fndood, it is the duty of the city govoinmont to provide for th(? free extension of city limits : ami, hy securing tor the people of the suhurhs sur(> and easy access to the ceiuio, together with tiie ordinary amenities of city life, to relieve the central parts of that excess of population which is now its cui>e. Not only this, hut it is the duty of the community to provide for tliost; wlio cannot otherwise alVord them at less than cost, and even free where nginning of this |)apor. Private companies cannot he e,\pect( d to tlrain their [lockets to accomplisii this result. It is as much the work of the community as is the free puldio school system of which America is so proud, ;ind should go lumd in hand with it. The intimate connec- tion hetween llllh, disease and the commoner kiiuls of crime is heconung morn clearly understood. < ihtsgow supplies free fountains for the u.se of the poorest classes to draw supplies for domi;stic purposes, and the hospitals and rharitie.i of the city an; supplied gratuitously with water. The city also pays part of the cost of lighting th(i stairs of tenement houses with gas ; and it arranges with tin' street car company for certain "runs'' much us'hI hy workmen at the rate "f a penny for a •' run " of considerably more than a mile, whih; morning and evening cars are put on at a charge of about a cent per mile.* It is said tliat in London, England, the sanitary improvements oi the last few yeata have lowered the mortality rates by a third. t Although this is probably an over-e.^ti- maie, ^ still a great improvement has undoubtedly taken jilic" in the mortality rale, and, as an accompanying result, probably a still greater decrease in the amount of sickness, for which there are no statistics. .Ml this points to an increasing attention being paid by cities to their sanitary condition. "A .solemn duty exi.sts to treat cle.inliness and police and drainage and water supply as (jucstions of business and philanthropy to lie settled on their own merits, from which there is for honest and humane men no escape. In this lies the .si;!utiou of the great municipal problem. 'I'here is no other way in which great cities ean b(^ saved." .s Whetlifv one of these industries will reap for the city a rich iinancial harvest is not the tirst or only (juestiou which should be taken into cotisider.ition. How they can be best used for the general well-being of the citi/.ens is a more important ijuestion. That this consideration varies in importance as applied to tin; various industries \vi'. are considering is of course; ap[iarent. .Sewers an; n c; ssary though they yield no tinancial return. SulHcient water supply and a certain amount of street lighting are not less essential ; althougn for the latter, gas as providing a less brilliant, more divisibli; and, therefore, less expensive light than electricity, is more of an e;-sential ami less of a lux' ry than it. In Vi ry large cities cheap transportation is an essential, in small cities it is not. And wc have not yet arrivenl at the point, nor probalily e\er shall, when telephone communi- cation will (;xert such an inlluence upon the people at large that its charactt;r will be changed from being a luxury to being an essential. * l^ut altlimif^h ( JlaRf^ow has cxtuniliil Ik r iianaital imlicy to the pnividiiiK iif |iiil)]ie i)ictiire i^'alliTJei for tlk' iiiidille classes, aiul pulilic lauiiiliies ami e > ■koii;,' stdves fur liiesi; at the low. 'st etui ..|' tin? ..(leial ladder, she .still empties lit r siwi riit;c din'ctly iiit" lier ddck-burdercd riviT, a fact which aiivnin^ who lia.s liad occasion to travel u|ioii the Clyde has distinct cause to reuieinljer. t.\. Shaw in the Cen.tury Mafjazine, N'ov. ISHO. t; See S!iitist/i\t iDi'l h'ciiniiiiii'\i, by !{. M. Smii noiiiic Ass( ciation. ^ .Uttiiii-ijial (iuKriniK lit if Nin' Yurk, in the Xoitli .Vnierican Kcview, October, ls!)0. ;; See .Sliitislii'.t nil'/ h'riinniiiir.i, l)y !{. M. Smith, in \'ol. I|[. of the I'tiblications of the American f^cononiic Ass( ciation. 24 (IS li. WlifTO a lav(j<' .•iitr)if}ts\H l)ein<; oanicd l)y one of tlu-sf city iiiojioyiolirs, it is jilainly lictlcr tliat tli(! g^iiii slioiild f^n into tlic civii.' treasury than that it should liiid its way into tlic pocl<('tH of tlio holders of the monopily. This is especially true in view of the ditliciiliics ill tli<' way r>^ \i\ ei|iiitMl)le mode of le\yiii^' tixes in e.ity conmiuiaties. These dilliculties have prcsenU'd themselves so strongly to writers upon taxittion tliat some of tliein have seizeil upon the apparent solution or partial solution of the proldeni of city taxation y)reKf ntcd liy the revenues which these monoj)olies can lie made to yield. They would turn this n.oney into the city cutlers and lower ^'eneral taxation liut this is merely putting in i he phu'e of ilir>-r/ taxation with its easily seen cases of injustice, a mode oiindtrrct taxation wliith though not less unjust is more difficult to trace, and therefore more ilillicult to rectify. Lik<> indirect taxes in general, this may be paid witli less outcry than a direct tax would lie, because those payin;,' it do not know that they are being ta\<-d. but it is not less unfair on that account and but little less injurious in its etlcct. liaising liinds for civic necessities in this way 1ki.<, of course, the incidental iidvantfig very wealthy who have their own horses and carriages. This, then, i.'^ not a solution to the great problem ot" linding an e(|uital>Ie mode of taxation for American cities. The lesson fr.im tiie preceeding is, tliat wluiii a city assumes control of one of it.s monopolies, whate\(>r mode of futures management may be decideil ujion, whether jiublie or private, that inanai;ement slnuld lie based on the principle that only a very moderate surplus, if any, should be obtained, and tint the conditions attached to the franchise and the {irices exacte is probably the nio^i important as well as the mo>t ditlicult suliject to consider in connection with th" manrtgement of .Municipal .Moiiojiolies. It is (lllfi-iilt, from th" state ol' ali'iirs never b dng precis"ly the same in diHorent localities, and from the manifest ob^taeles in the way of arriving at truth wh','U the only ]iersiins who could L;i\e the desired information are tlio.-;e who are interested, who vill give us only such returns as they see fit, for l)usiiiess pui|)os"S. to publish, unaceoiiipanied by any guarantee of their accuracy. It is inrporf'^iil, from the fict, that, in th" ordinarv city, the iielustiies we are cnii sideringdo notyiehl such unlimited revenues tint an incapable management cannot change a plying concern into one with a deficit : while an administration that is capable, but corrupt, may so use the funds derived from their control ot puldic industries as to intrench theiiis(dvcs almost impregnably again.st the attacks of lione.st citizens. A notorious example of this is furnished by the L'as ring of Philadelphia.* Successful crini'' is the most contagious of all diseases ; so that in such a case, the most import int consideration to be regarded is not the direct (inancial loss, great as that may bo. Waterworks, street railway.s, etc., have attained their importance during the last lialf century, the same period that has witnessed the triumph of democratic principles of government. We should, theri'fore, expect to find, where the management of these industries has been taken over by the municipality, that that inanagenient will partake of the evil characteristics as well as of th" good, belonging to ''government by the people." This form of government is supposed to reflect' very clos not a Atiicricat! oiii' of its \0Y public mo Icrati' K'liisc and 1 a roKuit. consider dillorent tlic only wlio vill inpanicd ar'o cull it change il'Ic, but. intrench lotorious ne is tile ideration the last ciples of of tliese partake by the p rulers. the moral pet-uliaritie- of the iuIkI New, it may probably lie set down with perfect safety that the bedy of Uritish eletf.ois, or the residents of British cities are neither more intellii,'ent, more honest, nor le-s deinocratii' tliaii tlieir compeers on this continent. Yet it is fjeiierally cnineded that Uritish cities are more fortunate in tlieir .^election nf magistrates than :ire fhoM' .i| the ITnited States or ("anada. Why .should this be so ' The jiicputut frankness witli whicli American newspapers are wont to explain to public servants their pn'sent and piasi failin-.'s is not calculated to inspire cup.ible men witli mucli enthusiasm for civic honors. Itut what is probal)ly of more imfKntanci- than this in dctermininj; the ])ersonel of our city councils as compaud with those of Kngl.ind, is our lack of a wealthy class, who, liaving the time to devote to the manage ment of pul>lic aliairs, enter political life without any desire to make an income by it, and thus nnintain a comparatively hij^h standanl throughout the whole of public life. <'ap:ible Americans are too busy making money to spend time in the uinppreci.ited labors of city manigement. In (Germany, on the otlier haml, where a bureaucratic system calls the best men into public service, we find public afl'airs better a'tended to than private. It wouM seem that in this matter " we cannot spend our penny and keep it.'' In America, tlu're has been an excessive; application of intellect and ability tf> the furtherance of private interests, and publie interests have sutT'ivd accordingly. As a result of this seltishne.ss of the capabl' (witli. of cour^i'. the usual honorable excejitions) a poorer class comes to tiif;. froir. 'i"hi> would not l)e 3> serious witc it not that iijion the character of the In-ad of a department depends so much of its elliciency. The orilinary paiil subordinate sees lufore him no \ery liigh or lucrative situntion to be atttained by cxctiptional brilliancy. It i- not the cusnm to pay 'Dii/ civic servant such a nmuineratioii as for example many bank managers obi. in ; and while there may be but few ver)' good positions in private Imsiness, yet tvery em^ loyee feels that lie lUfii/ reach one. and the chance nerves him to higher endeavor, and makes him salislied witli smallei' wages at tirst. It thus hapjums that private concerns pay less salaries to begin with and offer greater priz 's in the end thin pu'dic depirtments. liesides the dilVerence in po.ssible reniuuer.ition, there i> the dillerciue in the way in which advancement is to lie oljtained. The public servant knows that what his ]irincip;il desires of him is the quiet perforunnce of his duties in such a w.ay as not to attract publit; notice, and the criticism which is preUy sure to accompmy it. Nothing n(!W is wanted ; above all, no exp'riments. In the routine of oilier: work, the public employee soes nijre and more clearly a-> tim > g;)'; by, t!i:^ in >tto bef.ire him : " .Ml li ipe ab.iiulciii ye wlio cuter here." and he relapses into a vegetative exi.st mic •, "v.iiliiig for his superiors to die that the way t ) his adsanceiiient may be cleared. Ibit this is not the only niftde of clearing the way ; and when he observes the potency of out-;ide pressuie upon his chief, he may give up the attem])t to rise by merit and lu ly dire •! his attention to the procuring of the iieces- sai'v influence. The privat( employee kno.vs he is lieini' ^vatched clos. ly Uy his i>rincij):tl : a man who understands the intricacies of the businffss, and whose repulse to a i'e(|uisition for increased salary is timii, until it is revoked by a conviction of the increased value of the services render< d. With a knowf^dge of the absoluteness of this decision, the private employee sets himself to earn the increaie instead of manipulating wires. When civic otlicials are exposed to dangers and temjitations such us these, the with- drawal of c.ipabh; men from public life as representatives of the; people, is the more to be deplored. The public service is surely not less a duty calling for unseltish action by those competent to manage its att'air.'^, than would be its defence if physically assailed. In the meantime, municipal politicians may very often be placed in one of two classes, the honest incapable, and the dishonest incapable. 20 [70 Tho dl.-ihoH'^t inc'tjxihlr, (rocs into politics "for tlu> iiuiuoy in it/' and is th«! lo;,'iti- mate rosult of the excc-^sivoly wido I'rancliiscf wliicli has l)e«n very i,'on(M'ally i^'rantod in Aniorica with no ^(uarantcf for its intcllif,'cnt, usi'. This, and tip extent to wliieli fcil(!ral politics ar(! carried into munici])al all'airs nnke tho I'nited States city his reco,i,'ni/ed home, As a "ward politician" he is tliorouj^lily in Ids element ; and representiiii; a small constituency, hfi makes it his " liusinc-ss " to kmiw everyone in it. The honest, he can often ni i,dect ; for tiny .--Ikv.v thi'ir dis^'ust of tlf way thini;s arc; manaLjed, and their contem|»t for him and his ways l>y "not takinc; any interest in mmncipal matters;" precisely the coiuNfi he would have tlieni pui.'-ue. With th(iF(^ "wnrd lieelei's " who sympai'iise with his viesv that '• the city is made for the aldermen," he has more ditli- culty. I!ut, hy the lnnnti"n iit Cape May, N..r., Aug. I'J, 18il0. [70 s thn Iej;if:i- • ^Tantod ill liicli fcilcr.'il I recognized itiiii,' a Kiiiaii lost, he can , ;ind tli(Mr matters ; "' 'dors " wlio 1 iitoro diHi- ;op, lio has asantnt'ss " I' th(f spoils iiorc! than a ssiui^ wavR Vs a result [)ing. ige citizen, ortant tliat the census 5\vn in this ate figun^s; )no depai't- :|ienso cun- ater works 'TO, and it iionts, one jopular Uy n at night saving is of inaehi- terwork.s t consider- iMistances lie water- •I'Sidts so red with iges a io, what L'M, when There decidf (1 ixation, Lile, part on into t is evi- us were 19, ISiiO. 71] 27 d(;liited to the waterworks account, as a private company would ho oliliged to debit them in order to make Ijoth ends meet. Where the citizens have thus taxed themselves in order to ol)taii\ low water rates, it is scarcely fair to regard such reduced rates as a triumph for municipal managciMont. Inder any system of management, breakages must lie accounted for wheiv they oerui'. lUit how about deterioration in value? A buried gas pipit has a life of so iiiiiny years, ;tt the end of which it is useless. Some account should l)e taken of this, and, as each year contributes to the destruction, so should there be an annual estimate of the loss put by as a sinking fund to replace the pipe when necessary. Compuiies take this into consideration and charge accordingly. The city otUcial does not always do so. Hoping it may not occur in his time, and desirous of pleasing his constituents by reducing the gas or water bills that always seem so largo, he puts oft' the evil d;iy, on the piinciple " Aft(>r me the Deluge." While considering the advantages that civic ollicials have, or take tor themselveB, as coiiijiired with the servants of a private com]iany in rendering their accounts and estimates, we must not neglect one great disadvantage. When the municipality owns and cimtrols one of the monopolies, it is the custom not to charge the city with the amount of service it re(juiros of that de))artment, i'.(j. : if a city owns its waterworks, it does not usually pay for water roijuired for street sprinkling or tire purposes ; while, if a private company were carrying them on, the city would \)G obliged to pay for both. S''ction J. — Sonic Comparniive S/nlistics. How a system has worked in the past is perhaps the very best criterion of its value. But to form an absolvitely accurate estimate of past experience, we must be in posse.ssion oi full information regarding it. This is evidently impossible. We can never know a period in the history of an individual I'ully ; for to do .so, it would be necessary to pen:'trate his thoughts : and even he could not enlighten us, for there are num- berless outside inllucnces continually at work upon him of which he is himself un- conscious. If impossible in the case of an individual, how much more so when we consider an industry, a city or a nation, i'ut the fact that we cannot hope to arrive at absolute truth is surely no reason for ceasing our endeavors to approach it more clo.sely. The more uncertain our statistics, the more rough must be our conclusions diawn i'rom them. The scif the l,i)'iO waterworks in the United States, 818, or 41.7 j)er cent, are owned by public' coi'porations, and 1,10G, or .")G.l per cent, by private; companies; re- maindei' unknown. nf the 8:i waterworks in Canada, 48, or.")?. 8 per cent, are owned V)y public corpora- tions, and 35, or A'l.'l per cent, by private companies; remainder unknown. Ihit although more than half the works are in the hands of private individuals, yet, owing to the large cities almost invariably owning their own water supply, tlie popula- tion served l>y private works is only about one-half that served by public works. With the exceptinn of a (iliort iietice nf telet)heiie .'service in the United States census of 1880. '2S 72 Coining; now to tlic |iric»'K olinrg( d tor ('(hkiI service l)y pulilio and \>y privutc wiiter works n'spi'ctiv fly, tlic editor of tlie " Miumitl " liiids tlm followinf;; differences : — 'J'lie n\ernge totiil fiimily rate lor ."US public works is SJl.Ti'i per year. ' " " •' i:',0 private " .*;'.0.S() " fio tliftt tlie private chiirj^c is \'.\ per ci'nt. moir tlian tlie |.uliiic iliai'.i,'e. In (Canada the. aliove diaries are, pulilic .~?1.'1.07, ]iri\ate ."^.'H. I.'!. In Ontario " '•' '• *-_M.ll', " slT.OI. In Canada as a wliole und in Ontario hv itself, therefore, tlie private ciiar^e is f)!* ]ier cent, and '20 per coit. rei-pe(;ti\cly, more tiian the pulilic ehart'e. But if a system has co.v/ tnoie it is only fair thai it should r/mri/'' nioif for what it supplies ; hut In the I'nited States, includin;,' tlu; Pacific States, th(» cost of private works per family was IH pc^r cent, more, whil(! they cliariji; 13 per cent, more than puhlic. fn tin- I'nited States, excluding tli(! Paeifii States,* the cfLst of private works per family was ;{,', per c<'nt. less aiul tliey charge, 31.', per cent, more than public. in Canada, the cost of piivale woiks is i'2 ]ier cent, less pel' fiiinily, and they cliaruje .^O per cent, more than public. In Ontario, the cost of j)ri\ate works is :'>•"> jier cent, less per family, and tliey diarge •_'() per c<'nt. more than public. Tn re<,'ard to tlie above iinures. which shew so <,'reat a triumph for jtublic, a.s com- pared with private ownersliip ol' waterworks, the libjeciiou mii,du lie ui.ir''d that they are the returns for rich men's reijuirenients, and that tin ordinary citi/,( n does not re<]uire water for a horse, or to wash a carriaije, vvhich are, it may be ri])])ly i)f tnwiiH. The difTerence there is si.\ tiiiies as great as in any other group of utates, tlie eost of public works being $02 jier family, and for private S275 t Toronto has raised $290,000 in this manner during the jiast six yearfi. [72 at I' water 73] 29 large la nl* or what it works per an public. rt'ork'H per iiorc than cy oliarL,'e nn' iliar^o c, as 00111- : they arc )t require led in the iiowevcr, the piice •oeates of inunici fh) tJir'y 0111 year d yi'ai ly ar from ks, n^;,' I nances •orlcs as •ed ]ii c ist prii'c i)f [\w works, to il per cent. ; *■ tli" usuil aiiiounfc ix'ing aliout 2^ per cent. 'I'iie.se ailditiunal advaniaL;f> and defects of iiiuniripal waterworks, as compared with private works, (a comparison which we are not able to institute with entire satis- faction, partly l»ecau-ie of tlie defective way in which civii- de[)artmental accounts are roiKioreil, and |),u'tly t'rnm 1 li'' al).sonco of collected statistics), might probal)Iy be .set oil' a,i.;ainst one another. If sn, the tnsmendous advant.ige of pulilic over private ownership of waterworks, regarding their cost and I he prices ■•harged is tnddent from th(> ligures just given. If the chari^e.s of public waterwoi'ks iijre tie' same proportion to those of private comp.mies, as their cost bears to the t'ost of private works, tiie cities and towns of the United St.ites might on the aver.ige put liy o per cent, of tiio cost of their worka annually as a surplus or sinking fund, those of Ontario, 1 1 per cent., and lliosi- of (.lanada, 2.') per cent,t over .and above any provision that they now make. The adv.antages of public ownersliip are nnioh mort; appar owned l)y municipalities, wn'th t;L'l,i;i)0,()i)(). The average production, in culiic feet, of gas was, for tho private works about 1 17 mil- lions, for the public 171.', milhoiH, or one-tiMith more,—/.';, pulilic works an^ larger th.iii firivate. From each ton of coal used the private companies get 10, "J 12 cubic feet of gis, wliile the public works get 'J,U7-"'). This ditFerfUico may arise from tie- ditfcrent grades of co.ii used, or from the dilferiut procivsses used in extr.icting the gis. A [)r.)cess which e.vtracts morn gas from coal leiviis tin' rt\sidua!s loss vabialile for the purposes to which thoy are now'applied, ''.ij., tlie production of dyes, ammoni;i, (-tc. ; and it is a ipiestion how far tlu! baking process sLould be carrie I in order to giv(! the best linancial results. Tlicf dili'erence in policy [)ui'sued in this respect seems to hive iicen (h'cide 1 upon some y(?ars ago; as the average since 1881 lias been for piivati' .vorks 10,2:i.") cubic feet of gvs, per ton of coal, rtnd for public works 9,98") cubic fe.t. .V maticr of nuicli more im|)ortance, as showing the comparative elil(;iency of iciblic and jiriv.ae managi'Uicnl., is the amount of gas actually consumed, as compared with that made, the diirerence repr.isentiiig the leik- ago that occurs. Tho private companies delivered 92!L per Cfuit. of the amount male, the public 91^ per cent., tho private companies having the advantage of aljoiit 3 .'iths of one per cent, in tht^ etllciency of their systems in preventing lo.ss of gas. IJoth private and public are gaining in this particular, as the average for the last 8 yevrs has been 91.92 per cent., and 91.08 per cent, respectively, or a gain on the part of the private coinpmie.s of \ of one per cent., and on the pulilic .', of one per cent. The pulilic works are tiius coming up to the private in this respect. * The latter is the oharf^e in Brantfunl. Ontario. t Calculated from the figures |/iven in tiie " Maiuial before referred ti' 30 174 ( ■> TliiH greater loss tlirou<^'li liiakiigf (^xptiricnced in tli« piililic gas works iiuiy neces- sarily atcoiiiiiany a division of tins supply aiiioiig a greater nunilx-r of coji.suineis. and tlif; incrt'ascd numlier of litlin^s rcmUri'd nfccssary l>y sucli ininuti' snlxlivision. Tlu' a\('iiii,'o nunilii^r of consiinicrs on piivati- wocks is *2,7f>7 ; tin' iivi'i'm^i- niimlit r of con.sunH'rs on public works is (),() Hi ; so tliat the avfiat,'i' amount uskI liy ciic-h custoin»M' on pri\ati' works is r>2,S0(t (MiliiL' I'cct, wliilc Llie asiraL;c amount used liy each customer on public woiks is 21 J) W) ciiliii: feet. With the saini' sized tamilies, etc., the puliiic woi'lcs will rei|uir(i almost twice as many .-ervices as the private. The pul)lic works seem to lie adniinistereit as eilectivt.'ly a.s they would lie if tlioy wfue under private management, judj,'inL; liy thesis results, l-'uitlier, the puldic provision of gas has had the ell'ci't of uudx- ing its use in small (|Uantities muili more general tlian where private companies fnovide the supply. lvlic works each cost lialf as much again, while, as we have seen, dividing oue-tenih more gas among twice ns m.iny people. Whether this gritater cost of the municijial works was necessary under ilu cii- cunistaiiceH is a (picstion for experts, 'i'lie puliiic works, in addition to covering,' expense.s and ( si.ahlisliing a fund of I! per cent, to T) }h r cent, per annum to jiay the inler< st on loans, annuities, sinking fund.eic, hasc poured into the civic tiea.siiries in eight years the sum of .l'j,."i.")(t,0(lO, t-2 ', :'..ti7 • > ■■•,A2 ;i .-J.:'.! Companies' overcharge. .. . .■i.7."> 1.78 .'», 18 If tlie expenses of municijialities in managing their works are less than those of companies, it navy lie a valiil (ixcuse lor the latter to charge more. L(;t us then compare expenses ; — ■ Exjienses jier t/iuamnul cuhic It-et of (/as. issu .y. 'i'. Companies 2 G.7 1 Local authorities 2 l. 1 isss -/. 2 o.ti.") •-' :},11 18S7 2 G.G8 2 .•;.(i7 L'.fil 1 J.L'.-. 11. 'J 8 3.01 «. d. 1 L81 11. G7 Companies' over-expen.se . , 1^.31 Coinpanifs' j)rolits ] 0.G8 Authorities' do 11.127 Froin their profits, companies paid average dividends of £8 lis. 0;jd., per £100, During the previous year they paid £8 10s. ll^d. * Journal ofQas Li'/htinff, Dec. 9tii, 18'JO. tLowest price of private ga« was Is. !)d. at Plyuiouth, where a dividend of 12:^ per cent, was also made " " public " In. lOd, at Leeds, " surplus of 1791) Highest " private " 7s. (id,, and of public Cs, 3d, per 1000 cubic feet. cent. in; srale .Mel. prop hlV^^ wlin worl then' (tc, and 1821. 17-1. V iicces- , and llif; • avL'iiitjf' uuu'is on I jirivati' )n pulilio [)rlin\i(.'i}al- ly iiioiu y, laiitii'S iu s iiroviil(! puui that V those of jonipare r £100, Isio made ; lOU companies paid lOp'Tiv nt. divi. lends ; and til nmipunii s paid 10|- 17H pc cent.-'', the liijilifT dividend usually accompany in,:; a lower price, according to tlie " slid ing scal(f " |pl;in, to hi- Hul)se(|uently deserii)ed. The lli^dlest p 'rcentai^es under a sliding scale were Ki per cent. Ijy the Harrow^Mte Company, and I I ] per cent, liy tiie Soulli Metropolitan <'onip;iny. In \'2 citi's til" pulilie i,'as works yi"lded a surplus of L'J'.M),()(i(), In Mniiclie.'-ier it is pinposed to turn the Iai;i,'i' ijas sufol IS over t . th" water woi'ks cnnimiit^e lo meet out- luyn hy that d(.'p.irtment, In view of th? t'a 'fc tli u- there are ."iO,UUU pei'ple in Manchester wliudo not use j^'as. while everyone u^cs water, it seems a peeiiliar way to jiay for vater- woik.s. The j^as cousune'r.-, may, howjser, coiisol" tIii'msei\e-< with tiie know li ilf.;e that their munici])al '.^as w.irks an- u) h- put on a thorou;.di husine.ss Kasis r<'uiirdinn exjn ns(s, I te., so that they svill know exactly how ruuoh tiieir special tax is. Of I'j ICn^'lisli city companies the iucim^c charj,'e for gas is o'JJ, c, i.ts per ihoo.-and. i:(l the cost of inaiiu'^actmin'' is estimated to he cents. In America, of 1. 000 gas iiiidertakin^'s, only live are uiuh r muni'ijuil control. t)f (i.s.'S gas coiiipnnies in the IJni'ed .States, tlie chiru'e per ihou^.ind ^u'lic feet was Icjllows : — i- 7 coiii[)atU' ■s charge >!1.00 :]-2 companies ..harge 8i.-"0 04 t. •'?1.7i3 11 s ti ( . 8-' 00 57 (1 .'?2.2r) 11:. u (. SL'.oU 20 " <( si.'.75 NO u u ir.'l.OO 26 ki ^a.fiO r.) it •' Sl.l.M) 1 1^1' onipanies charge intei'veiiing prices. It is evident ihat tliC cost of gas, 1> -Ing larg.'ly dependent upon local c,!ii(liii..ns. must \ aiy grciily in dillerent localities. Is it not, then, somewii.it remark, ihle that ^(> many cniiipauics ;.h(juld liave such gra^el'iiUy symm trical prices I Probahly "roMiid luimliers' are set foi' ease in (! vleul ilioii, irrespective of rliH price of i)roductiou ; and, as companies ar-i not prone to sell at a losing price, eustouiers must wait for a revluction till jiroduction price is clearly h.^low the nexr lower " n )tch '' of L'.5 or .")0 cents per ihousand. According lo the llejiort for 1>r thousainl. when tiny mi:,'lit charier <'>'2\ oi'Uts l>s^, did tlx'v net p.iy a}ciuiy dividend <>{' 20 percent. I'he taxes paid Ity ilie rompiinies in ihe .Stato aniounted in | ss'.) to >'L'0'.(,."}00, m avcra,!^!' of IVGS cents per ihonsaiid cutdc feet sold. Tlds was an iiic), 0(111, wildcat the same I line n .c.is a decrease 'il.'ri,l)iin in IS.^K. Ait( r }layill^' divi.Ieuds of .-'.Hi, 100 in h'^SS, and .-•l,U'Jl,.'^O0 in 1 ■^S'J, tlicTi- w.is left a net .-urpins of •-:.'> 1 7,0(iU in IS.^S, and .s(;(.);i,.')0() in h^S'l. Some of the -uins tiiat ]ieijiiitled ihis were — an iiK'iease <)!' !?i^.'J,000 in the L;as sold, tho net CO, t of cod anil residuals j- remalnin^ almut the sam(^ ; the receipt f)f ■<'>\,i)t)0 for electee- liL;hiinu;, in place of .•>-_'.5,OU0 the p'levious year ; a reilue'ion "i' •■::'10,OIMJ inullictrs' salaries, iir20,00(t in \\a„'esof nn tertakers, cullccturs, etc., ami .■-^l I,OUO in wa^es at works. 'Phis 1,'reat reduction in wai;t:s marks a fuilher dilleien i- l>et\vien the systems jmr sued liy pulilic Mild liy pri\a*e ni inayei-s. In puiilii; woiks, !ii'.dier wa^'cs are u.-.uaily piid tlmn in private, fur the rou;:her kiml.s ol' work. In smie ciiie>, a mininiuni wa^e per dny is li.Ncd l>y iheOonncil, -.y , in Ohica„'o a Ky law e.\i.sts, makirii; e'"J per day tho hast wajrc to he p.iid I'V the li^jhting coniniihsiouer.s. ( 'omp.mies, of cfurso, get as cheap lahor as chey can. A 1 omparison lias Ikmii instituted lulween the Unston < las C!omp.uiy's w>prks iiiiil tlie Mtiniciiial (ias wr.rks of Philadelphia, which is net supposed lo md in confusion for the latter. The output of I'liiladelpliia was 1', 1 7^ mil lien feet m l.^.'^O. and :5, l.")0 million leet in 18."-*'.)— an iiKii ase (f l.'t per c( nt. The output of lio.stf.n was 712.', nalliou fe(;t in 18M), and I,;H'J ndllion feet in 1SS9 — an im rea.se of 8.").', percent. Each char*^8'.) to ■'ir8U7,0<.>0, or 'Jo.ic. p* r thousand feet sold ; and in 18'.)0 ii was •'?89;5,O00, nr 27c. ]i< i- thousand. Thus the JMuidcipal works charecd ol j,c. in 18.^9 iind in 1N90 oiie. per thousand iiiori' than cn.st price ; which w.js theretore i)8\c. in IS89 and in 18'.iO ahout !)7c. per thou- sand culiic fi 1 1. If they had to a-Ul tvi this a tax of Gc. per thousand (the amount paid hy the Hobtoii Company), the public svorks of Philadelphia would still have been abh; to sell gas at 81. 05 in 1^-89, and •■:'1.03 in 1890. 'Ihe ilill'trence between this and the pric(! they actually charge, is so much gain to the city tieasuiy. .lu Boston the company paid its shareholders dividends during 1889 of •■~'267,8t)0, and wrote oil' a constniction charge of 81 1 l,O()0.:j: These items together are over 28c. per thonsantl on the gas they made during the year, it would s(;eni therefore that the iJoston Company could afford to reduce the price to the neighborhood ot .-'1.00 per thousand. The dilb reni'o between this atid the price charged goes into the pockets of the shave- holders instead of into the municipal coU'ers as in Philadelphia. What the advocates of private ownership must prove is not that private management is more econondcal than iiublic, so far as the cost price of gas is concerned, although even *'l'lii'rp was an iiicrciiit' uf .sl2",000 in the amount of gas sold tn private [larticH, but a decrea.se of SAi, 000 in the anum.nt ef ga-i sold for |iuulic hmqis. t Kesiduals left from the gas making were sold for '( the cost of the c i> ',c. per ihi.H mciiia no* cliarly iirnvon. Tliny must show tlmt tho sorvioc n-inliTi'il to the orilinury citi/cii is iiH cliiMi" iiy tlir nw iiH'tli'iil ,i.s ilic Dtlicr. Wln'ii tlif I'liiliulrljilnu ri»i/cii |>;iy.s ■■^l.'tU liir a thoiisatnl fo t uf ;,'iik Ik- jxiys AOc. of it an h tax wliiuh iiiaktH liis iitliiilt i.s tliat the laitrr icaHy pays for iiis u.is ,'?1.'J| whiTt' the toriiicr I'nys ."^ IJ.l-"*. It is ii|h' to ciiiiiii that thti I'.if. (lill'c. »«iu'( is due to ore ittnost in BMston, in xifw of tiif liahiiici'S ■tlinwii \i\ ihitoni }' in the partiiii. In the French oapird, til'- <,'a8 company in I^J-'i") ^jot a charter lor '>0 years, which lixed the |)rice of i;as at a ceitaiii [)oiiif, Tlie iiii|ir.)seiiients in m:inufactuiirn,'soon i.'i iMtly lowered th(* cost of production upon whi'Ii the old price was hised; and chnini,' ihe troul'li'sof 1.S70, the shanholdrrs were oMii^e.l to recast the a:;reement so as to divido with the city all prttils ahove I l,(JOO,(iO(J francs per year. Commercial causes have a;,'ain cheap'iHul yas, and theiomjiany now otters to lower i.\w juice of ^'as hy one-sixth, and to nt'ce)it a lower annual piotit,on comlition that the concession is iciiewed to them for forty years, and that they may employ if they choose, electric lij,dit. Tiic olijeit ion t* this pian is that it would involve the retention for forty years of tlie price now fixed. A lielter system is tliat known as the slidiuLj sc;de,* I>y which tlie pereeiiiai,'e profits of tht> shareholders mav increase, hut 'Mily in proprirtion a> the price is li/wered. It thus hecoines the interest of the com|):iny to .snjiplv the gas at tho !ow( st po-^silile rate. In this siiiiph' form it h;is oeen adopted liy tlie I'riti-h I'nili im"iit in fixing' the charters of ciiny companies ; the usual arram^ement lieintj that, for oacli ri' Inetion of one penny perthonsand feet of i;as, tin* company may inireise its dividends one (piart(;r of one per cent over a certain stated dividend. Iiy lliis moans tin- averai;** price of i,'(,s in London wlii'di was^l.OS per thous.ind was lowered to fUc. in ISS"'. Of course the dilH culty in carryini,' out such a scheme lies in tho necessity of obtaiiuni^ accurate statistics from thecomp.uiy, with whom tliere is always a tendency to over-cajiitalization. Some advorato n\unieipal arrani;ement as a refuge from this dilliculty : hut tin- liiatd of Ti'adi? returns which are given in (Jrcat Dritain, seem to possess tolerahle ai'cnr:icy. In Massachusetts a different method is pursued. The Act of the Li'gislalure, es- tahlishing the Hoard of Gas (.'ommissioners (Act.s of ISS.i, ch, ."1 1 I, s. !)), jirovided that " upon the complaint, in writing of a mayor of a city in which a i.,'as company is located, or of twenty custonurs of such company, either of the (juaiity or [)rice of the gas sold ■ ind delivered by such company, the lioard shall notify the cnmjiany of such complaint, and shall, after notice, give a puiilic hearing to such jietitioner -md such company, and after .said hearing, may order, if they deem just and proper, any reduction in the prico of gas or improvement in (piality thereof." , Their decision is final, unless specially re\('rsed by the .State Legislature. Tlvse wonderfully wide powers seem to have been exercised with moderation; and while apparently giving general .satisfaction, have .settled many difHcult tjuostions that have arisen sini'c the organization of the commission in LS8.5. The commission consists of thi'ee members appointed for three years by the State (Jovernor, subject to approval by the Council. The returns recpiired annually from A sliding scale of jirices depeudeiit (!i the price ( f (c»l WHS ntiii t( rl 1 y d rgn h-* in i's ngriinifnt witli the ^\■a'hillK'tlH| gn-^ cemnaiiv : i,iit tfie culiiv>any teen ud'u.td its \ liii s tn ;i << ieii!f'i;ili'y than tlmt called for, 3 (Ji.) liitc .'U r7s onch fOiii|iiiny imliuli' tlx- luununt of its ntitln'riz-"! <;!Hiitivl. iiM iti'li'l't<' of all •tH Kiiliiiicd oIlIciTH Willi till' i\iiiMi:kt hiiliiiy piil to cinli ; tin- rrtiirii tn In- sit;ii(>(l and Hworii to hy tlir pr< Hiilciit uiid inasiirtT if i-.k li roMipJtiiv, mid n iniijorit y of its dimetors/' In Oiitatio, fill' II< \ iKid Stfitnics (li^^Ti, rli. It'i-I), jirnvidi' tlmt any the or niorf prTsons may form ii CMimmiiy for sniijdviiiy yah, wafer, cr liofli. fo any tiiiiiii(i|ialitv liy o) taiiiinu' llx' innscnf 'i() elretrie li;.dii iuLj plaiifs ill Aim rii'a, of wliieli at, leiisf ."() ;ire owmd liy mimic-ipil aiitlioiitie-> In wpito, liowovnr, of flm aliundant diser, •^ioi; in it ici t yearn as to flic relative nc rits; ( f muiiieijial and private iiiiinjij,'emeiit, the ein h. pel' yiar. lairiins,' every iii^hl ail the nii^ht thronnh. At an Kleifrii! I.i.yht t'oiiMniioii, the Mi|'erinletic!eiif of the ejty works was chai'. ( d w ith 111 t i\ iiiu a' these us: lis ly ' iie'j'' <.'iin<.' Itt>;''>'i vv ait r n ni . iiiti ii sr on invest- ment, insiiiiime. repiiirs, di pni iatiou or leie v^al of phini in il'i neial, and liy ch ir:;iiig the \viij.es of the ilcilrie liLilii linem n ui ih'- lire alarm ti le;.'ritp|i (lrp;ir' meiit," |t, w'us aiymd thiit. it these w.re piojieily (iieonntid j'ov, the I'li'^r would he sllMJ.I).'} per year per lamji. 'I lie niperintei,ilent , iIiohlIi 1 res' nt, iiad too Hcvire a loM to lej'ly. Ir, answer to tiie v\ liters apiilii atinn for inforimitieii, one nunirh later he v/ 1 , " pre[)HtinLt a reply ; " hnt hiilf ayiar atterwaids. when another (nijuiiy wtis made, he " re^jri tted limt thtic-. re^ardiiiij municipal niat- tfMS, except what is oiveii in tin' annual reports. " Many other places seetnei I to ha, ve auiveil at ahonl the same de:,'ii r of neciiracy. Where iJLihiiiii,' plant can he snpplitd with power rrnm works already owned !)y the city, as in N'|isi(anti, Mirhi:,':in, wlieie they are inaiiayed in ivMHi" tlou with ilii'i;it\' water works, evidently tiny can li" run more econoniically than would he pnHsil.le in a separate estiiMisI n eiit. .)mli;inu' hy the rdurns of the Miissacliu.-eils (las and I'.lectric Liidit Uommissioin rs, ihe busiiuss in that .stute is not e.xci ( din^^ly lucrative. [''ourteiMi com panics in tlie ^tafe paid dividinds iv(ia;;ii:i( a.liont live^ui cent , and only twenryoiie cf ii'puni* s out ( f sixlv piid any dividi i,ds at all. 'I hen- aie no mnnicipid ]>lantn in .Mass- achusetts,! so that if is not pc.ssihU^ to insti'utea cemj'M'i.ci;. Indeid ;he whole (;lec'rii light husiiie's has hirhcrto hi i n o<'Vi lopii.y so tiipidiy, with ever ciiangin;^ conditions, that scHicily any of fh(t estimates of cost in the past aie of use for the tuture. '{"he air is already cli aiinj;;, liowever ; and it will jiot he lonix h alioid'd. In the mraniiine. niunicipalilics should avoid any action that would tie tlieir hands for the future. * A stiitcini r.t of the fnriii in vvliirli tiic iiifiniiiiition is rerniirt-d front ( ia.^* Coiiipariios lu.-iy lie f' unci at the (test' 111 till' .Annual Hi |niit el' .Ian. lSs7. anil frnni I'^lce-triu l/i^ht Conn>anie.s in tlie irmut of 18S'J. t An Act to iMMiiiit citii < and t(i\Mi> tu |in)viile tlicir ffns or jlcctiic light 1ms ii].('at(illy lnoii breuffht before the State l.i>,'i.-latiiii , and will [irnlLdily ]ii r or later. It piovides that if Ivvoiljirds of the city Couruil for two -ncci i dug ytars. the intivor ti r I wu yt ai>, and a pnlilic ineeting of citizens favor sucli action, that hoiuis may lit' i>,-.ui d for not more than 20 jears, and to the extent of not more than 5 \>vr cent of the ratable proDerty d the town, 70] Til drpiit I'iritftih, tin- KIcctrir liiRlitina; Act of IHH'i, (45 fi |('. Vict, c '>!]). provide tliat t\v' llonrtl iif Tnido mny lioonw lociil iiMthoiitit'* or privato I'Dinpiiiios, with the con Mcnt (if tlic liiciil autlioritic-t, (mid without it, if UMrfft-toi\iil)lt' opposition ih nlVtrcd), to provide electric Ii;,'lit, lint it ciiimot conlcr i\n cxclimivc ri^'lit, hh the district nmy In- anuin ;,'riinted to another. 'I"h(> uinh'rtakcrH of tlie enterprise nniHt annnrilly pnhiihh Huch ii'tuiiiH as the Hoard of Trade calh for. S<'c. '27 provides that the local authorities may r< (piiri^ ft private company to ^cll the plant, etc, at its market value, '• Iml without any addition in respect of compulsory purcliase, or of yood will, or of any prolits which may or ndyht have Keen or he made from the undertaking;.' Such re(pii-,ition to sell lan lie enforced only at the end ol forty two years from the >,'raiitin;,' of the company's charter, and at the end of every suhseipient period of ten years,* unless shorter periodH ate specilii'd in tlwi charter. 'I'he value is determinid liy arhitralion. .S(.cs. \'.\ and 1 I ;,'ive hical authorities a veto on the strin^'in;,' of wires, hreakin;; up of streets, etc,, Kuhject to an appeal to the Board of Trade. I'rivate initiative has had the tiehl almost to itself rluriii;; the two years since th»< recent amendmt nts, and it is sii^nilicant that ''^0 the comnany lias done well. The char},'es were to he not more than one penny per mil'-, and some runs ol' much more than a mile used hy htliouriiii,' men and arti/ans were r»'.-*o to he a penny. iMorning and evening cars tor workmen run for ahoul one cent p(!r tnile.t In l*irminL;hani, " the city huilds the street railways in order to keep control of its streets.".^ In Liverpool, the company leasint; the track ])ays uliout 1(1 per ctMit. ot its cd^c as a rental. In all these cities the tracks are laid and kept in repair i)i/ f/if corpo riilinii,, !Uid of all may justly lie said as the city en<,'ineer of liiverpoo! reports of his city. '• The tramways do not I'orm the slii^hlest impediment lo irallic, even to the narrowest wheeled veiiicles." The ditl'ereiice litstween their cities and ours in this respect is very strikini,', and the attention of American municipal and street railway authorities is respectfully directed for the niillionth time to the sultject. In America, tliere are no street railways operated hy local authorities. In Toronto, in IS'il, a franihise was granted to a company for thirty years, at the end of which lime the city could assume the propeity on payment of its valu(! to lie determined liy ailiitration. The city decidid to take over the' road in ISfJO ; hut while the future action of the city has not hcen detinitely settled, the franchise will pr.jliaiily lie ai,'ain leased for a percentaf;;e of the (y?Y,.i.v receipts. This is the hest form of hMse ; and is lieconiing more and more general in its adoption hy American cities. In iH.St the New Voik Legislature pa.-sed an Act /x'rinilfiiii/ such compensation if the fraiuhise was sold liy auction. In the city of New York the aldermen knew how to di.sjiose of the l!road- wiiy franchise in a lietter way, and tlie restlt was that the city got nothing. Tliis led to the passage of a State Act (Laws of 188G, Cap. (if) |!) making it cotn/i/i/soj-// that the .■>alo of any street railway franchise should he "at public auction to the bidder who will *In the Act of 1882, the period of taking over was at the end of 21 years, and every snbsp(]iient 7 yearn. Tliin Hi-eiiis t'l liiive been conHidercd tmi stliort, and liy an Act of 18S8, the periods were chiiii^ed to tliuHe ^'iven in the text. t Journal of das Li(;htin(j,'Dec. 30th, 18'.)0. X (•'his:/""; " Municipal Stwhj ; Albert Shaw, in The Caitury ATnguzinc, March, 18!K». § Julian Kaliili, in Harper' h, June, 18!)0. ' With amending Acts of 1886, ch. «i42, and of 1889, ch. 664. 36 [80 agree to give tlie largest pproentiigo per animni of tlio gross receipts," aiifl " tlio said V)i(l<]er, Avlio may btiild and opcriilf tl](> loail, sliall k(.'('|i a:'('uratc. Imoks nf aci-ouiit of its earnings, \vhi(.'h hooks sliall at ail (inii-s !»' siilijcut to tln! inspt'otion of tlic loci.l autliuri- ties." Umlpr tlu'so provisions,* fiaiicliises have lu'en sold for as Iiigh as '.'7 piM- oi-nt. of the gross n'ccijits, 'J'his plan, liy which rrccipfs from the roid arr sjnead over the years ('uiing which the franchise runs, s(cins prct'cralile to tlic irKjdc adnptcd in \e\v Orleans where a lump sum was accepted. t The great- dilUculty with tlu; " percentaLre of gross returns system," is, of couue, the unwillingness of a company to exttnid their linrr into suhurhan districts whei'e an extension is necessary, hut will not pay %ery wc'.l, or perhaps at all. As has heen previously shown it is ditlicuitand unwise to jjitroduce a new ccunpany ; and the city autlu)riti(;S are thus at th(! mercy of the compaviv in posse^-sion, which may, hy its refusal to act;cpt reasonahli; prollts. paralyze the city's u'lV'wth. Whit can tin- city do hut make any terms the company retiuires ? This would he as unfair as to give the city power to compel the company to extend its lines. On the other hand, if the street railway shareholders own proptirty in a suhurh which they are desirous to " hoom," they may attract inhaliitants hy special rat<'s. When they have sold out their pioperties they may withdraw the service, to the ruin of the citizens who have removed there. It has hcen well olj.served that the fact that this has not occurred more frecjuently is an encour- aging example of connnercial prohity. Scmie sort of government cnniiiiis-ion is evidently necessary to regulate .such matters, as well as to exercise a general supervision over this rapidly developing industry. It may Vie that tlie dilliculties arising from the determining of earniiigs, the insjiection of hocks, the employment of lahonr, or the reduction of fares, etc., may lead to an assumption hy municijialities of this iiidustry as the easiest way out of the ditilculty.:f 81] for moi raunicij Tl place, h Suction IV. — iS'"W/t' CuivlutiinHS. The financial results of such comparison as wo have lje(m able to institute seem then to indicate : — 1. That water .supply is an undertaking in which • nicipal management has heen eminently successful, hoth in America and in I'iUroiie, and in both has yielded large financial returns, which have hecsn used to lighten the Imrden of general taxation; hut that there should, if possible, he a lowering of rati.- required from tin; more needy, by, if necessary, a higher charge for such additional service.s as are practically luxuries. 2. That while the municipal direction of street railways has been attempted but sel- dom in Euroi)e and never in America, street car service is a source whenc(! large revenues might he derived hy great and growing cities, revenues which may be ohtaiiKid either through the power of control rendered necessary by their puijlic oharacter, or hy their direct operation on the part of th(> city. 'I'his latter course may he rendered necessary hy the dilUculties in the way of the former: but in any event street railway.'^ .should not he operated with a vi( \v to a very large surplus as this would involve a .special tax on a class not the most able tu support it, 3. That the gas industry, where undertaken by the municipal authorities, has been as successful as wlien in private hands, and has, in addition, provided large sums for tiie local treasury. The tax on consumers is perhaps not more ineipiitably disirihuted than isoidinaiy taxation, hut an attempt should he made to furnish ;i .-ertain amount of the service cheap enough to be withiu th(! reach of all. * Additional iirovis-ions exist proliibitinpr the .sale of a street railway franciiise in a city of more than 250,000 for 11 less yearly payment into the treivsuvy than S piT cHiit. of ttic grosn receipts for tin' first five years after tlie eoninii iiceineiii of operation, and ."i per cent, thereafter. f The eoiiiiiany nniintaiiiin^,' the entire jiavinj,' of the streets traversed l>y its lines, however. :',; The rapid increase in street railway jirotits is illustrated hy the following figures for the State of New Vorls : Net income ISS',1, 5.811 per cent., IS'.IO, li.L'l per cent, on capital stock ; dividends in T,SS!(, 4.41 per cent.. ISIIO. t.(i7 jier cent. ; surplus. IS.-ii .'S.MS.OOO, in IMIIO, .Solid.OOO : net earnings ).er |iiishenger, 1.18 cents in 188(1, in 18110, J. 27 cents ; net earningM per mile of road, 18811 $7,3111, in I8!)0, .'?8,01e. /i"ry.<)7< of Hiiihiind (.kmminsiuhirii, Vol, 11, p, 70, 18!)0. 81] 37 ■1. Thiit elcctri lightint,' is still iti too unsi'ttlfil a st:\£,'o I'or iis to lio ahlc to draw detinito conclusioas reijardiiig it. riicn; aro iiidii-itioiis that iiiid(!r ordinary couditions it vill pay a town bntt«r to leaso the fraiiuhi-*!, hut whero the iiulustry can readily he joined to one already in the possession of the municipality it can often he inana'^^ed more eeononiiually than by private enterprise. 5. That of tfilephono service so little is yet Icnowa tint thoui^h its peculiarities call for more than th(! ordinar}- amount of public control, it would be unwise to attempt municipal management. The above are but ,f,'eneral ooiiclusioiis.and would, in their application t) any particular place, be modiiied by distur'bing local c>ndilions which may 1)'.' so ditl'erent from those that are usual as utterly to destroy their validity. No absolute rule can be laid down, and what has been saiil is s lid only in the ho[)e of makin<; the detenuiiiation of these problems more easy. Tha'. m'on genera! results may be helpful cannot be doubted, and the writer regrets that the.-.i; cannot bit rendered more accurate owing to the paucity of reliable statistics. This lack of slatis'-jcs is the result of the newn".ss of the con- ditions involv(!d, and must c mtiniie ^'.il ihere is fuller recognition of the imp )rtanc" of these industries. They have [lassed ihe bounds at which priv.ite attcniipts at eoUeetiug information can be at all (.iFectuil. D. 'tailed gov3rnnuMit d returns are absolutely necessary. ' tl BIBLIOGRAPHY. A. — Repokts, r;TC. Brantford, Out, —Waterworks By-laws. 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