People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1897 — Municipal Ownership a Fact. Not Theory, [ARTICLE]

Municipal Ownership a Fact. Not Theory,

Manchester, Eng'end. has used its own gas plan- "or mat,.' years, and the money derived , a charge of 60 cents a thousand cubic feet is sufficient to pay all expenses and give the city treasury sdUO,OOO annually for other public expenses. J ■ owns ■; s own street railways and rents them to private companies at a good round profit, the fare being equivalent to 1 cent a mile, and fiie company standing the cost of all repairs. Under muidclpal control of its gas systern vJiasgow has reduced the cost o' gas from $1.14 to 60 corns, and car fares there have been reduced, one-third, the town finding ample compensation in the increase of ; passenger traffic. Toronto u 189! took possession of n•• railway system, leased it to . i.e highest- bidder on go ■ l ] tages, and tin c*i? - c , town get eight t: . cents when he I'io’ .-> .u . e “rush” hour.-;, fed. f.v . Li rpool and Birniingham. ir, Ft glan .1, * . - similar bene:: . in iact, a i ■ pros'.',-: d. . ov. r oi.ethird of d, A. }J.! i ..:i is ov, rd by municipalities. Ca.c; go Record.