Shaw's View on Government Service Compared to Private Enterprise
A 19th century speaker argues public service tops private firms in scale yet lags in efficiency. He cites 20 000 plus civil servants, notes delays and red tape, compares federal projects with rapid private ventures, and warns against graft by exposing how a government office handles land sales and records.
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Oftten and Woten
Elgct
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Velry
Philadelphia
Albay
Grover Cleveland
Harlem River
Hudson
East River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson River
City of
New York
Tong Island
Ita
John B. McDonald
Tam
East Boyer
Androaj- Hye
Control Easier Than Operation Plea for Municipal Ownership
A reader argues that municipal ownership may be logical where communities fail to control private public utility firms. If cities with law making and enforcement power cannot cope with corporations operated by their gutter race, could they better manage thempervestpad City Bhar.
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Hong
Unusually Frante Statement on Public Service Policy
An exhaustive report to the city council argues the municipal gas plant should be sold. It cites aging mains, costly future repairs, and suggests keeping the plant risks further bond issues while offering citizens no return on taxes. The author questions equity of funding a loss making utility and proposes applying proceeds to water and sewer needs.
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Board of Public Service
Toft
City Coud
Bellufontaine
Hie
Sandusky Street
Anil Ue
Tory
Seventeen per cent a year depreciation struck in Minnesota plant
A fire destroyed East Grand Forks municipal electric plant raising questions about its viability and abandonment. Reports quote depreciation near seventeen percent yearly since 1902 with costs versus fire loss estimates at five to ten thousand dollars while insured for eight thousand. Most local power came from private suppliers, tied to saloon patronage across the border.
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Minnesota
Municipal Electric
Mgt
East Grand Yorks
Minn
East Grand Forks
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Grand Yorks
Medford Plant Outdated Suggests Reform
RW Karrur, superintendent of the city electric light plant, says the facility is out of date and nearly useless. He estimates the plant’s value at $10,000 and says $15,000 would make it serviceable, while a new plant would cost about $20,000. The council mostly favors hiring an electrical expert to inspect the plant and report.
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Medford
RW. Karrur
City Electric Ght
Electrical World
Preserve Key House in Georgetown as Memorial Shrine
Francis Scott Key remembered for Star Spangled Banner while efforts form the Francis Scott Key Memorial Association to buy and preserve his Georgetown home. Key born 1780 in Maine, studied law in Frederick, practiced in Washington, poem composed during 1814 bombardment. Key mansion, once overlooking the Potomac, faces teardown threats and is sought as a public landmark. Organization includes Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Schiey, and others seeking restoration.
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Vrancts Scorr KY
Georgetown
Washington
Key
Fyederick County
John Ross Key
St. John's Villege
Php Barton Kay
Frederick City
Georgetawn
Key Mansion
Nandgon
Scott Key Smith
Smith
Francis Scott Key Memorial Association
District of Columbia
Empow
Mr. Smith
George Dewey
Winfield Scott Schiey
Louis BE. McComas
Maryland
H. B, PF
McFarland
Justice
Ashley - Gould
Francis Scott Key
Potomac River
Potomac
Old Fort McHenry
la Cure
Fiddling Statesman and Socialist Debate Highlight Turbulent Era
A portrait of Robert L. Taylor a Tennessee politician famed for long career and colorful campaigns. The piece notes his drift through parties and offices from Whig beginnings to Senate while recounting a 1903 debate interlude with his brother Alf and a drunken heckler. It includes a playful aside about labor and socialism as John Mitchell discusses public interest in the movement.
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Robert L. Taylor
United States Senate
Democrats
Tennessee
Senator Taylor
Tio
Alf
Bob
Taylon
Bott
Holy
Tyain
Ani
John Mitchell
Hiad
Doure
Senator Briggs Emerges as Dryden Successor
Frank C. Briggs of Trenton, newly elected U.S. senator to succeed John I. Dryden, led the Dryden faction as the latter withdrew. A West Point graduate and New Hampshire native, Briggs had a long career in engineering and finances, served as Trenton mayor, was state treasurer, chaired the Republican state committee, and helped secure larger railroad tax collections.
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Dryden
Frank C. Briggs
Trenton
United States
New Jersey
John I. Dryden
New Hampshire
West Point
Frank. C. Briggs
John A. Rocb-ling
Bons Company
Financial Department
Briggs
Imti
Republican State Committee
Cukre
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Fred Heffelmeier
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Martin & Eggert
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Shankot Bickley
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W. B. Young
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Rath’s Exchange Bank
Seard
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J. A. Miller
Bakker
Bell Phone
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Beara
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