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Public ownership support cited for reduced transit and utility costs
A historical overview argues public ownership lowers rates and improves service. It cites U S government experiments with phones, water, gas, and electric light, and examples from Paris London Glasgow Syracuse Auburn Randolph Hamilton Topeka Detroit Little Rock and more to claim lower costs and better outcomes under public operation compared with private firms.
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Department of the Interior
Washington
Bell Telephone
Bell
Bell Service
Paris
Lyons
England
Switzerland
Syracuse
N. Y
Auburn
Randolph
Tews
United States
M. N. Baker
New York
Manual of American Water Works
Hamilton
Ohio
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Topeka
Fort Wayne
Little Rock
Ark
New Bedford
Mass
Peabody
Elgin
Ill
Detroit
Glasgow
Chicago