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ANOTHER ACCOUNT
; The Chicago Tribune sent a member
Of its staff to Glasgow to investigate
municipal ownership there, and,
though somewhat unwillingly, he is
compelled to report that the street
railway system is honestly, efficiently
and from the financial as well as tho
general point of view, successfully
i operated. The correspondent gives
ithe following important and interest
ing particulars:
"Glasgow, having taken possession
' .of all civic utilities, is now seeking
from parliament power to own and
operate interurban electric lines. Al
ready the city government Is operat
ing . the suburban traction lines un-
, der a system of leases, and the ex
periment, like the operation of the
lines within the city limits has been
entirely successful.
' "It requires only a brief stay in
Glasgow, however, to convince a Chi
cago man that what Glasgow has suc
ceeded in doing in the way of suc-
' cessful operation of civic utilities can
not safely be taken as an indication
of what might be done in Chicago.
Fares By No Means Small.
- "In the . first place, Glasgow itself
is a city closely and compactly built.
It has, however, a tributary popula
tion from two to ten times as great as
the populations tributary to American
cities of similar size. Again,, the
mileage of street railway lines in
Glasgow is comparatively small. Only
sixty-four miles of streets all told are
supplied with municipal traction
lines. The wages paid to employes
of the municipal lines are less than
half those paid in Chicago.
-.. "Glasgow, of course, has no such
'extreme distances' as Chicago, but
on the long hauls the fares are by no
means small. No transfers are given.
It costs 6 cents to ride six miles. " On
the other hand, one may ride a flis
. tance inside of a mile for 1 cent.
"Of course, this is cheap riding for
, the man who lives downtown, but ob
viously the system of graduated fares
. never would do in a sprawling city
like Chicago.
"Neither Chicago nor any other
large American city has anything to
i learn of Glasgow so far as the actual
operation of street railways is cori
' cerned. Glasgow did not adopt elec-
tricity $ until - long after it . had been
(exploited' in nearly every , city, large
and small, in the United States, and
Glasgow still clings to the overhead
Stock Merchandise
For Land
Large general stock of merchandise
now running in a good Minnesota
town and doing good busineis which
I will exchange for good - improved
land and some cash. . ' .
FRED F. CLAR.K;
426 Boton BIk..
Minneapolis, ...Minnesota.
trolley system, even .In the busy, down
town streets a system far behind the
clean, safe underground trolleys of
Washington and New York. The op
erating system,- in fact, is neither
novel nor up to date.
Financially a Success.
"In other respects the municipal
traction lines of Glasgow are com
pletely successful. Financially they
are : operated at ;a profit. The cars
are clean and fast. Traffic is hand
led well. The conductors and motor
men appear in neat uniforms and evi
dently understand their business well.
At least, they- are. the equals of street
car employes in Chicago and Mil
waukee. "Every passenger who rides Is pro
vided with a seat. That is certain.
The cars are "double deckers," aver
aging twenty-four seats below and
forty-two above. '
"The cars are so clean, the service
so prompt, and the financial showing
made by the traction lines so satis
factory it is evident there can not
be much 'graft' anywhere in the sys
tem. The lines are honestly adminis
tered, not only in the general man
ager's office, but by the coductors.
Whole Corporation Honest.
"In fact, the administration of the
business of the whole corporation of
Glasgow seems honest to a degree
not conceivable in the United States.
robably this is the real secret of the
success of municipal ownership in
cities of Scotland and England, for
the traction lines are relieved of the
predatory instincts of stock jobbing
private owners and unscrupulous po-
itical office brokers.
"Politics does not influence munici
pal elections in British cities, espe
cially in Scotland. The lord provost
of Glasgow, Sir John Ure Primrose,
is a figurehead, and, although he is
the hardest worked man in the city,
he has no salary, no patronage, no
real power. When he accepted the j
office he had to give up his prosper-!
ous business as a baker and miller.
He has fairly earned the baronetcy
King Edward conferred upon him for
his honest administration of the Glas
gow traction lines.
Why System Has Succeeded.
"Yet, after all, this condition is not
so much due to the personal integrity
of the lord provost, for, although he
is a good man and properly honored
by the king, probably he is not much
better than many another lord mayor,
The real reason why the traction lines
have been honestly administered
seems to be because the people here
have not yet discovered the possibili
ties in the dishonest exploitation of
municipal opportunities.
"Transport the honesty of the Glas
gow municipal system to Chicago and
municipal ownership of the traction
lines would be the only thing; but
when some of the obvious differences
in local government are considered,
every reader of the Tribune might
find it worth Chicago's while to make
haste slowly in the direction of the
municipal ownership of anything.
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