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...courses will be open to men and women and a student may take either one course or both; but no persons will be allowed to attend a course unless qualified to profit by it. If under twenty years of age, they must have graduated from a high school or an institution of equal grade; and if over twenty, must have so graduated or show in some other way a sufficient education. For this purpose, applicants will be required to fill out blanks stating their name age; schooling, the kind and extent of reading they have done, and other facts that...
Major Leonard Darwin, of London, delivered the second of his series of four lectures on "Municipal Ownership" in Emerson Hall last night, on the subject, "English Municipal Statistics. The Probability of Profit-Making by Municipal Ownership. Municipal Management...
...only to about four per cent of the original value, and that municipal owners put aside only about one-fifth of the gain, which is not enough. Cities which manage their own street railways, get a lower return on their money than if the railways were rented out, the profit being eight-tenths per cent, in the former case and two per cent. in the latter...
...concern, all the money placed in the sinking fund is made up by taxation. If it happens that private gas works charge more than municipal gas works, the reason is generally because they are in less densely populated districts, where the cost of maintaining mains is greater, and the profit less. The profit of private corporations is spent in remunerating the capitalists and as management expenses. When buying their plants, the city has to raise a loan, and in so doing pledges not only its own money, but also the money of its citizens. A private company pledges only...
...LECTURES ON MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. II. "English Municipal Statistics. The Probability of Profit-Making by Municipal Ownership. Municipal Management." Major Leonard Darwin. Emerson Hall Lecture Room (first floor...