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Show hTIIILr ClII.M.Itf.VH, I.l Toronto, Canada, all the ttreet car llnea are owned by tho municipal. Ily, Borne time ago when the city tint acqulrnl ownerahlp, a cry wat ralaed that the operating of Iheae llnee woul 1 be a dtmorailtlng factor In local olltlca. Unetecllonof the coiiiiun Ity contented that tlm city wat dip. plag Into Hlate toclalltm. Another trctlon held that driven, conductor! an I table boixia would be all recruited from ward politician, and that In a ahoittlme Toronto wmll I twine no. torlout for Hi llllcal crooklneet. Matlert Lava taken a different lulu altogether. al-together. The Torouto authorities, after coo-Iderlng coo-Iderlng the tliuatlou thoroughly, have leaved thollnelto (rlvate Indlvldutlt foraterm ol yearr, receiving aa rent )'X) a ) ear per mile of tingle track, or HOOD per mite of double track, an I 8 per cent, of the gron earnlnge. Hut the rain of fare are atlpulated In the leaw, en that the rtnlert are not abao lute. tVoiklngeien'a llcketa mint l latued at Hi rale of eight tripe for S3 cent', and grad be'ore 8 km. and after j p.m. Ct.ll Iran under nine mutt be carried for half fare, and achool clilldreo't tlcketa mutt be Ixued at the rate ol ten trlpt for U eentt. The re. (unit for the tint month ahow that the city treasury haa rendved fll,iVM, The workmen ant publlo generally areetlltrled, anl It It to be Inferred that the leawt ol the roafe are alto making a profit. Municipal authorltlei lu Amerkan clllra might do well to tludy the Toronto arrangement In the matter of atreet care. At a rule chariot are given to rompautei to lite atreett, and to dig anl tear up pretty much aa they like, an 1 not a tingle rrelrlctlon of any klnllmpoted. It It poealble, however, that the tenting method may ill.clu.e terloutdefecttlntlie future. Ufcourte, rtnlert will not care much about main, talnlnglheetruotural aud e)ulmnl department! In the beat of order, but all thla dependa on the termt of the leate, |