| Show Street Railway Ownership Municipal ownership at street railway rail-way properties Is I making ouch strides In Great Britain that It seems only a question of time when ownership by private corporations will be a thing it the past In lilackpool Huddersfleld Hull Leeds Plymouth Sheffield and Glasgow all the street car lines are operated by the cltj I authorities I I In 30 other cities Including lllrmlnsiam Liverpool Manchester Edinburgh anl London the municipalities own or operate oper-ate a part of the lines within their Urn Us In Cardiff and Southampton the change to municipal ownership will probably be completed before tho end 01 the present year In various other cities the street railway tracks belong to tile municipality and are leased for so much per mile uttlt n pereenta on gross earnings It Is I a cardinal featun of British street railway grants that no charters are ever extended beyond 21 years |
