Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-24 | Page 1 | Municipal Ownership

IWiPAL Remarkably Successful is Applied in City of Belfast I Washington. Aug. 24. Municipal ownership and operation of the street car system has proved remarkably successful In Belfast, according to j Consul Henry B. Miller To students ' of municipal ownership problems ' there If special interest on this subject sub-ject from Consul Miller. I)w cost of transportation, economy econ-omy of administration and lack of accidents ac-cidents are points chiefly emphasized by Mr. Miller, explaining the success with which Belfast has run Its own street ears. The regular fre there is two cents. One of the unusual features of the system Is the coucentrntion of all llne9 through a general central station, sta-tion, which makes every part of the city accessible from that center, j Belfast took over the street car sys-; sys-; torn of the city about live years ago. i Its head is a general manager selected select-ed by tbe city council.