The Finances of Gas and Electric Light and Power Enterprises: Electric Railways, Electric Light Stations, Gas Works, Oil Motor Cars; by William D. Marks, consulting engineer and statistician by William D. Marks - 1907

By the Author:, 1907. The fourth edition, 540 pages. "The excuse for printing this edition is the unexpectedly large sales and exhaustion of the third edition. Five chapters have been added covering original researches in the cost of electric street lighting and gas and its prices in the large cities of New York and Philadelphia, as well as of railway rates. The 13th chapter is a carefully prepared digest of the evidence given in the lawsuit resulting from the reduction of the price of gas in New York City to eighty cents." The dawn of a better, happier day is upon us. American citizens are honest and able, and they are insisting that these corporations shall conduct their business honestly, and are driving the criminals of finance from power; they are regulating our corporations and demanding real publicity of their affairs. American citizens intend to be honest themselves, and to force those who deal with them to deal honestly. The past night of honesty enforced by publicity has dawned… Read More