Proposition—American cities should own and operate all street-car lines within their limits.
I. The present system of operating street-car lines is efficient,
for
A. The street-car service in the United States is the best in
the world.
B. Street-car fare in the United States is remarkably low.
The insertion of testimony, however, to substantiate A and B turns this bit of brief into excellent proof.
I. The present system of operating street-car lines is efficient,
for
A. The street-car service in the United States is the best in
the world, because
1. It is best in respect to extent, since
a. James W. Garner says that England has less than a quarter of the street-car facilities found in the United States. (Dial, Feb. 1908, p. 20.)
b. In 1902, two hundred and ninety-five communities in the United Kingdom of from 8,000 to 25,000 inhabitants were without street cars; while in the United States there were only twenty-one such communities. (Municipal and Private Operation of Public Utilities, W. J. Clark, Vol. I, p. 445.)