+ – Yale R. 14: 417. F. ’06. 1720w.
Meyer, Hugo Richard. Municipal ownership in Great Britain. **$1.50. Macmillan.
The second of a series of four books on public regulation of industry. The object is “to show how deplorably belated is Great Britain with regard to street car traction and electric lighting in comparison with the United States; to condemn all who have been directly or indirectly connected with municipal ownership in England; and to glorify company control of public utilities as it exists in American cities.” (Ind.)
“However much one may differ from the conclusions reached in this book, every student of the subject must feel indebted to the author for the clear summary and quotation which he has given of the opposing arguments urged at each stage of legislation and the changes that were made from time to time in the laws and their execution, and for his interesting statistical comparisons between English and American developments.” Edward W. Bemis.
+ + – Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 351. S. ’06. 1360w.
“Notwithstanding that partisanship, the weakness of some of his arguments and the many phases of the subject which he leaves untouched ... we commend Professor Meyer’s book to all who wish to look at the other and generally unpopular side of municipal ownership. It is certainly a notable addition to the short list of anti-municipal-ownership books.”
+ – Engin. N. 56: 181. Ag. 16, ’06. 780w.
“It is so obviously a long-distance view, that a reading of Mr. Meyer’s book suggests that he has never been in England or Scotland. Mr. Meyer shows himself ignorant of English municipal history.”
– Ind. 61: 39. Jl. 5, ’06. 1160w.