Public Utility Economics; a Series of ten Lectures Delivered Before the West Side Young Men's Christian Association, New York
New York: West Side Young Men's Christian Association, 1914.
Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #15258
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "The Finance Forum is conducted by the West Side Y M C A, New York, as a branch of the Educational Department. It was inaugurated in 1905 ... The policy of the Forum has been to invite as speakers men of practical experience, and many of the most representative members of the business community have lectured on the particular branches of finance in which they have gained distinction. Public Utilities was chosen as the subject of the 1913-1914 course, particularly because of the prominence of such securities in the investment markets. The connection between the investor and the engineering and operating features of Public Utilities is direct. Of no less interest and importance is the relationship between the investor and the consumer, and the public attitude toward the utility company. ... The course consisted of ten lectures and aroused widespread interest. Their economic importance induced the Y M C A to waive its custom in such matters and allow these lectures to be distributed first in single pamphlets and now in this volume ..." - Preface. Contents: Magnitude of the electric light, power, and transportation business / by T. Commerford Martin; The public, the investor, and the holding company / by Francis T. Homer; Municipal ownership of public utilities / by Arthur Williams; Progress of the science of lighting / by Edward P. Hyde; Telephones at home and abroad / by T.P. Sylvan; Future of public utilities / by Thomas N. McCarter; Centralization of power supply / by Samuel Insull; Investments in public utilities and how held / by W.H. Gardiner; Future regulation of public utilities / by William D. Kerr; Some legal aspects of regulations of public service corporations / by Charles F. Mathewson; Ex-Library; vii, 195, ix-xviii pages.
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