BURSTY COMPANIES. 



< itien. Reference is made throughout tho fore- 

 going text to progress 

 years in large cities. In order to secure, r 



accurate official data mi. the pn s,i : 



dition of t: ion facilities for pamonp 



the largest muniei|Miliiies letters of imiuiry were 

 recently atldrewed to the ma \.-rs ,/ all cities of 

 100.000* population and ..\erin IVMI. In \,ry few 

 instnnoes hare returns been n ndeivd. 



: fignrm have been securiMl from avail- 

 able data to enable a fair showing nnd comiwn-.in 

 .. \ ' n, the plan 



of statement Wtw.^n the ..fnYiitl figures for 1890 



- s.,Mirvd f-.r 1SH7. it will be 

 convenient for general reference to give separate 

 tabular exhibits. The footnotes to each will ex- 

 plain the plan. 



IV- 



rr 



HO 



m 

 m 



m 



111 







m 



:; 



78 



m 



90 



.v.' 



\\ *&* 



With 



prwienl length of main tin.- <>nl\ 



I Cambridge. : \\ ith Allegheny. 

 ,keri. 



w " nifth 



f* tw <* 



re been reduced. 



ttaeae flgm have been in- 



thola>t."lrn^ih cf all tra-kv" Thi- -hows f, 



"i. tho 

 J.HJ'J niilrx nf Mivr[-railna<l tm.-k 



It may be ni'l from tin- tnlilc< that, whereas 



.I 10 III! 



Ta.-k ill IS'KI. 1J ,,f (In- >;iini. cil 



iial abandoned horses as m.i 



Mh.-r int. from tin- U 



I ii ^ oil i. 



Ill 1O nthiT cil ! i Ira 1:1- \v.i 



than 1. N"\\ in -Jl of the 'J"> 



Illllra^'r , . ,, j,,. 



chilling tin- annrxr.l t-rriiory. rradi.^ the total <-f 

 Ulei of rlcctri- In, with ..... r- to lh> 



:. arrorilin^r to the u 



i \\\ Nut IX. 



iiirnt Viirnishcil for the "Annual ( 'yd. .pa -.lia " l.y 

 the mayor of Chicago, il IB stated thai tli> 



COSt of i|onli|e-t :allfa<l ill that rily 



is $36.(XN) a mile; cable road, flOo.iKMi; ,;. 

 $40,0 



'nn. The municipal anlhorit i.-s of I', 

 in a letter to the "Annual." r-timatr the average 



r mile for elect rical-e.-ir t ra.-k. rtr.. 

 e.|uipmeiit. s-. ( |. :;:.!: land ; ,nd l.iiilliiiL 



Silll /'rntti-ixrtt. All estimate sllpplieil I iy the 



. -I imatrd <"-! of a ' 

 road in that city is from $100,000 to $12Y 



>/HH'l. <'H, in.- Ill the statement furnished 



by the mayor of Cleveland it i- noted that >ireei- 

 railr.-ad comjtanie*; in that cit\ <TH\ \>r\<- 



erty tax of $28.50 per $1,000 ol \aluation. They 

 of slO on each earo\vnel. and 

 an- required to j.avi- a strip 11 t" 1<I fret wide when 



paVrlnrllts ;,,'( laid ll sln-rts oecll|iied I 



U"/M/i/m//o. I). C.\\ is reported o|]i'cially that 

 the coxt of ralile con>t nict ion and ci|ii i prm'-nt in 

 Washington. I). C.. exclusive of lan<l. ap|.r..ximat.d 

 '0 per mile of single track. The cos) ,,f rad- 

 lird and eiiirine. mile ,,f sjn^le tra<-k is ap- 



pr'\iinated at *~h'.. 177. The cost of const ruel ion. 



equipment, etc., of the Colilielt el< < ' now 



in use is approximately J(1(K5.(KK> per mile of single 

 track, including land acrpiired f<ir power houses, 



-lied-. of n.ad Led and engineering, $S7 t - 



:i H . 



STKKTY CO>1I'\MI>. In view of all that 

 has been said and written up-.n t he dangers of one 

 individual becoming s U rrty fr the hour-' 

 -omliict of another, it is s,, m ewhat surp: 

 that a .system of corporate indemnity was n. 

 earlier than the mildle of the resmt 



tury. The theory of l'r.-f. I >. .t forth in 



the'" Dul.lill K'evjew " for Alienist, is jo. jj r ., 



In these tabl. clifTorenr-o in plan, 



the only column admitting of a fair comparison is 



for Alienist, 



the laws <,f average pivernini: insurance to the 

 moral ha/ard of personal integrity, though a so- 

 ciety for the pnrpo- 



ants \\ /,.,! at the I>e\il's Tavern. Chi 



Crosp, London, in .lum-. 1 7'JO. tin- ad\ riis.-m. 

 in- puMished in the Th- advantages 



to emp lover and employed fa a system th. 

 ing a risk with ' ktion of meeting it, nu 



indemnificat imi prompt | nd at ! lie same 



time uixlertakes the punishment of an olTender. 

 while it relievrs a person seeking honoraKle em- 

 ployment from the obligation to s4-cnre a bond, and 

 enables him by the payment of a small premium to 

 insure his own faithful conduct himself, can readily 

 ived. Men who would prefer to forego ob- 

 taining a place rather than importune an unwilling- 

 friend and men not possessing friends able to do 

 them the i .leting as surety are benefited 



by the existence <>f surety companies, while private 

 individuals are free from the embarraments at- 

 tending personal suretyship the contingency of 

 loss and interminable liability, extending often be- 



