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nieipal activities " that we have specified. Tnat this view is held 

 by a large and increasing part of the population of the United 

 States is shown by the appended table : 



Table Showing the Number of Municipal Electric Light 

 and Power Plants in Each State of the United States 



1907 1913 



Alabama 28 35 



Arkansas 13 18 



Arizona 1 



California 14 14 



Colorado 7 11 



Connecticut 5 6 



Delaware 6 6 



Florida 13 15 



Georgia 59 69 



Idaho 2 2 



Illinois 112 89 



Indiana 68 69 



Iowa 51 57 



Kansas 32 72 



Kentucky 14 14 



Louisiana 21 23 



Maine 4 5 



Maryland 8 13 



Massachusetts. ... 24 31 



Michigan 104 107 



Minnesota 92 95 



Mississippi 39 41 



Missouri 58 61 



Montana 2 2 



1907 



Nebraska 25 



Nevada 



New Hampshire. . 4 



New Jersey 7 



New Mexico 



New York 47 



North Carolina. . . 36 

 North Dakota. ... 8 



Ohio 105 



Oklahoma 14 



Oregon 11 



Pennsylvania .... 45 



Rhode Island 1 



South Carolina. . . 17 



South Dakota 8 



Tennessee 28 



Texas 9 



Utah 9 



Vermont 13 



Virginia 14 



Washington 6 



West Virginia .... 5 



Wisconsin 64 



Wyoming 



1913 

 52 



1 



2 

 11 



3 

 49 

 43 



9 



108 



52 



8 

 41 



1 



17 

 13 

 27 

 17 

 14 

 12 

 14 

 10 



6 

 74 



2 



Totals 1,252 1,443 



In Georgia and Minnesota over half the municipalities having 

 electric service own their own plants. In Ohio, Michigan and 

 North Carolina more than one-third, and in Indiana and Nebraska 



