Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 22 No. 4 1908
The Street Railway Settlement in Cleveland
Abstract
The law as to franchises in Ohio; the "consent law, " 543.—Three difficulties: consents, reaching the center, finances. Mayor Johnson's guarantees, 545.—Earlier competing companies, 548.—Negotiations with the main company, 549.—Physical value of property; questions as to paving, overhead charges, 551.—Method of determining franchise values, 553.—Three transactions for effecting the transfer, —the sale, 559; the security grant, 559; the lease to the Municipal Traction Company, 561.—Financial calculations and expected economies of the Traction Company, 566;—The strike of the first few weeks and its defeat, 571.—Mayor Johnson's attitude, 574.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1884916
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 543
- Sources
- openalex crossref