. The Street railway journal . Electric Rail-way Systemof Newcas-tle-on-Tyne. (Pop. 215,900) Electric Railway System of Milwau-kee. (Pop. 285,315) Electric Railway System ot Buf-falo. (Pop. 352,387) Electric Railway System ofManchester. (Pop. 543 9 89) Electric Railway System of Glasgow. J>op. 735,906). taxes by the holders of tramway companies securities; also $1,035,-000 contributed to the respective public treasuries by municipaltramways as earnings. So the total financial benefits which British municipalities derivedas taxes from the operation of all street railways in Great Britain,and
. The Street railway journal . Electric Rail-way Systemof Newcas-tle-on-Tyne. (Pop. 215,900) Electric Railway System of Milwau-kee. (Pop. 285,315) Electric Railway System ot Buf-falo. (Pop. 352,387) Electric Railway System ofManchester. (Pop. 543 9 89) Electric Railway System of Glasgow. J>op. 735,906). taxes by the holders of tramway companies securities; also $1,035,-000 contributed to the respective public treasuries by municipaltramways as earnings. So the total financial benefits which British municipalities derivedas taxes from the operation of all street railways in Great Britain,and in which their funds to the amount of $140,000,000 were in-vested, was $1,723,000. For the same fiscal year the street railways of the State of NewYork paid directly as State and municipal taxes $2,656, Con-sidering that the individual holders of street railway securitiesissued in this State contributed as personal taxes thereon at thelow rate of three-fourths of 1 per cent on the face value of theirsecurities, they turned into our public treasuries $3,516,000. Thatis, the total financial benefits which the people of the State of NewYork have derived from street railway taxation for this year was$6,172,233, and this without the investment of a dollar of publicfund in the properties. Under t
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