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The municipalities speedily awoke to the fact that in this move their common enemy, scorning the boundary of a single local authority as not affording it sufficient breathing space, was bent upon expanding over the areas of a group of them. The first of these power bills was pro- moted in 1898, and contemplated the erection of a large generating station in the Midlands, from which an area of about 2,000 square miles would be supplied. Power in bulk was to be furnished to municipal and company h...olders of electricity franchises, who would distribute the power to consumers, whilst sanction was asked to supply current direct to factories and to other power 220 THE DANGERS OF MUNICIPAL TRADING users. The municipalities came into line in strongly organized opposition, and finally crushed the proposal, through the machinations of the Association of Municipal Corporations, an organization which employs the methods of the trade unions to gain their ends. Even- tually, however, a number of electric-power bUls suc- ceeded in overcoming the antagonism levelled at them by the municipalities ; but their success was considerably tempered by the restrictions placed upon the operation of the companies as the result of this opposition.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The municipalities speedily awoke to the fact that in this move their common enemy, scorning the boundary of a single local authority as not affording it sufficient breathing space, was bent upon expanding over the areas of a group of them. The first of these power bills was pro- moted in 1898, and contemplated the erection of a large generating station in the Midlands, from which an area of about 2,000 square miles would be supplied. Power in bulk was to be furnished to municipal and company h...olders of electricity franchises, who would distribute the power to consumers, whilst sanction was asked to supply current direct to factories and to other power 220 THE DANGERS OF MUNICIPAL TRADING users. The municipalities came into line in strongly organized opposition, and finally crushed the proposal, through the machinations of the Association of Municipal Corporations, an organization which employs the methods of the trade unions to gain their ends. Even- tually, however, a number of electric-power bUls suc- ceeded in overcoming the antagonism levelled at them by the municipalities ; but their success was considerably tempered by the restrictions placed upon the operation of the companies as the result of this opposition.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert P Robert Percival Porter to read onlineMoreLess
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