The Relation of Chicago to Public Service Corporations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9752781 |
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| Authors | George C Sikes (Municipal Voters' League, Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1908 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 155-160 |
| Publication date | 1908-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271620803100315 |
| OpenAlex | W2060415381 |
| Language | EN |
The keynote of Chicago's public utility policy is home rule.New York and Massachusetts are tending more and more toward state domination in such matters.Chicago, on the one hand, and New York and Massachusetts on the other, represent opposite tendencies.Wisconsin is steering a middle course between the two.Recent public utility laws of the Badger State provide for a combination of state regulation and local control.In theory the Wisconsin method would seem to be the wisest of the three, but public sentiment in Chicago insists upon the largest measure of home rule, and under the conditions there existing this policy appears to be the safest.Wisconsin has no great cities.Mil- waukee, the largest, has a population of only about 300,000.In New York State there are other cities of considerable size besides the metropolis, notably Buffalo, with about 400,000 inhabitants.More important than all other considerations, perhaps, in explanation of the difference of policies, is the fact that New York City and Boston have been less vigorous than Chicago in their deter- mination to oppose state interference in matters of municipal con- cern.Boston, being the capital of Massachusetts, is able, however, to protect its public rights before the legislature, under a system of state domination, in a better manner than can a community like Chicago, which is not the seat of government.Chicago, with a population of more than 2,000,000, is located in a state which has no other city approaching even ioo,ooo in population.Chicago and the rest of Illinois do not understand each other as well as they should
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| Highly cited | No |
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