M 3. Disposal of net profit. Newcastle- £902 £49,608 £26,659 £12,538 Central. 766 290 136 £42,871 £50,775 £58,118 £9,967 £12,982 Renewals suspense. 25,000 13,160 Special renewals.. 13,328 Profit applied in aid of rate. 19,740 5,000 Loss on plant sold.... 2,599 Amount added to year after making a transfer to the reserve fund as shown. There was a debt balance in the profit and loss account for the previous year, which was wiped out by the credit balance for this 2 £1,354 £234 £22,235 £8,661 £635 £298 Transfer to the Parliamentary expenses suspense account. Note. For general comments and summary of Electricity Finance, see further report at the end of this volume. GENERAL HISTORY AND LEGISLATION British Tramways (Schedule I) By MILO R. MALTBIE Sources: As Schedule I relates principally to the statutory and legal provisions affecting the undertakings examined, the most important sources are the acts of Parliament and judicial decisions. Of almost equal value are the Sessional Papers, especially in those instances where special reports have been made by select committees of Parliament, and where the evidence has been printed in full (London principally). Occasionally a verbatim report of the proceedings before a Parliamentary committee when a private bill affecting the undertaking, usually for the grant of powers or the extension of capital, may be found, but ordinarily no record is kept, and when printed they are issued by the city or the company itself. The records, reports and documents of the city department or of the company, as the case may be, often contain much of value, especially those issued when the undertaking was started or when changes in management were mooted or actually made. In the case of municipal plants or when a transfer of the undertaking from the company to the city was being considered, the council minutes are useful. The principal secondary sources which are of such high standing as to be recognized as authentic are: Bell and Paton: "Glasgow: Its Municipal Organization and Administration." Corporation of Glasgow: "Handbook on the Municipal Enterprises." Hudson, editor: "The Manchester Municipal Code." 6 vols. Hope: "Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health." (Liverpool.) Hopkins: "Tramway Legislation in London and Tramways Belonging to Local Authorities." Stanuell: "The General Tramway (Ireland) Acts and Orders in Council Thereunder, with Index." Garcke: "Manual of Electrical Undertakings and Directory of Officials." 10 vols. Rawlinson & Johnston: "The Municipal Corporations Acts and Other Enactments * * Ninth edition. * وو Robertson: "The Law of Tramways and Light Railways in Great Britain." Third edition. The Electrician: "Electrical Trades' Directory and Handbook." Twenty-fourth year. Will: "The Law Relating to Electric Lighting, Traction and Power." Third edition. In each town there is usually a considerable amount of pamphlet and periodical literature which throws some light upon the sit uation. To supplement the data obtained from the above sources, interviews were had with the principal city officials, officers of the companies, American consuls, and citizens connected in no way with the company or the municipality. Principal Acts of General Application. Companies Clauses Consolidation Acts, 1845-1889. Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, 1845-1895. Local Loans Act, 1875, c. 83. Public Health Act, 1875, c. 55. Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, c. 50. Employers' Liability Act, 1880, c. 42. Local Government Act, 1888, c. 41. Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1897, c. 37, and 1900. Electric Lighting Acts, 1882, c. 56; 1888, c. 12; 1899, c. 19. Light Railways Act, 1896, c. 48. Individual Undertakings. Glasgow Street Tramways Act, 1870. Glasgow Corporation Tramways Acts, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1885. Glasgow Corporation Acts, 1884; 1891, c. CLXXVI; 1893, c. CCVIII. Glasgow Corporation (Tramways, Libraries, etc.) Act, 1899, c. CLXVI. Glasgow Corporation (Improvements and General Powers) Act, 1897, c. CCXV. Glasgow Corporation (Tramways and General) Order, 1901, c. CLXXIX. Glasgow Corporation (Water and General) Order, 1902, CCLXI. Glasgow Corporation Tramways Order, 1903. Glasgow Corporation (Tramways Consolidation) Order, 1905, c. CXXVIII. Clydebank Burgh Tramways Order, 1903. Vale of Clyde Tramways Act, 1871, c. LXV. Govan Burgh (Tramways) Act, 1893, c. LXIX. 385 Manchester Corporation Tramways Orders, 1875, c. CLXVII; 1878, c. CLXIII; 1881, c. CV; 1893, c. CXCIII; 1896, c. CXX; 1897, c. CLI. Manchester Corporation Tramways Acts, 1899, c. CCLIV; 1900, c. CCXCI; 1902, c. XLI; 1904, c. CCXI. Manchester Corporation Acts, 1897, c. CCXLI; 1901, c. CXCIII; 1903, c. CCXIII. Manchester Suburban Tramways Orders, 1877, c. CXXIV; 1878, c. CLXI. Manchester Suburban Tramways Act, 1879, c. CXC. Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company Act, 1880, c. CXLIII. Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company Orders, 1882, c. CXXXVIII; 1897, c. CLI. Rusholme Local Board of Health Tramways Orders, 1877, c. CXXIV; 1881, c. CV. Moss Side Tramways Orders, 1878, c. CCXXXI; 1897, c. CLI. Newton Heath Local Board Tramways Order, 1878, c. CCXXXI. Liverpool Tramways Acts; 1868, c. CLXVII; 1870, c. CLXXVI; Liverpool Corporation Tramways Act, 1897, c. CIV. Tramways Orders Confirmation Acts, 1879, c. CXCIII; 1881, c. CV; 1882, c. CXXXVIII; 1883, c. CXXXI; 1884, c. CXII; 1888, c. XCV; 1891, c. CLXII; 1894, c. CLXII; 1898, c. CCIX; 1900, c. CCVIII; 1901, c. CCLXXVII; 1905, c. CXCIII. Liverpool Corporation Acts, 1900, c. CCXXXVII; 1902, c. CCXL. London Street Tramways (Further Powers) Act, 1873, c. CCXXI. London Street Tramways (Extensions) Acts, 1879, c. CLXXXIX; Metropolitan Street Tramways Act, 1869, c. XCIV. Pimlico, Peckham and Greenwich Street Tramways Acts, 1869, c. XCV; 1870, c. CLXXIV. Pimlico, Peckham and Greenwich Street Tramways (Extensions) Vol. III.-26. London Tramways Company (Limited) (Purchase) Act, 1873, c. CCIV. Southwark and Deptford Tramways Acts, 1879, c. LXXII; 1881, c. CLXXIII; 1889, c. CXLVIII. South London Tramways Acts, 1879, c. CXCVII; 1881, e. CLXXXIV; 1882, c. CXCII; 1883, c. CLXVII. South London Tramways (Extensions) Act, 1880, c. XVI. Peckham and East Dulwich Tramways Acts, 1882, c. CCXIII; 1883, c. CCXXVII; 1885, c. CXCIX; 1887, c. CLXXXIII. South Eastern Metropolitan Tramways Acts, 1884, c. CXLVII; 1888, c. CLXXXVI; 1900. Metropolitan Street Tramways Act, 1870, c. CLXXIII. London Tramways Company (Limited) Various Powers Act, 1888, c. CXLIV. London Tramways Company (Limited) Acts, 1889, c. CXXIV; 1890, c. XXIV; 1894, c. CXXXII; and 1896. Lea Bridge, Leyton and Walthamstow Tramways Acts, 1881, c. CLXX; 1884, c. CCXLIV; 1889, c. CLVIII. London, Deptford and Greenwich Tramways Acts, 1891, c. CLXXIII; 1893, c. CCXII. North Metropolitan Tramways Acts, 1869, c. CI; 1870, c. CLXXII; 1871, c. CLXXIX; 1873, c. LXXVIII; 1874, c. XLV; 1877; c. CXI; 1880, c. XCVII; 1882, c. CXXXVI; 1884, c. CLXVIII; 1885, c. XXVI; 1887, c. XII; 1888, c. CXXII; 1890, c. XLVI; 1892, c. CLX; and 1897. Tramways Orders Confirmation Acts, 1879, c. CXCIII; 1880, c. CLXXIII; 1881, c. CLXIV; 1890, c. CLXXXII. North London Tramways Acts, 1882, c. CXCIV; 1883, c. CXLII; 1884, c. CXCII; 1886, c. XXXIX. London County Council (Vauxhall Bridge Tramways) Act, 1896, с. ССХІ. London County Council Tramways Acts, 1896, c. LI; 1900, c. CCLXX. London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Acts, 1901, c. CCLXXI; 1903, c. CCXIX; 1904, c. CCXXX. London County Council Tramways (Electrical Powers) Act, 1900, c. CCXXXVIII. London County Council (Subways and Tramways) Act, 1902, c. CCXVIII. And many others of less importance. London United Tramways Act, 1898, c. CCLVI; 1899, c. CXCIV; 1900, c. CCLXXI; 1901, c. CLX; 1902, c. CCXLVII; 1903, c. CXCI; 1904, c. CXCVIII; 1905, c. L. Orders under Light Railways Act, 1898 and 1904. Metropolitan Orders Confirmation Act, 1873, c. LXXXV. Metropolitan Tramways Orders Confirmation Act, 1873, c. CCXV. Tramways Orders Confirmation Acts, 1876, c. CL; 1881, c. CLXIV; 1887, c. CXCVI; 1895, c. C. West Metropolitan Tramways Acts, 1882, c. CCV; 1889, c. CCII; 1891, c. CXXXII; 1893, c. XLVIII. |