Question: "Resolved, That the city of Boston should own and operate the West End Street Railroad."
Affirmative.O. S. Seaver and J. M. Letterlee.
Best general references: Municipal Affairs, Sept. 28, '97; Forum, Nov. 1892; Arena, March, 1897; Public Opinion, 20: 206; Public Opinion, 21: 862; Yale Review, May, 1897; Bryce, Am. Com., Vol. I, p. 648-9; Bryce, Am. Com., Vol. II p. 420; R. T. Ely, "Problems of Today," p. 129.
Negative.E. L. Logan and G. H. Kinnicutt.
Best general references: Bastable's Economics; Marshall's Principles of Political Economy; Glascow Herald, '96; Report of the West End Street R. R., '95-'96; Hudson's Railways; Shaw's Municipal Government; Hadley's Railroad Transportation.
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