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MUNICIPAL PROGRESS

BY

CHARLES ZUEBLIN

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

All rights reserved

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE CONSERVATION OF THE CITY

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The Dynamic of the City. The City's Immaturity. The City's

Adolescence. Do you Know your City? The Composite City.

City Cleanliness and Godliness. The Soul of the City.

CHAPTER II. THE CITY PORTAL

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The Best Railway Entrance in the World. New York's Titanic
Terminals. Chicago Track Elevation. Philadelphia Track Ele-
vation. Harbor Improvements. San Francisco's and New Or-
leans' Water Fronts. New York's Bridges. Concrete Viaducts

CHAPTER III. MUNICIPAL RAILWAY REGULATION. 25°.

The Gigantic Volume of Urban Transportation. Boston's Sub-

way System. Boston's Subway Extensions. New York's First
Subway. Rapid Transit in New York. Subterranean Chicago.
Chicago's China Nest Egg. Philadelphia, Too! Detroit's Strug-
gle for Municipal Ownership. The Golden Rule and Home Rule
in Toledo. Cleveland's Three-cent Fare. San Francisco's Mu-
nicipal Railway.

CHAPTER IV. THE CITY STREET

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The Transmigration of Paving. Granite and Asphalt. Other

Substantial Pavements. Wood and Macadam. Tearing Up and

Down the Street. Overhead Wires. New York's Buried Wires

and Hopes. Baltimore and Washington Conduits. Competition

in Municipal Lighting Municipal Electricity. Seattle Lighting.

Ornamental Lighting.

CHAPTER V. THE CITY'S WASTES

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Street Cleaning. New York Before Scrubbing. New York

After Scrubbing. Waste Collection. Waste Disposal. Balti-

more to Seattle. New York's Waste Disposal. Snow Removal.

Smoke Abatement.