Twenty nine years of public service
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company
issued: 2019-02-20
issued: [1926]
description: "A history of the company."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 31.
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extent: 47 pages : illustrations, photographs, advertisements ; 26 cm
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note: "BHT if. D?<»S-.tf& asasriYNiNE YEARS OF PUBUC SEEVICE BRITISH COLUMBIA. ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY Mimited British ColumbiaEledricThihom/Company Jlr.WGMtmrin J&A.T.GowarcT Vice President. Vice President, Victoria. rorewora PUBLIC utility service—in which the British Columbia Electric Railway company is engaged—is indeed a marvelous business. fl The electric railway, electric power and gas utilities of this continent have no less than eighteen billion dollars invested in them. jf The electric railways last year carried more than sixteen billion passengers; the electric power companies now have 19,500,000 customers, to whom they supplied sixty-five billion kilowatt hours last year; the gas companies have 10,800,000 customers, and their total annual output has reached four hundred and twenty-five billion cubic feet. fl No business could be on more^solid foundations, because these utilities exist by virtue of their essential nature in modern community life. The rapid progress they are making is due to the fact that they are indispensable, that electricity and gas fill a modern need, that street railways are the only feasible means of mass transportation on the surface, and that these utilities perform their functions more cheaply than any other agency that has been discovered. fl The soundness of the public utilities in the modern world requires no further proof than the values they give today. Electric utilities have reduced their rates, gas companies have either raised them only slightly or left them stationary, while electric railways are charging only a small proportion more in comparison with the cost of living. fl In company with the other utilities of this continent the British Columbia Electric Railway company is engaged in a great service. Its $70,000,000 of capital has been invested for the development and promotion of British Columbia. It has brought capital and skill to provide these services, without which there would be no industries, no population and no p…
note: Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606979276
has type: Books
identifier: HD9685.C3 B692
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0376496
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Vancouver] : [British Columbia Electric Railway Company]
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HD9685.C3 B692
subject: British Columbia Electric Railway Company
type: Text