Bankrupting a Great City: (the Story of New York)

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By Henry H. Klein

Published 1915
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188 pages

Original from the New York Public Library

Digitized Nov 8, 2006

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The Slumbering Citizen Awakes	15
employes, reflectively, extravagances
Counting the Cost of City Mismanagement	23
profitted, peddler, misspent
Viewing the Graft with the Reporter	31
rowdies, raider, sweepers
Water Waste and Extravagance	46
exorbitantly, unmetered, franchises
Dock Mismanagement and Graft	53
wharfage, piers, docks
The Corruption of the Citys Police	59
kilowatt, pasteurized, dairyman

Park Department Privileges and Property Exploited	83
lessee, casino, mismanagement
The Lives of the People Were Imperilled and Their Money	89
bursted, headship, hose
The City Was Robbed of Millions of Dollars Through	95
acqueduct, disbarred, dummies
Vast Fortunes Were Made Out of City Franchises and	101
assemblymen, solvency, ferry
The Citys Millions Were Wasted and Its Dependents Im	107
correctional, overcharged, ambulances
Education In the Public Schools Was Misdirected	113
superintendents, janitors, truant
The Citys Money Was Wasted and the Interest of	119
subways, mayoralty, jurist

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National Municipal Review - Page 687
by National Municipal League - 1958
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