Forum. “The Science of Municipal Corruption.”
March, 1893, vol. 15, pp. 43-51.
Author’s name not given.
Godkin, E. L. “Criminal Politics.”
North American Review, June, 1890, vol. 150, pp. 706-23.
Godkin, E. L. “A Key to Municipal Reform.”
North American Review, October, 1890, vol. 151, pp. 422-31.
Grace, William R. “Government of Cities in the State of New York.”
Harpers, 1883, vol. 67, p. 609.
Hale, E. E. “The Congestion of Cities.”
Forum, January, 1888, vol. 4, pp. 527-35.
Harrison, Carter H. “Municipal Government.”
An address delivered before the Nineteenth Century Club
of New York City, November 23, 1886.
Ivins, William M. “Municipal Finance.”
Harpers, October, 1884, vol. 69, pp. 779-87.
Ivins, William M. “Municipal Government.”
Political Science Quarterly, June, 1887.
The author claims that changes in municipal
organization have been incident to the extension
of the general functions of government, and gives an
analysis of the system of government in New York City.
Ivins, William M. “Machine Politics and Money in
Elections.” Harper’s “Handy Series,” N. Y., 1887.
This little book describes the working of election
laws in New York, gives the amount of assessments
paid by candidates for office, and advocates the
adoption of the essential features of the English system.
Janes, Lewis G. “The Problem of City Government.”
40 pp. N. Y., D. Appleton & Co., 1892.
This is a lecture before the Brooklyn Ethical
Association, printed in a series entitled
“Man and the State.”
Johns Hopkins Studies in History and Political Science.
Vol. 3. “The City of Washington,” by J. A. Porter.
Vol. 4. “The Town and City Government of New Haven,”
by Chas. H. Levermore.
Vol. 5. “The City Government of Philadelphia,”
by E. P. Allinson and Boies Penrose.
“City Government of Boston,” by James M. Bugbee.
“City Government of St. Louis,” by Marshall S. Snow.
Vol. 7. “The Municipal Government of San Francisco,”
by Bernard Moses.
“Municipal History of New Orleans,” by W. H. Howe.
Extra vol. 1. “The Republic of New Haven: a History of
Municipal Evolution,” by Chas. H. Levermore.
Extra vol. 2. “Philadelphia, 1681-1887. A Study of
Municipal Development,”
by E. P. Allinson and Boies Penrose.
Extra vol. 4. “Local Constitutional History of the
United States.” Vol. I,
“The Development of the Township,
the Hundred and the Shire.” Vol. II
will treat of the “Development of City
and Local Magistracies.”
Kasson, John A. “Municipal Reform.”
North American Review, September, 1883, vol. 137, pp. 218-30.
Lewis, W. D. “Political Organization of a Modern Municipality.”
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
January, 1892, vol. 2, pp. 26-38. Reprinted separately.
The author is instructor in political economy in
Haverford College. The main thought of his paper
is that the way to improve city politics is to
separate them from national politics.
Low, Seth. “Municipal Home Rule.”
A speech delivered in Brooklyn, October 6, 1882.
Low, Seth. “Municipal Government.”
An address delivered February 19, 1885, before the
Municipal Reform League of Rochester, N. Y., and
printed by the League.
Low, Seth. “The Problem of Municipal Government.”
An address delivered March 16, 1887, at Cornell
University and printed by the University.
Low, Seth, “Obstacles to Good City Government.”
Forum, May, 1888, vol. 5, p. 260.
Low, Seth. “The Problem of Municipal Government.”
An article in the Civil Service Reformer for April,
1889, and reprinted as No. 4 of Notes Supplementary
to Johns Hopkins University Studies.
Low, Seth. “The Government of Cities in the United States.”
Century, September, 1891, vol. 42, pp. 730-6.
Mathews, Robert. “Municipal Administration.”
An address before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, N. Y.,
January 20, 1885.
Mayors of Boston, Baltimore, Buffalo and St. Louis.
“How to Improve Municipal Government.”
North American Review, November, 1891, vol. 153, pp. 580-95.
Morison, Frank. “Municipal Government:
a Corporate, not a Political Problem.”
Forum, August, 1892, vol. 13, pp. 789-94.
New York. “Report of the Commission to devise a Plan for the
Government of Cities in the State of New York.”
Assembly Doc., No. 68, vol. 6, 1877.
This is a very able report. The commission was
appointed by Governor Tilden, with Wm. M. Evarts
as chairman. The amendment to the constitution
proposed by the commission was discussed by E. L.
Godkin in the “Nation,” vol. 26, p. 108.
New York. “Testimony taken before the Senate Committee on Cities.”
Transmitted to the Legislature April 15, 1891. 5 vols.
Vol. 5 contains much information respecting cities in
New York and the general laws for the incorporation
of cities in other states.
Parker, Francis J. “A Study of Municipal Government
in Massachusetts.”
Boston, 1881.
This pamphlet resulted from two reports of a commission
appointed in 1881 to revise the city charter of
Newton, Mass. The discussion was continued by Mr.
Parker and Professor W. F. Allen in the “Nation,”
September, 1881, vol. 33, pp. 169 and 196.
Parton, James. “Overgrown City Government.”
Forum, February, 1887, vol. 2, pp. 539-48.
Parton, James. “Municipal Government.”
Chautauquan, January, 1888, vol. 8, p. 203.
Pennsylvania. “Report of a Commission to devise a
Plan for the Government of Cities in the State
of Pennsylvania.” Harrisburg, 1878.
Prichard, F. P. “The Study of the Science of Municipal Government.”
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
January, 1892, vol. 2, pp. 18-25. Printed separately.
The author advocates the formation of local societies
for the purpose of studying the science of government.
Ralph, Julian. “Western Modes of City Management.”
Harper’s Magazine, April, 1892, vol. 84, p. 709.
Reemelin, Charles. “City Government.”
A paper read at the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, held
at Ann Arbor, Mich., in August, 1885.
Shapley, Rufus E. “Solid for Mulhooly.”
This admirable satire was called out by the rule of
the gas ring in Philadelphia. It was printed
anonymously in 1881 and reprinted in vol. 1 of
Spofford & Shapley’s “Library of Wit and Humor,”
Phila., 1884. It gives an excellent picture of
machine methods in large cities.
Sterne, Simon. “Cities, Administration of American” in
Lalor’s Cyclopedia of Political Science, vol. 1, pp. 460-68.
Sterne, Simon. “The Administration of American Cities.”
International Review, vol. 4, p. 361.
Sterne, Simon. “Suffrage in Cities.” No. 7 in
Putnam’s “Economic Monographs.” o. p.
Sterne, Simon. “Constitutional History of the United States.”
N. Y., 1882.
Pages 257 and 274 give a brief criticism of municipal
government. Mr. Sterne was a member of the New York
commission.
Storey, Moorfield. “The Government of Cities.”
Proceedings of the National Civil Service Reform League
for 1891.
Storey, Moorfield. “Government of Cities.”
New Englander, June, 1892, N. S., vol. 4, p. 432.
Teall, O. S. “Municipal Reform.” Cosmopolitan, March, 1891.
White, Andrew D. “The Government of American Cities.”
Forum, December, 1890, vol. 7, pp. 357-72.
Wilder, Amos P. “The Municipal Problem: A Plea for Liberty.”
5. MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIES.
Adams, H. C. “Relation of Modern Municipalities to
Quasi-Public Works.”
Publications of the American Economic Association,
vol. 2, 1888.
Allen, Walter S. “The State and the Lighting Corporations.”
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
March, 1892, vol. 2, pp. 131-9.
Baker, C. W. “Monopolies and the People.”
New York, 1889. Chapter 5.
Baker, M. M. “The Manual of American Water Works.”
Engineering News Co., N. Y.
This trade annual gives for each city date when water
works were built; the source and mode of supply;
cost, debt, and rate of interest; annual expense
and revenue from consumers and the public; the
number of miles of pipe and kind of pipe for mains
and services; the number of taps, meters, and
hydrants; the ordinary and fire pressure and daily
consumption. The first works in the United States
for public supply were built at Bethlehem, Pa.,
in 1754. New York was first supplied in 1799, and
Philadelphia in 1801. Water in both cities was
pumped by steam engines and distributed through
bored wooden logs.
Bemis, E. W. “Municipal Ownership of Gas Works
in the United States.”
Publications of the American Economic Association, vol. 6, 1891.
Bemis, E. W. “Recent Results of Municipal Gas-Making.”
Review of Reviews, Jan., 1893, vol. 7, pp. 61-8.
Boston. “Report of Special Committee on Use of Streets
by Private Corporations.”
City Document 144, September 8, 1890.
Consular Report. “Gas in Foreign Countries.”
Washington, 1891.
Other consular reports cited under “Foreign Cities.”
Farrer, T. H. “The State in its Relation to Trade.”
London, 1883. “English Citizen Series.”