Utility, Public
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...period there was public regulation of canals, turnpikes, toll roads and ferries, inns, gristmills, and pawnshops. Docks...especially in the case of urban public transportation systems (see public ownership ). To keep rates down and make...