UTILITIES: Public v. Private

Last week the old controversy over public v. private ownership and operation of electric power plants produced important news in three widely separated parts of the U. S. Public utilitarians throughout the land watched with anxious interest these manifestations of a fundamental politico-economic struggle.

Georgia. Crisp County,* outraged at the rates charged by Georgia Power Co., had bonded itself for $1,250,000, built its own hydroelectric plant on the Flint River. It claimed to be the first county in the U. S. owning and operating its own power...