Excerpt from Government Telephones: The Experience of Manitoba, CanadaEarly telephone development under private enter prise. Political agitation for public ownership of tele phones. Substantial reduction in telephone rates promised under public ownership. Construction by the Government of a competitive telephone system begun in 1907. Government purchase of the extensive system of the Bell Company, December 30, 1907. Promises of the Government as to reduction of rates, commercial management, and profitable operation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.