Excerpt from Report on Rapid Transit in New York City In extending its own system of underground roads the city may well be served by utilizing through short - term leases the wee. Experience acquired by the management of these corporations. But no such steps should be taken as shall place the essential features of the municipally owned system beyond the power of the City to control them. The interests of the transportation corporations should be made subservient to the general public interest instead of allowed to dominate it, as has been the case heretofore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.