Frankfort-on-the-Main: A Study in Prussian Communal Fiannce

Abstract

Scope of municipal activity in Prussia, 329. — Limitations imposed by the Kommunalabgabengesetz, 330. — The municipal industries of Frankfort, 332. — Difficulty of estimating profits, 335. — Water works, 335. — Street-car system, 337. — Electric light and power plant, 341. — Harbors, 343. — The Verbindungs- und Hafenbahn, 348. — The canalisation system, 349. — Removal of garbage, 350. — Stockyards and slaughter houses, 351. — Public markets and baths, 351. — Pawnshop, 352.— Savings bank, 353. — Department of Supplies, 355. — Burials by the city (Friedhofs-Amt), 355. — The Special Fund for City Landed Property, 357. — The Erbbaudarlehenskasse, 361. — The Strassenneubaukasse, 361. — General Administration of Landed Properties, 363. — Funded and unfunded debt, 364. — Productive and unproductive debts, 365. — Percentage distribution of the funded debt, 366. — Growth of indebtedness, 368. — Special building funds, 368. — Other funds, 369. — Statistics of receipts and expenditures, 371. — Per capita taxation, 372.