In Victoria three short lines of railways were constructed during the fifties by private companies, but were subsequently purchased by the Government, which thenceforward monopolised the construction of new lines.
The waterworks of the capitals, also, are national or municipal property; but other municipal monopolies, such as gasworks and tramways, are mostly in the hands of private companies.
No remuneration is paid to the members of either House, but they receive free passes over all Government Railways and, by courtesy, over those belonging to private companies.
More than half of the northern tier of states lying against Canada from Lake Michigan to the Pacific was granted to private companies in aid of railways and wagon roads.
Water power sites on the public domain were leased for a term of years to private companies instead of being sold outright.
In the beginning the right to construct such undertakings was freely, and often corruptly, granted to private companies by city councils.
At the time the Act of 1870 was passed it was assumed that, although local authorities might construct or acquire tramways, they would certainly lease them to private companies to operate.
The roads are all owned by private companies, but are under strict government control.
Thiers proposed a scheme by which the state was to furnish about half the cost while private companies were to build the lines and operate them.
Control of private companies in the interest of the shipper was sometimes sought.
In New Brunswick there was much activity, all by private companies.
Yet, at the same time, the main railway projects continued to be entrusted to private companies, and the proportion of the whole mileage under private operation increased.
Lord Stanley next made lengthy comparisons between the wages received by letter sorters and telegraphists on the one hand, and employees of equal intelligence and attainments in the service of private companies on the other hand.
But we are told that the supreme court has decided the question, and declared that they are public highways, no matter whether they are owned by the state or private companies.
The minor lines (many of them narrow gauge) remain in the hands of private companies.
They were installed by private companies, but have been taken over by the state.
The railway redemption contracts were in fact immediately voted by parliament, with a clause pledging the government to legislate in favour of farming out the railways to private companies.
It is true that in recent years there has been a rapid development, in some of the larger cities, of medical insurance clubs conducted by private companies, with dues of ten cents weekly.
The unsuccessful ones remained worthless property in the hands of the state or were sold to private companies, as in the case of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Holland, 1901 (in the Royal Bank or in private companies).
Public collection of dues along with taxes is an advantage not enjoyed by private companies.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "private companies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
