Lighting the town: a study of management in the North West gas industry
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1991
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| Physical Description: | XII, 240 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 1853961760 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables and Figures vii
Abbreviations viii
Preface and Acknowledgements x
1. Emergence of Gaslighting, 1805 26 1
The pioneers 3
The diffusion of gas technology 8
The contractors 11
a. John Grafton 12
b. James Hargreaves 17
c. John Malam 19
d. Other contractors 21
e. Oil gas 23
Self help? ¦ 25
The North West gas industry by 1826 28
2. Growth and Maturity, 1827 80 35
The spread of gaslighting 36
a. Industrial and commercial centres 37
b. Interconnections 40
c. New industrial towns 42
d. Market, tourist and residential towns 43
Expansion and investment 46
The gas engineer 50
Political interference 51
The North West gas industry by 1880 55
3. Company Creation and Capital Formation to 1826 63
Legal and financial background 64
The Chartered Co. and alternatives 65
Inaugural procedures 70
Constitutional matters 73
Early financial structures 77
Capital extensions 80
Motivation and ownership 84
Early shareholders 86
Conclusions 91
4. Gas Shares and Government Controls 95
Legal and financial background 96
Incorporation and gas companies 99
Raising the capital 103
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Gas companies and stock exchanges 105
Controls and profits 109
The rise of the rentier 113
Conclusions 117
5. Management Strategy and Business Development to 1830 121
Senior management 122
Early problems and solutions 127
Investment and marketing strategies 130
The price structure 136
Company performance 141
Conclusions 144
6. The Management of Expansion 149
Senior management and strategy after 1830 150
Professional management 154
The environment for growth 160
Pricing policy 163
Market expansion 166
Competition, regulation and strategy 170
a. Liverpool 171
b. Chester 173
c. Kendal 176
d. General impact 177
Conclusions 178
7. Municipalisation and Municipal Trading 184
The role model 185
a. Fleming s scheme 185
b. Municipal profits 189
c. Expansion and political debate 191
d. Transfer to the corporation 192
The political environment 194
The early imitators 197
a. Salford 198
b. Stockport 199
c. Rochdale 200
d. Burnley 201
e. Oldham 202
The second phase 203
Municipal strategies 206
Municipal capitalism 210
Conclusions 212
8. Lighting the Town 218
Appendices: 221
A. A chronology of North West gas undertakings, 1815 80. 221
B. Capital invested in North West gas undertakings, 1826 81. 224
C. Dividend performance of selected companies. 22f
D. Sales performance of selected companies. 228
Sources and Bibliography 229
Index 237
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