明治期大阪市の都市交通とその領域性 : 市内交通機関市営主義の再考から

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This purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the formation of the city of Osaka and the way in which the principle of municipalization of urban traffic facilities developed. The following two points in this paper have been overlooked in previous studies of financial history but their significance became clear once the principle of municipalization of urban traffic facilities was considered in a broad sense : (1) The municipal monopoly of urban traffic facilities in Osaka began about ten years earlier than 1903, the date which is commonly accepted. (2) The introduction of a railway tax by the city in 1900 shows that the idea of securing income through traffic facilities, which later developed into the principle of their municipalization, dates back to 1900. After the expansion of the city in 1897, it was divided into 'old' and 'new' areas. The expenses of the new area were supplemented by the high revenue raised from the old area through the principle of municipalization of urban traffic facilities.