MALTBIE, Milo Roy, American municipal and public utility expert: b. Hinck ley., Ill., 3 April 1871. He was graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1892 and took the de gree of Ph.D. at Columbia in 1897. He was professor of economics and mathematics at Mount Morris College, Illinois, in 1893-95; from 1897-1902 was secretary of the Reform Club Committee on City Affairs; from 1897-1903 was editor .of Municipal Affairs; from 1902-07, secretary of New York Art Commission. In 1906 he investigated public utilities in Great Britain for the National Civil Federation; from 1907-15, he was member of Public Service Commission for the 1st district, New York; since 1915, public utility expert and member of Advisory Board to the Interstate Commerce Commission on Railroad Valuation. Has de voted himself to the study of municipal and utility questions, going abroad in 1899 to in vestigate foreign cities and their problems. He was lecturer on municipal government at Colum bia University in 1900. He has written 'Eng
lish Local Government of To-Day' (1897) ; 'Municipal Functions) (1898); 'Street Rail ways of (1901), and numerous te ports upon various matters.
marte-broon (Fr. malt brfin), Conrad (properly MALTHE BRUN N ), Danish geographer: b. Thisted, Jutland, 12 Aug. 1775; d. Paris, 14 Dec. 1826. He devoted him self to literature and politics in Copenhagen, but having given offense by writing in favor of the liberty of the press and the enfranchisement of the peasants, was banished to Sweden in 1800. He went later to Paris, where he be came famous as a geographer. He edited the foreign political department of the Journal des Debuts, but is best known for his 'Summary of Universal Geography) (8 vols., 1810-29). The first six volumes only were completed by Make Brun. Among his other works are 'Ancient and Modern Poland) ; 'History of Travel,' and