Material related to the Public Franchise League's campaign for improved transportation in the Boston area introduces reel 16. Correspondence on the Good Government Association's support of George H. Hibbard for mayor of Boston; with the Bureau of Municipal Research on the latest accounting methods for cities; and a chronological file taken from printed sources concerning the Ballinger investigation follows. Correspondents include Joseph Lee, George H. Hibbard, Samuel D. Warren, George Burnham, Jr., Clinton Rogers Woodruff, J. W. Beatson, Norman H. White, Joseph B. Eastman and Lincoln Steffens. (Boxes NMF 19-3, 20, 21, 22-1/6)