[Netheron]

Best that I can remember, John Galt himself was the one working on the sewers and such. He was specifically in charge of the electricity and it wouldn't be much of a stretch to believe that he was running the other utilities as well. Sewers and water treatment plants require a fair amount of motor power at certain points, thereby also making him the best qualified. He described himself as the local handyman. His main job of course was running and maintaining the power systems, so he probably contracted out the labor rather quickly to someone else. He also had that physics course he was teaching (50 dollars gold for the subscription.)

Children are addressed in the book, since Dagny meets two as well as their mother. The mom says a few pithy sentences that points out the Objectivist view of kids, which others on this board have already mentioned. Many discussions of specific issues such as children are only alluded, although they are intentionally alluded, since the book is already over a thousand pages long. She assumes that the reader is intelligent and can fill in the rest of the discussion, so she just touches on the broad outline. Reading the book all the way through will answer nearly all of your questions.

[gorush]

"Reading the book all the way through will answer nearly all of your questions."

As I said I have read it numerous times, I believe you have confused me with the person to whom I was responding.