Word: fares
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...different is the situation in Boston. Years ago the heavy losses sustained by the Boston Elevated Railway necessitated the ten-cent fare; and the police arrest crooks in every part of the city. At least one policeman guards the Square every night; and there are inspectors at every subway entrance. One opportunity for ingenuity still remains; there are no slug detectors on the pay telephones; and some times one only needs to kick them...
...convict prison, involving a considerable amount of hardship, to receive, at the end of the period, a certain pecuniary' reward. In the past education could be compared to effort of this sort, but its modern version is more like a ride in a Pullman car, with only the fare to pay and a tip for the porter at the end of the journey. Of course, paying the fare is sometimes an inconvenience, but most things have to be paid for, even the unreturned shirts in last week's laundry. Education still requires a certain amount of study, but that...
...about another experiment to idealize industry. This time it is not in Russia, out West, or in the East Indies, but it is in the nearby town of Foxboro, Mass. A prominent citizen has led in a "New Civilization" movement which allows passengers in the busses to pay whatever fare they wish. Each week's deficit on the bus line is so much smaller than the loss of the preceding week that it looks as if the "New Civilization" might soon support itself and extend its activities to other commodities...
...Conference. The best route to Silver Bay from Boston, he explained, was via the Boston and Maine and Rutland railroads. The trip will take from 8 o'clock in the morning to 6 in the afternoon. The Boston and Maine has granted Conference delegates a one and one-half fare for the trip to Silver Bay and return. This will mean a saving of $5 and will cut the total cost of the entire trip from...
...rivalry between the two. At any rate the Mayor did some "Iambasting"; the Hearst paper was blamed for its reversal of its State Street policy, and its editor for loving Curley; leather-lunged newsboys were sent to Boston Common in an attempt to stampede the "American's" 5-cent fare meeting. It seems that the "Telegrams" is very wroth because its rival, once the father of the 10-cent proposition, has changed its mind and now sees the beauties of the 5-cent rate...