Word: fares
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...became known last week that a committee of Eastern railroad presidents, headed by big, bald Frederick Ely Williamson of the New York Central, was studying the possibility of cutting passenger fares. Thus an amusing cycle in the Eastern railroads' fare policy seemed soon due for completion...
Five and a half years ago Mr. Williamson headed another committee with exactly the same mission. Certain Western and Southern roads had tried cutting fares, had got an immediate rise in passenger revenue. Nonetheless, after due discussion, the Eastern roads decided against slashing the established 3.6?-a-mile coach fare, 4? Pullman fare. Finally, in 1936, ICC ordered them to cut to 2? and 3? respectively. The Eastern roads were furious at the order, would have fought it out in court had not the Baltimore & Ohio refused to cooperate. Passenger revenue, however, jumped as a result of the lower rates...
Last spring, faced with Depression II, the Eastern roads recalled their bitterness, persuaded even the B. & O. that higher passenger fares were the thing. In July, ICC agreed to a rise in the coach fare from 2½-to-2½?. This time, instead of the $32,000,000 boost in revenue which Mr. Williamson and friends expected, passenger revenues dropped-the New York Central's falling 17% in August, compared with 1937, the B. & O.'s 19.5%, the New Haven's 3%. This slump continued until the Christmas holidays, when the roads experimentally restored...
...Harvard faces a food shortage as a result of the Boston area truck strike, one of the places students will be unable to go to augment dining hall fare is the Harvard Square Georgian Cafeteria, for after a six weeks' truce 40 of the Georgian's 47 employees walked out Saturday night and the management has closed up shop...
...propaganda purposes, certain puppet churchmen, so long as it appeared that there were people who wished the church's ministrations. To many Christians there has been some encouragement in the fact that Russia's League of Militant Godless, whose work the Government approves, has continued to fare not very well. Last spring the Government jailed a good many Orthodox prelates in what was heralded as a new drive against the churches, then apparently lost interest in them...