Word: mta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ninety-two brand new blue, white, and gold MTA cars will be in operation by May 22. Purchased for some $10 million, they will replace 135 cars now in service...
Boston developer and attorney Samuel P. Coffman revealed last night that he would sell or lease the University a large portion of the Bennett Street MTA yards if his bid on the property is accepted by the MTA Board of Trustees...
Coffman claimed last night that his proposal would provide the city with more taxable enterprises than that of any of the other three bidders. He also claimed that his bid of $2.3 million dollars plus the cost of re-locating the MTA facilities now occupying the property actually amounts to the largest sum offered for the property. Coffman estimates that the cost of re-locating the facilities would be approximately $5 million...
...University, but had not received an answer. Wiggins, who was unavailable for coment last night, aparently still hopes that the University's bid on the property will be accepted. Asked earlier if the University would consider raising its offer, Wiggins indicated that it would not and emphasized that the MTA was under no obligation to accept the highest...
...partly to the fact that his proposals would evidently satisfy both the city's need for additional tax revenue and the University's need for land, and partly to the amount of his bid, Coffman insisted that the MTA "could not help" but accept the offer...