Word: transitions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will deny that New York is probably the most honest city in the world. Its mayor says so; so does the police commissioner; and now the Interborough Rapid Transit has revealed through the assistant to its president even more significant proof. In marked contrast to the dishonest Western cities, New York uses only fifty thousand slugs, checks and hammered pennies a month for complimentary subway rides...
...Engineering Society held its second meeting of the year last night when Mr. D. L. Turner lectured on modern transit problems to more than 100 students. Mr. Turner is now consulting engineer for the New York Transit Commission...
...Transit facilities should precede and not follow the flow of population, he continued, in order that congestion may be prevented. Future developments ought to be planned for the good of the public, not of the corporation, for the transportation of people from their homes to their work is a social, and not a business problem...
...Engineering Society will hold its second meeting of the year in Pierce 110 tonight at 7.45 o'clock, when Mr. D. L. Turner will address the Society on modern transit problems. Mr. Turner was appointed Consulting Engineer for the New York City Transit Commission in 1921 and has been connected with it in various capacities since 1900; he has been in charge of subway construction, and is now devoting himself to developing plans for the future transit faculties of New York City. Mr. Turner graduated from the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1891, and was for two summers in charge...
...Mayor Curely, cannot meet more often. It is plain to the most superficial observer that Mr. Curley is a good deal vexed with the Civil Service Board, while Mr. Bylan betrays at times an emotion that virtually is irritation; has he not said that a statement of the transit commissioner is "a characteristic piece of dishonesty". Different writers have different styles, but it is no disrespect to two famous men to say that their indignation at times is terrific. They are both much cleverer than their opponents are willing to admit, but they both make the mistake of attempting...