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Page 35
... ferries has nearly quadrupled . But per- haps it is hardly fair to take the year 1863 as an average year . Compare 1860 or 1861 , when both ferries were running , with 1871 , and you find that the expense has trebled SECOND HEARING . 35.
... ferries has nearly quadrupled . But per- haps it is hardly fair to take the year 1863 as an average year . Compare 1860 or 1861 , when both ferries were running , with 1871 , and you find that the expense has trebled SECOND HEARING . 35.
Page 92
... average tolls for the same season of the year . Q. Three times the average tolls for the whole day ? A. Three times for the whole day , and we only took from six to six . Q. Have you any other means of judging of the increase of travel ...
... average tolls for the same season of the year . Q. Three times the average tolls for the whole day ? A. Three times for the whole day , and we only took from six to six . Q. Have you any other means of judging of the increase of travel ...
Page 102
... average ? A. Well , some weeks , it would be two - thirds , and then per- haps the next week we would not have anything to speak of . Q. One half ? A. Well , a third part of the time my business is there . Q. What is the character of ...
... average ? A. Well , some weeks , it would be two - thirds , and then per- haps the next week we would not have anything to speak of . Q. One half ? A. Well , a third part of the time my business is there . Q. What is the character of ...
Page 241
... average two or three times a day . Q And during the last year , you have been one of the directors of the ferries ? A. There was a committee of three appointed for the man- agement of the men and running of the ferries - consisting of ...
... average two or three times a day . Q And during the last year , you have been one of the directors of the ferries ? A. There was a committee of three appointed for the man- agement of the men and running of the ferries - consisting of ...
Page 243
... average , according to a count taken by our gatemen , about seventeen hundred vehicles a day , of every de- scription , upon both ferries ; including the horse cars of the Me- tropolitan Railroad , it makes about 1,800 a day . We run on ...
... average , according to a count taken by our gatemen , about seventeen hundred vehicles a day , of every de- scription , upon both ferries ; including the horse cars of the Me- tropolitan Railroad , it makes about 1,800 a day . We run on ...
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accommodations Adams amount Annie attendance average whole number Board boats boys bridge building cent Chairman Charles Chelsea Chelsea bridge city of Boston city proper cost course Deer Island dollars Dorchester drawing East Boston ferries Edward Emma expense feet ferries free Frank free ferries freeing the ferries gentlemen George George H Girls give Grammar Schools Grand Junction Railroad Grand Junction road Head Assistant hearing Henry High and Normal highways House increase instruction interest Ira Allen James John JULIUS EICHBERG land Latin School Lizzie Mary matter Maverick square Number Belonging number of pupils old ferry passengers petitioners Primary Schools PUTNAM question Railroad real estate repairs Roxbury Roxbury High School Sarah school-houses side South Boston street Sub-Committee suppose taxation teachers team travel tion tolls Total town tunnel valuation Ward wharf William