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Page 40
There was no disposition to deny that if the city assumed the charge of the ferries , the eighty thousand dollars , which is about the present cost , or the larger amount , as private corporations work more economically than municipal ...
There was no disposition to deny that if the city assumed the charge of the ferries , the eighty thousand dollars , which is about the present cost , or the larger amount , as private corporations work more economically than municipal ...
Page 46
A. The expense of carrying teams is about this : for every four - horse team that crosses our ferry we charge thirty or forty cents ; and I think it costs us $ 5 for every team we take It injures the boats and drops in such a way that ...
A. The expense of carrying teams is about this : for every four - horse team that crosses our ferry we charge thirty or forty cents ; and I think it costs us $ 5 for every team we take It injures the boats and drops in such a way that ...
Page 47
If we got full prices for our team travel , so as to make it pay , we should have to charge three times as much as we do * now . The Chelsea ferry is not so badly off , however , in this respect as the East Boston ferry ; for this ...
If we got full prices for our team travel , so as to make it pay , we should have to charge three times as much as we do * now . The Chelsea ferry is not so badly off , however , in this respect as the East Boston ferry ; for this ...
Page 55
Q. But if you don't charge your new boats to “ construction account " or " contingent expenses " ? A. I don't know . I should like to look into the matter . I think I am expert enough in that business , so that I can take the ferry ...
Q. But if you don't charge your new boats to “ construction account " or " contingent expenses " ? A. I don't know . I should like to look into the matter . I think I am expert enough in that business , so that I can take the ferry ...
Page 56
A. I should say so , with the ordinary repairs and depreciation which you would have to charge to the boats , and everything of that kind . There is a difference in the way of figuring the cost of such things .
A. I should say so , with the ordinary repairs and depreciation which you would have to charge to the boats , and everything of that kind . There is a difference in the way of figuring the cost of such things .
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 2 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1872 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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