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Page 40
... 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 , requisite for their support under public management , would ...
... 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 , requisite for their support under public management , would ...
Page 46
... charge thirty or forty cents ; and I think it costs us $ 5 for every team we take across . It injures the boats and drops in such a way that it is almost impossible to carry them ; and yet we have to . We have passed a vote that we ...
... charge thirty or forty cents ; and I think it costs us $ 5 for every team we take across . It injures the boats and drops in such a way that it is almost impossible to carry them ; and yet we have to . We have passed a vote that we ...
Page 47
... 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 reason : While we get $ 100,000 gross receipts , $ 80,000 for foot passengers , and $ 20,000 ...
... 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 reason : While we get $ 100,000 gross receipts , $ 80,000 for foot passengers , and $ 20,000 ...
Page 55
... 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 accounts , if I can get ...
... 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 accounts , if I can get ...
Page 56
... charge to the boats , and everything of that kind . There is a difference in the way of figuring the cost of such things . Edward Crane figures it in one way , and Chester W. Chapin figures it in another ; and Mr. Chapin is generally ...
... charge to the boats , and everything of that kind . There is a difference in the way of figuring the cost of such things . Edward Crane figures it in one way , and Chester W. Chapin figures it in another ; and Mr. Chapin is generally ...
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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