Documents of the City of Boston, Issue 43 |
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It never occurred to him that it was any of his business to inquire or become interested in anything but the actual service available. Yet in the days of private operation almost all the residents of Metropolitan Boston were more or ...
It never occurred to him that it was any of his business to inquire or become interested in anything but the actual service available. Yet in the days of private operation almost all the residents of Metropolitan Boston were more or ...
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What was needed was not merely an analysis of the accounts as filed . A determination of the actual transactions behind the accounts , and a critical analysis of the accounts in the light of those transactions was absolutely necessary .
What was needed was not merely an analysis of the accounts as filed . A determination of the actual transactions behind the accounts , and a critical analysis of the accounts in the light of those transactions was absolutely necessary .
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Maintenance does not include the very large expenditures necessary for the actual running of the cars , such as wages of motormen , and conductors , cost of gasoline for buses , cost of coal for the production of the electricity , etc.
Maintenance does not include the very large expenditures necessary for the actual running of the cars , such as wages of motormen , and conductors , cost of gasoline for buses , cost of coal for the production of the electricity , etc.
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