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Description:Excerpt from Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and SanitationN December, 1902, public indignation was aroused by the dis regard of public rights, then evinced to an extraordinary degree, by the street and elevated railway companies of this city.Extreme overcrowding had long been a notorious evil, unre sisted by the public and practiced without scruple by the com panics. About the time cited this abuse was greatly increased as to some lines of transit and certain hours of the day, by the deliberate policy of the companies. The Manhattan Elevated Railroad reduced its train service to a minimum during non-rush hours; the service of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Elevated lines, at all times grossly defective, spasmodic and overtaxed, was like wise reduced; and in both cases facilities which the companies could readily have supplied were withheld for reasons of economy in order that a maximum of passengers might be crowded into a minimum of trains and cars.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and Sanitation (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and Sanitation (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and SanitationN December, 1902, public indignation was aroused by the dis regard of public rights, then evinced to an extraordinary degree, by the street and elevated railway companies of this city.Extreme overcrowding had long been a notorious evil, unre sisted by the public and practiced without scruple by the com panics. About the time cited this abuse was greatly increased as to some lines of transit and certain hours of the day, by the deliberate policy of the companies. The Manhattan Elevated Railroad reduced its train service to a minimum during non-rush hours; the service of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Elevated lines, at all times grossly defective, spasmodic and overtaxed, was like wise reduced; and in both cases facilities which the companies could readily have supplied were withheld for reasons of economy in order that a maximum of passengers might be crowded into a minimum of trains and cars.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and Sanitation (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the Merchants' Association of New York by Its Committee on Engineering and Sanitation (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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