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Fares Please From Horse-cars to Streamliners By John Miller Dust Jacket
Fares Please From Horse-cars to Streamliners By John Miller
Hard cover with Dust Jacket with Plastic protective covering
Copyright 1941 Owners nameplate inside front cover Reflections from the lights on some photos
204 pages. Indexed.
120 unusual illustrations. Americans are the world's greatest users of transit service, using transit services 265 times a year on the average. Altogether they take a total of 13 billion rides annually. The transit industry has expanded far beyond its originalscope and now includes a wide variety of services.
CONTENTS
PREFACEvii
ILLUSTRATIONS xi
PLATES xiii
CHAPTER
1. Transportation for All-The Story of the Horse- Drawn Omnibus1
2. Omnibus on Rails-The Story of the Horse-Car 16
3. Horses Get a Rest-The Story of the Cable-Car 35
4. Cars Run by Lightning-The Story of the Early Electric Car54
5. Railway on Stilts-The Story of the Elevated Railway 70
6. Millions Move Underground-The Story of Subways82
7. Heyday of the Trolley-The Story of Mergers and Expansion 99
8. Fire and Storm-The Story of How Emergencies Are Met 118
9. Unusual Types of Transit-The Story of Novel Means of Rendering Service 131
10. Rolling on Rubber-The Story of the Motor-Bus . 147
11. Trolleys Without Tracks-The Story of the Trolley-Bus 165
12. Transit in the Modern Age-The Story of Urban Transportation To-day and To-morrow . 181
BIBLIOGRAPHY I 95
INDEX 197
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