Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Sixteenth Annual Report of the Public Trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway: For the Year Ended December 31, 1934
During the calendar year just ended, 1934, the number of revenue passengers carried and the receipts of the Boston Elevated Railway increased considerably as compared with the prior year. In 1934, total receipts amounted to compared to for the calendar year 1933, an increase of or per cent. The number of revenue passengers carried last year was compared to for 1933, an increase of or per cent. This comparative annual increase in receipts and in the num ber of revenue passengers was the first since 192 6. Every month but one in 1934 showed an increase in the num ber of passengers carried compared to the same month for the prior year. The exception, September, had one more Sunday than Sep tember, 1933, and the difference between Sunday and weekday rid ing accounts for the lesser number of passengers carried in September, 1934. The table below shows the number of revenue passengers carried monthly during the calendar year 1934 and the increase or decrease as compared with the same months in 1933. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
