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Re: GW Bridge buses in early years |
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Posted by Joe on Mon Jun 5 14:00:46 2017, in response to Re: GW Bridge buses in early years, posted by Joe on Thu Jun 1 16:50:37 2017. Let's look at two lists of bus companies declaring or receiving fare increases between Bergen County and Washington Heights. The New York Times of February 19, 1934, lists these bus operators raising fares, mostly by five cents:Public Service Co-ordinated Transport Hill Bus Company Rockland Coach Company Spring Valley Bus Company Washington Bridge Express Line --- Missing is Hackensack Motor Coach, which news stories at opening day described as being authorized to collect five cents between Fort Lee and Manhattan. The Brooklyn Eagle remarked that the bus toll was $1, so the firm would need twenty passengers just to pay the toll. I suspect that Hackensack Motor Coach was either a subsidiary of PSCT or soon bought by PSCT, and became Route 82, listed as starting service in 1931. --- The New York Times of January 12, 1938, page 35, explains that the Interstate Commerce Commission approved fare increases (effective the previous July) across the bridge for these firms: Garden State Inter-City Transportation Jersey Bus Lines Manhattan Coach Lines Public Service Interstate Transportation Rockland Coaches Rockland Transit Spring Valley Motor Coach Suburban Bus Lines Washington Bridge Express Lines Westwood Transportation Westwood Transportation Lines. --- For me the puzzle on both these lists is Washington Bridge Express Lines. --- |
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