[PRCo] Re: PRCo -- 1958__Annual__Report

[Fred Schneider]

More important, look at the drop from 1953 to 1955 and from 1956 to 1958, the
period surrounding the two major strikes.

John Swindler wrote:

> Look at drop in number of passengers between 1951 and 1954:  237 million to
> 133 million.  That's a lot of nickels (ok, fare was higher)
>
> Also look at streetcar mileage:  Dropped from 31.6 million to 19.6 million
> per year.  That allowed the fleet to "shrink" by about a third, and
> frequency of service to deteriorate.
>
> The system was under siege.
>
> John

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> >From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] PRCo -- 1958__Annual__Report
> >Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 07:27:36 -0800
> >
> >
> >Good Morning!
> >
> >       Matt Barry or Bob Schmidt may have sent this before:
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