Motor Bus Competition Prompts City Action and Study
The article analyzes the rise of motor buses as a rival to streetcars, noting 5 to 10 cent fares in Boston and New York, and cites figures from Chicago and New York on ridership, costs, and profits. It discusses risks of lax jitney operators, and outlines a proposed municipal system with 92 buses, 60 cent fares, and projected daily profit of 376.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Lawrence
Street Railway
Traction Company
New York City
Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Hylan
Chicago Motor Bus Company
Board of Estimate
Marquard Predicts Banner Season Ahead
Rube Marquard exudes spring optimism about 1920 season with Dodgers. He tells Charley Ebbets to watch his performance and hopes for a strong year after injury and a light previous season. Manager Robinson backs his southpaw star as a top pitcher in baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rube Marquard
Marquard
Charley Ebbets
Rube
Cincinnati
Robinson
Dodgers
Marquis Rebuilding Rheims Leadership by Marquis Polignac
Paris reports the Marquis of Polignac leads Rheims reconstruction. He married American Miss Singer of Washington and hails from a famed champagne family. During the war he served as liaison officer with the American press section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Paris
Rheims
Marquis of Polignac
Miss Singer
Washington
Marquis
Marmon Engine Demonstrates New High Efficiency Feature
Alfred C. Torgerson of the Main Street Garage in Anaconda reports that Marmon displayed a high efficiency engine at the New York Automobile Show. Two men can completely rebuild the engine in 1 hour 50 minutes, a demonstration of interchangeability and precision manufacturing aimed at reducing vibration and ensuring long life. Marmon dealers will soon offer the new Marmon 4 models for demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Torgerson
Main Street
Anaconda
New York
Commodore Hotel
Marmon
Pittsburg Area Plants Adopt Dinner Cafeteria System
The Pittsburgh region shifts from the dinner bucket to company cafeterias with hot meals. In Munhall the Carnegie Steel mills feed 11 000 workers daily, Westinghouse East Pittsburg plans for 38 000, and American Sheet & Tin Plate runs 22 cafeterias. Dining rooms offer pies, coffee, and desserts at 25 to 30 cents, with workers praising better food at lower cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Munhall
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Munhall Works
Westinghouse Company
Guillemot Sets French Eight Mile Record in Paris Run
Guillemot a French distance runner from Joinville school completed eight miles in 39 minutes 29.45 seconds from Versailles Common to Precatalan in Bois de Boulogne. He ran faster than the Paris Versailles railroad average and trains on the same route. He trains for the Antwerp Olympic 10 000 meter race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Paris
Guillemot
France
Versailles
Precatalan
Bois de Boulogne
Joinville School
Antwerp
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Bertram
Mont
South Africa
Gallatin County
Harrison Avenue
Yellowstone
Lse
Goodyear
Butte
C. B. Quinn
Montana
Gregson Hot Springs
Geo. Forsythe
Continental Red Seal Motor
Harrison
Spicer Universal
Borg & Beck
Detroit Steel Products Company
Auto Lite
Atwater-Kent
Stromberg
Prest-Olite
American Auto Painting and Trimming Co
Detroit
Pantasote Top
Columbia
Montana Columbia Motor CO
South Montana
Gem of the High
Ford
Montana Auto and Garage Company
Broadway
Arizona Street
C. V. Fulton
R. A. Kunkel
Victor J
Robin
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Victor
Victor J. Robin
Galena Street
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