Portland electric car fare increase requested
The Cumberland County Power & Light Company asked the Public Utilities Commission for higher fares on electric car lines in Portland and nearby areas. They seek seven to nine cent tickets and nine to forty cent cash fares to cover recently granted wage increases by the Board of Arbitration.
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Augusta
Portland
Public Utilities Commission
Cumberland County Power & Tight Company
Board of Arbitration
Texans Lead National Banking Convention
Stewart D. Beckley of Dallas was elected president of the 18th annual American Institute of Banking convention with Robert B. Locke of Detroit named vice president. Minneapolis chosen as 1921 convention city. Sessions closed with speeches on Americanism and leadership.
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Huntington Hall
American Institute of Banking
Stewart D. Beckley
Dallas
Tex
Robert B. Locke
Detroit
Boston
Minneapolis
Plymouth
Symphony Hall
William W. Allen
Fire quelled during pre election event at banking institute
A smouldering fire beneath a floor near the platform was quickly drowned out by a camouflaged chemical extinguisher as delegates prepared for officer elections. The morning session opened with Rabbi Samuel J. Abrams for Bunker Hill Day reflections and a welcome from Charles A. Morss of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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Samuel J. Abrams
Temple Ohabei Shalom
Bunker Hill
Charles A. Morss
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
American Institute of Banking
Morss
City Ownership of Car Lines Denounced at New York Convention
John H. Pardee president of the American Electric Railway Association denounced municipal ownership as the worst solution to street car transportation. He warned that public interests would suffer and noted electric railways face competition from motor vehicles while municipal regulation and auto taxes shift maintenance burdens away from car operators.
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New York
John H. Pardee
American Electric Railway Association
National Electric Credit Association
Pardee
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St. Louis
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Providence
George Tester
New Haven
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Cleveland
E. R. Kenzel
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Ray M. Gibney
L. F. Sailer
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Richmond
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