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How the Fight Was Won Cleveland's low fare battle history
The long struggle for a four cent fare in Cleveland led by Mayor Johnson from 1901 through 1907. Key events include court fights over street railway grants, the 3 cent fare trials, the Forest City and Municipal Traction clashes, and the shift toward a holding company plan with Cleveland Electric. Major players include Johnson, A. J. Day, Forest City Railway, Municipal Traction, and the Cleveland Electric Railway.
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Johnson
Cleveland Plate
Cleveich
Cleveland Electric
Ihe
Wes ‘Pot ‘Dake
Old Franklin Club
J. B. Tuckerman
Common Pleas Court
Oe Circuit Court
Cleveland
Ohio
Oe Court
John M. Sheets
Supreme Court
Board of Control
A. T. Anderson
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Harvey D. Goulder
M. A. Hanna
Goulder
Mr. Johnson
Albert E. Green
Aed
Denison Avenue
Greeen
Forest City Railway Company
Eee
Green
Run
Will Christy
A. J. Day
Council
Fulton Street
Detroit Street
Superior Avenue
the Square
W. H. Boyd
Denison Averue
Fulton Road
Municipal Traction Company
Forest City Company
Piesco
de Meyer Toca
Pat Nder
Johnson Opera
West Twenty-fifth Street
Detroit Avenue
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Forest City
Woodland
Central
Quincy Avenues
Southeas
United States Supreme Court
Public Square
Quincy
Municipal Company
West Twenty-eighth Street
N. W
Central-Quincy
Low Fare
Quncy Avenues
Andrews
A. Bu du Pont
du Pont
Municipal’ Traction Company
Burton
Bridge Avenue
F. H. Goff
Goff