Bus Line In ration For 25 Years
The Blue Ridge Transportation Company marked its 25th year as part of the Potomac Edison system. Formed August 3, 1923, it consolidated several small lines around Hagerstown and Frederick into a regional intercity network spanning from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay.
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Blue Ridge Transportation Company
Blue Ridge Lines
Potomac Edison
Weet
Petoemac Edison News
BRT
Hirst
I Star Lines, Inc
Peon Bus Co
Great Lakes
Chesapeake Bay
Hagerstown
Frederick
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Warnesboro
Hagersia
False Teeth Offer Quiet Comfort At Drug Store
A fragment notes a drug store solution easing embarrassment from loose false teeth. It hints at discreet help for wearers facing biting or speaking difficulties without public notice.
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Alset
Early BRT Workers Recall Startup Fleet Growth
Veterans Harry Hoover Eddie Miller Carlos Geisbert Willie Weikert Turk Renn and Charlie Hobbs recount BRT’s origins from a mixed vehicle collection to a modern, dependable fleet. They note the 1923 Blue Horse fleet totalled no more than 30 buses and describe gradual progress to nationwide safety and comfort.
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Harry Hoover
Eddie Miller
Carlos Geisbert
Willie Weikert
Hagerstown
Turk” Renn
Charlie Hobbs
Frederick
BRT
Bus Fleet Growth and Passenger Milestones Highlight 1947
A Baltimore dispatch notes Blue Ridge Lines operated 57 coaches in the East and 109 in the West. The 1947 fleet logged over 104 percent mileage and carried 10.3 million passengers as buses edge toward long term relevance despite airlines’ rise. A separate report details a fatal fall from Loch Raven dam where Elizabeth B. M. Walterick, 58, of Towson, died after plunging 117 feet. a guard attempted to intervene.
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Blue Ridge Lines
Baltimore
Elizabeth BM. Walterick
Towson
Loch Raven Dam
Rollin C. Hudson
Baltimore County
Waiterick
Tobin Accepts Labor Secretary Post in Boston
Maurice J. Tobin, 47, former Massachusetts governor, announced he would accept the post of Secretary of Labor in Boston tonight and said he would not run for governor. Dr. Hudson withheld a verdict on a death pending investigation completion.
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Hudson
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
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