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Workingmen's standard of living in Philadelphia : a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research of Philadelphia . OPto it Of -n . CO ^ .i « ;;£;-3 r t M ea ^ St aS »OkK ^ V, u o C7 O -o S^ ^ oc 6S £§ lO SB as A p ?^ i. > ^ $ c 0 o u o c H o O< ^ o tx a. o S (3 (c O O a o 3 2: Hi n -Q J u a eo Q 2u B 7 05 0l»®C<V-Hi-i-<i-i «^ «f W <* O N C5 00 « ) •«»< O O-< N-H 00-H ^ f-l N\f»-HoM^niNH •-< 1-1 vNMooia r» w-HN ?*»«-J CO f ^^® co-c>»«oiNMint-UiOOOlMIN 8SS -< US«NWO- uj 00^c>»-O-h 00 ?* 00 «- CO i-> CS 00 00 OC 00 fc U Z fc u ^ < i» u OS o —I c« OS 92
Workingmen's standard of living in Philadelphia : a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research of Philadelphia . OPto it Of -n . CO ^ .i « ;;£;-3 r t M ea ^ St aS »OkK ^ V, u o C7 O -o S^ ^ oc 6S £§ lO SB as A p ?^ i. > ^ $ c 0 o u o c H o O< ^ o tx a. o S (3 (c O O a o 3 2: Hi n -Q J u a eo Q 2u B 7 05 0l»®C<V-Hi-i-<i-i «^ «f W <* O N C5 00 « ) •«»< O O-< N-H 00-H ^ f-l N\f»-HoM^niNH •-< 1-1 vNMooia r» w-HN ?*»«-J CO f ^^® co-c>»«oiNMint-UiOOOlMIN 8SS -< US«NWO- uj 00^c>»-O-h 00 ?* 00 «- CO i-> CS 00 00 OC 00 fc U Z fc u ^ < i» u OS o —I c« OS 921^ CO-f CO •^»< OOiOOOt^cO f-l i-l to 00 00 00 00 I Km 2|| . 76. The Standard of Living 77 CARFARERequirements of a Fair Standard Total $ Carfare of husband to and from work, 604 ridea @ $.05 $ Carfare of family for all other purposes, 104 rides @ $ . 5. 20 Supporting Data It is assumed in the above standard that the bread-winner of the family is obhged to ride to and from hisplace of work. Doubtless a small proportion of thelaborers employed by the city government live withinwalking distance of their work and thus avoid theexpense of carfare, but since municipal activities arenot concentrated in the industrial sections of the citywhere most workingmen have their homes, this pro-portion is probably much smaller than it is in case ofworkers in private establishments. It should be re-membered, too, that the allowance of five cents for aride is insufficient in those cases where exchangetickets are required. If this cost could be accuratelyascertained and the amount saved by walking to andfrom work also could be ascertained, we might fi
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