. Electric railway journal . 1903 1010 1012 1014 1010 RHODE ISLAND—FIG. 2—AVERAGE COSTOF LABOR IN CENTS PER HOUR FORLAST DECADE RHODE ISLAND — FIG. 4—INCREASES INVALUE, INCOME, EXPENSES, CAR MILESAND TRACK MILES CORPrC/YTiON , fefECAl INCTVC _ i y. , T .-, ... _ I 7 1912 1913 1914- 1916 1917 RHODE ISLAND FIG. 3—GROWTH OF TAX BURDEN DURINGLAST DECADE The passenger revenue per revenue passenger in 1917was cents, a decrease from cents in 1909. Mr. Gardner Urges Immediate Relief In commenting upon the foregoing report of the en-gineers for the investigating commission, Mr. Gardnerspoke f
. Electric railway journal . 1903 1010 1012 1014 1010 RHODE ISLAND—FIG. 2—AVERAGE COSTOF LABOR IN CENTS PER HOUR FORLAST DECADE RHODE ISLAND — FIG. 4—INCREASES INVALUE, INCOME, EXPENSES, CAR MILESAND TRACK MILES CORPrC/YTiON , fefECAl INCTVC _ i y. , T .-, ... _ I 7 1912 1913 1914- 1916 1917 RHODE ISLAND FIG. 3—GROWTH OF TAX BURDEN DURINGLAST DECADE The passenger revenue per revenue passenger in 1917was cents, a decrease from cents in 1909. Mr. Gardner Urges Immediate Relief In commenting upon the foregoing report of the en-gineers for the investigating commission, Mr. Gardnerspoke for the federal trustees of the property (underthe New Haven dissolution plan) in part as follows: Any candid examination of the affairs of the com-pany was found to show that it has been heading fordisaster. The greatest troubles seem to be two: (1)Increased cost of carrying on the business; (2) thegreatly increased use of automobiles. The company hasto-day no borrowing power. At any moment its finan-cial weakness
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