. The street railway review . MURRAY lARI ETON,Prej^idont St. Transit Co. ruhert m I ,Vlro-Proshlent and General St. Louis Transit Co. to a picayune ir half-bit (tili cents) ; afterwards 5 cents becamethe standard fare. The Missouri Republican in 1858 pulilisbcd a review of the om-nibus business, from which we gather that a vehicle cost from$650 for eastern built buses to $725 for the home-made article;that horses cost from $80 to $125 and even $150 per head; thatthe use of the fare box invented by J. B. Slawson, of New Or-leans, and sold for $25 each, enabled owners t
. The street railway review . MURRAY lARI ETON,Prej^idont St. Transit Co. ruhert m I ,Vlro-Proshlent and General St. Louis Transit Co. to a picayune ir half-bit (tili cents) ; afterwards 5 cents becamethe standard fare. The Missouri Republican in 1858 pulilisbcd a review of the om-nibus business, from which we gather that a vehicle cost from$650 for eastern built buses to $725 for the home-made article;that horses cost from $80 to $125 and even $150 per head; thatthe use of the fare box invented by J. B. Slawson, of New Or-leans, and sold for $25 each, enabled owners to pay drivers $16 to$20 per month and board, instead of only $12 per month and board,the wages on less progressive lines; that the license fee was $30per year, and the net earnings $2 per day. The second bus line was started in 1844 by a Mr. Kunz; the thirdby John C. Vogel in 1845 or 1846. Other lines were operated by •Th. data prior to 1898 are very largely taken from a compilationmade by Mr. Richard McCulloch, Rnd used by
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