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Cause-Starvation

Whether it's a broad-backed ox or a street car line, we've got to keep feeding it or the thing will lie down and die.

Bones whitening in the sun or a car track broken and grass-grown may lend color to the landscape, but they mark the loss of a valuable worker.

Let's decide first whether we need the worker. If we do, then surely it is a long-run economy to pay what the work costs and so make certain of continued service.

Thus, in our daily comings and goings do we need the street railway?

Some say Others say enough."

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No, it isn't worth the cost." Yes, but the fare is plenty high

There are arguments for and against, and obviously each case must be settled on its merits. But while talkers talk and investigators investigate, one pertinent fact remains

Fór lack of resources to keep going, 450 miles of track have recently been abandoned, 608 miles dismantled and junked, and 4802 miles placed under receiver's management.

This is the interesting answer which fourteen per cent of our street railway mileage give to the question, Are the people paying all that a car ride costs?"

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Those who live along an abandoned car line have the chance to consider in a new light whether the street railway was necessary in their daily life.

For most of them, getting down to the office, the shops or the theatre has become an added expense in time and money. Their homes are less desirable in location, and therefore worth less.

Should the question of higher fares become a burning issue in our town, an eye to this side of the story will perhaps help us determine. what is fair for all concerned.

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