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Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Tue Feb 6 14:11:27 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2, posted by tunnelrat on Tue Feb 6 13:10:42 2018. I also heard somewhere, or read long ago, that the Putnam Harlem River Bridge was the only part the 9th ave EL and later "shuttle" route the NY Central still owned -- and leased to the IRT back in 1918. Was that still the situation in 1958 when the Shuttle closed?$17,000 a year seems a bit high considering the IRT 5 cent passenger fare from ie: say 1900 thru 1950 -- and limited service after 1940 (as a shuttle) and a later 10 cent fare to 1953, when it went to 15 cents I think. I wonder who paid the bridge tenders to babysit and operate the bridge -- the IRT or the NY Central ?! Who had to maintain, repair, the bridge ? And "insure" the bridge ? Joe F |
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