Excerpt from The Finance Commission of the City of Boston: Report of Timothy F. Callahan, Esq., Special Counsel in Investigation of Boston Elevated Railway Under the Auspices of Maurice J. Tobin, Mayor of Boston, and the Finance Commission of the City of BostonThe interest of the general public in the financial affairs of the Boston Elevated Railway Company has grown to great proportions in recent years. Apparently it becomes greater each succeeding year.When the company was operated asa private transportation corporation and gave service as required by the public at a low fare, the interest of the people was confined almost entirely to. The quality of the service rendered. The fare was five cents and patrons of the service paid it with less reluctance than they paid taxes, because the Service was necessary and the rate charged was small. The quality had to reach a low degree. Of efficiency before the general public, in any large numbers, became greatly agitated over it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.