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Identifier: handbookofpennsy00mcph (find matches)
Title: The hand-book of the Pennsylvania lines
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: McPherson, L. G. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Pennsylvania Railroad
Publisher: (Chicago, Poole bros.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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cents per trunk. The rates for Gurney cabs are as follows: Market Street to Reily or Magnolia, or less (one or two addresses), eachperson, twenty-five cents; four persons, seventy-five cents. Reily to city limitsand Magnolia to city limits, one or two persons, additional, ten cents; three orfour persons, additional, fifteen cents. Front Street to Allison Hill at samerates. To Opera House, parties, etc., and return, within limits, one or two per-sons, one dollar and fifty cents; three or four persons, two dollars. By thehour: Within limits, one or two persons, sixty-five cents; within limits, three orfour persons, seventv-five cents. Regular cab stand is at the southwest corner of Second Street and Straw-berry Avenue. From Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Lines lead:East to Philadelphia and New York.South to Baltimore and Washington.North to Wilkesbarre, Elmira and Canandaigua. West to Erie, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati,Indianapolis, Louisville and St. Louis.
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INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis has a systematic and complete passenger and baggage transferand cab line. The omnibus fare from depot to hotels and vice versa is twenty-five cents for each passenger and twenty-five cents additional for each trunk.Omnibuses only carry passengers between hotels and depot. The carriage farefrom Union Depot to hotels and residences in any part of the city is fifty cents,including one trunk. Hansom cab fare from hotels or residences to and fromthe depot is twenty-five cents within a mile radius of the circle, which radius ex-tends from North to South Streets and from East to West Streets. Beyond thatlimit twenty-five cents additional is charged to any point within the city limits.The charge for Hansom cab per hour is seventy-five cents and seventy-five centsfor each additional hour or fraction thereof. Coupe fare is one dollar per hourfor each hour or fraction thereof. Hack and cab stands are in front of the Denison House, Bates House andGrand Hotel. From India

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