"I don't even get time to get a drink of water any more," complained a clerk in Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station information booth. Said a ticket agent in Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal: "You see a lot of new faces now, and the trains are fuller."
These were sample comments last week as Eastern railroads put into effect the fare cuts ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bigger crowds in all stations gave proof that passenger volume had jumped instanter. Officials in every railroad admitted it but cautiously refused to give figures or...
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