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| Reply To: | A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." < [log in to unmask]> |
| Date: | Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:12:23 -0700 |
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Transit agencies count each passenger boarding, so the figure represents that.
It doesn't mean that 43M+ individuals rode their conveyances. That's why the
figure appears so misleading.
David Minor wrote:
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> York Staters,
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> According to French's Gazetteer of 1860 in the fiscal year ending
> September 30, 1858, New York State trains had carried 43,786,579
> passengers. If I'm reading the report correctly, that's a lot of
> people. Does anyone else have any thoughts on the accuracy of that
> count?
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