http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/ Streetcars Desired Everywhere Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:26:43 GMT jchilton111@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/565 To Alan, from Joanne Hilton Reading your words makes me feel like this could actually happen.? I remember riding the St. Claude streetcar to Canal Street with Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:54:54 GMT Alan Drake http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/564 Copies in MS Word and photoshop illustrations available upon request. Please forward if you think the ideas are worthwhile. Best Hopes, Alan_Drake at Juno Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:53:57 GMT Earl W. Hampton, Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/563 A couple of weeks after the meeting, the info about possible streetcar extensions finally hit the mullet wrapper here in NO yesterday. Here is a direct link to Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:31:15 GMT Earl W. Hampton, Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/562 From George Friedman off another yahoo streetcar group...... Hi, Folks, I have posted on the web data from a 1934 document of New Orleans Public Service Inc., Tue, 26 May 2009 19:35:34 GMT Earl W. Hampton, Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/561 George Friedman found this on an ebay listing: A Streetcar Named Inspire: The Inspiration behind the project A Streetcar Named Inspire is a public art festival Thu, 21 May 2009 14:53:08 GMT Howard Mielke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/560 Yes! I read about it in the mayors speech. I am a supporter of the loop and am also pleased to see further notice about the airport to downtown rail Wed, 20 May 2009 21:33:08 GMT Earl W. Hampton, Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/559 There is a meeting scheduled for Thursday May 21, 2009 at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel 800 Iberville St in the Lafitte Room from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for the results Wed, 13 May 2009 17:56:43 GMT H George Friedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/558 Just to be explicit: Earl and I were looking at the Louis Hennick collection at the HNOC. A few years ago, Louis placed his personal collection, including Wed, 13 May 2009 16:44:11 GMT Howard Mielke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/557 Thanks. I will get over to the Historic New Orleans Collection. I look forward to getting a copy of your book. I am a regular rider on the Canal-City Park Wed, 13 May 2009 16:11:59 GMT Earl W. Hampton, Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/556 Had the opportunity to ride the Canal line Friday. I was enroute to meet George Friedman from Illinois who was in NO for the weekend. I don't like to park Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:49:22 GMT H George Friedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/555 Hi, streetcar fans of New Orleans, Louis Hennick, co-author of The Streetcars of New Orleans, has produced a new supplement to that book as its Appendix III. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:05:58 GMT Sue Fischer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/554 Hi George, Thanks very much! I figured they were a nickel at some point, but knowing when they raised fares is really useful. Sue Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:18:45 GMT Genthner James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/553 Fares in the early years of the 20th Century were usually five cents.  According to Louis Hennick and E. Harper Charlton in their 1975 Book "The Streetcars of Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:58:07 GMT H George Friedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/552 Hi, Sue, Well, in 1910, 5c fares were close to universal in the US. I don't have a complete list of fare changes, but in most places, they began to rise just Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:04:42 GMT loerchen2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetcarsDesiredEverywhere/message/551 Hi -- Can anyone please tell me what the New Orleans streetcar fares were between 1910 and 1925? Thanks! Sue