Nostalgia & History > Who said it #6

And another, with a hint to begin with.

Something from the northeast:

"Because I want to charge a lousy five bucks, people act as though I've torn up the tracks."

Go to it.

J.

Cornelius Vanderbilt?

patd3985 Wrote:
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> Cornelius Vanderbilt?

patd,

Nope. Try again.

J.

Wendell Wilkie.

The New Haven's Patrick McGinnis.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> The New Haven's Patrick McGinnis.

Right!

In response to angry commuters who objected to a $5.00 per month fee for parking.

It wasn't long after that Pat McGinnis was forced out at the New Haven and ended up at the Boston and Maine, and we all know how that ended.

J.

J.Ferris Wrote:
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> and we all know how that ended.

I don't, but I assume from the wording it was "badly".

Out of curiosity, about when was the $5/month parking charge levied? I'm trying to guess if it was in fact a reasonable charge, or if it was extortionate. (How the parkers felt was obvious. But if they were making $1000/month, then they were just making noise. If on the other hand the average wage was $20/month, they had a real point.)