It might have been worse : $b a motor trip from coast to coastMassey, Beatrice Larned
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It might have been worse : $b a motor trip from coast to coast
Massey, Beatrice Larned
Automobile travel; United States -- Description and travel
Additional expenses were adjustment on new tire (never used), $35; cost
of shipping car across desert, $196.69; railroad tickets (including
drawing-room, $17.75), $72.50. Total, $304.19.
We might eliminate the new tire adjustment of $35, and if we had driven
across Nevada it would easily have been two hundred dollars less, but
we should doubtless have had repair bills to balance that sum and
more. Except for gas, oil, and garage expenses, the rest can be easily
adjusted, according to the individual, and lessened considerably. And
remember that includes a war-tax on many things.
This trip can be taken in perfect comfort by two people for thirteen
dollars a day, including everything, which means that you are
_traveling_ as well as _living_. Not bad, considering the “H. C. of L.”
today!
THE END
Transcriber’s Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a
predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they
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Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation
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