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Item
Title
N22-1
Date(s)
- 1936-02-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On February 2, 1936, toll collector E.T. Rice, solemn faced in his black uniform and jaunty hat, was on the lookout for "chislers," those not paying to cross the Bremerton-Manette bridge. Mr. Rice was the manager of the bridge and pulled an eight hour shift in the toll house, and had done so for the six years since the bridge opened. During the day shift, he might have 134 cars and 260 pedestrians cross the bridge; during the night or early morning hours maybe only a dozen. The Navy Yard rush in the morning and evening kept the collector busy. Aside from the "chiselers," the potential for robberies and suicides kept the collector on the ball. (Bremerton Sun 4/17/1936, pg. 2)
Rice, E.T.; Toll bridges--Bremerton;