Interurban Rates

Interurban rates for 1918

 

 

 

 

From about 1898 to 1927, when the electric trolleys were abandoned in favor of buses, you could travel around the Fox Valley for pocket change.  At a time when mailing a letter cost 3 cents, a nickel trolley ride in 1918 was affordable.  That nickel is worth about $1.20 in today's money.  There was even an extended inter-urban railway that travelled between Neenah and Oshkosh (see map below), though I expect the rates were higher, of course.