[SEL] Portland - Gas Prices

[Charles R Bryant]

Approximately 1934 our neighbor, who had a small machine shop,put in a gas
tank with
the hand pump. He was selling gas for 8 cents a gallon.Probably there
weren't over
10 automobile or trucks in a 10 mile radius so I don't think he sold much
gas. He had
a 1933 Buick (with wooden pokes) which from start of winter to end of mud
season
he put on jacks.. One cold winter day he remarked in the near future you
will be able to drive a car from Maine to California in the winter time
in just your shirt,without a jacket.

In the early sixties when I was employed at U.S.Steel they had there own
fuel farm for there
executive turbo prop airplanes. They were paying 15 cents per gallon. Cost
of doing business has
sure gone up through the years.

Charlie Bryant




> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>
> > John the first i pumped was at 17 cents a gallon. But i think i was
> > younger then. about 58 years ago.
> > R Fink
> > PA
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:14 PM 4/16/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> I still remember pumping lots of it at 24.9¢/gal. Told some med
> >> students that the other day and they looked at me like I was from
> >> another planet.
> >>
> >> On Apr 16, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Judge Tommy Turner wrote:
> >>
> >>> Richard,
> >>>    I'll take a million gallons at that price.  I think you mean 2.19
> >>> It wasn't long ago that 1.19 would be correct.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> John Culp
> >> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
> >>
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