1954 House Bill 0893. An Act To Substitute Three Experienced Experts For The Five Local Members To Operate The New Bedford, Etc., Steamship Authority; To Study And Eliminate The Causes Of The More Than Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars Lost In The Past Four Years; For The First Time To Make Traffic Surveys, Institute Schedules To Meet Demand, Determine Costs And Establish Rates To Balance, So That The Services, Port To Port, Shall Be Self-Supporting; And To Cease Overcharging One Island To Subsidize Loss-Operation To The Other Competing Island.