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This is the situation all over Boston. Before 1948, the city did all the collecting and dumping, but the cost was high and city employees, protected by Civil Service, were too old for the work. In many cases, private companies charged one third what it had cost Boston. But the...
Even though the supply of men and equipment quickly increased after V-J Day, Boston mayors continued the negotiations system. In 1945 and 1946 there was no bidding at all. In 1947, twelve out of fourteen contracts by-passed low bidders. When a city councillor threatened to make a scandal...
The city gave the contractors another advantage by delaying invitations for bids until mid-December. All contracts must be signed by January 1st or refuse will lie in the streets. No company can afford to buy the necessary equipment before they win a contract, and, under the system of late...
True Love's Mating. The Prospero of Author Godden's piece is a Scot named van Loomis, the onetime Earl of Spey, who has been done out of his estates and perquisites by a younger brother; these 20 years he has been living as lord of a tiny...
Neither strippers nor brass bands have yet appeared in the Freshman Smoker campaign at the Union, but 15 candidates are bidding for the spectator's eye, and vote, with mammoth posters depicting everything from Petty girls to babies.