Word: biddings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the Senate Committee on Commerce was wrangling talmudically over whether the deposit completed the sale. If not, certain Northwest interests, which fear the Dollars will deflect shipping away from the Columbia River and Puget Sound territory, may still have opportunity to bid on the boats. At any rate, a good proportion of boats on the Pacific will fly the U. S. flag...
...they had to row a high stroke to keep in front of the procession and exhausted their reserve too soon. The Tiger combination, rowing at least three points lower, kept within easy hailing distance with a smooth, powerful stroke. It was evident early in the race that their bid, when they put the stroke up, was going to be dangerous...
Trailing by two runs in the eighth, the University offense made a strong bid for victory in both of the last two innings, but could not furnish the necessary drive in the final frame, when Sanford struck out two pinch hitters in succession with men on bases. In the eighth inning Jones walked, went to second on Zarakov's single, and scored when Captain Todd marked up his second hit of the day on a hard drive through the Pennsylvania infield. The University third sacker was caught at third, however, when he tried to advance two bases on the Crimson...
There were seven bids made, but consideration seems to have centered on two only, the combined bid of the Muscle Shoals Fertilizer Co. and the Muscle Shoals Power Distributing Co. and that of the Air Nitrates Corp. Four members of the committee favored the first of these bids and recommended it. Senator Heflin, who lives in the same state with Muscle Shoals, favored the Air Nitrates Corp. bid. Congressman James was too displeased with the bids to make recommendations...
...chief bids: 1) The bid of the Muscle Shoals Fertilizer Co. and Muscle Shoals Power Distributing Co, comes from a group of southern power companies of which the Alabama Power Co. is the chief. It provides for payment of $136,330,000 on the present dam No. 2 during the 50-year lease, or of $181,348,000 if dam No. 3 is also built. It allows the Government to take over the equipment in time of war. It guarantees 10,000 tons a year of nitrogen fertilizer in three years, 20,000 tons annually in six years...