Word: coal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mass of the people of the Bay State have felt his pinch. The immediate cause this time is the recent order of Mr. Storrow, which decrees that after next Monday all activities of the Commonwealth shall cease daily at 10 P. M., and that in all other ways possible, coal and energy created by coal be economized...
...practice will be held in the Locker Building instead of the Boathouse because of the present scarcity of coal. By keeping the Newell Boathouse closed until spring, a half-ton of fuel can be saved each day, and for this reason the transfer to the Locker Building was arranged. Although the tank will not be in use, there will be adequate accommodation for all candidates who report, at least until after the mid-year period...
Rowing practice until the mild weather of spring will be carried on at the Locker Building instead of at the Newell Boathouse, as announced early in December. Scarcity of coal has largely actuated the rowing authorities in their decision not to reopen Newell Boat-house until spring. It was felt that the practice did not justify the burning of a half-ton of fuel daily...
...Massachusetts Forestry Association has issued a call to all students who wish to earn some money during the Christmas vacation by chopping wood in various parts of the State. This action has been prompted by the threatened shortage in the supply of coal during the winter and the necessity of increasing the available supply of wood for fuel, especially for the cities. Board and lodging will be given the men during the time of their work, in addition to a good salary. In this way an opportunity is offered to learn something about lumbering...
...Railroads are the only ones at the present moment which cannot increase their prices proportionally to their expenses. And when by the Adamson law the hours of labor have been cut down, when labor itself is ever scarcer and ever higher paid, and when at the same time coal, steel, and other commodities are soaring in price, a net loss will be inevitable, if the railroads' revenues cannot be increased...