Word: connectivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assets Great Northern and the $868,915,000 Northern Pacific. Awaiting it in the South was the $110,111,000 Western Pacific, pet road of Arthur Curtiss James. When by the first of next year the track-laying crews have finished their work, 200 miles of new rails will connect Klamath Falls and Bieber, Calif., will link the Northern transcontinental routes with Western Pacific. The track will feed new traffic to both systems, will also bring competition to Southern Pacific's land and sea routes. And it will bring a smile to the ghost of James Jerome Hill...
...Captain McGrath to first. Although some of the throws to first from the vicinity of second base seemed unnecessarily slow, the new combination worked smoothly. Another encouraging sign in that Des Roches, one of the Crimson's most reliable batsmen at the beginning of the season, has begun to connect again after an injury lay-off that apparently dimmed his batting eye. On two occasions, the third sacker protested a called strike and then, on the next throw, singled sharply...
...room, and the main passage to the Master's house, which is to occupy the second, third, and fourth floors of the new wing. From the dining hall, a covered passage will lead through what is now D entry into the quadrangle of McKinlock Hall. A small hallway will connect the present Common Room with this passage, the little doorway beside the fireplace in the southeast corner of the room, being the entrance. Thus one may pass directly from the Common Room into the dining hall...
...Stout Air Lines recently abandoned); and Chicago-Springfield-St. Louis. Five trips daily on the eastern route and three daily to St. Louis are called for during the first 30 days; thereafter, hourly service. Fares will in no case exceed rail-plus-Pullman. Eventually, hopes Mr. Cord, Century will connect the important cities of 20 States in midWest and South, becoming the "largest passenger and express unit in the world...
...Virginia's Pollard: "Hold on! The Governor of Rhode Island may not want anything but he's not voicing my sentiments. Down our way we want a whole lot." President Hoover grinned. ¶ Over a new 3,000-mi. wire leased by the Associated Press to connect New York and Mexico City, President Hoover sent the first message to President Ortiz Rubio. Excerpt: "I earnestly trust that the news that will flash back and forth over this wire will reflect an ever increasing sympathy between our countries...