Word: costing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...think that because there has been but little complaint lately that the food has been satisfactory; far from it. We have been living on poor food for the last month or more because we were laboring under the delusion that we were getting it cheap, that it only cost four dollars and a quarter a week. In this it seems we were mistaken. We have been paying a high price for very poor board. For the first two months the board was very fair, but in the last month it has become so poor that one often has to leave...
...their first four years of life there be increased. The cause of this is certain unremunerative expenditures that have been made, the benefit of which accrues almost wholly to undergraduates. Among these are the Taylorian Galleries; the parks (pound38,800); the museum (pound15,000, all of which, except the cost of the site, has been paid out of income); an observatory (pound7,500); a new chemical laboratory (pound7,500); the restoration of the Bodleian edifice (pound20,000); the new schools site (pound38,000), and the new schools building (pound103,000), or a total of pound208,000, of which more than...
Round-trip tickets to Providence, for the accommodation of those wishing to accompany the nine on June 12th, will cost $1. Train will probably leave Providence depot at 2 P. M. on day of game, and will return immediately after the game. Book at Bartlett...
...main expense has been caused by paying a debt of a little less than $1000, which was left over from last year. The second item is the repairing done to the launch. If any suspicion had been entertained that the launch was to cost for repairs about $800 it is probable that the launch would have been sold. When, however, several hundred dollars had been spent on the launch, it was deemed foolish to abandon it because it was to cost a hundred or two more. So through lack of knowing at first what repairs were necessary, this very large...
...system of furnishing board, mentioned in our last letter, has proved a perfect success during the first month, excellent board having been given at a cost falling a trifle below three dollars per week...