Word: gained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual spring interclass tennis tournament will begin at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Jarvis Field and will continue daily until finished. The number of entries this year is 107, which is 59 more than last year. The greatest gain is in the Freshman class, which has 50 participants against 17 by the Freshman class last year...
...regard to municipal statistics, Major Darwin said that the interest on municipally governed enterprises in England rises only to about four per cent of the original value, and that municipal owners put aside only about one-fifth of the gain, which is not enough. Cities which manage their own street railways, get a lower return on their money than if the railways were rented out, the profit being eight-tenths per cent, in the former case and two per cent. in the latter...
Major Darwin summed up these advantages of private over municipal management by saying that private industries are likely to produce a larger return on a given capital than municipal industries, and that a city is more likely to lose than gain in its municipal ventures...
...closing, Major Darwin said that municipal trade in England was not associated with either high or low taxation; and statistics proved that cities neither gain nor lose much from their municipal ventures...
...many points being taken which before passed unnoticed. There are still a few small places where the action is inclined to drag, and it has been decided to eliminate them in the performances to follow. The theatre was over-crowded before the performance began and some were unable to gain entrance after the play started...