Word: gould
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elections resulted as follows. Eliot Enneking Long '26, of Cambridge, was named President and will serve for the remainder of the year. Henry Wilder Keyes '26, of North Haverhill, N. B. was chosen vice-president: Arthur Leon Gould '25, of New York City, secretary; Henry Andrew McCashin '25, of Boston, treasurer. The chairman of the committee on dramatic criticism was not elected...
...Gould '25 was elected temporary chairman and the meeting was directed to comply with parliamentary rules, then the constitution was read and approved...
With the passing of the "Cotton Belt" into the control of the Rock Island Road ends the battle of the old giants. The St. Louis Southwestern Railroad, known as the "Cotton Belt", was the last trace of the great steel network, which Jay Gould conceived and created, still to remain in the hands of his family. Now Edwin Gould without fuss or ceremony relinquishes...
...Gould system started in 1857 with a terrific war of control against E. H. Harrlman. It was the era of mad railroad construction when fortunes awaited the successful builder. Such success was achieved chiefly by ruinous competition; and miles of torn tracks, hundreds of crushed investors, unceasing litigation, hectic legislation, and deserted boom towns marked the Gould-Harriman tornado...
...injured not only its wielder's antagonist, but everyone within range, has given way to the more gentlemanly rapier. The vigorous action of the government has largely accounted for the change; but the ironic observer could point out that though the old methods are now despised and outlawed, the Gould family has through them emerged--immensely rich and respected...