Word: hadley
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last lecture of the course on rail roads was delivered last night. The audience was the largest that has attended on any evening. At the close of the lecture Mr. Hadley stated that the audiences of Sever Hall were without exceptions the most attentive ones he had ever met in his life, and amidst applause the lecturer withdrew from the platform. The course has certainly been a very instructive and enjoyable one, fully satisfying all expectations raised by comments on Mr. Hadley before he came to Harvard...
...this country are capitalized to the extent of $62,000 per mile. This amount represented stock and all legitimate debts. All in excess of this is generally "watered." If these roads were to be duplicated, $30,000 would at present cover the cost per mile. This estimate (Mr. Hadley's) has been criticised as too high, by some as too low. The question arises how to account for the other $30,000, how much of it is legitimate and how much is true. If this sum comes out of earnings it may be regarded as a sort of back interest...
Problems of Railroad Administration. Lecture: The Question of State Ownership. Professor Arthur T. Hadley. Sever...
Sever Hall was filled to overflowing yesterday evening at the occasion of Professor Hadley's very interesting lecture on the "Inter-State Commerce Bill." The opportunity to hear so eminent authority on so live a question as this could not operate otherwise than draw all interested in railroad matters to the lecture...
Problems of Railroad Administration. Lecture: Railroad Legislation in the United States. Professor Arthur T. Hadley. Sever...