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...first three crews weighing over 175 and one more over 170 pounds,--all the rest weighing 165 pounds or less. In fact, of the 100 inexperienced Freshmen, 70 weigh less than 155 pounds. This situation, however, is not as acute as the facts seem to imply, for the heavier candidates are in all probability out for football at present, and will not report for crew till winter or spring...
...pull of 2,300 pounds. Such a team would pull 10 loaded coal wagons on pavement. On different types of roads varying loads could be pulled, grading from concrete through brick and asphalt to dirt. The two horses weighed 1,725 and 1,905 pounds respectively. They could start heavier loads, move them faster, farther, and with less exhaustion than lighter teams, showing that weight is an important element in a draft horse. These tests proved that horses have more reserve power available than was believed. They can exert from six to ten times as much power for a short...
...trade by the Fall season. While it is still early for the Autumn business to be reflected in retail trade, the wholesalers are already experiencing more inquiries and sales. Our foreign trade statements show an improvement in export and large imports of raw materials for manufacturing. Prospects for heavier exports are not particularly bright, however, until the European tangle begins to be unravelled. Still, a highly satisfactory domestic business is almost everywhere anticipated for the Fall, and the record movement of freight still continues...
...that short story. A ponderous article shivers at the radicalism of certain daring young artists ? now safely tucked away by the new sophisticates on the dusty shelf of reactionary classicism. Another proves a European War impossible with the most convincing sort of statistics. Another wildly prophesies a heavier-than-air machine that will actually fly across the Atlantic...
...have unusual prosperity. During the last few years money has been freely placed in new equipment and maintenance of way, which has tended to lower operating costs. Moreover, the current freight car loadings continue even through the Summer slackness to run at almost record figures, with yet heavier traffic anticipated by everyone for the Fall. Thus far, too, the railroads have handled a tremendous year's business with ease and comparatively little congestion, despite the inferior condition of equipment caused by the shopmen's strike a year...