Word: herreschoff
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time $195.01 would have been enormous wages for an engineer. As a matter of fact we had the engineer from May 6th to July 6th inclusive. For a good man for a short job you must pay good wages. It is the poorest sort of economy, with a complicated Herreschoff engine, to engage a second rate engineer. As a matter of economy I should advise hiring the best man to be had, even if were necessary to pay him half as much again as we paid our engineer last spring...
...launch this year is a new one, bought through a subscription raised by a number of graduates. The engine and boilers are of the celebrated Herreschoff make, which has turned out so many of our fastest steam yachts, and though much smaller than Yale's or Columbia's launch, yet it makes up in being very much faster than either. The launch is a great convenience for coaching, and is the usual means of communication between New London and the quarters...
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