Word: hire
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...railway companies, because of their primacy in power and wealth, have been the chief agents of evil. They have secured their franchises by bribery; they have swindled the city out of millions of dollars in taxes; they have purchased legislation almost openly. Even the courts have been in their hire and control. These facts are to be found in official reports, and it is only reasonable to conclude that the actual extent of wrong-doing, if it could be known, would present an appalling record...
Persons desiring student guides for the grounds and buildings of the University may usually obtain them by inquiring at any of the offices of the University, and may hire them at the following rates: One hour for one or two persons, 40 cents; one hour for each additional person, 20 cents; each additional hour or fraction thereof, pro rata...
...Freshmen and several Graduate students. About 25 men, each of whom gives from one to five hours a week to the work, are on duty. All these men have been licensed by the Bursar, and no unlicensed person is expected to guide visitors about the grounds or buildings for hire...
...University Hall. A business meeting will be held Saturday, October 10, at 7 p. m. in 16 University Hall to organize, and all men who expect to earn money in this work are urged to attend. An arrangement has been made with a well-known typewriter firm to hire new machines at a low rate, and each machine will be replaced every six weeks by a fresh one, newly ribboned and oiled, so that patrons will be assured of clean and neat work...
Conditionally upon the formation of a sufficiently large party, a geological and geographical excursion in the North Atlantic for the summer of 1901 was planned last January. It was proposed to hire a steamer of about 1000 tons specially adapted for ice navigation and capable of accommodating 60 men. The expedition was to visit Labrador, Greenland and Iceland. As only twenty-one men have signified their wish to go on this excursion the original plan has been abandoned and an alternative proposed...