Word: landing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Investigation as to the sales of Cambridge land by the College during this century shows that they have been, on the whole, greatly to the advantage of the College and the policy of buying or holding unproductive land, only when there is a pressing need for it, seems to be, on the whole, a good...
...building is assessed for $79,800. If it be called $80,000, it would leave the price paid for the land in the recent transaction $345,000. There are 5275 feet in the lot, which would make it cost $60 a foot...
...Schools, is the title o one of Professor Shaler's two new books. It is by no means an uninstructive book for any student, although meant especially for schools It is in the line of advance in study of geography, a wakening an interest in the structure of land and the causes of its various forms which could never be felt in the mere names, boundaries and inhabitants of countries. Such study of itself carries interest into these drier facts, fixing names in the memory as denoting the regions of the various peculiarities of land-formation. In late years...
There is a great desire at Brown to have a new athletic field and though a strong effort has been made to find suitable laud, nothing can secured for less than $40,000 or $50,000. The Metcalf lot belonging to the college, and a tract of land known as Adelaide Park have been considered. There is no doubt that, could the land be found, the funds could easily be raised to fit it up. At the last meeting of the athletic committee it was voted to appoint from the executive committee of each athletic association...
Twenty-five acres of land and $25,000 have been offered by Secretary of War Elkins to found an academy at Elkins...