Word: paralleled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rival road. This peace was often a disastrous one financially, as a town which could support one road reasonably well, would bankrupt two, because the duplication of expenses was not met by a corresponding duplication of traffic. Thus it was a hazardous thing for private enterprise to institute a parallel line. In Europe, where private funds are not forthcoming to carry on a needed competing line, the government takes the matter into its hands and builds a rival road. Competition in railroading is different from that in other lines of business. In the case of a store, if the proprietor...
...HANDED FENCE VAULT.There were six regular entries for this event: H. L. Clark, '87; E. H. Rogers, '87; A. T. Perkins, '87; T. D. Davidson, '88; F. B. Lund, '88; J. H. Slade, Jr. '90; A. T. Dudley, 87, H. Swain, '88, contested in the vault and in the parallel bars, which were among the events counted towards the general excellence prize. When the bar was at 6 feet 7 3-4 inches, Slade, Davidson and Perkins were the only men who had not failed. All three cleared it, Perkins on the third trial. The bar was then raised...
...PARALLEL BARS.The entries for the parallel bars were C. E. Loud, '87, and A. T. Perkins, 87. A. T. Dudley, '87, and H. Swain, '88, were the entries for the general excellence prize...
...PARALLEL BARS. 1 - C. E. Loud...
...PARALLEL BARS.C. E. Loud, '87; A. T. Perkins...