Word: powers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...affirmative, he said, is wrong and unjustifiable, in that it compels three classes of society to contribute to the support of one and compels workingmen to pay to the government part of their earnings to be refunded when officials see fit to do so. This places too much power, which is liable to be abused, in the hands of officials, and tends to discourage self-initiative on the part of workingmen...
...Warren Anatomical Museum. Each of the other four is constituted of two wings joined by an amphitheatre, above which is a large departmental library. About 500 feet to the north-west is the engine-house, which has the largest hot-water system in the country and furnishes the power for heating, lighting, refrigerating and mechanical requisites. The Animal House, in which will be kept animals for experimental purposes, stands in a corresponding position, about 25 feet to the south-east...
...used in the floors of the vestibules, but the other floors are of hard pine. The walls are of plaster, which will be painted, and are finished throughout in stained oak. The hot-water system is being used and both gas and electric lighting have been installed. The Power House, constructed of brick, and the Animal House, of plaster, are also connected by tunnels with the Physiology and Bacteriology Buildings respectively...
...November 1903 the work of construction commenced under a contract calling for completion in two years, but, owing to bad weather conditions and strikes, progress has been considerably delayed. The Power House has been providing light and heat to the buildings since November and is complete except for some minor machinery. The Animal House is finished. The four large laboratory buildings are completed outside, but the interior requires painting throughout and some other details. The Administration Building is rapidly nearing completion. Some stone-work on the cornice remains to be set in place besides a number of floors, light fixtures...
...York City through municipal ownership. He first considered the effect it would have on the politics of the city. The franchise-holding corporations are responsible for by far the greater part of the corruption in New York City, he said: The street 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...