Word: railroad
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cambridge city government met last evening. In the board of aldermen Supt. Bancroft of the Cambridge horse railroad appeared, and made a statement that the directors of the company had unanimously voted to reduce the fare to all points from 6 to 5 cents...
...board of directors of the Cambridge railroad has unanimously voted that the rate of fare from Boston to any part of Cambridge, Somerville or Brighton shall be five cents, and transfer checks, except to and from Park Square cars, abolished. These changes will go into effect next Monday...
...cent, and it is still falling. The corporation have avoided debt, maintained and improved their buildings out of income, adhered to the low valuation of their old stocks, reduced the valuation of unimproved lands, put in operation a method of sinking railroad bond premiums, and preserved a prudent distribution of the property among the various kinds of secure investments...
...names of residents on these streets. To anyone endeavoring to make a call in the remote and unknown regions of the city, the references will be of great assistance. In addition to this convenient directory, a list of the buildings and halls, of the fire alarm boxes, railroad stations, etc., is annexed. It might be mentioned in conclusion that the model title of the list of principal disputants is "The Elite-Cambridge Directory...
...year 1884-85, while the amount received from term-bills was only a little over $185,000. Formerly mortgages were an excellent form of investment for the university, but at present reliable mortgages yield scarcely 4 per cent. A considerable portion of the college funds in invested in railroad bonds. A small amount is invested in manufacturing stocks, but this is not so good a form of investment, as it yields a variable income...