Word: railroading
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first Weld with the first Newell half a length behind. The time, 9m. 18s., is doubtful, as the watches of the coaches did not agree. Only six of the seven crews entered competed, for the coxswain of the second Newell ran his boat into the railroad bridge on the way to the start, breaking number four's outrigger and staving a hole in the bottom of the shell...
...Boston Elevated Railroad Company has definitely decided to begin work on the Cambridge section of its elevated line in the spring of 1901. The route, though not fully determined, will probably be as follows: From the new subway out by Cambridge St., across the West Boston Bridge, along Main St., through private property to Green St., which runs parallel to Massachusetts Ave., and then to Brattle square by way of Mount Auburn St. According to present plans there will only be two stations in Cambridge and in this case the running time between Brattle Square and Scollay Square will...
...paper was read by President Hadley of Yale, president of the association, on "Economic Theory and Political Morality." At the second day's session papers were read by Charles S. Fairchild '63 on "The Financiering of Trusts," and by W. H. Baldwin, Jr., '85, president of the Long Island Railroad, on "Railroad Relief and Beneficiary Associations." On December 29, the committee appointed at the last meeting to report on "Colonial Finance," of which Hon. Charles S. Hamlin '83 was a member, presented its report. At the last day's session John Graham Brooks '75 read a paper on the "Label...