Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...management announces that arrangements have been made with the street car company and that special cars will leave the theatre at the close of every performance direct for every railroad station and ferry in the city to connect with the late trains, besides the regular car lines that run direct to every section of the city...
...personal convenience of his patrons, Mr. Rose announces that special cars will leave the theatre at the close of the evening performances for all railroad stations, Cambridge, via Boylston street; and Grove Hall, via Huntington avenue...
...Russell was born in Plymouth in 1821. He graduated with the class of 1840 in his nineteenth year. He then entered the Law School from which he graduated in 1845. He began practice in Boston and won a reputation in mercantile insurance and railroad litigation. He had an extended practice before the United States supreme court and in the celebrated Credit-Mobilier case, as counsel for the defendant, he successfully opposed the claim of the national government to recover millions of dollars from the Union Pacific Railroad...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Underground Railroad in Ohio. M. W. H. Siebert. University...
...open a line of communication to the besieged force. This was most adroitly accomplished by Gen. W. F. Smith, who planned a new road, crossing the river twice, and passing just out of reach of the Confederate guns on Lookout Mountain to Bridgewater, the terminus of the Northern railroad. A footing was secretly gained on the hills commanding this line, much to Bragg's chagrin, and supplies soon poured...