Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...William G. Besler, vice-president and general manager of the Central Railroad of New Jersey will lecture in Emerson A this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "Some Phases of Emergency Railroad Work." Mr. Besler has had a long and varied experience in railroad work and is at present vice-president of the American Railway Association. The lecture will be given under the auspices of the Graduate School of Business Administration and will be open to all members of the University...
...Friday, Mr. A. C. McGowin of Wanamaker's, Philadelphia, Pa., will discuss "Shoe Store Methods," in Lawrence 4, at 1.30 o'clock. On January 19, Mr. W. G. Besler, vice-president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, will speak on "Relations with Employees," and on March 8, Mr. J. H. McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa., will lecture on "Printing as a Profession...
...party to make the trip consisted of several of the officers of the Boston Elevated Railroad Company and members of the Transit Commission. The time of the trip was about fifteen minutes, including short stops at Kendall and Central squares. It is expected, however, that the running time when the subway is in actual operation will be about eight minutes...
...cost of the undertaking, it is estimated, will be about $12,000,000. The Boston portion of the tunnel has been built by the Transit Commission of the city of Boston and will be leased by them to the operating company, the Boston Elevated Railroad. The tunnel in Cambridge, however, has been constructed by the railroad company and is owned...
Everything depends upon the progressiveness of the management of the monopoly. Under a monopoly, all eggs are placed in a single basket, so far as the monopolized industry is concerned. Here the railroad analogy breaks down completely. Even if every railroad had a monopoly in the territory which it serves, there would still be many railroad companies. The danger of unprogressive management throughout the railroad industry is, therefore, slight. But in industry, the danger of unintelligent and ineffective management, the besetting weakness of a long continued monopoly, is too great to allow one, except as a last resort, to look...