Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Satisfactory arrangements for an observation train could not be made with the railroad company. It will be possible, however, to watch the race from the railroad tracks which closely follow the entire course. No other races are scheduled for the afternoon but the first University contest, which will not be rowed until 6 o'clock in the afternoon...
...time when the public is already burdened by the many demands of the war, Secretary McAdoo announces a measure which means a very considerable raise in railroad rates, both freight and passenger. To observers of railroad history, it offers an interesting commentary on Government regulation of the transportation industry...
...under these same conditions that the Government has found it necessary to increase rates and terminate the crushing force of overburdening restrictions. People may find increases in rates oppressive, but they must not fail to realize that increased railroad wages and the elimination of sub-normal charges mean an increased cost of operation...
April 4th, Professor Cunningham, "Railroad Transportation." (Members of Military Science I may attend...
...China is afforded her great opportunity by the probable turn of affairs," continued Mr. Merrill. "The pressing necessity for a defence of Manchuria, together with the prospect of a strong ally for the attempt, would act as a spur on the Chinese, for the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the logical line of German advance, cuts directly through Manchuria, which is Chinese territory, and a German foothold there would mean disaster for China. Need for action must compel the Chinese to forget their present internal differences and unite as a nation. German propaganda, to be sure, has been spread in China...