Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having heard this boy and man, for twenty-five years, the present reviewer nevertheless feels that, like Punch, the British Empire and the New Haven Railroad, the Lampoon isn't as good as it used to be, and never...
...Manhattan (73 miles round trip). Passenger Agent Woodward declared that, assuming Commuter Gaines to have taken the train between his home and office twice daily, except Sundays, since 1877, he had ridden the equivalent of 45 times around the world on the L. I. R. R. For this the railroad gave Commuter Gaines a free commutation ticket, good during the entire month...
...York Central R.R. last week asked permission of the Interstate Commerce Commission to become a director of the Wheeling & Lake Erie R.R., in which his company recently bought a one-sixth interest, and of four W.&L.E. subsidiaries. Under the law, which aims to prevent the nefarious interlocking of railroad directorates, he was required to submit to the I.C.C. the names of railroads in which he already is a director. There were 102 railroads in his list. So when the I.C.C. grants his latest request, Mr. Crowley, nicknamed "Pull 80 Cars" for his initials and industry, will have the right...
...Railroad Bed Submerged...
...year 1911 I was badly hurt in a railroad collision-near Armour's Station on the Southern railroad. The company promptly paid me $2,000-to get my old self doctored-and it was this money that I invested with the Bank of Donaldsonville. being promised a 10% dividend by Hon. J. S. Shingler, multi-millionaire of Ashburn, Ga., and its president." Mrs. Felton then told how -she had not received one cent of dividends and how she had appealed to the State banking commission, to the State Supreme Court, to the Governor. They did nothing to help...