Word: rates
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...injured the railroads. (a) By promoting rate wars.- Quar. Jour. of Economics, p. 182-3. (b) By promoting the building of unnecessary parallel lines.- Ibid. (c) By causing a decline in stocks.- R. R. Review of Jan. 8, 1889, or Bradstreet's of Dec. 1, 1888. It has injured the public. (a) By making rates unstable.- Bradstreet's of Dec. 8, 1888. (b) By causing secret debates.- Bradstreet...
...began at the rate of twenty strokes to the minute, but they soon ran up to twenty-nine; this was found to bring a very heavy pressure upon the bow, as the flow of the circuitous current necessarily is much slower there than at the stern. To rectify this the blades of the bow oars will require larger bores. The outriggers were also defective in many respects, particularly those of 1, 5, 7, and 8, which were too high. It will probably be some time before everything is in perfect working order as chances for improvements cannot fail...
...trip. It will, however, not exceed $400, and probably will be nearer $300. The State government will give guns, blankets and saddles to those who wish them, and the National government has given Professor Scott a letter which enables him to buy provisions at a reduced rate from any army post near which the expedition may be encamped...
...only to offer prizes, but could support a club room with baths and lockers for the members. I sincerely hope some one will start a club of this kind, for there is no reason why it should not be successful and a benefit to the college. At any rate let us have some runs this winter while the weather is so favorable...
...Friday. Carter, Gill and Corbin, who last year were considered the strongest oars in college, have signified their intention of not training for this year's crew; but the opinion seems prevalent at New Haven that they will be induced to begin rowing within a few weeks at any rate. If Caldwell, the famous stroke, who is now in the Yale Theological School, can be induced to take his old position, there is little doubt that Yale will send to New London a crew which will compare favorably with last year's crew, which was considered the best ever representing...