Word: resulting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the week the men have been drilled especially in dribbling and passing the ball, and as a result have developed considerable ability in accurate shooting. The strength of Fort Warrens is unknown except that five of the men who played on the team that prevented Harvard from scoring last year will be in the line-up today. Admission tickets, at 50 cents, may be obtained at Leavitt & Peirce's and at the field...
...House Committee. In the first place, the powers of the Membership Committee are only nominal; and in the second place, the House Committee has, during the past few years, gradually taken to itself practically all the powers delegated to the Membership Committee by the old constitution. As a result the members of the Membership Committee realizing the unimportance of their work have taken only desultory interest...
...Hinckley, continuing the debate for the affirmative, said: We have already seen that street railways are public utilities, and as such should be regulated for the public good. This would be brought about by municipal ownership, which would result not only in better and more efficient service, as shown by our first speaker, but would also be a distinct economic advantage to New York City...
...closing the debate for the negative, H. D. Smith dwelt upon the actual detriment to service which would result from the policy of municipal ownership. He showed that in the street railway business success is impossible unless the management has continuity and efficiency, and he pointed out the fact that in New York City with its frequent upheavals and constant political uncertainty, these qualities could not be preserved. He cited the failure of the Staten Island Ferries, recently taken over by the city, as an example of the inability of city officials to cope with undertakings of this nature...
...speaker then dwelt at some length upon the injury to the moral welfare of the city which would result from the policy of municipal ownership. Graft and corruption have prevailed in New York City politics almost without interruption ever since the earliest recollection of the oldest inhabitants...