Word: stated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pounds of coal an hour is guaranteed. A light canvas awning stretched over a slight galvanized pipe affords protection against the weather, while acurtain stretched across from the after bulkhead to the roof separates the after cockpit from the rest of the boat, and may be used as a state room when cruising...
Judge Cooley said that the lawful power of the state to limit the rates of transportation is now acknowledged. If the government owned the railroads it would be a comparatively simple matter to regulate rates, for it might establish a standard of rates which seemed expedient. Such action might arouse criticism, it might involve political complications, but it would simply be on the analogy of our laws relating to taxation. For over fifty years railroads were managed by corporations before any attempt was made to regulate rates. But the irresponsible and arbitrary action of corporations finally forced first the state...
...given in Sanders Theatre this evening by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley. Judge Cooley is not only one of the most distinguished men of our own country, but is of more than national reputation. He is a recognized authority on all questions relating to the constitution of the United States, and in his present position as chairman of the Inter-state Commerce Commision is, without doubt, doing more than any one else to establish American law in regard to railroads. He has already done much to abolish corporate abuses, and, perhaps, even more to bring about a correct understanding between...
...sorry to state that Harvard cannot row with Cornell this year. as we are unable to be at New London long enough to row more than one fixed race with Yale...
...this connection the Boston Herald recently said; It is the hope of many that when the next clerical vacancy is the corporation occurs, the place may be filled by one who is not a Congregationalist minister, or by a minister of that faith who resides out of the state, This would give an opportunity of bringing before the supreme court of the state a friendly suit to determine whether the corporation had exceeded its powers, and, if the case were heard before the full bench, it is possible that a change might be reached in the makeup of the corporation...