Word: traffics
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Last night for the first time, at 11 o'clock, a street car went on its trial trip over the new tracks recently laid in Mt. Auburn street. After 1 o'clock last night the whole street car traffic took the Mt. Auburn street route. The tracks on Massachusetts avenue between Putnam avenue and Harvard square will be torn up and cars will not run there again until the completion of the subway. The new route branches off Massachusetts avenue at Putnam square and follows Mt. Auburn street as far as Boylston street, whence the usual routes are followed...
...have a bridge with a draw, provided only that it be wide, strong, and reasonably artistic. The old wooden relic has been too long an eyesore in its attractive surroundings, a menace to the lives of the many who are forced to use it, and an obstruction to traffic...
...been for over 20 years consulting engineer of the Massachusetts State Railroad Commissioners, and in that capacity has built a number of bridges, besides constructing the Boston subways. He has been a member of the Boston Transit Commission since its organization in 1894 and has done much to simplify traffic conditions in Boston. He has also studied the subject of the conservation of the natural resources of the nation, and last spring was appointed by President Roosevelt a member of the national commission in charge of that work. He is well known as an author of scientific works...
...LECTURE. "The Organization and Functions of a Railroad's Traffic Department." Mr. John B. Thayer, Fourth Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia. Emerson...
...list of men concerning whose guilt there is not the slightest doubt. If these are not published, the time and labor spent in making up the list will have been worse than useless. If published, not only will a well-deserved punishment be inflicted, but men who contemplate future traffic in tickets will be summarily brought to their senses...