Word: traffics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...administration in bad odor. One was the notoriously unsolved murder of the famed Gambler Arnold Rothstein. To rescue the administration from shame, Grover Whalen was made police commissioner. Soon the shortcomings of the police department were forgotten. Commissioner Whalen completely and drastically altered the city's method of traffic regulation, thereby producing an entirely new furor...
...Fall River Line was bought by Old Colony R. R., which was absorbed 18 years later by the New Haven. Fast and frequent trains were putting a damper on water traffic; but, looked at another way, water traffic was taking some business from the railroad. The New Haven tried to solve both problems by acquiring as many shipping lines on the Sound as it could. These moves were fought tooth & nail by competitors and the Interstate Commerce Commission was appealed to time & again to pry the New Haven loose from its subsidiary, New England Steamship Co. In recent years these...
...Awaiting fine traffic from bumper crops in its territory this autumn, Illinois Central R. R. showed net operating income of $6,841,000 for the first half against $5,942,000 in the same six months last year...
...nine prisoners. Instead of killing Smith the Indians adopted him into their tribe, took him 300 miles into the Ohio wilderness. In the five years that elapsed before he made his escape he acquired an unbeatable knowledge of Indian ways, a lasting hatred for the arms and liquor traffic that lay at the root of the bloody feud between Indians and whites...
With the Indians quiet again, British traders hastened to restore the arms traffic to what it had been. This time the Black Boys did not merely complain. When a long pack train passed through, they shot the horses, burned the merchandise, horsewhipped the drivers, who streaked for Fort Loudon yelling for help. Commandant Grant obliged by making prisoners of eight Black Boys. The remainder called at the fort to demand their comrades be turned loose. Refused, Smith ordered an attack. The Black Boys blazed away all night, then slipped away and waited to intercept any messengers sent out. After more...