Word: west
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Whitney, of the West End Railway Company, which now controls all the Boston and the Cambridge street-railways, says that electric cars are not yet in a state of perfection to perform practical work, and that he will probably institute a system of cable cars...
About 150 shivering spectators watched the first game for the class championship between the senior and junior elevens on Jarvis yesterday afternoon. The game was called at 3 o'clock, '88 taking the east and '89 the West Side of the field. After several lively scrimmages, '89 gradually forced the ball down towards '88's goal, and Perry rushed over the line and made a touchdown just fifteen minutes after play was begun. As only one of the goal posts was in an upright position, Umpire Slocum had to raise the other and support it while Perry kicked a goal...
...harness and repair shops at Harvard square, belonging to the Cambridge Railroad have been abolished, as well as the duties of inspectors on the different lines. About fifty men will be thrown out of employment. This has been effected per order of the West End Company...
...Cambridge railroad has passed into the control of the West End Street Railway Company...
...sixth hare and hound run of the season was held yesterday afternoon, the course being up Concord avenue to Fresh Pond and around the pond. The break was from the west end of Mt. Auburn. Kuhn and Alexander, L. S., the hares, came in twenty-nine minutes ahead of F. B. Dana, '88, the first hound in. Davenport, '90, was a few seconds behind Dana. The rest of the twenty hounds came in well bunched close after the leader. Dana, '88, served as master of the hounds. The run was one of the best of the season...