Word: westing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...roads in many cases have been run merely for speculation and stock jobbery; case of Erie road, C. F. Adams. "Chapters on Erie," p. 61 fol. N. A. Rev. Vol. 139, p. 53. Hadley, Railroad Transportation, p. 48.- (c) Waste of capital in useless roads, e. g. "Nickel Plate," West Shore, Chi. St. Paul and Kansas City, etc.; Bradstreets April 25, 1885.- (d) Monopolies have been fostered by unjust personal and local discrimination; Interstate Com. Com. rep. I, 503; Standard oil case.- (c). Effect of railway corporations on politics, case of Boston and Me. and Concord railways in New Hampshire...
Excellent, however, as these re-unions are, it can hardly be expected that they can be kept up on an increasing scale unless some change is made. At present the expenses of the long journies of their guests are proving too heavy for the clubs in the far west. What, then, can be done to keep up the spirit which is threatening to die away? Mr. Abbot gives the answer in his suggestion that the Corporation undertake the expense of sending yearly to each club some man closely connected with the present affairs of the University. Such action might seem...
Allen School, West Newton-E. Hopkins, S. R. Hollander...
...honor and is well worth the perusal of every Harvard man. Mr. Abbott gives some interesting data concerning the Harvard clubs in the various parts of the country and draws a vivid pen picture of the benefits which such associations of cultivated men confer upon communities in the West. "Their meetings and companionship are, of course, full of enjoyment and pleasant community of past associations, but inside of this is the never-absent consciousness of that obligation which rests heavily on every educated man in such surroundings." In conclusion, Mr. Abbott urges the Board of Overseers and the Corporation...
...manufacturers. The alliance will assist in securing the remedy. Farm, Stock and Home, 1890-May 1, pp. 202-4; June 15, 246; Aug. 1, 302; Aug. 15, 307; 1891-Mar. 1, 123-4; Mar. 23, 145; Forum, IX, p. 332; Public Opinion. IX, 241 and VII, 520; Great West, Mar. 27, 1891, article on grain gambling; The Way Out, pp. 1-10, 23, 24; Report Minn...