Word: proprietor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sanborn, '58, is editor and proprietor of the Springfield Republican and an officer on the Board of Charities in Boston...
...William Barnes, jr., '88, has become proprietor and editor of the Albany Morning Express. Mr. Barnes was formerly a member of the CRIMSON board, and since graduation has been employed on the staff of the Albany Journal...
...very desirable that observations be taken on the Pacific coast to perfect the work done here in Cambridge, conferences have been held with the proprietor of the new observatory in Southern California looking to co-operation between that and the one in Peru. The permanency of the Peruvian station will depend largely upon the result of this conference...
...Saturday last, as John the Orangeman was coming through Church street, a horse standing in front of Blake's stable became frightened at the crimson and white cart. Blake, the proprietor of the livery stable, rushed out, put the horse in a place of safety, and then rushed John and his cart across the street, overturning them and injuring John in the leg and chest. John's wrath was up, so he hurried his old legs towards the police station, where he entered a formal complaint of assault and battery against Blake. On Tuesday, Messrs. Merriam and Hobbs...
...line. In Europe, where private funds are not forthcoming to carry on a needed competing line, the government takes the matter into its hands and builds a rival road. Competition in railroading is different from that in other lines of business. In the case of a store, if the proprietor reduces the prices on his goods so far as to lose money on them, he gets more trade, loses more money, end is speedy bankruptcy. In the case of railroads, the running expenses are about the same, no matter how much carrying trade they have. If, now, by lowering their...