Word: lumber
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Work on the new baseball cage on Soldiers Field has not progressed very far yet, but from now on will probably move faster. The foundations are in, and most of the heavier lumber is prepared so that the structure can soon be gotten in shape for the steel workers. The conduit for the pipes connecting the building with the steam heating apparatus in the Locker Building, is finished...
After graduation he entered the employ of the Laird, Norton Company, a lumber firm of which his father is a member; and about the first of May, 1894, he was made vice-president and superintendent of the Winona Lumber Company...
...three thousand dollars, and forty-two hundred were all that were paid for the one we now have. The difference of the twelve hundred has been compensated partly by the larger attendance at smaller games which was attracted by the better stands, and partly by the value of the lumber now on hand. For this year alone the grandstands have been a good investment and the vote of the Corporation means no great financial loss...
...Greater freedom of trade between the two countries is especially desirable because (1) Canada could furnish the United States with (a) needful raw materials such as coal, lumber and barley (b) a market for manufactured goods (2) International disputes, such as the fisheries, would be avoided...
...where the mud is allowed full license, unprotected. Such paths as those leading from University towards the gymnasium, and especially that from the east end of Grays to Massachusetts, are very convenient, and even more muddy. If it is too late in the season to lay boards, or if lumber is unattainable, ashes form a very good substitute, as is shown in the condition of the path from Thayer to Holden Chapel. A little judicious application of ashes to the present canal-like walks, would not only satisfy the feelings of the masses, but would add materially to the good...