Word: trolleys
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...idea of making strikes illegal has been growing throughout the country during the present period of social unrest. Mr. Cummings in his railroad plan recommends its application to the railroad system, legislation now in progress in Massachusetts favors its enforcement in regard to the running of trolley lines; the injuction against the coal strike leaders is a significant sign of the Federal government's attitude...
...there a possibility of placing the Eli's behind the hills of Kingston and the Tigers somewhere out along the old-town trolley line and having the two units pot at each other with tear gas shells, spectators properly protected? Or a marksmanship meet over a ten-mile range? The possibilities, indeed, are only limited by the range of one's imagination--not to say of the guns...
Upon assembling this afternoon the troops will take trolley cars to the North Station, where they will entrain at 4.17 o'clock for Wakefield Centre. Arrived at their destination, the battalion will march to the range, a distance of two miles...
...these trips the men will, according to the present plans, travel to Wakefield by trolley on Friday afternoons. There they will be provided with quarters in the Range houses or in tentage supplied by the Naval Reserve Force. The rifle practice will commence early Saturday morning, in each case, and will be continued on Sunday morning if necessary in order to complete the course. The men will then march back to Cambridge on Sunday afternoon...
Each battalion will go to Wakefield by train or trolley on a Saturday. They will start their rifle practice immediately, camp at the range that night, continue the firing on Sunday if necessary, and will finally "hike" back to Cambridge on Sunday afternoon. Tentage for the University Corps will be provided by the Naval Reserve Force, now stationed at the range, so that the men will travel in light marching order...