Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 35Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1901 - Labor unions |
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... feet long and 342 feet wide , and the dome 300 feet high . By the side at the rear end stands the beautiful Campanile of Giotto ( belfry ) , a place which , legend says , " the seven serv- ants of the Blessed Virgin were miraculously ...
... feet long and 342 feet wide , and the dome 300 feet high . By the side at the rear end stands the beautiful Campanile of Giotto ( belfry ) , a place which , legend says , " the seven serv- ants of the Blessed Virgin were miraculously ...
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... feet the Valley of the Ladies . Some distance to the south of Florence on the hill of Montaguto , is the Certosa , or Carthusian Monastery . The Certosa was founded in 1341 by Niccolo Acciajuolo , Grand Seneschal to Queen Joanna of ...
... feet the Valley of the Ladies . Some distance to the south of Florence on the hill of Montaguto , is the Certosa , or Carthusian Monastery . The Certosa was founded in 1341 by Niccolo Acciajuolo , Grand Seneschal to Queen Joanna of ...
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... feet wriggled and squirmed and there was a sort of twist and in a minute the finest picture of a comic paper old maid crawled out that you ever saw in a nightmare , and she came head first , too . In one hand she had a little bag ...
... feet wriggled and squirmed and there was a sort of twist and in a minute the finest picture of a comic paper old maid crawled out that you ever saw in a nightmare , and she came head first , too . In one hand she had a little bag ...
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... feet . ' " Not on your life , ' said I. ' Every- thing's loose in there , and the whole thing may collapse at any minute , and then where'd you be ? Besides , the car's afire down at the other end . ' 66 6 ' My God ! ' he said . ' Afire ...
... feet . ' " Not on your life , ' said I. ' Every- thing's loose in there , and the whole thing may collapse at any minute , and then where'd you be ? Besides , the car's afire down at the other end . ' 66 6 ' My God ! ' he said . ' Afire ...
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... feet beyond the furthest one . Then the Emperor pardoned the men as his judges had promised . ” — Exchange . Twenty - Four O'clock . According to a decree recently issued in Spain , the hours will be there counted , after January 1 ...
... feet beyond the furthest one . Then the Emperor pardoned the men as his judges had promised . ” — Exchange . Twenty - Four O'clock . According to a decree recently issued in Spain , the hours will be there counted , after January 1 ...
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Page 334 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers...
Page 224 - That any common carrier failing to make such report within thirty days after the end of any month shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more .than one hundred dollars for each and every offense and for every day during which it shall fail to make such report after the time herein specified for making the same.
Page 592 - Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do, and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle— face it, 'tis God's gift.
Page 262 - Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse, in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat, I could not raise myself from it Sometimes the instructors frowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckminster always pressed, and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture ; but I could never command sufficient resolution. When the occasion was over I went home and...
Page 232 - In moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power driving-wheel brake and appliances for operating the train-brake system, or to run any train In such traffic after said date that has not a sufficient number of cars in it so equipped with power or train brakes that the engineer on the locomotive drawing such train can control its speed without requiring brakemen to use the common hand brake for that purpose.
Page 30 - A person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which seriously injures the person or property of another, or which seriously disturbs or endangers the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, for which no other punishment is expressly prescribed by this Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 655 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 224 - It shall be the duty of the general manager, superintendent, or other proper officer of every common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to make to the Interstate Commerce Commission, at its office in Washington, District of Columbia, a monthly report, under oath, of all collisions of trains or where any train or part of a train accidentally leaves the track...
Page 334 - Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it...
Page 334 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green ; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell ; We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing...