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Page x
... half own no tenements at all ; the remainder own simply the houses of one or two persons in special positions requiring nearness to the mill ( p . 42 ) . Little more than one - tenth of the companies own boarding - houses , and a still ...
... half own no tenements at all ; the remainder own simply the houses of one or two persons in special positions requiring nearness to the mill ( p . 42 ) . Little more than one - tenth of the companies own boarding - houses , and a still ...
Page xiii
... half . The lowest average wages are found in the manufac- ture of wearing apparel . Wages under six dollars are excep- tional ( pp . 98-100 ) . Returns concerning the employment of children in four mill towns in the eastern part of the ...
... half . The lowest average wages are found in the manufac- ture of wearing apparel . Wages under six dollars are excep- tional ( pp . 98-100 ) . Returns concerning the employment of children in four mill towns in the eastern part of the ...
Page xiv
... half of the hands reported are employed over ten hours daily . This is , of course , due to the large proportion of textile mills in this district . The largest percentages of short hours are reported from Middlesex , New Haven , and ...
... half of the hands reported are employed over ten hours daily . This is , of course , due to the large proportion of textile mills in this district . The largest percentages of short hours are reported from Middlesex , New Haven , and ...
Page xv
... half per cent . , were paid monthly ; while of 10,465 hands employed regularly more than ten hours a day , 9,425 , or fully ninety per cent . , were paid monthly ( pp . 36 , 37 ) . Twelve per cent . of the men , twenty - two per cent ...
... half per cent . , were paid monthly ; while of 10,465 hands employed regularly more than ten hours a day , 9,425 , or fully ninety per cent . , were paid monthly ( pp . 36 , 37 ) . Twelve per cent . of the men , twenty - two per cent ...
Page xxxv
... half enforced weekly payment law would be worse than nothing . It would be necessary either to educate public opinion on the subject to a point which it has not yet reached , or to take no little trouble and expense to secure its ...
... half enforced weekly payment law would be worse than nothing . It would be necessary either to educate public opinion on the subject to a point which it has not yet reached , or to take no little trouble and expense to secure its ...
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Page 182 - ... companies into that of the new corporation, and how and when directors and officers shall be chosen, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such new organization and the consolidation of said companies or railroads.
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Page 64 - That the collector of each district shall progressively number the licenses by him granted, beginning anew at the commencement of each year, and shall make a record thereof in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall, once...
Page 179 - Any number of persons, not less than twenty-five, may form a company for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad for public use in the conveyance of persons and property...
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