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... don't choose to . Q. I thought you would assume it , to oblige us . A. No , sir , I don't want to do that ; I have had too much experience with ferries . A boy once asked his father , " Suppose you call a calf's tail a leg , how many ...
... don't choose to . Q. I thought you would assume it , to oblige us . A. No , sir , I don't want to do that ; I have had too much experience with ferries . A boy once asked his father , " Suppose you call a calf's tail a leg , how many ...
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Boston (Mass.). City Council. leg , don't make it so . " I don't want to assume a thing that I know isn't so . You can assume it . Q. Well , will you assume it to be $ 500,000 ? It will an- swer my purpose just as well . A. Well ...
Boston (Mass.). City Council. leg , don't make it so . " I don't want to assume a thing that I know isn't so . You can assume it . Q. Well , will you assume it to be $ 500,000 ? It will an- swer my purpose just as well . A. Well ...
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... don't know as I am particular about it . WITNESS . I don't suppose you are . Mr. PUTNAM . We should like to have you do it , Mr. Mat- thews . Q. Is $ 300,000 large enough ? A. I should say it was . Q. Then , from April , 1871 , to April ...
... don't know as I am particular about it . WITNESS . I don't suppose you are . Mr. PUTNAM . We should like to have you do it , Mr. Mat- thews . Q. Is $ 300,000 large enough ? A. I should say it was . Q. Then , from April , 1871 , to April ...
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... don't necessarily follow . The business really will be doubled , coming up from Lynn , Saugus , and Chelsea , and all the team travel . I say the team travel will double from East Boston . Q. You did not name that ? A. I did , certainly ...
... don't necessarily follow . The business really will be doubled , coming up from Lynn , Saugus , and Chelsea , and all the team travel . I say the team travel will double from East Boston . Q. You did not name that ? A. I did , certainly ...
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... don't go over there once in five years . You have people here who can give a great deal better judgment than I can . I said in a few years it might increase it from five to twenty - five per cent , possibly . Q. You thought it would ...
... don't go over there once in five years . You have people here who can give a great deal better judgment than I can . I said in a few years it might increase it from five to twenty - five per cent , possibly . Q. You thought it would ...
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