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There is to be a hearing before the board of aldermen tonight to consider the obections offered to the measure by the officials of the observatory and the citizens of Cambridge...
...question whether or not the row of elms on Harvard street, fronting the college yard, should be removed, was discussed at length by the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge last night. These trees were formerly in the college yard but the increased traffic on Harvard street necessitated the change which now exists. It is now clained that public necessity demands their removal and this question, although debated at length, still remains unsettled. A measure was proposed which if adopted will save the trees and also remedy any inconvenience which the narrowness of Harvard street may cause. This plan provides...
...Cambridge Board of Aldermen are planning to remove the line of elms which extends from Quincy street to Harvard Square on the ground that "public necessity and convenience" demand that Harvard street shall be widened. Notices to this effect are posted on the trees in question and at 8.30 this evening a public hearing to receive any objections to the scheme will be held in City Hall...
...eighteen and afterwards studied law with the late Leverett Saltonstall. He was always active in public life, and devoted to his profession in which he had amassed a great fortune. Mr. Wheatland served in the Salem Common Council in 1841 and in the board of Aldermen in 1842-43. He was a brother of Dr. Henry Wheatland, the president of the Essex Institute...
...Cambridge Board of Aldermen has granted permission to the West End Railway Company to run cars over the New Harvard bridge on condition that Cambridge passengers shall be taken as far as the Tremont House for one fare...