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...Charles River Dam Commission will hold a public hearing this morning at 10 o'clock in the office of the Railroad Commission, 20 Beacon street. The arguments in favor of the dam will then be stated...
...water was smooth and a slight wind was against the crews. Three crews from both the Newell and the Weld were entered. The course was from the Union Boat Club 1 1-2 miles up stream. The positions of the crews at the start were, beginning at the Beacon street wall: 1, Third Weld; 2, Third Newell; 3, Second Weld; 4, Second Newell; 5, First Weld; 6, First Newell...
...afternoon. The crews will start at 3.30 from the Union Boat Club, and will race over a mile and a half course up stream. The officials for the race have not yet been appointed. The position of the crews at the start will be as follows, beginning at the Beacon street wall: Third Weld, Third Newell, Second Weld, Second Newell, First Weld, First Newell...
...positions of the crews are as follows, beginning from the Beacon street wall: First race--1, Fifth Weld; 2, Fourth Newell; 3, Fourth Weld; 4, Third Weld; 5, Third Newell. Second race--1, Second Weld; 2, Second Newell; 3, First Newell; 4, First Weld. The officials for the races are: Referee, G. Mumford '87; timekeepers, H. Bancroft '98 and A. Stevens '97; judges at finish, R. F. Manning '04 and H. R. Sedgwick...
...present projects is not open to a single objection that was seriously urged against the plan of 1894. In that year it was argued before the Earbor and Land commission, by eminent counsel who were retained to prevent the erection of new houses back of Beacon street, that any stopping of the ebb of the tide from the Charles River Basin twice daily would injure certain channels of the harbor, but in opposition to this contention several of the most eminent engineers of the state have expressed the opinion that the tidal scour theory has no application to the conditions...