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...made a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and in 1905 went to Panama as a member of the Consulting Board of Engineers. He has also been a member of the Royal Commission of London Traffic since 1904, and last year he undertook the construction of the Cape Cod canal. In 1909, he received the degree of LL.D. from Columbia, of which University he has been a trustee since...
...Parsons, engineer of the New York Subway, and of the Cape Cod canai, will give the final lecture in the series of Union lectures on professions on "Civil Engineering" in the Living Room tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to all members of the University...
...fishing season lasts only about six months on account of the ice. The cod, which are caught mostly by seines, are shipped to Europe and Brazil, being kept from American markets because of the high tariff. The icebergs are one of the greatest sights of the coast and because of their immense size and large numbers they are also a great danger to the mariner. The pictures of icebergs showed their great beauty, towering height and vivid coloring...
Commencing with a description of the dangerous conditions under which the men of the Life Saving Service work, Mr. Peck gave views of the Cape Cod, Florida and California coasts. He described minutely the great storm of Thanksgiving. 1898, in which the steamer "Portland" was lost with all on board. The lecturer then passed to the actual work of the service, which in thirty years has saved $166,000,000 and 102,000 lives. The 275 stations along our coasts, he said, are conducted under military rules. Three years previous experience as a sailor or fisherman is required of applicants...
Plans have been made by the Yacht Club for two cruises this summer along the New England coast, one to take place south of Cape Cod and the other to the north of it. The former will start from New London on Friday June 26, the day after the Harvard-Yale boat race, and will go to the eastward making runs at the direction of the commodore. The cruise to the north of Cape Cod will start from Marblehead on Monday. August 3, at the completion of the mid-summer series of races. The ultimate destination will be either Isleboro...