Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...remaining wharves at Brighton and various coalyards in the Boston harbor, a stationary bridge over the channel at Boylston bridge would have to have a head room of 25 feet at high tide to fulfil the government requirements. The authorities are in hopes of soon being able to gain control of the wharves at Brighton, thus doing away with the possibility of all trading vessels above Boylston street and making possible a much lower bridge...
Negotiations are still being carried on by a syndicate, known as the Harvard Riverside Associates, for the control of all the property in Cambridge between Massachusetts avenue and the Charles river on the north and south, and between DeWolf and Boylston streets on the east and west. Three years ago Mr. E.W. Forbes '95 originated the plan of buying up all this land; thus getting it into hands friendly to the University, so that no buildings detrimental to Harvard interests could erected within this territory. If, at any time, it seems wise to extend the Yard, all the buildings...
...were better than before, several of the crews using racing starts to good advantage. Claverly rowed the highest stroke, pulling 33 to the minute, while the others used a stroke varying from 25 to 30 to the minute. Even at that comparatively high stroke, Claverly seemed to have good control of their slides and the boat spaced well between strokes. In the third division Hollis-Stoughton made a good showing and might well have been placed in a faster division...
Professor Dixon is a specialist on the economics of transportation, and is the author of "State Railroad Control" and numerous articles on transportation problems. The lecture will be open to the public...
...sixty-inch reflector which is now being mounted at the Observatory, will when completed, be one of the three largest and most powerful in existence. It will be used for extremely delicate work on faint stars and nebulae, and will be under the complete electrical control of one operator. The reflector, which is of tremendous weight, will rest on a fluid to make manipulation easier...