Word: dam
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...Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, and Harbors and Public Lands, in the Massachusetts legislature, have appointed a sub-committee to draw up a bill on the proposed Charles River dam, which, it is expected, will carry an appropriation of about $3,000,000. This sub-committee consists of Senator Porter, chairman, house chairman Rounds, and Senator Seaver, from the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs; and of Senator Gaylord, chairman, house chairman Sherman, and Senator Foster, from the Committee of Harbors and Public Lands...
...joint committee of the Massachusetts Legislature having in charge the report of the Charles River Dam Commission, has announced that the first of the public hearings to admit evidence for and against the proposed improvement will be held on next Tuesday morning. It is probable that not more than two meetings will be required to hear the evidence on both sides. Nathan Matthews, ex-mayer of Boston, and W. S. Youngman '95, have been engaged as counsel by those favoring the construction of the dam, and W. D. Turner and J. R. Dunbar, by those opposing the project...
...report of the Charles River Dam Commission to the Massachusetts Legislature has been referred to the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs and the Committee on Harbors and Public Lands for joint action. The joint committee has announced that it will hold public hearings to admit all evidence for or against the proposed dam. The first of these hearings was to have been held yesterday morning, but, in response to a request from the counsel for those opposing the improvement, it was postponed until the first week in February. After the committee has heard the evidence on both sides a report will...
...January number of the Engineering Journal, which has just been issued, contains five articles, all of them of chiefly technical interest. The first article, on "The Wachusett Dam" of the Metropolitan Water System, by Mr. C. W. Smith, who has had immediate charge at the dam, is reprinted from a lecture before the Civil Engineering Club. Messrs. Densmore and LeClear, the engineers who designed the heating and ventilating system, electric wiring, and plumbing of Robinson Hall contribute an interesting, illustrated account of the somewhat unusual features of the heating and ventilating system in that building. Professor C. A. Adams continues...
...Bulletin for January 21 contains the usual account of College activities. There is an interesting article on Wadsworth House, one on the new Parkway, and two articles concerning the Charles River Dam. Various short notices on athletic events and subjects, numerous University notes of interest, and an editorial on the opening of the Germanic Museum comprise the rest of the issue...