Word: dam
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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...
Beginning next week the Charles River Dam Commission will hold public hearings in the State House on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10 o'clock. As soon as the hearings are resumed, those in favor of the dam will state their plans, and will bring forward the testimony of engineers and sanitary experts...
...meeting of the Charles River Dam Commission yesterday morning, the effect of the construction of the proposed dam on the public health was considered. Reports on the subject were made by H. H. Goodenough of the State Board of Health, Assistant Engineer C. B. Putnam of the Boston Park Department and W. F. Learned, town engineer of Watertown. These reports showed that the public health would not be menaced by the construction of the dam, in spite of the fact that a large amount of sewage is poured into the Charles River daily. Following the reports, the Committee proposed...
Reports from several city departments and civil engineers were presented yesterday at the public hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission, but were held over until a later hearing. Statements were made by the city engineers of Cambridge and Newton, showing that the plans of those cities would not be hampered by the proposed dam. It was decided to postpone the next hearing until February 3, because of the illness of one of the engineers, whose presence is then required. This will also give the party in favor of the dam more time to prepare its preliminary argument with which...
...public hearing will be continued today from 10 to 1, as the reports of several boards still remain to be read. The Dam Commission will then adjourn until January 27, when the next hearing will be held...