Word: dam
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...committee appointed by the state legislature to take action upon the construction of the Charles River Dam completed a bill on Monday which was substantially approved by the parties favoring the dam and those opposed to it. The bill in its present form will be presented before the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs and Harbors and Public Lands in the State House today...
...provision of the bill the dam is to be erected at about the site of the present Craigie Bridge. It will be strong enough to withstand all tides and sufficiently high to maintain in the basin above a permanent water level not less than eight feet above Boston base. The top of the dam is to be at least 100 feet in width, part of this space being set aside for a highway. Provision is also made for a large lock connecting the two levels of the river...
...bill as drafted provides that the Governor and his Council, the Mayor of Boston, and the Mayor of Cambridge shall each choose a member of a commission to superintend the construction of the dam. These three men, of whom the Governor's nominee is to be chairman, will hold office for three years from January...
...Youngman '95 presented yesterday at the hearing on the construction of the Charles River Dam a bill differing only in minor points from the previous bill submitted by the subcommittee appointed by the legislature. The hearing was adjourned until 3 o'clock today, when it will be resumed in the State House...
There will be a public hearing in Room 436 of the State House, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, on the proposed Charles River Dam. At the last meeting, a few amendments were suggested, and the interested parties were urged to confer and agree on a bill before today's meeting...