Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...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 the next hearing will be opened...
...October, 1900, a committee was appointed, which has reported in favor of the enlargement and the purchase of the adjoining lot on 45th street, an opportunity for the purchase of which is open. In view of the large debt which the addition would place upon the Club--the purchase price of the land amounting to $121,000 and the cost of the proposed extension reaching $75,000--it was decided to raise $50,000 through personal contributions, and to carry the remainder of the amount temporarily in mortgages at four per cent. The committee entrusted with procuring the funds...
...were presented yesterday at the public hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission. No stated decision was reached, but the statement of the Cambridge city engineer showed conclusively that the building of a dam would benefit the working of the sewerage system. The first report directly in favor of the dam was read yesterday by the Metropolitan Park Commission urging its construction on the ground that it would beautify the river and add to its utility...
Reports from several boards and city departments were presented and discussed yesterday at the public hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission. The reports were on the whole in favor of the proposed dam. They have now been turned over to the attorneys for examination and collection of evidence. The public hearings will be continued at irregular intervals for about two months. The case will then be argued before the Commission on the evidence obtained at the hearings...
President Eliot expressed himself as in favor of the plan because it would make a dignified approach to the University and would greatly enhance the value of the property in Cambridge. He also said that Harvard graduates would undoubtedly contribute financially towards the plan...