Word: harbors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...year it was argued before the Earbor and Land commission, by eminent counsel who were retained to prevent the erection of new houses back of Beacon street, that any stopping of the ebb of the tide from the Charles River Basin twice daily would injure certain channels of the harbor, but in opposition to this contention several of the most eminent engineers of the state have expressed the opinion that the tidal scour theory has no application to the conditions which exist in those channels of Boston Harbor over which the tidal prism of the Charles river Basin moves...
...There remains to insure the practical progress of this great improvement the engineering plans and estimates which can be secured only by a special commission appointed for the purpose. Some people, however, may have the impression that a somewhat similar investigation was made in certain hearings held before the Harbor and Land Commission in 1894, but since the present project is so radically different from the one then considered, and since so many and important changes have taken place in the conditions which bear on the practicability of this scheme, it seems reasonable after the lapse of over six years...
...material for the Yale Freshman crew is excellent, and a very fast eight should be developed. The men have been on the harbor for about ten days, and are in good condition. The time is ragged however, and there is a decided tendency to wash in at the catch. The crew has recently been greatly strengthened by R. R. Coffin at 7, who has just entered College, and who owed on the Columbia University crew last year. At present the men are rowing as follows: Stroke, Adams; 7, Coffin, 6, Miller; 5, Weymouth; 4, Sooysmith; 3, Shaw; 2, Mohlman...
...commission to consider the construction of the dam, the original bill having been withdrawn. In this form it is not expected to meet with any serious opposition. The project was considered by two commissions previously,--Health Commissioners who reported in favor of the dam, and the River and Harbor Commissioners who reported against it, chiefly on the ground that the change would interfere with the tidal scour. Since the reclaiming of so much marsh land beside the river, the consideration of tidal scour has become unimportant, and should not be a considerable factor in the present discussions...
...have been picked from the various class crew squads and will constitute the three University eights until about May 1 when the squad will again be reduced to the permanent eights. It has been decided to take the crews out of doors as soon as the ice in the harbor breaks up, probably in two or three week...