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...caught in some prank, not very serious, such as the throwing of a stolen sign off the end of a bridge into the Charles River, during which lamentable misdeed, he had been arrested by the police and spent the night with his two or three companions in the lock-up. When they were called before the judge on the next morning I was allowed to make a brief statement of the case, having very little to say, when I was reinforced, to my great surprise and satisfaction, by Professor Shaler who had strolled in and taken his place...
...Charles River Basin Commission awarded the contract for building the dam and lock in the Charles River to the Holbrook, Cabot, and Rollins Corporation. The basis of the award was $801,-507.50. In the work so far piles have been driven under the lock in the Boston cofferdam and under the sluices in the Cambridge cofferdam. A few piles also have been driven along the sea wall and in the canals to strengthen them in order that the dredging may be carried to a greater depth...
...calculations for the work are as follows: earth excavation, 340,000 cubic yards; masonry, 43,825 cubic yards; filling, 390,000 cubic yards; piling, 470,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 235,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riff raff, 9, 700 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies...
University football practice yesterday afternoon was very listless, owing partly to the large number of substitutes in the scrimmage. Leary, Burr, Guild, Lock-wood and Nichols were all given a rest and, although all the other regular players were out, none of those who played for any length of time in the Pennsylvania game were in the line-up. Carr, Montgomery and Hanley were all out doing light work and Myers of the second, team, who was injured several weeks ago, was out again. Knowlton was again tried at end on the first eleven and O'Brien played...
...Brill fumbled, but recovered the ball and Lockwood went through Rooke for three yards. Brill added a yard and, on a divided play without interference, Foster gained four more. Pennsylvania was twice penalized for offside play and three rushes by Brill brought the ball to the 6-yard line. Lock-wood went through Rooke for a yard, and Brill put the ball on the 2-yard line. On the next rush Lockwood made a slight gain and then Brill went over for a touchdown. Starr punted out to Hurley on the 16-yard line and Burr kicked the goal...