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...work on the dam, together with the construction of a lock and draw and the dredging of the canals and channels incident to the improvements, will be in accordance with an act passed by the General Court and approved last June, by the terms of which the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river, a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin, extending from the Craigle Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge, will this be created, and the variation of level due to the tide will be largely eliminated. The improvements...
Finally Klapproth returns home glad to escape from the eccentricities of the Pension Scholler. His consternation may be imagined when on the following day, the various "patients" on one pretext or another come to visit him. Of course he thinks they have escaped, manages to lock them up in different rooms, and telegraphs to Scholler, the owner of the pension for help. At last the misunderstandings are cleared up to the satisfaction and amusement of all concerned...
...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...
...committee recommends the construction of a dam, one hundred and thirty feet in width, to serve also as a bridge. Provision is made for a large lock and proper sluicing appliances. The estimated cost of such a structure is $1,250,000 or substantially the same as the cost of a bridge, which must, if the dam is not constructed, be built at this point...
...others who are willing, are urged to continue training on Soldiers Field, after the recess. Men will be taken to the training table as they show ability: J. Barnes, Darling, Bernstein, Ferguson, Abercrombie, Lightner, Fish, Hubbard, Draper, Walsh, Fullerton, J. A. Knowles, Glidden, Ware, Webb, Kimball, Barber, Ainsworth, Lock, Sanderson, Mifflin, Robbins, Hewitt, Winslow, Ayer, Adams, F. C. Williams, Murphy, Heath, Lee, C. L. Barnes, J. Foster. [Signed] A. G. MASON, Manager...