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The Boston Chamber of Commerce, through its president, W. H. Lincoln, and its secretary, E. G. Preston, has withdrawn its opposition to the bill for the construction of a dam across the Charles River near Craigie Bridge. It was feared that the project might meet with opposition from the War...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opposition to Dam Withdrawn. | 4/27/1901 | See Source »

...Street, whose objection grew out of the proposal to pay for the dam by filling in the basin in he rear of their houses so as to create land on which a new row of houses could be built. The plan now put forward does not contain this obviously objectionable feature. It is opposed to any filling in of the basin except such moderate strip as may be necessary to change the present unsightly alley in the rear of the water side of Beacon street into an attractive esplanade or parkway. In nearly every feature this plan is essentially different...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHARLES RIVER DAM | 3/27/1901 | See Source »

The present projects is not open to a single objection that was seriously urged against the plan of 1894. In that 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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHARLES RIVER DAM | 3/27/1901 | See Source »

There cannot be any reasonable objection to evening hours on religious grounds, for morning and afternoon services are both open to those who wish to go to church. Furthermore, even if two attendants prefer to have evenings free, in such a matter the wishes of one or two cannot be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sunday Hours at the Library Reading Room. | 3/22/1901 | See Source »

A word concerning the wearing of caps and gowns after Easter by the Senior Class seems to me timely and perhaps necessary. The principal objection to wearing them is that they are said to be uncomfortably warm. This objection would not hold if we wore them without coats or vests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Favor of Caps and Gowns. | 12/18/1900 | See Source »

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