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...meeting of the Cambridge Board of Survey on Monday night, held to consider the petition made by the University Associates for the construction of a Parkway from Quincy square to the Charles River Driveway, a plan submitted by City Engineer Hastings was approved. No official action, however, was taken as the new plan differs somewhat from the original petition, and will require a new hearing before the Board can act finally upon...
...scheme, submitted by Mr. Hastings, suggests that the proposed Parkway be only seventy feet wide instead of eighty as was originally planned. This will greatly reduce the cost of the Parkway without making the driveway too narrow. As the petitioners have expressed their approval of the change it is probable that the final decision of the Board will be in favor of the petition. After the Board of Survey have acted finally on the petition it will be submitted to the consideration of the Cambridge Council...
...Cambridge Board of Survey will hold a hearing in the early part of February to discuss further the proposed new Parkway. The Board can now convene at any time as its construction has been found perfectly legal and no further action will be taken against its action on the parkway. A final decision on the matter will not be reached for some time...
...plans for the new Cambridge Hotel have been considerably altered by the recent petition for the Parkway. If the bill passes, the site on Massachusetts avenue, directly opposite Beck Hall, where the College Inn now stands, will be a very desirable locality for the erection of the hotel; and the Wesselhoeft grounds on Harvard street, where it was proposed to build, will be given up in favor of it. No definite steps will be taken, however, toward building on either site until the petition has been determined. It has been decided to organize a stock company, which shall have sole...
...Board of Survey has decided not to hold another hearing on the proposed Parkway unless unforseen circumstances should arise which would render it necessary. No action will be taken on the petition for some time, as the Board of Auditors has indefinitely adjourned the Board of Survey. This action is due to certain illegalities in the formation of the board, which prevent its acts from being official. The board will not convene until these matters have been settled...