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...that the proposed bridge conform to one or the other of the foregoing regulations, but it now appears that the War Department will consent to the construction of the bridge provided only that all the land fronting on the river between the bridge and the arsenal is acquired for public purposes. At present there is only one piece of property within the limits named which is privately owned, and that is the Brighton abattoir. The only use which this company makes of the river is for the transportation of coal at very infrequent intervals. Furthermore, to conform with...
...Ropes '89, Bussey professor of New Testament criticism and interpretation, and Dexter lecturer on Biblical literature in Harvard University, will deliver a lecture on "The Miracles of the New Testament" in King's Chapel, Boston, this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. This is one of a series of free public lectures on the general subject "Christianity as a Religion of the Spirit under Historical Conditions," being given by Harvard professors during the winter months under the auspices of the Lowell Institute...
...resolution has been brought before the Cambridge City Council by Councilman F. W. Norris to take up the question of the construction of a new bridge across the Charles River at Boylston street. A public spirited citizen who withholds his name for the present has definitely offered the money to build an adequate and decorative bridge provided that a license can be obtained for a bridge without a draw which does not have to be as high above the river as the new Cambridge bridge...
...Whereas, the consent of the department to the construction of such a bridge can be obtained if the only remaining commercial property above Boylston street be acquired for public purposes. therefore...
...committee consisting of three members of this board with such as the Board of Aldermen may join, be authorized in conjunction with the Mayor and Park Commissioners to open negotiation with the Metropolitan Park Commission or other proper authorities looking toward the acquisition of the property in question for public uses...