Word: river
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There is good skating today on Hammond's Pond and Artificial Pond. At Riverside, Dedham, Cambridge Skating Club, Allston Golf Club, and on the Charles River, at Norumbega Park, the ice is in fair condition. There is skating along the shores of Mystic Pond, in Winchester, and Spy Pond, in Arlington, but in the middle of these ponds the ice is not safe...
...construction of one or more subways from Cambridge to Boston. The way is now clear for the passage of a bill by the state legislature authorizing the Boston Elevated Railroad Company to construct two two-track subways from Harvard Square, one under Cambridge street to the Charles River Dam, the other under Massachusetts avenue and Main street to the new Cambridge bridge. The route will be continued in Boston by a subway running from the Cambridge bridge either to Park street or to Scollay square, as may be decided...
...city election tomorrow. The new plan for the subways which has been approved by the City Council calls for two two-track subways from Harvard square, one under Massachusetts avenue and Main street to the new Cambridge Bridge, and the other under Cambridge street to the new Charles River Dam. The legislation last year provided for a four-track subway from Harvard square under Massachusetts avenue and Main street to the new Cambridge Bridge, but the Railroad Company declined to build this system because prospective travel was not sufficient to warrant such an expense...
Unless the vote is in favor of subways the Railroad Company will be obliged to carry out the right which it possesses by its present charter to build an elevated structure in Massachusetts avenue, Main, River, Bridge and Cambridge streets and Western avenue...
Both University and Freshman rowing is now discontinued. Candidates will probably be called out, however, soon after the mid-year examination period, and work on the machines will be kept up until the river is open. No plans for choosing the University crew have yet been announced. It is probable that the class races will be held as usual next spring...