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...Bennett St. MTA yards (across from Kirkland House) has almost reached the final stages in the state House of Representatives. Now in the Ways and Means Committee, it is expected to come up for a final vote sometime within the next three weeks, according to sponsor John R. Sennott of Cambridge...
Although passage of the bill by the House had been expected, the votes of two Cambridge representatives stirred considerable comment. Rep. John J. Campbell and Rep. John R. Sennott, Jr., both of whom had originally signed Sullivan's petition, made a complete about face yesterday and supported Mrs. Newman's motion to refer the petition to the next Legislative session...
...members of the Mass. House of Representatives, John R. Sennott, Jr. (Dem.) and John J. Campbell (Dem.), proposed a bill which would have levied upon the University the equivalent of 99 years in property taxes if it had purchased the Bennett St. yards. The bill later died in committee...
John J. Campbell, co-sponsor of House Bill No. 2173, emphasized at the hearing that "common ground" between the University and the MTA could be reached without damaging the city of Cambridge. John R. Sennott, father of the second sponsor, spoke about the "great drain on taxpayers" caused by the large amount of tax-exempt property in Cambridge...
...have no quarrel with the universities in the city," Sennott stated. He did object, however, to Harvard's freedom from many property taxes. Campbell pointed out that the Bennett St. yards represented the only major undeveloped land area in Cambridge, and felt that "a wonderful industrial center" might be constructed on the site...