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...main work was done on the summit of the mound. Here a great Roman stair 80 feet in width was discovered in June. At the top of the stairway is a large paved area flanked by massive walls, on which were found the inverted bases of four columns. Beyond the paved platform, there are probably the remains of a temple. To the west of the stairway a chamber 20 by 40 feet in size was found partly cut in the rock. A large pit in the floor was not explored because of lack of time. At the foot...
Extra precautions have been taken to make the Bolyston street bridge perfectly safe, and able to hold the great crowds of people which will pass over it on November 23, the day of the Yale game. An auxiliary fence will be put up, making the bridge the same width throughout, and preventing the congestion of people at the draw, which is about six feet narrower than the rest of the bridge. Extra police will be stationed to prevent the crowds from pushing too heavily against the railing, which is old and in a weak condition. The bridge has been examined...
...father. He first made a name for himself as Mr. Crichton in "The Admirable Crichton." Two years ago he achieved a noteworthy success as Hamlet at the Adelphi Theatre in London. In the plays which Mr. Irving has given during his last engagement in Boston he showed his great width of range and mastery of his art. Contrary to the popular opinion Mr. Irving is in many ways unlike his father in his manner of conception and mode of acting. Besides being a fluent speaker he has written a number of treatises on his art and several books which have...
...basement of the new structure will be several much needed stack-rooms. On the first floor there will be an extension of the delivery room to the whole width of the addition. On this floor also there will be a reference room, a room for the catalogue staff, a work-room and a shelf-department room extending, in the order mentioned, from the delivery room. On the second floor, over the delivery room, there will be a large room 53x26 feet for valuable books and manuscripts, and also a stenographers' gallery. In the centre will be a map and atlas...
...embankment comprises 2700 linear feet of retaining wall and about the same length of earth embankment. The Commission will soon receive bids for the work on section two, which is located back of Beacon street. Along the wall, south of the Cambridge bridge, the esplanade will vary in width from 180 to 300 feet, and the portion in the rear of Beacon street will be 100 feet wide. It will be made of excavations from the basin, hold in place by concrete masoury, retaining walls, faced with ashlar masonry on piles. The continuation of the Boston marginal conduit will...