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...plans for the new gymnasium at Yale have not yet been fully completed, yet enough has been decided upon to give a general idea of its external appearance and general arrangements The building is to extend the entire width of the lot on Elm street, with a front of 134 feet and a depth of 90 feet. It is decided that the front shall be of stone, and should a sufficient sum of money be subscribed the entire building will be of the same material; otherwise the side and rear walls are to be of brick of the same color...
...special act of legislature at a cost of $500,000, apportioned equally between Boston and Cambridge. It is built of plate girders and divided into twenty-one spans (excluding the draw), varying from 75 to 105 feet in length. The dimensions of the bridge are: length, 2157 feet; width, 70 feet; height above mean high water, 14 feet. The draw, 135 feet in length, is placed In the centre of the structure and is operated by an electric motor...
...treaty is disgraceful to our diplomacy, because: (a) the "three-mile limit" in the case of bays is made to be five miles; (b) we are forbidden to enter eleven bays each more than ten miles in width; (c) the municipal dominion of Canada over these great bays is thus increased; (d) our fishermen are prevented from entering bays where the channel is less than three miles from shore...
...shell, but beyond this there has been nothing of especial interest to say of it. The shell will be built on the conventional Waters model, and will be about the same as the boat used last year. It is to be sixty feet in length, twenty-four inches in width, and eight and three-quarter inches deep. Nothing definite is known yet about the rig. One new feature will be tried, however: the tiller lines will be so arranged that the coxswain can grasp the gunwales of the shell and still control the rudder. This will enable...
...sufficient room for dressing and observing the men while they are rowing. The floor of the tank will be built of bricks laid in cement on sand and covered with Portland cement. It will be built as long as possible, but will be less than twenty-five feet in width. The tank will then be divided into halves by a plank or brick partition eighteen inches high, and above which the boat will float. In the centre of each half, but within the reach of the oars, will be another partition, extending only part way to the ends, which will...