Word: construction
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...question whether the Boston Elevated Railroad Company shall construct an elevated structure or one or more subways in Cambridge is to be decided by the voters of Cambridge at the 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...
...language that has grown naturally is always hard to learn. Is it possible to construct an artificial language? Many linguists feel that such a thing is impossible, but the international method of writing music disproves this. In all grammar there is a great deal of unnecessary repetition which makes a language likely to be mishandled. Such words as "telegraph" and "volt" can be understood in many countries at the present time. It is possible then to construct a language the vocabulary of which will already be partly understood. The present difficulty is to select one language and to make...
...planned to construct, as the result of this year's work, a large geological map on the same scale as the model. The class is working in Swampscott, Peabody, Lincoln, Wellesley, Dedham, Braintree, Quincy and Hull...
...acting as clerks and stenographers in civil and commercial life. In great measure the efficiency of American occupancy depends upon these young men. There are no opportunities in the city for healthy relaxation, amusement and exercise. To meet this need a sum of $25,000 has been given to construct a building which shall contain a gymnasium, reading room, billiard room, etc. To furnish these rooms, committees have been formed at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Yale committee has agreed to furnish the gymnasium at a cost of $1,400. Princeton the billiard room. Pennsylvania...
...present buildings on Soldiers Field will form a continuation of one side of the horse-shoe, and it is probable that other proposed buildings will, in time, be constructed to continue the other side. The stadium will provide seats for spectators at all the contests now held on Soldiers Field except baseball games. It will therefore be necessary to construct a new baseball diamond and grand-stand. The amount of steel in the existing grand-stands, however, will be sufficient to make a permanent baseball stand and there will therefore be enough permanent stands to seat the spectators...