Word: transit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...party to make the trip consisted of several of the officers of the Boston Elevated Railroad Company and members of the Transit Commission. The time of the trip was about fifteen minutes, including short stops at Kendall and Central squares. It is expected, however, that the running time when the subway is in actual operation will be about eight minutes...
...Boston end of the Cambridge tunnel will be completed in the course of a few months. The Cambridge portion of this rapid transit system is already finished except for some small matters which are now being completed. The subway should thus be open by April...
Work on the terminal of the Cambridge subway near Harvard square is being pushed in order that it may be completed in time for the opening of the new rapid transit line in December. The steel frames for the machine shop and for the inspection shed, built on solid concrete foundations several feet below the level of the surrounding streets, are already erected. Several tracks are also laid from the mouth of the subway leading to the yard and shops. The terminal yard lies between Boylston and Murray streets. Beside the shops there is a large storage yard...
...eight-oared shell presented to the University Boat Club by Walter Cabot Baylies '84 to replace that injured in transit from England, arrived yesterday. It will be rigged immediately, and after being christened tomorrow will be given a thorough trial by the University crew. The shell is from the shops of Sims & Sons, of Putney, England. The four-oared shell, made by the same firm, and presented by S. Shillito '79, will be shipped in the near future...
...Harvard square. The floors of the two tubes have been cleared and are now ready for the tracks. These will be laid at once and it is hoped that the electrification will be completed during the summer. However, the cars cannot be run in the Cambridge division until the Transit Commission has finished the Beacon Hill tunnel now under construction. The Elevated Company, which is doing the Cambridge work, anticipate that their division will be completed well in advance of the other section, probably some time in the early fall. At that time that surface cars will be moved back...