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...Commissian has been making plans to extend the park system, above the Harvard Bridge along the river as far as Brookline street, crossing the Albany tracks by an overhead bridge. The sea wall will be continued some 280 feet and then turned in at an angle to meet a beach which will be constructed as far as the tracks. About 150,000 cubic yards of filling will be required, most of which will be taken from the river bed. This will reduce to a great extent the large mud flats which are so prominent at low water...
...following men will be in charge today: 9 a. m., F. L. Burnett, R. W. Locke, and W. S. Sugden; 10 a. m., J. W. Hallowell, C. W. Locke, and Warland Wight; 11 a. m., S. J. Beach, G. C. Clark, Jr., and J. F. Jennings; 12 m., Richard Derby, H. C. Shaw, and R. D. Swaim; 1 p. m., J. Dudley Clark and W. L. Gierasch; 2 p. m., C. C. Brayton and R. D. Swaim; 3 p. m. Gibson Bell and James Brewer...
...artificial bathing beach for the use of the general public is being laid out on the Cambridge side of the Charles river just above the Longwood bridge. The beach will be 800 feet in length and the breadth at low tide 180 feet. A raft has already been set out, with buoys and life-lines. During the summer, bathing houses will be provided free of charge and suits may be rented at a nominal cost. The now beach is a part of the Cambridge park system. It will be ready for use by the middle of next month...
Under the direction of L. G. Moore, weekly excursions will be made from the Prospect Union throughout the summer, to various points of interest about Boston. Trips have already been taken to Franklin Park, Spy Pond, Revere Beach and Norumbega Park. It is planned to take a party to the Navy Yard, where they will inspect the grounds and ships with the help of an officer who has agreed to explain whatever is necessary about the equipments and management of the Navy Yard...
...Cuban teachers in Cambridge a series of twelve geological excursions will be given for them; two in each week for six consecutive weeks. The fee for each will be $2.50. The arrangements are not yet complete, but the excursions will come in the following order: Medford, Prospect Park, Waverly, Beach Brook, Cambridge Clay Pits, North Quincy Tide Marsh, Almshouse Quarry, Hobbs Brook, Riverside Terraces, Nantasket, Clifton, Arlington Heights, Melrose. In addition to these excursions visits will be made once a week to large industrial firms in the neighborhood of Boston, and so far arrangements have been made for inspections...