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...committee appointed by the state legislature to take action upon the construction of the Charles River Dam completed a bill on Monday which was substantially approved by the parties favoring the dam and those opposed to it. The bill in its present form will be presented before the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs and Harbors and Public Lands in the State House today...
...Youngman '95 presented yesterday at the hearing on the construction of the Charles River Dam a bill differing only in minor points from the previous bill submitted by the subcommittee appointed by the legislature. The hearing was adjourned until 3 o'clock today, when it will be resumed in the State House...
There will be a public hearing in Room 436 of the State House, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, on the proposed Charles River Dam. At the last meeting, a few amendments were suggested, and the interested parties were urged to confer and agree on a bill before today's meeting...
...Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, and Harbors and Public Lands, in the Massachusetts legislature, have appointed a sub-committee to draw up a bill on the proposed Charles River dam, which, it is expected, will carry an appropriation of about $3,000,000. This sub-committee consists of Senator Porter, chairman, house chairman Rounds, and Senator Seaver, from the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs; and of Senator Gaylord, chairman, house chairman Sherman, and Senator Foster, from the Committee of Harbors and Public Lands...
...joint committee of the Massachusetts Legislature having in charge the report of the Charles River Dam Commission, has announced that the first of the public hearings to admit evidence for and against the proposed improvement will be held on next Tuesday morning. It is probable that not more than two meetings will be required to hear the evidence on both sides. Nathan Matthews, ex-mayer of Boston, and W. S. Youngman '95, have been engaged as counsel by those favoring the construction of the dam, and W. D. Turner and J. R. Dunbar, by those opposing the project...