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...final hearing on the Charles River Dam was held yesterday morning. Dr. Henry J. Barnes, who appeared for the Tufts Medical School, said that if a permanent dam were constructed the Fens Basin would become a stagnant pool and that sewage would collect there in the absence of frequent flushings...
...hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission yesterday, it was decided to put an end to the present system of oral hearings. There will be one more session on Thursday at 10 o'clock in the rooms of the Metropolitan Park Commission, 14 Beacon street. The Committee will then receive written statements, reports and data from the engineers retained by the parties interested; the counsel will put in briefs concerning the various points of discussion; and conferences will be held, for a time not to exceed four days, between the committee and the opponents of the plan. This system...
...hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission yesterday morning the plans for the dam were discussed at length by engineer Blake and City Engineer Jackson. Mr. Jackson said that the construction of the dam would be beneficial to the upper harbor and would improve the condition of the district about the basin...
...Pollard--an essay written in such a lucid style and marked by such a clear and sympathetic understanding of the subject as to be equally pleasant and valuable. "The Misdirected Vengeance of Bucknell," by S. A. Welldon, is a strong story, well worth reading; "Greer's Dam," by L. M. Crosbie, is stronger in plot than in treatment...
...Storrow summed up the arguments for the dam, and after emphasizing its value in furnishing a park and promoting health, said that it would cost the city practically nothing. For though the expense of building the dam, be said, would be $1,200,000, this is but half the sum which has been expended on the new Cambridge bridge. If a dam bearing a roadway could have been built in place of this bridge, the city would have not only secured the dam, but would also have saved about $1,000,000. A dam with a roadway could be built...