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...meeting of the Charles River Dam Commission yesterday morning, the effect of the construction of the proposed dam on the public health was considered. Reports on the subject were made by H. H. Goodenough of the State Board of Health, Assistant Engineer C. B. Putnam of the Boston Park Department and W. F. Learned, town engineer of Watertown. These reports showed that the public health would not be menaced by the construction of the dam, in spite of the fact that a large amount of sewage is poured into the Charles River daily. Following the reports, the Committee proposed...
Reports from several city departments and civil engineers were presented yesterday at the public hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission, but were held over until a later hearing. Statements were made by the city engineers of Cambridge and Newton, showing that the plans of those cities would not be hampered by the proposed dam. It was decided to postpone the next hearing until February 3, because of the illness of one of the engineers, whose presence is then required. This will also give the party in favor of the dam more time to prepare its preliminary argument with which...
...reports on the feasibility of the dam were presented yesterday at the public hearing of the Charles River Dam Commission. No stated decision was reached, but the statement of the Cambridge city engineer showed conclusively that the building of a dam would benefit the working of the sewerage system. The first report directly in favor of the dam was read yesterday by the Metropolitan Park Commission urging its construction on the ground that it would beautify the river and add to its utility...
...public hearing will be continued today from 10 to 1, as the reports of several boards still remain to be read. The Dam Commission will then adjourn until January 27, when the next hearing will be held...
Owing to the illness of one of the civil engineers the hearing for today has been postponed until tomorrow. The feasibility of the dam is the main question before the next hearing. Expert opinion will be presented by several civil engineers...