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...report of the committee on the construction of the Charles River dam will be filed in January, and until that time nothing definite can be done about the matter...
...chief objections to the building of the dam has been the fear that sewage would accumulate in the basin. With a view to ascertaining the truth of this statement, chemical and bacteriological analyses of the water were made under various tidal conditions, especially in regard to the dissolution of sewage in still fresh water; and all the sewers opening into the basin and its tributaries were examined both in dry weather and in storm overflows. The temperature of the water has been systematically watched all summer...
...reports from the engineers who have been holding conferences for the past month in connection with the proposed dam across the Charles River will probably be presented to the committee the latter part of this week. The expert engineers have been examined by Mr. J.R. French of Providence, who has recently been appointed head of the water works in New York. The petition that the time be extended has been granted by the State Committee on metropolitan affairs, so that the report of the Dam Commission will not be presented until the next session of the legislature...
This summer, the commission will make special efforts to examine the temperature of the basin, the currents and the tides and how much danger there is of causing malaria by constructing the proposed dam...
...first of a series of private conferences by expert engineers, representing those who are opposed to the construction of the Charles River dam, will be held today at the rooms of the committee, 14 Beacon street. From the material gathered at these conferences, together with the great mass of testimony already received, the committee will make out its report, which is intended to be complete by next December. Definite action upon the proposed dam will probably not come until the session...