Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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"Whereas, it is understood that a financially responsible person stands ready to give the money for the construction of a new and adequate bridge between Cambridge and Brighton at Boylston street, and
Up to the present the Department of War, which maintains the arsenal at Watertown, has insisted that the proposed bridge conform to one or the other of the foregoing regulations, but it now appears that the War Department will consent to the construction of the bridge provided only that all...
At present all the property along the Charles River as far s the arsenal, with this single exception is under the control of the Boston Park Commission, the Cambridge Park Commission, or the Metropolitan Park Commission.
"Whereas, the only obstacle to the acceptance of this proposition is the refusal of the United States War Department to permit the construction, under present conditions, of a drawless bridge at this point of any less height than the new Cambridge Bridge, and
"Whereas, the consent of the department to the construction of such a bridge can be obtained if the only remaining commercial property above Boylston street be acquired for public purposes. therefore be it,