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Cambridge Electric Co., which is adjacent to Harvard on Western Ave., must use steam to turn the turbines that produce electricity for its customers. The leftover steam is then piped to Harvard for use in heating the Harvard Houses and the buildings in the Yard area...
Although Cambridge Electric must produce more steam to meet Harvard's demands than it requires to turn its turbines, Harvard is always assured of at least minimal steam heating as long as Cambridge Electric operates...
...Many of Harvard's buildings are heated with waste steam which is pumped directly from the Cambridge Electric Co. to the buildings through steam tunnels...
...less severe than in other urban communities. A substantial occupational danger exists where University-employed workers sand down old vinyl and asbestos floor tiles to make a flat surface on which to lay new ones. Pipe insulation installers become covered with crumbling asbestos sealants while working in the steam tunnels that connect Harvard buildings. The incessant swirl of stop-and-go traffic around Cambridge exposes us all to fibers ground off brake shoe linings. Demolition and construction activities on the Nathan M. Pusey Library and Canaday Hall constitute another major source of asbestos pollution...
Combustion Engineering, a Stamford, Conn.−based maker primarily of steam-generating equipment, over the previous 16 months had announced a series of major contracts that had driven its stock up to a January high of 106 ¼ per share. Gradually, the price settled back, to 75⅛ last Monday, but the stock continued to be held by many institutions whose chiefs regarded it as an attractive long-term investment. But last Tuesday the Wall Street Journal published a back-page article under the three-column head: "Combustion Engineering's Order Surge May Have Been Based on Risky Deals...