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...feet of fencing. In a semicircle just about the gate itself a suitable inscription will be wrought, and above that, a rectangle will contain the words "Given by the Class of 1881." Surmounting the whole, there will be a cross encircled by a wreath. The iron gates, three feet wide and ten feet high, will be supported by square posts of wrought iron eleven inches square...
...Common, and purchased this year by the University, is now at the grounds of the Astronomical Observatory where it will be set up this spring. On account of the enormous size of the telescope and the peculiar mounting which it necessitates, a two-story building 15 feet wide and 27 feet long is being erected to enclose it. The lower floor will contain a silvering room, and the upper will accommodate the observer. The telescope will probably be mounted about the end of March...
...straightaway track for the hurdles and sprinters, 60 yards long and 8 yards wide will be built across the middle of the present circular track on Holmes Field, and it will be ready for use immediately after the Christmas recess...
...from 15 to 50 feet. At the ends the height of the dam will be 21 feet above mean low water, about the present level of the street at the Cambridge end of Craigie bridge. On the lower side of the dam there will be a roadway 85 feet wide, and on the upper side a park or embankment of 6 3-4 acres. There will also be an esplanade constructed by the City of Boston, extending from Charles Bank park to Charlesgate East, making a drive and walks in the rear of Brimmer and Beacon streets. On the Cambridge...
...filling, 400,000 cubic yards; concrete masonry, 41,000 cubic yards; piling, 490,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 1,100,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riprap, 10,000 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting...