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...extension to the brick building containing the photographic negatives at the Observatory, will be built on the cast of the present building in the form of an ell about thirty-three feet long by twenty-seven wide. This addition, which will more than double the present capacity for storing negatives and valuable books, will contain seven fire-proof rooms, and a water-tight basement. When final plans are made, work will be begun, and it is expected that the addition will be finished by the first of next October...
...this law cannot be strictly enforced. This they would hardly have said if Mr. Roosevelt had strictly enforced the law, and the fact is that Mr. Roosevelt did not strictly enforce the law, -- all he did was to close the saloons, and as has been shown, there is a wide difference between the closing of the saloons and the prevention of the offences at which the law is aimed. The case of the affirmative rests upon the contention that the law must be enforced, simply because it is law. But we believe that the object of law is to secure...
...instrument has lately been purchased by the Observatory. It is known as a Ross-Geiss lens and will be used for photographing and charting the sky. It was constructed especially for this purpose, and will cover a larger field than any other instrument at the Observatory. Owing to its wide range it will now be possible to chart the sky every night, whereas previously this has been possible only three times a month, and consequently many phenomena have been unobserved. The instrument has already been put up and is now ready...
...chief opposition to the petition came from representatives of the Saint Paul's Catholic Association, which owns a large amount of property on the route. Several representatives of the Association spoke against the petition, saying that if the parkway was built a strip of land 35 feet wide would have to be taken from the Association and that the loss of this land would destroy its chapel and interfere with the convent school and the future plans of the Association. They also claimed that there was no call for the parkway on the part of the public and that...
...Brien of Cambridge, proposed a plan for a parkway 60 feet wide to be constructed by widening both sides of DeWolf street. This plan, he said would take but 10 feet from the Church property...