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I think I am right in saying that the inhabitants on Charles river , at Watertown , made application a year or two years ago to the legislature , saying that , if the commonwealth , or city , or anybody else would undertake to excavate ...
I think I am right in saying that the inhabitants on Charles river , at Watertown , made application a year or two years ago to the legislature , saying that , if the commonwealth , or city , or anybody else would undertake to excavate ...
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The hearing on Wednesday will be principally confined to considering the proposition to fill up Charles River , on the northerly side of Beacon , Brimmer and Charles streets , from West Boston bridge to at or near the Cross Dam ...
The hearing on Wednesday will be principally confined to considering the proposition to fill up Charles River , on the northerly side of Beacon , Brimmer and Charles streets , from West Boston bridge to at or near the Cross Dam ...
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They do this on general principles , and from no particular interest which the city has in the Charles River ; but without intending to speak , at present , finally and decisively on the question , I believe that my brother Shattuck is ...
They do this on general principles , and from no particular interest which the city has in the Charles River ; but without intending to speak , at present , finally and decisively on the question , I believe that my brother Shattuck is ...
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The city of Boston , as they are now advised , think that any proposition to reduce to a substantial extent the water - area of Charles River is an exceedingly dangerous one . Mr. INGALLS . I wish to say in regard to the statement made ...
The city of Boston , as they are now advised , think that any proposition to reduce to a substantial extent the water - area of Charles River is an exceedingly dangerous one . Mr. INGALLS . I wish to say in regard to the statement made ...
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There is thirty or forty feet of mud here in parts of the Charles River , and in some places the channel is twentyfive feet deep . And where it is proposed to put the line , the wall must be built on the line of this channel ; and such ...
There is thirty or forty feet of mud here in parts of the Charles River , and in some places the channel is twentyfive feet deep . And where it is proposed to put the line , the wall must be built on the line of this channel ; and such ...
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