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Boston (Mass.). City Council. OPENING ARGUMENT OF HON . CHARLES R. TRAIN . FOR THE PETITIONERS . ... if adopted , to make the ferries free between the main and East Boston ; and they have asked me to conduct the hearing which has been ...
Boston (Mass.). City Council. OPENING ARGUMENT OF HON . CHARLES R. TRAIN . FOR THE PETITIONERS . ... if adopted , to make the ferries free between the main and East Boston ; and they have asked me to conduct the hearing which has been ...
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men could be found who would construct a bridge that would satisfy the wants of the people of East Boston ; and accordingly , I took ground in the legislature against it , but unavailingly ; because in the legislature , as elsewhere ...
men could be found who would construct a bridge that would satisfy the wants of the people of East Boston ; and accordingly , I took ground in the legislature against it , but unavailingly ; because in the legislature , as elsewhere ...
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I shall , as I say , call your attention to the effect of the present system of taxation upon the city proper in reference to this question , and then I shall ask your attention to the situation of East Boston itself .
I shall , as I say , call your attention to the effect of the present system of taxation upon the city proper in reference to this question , and then I shall ask your attention to the situation of East Boston itself .
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East Boston became a business Ward . That , I propose to substantiate , to some extent , by the observations and opinions of gentlemen whom I shall call here . I shall claim , that freeing the ferries , so that a party may come across ...
East Boston became a business Ward . That , I propose to substantiate , to some extent , by the observations and opinions of gentlemen whom I shall call here . I shall claim , that freeing the ferries , so that a party may come across ...
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Then , for the purpose of showing , as well as I may , that Boston ought not to run these ferries free for the benefit of East Boston , I shall endeavor to establish several propositions : First . That East Boston has no claim to free ...
Then , for the purpose of showing , as well as I may , that Boston ought not to run these ferries free for the benefit of East Boston , I shall endeavor to establish several propositions : First . That East Boston has no claim to free ...
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 2 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1872 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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