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... building of ships . The number of ships entering Boston harbor is very much less than ever be- fore ; the number of ships being repaired in East Boston yards is very much less than ever before . The loss of that business is the secret ...
... building of ships . The number of ships entering Boston harbor is very much less than ever be- fore ; the number of ships being repaired in East Boston yards is very much less than ever before . The loss of that business is the secret ...
Page 34
... building a bridge or building a tunnel . In the case of a bridge or a tunnel , you lay out a large capital , and build a thing which stands forever , and re- quires but little expenditure in the way of repairs ; but this matter of free ...
... building a bridge or building a tunnel . In the case of a bridge or a tunnel , you lay out a large capital , and build a thing which stands forever , and re- quires but little expenditure in the way of repairs ; but this matter of free ...
Page 50
... building a bridge , supposing that to be possible ? A. I should say , so far as I understand the case , that a bridge would be quite a different thing from a ferry . Q. Now , sir , why do you say that freeing the ferries would increase ...
... building a bridge , supposing that to be possible ? A. I should say , so far as I understand the case , that a bridge would be quite a different thing from a ferry . Q. Now , sir , why do you say that freeing the ferries would increase ...
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... building . There has been a large increase of Q. It would not go across the bridge with the tolls on ? A. No. It went around through Malden into Chelsea when the tolls were on the bridge . Q. Don't those vegetable teams that come from ...
... building . There has been a large increase of Q. It would not go across the bridge with the tolls on ? A. No. It went around through Malden into Chelsea when the tolls were on the bridge . Q. Don't those vegetable teams that come from ...
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... building ships . There was a period , I think it was in 1854 or 1855 , when we were building clippers for California , when we built in Boston , principally at East Boston , about 50,000 tons a year . It is very much reduced at the ...
... building ships . There was a period , I think it was in 1854 or 1855 , when we were building clippers for California , when we built in Boston , principally at East Boston , about 50,000 tons a year . It is very much reduced at the ...
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accommodations Adams amount Annie attendance average whole number Board boats boys bridge building cent Chairman Charles Chelsea Chelsea bridge city of Boston city proper cost course Deer Island dollars Dorchester drawing East Boston ferries Edward Emma expense feet ferries free Frank free ferries freeing the ferries gentlemen George George H Girls give Grammar Schools Grand Junction Railroad Grand Junction road Head Assistant hearing Henry High and Normal highways House increase instruction interest Ira Allen James John JULIUS EICHBERG land Latin School Lizzie Mary matter Maverick square Number Belonging number of pupils old ferry passengers petitioners Primary Schools PUTNAM question Railroad real estate repairs Roxbury Roxbury High School Sarah school-houses side South Boston street Sub-Committee suppose taxation teachers team travel tion tolls Total town tunnel valuation Ward wharf William