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... a year ago , because the bill was reported by the committee of which I have the honor to be chairman , which owns 135 acres of land , bought at an expense of some two or three cents a foot , if I am not mistaken .
... a year ago , because the bill was reported by the committee of which I have the honor to be chairman , which owns 135 acres of land , bought at an expense of some two or three cents a foot , if I am not mistaken .
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Of this sum , the receipts from teams were $ 71,130.32 ; from foot passengers , $ 92,773,53 . We will suppose that all the foot travel is East Boston travel , and that half the team travel is East Boston travel ; and you then have about ...
Of this sum , the receipts from teams were $ 71,130.32 ; from foot passengers , $ 92,773,53 . We will suppose that all the foot travel is East Boston travel , and that half the team travel is East Boston travel ; and you then have about ...
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Last year , the directors passed a vote to fit up their steamboats and exclude team travel entirely , after they freed Charlestown bridge ; and we fitted up one of our boats exclusively for foot passengers , supposing that we could ...
Last year , the directors passed a vote to fit up their steamboats and exclude team travel entirely , after they freed Charlestown bridge ; and we fitted up one of our boats exclusively for foot passengers , supposing that we could ...
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We get more from foot passengers than the East Boston ferry , and it is from the foot passengers that we get the profit . Q. How about the expenses of renewing these boats ? How long are they likely to last ?
We get more from foot passengers than the East Boston ferry , and it is from the foot passengers that we get the profit . Q. How about the expenses of renewing these boats ? How long are they likely to last ?
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It is now worth about three cents a foot . An advance of 25 per cent would only bring it up to four cents a foot to - day . Therefore , I think it is safe to say it would be worth 25 per cent more . Q. Then your land would be increased ...
It is now worth about three cents a foot . An advance of 25 per cent would only bring it up to four cents a foot to - day . Therefore , I think it is safe to say it would be worth 25 per cent more . Q. Then your land would be increased ...
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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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