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Page 31
Mr. Chairman , and Gentlemen of the Committee : — Since the hearing was began , three or four days ago . I have been employed to assist the distinguished gentleman who represented the petitioners on the first evening , in the ...
Mr. Chairman , and Gentlemen of the Committee : — Since the hearing was began , three or four days ago . I have been employed to assist the distinguished gentleman who represented the petitioners on the first evening , in the ...
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Instead of running four boats , you will very soon have to run six , and before a great while you will have to run eight ; and having to increase the number of your boats , you will have to ircrease the number of your slips , and you ...
Instead of running four boats , you will very soon have to run six , and before a great while you will have to run eight ; and having to increase the number of your boats , you will have to ircrease the number of your slips , and you ...
Page 41
... three or four times that sum ; and so the result will be , that to save the people of East Boston $ 125,000 in tolls , a tax of $ 400,000 or $ 500,000 will be levied upon the inhabitants of the city at large .
... three or four times that sum ; and so the result will be , that to save the people of East Boston $ 125,000 in tolls , a tax of $ 400,000 or $ 500,000 will be levied upon the inhabitants of the city at large .
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... running expenses from that time to this ; and I suppose we have sunk our capital four or five times . The gross receipts now have got up , so that it pays just about its ordinary expenses , leaving out the interest on the capital .
... running expenses from that time to this ; and I suppose we have sunk our capital four or five times . The gross receipts now have got up , so that it pays just about its ordinary expenses , leaving out the interest on the capital .
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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 more than the land generally in Chelsea ?
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 more than the land generally in Chelsea ?
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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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