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Page 34
... 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 ferries is a continually ...
... 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 ferries is a continually ...
Page 110
... tunnel . I entertain no doubt on that point , sir . Q. Suppose free communication were determined upon , the running of the ferries without tolls , what , in your judg ment , as between a bridge , a tunnel , and a free ferry , would be ...
... tunnel . I entertain no doubt on that point , sir . Q. Suppose free communication were determined upon , the running of the ferries without tolls , what , in your judg ment , as between a bridge , a tunnel , and a free ferry , would be ...
Page 111
... tunnel considerably longer in order to get down below the river , and to make the approach easy . I found the tunnel , which had recently been finished , in operation between two bridges . The bridges were 800 feet apart , the tunnel ...
... tunnel considerably longer in order to get down below the river , and to make the approach easy . I found the tunnel , which had recently been finished , in operation between two bridges . The bridges were 800 feet apart , the tunnel ...
Page 112
... tunnel would have taken the travel against the ferry - boat as well as the bridges . I was con- vinced by this that the tunnel would be satisfactory . I went through the tunnel and examined it . The water was sixteen feet in depth at ...
... tunnel would have taken the travel against the ferry - boat as well as the bridges . I was con- vinced by this that the tunnel would be satisfactory . I went through the tunnel and examined it . The water was sixteen feet in depth at ...
Page 113
... tunnel were also much easier than in mine . I had made a very easy grade . Our county wants one made with a rise of one foot in ten ; and the grades I found in Chicago , were one foot in six- teen , and one foot in eighteen ; mine were ...
... tunnel were also much easier than in mine . I had made a very easy grade . Our county wants one made with a rise of one foot in ten ; and the grades I found in Chicago , were one foot in six- teen , and one foot in eighteen ; mine were ...
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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