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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 6 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Catholics and their churches. (search)
fence of the old burial ground at Harvard Square; for there was no other bridge until the West Boston Bridge was constructed in that year. St. John's Parish, and Church of the Sacred Heart. In 1828 Cambridge was made a part of the parish of Saint Mary's Church at Charlestown, and her people attended services in the church of that name upon Richmond Street, placed under the charge of Father Byrne,—the bridge between East Cambridge and Boston having been completed in 1809, and that to Prison Point in Charlestown in 1819. A Sunday-school was organized about 1830 in the Methodist Academy building, at the corner of Otis and Fourth streets, and Mr. Daniel H. Southwick was its first superintendent. The children, after their lessons on each Sunday, were formed in line and marched to the Charlestown church, to take part in the services there. About the year 1836, in consequence of the erection of the new bridge, the glass works, and the pottery works, which had been established, a nu
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
rer. The Cambridge and Charles River roads became a part of the West End system in 1887. The West End now controls practically all the street-car lines centring in Boston; it has adopted the overhead electric system, and is furnishing service and equipment unsurpassed by any street railway in America. To illustrate the extent of the travel between Boston and Cambridge, William J. Marvin, Bridge Commissioner, has prepared the following table:— Traffic over West Boston, Craigie, Prison Point, and Harvard bridges, April 18, 1896, between the hours of 6 A. M. and 7 P. M.. Teams.Horses.People.Bicycles.Cars.Passengers. West Boston Bridge4,035,5,4669,9022461,04620,231 Craigie Bridge7,28410,92614,91320256312,695 Prison Point Bridge1,9752,9163,96295 Harvard Bridge3,8014,8517,9983,35247813,750 ———————–—–—–—–—–—– Total17,09524,15936,7753,8952,08746,676 The writer wishes to express his regret that this exhibit of the financial a
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), General Index. (search)
le, General, notifies Gage of removal of powder from Charlestown, 23; apologizes to the Cambridge people, 24. Brattle, Rev. William, 236; his salary, 237; donations to, 237. Brattle Street (the Watertown highway), 8, 28; Tory Row on, 28. Brick-making, : 387. Bridge, John, statue of, 51, 234; its dedication, 51. Bridge, Samuel J., presents statue of John Bridge to the city, 51. Bridges: Great Bridge, 4; West Boston, 4, 29, 110, 395; Harvard, 4, 106, 108; Craigie, 29, 30; Prison Point, 29; River Street, 29; Western Avenue, 29. Bridges, streets tributary to, 20. Brighton (Third Parish, Little Cambridge), 9, 16, 236; annexed to Boston, 9. See Third Parish. Broad Canal, 30, 31, 109, 110, 127. Broadway (Clark Road), 37. Broadway Common, 121, 138. Brooks, Phillips, 163, 255. Browne and Nichols school for boys, 212-214. Bryce, James, on American municipal government. 59. Buckingham, Joseph Tinker, 219. Buckley, Daniel A., founder of the Cambridge
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
not, up to this time, received a release of the reversionary rights of Mrs. Lechmere and her children; for obvious reasons he preferred to let this part of the title remain in the hands of his relative, Mr. Haven. As early as June 21, 1806, he seems to have submitted a claim against the Commonwealth for damages on account of a breach of the covenants of warranty, in the deed of the Lechmere estate to Cabot; for when he sought, at that date, to improve his property, by building a dam from Prison Point in Charlestown to Lechmere's Point in Cambridge and erecting mills on the same, the General Court inserted in the act of incorporation a provision that it should be of no avail or effect . . . . until a release and discharge of all the covenants of warranty made by this Commonwealth of any of the lands conveyed by said Commonwealth, lying at or near Lechmere's Point mentioned in this Act, shall be obtained from the person or persons who are legally authorized to make such release or disc
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 13: civil History. (search)
Canal (or Craigie's) Bridge are related in chapter XII. The sharp rivalry between the proprietors of West Boston and Canal Bridges, and between land-owners especially benefited by the one or the other, resulted in the erection of other bridges and the opening of several new streets. Prison Point Bridge is said to have been erected by virtue of a charter, granted June 21, 1806, to Samuel H. Flagg and others, as Proprietors of the Prison Point dam Corporation, for building a damn from Prison Point in Charlestown to Lechmere's Point in Cambridge, and erecting mills on the same. No dam was constructed nor mill erected: but in 1815, Prison Point Bridge was built for the benefit of Canal Bridge; and this is presumed to have been done under authority of the charter for a dam granted in 1806, partly because that charter authorized the proprietors to construct a travelling path across the dam, not less than thirty feet in width, and partly because in an act relative to the Boston and Low