The proposed Charles River bridge, between Cambridgeport and Back Bay, which in all probability will be constructed in a year or two, concerns Harvard in more ways than one. The value to the college of having this new route to Boston needs no explanation. The sooner the bridge is completed the better. But the fact that the bridge was to cross the two-mile course, used by the Union and Harvard boat clubs, for a while threatened to impair the boating facilities hitherto enjoyed by our various crews. Arrangements have at last been made, however, by the Union Boat Club, whereby the bridge will be so constructed that it will injure the present course in no material way. And so rather than a hindrance the new bridge will prove a real benefit, even to the boating interests of Harvard. For will it not afford increased opportunities to the spectators at the races?
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