STONE & WEBSTER INC
SC 13G/A, 1999-02-11
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                   
                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                   
                          INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN
                                   STATEMENTS
                       FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) (c)
                                   AND (d) AND
                      AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                  RULE 13d-2(b)
                   
                                Amendment No. 20*
                   
                          Stone & Webster, Incorporated
                                (Name of Issuer)
                   
                                  Common Stock
                         (Title of Class of Securities)
                   
                                    86157210
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                December 31, 1998
                      (Date of Event Which Requires Filing
                               of This Statement)

                     Check the appropriate box to designate
                        the rule pursuant to which this
                               Schedule is filed:

     /x/  Rule 13d-1(b)

     /_/  Rule 13d-1(c)

     /_/  Rule 13d-1(d)

     * The  remainder  of this cover  page  shall be filled out for a  reporting
person's  initial  filing on this  form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The  information  required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed"  for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other  provisions of the Act  (however,  see
the Notes).

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CUSIP No. 86157210                      13G                    Page 2 of 5 pages

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1.   Name of  reporting  person,  I.R.S.  Identification  No.  of  above  person
     (entities only)

          Committee  under  the  Employee  Investment  Plan of  Stone & Webster,
          Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries.

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2.   Check the appropriate box if a member of a group*

          (a) (  )

          (b) (  )

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3.   SEC use only

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4.   Citizenship or place of organization

          Massachusetts

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                              5.   Sole Voting Power
     Number of                          None (no change)
     shares                        ----------------------------------
     beneficially             6.   Shared Voting Power
     owned by                           1,390,297
     each                          ----------------------------------
     reporting                7.   Sole Dispositive Power
     person                             None (no change)
     with                          ----------------------------------
                              8.   Shared Dispositive Power
                                        1,390,297

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9.   Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

          1,390,297 (See Note A of attached Schedule 13G)

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10.  Check box if the aggregate amount in row (9) excludes certain shares*

          ( )

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11.  Percent of class represented by amount in row 9

          Approximately 10.7%

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12.  Type of reporting person*

           OO
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                     * See instructions before filling out!

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CUSIP No. 86157210                      13G                    Page 3 of 5 pages

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

Item 1(a).  Name of Issuer:

                Stone & Webster, Incorporated

Item 1(b).  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

                245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02210

Item 2(a).  Name of Person Filing:

                Committee under the Employee Investment Plan of Stone & Webster,
                Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries

Item 2(b).  Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

                245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02110

Item 2(c).  Citizenship:

                Not applicable

Item 2(d).  Title of Class of Securities:

                Common Stock

Item 2(e).  CUSIP Number:

                86157210

Item 3.     This  statement is filed  pursuant to Rule  13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and
            the person filing, the Committee under the Employee  Investment Plan
            of Stone & Webster,  Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries, is
            the Committee which administers an Employee Benefit Plan.

Item 4.     Ownership

            (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:  1,390,297 at December 31, 1998 (See
                   Note A)
            (b)  Percent of Class:  10.7%
            (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:
                  (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  None
                  (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  1,390,297
                  (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
                           None
                  (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
                           1,390,297

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CUSIP No. 86157210                      13G                    Page 4 of 5 pages

            Note A:  The  filing of this statement shall  not be construed as an
                     admission that  the undersigned  is, for  the  purposes  of
                     Sections 13(d) or 13(g) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
                     1934, the  beneficial owner of  the securities  covered  by
                     this statement.

Item 5.     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

                Not applicable.

Item 6.     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

                Participants in the Employee Investment Plan of Stone & Webster,
                Incorporated  and Participating  Subsidiaries, and  the  trustee
                under the Plan, have the right to receive or the power to direct
                the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of,
                the common  stock of Stone & Webster, Incorporated to which this
                report relates.

Item 7.     Identification  and  Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
            the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

                Not applicable.

Item 8.     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

                Not applicable.

Item 9.     Notice of Dissolution of Group.

                Not applicable.

Item 10.    Certification.

                By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
                belief, the  securities referred  to above were acquired and are
                held in   the ordinary course of  business and were not acquired
                and  are  not  held  for  the purpose of  or with  the effect of
                changing  or  influencing  the  control  of  the  issuer of  the
                securities and were not acquired and are not  held in connection
                with or as a participant in any transaction having  that purpose
                or effect.

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CUSIP No. 86157210                      13G                    Page 5 of 5 pages

Signature

      After reasonable  inquiry and  to the  best  of  my  knowledge and belief,
I  certify  that  the information  set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.


Date:  February 11, 1999

                 Committee under the Employee Investment Plan
                 of Stone & Webster, Incorporated and Participating Subsidiaries




                 By:  /s/ JAMES P. JONES
                          James P. Jones
                          Secretary


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