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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1910
Page
4
Mayor Fitzgerald has decided on most appointees for major city roles not covered in his first batch sent to the Civil Service Commission last Friday. Four positions remain undecided: superintendent of streets fire commissioner building commissioner and superintendent of public buildings. The latter is almost settled.
The mayor plans to reappoint City Treasurer Charles H. Slattery Corporation Counsel Babson Superintendent of Printing James H Smythe and Assessor Fred Bolton. Thomas J Carlin seeks bathboard as Lawrence M Stockton departs and Thomas A Mullen and John F Kennedy look likely for the board of schoolhouse commissioners. George W Morrison likely to lose Building Department head post to David Chapman with Ward 16’s John Ritchie also slated to depart. The mayor hints at a shake up, keeping bath department on a three headed panel, and Downey declines another Overseers term leaving A Warren Dorchester unlikely to receive an assessor post.
Councilman Matthew Hale plans to defend Commissioner of Soldiers Relief John E. Gilman before the Finance Commission and City Council. The Civil Service Commission’s action on Gilman’s appointment, watched by political circles, could decide whether Mayor Fitzgerald or the Finance Commission controls city appointments. Mayor Fitzgerald believes Civil Service may not block his choices and anticipates public support if challenged.
Dr. Robert Booth, chairman of the Millbury board of health, favors cleaning the Burbank hill reservoir and installing a new pumping station pump. He argues these steps would improve water quality and reduce air and germs in the supply, noting the well has not been cleaned in 15 years. The board has not committed to action.
Promotion offers Chase & Sanborns Seal Brand Coffee in two pound cans at 39 cents per pound, with bulk purchase pricing available.
Signor Guilio Gatti Casazza real estate executive and Metropolitan Opera general manager marries Miss Frances Davis Alda prima donna of the company in Alda's hotel apartment ceremony performed by Judge Charles W Dayton. They plan to sail for Paris after Chicago season then return to New York.
Boston Opera Company offers stock at 100 dollars per share to gain priority for season seats. Stockholders may subscribe for one seat per share for 20 weeks or all subscription performances. Sales close April 14, with stockholders maintaining equal privileges to prior holders.
W H McGrath and Miss Hattie Baldwin wed on the Riverview rink floor while a band played. The ceremony occurred on skates with a justice of the peace and bridal party also on skates. The bride wore pink with a pink floral wreath and carried pink carnations as the groom prepared to depart for a train to St Paul.
Memorial services at South Congregational Church urged a lasting tribute to Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale. Proposals included a church tablet a central city statue and a weeklong meeting house for civic and philanthropic work.
The Eliot Girls Club of Dorchester gears up for its third annual dance on April 6 at Catholic Union Hall with confetti and moonlight dances. Aids include Alice Lee Mabel Gleason Emma West Annie West Mildred Arnold and Molly Bleit. Officers: President May A Tannor Secretary Bloise Shields Treasurer Jennie Lintaman.
At the concert a speaker quips that conducting Hamburger's Wienerwurst symphony strains a man and hints the conductor could use a refreshing lager. The remarks reflect playful banter over the demanding performance.
Senator Turtle's measure to exempt the hands of the Boston Railroad Holding Company from taxation faces an unfavorable report from the rules committee. The panel will decide whether the Turtle bill should be admitted to the Legislature.
The piece reviews a pivotal bill affecting the Boston & Maine rail improvements and Holding Company bonds. Governor Draper backs legalizing bonds for savings banks while opposition fears double taxation and possible constitutional issues. Attorney General Malone’s ruling is awaited with Governor Draper potentially addressing the Legislature by special message.
A reunion of St. Paul’s Dorchester parishioners will be held in Intercolonial Hall Roxbury on tomorrow evening. The event will feature a public home welcome for Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson D D auxiliary bishop of Boston who has just returned from a Rome visit.
Seth Morton Vose, Boston’s oldest art dealer and a key figure in American connoisseur circles, died in Providence at 78 or 79. He introduced Barbizon painters to the U.S. and built a renowned gallery at the Studio Building. His Boston patrons included Peter C. Brooks and other notable collectors. his Carats collection once fetched $92,000 for five paintings in 1887.
Governor Draper’s price probe commission, led by Chairman Robert Luce and Commissioner Edward F. McSweeney, schedules a fact finding mission to Montreal to study cost of living and tariffs. They aim to gather definite figures on cross border living costs and tariff relationships.
New York April 3 The outing of Harry K Thaw from Matteawan while the suit of Hart ridge to recover 920000 from Thaws mother is on trial in the US Circuit Court has sparked rumors of a hidden motive in bringing Thaw to New York City. Men close to Thaws former associates say the trip conceals a plan to rescue the Stanford White slayer.
A tense scene near the Tombs and Federal building suggests a possible attempt to spirit Thaw into a waiting car and flee to Jersey. Deputies faulted for lax custody as old associates monitor his movements from the Tombs to the Astor House and back, with whispers that "something is doing" uptown.
The Boston Press Club will host an illustrated lecture on Flashlight Photography of Big Game by William Lyman Underwood at 3 Beacon Street in new clubquarters. Free for members. On the same evening Franz Fagen Burgstaller will perform zither music.
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