Boston Shippers Secure Their Freight Rate Interests
A Boston railroad official told the Post there is no danger that west bound differentials from New England will be abolished. He said railroads serving the region have protected New England for years to maintain profitable transportation and would oppose any measure harming New England. He noted recent pushes for government control of railroad freight rates and said railroads must protect themselves.
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New England
Taft Opinion Cited In Oil Antitrust Fight
In St Louis April 5 President Taft's stance in the Addyston Pipe case is cited as law during Kellogg's closing in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil of New Jersey for Sherman Act violations. Kellogg details profits and prices, noting vast earnings and claims of deep oil market control.
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ST. Louis
Taft
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
United States Circuit Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
William H. Taft
Addyston
Cincinnati
Secrecy in Bank Loan Case Leaves $22 Million Untracked
Mr Kellogg testified about the defendants secrecy and his failure to learn what happened to $22 million listed as a loan to P. B. Trainor. Even Mr Archbold on the stand did not know who received the funds.
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Kellogg
Trainor
Archbold
Election card caused trouble in Brookline town vote
Judge Perkins held three private sessions on a political circular circulated before the town election. The unsigned document bore a Richard Floyd signature and endorsed candidates. Floyd testified he did not sign it. Witnesses were examined on Wednesday and Saturday. outcome unclear.
New England Freight Rates Questioned by Rail Officials
Officials in Boston noted unease after New York meeting where trunk line managers discussed abolishing differentials. The motion was not expected to pass as no overturn in freight rates appeared likely. Berry and Barr of Boston & Maine, under President Tuttle, and President Mellen of New Haven & Hartford were in New York observing the matter.
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Boston
New York
New England
Berry
Boston & Maine Railroad
Frank Barr
Lucius Tuttle
S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Meaning of Differentials in Westbound Freight Rates
The article explains how Canadian railways secured freight rates five cents per hundredweight lower than fast lines due to longer hauls and slower times. It notes differential charges across freight classes, cites specific rates like 70 vs 65 cents, and quotes Boston Chamber of Commerce president Bernard J. Rothwell doubting withdrawal without unanimous consent.
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New England
Canadian Pacific
New York
New Haven & Hartford
New York Central
New Haven Road
Bernard J. Rothwell
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Police uncover opium joint after hotel burglary
Back Bay officers breaking up a hotel Somers t break in arrested two men and found an opium joint on Yarmouth street. Toppan Lithgow 24 identified as one intruder led to seven more arrests including Oscar Sears 21 charged with entering the hotel and assault with a loaded revolver. Other detainees named Francis Donnelly 17 Woodbury Broderick 18 Harry Nolan 19 Arthur Hawison 18 Lester Wallace 18 Frank Munford 18.
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Back Bay
Somerset
William E. Haskell
Yarmouth Street
Toppan Lithgow
St. Germain Street
Colonel Haskell
Oscar Sears
Haskell
Francis J. Donnelly
Norway Street
Woodbury
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Washington
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Boston Shippers
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Standard
Standard Oil Company
Standard Trust
Yvet
Rockefeller
Knox Spring
Charles B. Hubbell
Wied
Benjamins
Mears Ear Phone CO
Boylston St
People's Credit Company
Washington St
Cor, Winter
Great South End Credit
Lymansville
Anderson Gingham
Russia
Washington Street
Steubenville, O
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Jeanette
Adams Square
E. E. Erskine
Talbot GO
Luby Bros
Tremont Street
England
Germany
France
Belgium
New Zealand
Japan
Holland
Rhododen
Egypt
The
Nile
Bromfield ST
Fort Hill
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