Electrification Debate Shapes Boston Rail Power Plan
Boston transit official urges compulsory electrification of steam railroads to cut congestion and raise profits. Harvard professor warns a $40 million cost risks higher fares and traffic loss, arguing staged electrification and careful impact on Boston’s rail network. The hearing, with former Mayor Matthews proposing plan submission by Sept. 1, 1912, resumes April 12.
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George G. Crocker
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Joint Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs and Railroads
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Nathan Matthews
Railroad Commission
Trawlers Load Record Haddock Pollock From T Wharf
A fleet of ten trawlers docked at T wharf delivering 317 900 pounds of fish including 197 000 haddock 107 700 cod 6 000 pollock 8 000 lemon sole and 200 halibut The Maud F Silva hauled halibut and the Spray lemon sole Prices for Haddock 6 1 4 cents Cod 6 1 2 cents Pollock 5 4 cents Cask 4 3 4 cents Several vessels including Spray Maud F Silva and Hortense are listed with tonnage and fares and the Nessfield from River Plate ports arrived at East Boston with the Northfield Steamship Co fleet The Snowdon Range British tramp steamer arrived from Fowey with 3638 casks and 50 tons of china clay at Mystic wharf The United Fruit Lillie arrived from Jamaican ports with five Baloon passengers and tropical fruit a debris piece from a vessel deckhouse noted near latitude 36 50 N longitude 70 45 W
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Gloucester Fisherman Returns as Passenger from Jamaica
A Gloucester fishing schooner crewman James Fitzgerald, recently wrecked off Newfoundland, arrived as a passenger on the Cal v in Austin from St John N B. He is destitute and will stay with friends until funds allow him to return home to Gloucester where a wife and child await. The Leyland steamer Lancastrian departs Hoosac docks for London with 25 000 bushels of corn 701 cattle 459 tons provisions 500 tons hay and 300 tons flour among other freight.
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April Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Cleared Vessels
Shipping notices list arriving steamers and schooners from Liverpool Rotterdam Buenos Aires and Kingston among others with ports including Philadelphia Portland and Gloucester. Cleared vessels include Lille Coronation and Emily F F Northam with tugs and barges moving along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Oysters Sent to Coast Waters From Boston
Fifty carloads of seed oysters for Washington State and British Columbia will be shipped from Boston within two weeks. One consignment of 25 carloads already started for the West. The oysters are two years old and will not mature for two years or more.
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