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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1898

Page

7

Boston House Debates Dipso Hospital Bill and City Power

The House battles over a Dipsomaniac Hospital appropriation and questions the Board of Apportionment proposed for Boston. Mayor Quincy faces opposition from Cambridge representative Ponce and other Aldermen amid a heated session with personal exchanges and procedural maneuvers.

Quincy Ponce Cambridge Boston Hayes Lowell Bennett Saugus State Highway Commission Representative Grimes Reading Mr. Bennett Grimes Allen Foxboro Judiciary Committee Senate House Committee On Metropolitan Affairs the Park Commission Point of Pines Lynn Woods Middlesex Fells Frances J. Horgan Massachusetts Pipe Line Company McCarthy Leland Templeton Samuel Whot Augustin Thompson Supreme Court Flynn Committee On Mercantile Affairs Board of Estimate Ajl New York Jones Melrose Horgan

Revival of New England iron industry aided by cheap coke

Executives from Hawley Furnace and other New England firms back Henry Whitney's plan via the New England Gas & Coke Company to lower coke costs. They argue cheaper fuel could revive iron, brick, and related industries, cut coal prices, and boost Boston manufacturing with broad community benefits.

Henry M. Whitney W. T. Runcie Hawley Furnace Company Good B. F. Good American Steam Packing Company New England Usher W. R. Usher Electrolytic Marine Salts Company Whitney New England Gas & Coke Company Twitchell G. R. Twitchell & Co Townley Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Boston Dewson Lewis Wharf Company Iron Industres Hunt

Morse Co Window Display Delights Passersby

Visitors admire Leopold Morse & Co. window arrangements featuring white as the dominant color in artistic designs. The display earns high praise for its elegance and craftsmanship and the store will stay open tonight until 10 o clock.

Washington and Brattle Streets Messrs. Leopold Morse &Co

Shipping News and Mini Almanac for Friday

Arrivals and sailings listed include steamers Halifax Pye and Maverick, Bayonne Deering Portland Penobscot Norse, schooners Colwell Hunt er Campbell and Nugget, and tugs N P Doane. Notable movements: wind NW, various barges bound for New York Philadelphia and Portsmouth. gunboat Machias sails for Key West. multiple vessels cleared and destined for Boston New York and Philadelphia.

Halifax Pye Boston Stanwood Yarmouth Maverick Rubells Bayonne N. J S. O. Co Bay State Deering Portland Penobscott Arey Langor City of Gloucester Ober Gloucester Cape Ann Godfrey C. J. Colwell St. John N. B Millville Smith Kennebec Winthrop N. P Doane Sears Bravo Baltic New York Mercury Degon Warren Nottingham Tingle Philadelphia Newburyport Portsmouth N. H Cledared Roman Liverpool Nugget

Dull and Firm Markets See Mixed Trading and Consolidation Talk

The report notes a quiet closing with firm tones in the Boston stock exchange. Boston & Montana slips then recovers around 38-4 while Butte & Boston shows strength, Old Dominion dips, and Arnold advances. A bear closes on several listings as talks of Montana and Butte consolidation surface amid a New York relocation plan.

Boston & Montana Butte & Boston Old Dominion Arnold Boston Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy A. S. Bigelow Montana New York State New York Company New York Richard S. Bolles Boston Stock Exchange Matthew Bolles Merrill Cochiti Cochiti Poe Ihee Pinkham Atchison Liz Luik Te Ae Mrs & M Gs Og & L S Lbs Atchison No Boston el Boston & Maine Buchburg England NH & H Ss .& Peaten Ee Union Pueile UPD West End Ewee Butte New England Sens Dom Coaler Ey Uv Ry Illinois Steel Mergenthaler Bay State Gas

Boston Stock Exchange Daily Sales Report

Official report from the Boston Stock Exchange lists the day’s highest and lowest prices, with closing prices and bid and asked figures for April 7. The summary includes typical market data readers expect for a single trading day.

Notice of Auction for Unpaid Storage Charges

Notice to parties with goods stored at Central Storage Warehouse Host Concord Street corner James Street Loston that charges due must be paid by May 20 9S else goods will be sold at auction. Listed parties include J E Bryant L B Colbert Ellen Darrah Della Mooney C M Baker Margaret Miller A J Bryer L B Lewis A M Kelley D Thomas T H Dinsmore H S Chase.

Concord St Cor. James Sr Loston J.E. Bryant L. BE. Colbert Elen Darrah Della Mooney C. M. Baker Margaret Miller A. J. Bryer L. B. Lewis A. M. Kelley D. Thomas T. H. Dinsmore H. S. Chase

Assignee Appointed in Insolvency of James Higginbotham

Suffolk ss Court of Insolvency announces James M. Simpson appointed assignee in the insolvency of James Higginbotham. The second creditors meeting is in Boston Court of Insolvency on April 15, 1888 at ten o’clock a.m. Creditors may attend and prove claims. Simpson, Glendon Street, East Boston, Boston.

Suffolk James Higginbotham Boston James M. Simpson Glendon Street East

Cambridge Superior Court Dockets and Notable Verdicts 1900s

Middlesex Superior Court sessions list civil actions and tort cases from Cambridge with verdicts and counsel. Includes Wood vs Massachusetts Mutual Accident Assn for $5472.25 and numerous railroad and city cases. divorce lists begin. some verdicts for defendant in Leary case. court cautions on case length and one-day limits.

Middlesex Cambridge Hopkins Kate I. Wood Administratrix Massachusetts Mutual Accident Association H. Cooney Whiie Silas G. Baker West End Street Railway Company C. Darling P. B. Runyan Hammond Catherine Leary Fitchburg Railroad Company G. L. Mayberry G. A. Torrey Rebecca C. Lesley Henry S. Angus Tor Harriman & Daggett Hale & Dickerman Murray West Pond St. Ry Gobey O'Connell Duffee Same Lynde Harriman Wendell Waite Bellows Milford Holliston & Framingham R. R. Co Bacon Hooper Joral Duggan McLaughlin Compt Coughlin Feeley Cameron Blanchard Cruikshank Taylor Cook and Jr Dewey

Astoria completes first all-rail line from east

The last spike was driven at Astoria Oregon on April 7 marking the completion of the Astoria and Columbia River road. This completes the first all-rail line from the eastern United States to reach Astoria, connecting eastern rail with Pacific transit.

Astoria Ore Astoria and Columbia

Harriman Wins $700 From Reading & Lowell Electric

In the third session of the Superior Court before Judge Bond yesterday Hiram Harriman recovered 700 dollars from the Reading and Lowell Electric Railroad Company. The suit sought twenty thousand dollars for personal injuries from being thrown from a car on January 28 1896 in Wilmington after the train derailed.

Superior Court Bond Hiram Harriman Reading & Lowell Electric Railroad Laintiff Wilmington

Petition to erect stable on Charlotte Street Boston 1898

The petitioner Charlotte Bradstreet requests permission to convert a wooden building into a stable for one horse on Charlotte Street Ward 24 near Blue Hill Avenue. The city Board of Health will review the petition on April 21 1898 after public notice in the Boston Traveler and Boston Post.

Boston Afalth Department Charlotte Street Blue Hill Avenue Ward 24 City of P Board of Health Charlotte Bradstreet Commonwealth Avenue Health Department Board of Health Boston Traveler Boston Post

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