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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
7
The big L train terminal at Sullivan Square handles hundreds of trains daily and is designed to meet future demand for years. Trains are managed with well planned switches and signals. Engineers in charge report a system praised by top railroad experts nationwide.
A planned oyster opening contest in Boston features Al Brown from Woodbury's cafe and John C. Hannigan, a South End fish dealer. Each deposited forty five dollars, ten dollars for oysters, with the rest to the winner. two bushels supplied, equal counts, referees present, and a signal to begin.
The three masted schooner Ella M. Storer arrived after 77 days at sea from Fernandina, far longer than normal twelve days. Captain Dix cited a northwest gale in February that damaged the cargo of 80,000 feet of lumber and forced tow to Bermuda, where workmen helped refloat the vessel after heavy weather. The under deck cargo totaled 319,000 feet of hard pine lumber prior to repair.
The rubber social invites residents to bring worn rubber items for a pile to be weighed for prizes. A Rubber Trust agent will recast materials after the event. The peanut walk offers prizes tied to peanuts won, with more prizes than the cake walk.
The House rules committee discussed redrawing congressional districts after the latest census. Saunders of Boston and Adams of Melrose were named to a sub committee to work with the Senate on rules. The plan calls for a 17 member joint committee with 4 Senators and 13 Representatives, predicting 3 Republican Senators, 1 Democrat, and in the House 11 Republicans and 2 Democrats. The new apportionment creates a 14 seat Congress and aims to form a strongly Republican Boston district.
Boston may protest a police license grant for a saloon near 305 Western avenue Allston as city workers frequent the area The drive against the license involves Mayor Hart Cambridge authorities and church leaders who weighed official protests and potential letters to the Boston Police Commission The dispute centers on workers exposure to alcohol near their jobs and requests to cover employees with similar protections.
Grace P. Atwell will take the prominent role of Juliet in the Rachel Noah benefit at the Park theater. The event draws personal friends and admirers from her professional work as part of a planned program for the fundraiser.
Miss Atwell appears in the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet with William Kelley of the Ben Hur company. The program closes with The Weathervane of Love performed by Miss Noah, Mr. Kelley, and Frank Harts horn.
The Boston stage scene this week features Siegfried at the Boston Theatre and Tristan and Isolde plus Les Huguenots at other houses. Henry V at Hollis Street Theatre highlights Mansfield stagecraft with Agincourt battles. Encore attractions include Sapho at Park Theatre and Fritz in a Mad House at the Orpheum, with many Boston favorites in the casts.
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