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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1922
Page
3
Boston elevated management announces all articulated snake cars will be junked by fall. The two box cars joined by a center compartment will give way to newer pattern trolleys. An order for 100 semi con vehicles has been placed, signaling a major modernization.
J G Brill Company of Philadelphia to deliver convertible trolley cars in August for surface lines feeding system tunnels. Cars weigh 30 000 pounds vs 60 000 plus for older cars, allow wider doors, aisles and seats, and may operate as one man cars if needed. Cost about 1 006 000 dollars for the fleet, funded from depreciation reserves.
At the monthly meeting the executive director of the American Association for Organizing Family Social Work from New York spoke on the current industrial situation and commented on the society's March reports from 14 districts.
Police Commissioner Wilson set vacation rules for officers. Vacations run June 2 to November 22 with limits of one eleventh of each division away at once. No relief days July 3 4 Sept 4 12 Oct 12 Nov 7. New appointees get one day off weekly, others none. Vacations will be assigned by lot.
An extra heavy blast during cellar work at Calumet Street and Huntington Avenue in Roxbury shattered glass and sent earth and rocks flying. Dozens of pedestrians were struck by debris as the blast echoed through the neighborhood yesterday afternoon.
A rock-throwing incident caused over 100 in damage to plate glass storefronts and residences on Huntington avenue. A dentist Dr William C Eastman suffered a shattered office window. residents Louise Lyons and Carrie Merrifield were frightened as windows broke. Several men were struck on the leg but none required medical care.
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