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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1891
Page
5
Vigorous protests arise over proposed routes, with demands to postpone decisions. Activists urge authorities to reconsider plans and announce a pause while public input is gathered. Local groups, regional leaders, and concerned citizens organize demonstrations and petition campaigns to influence timing and policymaking.
Treasury Department maintains pressure for new restrictions on Canadian rail routes to the West amid protests. Debate centers on Section 3102 sealing rules and preventing revenue fraud as officials weigh stricter frontier controls versus keeping transit and commerce flowing.
A new Johnston liner Sedgemore was launched from Baffin street dock Liverpool by Thomas Royden & Son. Built for cattle trade, she measures 420 feet long 46 feet 2 inches beam and 28 feet 6 inches hold with three decks plus spar deck. Accommodation for 1360 to 1400 cattle and engines for twelve and a half knots. Described as the largest vessel ever built on the Mersey.
The House adopted by a large majority a substitute for an adverse report on the grade crossing law. Debate featured Messrs. Moriarty White and Kimball of Fitchburg with positions on postponement and substitution. Other actions included liquor law tinkering debates, receipts and expenses of normal schools, and votes on teacher examinations, sleeping car ownership, and polling hours. The Senate adjourned without acting on a proposed amendment.
The Hon. Joseph P. Johnson of Provincetown died yesterday at 78. Born in Essex, Conn, he served as town meeting moderator for 28 years, was a representative seven years, two terms in the State Senate, director of Provincetown National Bank, Massachusetts Humane Society member, and a noted Mason and Dad Fellow. Colonel Eleazer Beal of Randolph, age 84, died yesterday after long service in town offices including town clerk and treasurer and school committee work. He was a civil engineer and held a colonel’s commission from the old militia era.
A series of marriage notices spans several towns and dates. Andrew J. Grant and Ellen F. Cotter wed by Rev E E Claxton in this city. Joseph Byron and Sarai M Healey marry in Salem by Hon Leonard Morrison. William H Marson and Abbie M Blanchard unite in East Milton. Justin W Thayer and Myrtie V Bates wed in East Braintree. Homer Manson and John Vorrey Linze join in this city. Robert L Cameron and Rachel McCullah marry in Newton Cambridge.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated April across cities like Randolph Boston Somerville Revere Newton Medfield Groton Weymouth and Melrose listing names ages and bereavement details including Eleazar Beal Lester Bartlett Phebe Curtis Elizabeth Clark Franklin Horton Caroline Dale Mary Eaton Lydia Hutchings Mary Hurd Edward Newell Martha Plummer Lucy Palmer John Robbins William Whiting Samuel Weale Joseph Wishart Eliza Wood Luther Webb with notices of funeral times and relatives invited to services where stated
An era of electric progress reveals how magnetism and electricity interlink affecting watch accuracy. The piece explains magnetism in steel and demagnetizing methods, then introduces a novel electric streetcar motor with roof-mounted gear and dual brushes for motor and generator action. It also notes a Boston fire department engine house lit by electric lighting and the push to nonmagnetic watches for safety.
No 1 Jolly Girl a fast pacer by Golden King with noted speed records, mahogany bay five years old and 900 pounds. No 10 Pickwick a seal-brown gelding 15% hands, six years, 1100 pounds, reliable family horse with high knee action. No 11 Marry Almont a coal-black gelding six years, 15% hands, 1060 pounds, superior road horse. No 12 Princes a 16 hand six-year-old seal-brown mare, 1125 pounds, extra action and capable road horse. No 1% Lady Alice a dark chestnut Morgan Cole seven years, 15% hands, easy saddle horse.
The Boston & Lynn Street Railway Co seeks $500000 more stock to electrify its line using overhead trolleys. Plans cover Haymarket square to Central square, Charles Town, and Chelsea routes with limited new wiring in city streets. Construction start date not announced.
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