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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1891
Page
6
An electric car advances with an improved storage battery promising operation without overhead wires. The feature highlights innovations enabling autonomous charging and greater range for urban and interurban use. Experts note potential impacts on public transit and industry competition as development continues.
The electric car system reports lower operating costs in June due to single motor use in open cars and the end of the Edison contract. Officials anticipate further savings of two to three cents per mile once large engines power up. By snow, 400 long cars and electrified routes to Jamaica Plain Tremont Street South Boston Charlestown and Sullivan Square are planned, triggering Lynn and Boston’s electric line to Lynn, with West End ordering 150 new long box cars and full system electrification imminent.
The Edison General Electric and Sprague Electric suits against the West End road shift to an October answer date as lawyers prepare a test case for patent disputes. Judge Wallace grants a six month stay and bonds in lamp patent cases Brush Electric wins against Storage Battery firms, signaling ongoing turmoil in electrical rail and storage battery tech. A Chicago novel electric car blends gas engine and electric drive, while new storage battery designs promise lighter, stronger cells. The West End audit notes June activity in electric railway matters.
The Rapid Transit Commission heard Henry Williams and Captain Joseph Meigs propose competing systems. Williams favored twin subways starting at Washington and Tremont streets with fourteentofthe-surface construction, while Meigs pushed elevated rail with broad speed and capacity claims. A Europe study trip was debated but no appointment made.
Editorial comments on William Russell and Henry Cabot Lodge shaping Massachusetts politics. Lodge emerges as a bold, capable candidate, feared by rivals yet backed by factions of the Republican Party. Editorial notes current railroad hearings and Billerica’s push for service improvements with detailed town records and costs.
Three hundred sixty nine candidates, including five women, will take the civil service exam in the Federal Building for Boston post office jobs. Among them 264 seek carrier roles, about 100 apply for clerk positions, and five aim to be porters. Examinations run mornings, with completion expected by Saturday.
Two men, Philip Kelly of Chelsea and Daniel Reardon of South Boston, were fatally injured when a staging collapsed on the Kitty at Long Wharf and they fell thirty feet into the lighter. They were sent to City Hospital. Another pair, John O'Hern and Charles Coakley, were injured at the New York & New England depot when coal fell from a bucket. They were taken to Emergency Hospital.
A long OCR listing travelers and guests by hotel brand names such as AT THE HOTELS, AMERICA, REVERE and others. Names include Crawford Gerry Springfield R I Jeffers Concord H N Libby Lisbon Shanley Montreal Mason Springfield Haywood Fitchburg Neall Connecticut Chase Putnam Plummer New Portland Mantu Provincetown Hollender Brooklyn Grant Orange Cranston Norwich Brown Springfield Morse Middletown Moore Philadelphia Foster Baltimore Mayer New York Moore Bellows Falls Moses Troy Call New York Wilson Washington Pierce Edgartown Antrim Chicago Tarbell Hartford Bronson Springfield Winslow New York Tyde Oakdale Parker’s Danvers Farrell Jersey City Carroll Elizabeth Ayer New York Mee Seaman Hitchcock Louis Venpome Joy Williams New York Mayo Chicago Coffin Washington Halliday Cleveland Sawyer Wellesley Lovell New York Shaw Albany Cresen Philadelphia Lansing Albany O’Brien New York Holt Philadelphia Lashweather Chicago Matthews Albany Wadhavis Louisville Wood Salem Providence Nantucket Coad Mystic Maynard Claremont Floss Auburn Dodsworth Buffalo Lenchevin New York Alburgh Reading Roberts New York Hagar Concord N H Conger Westfield Hubbell New York
May sue for false imprisonment. In Wrst Mepway on Aug 4 report says alleged White Caps may appear as prosecutors. Michael McGourty hostler at Quinobequin stables was arrested after the July 27 trial, charged as a principal in the assault on Herbert Pratt. McGourty was discharged when prosecutors failed to appear. his counsel hints at malicious prosecution. Parties stay reticent.
At Scottdale Pennsylvania on August 4 three men were recovered in the Moyer mine owned by W. J. Rainey. They are believed to have perished when the mine caught fire during the strike action earlier.
Boston money markets show scarce time money and firm rates with 6 to 7 percent active at Clearing House. Stock market declines touch several leaders led by Union Pacific as copper and metal prices weaken. Notable figures include Union Pacific at 39 percent, Western Union down to 78, and Bell Telephone trading near 178. Economic notes cover foreign exchange, gold movement, and pending redemptions, with a gloomy outlook for business paper and fall financing.
A list of preferred and common stock shares across multiple companies with quarterly or semi annual dates. Entries include Boston and Montana Miivine Co, Calumet & Hecla Mining Co, Canadian Pacific RR, Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR, Pere Marquette RR, Illinois Central RR, Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RR, New England Telephone and Telegraph Co, Procter & Gamble Co, and others with specific share counts and Aug 15 or Sept 1 dates.
Money on call eased to 1 to 2 percent with last loan at 1 3/4. Bankers’ bills and mercantile rates hold near 4.8 percent. Railroad and utility stocks fell broadly led by Union Pacific, Sugar, Louisville & Nashville, and Northern Pacific preferred. The market closed quiet but heavy, with total transactions around $598000.
Fragmentary OCR shows legal or listing codes with numbers and percentages. No clear event, person, organization, or place can be identified beyond Western Shore and Wales items. Summary limited to unreadable fragment context.
Foreign financial reports from London show Consols at 95 1/2 to 96 for both money and account, U.S. 4s at 119 1/4, do 4 1/2s at 103, and New York Central at 101 5/8. Berlin notes Imperial Bank specie rise, Paris reports 3 percent Rentes at 94 francs 87 1/2 centimes.
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