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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
16
Tube trains are expected to run to Dorchester by July 1917 and the South station section of the tunnel will be usable by March 1916. Upon Dorchester completion Metropolitan rapid transit will reach South Boston Dorchester Neponset Milton and Ashmont within two years.
Street railway workers see the Dorchester tunnel South station section as the vital link in Boston rapid transit and expect it to open by March 1, 1916. Trains from Cambridge and Washington street would cut travel to South station to three or four minutes, easing surface congestion at Washington and Summer streets. Dorchester tunnel service from Andrew square to South station would take about 15 minutes, with Dewey square work wrapping up as hoists are removed.
William H. Musgrave runs a Nay street boiler and machinery shop in East Boston. Plaintiffs Bigelow F Nay George H Libby Sidney C Peterson Henry C Mussells and Emma Goldinger own dwellings on Meridian and Conduft streets seek relief claiming pneumatic tools from Musgrave’s factory disturb neighborhood quiet and lower property values.
Attorney Henry T. Richardson, acting as master, directs a jury trial to decide if plaintiffs gain an injunction and damages from Musgrave over alleged neighborhood noise. Plaintiffs say Condor street is a pure residential area, noises cause headaches and drive tenants to vacate. Richardson cites tenants troubled by noises and notes property value impact. He reports Musgrave’s tooling noise customary and argues inability to stop without harming business invested about $17,000. he finds Condor street south side residential and Meridian east side residential with adjacent business areas.
Ethel Grant 18 and Margaret Grant 16 of Peoria Illinois were saved from six feet of water this afternoon by their brother Frank Grant 22 and Harold Emerson of Brooklyn New York, all summer residents here.
Ethel dislocated her right shoulder while diving from a raft and nearly drowned. Margaret swam to aid her, but the pair exhausted themselves before Frank and Emerson reached them to pull them ashore and revive them.
Lillian Gay a 22 year old Natick steam laundry worker from Portland Maine drank an ounce of iodine and is in serious condition at Leonard Morse Hospital Natick. Her roommate Maud Claflin found her dying at a Pond Street lodging house shortly after 9 pm.
Miss Marion N. Hammond of Malden daughter of Mr and Mrs H H Hammond will marry Lionel Fall Dartmouth 12 son of former Mayor George H Fall of Malden at Central Methodist Church. Maid of honor is Miss Margaret Stone with bridesmaids Misses Anna Miller Alma Holton K Louise McGurk Esther Jenkins. Best man is Howard Fall and ushers include Warren Upham Herman Fall Bennett Hammond and M De Mott Letherman. Reception at 202 Webster street Malden then couple to live at 13 Harnden road Malden.
In Pittsfield on August 23 Arthur Salzman filed a $1000 attachment against David Turner and his wife, parents of Clara 16, who eloped with Salzman to Great Barrington. Salzman, the son in law, is suing over the couple’s handling of their daughter's elopement and return. Papers are returnable in Great Barrington District Court Saturday.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a natural treatment for summer colds and related throat and lung troubles. It promotes a 50 year history of success and positions the product as a tonic for those who feel weak or run down.
Mayor Curley ordered an inquiry into a Saturday crash in Canton that left Francis Caverly, a Roxbury garage chauffeur, in a Norwood hospital with a fractured skull. The city car was wrecked. the garage said it was a brake test after repair. If joy riding is found, all city cars may be moved to other garages.
The court records show that neither Robert F. Coursey a Boston real estate man at 8 Concord Square nor his son were arrested during the Tremont street riots as reported by Philip J. Allston of Boston at a National Negro Business League meeting last week.
Morris Truckman a nine year old of 104 Brighton street was cut in the foot by stepping on glass on Essex street and sent to the Relief Station. A second boy So Yankalowitz ten years old of 2&6 ons street also reached 17 life Hospital in a similar incident.
Milford special election results show Matthew J. Carbary winning the tax collector seat in a four candidate field. He secured 791 votes out of 15 percent of the total ballots cast in a light turnout.
Arthur S. Phillips of Fall River representing Woolworths clashed with Retail Store Wage Board members at a Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission hearing. The session was adjourned to 11 o clock Thursday morning after his claims and ensuing discussion.
BE A Bardol representative contends the wage board rushed to $8.50 for experienced women in retail. He cites absence of Bardol and proxy votes while supporters defend the unanimous final decision. Testimony notes differing pay levels among workers and concerns about experience requirements.
Boston recorded 85 as heat and humidity surged across New England. Mrs. Lydia Wells of 62 Dover Street died from the heat while Irving L. Libbey of 35 Green Street suffered a prostration. The humidity climbed to about 25 degrees above normal, lingering in Boston until about 9 p.m.
The forecast predicts today and tomorrow will stay warm with little change. Wednesday should be partly cloudy with light southwest winds and no rain. Mrs. Lydia Wells, 62 Dover Street, died at City Hospital from heat after collapsing at her front door. Irving L. Libby, 35, treated at Relief Station for heat prostration and is recovering.
The body of Anders T. Sandell was found off Apple Island, Everett, after a yacht club outing from East Boston. A squall overturned a small boat carrying Sandell and four companions. the others were rescued. Commodore Albert Johnson of Albert John & Co. identified the body. About 100 club members attended the Apple Island event.
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