Efforts Denounced in Fight Over Boston & Eastern Railroad
The Boston & Eastern tentative company sends a statement to the Post defending its finances amid attacks on the electric rail project. It cites promoters like Hon. William H. Gove and Melville Woodbury, asserting the MacArthur Brothers Company are active engineers and contractors shaping the project from inception, not merely financing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Eastern Electric Railroad
Boston and Siustem
Commission
MacArthur Bros. Company
Massachusetts
William H. Gove
Salem
Melville Woodbury
Beverly
William 58. Nichols
George O. C. Vaughan
William EB. Bixby
John H. Linehan
John H. Bickford
MacArthur Brothers Company
Brackett Succeeds Ames as Massachusetts Governor in 1890
John Quincy Adams Brackett, born Bradford New Hampshire June 1842, educated Harvard Class of 1885, Harvard Law School, Suffolk bar. He served in the Massachusetts House, became speaker, was lieutenant governor, acted as governor during Ames illness, and represented the state at Ohio's centennial. He retired after one year as governor to resume law practice.
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John Quincey Adams Brackett
Oliver Ames
Mr. Brackett
Arlington
Bradford
N. H
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Brackett
Suffolk
The
Commonwealth
Ohio
Ames
Plymouth
Harrison
MacArthur Company backs Boston & Eastern rail plan
The MacArthur Brothers Company of New York, with 5 million in paid capital and a long record of reliability, supports the Boston & Eastern railroad. They plan to mobilize capital once a Massachusetts charter is granted, with several large institutions ready to join, though no urgent subscriptions are issued yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur Brothers Company
New York
Boston & Eastern Railroad
Dun's
Bradstreet
Boston & Eastern
MacArthur Company
Massachusetts
Lost East Indians Sent to New York
Pedro Fernandez and Raman, two Tamil coal passers from a British steamer, were found wandering in the streets and shipped to New York aboard the Metropolitan line steamer Yale in custody of an inspector. They will be turned over to Captain Thirkell of the Indramayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Line
Yale
India Wharf
New York
Pedro Fernandez
Raman
Far East
Thirkell
Indramayo
Shoe Strikers Confident as Strike Drags in Salem
The shoe workers strike in Salem enters its third week with no settlement in sight. Over 10 workers are out, crippling shops. Strikers receive pledged financial support from locals in St. Louis Rochester N Y Cincinnati Chicago Marlboro and Hudson. Manufacturers reject arbitration and may close down rather than yield. Talks of moving operations circulate but no decision announced.
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Salem
United Shoe Workers
St. Louis
Rochester
N. Y
Cincinnati
Chicago
Marlboro
Hudson
Howard
Kingdom May Be Patched Up
Efforts to patch the hole in the bow of the barkentine Kingdom ashore on Mud Island were under way as fair weather allowed a possible float and tow to Yarmouth for repairs. Customs Inspector Churchill visited the island to inspect four people who landed from the vessel. all are well housed or tented with ample provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Barkentine Kingdom
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
Churchill
Barkentine
Boston School Hygiene Leader Talks on International Congresses
Dr. Thomas Harrington, Boston director of school hygiene, reports from Paris and Brussels that American school hygiene is among the best and that Europe plans to adopt Boston methods. He notes focus on preventive medicine at Paris and on physical exercises and open-air education at Brussels, praising Boston’s open-air schools and tubercular-child programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Harrington
Boston
Paris
Brussels
United States
America
Franklin Park
Germany
Hub Secures Second Chinese Interpreter at Boston Port
Increased Chinese immigration at Boston since becoming a port of entry last February prompts another interpreter. Henry Chin Hing, previously in San Francisco, joins the Boston staff alongside S. F. May to streamline examinations of arriving Chinese nationals. Frank Koehler becomes local immigration stenographer, formerly at San Francisco.
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Boston
Henry Chin Hing
San Francisco
S. F. May
Hing
Frank Koehler
Reservations for Pacific coast field training urged
Washington August 29 The War Department was urged to purchase two large reservations on the Pacific coast for field training of troops The recommendation came from General Thomas H Barry in his annual report as commandant of the Department of California He named the Atascadero reservation in California and the American Lake reservation in Washington as examples of suitable sites.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Atascadero Reservation
California
American Lake Reservation
War Department
Thomas H. Barry
Department of California
Three Prices Proposed for Same Service by Highway Commission
Ex Representative Joseph Leonard, counsel for the United Improvement Associations, stated that the Highway Commission recommends a new rate schedule. The plan would allow suburban and business subscribers to pay three different prices for the same telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Leonard
United Improvement Associations
Highway Commission
New Telephone Rates Show Varying Prices, Same Service
Leonard argues subscribers may pay 173 147 or 118 for city service and 66 42 or 52 8 for suburban service yet receive the same level of service. He urges public study and expert advice to pick contracts that fit actual needs under the Highway Commission plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Highway Commission
The
Whose Team Is This Photo Identifications Reveal Local Drivers
The Post lists fifteen drivers who identified team horses and lineups for local firms. Gar rett Doyle of 742 Sixth Street South Boston leads the Boston Wet and Dry Wash Laundry team with a horse Dan. Other drivers include James Shea of Brookline for Eastern Oil and Gasoline Company, Arthur Jones of Cambridge for Hathaway Son, and more across Somerville Roxbury Dorchester Newton and East Boston. Each driver received gold, and the pages name the firms, addresses, drivers, and horse names such as Bruce Wall ace Major Ben Diamond Sweet Marte Sis Nellie Jack Tom Dick Billy and Jim.
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Garrett Doyle
Sixth Street
South Boston
Boston Wet and Dry Wash Laundry Company
Boston Street
Dan
Sunday Post
James IF. Shea
Brookline
Eastern Oil and Gasoline Company
East Cambridge
Bruce
Wallace
Arthur G. Jones
Porter Road
Cambridge
Hathaway & Son
Porter Square
Bakers
Doll
Patrick H. McCarthy
Concord Avenue
Somerville
Carl ‘A. Weitz
South Street
Major
Charlie
Theodore Mortimer Northrup
Winthrop
Churchill
Winthrop Express
Robert C. Strain
Woodward Avenue
Roxbury
J. T. Kilduff
The
Jaynes Drug Company
Ben
Michael O'Neil
Erie Street
Dorchester
Granstein & Co
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Diamond
Lauchlin V. McTsaac
West Street
Newton
M. O'Keeffe & Co
Centre Street
Sweet Marte
Eugene FE. Graves
American Express Company
S. Baldrey & Co
Saville, Somes & Co
Tom
Thomas BE
Sullivan
Sumner Street
East Boston
P. S. Huckins
Border Street
East
Boston
Billy
Edwin E. Wetmore
Alexander Street
Hotel and Railroad News Company
Franklin Street
Sis
William Culkeen
Byron Street
Chelsea
Maverick Streets
Nellie
W. L. Snow
Washington Street
Empire Coat and Linen Supply Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Jack
Deaf mutes attend New England Gallaudet Assoc convention
About 300 deaf mutes gather in Portland for the 27th annual New England Gallaudet Association convention. President Frank W. Bigelow of Boston proposes repairs to the Gallaudet monument in Hartford and begins steps to fund Hartford school centennial celebrations in 1917. Rev. E. C. Wyand of Boston delivers oration on The Deaf Man's Place in Nature.
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Portland
New England Gallaudet Association
Frank W. Bigelow
Boston
Gallaudet
Hartford
Conn
Hartford School For the Deaf
E. C. Wyand
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Maurice Ketten
Wali
Verne
Wwalie
Joan
Ailes
Eastern
Earth
Sky
Pinkham & Smith Company
Boylston St
Bromfield St
Mass
Old Bay State
Afer
J. Q. A. Brackett
Europe
HUB
Jamaica Plain
Frankie, Peck
Wareham
Belle
Virginia
Sterling Lie
Pavonia
Tivoli
Narraganse
Petts-Vogel Company
Roston
South End
Post
Northern Pacific Service
N.P
Washington Creamery
Pokegama
Royal North Coast Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Kansas City
North Pacific Coast
Land of Fortune
Old South Bldg
C. E. Foster
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