Extravagance in Suffolk County offices criticized by FIN COM
The FIN COM concludes county expenses rose sharply from 1892 to 1908 driven by payroll growth and inflated court and clerk costs. It cites log-rolling, political appointments, and overstaffing as key causes while urging competitive bidding, civil service compliance, and higher Registry of Deeds fees to curb costs.
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Suffolk
Board of Aldermen
Commission
Supreme Court
Supreme Judicial Court
Suffolk County
Registry of
Treasury
Bourge
Civil Service
Land Court
Gommonwhalts
Massachusetts
Catharine Gallaher
Boston
May V. Melzard
Boston Post
Robert Grant
Esquire
Arthur W. Dolan
Register
County financial reform urged with detailed reports
The commission urges county officers to file clearly printed receipts and expenditures, plus a written year-end needs estimate. A definite appropriation for each office and a quarterly or monthly apportionment rule should be established to ensure proper budgeting and oversight.
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Fox
Moran Accountability Cites Higher Criminal Court Costs
Clerk Manning testifies in the criminal session that expense growth since Moran took office reflects a busier district attorney's office. He cites more witnesses and jury cases as driving costs, arguing the shift in case nature and volume, not extravagance, accounts for the rise.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Thigs
Moran
Manning
Superior Court
Fitzgerald Explains Suffolk Registry Department Costs
Fitzgerald explains that the Suffolk County register of deeds reorganized a previously inefficient registry. He notes lawyers faced weeks of delay before deeds were recorded, cites high initial costs for typewriters and system upgrades, and says future expenses will level off due to efficiency and lasting installations.
Atlantic shipping unsual summer lull at T wharf gains
The surf of summer fishing markets shows an unusual quiet as fish buyers report a rare lack of fare at T wharf. The Albert D. Willard will market first with 41¢ wordfish, while the Matiana returns from Gloucester for trials with Captain Fred Chapman aboard. The King Malcolm and other liners bring lumber and passengers, signaling a peak in westbound travel, and steamers like Muncaster Castle and Sachem schedule calls amid scarce coal charter rates.
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T Wharf
Albert D. Willard
Matiana
Green's
Chelsea
Dexter Malons
Gloucester
Fred Chapman
Fish City
Castle Island
Buenos Ayres
King Malcolm
Pallas
Leyland
Devonian
A. W. V. Trant
Liverpool
Castle Line
Orient
Sachem
Admiral Dewey
Jamaica
Limon
Port Limon
C. R
Fjell
Sama
Cuba
Ivernia
Horace W. Macomber
Thres Marys
Robert H. McCurdy
James Rothwell
Philadelphia
Mary E. G. H. Dow
Norfolk
George P. Hudson
Daylight
Baltimore
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Sees Numerous Arrivals
Arrived steamers include Calvin Austin Pike St John NB Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth Nantucket Nickerson Baltimore via Norfolk Persian meaty Yale Thompson New York James Whitney Crow ell New York Massachusetts Barrett New York Ransom B Fuller Blair Bath City of Rockland Sawyer Bangor Bay State Strout Portland Cape Ann Godfrey City of Gloucester tugs Ontario Hers ey Guttenburg Forest Belle Metacomet Thomas L Parker Sadie Ross Ross Gloucester Mass Hamilton A Mathis Ross Cumberland Svendsen Portsmouth NH and more. Ailed wind shifts bring Prince George Wildenfels rmod Newport News tugs Carlisle Paxtang East Silver Brook Cumberland Baltimore bubbles.
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Pike
St. John
N. B
Prince Arthur
Kinney
Yarmouth
Nantucket
Nickerson
Baltimore
Norfolk
Persian
Meat
Paxtang
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
N. H
Silver Brook
Cumberland
Irvington
Perth Amboy
Baffle
Bath
Bizarre
Buffet
Salem
Malcolm
Ital
Buenos Ayres
Frank Barnet
Mary W. Bowen
Eleanor A. Percy
Auburn
Nantasket Roads
Beth Ayres
Tunnel Ridge
Tamanend
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Boston Opera Company
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Boston Opera Tiss
Ralph L. Flanders
Huntington Ave
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Mason Financial CO
Milk ST
Colonial Loan CO
Dewey & 60
State St
First Bank of Boston
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Investment Co
Kilby Et
Near State
Ee . Ba
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Chool St
Aan
D. H. Tolman
Devonshire St
George's
Summer St
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Phila
George's Tailor
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Genoa
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Elena
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Foster
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Bar Harbor
Blue Hill
Sedgwick
Portland
International Division
Provinces
Union Wharf
Eastport
Lubee
Sheepscot Bay
Ptr
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R. B. Fuller
White Star Line
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Long Wharf
Foot State St
Prince George
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Halifax
Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
Michigan
Sagamore
House Tunnel Docks
Warren & CO
Compton and
Tremont Sts
Castle Sq
A. D. F. Adams
Fort Hill
Uw. Commercial Investment CO
H. Elwood
Ames Building
Workingmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
Add. P. C
H. van Dam
McNamara
McNamara & CO
Tremont St
Lincoln Trust
Weadhawn
Cutter Shorthand School
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Chandler Normal
Pope Bidg
Ot Ave
Mass
Huntington Avenue
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Lexington
Green
E. N. Paine
Tel
Worcester Co
A. Strout CO
Will H. Stone
Headrick, Cayanon
Norfolk House
Morley St
Rox
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Williams
Brookline
Ella A. Soule
Quincey
James H. Flint
John D. Cobb
Ghorgh Baird
Daniel C. Linscott
Allen Baird
Remingtons
Smiths
L. J. Peabody
Devonshire
Wellington
D. Bonner
Broadway Ne
J. Stane
Leverett St
R. Wise
Broadway Extension
Wellington ST
Kennard Ct
Elma Westervelt
Ce. M. Westervelt
Prof. Heinemann
Slyb
Tremont
Lawyer Hill
Court St
M. Hatch
Park Sq
Guy's
Canal St
Jamaica Plain Motor CO
South
Berry
Blue Hill Ave
McPhail , Emerson
Beeen Frantz M. Tanck
Carl M
Anderson
Tanck and Anderson
Prantz M. ‘Tanck
Frantz M. Tanck
Carl M. T. Anderson
Practical
Hawley Engineering School
Boston Auto School
Market St
Prov
U. S. Marine Corps
Maes
Carpenters of Local Union No
U. B
J. of _A
J. Gallagher
Lockport
N. Y
Nao
C. C
Haverhill St
James Coyne
Alberts
Washinngtes
THE
Rigby CO
Whitman
Congress
Franklin Ste
Plymouth Rubber CO
Stoughton
Keezer
Hawley St
Macallar Parker Co
Fuller Green CO
Lewis Wharf
Ney’s
Commercial Street
McDowell's
RESS
F. H. Roberts’ CO
Cross St
W. F. Scoarafft & Sons Corp
Bowker St
Wash
Siegel's
Albert Brooks Music CO
Home St
the Post
Samwatteens
John B. McKenna
Old South
Hale ST
Mass. Ave
Henry D
Water St. Neo
Halleck St
Me_chanic st
Tr .Tremont St
Warren St
Roxbury
Somerville Ave
Sy Lady
Putnam Ave
Cambridge
Taylor's
H. Yerxa
Central Sq
Postoffice
ALBEE
Mannoai
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch St
Revere House
Beaton
America
Cho
Chiston
Bryant & Stratton Commercial School
Boylston Street
H. E. Hibbard
Wee Tak Siy
the College of Common Sense
Massachusetts College of Commerce
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Graham
Pitman
Chandler
Oxford
O. BE. Comer
Walker Bldg
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