Boston subway lease sparks debate on public works control
The forthcoming Boston subway lease to West End Street Railway outlines a 20 year use by the company with 4.875 percent of net subway costs as annual rent plus tolls for car passages. The contract grants power, maintenance duties, and city access while allowing future additions, changes, and private wire privileges under commission oversight. Public figures like Louis D. Brandeis expressed caution pending formal review and public hearings.
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Fall River
Union Station
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West End Street Railway Company
George A. Lancaster
James H. Mellen
Lynn & Boston Railroad Company
Seollay Square
Lynn & Boston Company
Washington Street
Devonshire Street
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Boston Transit Commission
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
West End Street Railway
Tremont Street
Boylston Street
Scollay Square
Park Square
Commonwealth
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Louis D. Brandeis
Warren & Brandeis
New Haven Adopts Electricity for Rail Lines
Indications are that the New York New Haven Hartford railroad will extensively convert trains to electric motive power next year. Plans include a large power station at Berlin to operate a line between New Britain and Hartford and extensions from Berlin to Middleton or Meriden.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Berlin
New Britain
Hartford
Middleton
Meriden
Community events fill Boston area schedule tonight
Union No 9 of the Boilermakers holds its fifth annual ball January 22 at Lyceum Hall East Boston. Harvard professor Edward Cummings lectures on Industrial Revolution at Parker Memorial. MA RI Young Men's Christian Association conference at Melrose Association features talks by Luther Gulick Willard Waterbury and L L Doggett with discussions and social hour followed by supper. Brookline Education Society hosts Merr E Gates on Sidney Lanier. Cambridge Prospect Union hosts a public license debate with Herman Bird and Dean Wright.
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Parker Memorial
Edward Cummings
Harvard College
Young Men’s Christian Associations
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Melrose Association
Luther Gulick
M. D
Springfield
Athletic League
Associations of North America
J. K. Wilson
Melrose
Willard E. Waterbury
L. L. Doggett
Association Training School
Brookline Education Society
Merr
E. Gates
Amherst Colege
Sidney Lanier
Cambridge
Prospect Union
Cambridgeport
Herman Bird
Dean T. F. Wright
Union
Robert E. Ely
Maternal Tip Promotes Dr Bull’s Croup Syrup
A historical notice touts the use of Dr Bull's Croup Syrup as a timely preventive remedy, calling it a mother's friend for childhood croup and the need for prompt administration.
Slap at Mayor Besom Sparks Liquor Enforcement Clash
In Lynn the Common Council debated liquor control as Councilman Jones urged stricter enforcement of nonlicense laws. He accused city leaders of lax enforcement, alleging open sale at hotels and widespread arrests over a weekend. The 18 to 5 vote passed, provoking accusations of partisanship and a “slap at Mayor Besom.”
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Jones
City of
Committee On Police
Bessom
Market slumps amid Montana mine rumors and court actions
Stocks drifted irregularly with weakness overall as Montana rumors swirl and Montana lawyers visit bank offices. Butte & Boston advances and a court decree on its sale move reorganization while dividend news and Lamson National Cash ties draw attention. A separate receiver for Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain is sought.
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Knowles
Mont
Butte & Boston
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J. B. Forsyth
G. A. Miner
James Pierce
J. H. D. Smith
George Whitney
G. H. Forsyth
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New York
New York City
National Cash Railway Company
Lamson Company
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
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Bondholders’ Committee
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad
Charles Parsons
Pinkham
Pickpocket victim reported in Bryantville store
Harriet H. Briggs of Bryantville reported to police yesterday that in a Washington street shop a pocket was picked of a Bryantville and Plymouth Bank bank book and $5 in cash.
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Harriet H. Briggs
Bryantville
Dorchester Avenue
Washington Street
Bryantville and Plymouth Bank
Gas Victims Buried After Roxbury Asphyxiation Tragedy
The funeral of Mrs. Lawrence, her daughter Sophia, and Freeman A. Sawyer, victims of a gas asphyxiation, was held yesterday afternoon from 37 Newcomb Street Roxbury. Rev. Mr. Sweet of Cambridge officiated and spoke of the accident. Interment followed at Mt. Hope.
British schooner condemned after grounding at Steel Island Harbor
The British schooner George W. Everette bound from Shulee Nova Scotia to Boston went ashore at Steel Island Harbor Maine and is condemned as a total loss. Other notes include the Clyde steamer Morgan City’s Wilmington to Charleston route, crew changes in fruit trade steamers, and a lightship relay at Gooseberry Neck. A death in Argentina, a safety survey of the Mary E. H. G. Dow, and a fire on Salacia near Portland are also reported.
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Shulee
N. S
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Leech
Wilmington
N. C
Clyde Line
Charleston
Jacksonville
Lewis Wharf
McGrath
Boston Fruit
Gooseberry Neck
Buzzard’s Bay
Yarmouth
Baker
Mary A. Low
Buenos Ayres
Apalachicola
Simpson
Mary E. H. G. Dow
Maine
Board of Survey
Salacia
Portland
Maine Coast Navigation Company
Kennebec River
Woman Lawyer Defends Self in Gargan Hastings Suit
In Suffolk Superior Court Judge Blodgett presided as Bridget Hastings faced a claim by Thomas Gargan for 338 dollars in professional services from 1895. Hastings cross examined witnesses and argued her rights, while Gargan and fellow attorneys testified the bill was too low. The trial was adjourned to the next day.
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Bridget E. Hastings
Suffolk Superior Court
Blodgett
Christopher F. O’brien
Gargen
J. W. Corcoran
Mr. O’brien
Mr. Corcoran
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