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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1878

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3

Supplemental Facts from South Boston Horse Railroad Report

The annual 1878 statement to stockholders reveals miles run 961,878 and passengers carried 5,062,789 in 151,931 round trips. Receipts from passengers rose to 287,722.81, with average horses for the year at 444. Improvements include six new box cars and renewed rails and timber, plus ongoing track work and costs to feed and bed horses around 900. Official notes urge authorization to issue up to 500,000 additional stock to meet Dover street route needs and to maintain a projected six percent return on capital with a two percent surplus for improvements.

Middlesex Railroad Company Washington Street Summer Street Summer Lincoln, Beach Federal Kneeland Streets Old Colony Depot Boylston Tremont Streets Charlestown Temple Place Tremont Street Cornhill Haymarket Square Sudbury Street Scollay’s Square Brattle Street Washington, Summer and Chauncy Streets Harrison Avenue Beach Federal Streets South Boston South Causeway Portland Merrimac Washington Summer Streets Highland Street Railway Metropolitan Company Scollay Square Court Hanover Streets Inghland Company Boston and Maine Railroad Highland Street Railway Company Sudbury and Court Streets Metropolitan Railway Company Metropolitan Railroad Norfolk House East Boston Ferries Chelsea Ferry Egleston Square Forest Hills Warren Street Dorchester Meeting House Hill Mt. Pleasant Dorchester Avenue West End Jamaica Plain Board of Aldermen Alderman Whidden New Court House Pemberton Square Omrd Spalding Hayden Slade Whidden Harris Yras Guild McLean Stebbins Faunce Robinson Wiles South Boston Horse Railroad Company Metropolitan South Boston Company John Eenarene Company New York John Stephenson J. Pratt Beach Street Jones & Co Troy N. Y Fifth Street Dover Street

Paper from Wood Lecture at Society of Arts Meeting

Stephen M. Allen described wood pulp manufacturing at the Society of Arts in the Institute of Technology building. He traced wood fiber sources and grinding methods, noted patents from 1847 and 1863, and showed raw materials and models of machinery used in producing paper pulp and related products.

Society of Arts Institute of Technology Stephen M. Allen Massachusetts Germany Allen Manila

Wintershed prizes awarded at Walnut Hill range on Christmas Day

The Wintershed match at Walnut Hill range concluded on Christmas Day with L L Hubbard winning first choice scoring 25 24 aggregate 49 and selecting a silver plated water cooler. Remaining prizes including silverware opera glasses pistols two rifles carving set and other items were allocated by score in order to William Poland W H Jackson E B Souther J A Lowell J B Osborn D Kirkwood O M Jewell H Taylor J N Frye N W Arnold H Mortimer W E Guerrier J Borden A W Howland W Howard D G Durgin E C Spofford D F Hunt GW Davison J B Parker Col Nathaniel Wales H F Libby J L Stevenson J W Frost.

Walnut Hill Range L. L. Hubbard William Poland W. H. Jackson E. B. Souther J. A. Lowell J. B. Osborn D. Kirkwood O. M. Jewell H. Taylor J. N. Frye N. W. Arnold H. Mortimer W. E. Guerrier J. Borden A. W. Howland W. Howard D. G. Durgin E. C. Spofford D. F. Hunt GW. Davison J. B. Parker Col. Nathaniel Wales H. F. Libby J. L. Stevenson J. W. Frost

Motives Discussed By Charles G Ames At YMCA Ethics Class

Charles G Ames editor of the Christian Register spoke on motives to the YMCA ethics class in Franklin Hall. He contrasted physical and ethical studies and argued that intention guides action and determines moral worth, noting differences among individuals and the supremacy of virtuous motives.

Franklin Hall Charles G. Ames Christian Register Desire Trivilli Station Three Charles F. Hastings Allston Street Hastings Providence Winthrop House Alliston Street Tinkham

Buisu School of Elocution and Theatre Arts

The regular matinee by Miss Minnie J. Osgood at Buisu School of Elocution showcased a well blended program and praised her clear voice and instruction from Prof. Blish. Also highlighted are reviews of The Witch of Endor, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Carmen, Pizarro, Danites, and Carlyle Petersilea academy readings, with notes on Kellar shows and ongoing Boston theatre offerings.

Buisu School OF Elocution Minnie J. Osgood Blish Miss Osgood St. Michael’s Papa Mona’s Waters Annie Willie Mumford Endor Music Hall Saul Boston Her Majesty’s Opera Company Pizarro John McCullough Howard Aruena Howard Carlyle Petersilea’s Academy Union Hall Boylston Street Department of Elocution Academy of Music Charles F. Atkinson Squre Eva Phillips Charcoal Man Clara Ellard F. A. Taber Alice Smith Psycho

Norfolk County Officials Close Year With Relocations and Prisons

Norfolk County Commissioners wrapped up the year with records of road relocations including Needham Central avenue and Quincy avenue, prison labor contract, boiler and registrar upgrades, and indexing of deeds and probate records. Superior Court juries convened. Cambridge Fire Department reported fires, alarms, and budget. Accidents, legal notes, and miscellaneous items followed in dense urban briefs.

Norfolk County Jenks Follett Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company William H. Tibbetts Central Avenue Needham Eben Denton Allen Street Braintree Said Street Quincy Avenue J. KE Rice Pleasant Street Jackson Square East Weymouth Daniel Seen Mill Street Randolph Levi Stearns Granite Street Quincy House of Correction Philander Derby Court House Office of Registrar of Deeds Safford G.W. Wiggan Superior Court Henry A. Darling Hyde Park John T. Greenwood Medway Edmund B. Andrus George W. White, Jr C. Q. Tirrell Asa French G. W. Kelly

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