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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1890
Page
2
A severe storm crippled streetcar service as fuse burnouts and stalled engines caused hours of delays. Electric plows failed and passengers faced long waits on routes via Harvard Square, Tremont, Boylston, and Shawmut avenues, while horse cars managed limited service.
The South Boston horse cars ran irregularly though double time was scheduled. Brook line and Somerville Cambridge lines largely on time with minor delays. Water town and Jamaica Plain lines faced significant issues. East Boston Charlestown routes were late. Chelsea on time. Revere Beach Lynn cars ran late into evening. Back Bay cars steady thanks to electric brooms. Overall, service considered remarkably good under the circumstances.
Amid a severe storm, multiple trains on the Eastern and Southern divisions of the Boston and Maine and related lines ran late. The Portland and North Conway connections, Bellows Falls Fitchburg route, Buffalo express, Fabyan’s Western line, Alton Bay Dover, and White Mountain express all reported significant delays. Central Vermont and Canadian Pacific service were disrupted due to wires failing north of Concord. A Concord special later carried Boston travelers to midnight. Southern lines including Old Colony, Park Square locals, Providence, and Shore Line trains also faced substantial lateness and service reductions.
Local and long distance trains faced widespread lateness with Old Colony Kneeland street and Albany routes experiencing delays from five minutes to several hours. New York traffic also reported late arrivals while local services showed irregular timing across systems.
Snow depth reaches two feet along Atlantic avenue and halts travel after 6 p.m. Steam railroad crews push to clear tracks but progress is slow due to damp heavy snow. Boston Towboat Company reports no shipping mishaps. Yarmouth steamer Boston and Forest City sailings affected. North Ferry runs every fifteen minutes, South Ferry intervals extended to twenty.
The telephone system remained mostly responsive during the storm with centralized assurance that all points could be reached. Minor outages occurred but caused no serious disruption. Postal Telegraph reported a few wires down yet handled messages, while Western Union faced no significant trouble maintaining service.
Forecast issued for New England calls for snow with easterly winds and warmer temperatures except along Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts where colder. Eastern New York expected snow with westerly winds and rising temperatures. Atlantic coast storm centers between New York City and Philadelphia tonight with heavy snowfall in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. Snowfalls of eight inches reported Boston to New York. wind speeds 32 to 42 mph, peak 68 mph at Block Island. Snow to continue into lake regions, New York and New England tomorrow.
The northern section of New England will see continued snow today with northerly winds and rising temperatures before snow ceases tonight as winds lighten. Southern New England may have rain until midday with partial clouds and cooler temps. Sunday looks fair statewide with westerly winds and lower temperatures.
A St. Petersburg correspondent portrays Father Ivan of Cronstadt as a leading Russian figure on the path to canonization. Born in 1829 in Archangel, he has grown from local fame to wide national notice, with booklets recounting his life and rumored healing prayers.
Washington December 26 The fourth annual meeting of the American Economic Association opened at Columbian University. General Francis A Walker absent as president, J B Clark presiding. Walker reviewed U S economic progress, pseudo socialism and nationalism, economic rent and tax policy, money supply and immigration. He urged prudence, warned against inflation, and called for limits on European immigration to protect native opportunities.
Fall River Dec 26 The mill stock market is exceedingly dull as investment demand wanes and speculative buying stops due to local money scarcity and prospects of future dividend cuts. G M Hatfords & Co report the following quotations.
The fire record reports losses across multiple locations including the Masonic Temple in Baltimore with insured amounts totaling 2500 to 2500 in several companies and a building loss estimated 350000 to 100000, highlighting damage to commandery rooms and royal arch chapters, Forepaugh's scenery, and related items. Additional fatal fire claims appear in Rochster N Y and Vi roqua Wisconsin with victims and extensive property losses, plus separate incidents in Laconia New Hampshire and Port Jervis New Hampshire. The Edisto Phosphate works near Charleston and Dorchester stable fires caused further damage, with extensive insurance coverage and lingering questions about causes and missing watchman.
A Sunday night Philharmonic program at the Boston Theatre features soprano Louise Laine, alto Lucie Tucker, and pianist Ellen Bers with arias from Traviata and Schubert, songs by Mattei and Coenen, and Weber’s Concert-Stück. The orchestra performs works by Adam, Tschaikowsky, Volkmann, Liszt, Gillett, and Strauss. Fritz Giese soloes in Volkmann. The series ends Jan 26 1891. Mrs. H H A Beach offers two piano recitals at Tremont Temple Reb 19 and Feb 27 for Marine Biological Laboratory aid, including Chopin and works by Paine, MacDowell, Woolf, Chadwick, plus others. A grand Wagner matinee is set for Dec 31 at Music Hall with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Nikisch playing Tannhauser, Meistersinger, Siegfried, Twilight of the Gods, Tristan and Isolde. Kneisel plays Wagner’s Albumblatt. Beethoven and Mendelssohn fill tonight’s Symphony Concert. Kneisel Quartet presents Dec 29 at Union Hall with Mrs. Arthur Nikisch singing and Arthur Whiting’s new piano violin sonata. Gertrude Franklin performs Beethoven songs at Bixtens Baermann concert. and further performances continue through Union Hall engagements.
The storm continues from the previous page with Portsmouth trains stalled near St Latham. A large crew is digging out a stalled train after twelve inches of snowfall. In Hanover New Hampshire the temperature sits at zero and all trains run late with no end in sight.
The three masted Yale bound from Boston to Baltimore for coal sought shelter off Sandy Hook Bay but was torn by huge waves. Crew saved by life-saving teams. vessel badly damaged and likely to break up before midnight. Owned by a New Haven captain. built 1884 in Belfast Maine. 717 tons.
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