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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
6
A special legislative commission recommends the state pay over 9 million dollars to the Boston Elevated Company for the Cambridge subway and to abolish a compensation tax of 160 786 dollars as part of restructuring the roadway's finances.
The commission backs measures to improve service and facilities without broad fare hikes, except to abolish a controversial compensation tax. It urges state adoption of findings to fund upgrades and extensions, with notable dissent by Arthur N. Newhall who opposes ending the tax. Proposals include reclaiming $600,000 in state bonds, purchasing the Cambridge subway, and using sale proceeds for West End equipment, plus eminent domain at transfer points and a funded Public Service Commission study due by Feb 1, 1918.
George A. Hadley of Everett and Mary V. Young of Cambridge filed intentions for marriage. The groom is 70, the bride 38. Hadley is nephew of the late Somerville recluse Benjamin Hadley, who left a fortune tied to a prolonged will contest.
Charles C. Kurtz, a near nonagenarian and dean of expert accountants in the country, celebrated his 89th birthday at home in Belmont with his daughter Mrs. E. M. Barker, who resides at 81 Kilburn Road.
Mr and Mrs Richard F Pearce of East Milton marked sixty years of marriage with a daytime reception at their Pierce street home and an evening gathering hosted by Azar Rebekah Lodge at Odd Fellows Hall Dorchester Lower Mills. The couple wed February 1 1857 at the Universalist Church parsonage in South Dedham officiated by Rev J E Fisher.
Thomas J. Boles a liquor dealer at 6 School street filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. He shows debts of 20600 and assets of 17666 including a liquor license valued at 13000.
Professor Harry Clifford of Harvard and Tech testifies before the Gas and Electric Light Commission about an alleged overcharge by Edison Electric Illuminating Company for cable installation and street light poles. He claims the company paid $57 per boulevard pole when $50 would be fair, a price he says reflects prevailing rates nationwide.
Freight rates on several commodities moving from New England points to New York were raised under new schedules adopted yesterday. The New York New Haven Hartford, Boston and Albany, Boston and Maine, and Metropolitan Steamship Company all adjusted rates on similar scales amid broad territory wide increases. From 5 to 25 percent of commodities faced price hikes, with overall rate increases ranging from under 1 percent to 3.12 percent of the old levels.
The British government seized and sent to England one million dollars worth of wool aboard the American steamer Ohioan at Buenos Ayres bound for Boston. Local insurers canceled all coverage on the cargo after the notice reached here, and government insurance was also cancelled. The cargo included 8000 bales of wool and thousands of hides.
In East Boston a fire at 206 Havre Street on March 27, 1916, figures Kandler as not taking part while Berlinski Bornstein and Berlinsky face trial for alleged roles. The case includes insurance payments and witness identification of policy drafts. In New York Franklin Safford receives nine months for perjury linked to the Oliver Osborne matter. judge grants leniency citing Safford as a pawn of others.
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