Reading Strike Testimony Reveals Reading Coal and Iron Ties
Congressional inquiry at the Continental Hotel questioned Reading Railroad President Corbin about capitalization of 40 million dollars and coal operations. He defended non-carrier coal lines, noted 19,000 employed in mining, 8,000 currently working, and refused to rehire 2,600 strikers while promising wage readjustment if they return. He warned against mining interruptions and criticized coal-price conspiracies. He坚持 that profits stem from coal lands despite losses since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pukapenpata
Congressional
Reading
Continental
Corbin
Reading Railroad Company
Reading System
Reading Road
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Bound Brook
New York
Boston
Coal and Iron Company
Schuylkill
Readin
Liquor Bills Dominate House on Hill Routinely
Big grist at the State House with hearings on savings banks investments State House extension and grade crossing abolition. House debates liquor bills while Senate moves to engross a lease bill for Providence road and Beverly Farms incorporation. The eighteenth annual labor bureau report and child labor bill dominate agenda as hearings continue and measures await further action.
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State House
Cambridge
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
labor _ committee
General Court
Supreme
Superior Courts
State Street Exchange
Newton
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Company
Dresser
Medford
Law and Order League
League
Senate
Providence Road
Old Colony
Beverly Farms
Messrs
Chasuplin
Chelsea
Coveney
Ames
Executive Council
T Thompson
Lawrence
Gile
H. ©. Greeley
Clinton
Hayward
Salary schedule for state supreme court and peers debated
A joint judiciary committee report fixed chief justice pay at 7500 and other justices at 7000, with higher sums for the Superior Court chief. The House debated funding and reform bills, rejecting a fine point on jury exemptions for Law and Order League officers, and ordered committee actions on fisheries, alcohol sale, water loans, and banking, amid objections to claptrap measures.
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Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Committee On Fisheries and Game
House
Committee On Water Supply
Newton
Committee On Banks and Banking
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Maps Company
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Samuel Wells
State Street Exchange
Law and Order League
Gottum
Northampton
Parkman
Boston
Smith
Athol
Collison
Cronin
Worcester
Manning
Deesser
Medford
Walworth
IV. Deesser
Cambridge
Close
Dresser
Copiai
Beverly Farms Incorporation Bill with Essex Court Provision
The committee on towns reports a bill to incorporate Beverly Farms with continuity under the Essex First District Court. Until the next state valuation Beverly Farms pays taxes to Beverly and Wenham, shares in debt, and handles boundary surveys. Other bills cover savings bank meeting duties and extra copies of the board of all commissioners annual report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Beverly Farms
Wenham
Committee On Banks and Banking
Boards of Trustees of Savings Banks
Board of All Commissioners
Senate Judiciary Committee
State House Extension hearings debate site plans and costs
A hearing on State House expansion opened with Secretary of State Peirce promoting a $300,000 eastern department building on Mt. Vernon street. Opponents favored reservoir land and a bridge arcade idea, while others urged delaying action or preserving the current exterior. The session adjourned with a continuation set for Friday at 2 p.m.
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State House
Peirce
Department
Mt. Vernon Street
Beacon
Mt. Vernon
Bowdoin Streets
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Building
EE. P. Carver
Bryant & Eaton
John S. Camrell
Babson
Henry F. Jenks
Jacob A. Dresser
Commonwealth
Cambridge and the Albany Crossings Abolition Plan
The Cambridge hearing on abolishing grade crossings along the Boston and Albany tracks, owned by the Boston & Albany railroad, proposes limiting Cambridge street crossings, restricting local traffic times, and mandating height clearance at Front Street. City Solicitor McIntire outlines penalties and grade raising to align with a new bridge, as Mayor Russell cites travel delays and long-standing concerns.
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Cambridge
Albany
Committee On Railroads
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Albany Road
McIntire
Boston & Albany Railroad
Cottage Farm Station
Somerville
Mast Boston
East Boston
Front Street
Charles River
Boston
Russell
Savings Banks May Invest In Rail Bond Mortgages
The banks and banking committee discussed a bill to let savings banks invest up to twenty percent of deposits in first mortgage bonds of major railroads, including Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and New York Central. Bonds must be guaranteed by one of seven railroads or secured by equivalent deposits with a Massachusetts company. President Evans supported the bill while Treasurer Morrill and the savings bank commissioners opposed it. The panel then considered allowing investments in Minnesota state and city securities, with Worcester Savings Bank and Essex Savings Bank backing the idea, noting it would cover Minneapolis and St Paul. The commissioners indicated no clear stance pending census method details.
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Middlesex County
Mr. Manning
Worcester
Flynn
Boston
Leary
Mellen
Henry Faxon
L. Edwin Dudley
Collison
Gracey
Salem
Smith
Athol
McDonough
Lyman
Belchertown
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Secretary of State
Josiah Quincy
Committee On Labor
General Court
Committee On the Judiciary
Banks and Banking
New England States
Boston Water Power Company
Brookline Land Company
Committee On Taxation
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Bar Infirmary
Savings Banke Investments
Committee On Banks and Banking
Moses Williams
Colonel Higginson
Chicago
Burlington & Quincey
Chicago & Ree
Rock Island & Pacific
Llinoig Central
New York Central
Hudson River
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wilmington & Baltimore
Massachusetts
Evans
Five Cents Savings Bank
Morrill
Provident Institution For Savings
Savings Bank Commissioners
Minnesota
Charles E. Chase
Worcester Savings Bank
James H. Eaton
Essex Savings Bank of
Lawrence
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chapin
County Local Option Hearing on Liquor Licenses
The committee on liquor law heard arguments for county local option replacing city and town control. Speakers including Rufus S. Frost and Rev. Daniel Dorchester urged biennial county votes on licenses, with exceptions for Boston and rules linking repeated county no votes to moratoriums, while opposition cited enforcement difficulties and a company stance against local option.
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Committee On
Rufus S. Frost
E. C. Foster
Elijah A. Morse
Daniel Dorchester
Dorchester
Boston
General Court
L. Edwin Dudley
Law and Order League
Jesse M. Gove
Adams, Taylor & Co
Landlords' Liability Insurance Company Petition
The insurance committee heard Henry Lee and others petition to incorporate the Landlords' Liability Insurance Company to insure real estate owners against liability for injuries on or from their properties. Capital set at 200000 dollars, with initial policy issuance delayed until cash paid in full. Commissioner Merrill to examine the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Committee
Henry Lee
F. W. Hunnewell
Charles A. Cotting
Robert A. Bolt
R. 5. Codman
W. Minot, Jr
Moses Williams
Charles A. Williams
Landlords’ Liability Insurance Company
Messrs
Roit
Minot
Codman
Insurance
Merrill
Labor committee weighs overtime permits for labor chief
The committee on labor reviewed a petition by H O Houghton and others seeking authority for the district police chief to issue permits enabling extended labor hours in special cases. Advocates cited cracker making delays and weather forcing overtime, while opponents warned against a rigid rule. Witnesses from Riverside Press, confectioners, cracker bakers, box makers, and morocco workers urged or opposed the proposal, with objections to centralizing overtime decisions and to women workers being affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Labor
H. O. Houghton
F. A. Kennedy
Cambridge
H. VO. Houghton
Riverside Press
A. F. Hayward
Forbes, Hayward & Co
James H. Hall
Thurston, Hall & Co
Kennedy
Charles Place
William B. Pattison
William P. Cherrington
B. F. Moreland
Cherrington
R. R. Wade
John S. White
Charlotte Smith
Harvard Notes on German Gymnasium and Tax Debate
The Deutscher Verein met last night and heard a paper on the German Gymnasium by Mr. Hochdürter. Dr. Peabody’s new book Harvard Reminiscences appeared yesterday. The Arabica reading series opened with selections from Antar by Mr. Jewett. In the senior debate the question was the Removal of the Internal Tax on Tobacco with strong support for abolition or relief.
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Deutscher Verein
Hochdürter
Peabody
Harvard
Sevel
Jewett
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Kingsley
Drainage Commission
Blackstone
Mystic
Boston & Providence Railroad Company
Old Colony Railroad Company
Old Colony Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Senator Glines
Glines
Sprague
Boston & Providence
Mansfield
Massachusetts Reformatory
Central District Court of
Soldiers’ Messenger Corps
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station
State Board of Agriculture
Spear
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Hinckly
Transportation Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Fitchburg
Edward Reardon
W. O. Blaney
Albany Road
Watertown
Alexander Martin
Cunard Line
Grand Junction Road
Harvard Notes
Lonpoy
Nessmore
Tiverpool
Baltimore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Frank Kimball
Cras. F. Woopwarkple
Albert R. Wade
William F. Wharton
Harvey N. Colllison
Averell F. Sweet
Cyrus Wakefield & Co
Singapore
Temple R Fay & Co
Temple R&r, Fay
E. C. Mills
H. B. Endicott & Co
L. Tyler Pratt
L. Pratt & CO
Benson
Benson's Plaster
Bill Meads
Recorder Printing CO
Lincoln St
Raeder, Adamson & Co
Hunt
Apothecaries
N. M. Hatch
Tremont Street
Garpeis
R. L. Day & Company
Brokers & Appraisers
No. S. State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Granite State Bank
Exeter
N. HL
Farr Alpaca Co
Holyoke
Mass
Andover Nat. Bank
Railroad de Lowell
Boston & Maine
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry
Boston & Maine Ra
Burl
Mo. River Rd
Neb
Narragansett Mills
Fall River
Equitable Land Co
Franklin Co. Natl. Bank
Greenfield
Taunton Locomotive Mfg. Co
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Teece Button Hole Machine Co
McKay & Big
Heeling Mach
Kidder Press Mfg. Co
City of Cleveland
M. L
Maine Central Ra. Co
New England Mort. Sec. Co
Sandusky & Cleve
R.R
Topeka & Southwestern R.R
Topeka & Santa Fe
Topeka & Southwestern R.B
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Francis Henshaw & CO
Gi State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock
Merchants’ National Bank
Kansas City
Stony Brook RR
Lowell
Appleton National Bank
Lowell Mfg. Co
First Natl Bank
American Bolt Co
Lawrence Gas Light Co
Fourth National Bank
Middlesex Electric Light Co
Wumesit Natl. Bank
Michigan Central
Avenworth County
Rutland RR
Pennsylvania Township RR
Cincinnati
Maverick National Bank
Aare
Ato Amoskeag Mfg
Stark Mills
Dwight Mfg
Lawrence Mfg
Lowell Machine Shop
Lyman Mills
Scott Cotton Mills
Pacific Mills
Great Falls
Lancaster Mills
Newmarket Mfg
Essex Co
Poylston Mutual Insurance Co
Horton Stock Car Co. Ltd
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Md
Asso, Merchants’ Natl. Bank
Eagle Bank
Atlas Natl. Bank
Glendon Tron Co
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Eastern RR
Atchison, Top
Santa Fe Mort
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Republican Valley
Louisville
St. Louis
Burlington & Mo. Rivers RR
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado RR
Saginaw & Western RR
Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
T. Merrihew
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
City OF
Park Department
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Wood Island Park
City Hall
Park Commissioners
City Engineer
Musical Publications
New England Conservatory
Clarke
Beltllak
Kinkel
Stainer
Abas
Oliver Ditson & Co
Commonwealth OF Mass
Crussetts
Suffolk
Mark Stone
Courtsquiare
Thomas Fee, Jr
Samuel 8S, Young
W. Boardman
Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Mississippi
Fiske’s Wharf
Richards & CO
Joan C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hioguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Ghichesters
ALL Drugeists
Diamond
Chichester
Ghichester Chemicalco
Madison Sq.phila
Hichesters English
Diamond Brand
GEO, C. Goodwin & CO
Iiamond
Hichester
Riamond
Hanover
Bostom
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