Crane Urges Economy as Massachusetts Inaugurates Crane Bates
Governor-elect Crane delivers inaugural address urging fiscal restraint and halt on new debt. He calls for inspection of almshouses by the State Board of Charity, a reined state highway plan, and maintenance costs shifted to counties and towns. The speech follows a crowded oath ceremony for Crane and Bates in the Massachusetts House.
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Winthrop Murray Crane
John Lewis Bates
House of Representatives
Smith
Senate
State House
Adams
W. Murray Crane
John L. Bates
John B. Smith
Dalton
Admiral Sampson
Shaw
Hdward S. Bradford
Springfield
Knowlton
Kimball
Brackett
Bates
B. Bates
Zenas Crane
Wellington Smith
Lee
Lawrence
Morgan
Locke and
Whiton
Alvan Barrus
Pillsbury
Jesse M. Cove
Corbin
Patrick A. Collins
Horace G. Allen
Fred GC. Pettigrove
Dean
Malden
Justin
Oxford
de Las Casas
Horace G. Wadlin
William M. Butler
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Crane
Olin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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ASG
Rameire
Commonwealth
Monson
Northampton
State Board of Insanity
Board of Insanity
State Board of Charity
General Court
Boston
Harbor and Land Commission
South
Congress
F H Highway Commission
Inaugural Address by Governor Crane 1905 Massachusetts
Governor Crane opens his 1905 inaugural address to the Massachusetts General Court with a focus on the Commonwealths financial condition. He outlines two debt classes the actual state debt and contingent debt and signals a full factual report after careful examination of the states fiscal position.
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Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts General Court
General Court of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Debt ledger lists Massachusetts public works loans and totals
The document itemizes gross debt and contingent liabilities as of January 1, 1900, including abolition of grade crossings, armory loan, harbor improvements, hospitals, war loans, Medfield insane asylum, Metropolitan parks and sewerage loans, Water loan, state highway and house construction loans, and a grand total of 60,837,500 dollars with numerous specific figures.
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Contingent Debt and Railroad Securities History
The document lists total contingent debt at 42 520 000 including metropolitan loans and a city armory sinking fund assessment across Boston Worcester Lowell Fitchburg Lawrence Lynn Springfield and Fall River. It traces 1884 actions disposing sinking fund securities for bonds tied to Fitchburg Railroad and other 1887 issues totaling 5 000 000 with staged interest rates.
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Armory
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Springfeld
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Troy & Greenfield Railroad
Danvers Lunatic Hospital
Fitchbure Railroad Company
Calls for Revision of Commonwealth Commission System
The speaker endorses the commissions system while urging a careful revision. They praise past duties as faithfully and efficiently discharged but say inquiry supports revising several commissions to advance public service interests.
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Commonwealth
Public School Board Reports High Membership and Costs
The Board of Education reports the last school year average membership of 93,000 with attendance at 92 percent. Excluding building expenditures, costs total 10,286,528 at 26.5 per child. inclusive of building expenditures the total is 10,850,828.
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Massachusetts Adopts Mutual Life Insurance Reform Act
The 1899 Legislature enacted a statute governing domestic and foreign mutual assessment life insurance corporations. It allowed qualified companies under life insurance laws to ensure reserves through reinsurance contracts. Most firms complied and profit driven assessment life policies ceased, ending a troubling chapter in Massachusetts. Authorities urged heed to prevent unsafe ventures from private gain.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Lawmakers urged to limit municipal interference
The speaker renews opposition to appealing to the Legislature over municipal matters. Cities should manage own finances within existing laws. Lawmakers are urged to grant limited authority only for extraordinary needs, guiding prudence and honor as the century closes.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Charity
Life
Fisuruiuice
Congress
Boston
Commonwealth
Mellen Seeks House Vote On Electing Committees
In Worcester Mellen urged the House to elect committees by ballot and majority rule, arguing current picks favored corporations. The motion failed amid debate. a rules committee was appointed with Speaker Myers as chair, and other members named. The House scheduled to reconvene Monday at 2 o clock.
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Mellen
Worcester
Committee On Rules
United States Senate
National Senate
Myers
Selec
Stone
Springfield
Messrs. Stone
Howland
Chelsea
Saunders
Jete
Melton
Dean
Btookiine
Adama
Melrose
Turtle
Pittfield
Newton
Everett
Tion
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