Walsh outlines B M plan for New England railroad reform
Gov David I Walsh told 600 bankers legislators and officials at the Hotel Somerset that his administration will tackle New England railroad problems squarely. He pledged to heed investors and shippers and back any viable Boston & Maine reorganization plan to create a strong, independent, well financed rail system.
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David I. Walsh
Hotel
Somerset
New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
Commonwealth Night Banquet Binds Business and State Leaders
Boston Chamber of Commerce hosts Commonwealth Night for new Massachusetts Legislature members and state officials in a show of harmony. Governor Walsh and staff attend after-dinner remarks by Chamber president Randolph Coolidge Jr and formerAttorney General Herbert Parker, amid calls for cooperative support of a restructured Boston and Maine railroad system.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Chamber of Commerce
Walsh
Lot
Chamber
Herbert Parker
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Commonwealth
New England
James M. Curley
Gratton Dr. Cushing
House of Representatives
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Henry S. Dennison
Sydney R. Wrightington
Richard S. Teeling
William F. Murray
John F. Malley
Internal Revenue
Charles J. Hubbard
George Ll. Barnes
W. 8Ne
Walter M. Lowne
J. L. Richards
Curley Campaign Funds Tied to Local Utilities
Councillor Watson charges that the Edison Electric Lighting Company Boston Consolidated Gas Company and Boston Elevated Railway back Congressman Curley. He demands Curley deny the claims while noting Curley’s spending and campaign machinery. Mayor Fitzgerald denies sticker controversy and remains silent on union label actions.
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James A. Watson
Kenny
L” Road
Edison Electric Light Company
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Curley
Watson
Thomas J. Kenny
New Haven Road
New Haven
Boston Elevated Railroad
Edison Electric Lighting Company
Elevated
Edison Company
Gas Company
Ward 17
Fitzgerald
James Sanborn
Union Label
Montgomery Street
John F. Fitgerald
City Hall
James A. Sanborn
Boston
Post
Sanborn
Quincy Club
Day Square
East
Patrick J. Kennedy
William F. McClellan
Michael J. Leary
James P. Timilty
Thomas P. Kelley
Walter Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Finance
James P. Timility
Thomas R. Kelly
Sir Rufus Isaacs Adopts Lord Reading Title
Lord chief justice Sir Rufus Isaacs, raised to the peerage on New Year’s Day, has chosen the title Lord Reading after the town he represented in Parliament from 1904 to 1911.
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London
Rufus Isaacs
Reading
House of Commons
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