Wasteful $2 million overrun on Commonwealth pier project
A 1914 report by Guy C. Emerson alleges 712 percent profit margins and excessive contractor gains on the Commonwealth pier in Massachusetts. It details inflated tool and equipment costs, oversized electric lighting charges, liberal rentals, and suspected bid-subcontracting schemes. The findings note overpayment of engineering staff and weak inspection, with dredging contracts scrutinized and bids rebid to lower sums, while the pier floors now require reinforcement.
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Guy C. Emerson
Commonwealth Pier
Massachusetts
Mr. Emerson
Old Port Board
Hugh Bancroft
Emerson
Imerson
Boston
Commonwealth Flats
South
Eugene Bregman
John B. Astell
G. H. Bregman
H. P
H. P. Converse Company
J. S. Packard Dredging Company
H. P. Converse & Co
Bigger Army Bill Endorsed by Secretary Garrison
Secretary Garrison endorses Senator Chamberlain's bill to expand the regular army. The plan would raise enlisted line strength to 163,895 and maintain a mobile army of 50,000 for the continental United States, with Philippine Scouts bringing total line strength to 109,628.
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Washington
Garrison
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Oregon
Philippine Scouts
Continental
United States
Neal Institute treatment offers painless drug withdrawal cure
A physician reports eight years of severe morphine and cocaine use plus heavy alcohol with daily intake. After the Neal Institute program he claims no withdrawal pain and no cravings, endorsing the treatment as painless and effective. The Neal Treatments promise privacy, confidentiality, and free consultation at 304 Newbury St Boston Back Bay.
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Neal
Neal Institute
Neal Institut
Newbury ST
Boston
Back Bay
Springfield
WAR CRAFT TO LEAVE BOSTON
Preparations are underway for most naval craft at the navy yard to depart next week. Virginia Georgia and Nebraska join the Atlantic fleet mobilizing at Hampton Roads then voyage to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Five torpedo boat destroyers plus Dixie head to southern drill grounds. Celtic and Vestal rushed to depart by February one. Fulton the new submarine tender will leave for Pensacola as flagship of Commander Yates Stirling Jr.
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Navy Yard
Virginia
Georgia
Nebraska
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Panaryna Canal
Dixie
Celtic
Vestal
Fulton
Quincy
Yates Stirling
Pensacola
Civil service offers new exams for city state and nation jobs
United States civil service commissions announced new openings in Boston and Massachusetts for janitors marine engineers and engineers of public buildings with exams at the State House February 12. Other posts include lighthouse service mates and assistant engineers, game preservation assistant at 2250, cotton testing specialists 1800 to 2000, microanalysts 1200 to 1440 in the Bureau of Chemistry, an aeronautical mechanical engineer in the Signal Corps aviation school, and a shop apprentice in the Bureau of Standards with 480 to 640 a year. Applications due February 2 to 10 depending on post.
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Civil Service Commissions
Boston
Massachusetts
State House
United States
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Congress Street
United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Signal Corps Aviation School
San Diego
Cal
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
United — Civil
Ball Plans For Boston Newsboys Protective Union
Newsboys discuss aims to make this year's ball the most successful in union history at a meeting held yesterday at 30 Hanover street. The January 26 event at Paul Revere Hall will feature multiple committees and a large organizing slate led by Hyman J. Cohen and supported by numerous officers and volunteers.
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Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
Hanover Street
Paul Revere Hall
Mechanics’ Building
Hyman J. Cohen
Central Labor Union
Charles Frasca
Harry Weinberg
Daniel V. Mulkern
Samuel Rosen
Louis Orenberg
Benjamin Waldman
Isaac Isenberg
Thomas J. Mulkern
Louis Orenbers
A. Rubenovitch
Benjamin H. Roprish
M. Shankman
Kerry Keutch
Alexander Brin
Dorchester Woman Dies As Husband Returns From Work
Mrs. Laura E Noble aged 34 of 101 Train Street Dorchester died suddenly last night as her husband Police Officer William H Noble of Station 11 returned to their home The incident follows a day marked by his patrol duties and the couple’s routine evening at home.
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Laura E. Noble
Train Street
Dorchester
William H. Noble
Idaho Doctor Claims 25-Pound Loss Via Invisible Device
Dr Whitwell of Salmon Idaho a former governor candidate says he shed 25 pounds in three months not by diet medicine or exercise but by wearing a tiny invisible device. He credits the device as an infallible flesh reducer and cites inventor G B Burns of New York sending outfits on free trial to applicants.
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Salmon
Idaho
Won Whitwell
Burns
No. 17
Thirty-eight Street
New York
Two Meetings for Drivers by Boston Workhorse Relief Association
The Boston Workhorse Relief Association schedules two winter meetings for drivers and stablemen, one in South Boston and one in Charlestown, to replace a single Boston gathering. It expects city stablemen to contribute entertainment as part of the program, with new features planned and increased entries for various stables. The group supports safe horse roads, building on Norwood's initiative led by Mrs. Clara Berwick, and invites interested parties to contact its office at 15 Beacon Street to discuss bills to modify state and municipal highway construction.
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Boston Workhorse Relief Association
Boston
Charlestown
Norwood
Clara Berwick
Beacon Street
Missionary Bishop Describes Arizona Work At Trinity Church
Bishop Julius Atwood, missionary in Arizona, spoke at Trinity Church during the 4 o clock services. He described four years of labor since his consecration on January 18 1911 with vivid details of his experiences.
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Arizona
Julius Atwood
Trinity Church
Educated Worm Demonstrates Harvard Training
Harvard psychologist Professor R M Yerkes trains an angle worm to perform simple tasks and not become embarrassed in front of strangers. The undergraduates applaud as the worm shows humanlike learning and discernment about its own welfare.
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Harvard
R. M. Yerkes
University
Worm educated by Harvard culture at Cambridge
Professor Yerkes devised a maze with a rewarding exit and an electric shock path for a worm. The worm, exposed to the two routes, learned to avoid the unpleasant electric end and now prefers the comfortable passage, demonstrating learned distinction of right and left.
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Yerkes
Harvard
Cambridge
Woman Recluse Found Dead in Medford Home
Mrs Charlotte Spencer of Medford was found dead in bed at 394 Highland Avenue yesterday morning. She was 70 years old and had lived alone for many years. Neighbors, noticing no presence in the house, investigated and found her body.
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Charlotte Spencer
Medford
Highland Avenue
Mayor Curley pushes jobs program for unemployed youths
Mayor Curley will seek to provide work for the jobless this week. He will discuss with Superintendent Dillon the grading of the Mt Ida playground as part of a $25 000 appropriation. About 100 men will be employed for two or more weeks.
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Curley
Dillon
Park and Recreation Department
Mt. Ida
City plans extensive tree work and public projects this week
The city will begin preparing 3500 trees along Strandway and Broadway from Dorcheste avenue to Castle Island at an estimated cost of 10000. Tomorrow a conference with all city contractors will push unstarted contracts and favor employment for citizens with families. Commissioner Rourke prepares to start the Dent street brook sewer and Faneuil Valley work, employing about 100 men, and extend the high pressure system to Cit Hospital and Boston College High School. The Mayor will write to President Eliott of the New Haven seeking 100 more men for tearing down Cove street bridges and to President Bliss of the Chamber of Commerce urging members to keep workers through winter and hire one additional office staffer.
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Strandway
Broadway
Dorcheste Avenue
Castle Island
Rourke
Dent Street Brook
West Roxbury
Faneuil Valley
Brighton
Cit
Boston College High School
Presiden Eliott
New Haven
Cove Street
Elmer C. Bliss
Chamber of Commerce
Whaling Days Near End In St Johns Newfoundland
The decline of the whaling industry hits St Johns Newfoundland as six ships operated last year and only one earned a dividend with a total catch of 168 whales. Earlier years saw higher yields and feverish speculation with factories costing 30 000 to 40 000 dollars.
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St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
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