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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1891
Page
8
A heavy storm flooded Boston streets with snow melt and filth, causing footpaths to become miniature rivers. Street cleaners and police used shovels and water channels to ease the flooding while noting the city’s system needs reform. The piece compares Boston with Paris, London, Milan, and other cities, detailing workforce, contracts, and disposal methods for refuse and street washing.
Boston health chief George W. Forristall says cleanup is hampered by snow and weather, with 230 teams and 576 men on duty. He notes daily efforts on Washington Street, limited Sunday labor, and the public works challenge from mealy snow caused by West End salt and gravel use. Jones, gutters supervisor, also has crews clearing ice, reflecting a city-wide struggle to keep streets passable.
An overview contrasts street cleaning methods in leading foreign and American cities. It notes London under the sewer commissioners and Lambeth area as a hub for sweepings, with a workforce of about five hundred. It contrasts civic cleanliness across Europe and comments on administration and paving correlations.
The annual meeting of the Home for Aged Couples of Boston will be at Park Street Church vestry tomorrow at 11. The Rev. William Grillis to address and others speak on Boston charities. Rev. Edward I. Devitt, S.J., named vice rector of Boston College as Father Robert Fulton steps back due to ill health. Also, arrests for forgery and a forged check case with $2000 bonds. Grand Opera House mass meetings for non churchgoers began, continuing Sundays. American Exhibitors Club met at Langham to promote fair recognition and a national club network. John L. Stoddard to lecture at Music Hall on Sweden. Advertisements for Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil.
A notice from the Amateur Athletic Union outlines a February 28 1891 district meeting to organize and elect officers under the Washington plan. Delegates and alternates must be certified by club leaders and sent by February 20. The schedule covers constitution adoption bylaws board elections and eligibility rules ahead of the March 18 1891 AAU session. Local clubs listed Cambridge Boston and Somerville coordinate delegates and event-specific entries across running relays and polo among Boston area clubs.
The New England Skating Association plans a skating carnival at Arlington Boat Club on Spy Pond. Weather will decide, with rain melting snow or a freezing cold wave smoothing the ice. top contenders include Moses Rubenstein of Montreal D Phillips of New York and J Frank Bacon of Cambridge.
City Point skippers talk ex president Cleveland may skip 1892 campaigning if he sails next summer on his new yacht. The B A A water polo captaincy changes as Outram Bangs resigns and M C Greaves takes over, with G L Osborn replacing Cushing on the swimming team. Sparring tournament plans proceed with officials named and a Music Hall final set for January 26. Junior tennis sees Sears beat Winslow and advance to face Otis.
The first indoor baseball game in Boston will be held at Winslow's Skating Rink under Chicago league rules. The 22 foot pitcher distance and 27 foot base spacing suit the small arena with a six inch thick bat and a large soft ball. Two outfielders suffice. games are set for Tuesday and Friday at 8:30 p.m. The sport has grown popular in the West and attracts Boston interest.
Court releases rescripts in multiple cases including Nellie M Lyon vs Royal Society of Good Fellows and Frederick A Bradbury vs Boston Canoe Club. Rulings cover member reinstatement, status at death, and a note that a club can borrow for building a clubhouse under lease. Also addressed are New York and New England Railroad injuries, and Cunard Steamship Company hatchway negligence in a factory fire case.
The record compiles court actions and probate docket items from Suffolk County including juried cases, civil entries, and probate matters. It lists numerous case numbers with parties such as McCargey Coates Fowle Wilbur Halley Feldman Richardson Johnson Eustis Boynton Smith McLoud Ryan West End Way Sleep Bloom Lamphier Doherty Fiske B M RR Blount Kimpton Angell Van Auken Leydecker Boston Murphy Cooke Abbott Freeman Merc Fay Jewett Mult Accident Ass Degan Norton Rush Hurenis Griffin Lufkin Chritcher Decker Ehrien Farrar Whitney Racksley Holland Saxon Wickins Aldrich Carter Cotting Hutchins Zane Griegs V Decker Ehriein Farrar Whitney Racksley Holland Saxon Wickins Aldrich. The Second to Fifth Sessions cover more names and notices. The Probate Court list includes Mary Ann Carr Sarah T. Cram Esther J. Dyer Phodus Fisk Mary H. Godfrey Nathaniel Seaver Underwood Newhall etc. It notes probate and guardianship filings and administrator accounts. This is a dense docket excerpt showing ongoing judicial and fiduciary proceedings.
Essex County court docket entries list civil matters with plaintiffs and defendants including Pitman Ward Gage Peabody Worthen Sawtell Watson Baker Newhall Wiggin Morse Wacey Gallagher McKeaney Kelley Young Coughlin Kelle Mungell Murphy O Neil Southwick and others. Multiple case numbers indicate a consolidated filing list across the Salem court.
First Session lists numerous civil cases with parties including Hartwell v Fisher, Lobin v Cobb, Frotblogham v Kil, Tlanagan v Phoenixi Brewing Co, Freedley v Smith, Bragan v Dooley, Legg v Pan, Gorelyn Johnson, Thornes v Wolffsohn, McLean v Henson, Swith v OBrien, Robinson v Donovan, Shiel v Hayes, Star Brass Mfg Co v Lombard, Siebert Cylinder Oil Cup Co v same, Croas v Nute, Wilner v Matthews, Mitchell v Money, Budley v Pierce, Goldstein v Gold, Treat v Shorey, Lincoln v Paige, Costello v Ander, Schosbal v Hoffen reiter, Deminon v Carter, Almy v Farnsworth, Morrison v Lord, Russo v Pisco, Small v Hall, Derry v Salls.
Very early yesterday morning men giving their names as Thomas Connolly of Oliver place Morris Cochran of Tremont street and John Hayes of South street were arrested in the saloon of Hiram P Abbott at Kneeland street They had collected a large quantity of liquors and cigars and placed them in bags when discovered They were young men aged from nineteen to twenty two years.
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