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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
16
A retailer laments losses from a Real Estate deal that displaced his Summer Street store and forced a drastic price cut. He aims to raise 600000 within 30 days by offering an immense stock of overcoats suits waistcoats trousers and more.
Four women may contest the estate of William H. Whiting, long a legislative agent for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co and former State House messenger, who died two weeks ago. Two additional widows may claim rights, including Mrs. Whiting of Pittsfield and Mrs. Whiting of Clintondale, with Mary Ellen Douglass of Berwick and Flora Goodrow of Dalton also identified as potential claimants.
The 1897 exposure by Deputy Sheriff E. H. Pierce and Captain Robert H. Perry exposed Edward Whiting's multiple marriages and affairs. Whiting admitted three families but claimed only Mrs. Whiting of Pittsfield was legally married. His estate and will were unresolved, with his Pittsfield home listed as his only definite asset.
A $28,000 mortgage was placed on Nat Goodwin's apartment house in San Francisco to settle $55,000 owed to his divorced wife Edna Goodrich. The first $15,000 payment arrived last month, another $30,000 is due this week, with the final $12,000 plus $5,000 attorney fees and $8,000 trustee fee due by April 16.
The Transit Commission report for 1911 highlights the North Station to Sullivan Square Charlestown tunnel as of greatest importance. The proposed tunnel would cost about 4 740 000 dollars including construction, stations, and labor.
Edmund S S Davis chief engineer of the Transit Commission notes land damages not included in the estimate which would raise ultimate costs. The Boston Elevated Railway case against the city moves to the Supreme Judicial Court over who pays for elevators and machinery at the East Boston Tunnel station. The commission records 14 130 482 tunnel patrons in 1910 11 with each cent deposited, underscoring the line’s revenue role for the city.
Christopher Johnson a 28 year old structural iron worker for Daniel Mar and Son of Dorchester Ave was killed yesterday at the American Sugar Refinery 47 Granite Street South Boston He was thrown from an iron girder when a rope broke causing a large beam to drop He fell 59 feet and died almost immediately at the scene.
The Boston hotel, blamed on proprietors, owes National Security Bank $10,000 secured by a lease. Creditors include Waterhouse Morrison pork products $9,375, Thompson Leavitt liquors $5,148, and others. Employees are owed $6,315 in wages. assets total modest furnishings $3,000 and exchange bills $800. license value uncertain. Rimbach owes $1,800 with $75 assets. Goodwin reports no liabilities. hotel says operations will continue.
A list of courts impacted by a proposed merger in Boston includes the Municipal Courts of the Brighton Charlestown Dorchester East Boston Roxbury South Boston West Roxbury and the Chelsea Police Court as well as the Boston Juvenile Court located in a Suffolk County courthouse. The note adds Forest Hills as a potential hub to serve Hyde Park and Mattapan.
The proposed court merger involves Municipal Court Justice John F. Brown District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier Justice A Nathan Williams and Daniel T O Connell who petitioned last year for the resolve William A Murphy former secretary to Governor Draper and representative at the State House of the Boston Globe is secretary of the commission The plan would reshape justice administration across Suffolk County and stands as a major judicial measure at the State House
A Boston merger plan retains the same justices and clerical staff while consolidating district courts. Attorneys and litigants anticipate close scrutiny of the General Court report as civic unity grows. The committee cites 40 years of separate districts yielding to shared transportation and communication gains.
A county wide consolidation extends the central court abolishing remaining courts, creates a juvenile division with specific judges, and adds an appellate division for civil error. The court gains rule making power, centralized executive authority, and measures to prevent duplicate trials, plus optional salaried interpreters.
The report proposes centralizing civil and juvenile matters while preserving local courts. It favors raising municipal court civil jurisdiction to 6000 dollars, eliminating duplicate trials, and creating a countywide juvenile division with judges dedicated to youth matters. It cautions against universal jury trials and notes practical space concerns.
General Hugh Bancroft, head of Boston port directors, urged business backing for a dock project at the Boston City Club. He challenged differential freight rates as harming Boston shipping and said the harbor plan would elevate Boston to the greatest ocean port in the world.
General Bancroft cites railroad rate advantage for Baltimore and Philadelphia over Boston, causing export losses. He urges public and press action as Boston ties with rivals on steam lines and rails, and notes support from Mayor Fitzgerald and others to intervene and boost Boston’s position.
In Lawrence and surrounding mills 500 workers walked out over a two hour pay cut in a 54 hour week. The Industrial Workers of the World met informally to discuss action with 20 000 to 25 000 operatives potentially affected.
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