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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1916
Page
14
Consulting engineer Guy Emerson, advising the Finance Commission, attributes part of the $158,239 supplementary budget request to political patronage and unnecessary staff. He recommends reducing the request by about $53,000 for reforms and efficiency.
His report submitted yesterday to the council harshly arraigns several city divisions. It cites stevedoring payments on coal deliveries when contracts included all charges, a $1000 request for moving already relocated buildings, and a $944.33 loss from a lapse in a coal contract, among other pointed observations across divisions.
Emerson proposes major cuts in the city budget including 29 750 in the sanitary division with 18 000 saved by cutting surplus staff and 10 000 saved by enforcing ash removal contracts. He cites a 398 62 deficit in repairs and questions use of shops. In ferry division he notes 220 for coal or overcharged fuel and in highway division calls for 10 000 reduction for street watering and oiling amid heavy rainfall.
112000 yards of gauze were sent in bulk to Paris from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital workroom to aid wounded Allied soldiers. Mrs. C. K. Austin urged the Boston committee to ship the gauze in bolts rather than wait to make bandages.
The Albany express leaving Boston at 4 40 yesterday narrowly derailed in the Waltham freight yard when the front wheels of the tender jumped the track. The remainder of the train including three passenger coaches and two mail cars stayed on the rails until the train stopped safely.
The New England Association of Commercial Engineers elected officers in Boston. Fremont Eggleston Jr. was named president with John A. Morehouse as vice-president and James W. A. Myrick as treasurer. Directors for three years include Charles B. Burleigh Harry M. Colby and Patrick H. Hogan, all of Boston.
Washington reports intense naval debate over the Deutschland type submarine captured off Ireland. Experts discuss wake detection, grapnels, ramming, and the craft's plan to slip beyond the three mile limit by night, with Koenig likely to keep a submerged profile and rest on the bottom for days if needed.
Governor McCall will not order militia mustering for the six year federal oath. General Wood to be informed that no oath was required under the Dick bill, so no violation. War Department to decide further action. About 700 militia members in the state refused the oath.
A blaze at the New York State Arsenal on Seventh Avenue and Thirty fifth Street killed state chauffeur Thomas McNally and overwhelmed several firemen. Fire destroyed military gear for the National Guard including 500 rifles, five trucks, clothing, shoes, blankets, and tentage valued at about $500000. The fire started in the carpenter shop and the cause was undetermined as explosions were averted by rapid flooding of the magazine before the flames reached it.
A wireless despatch from Athens reports the destruction of King Constantine’s summer palace and the Tatoi forest in a vast fire. The king fled by automobile and on foot, many people perished, and the forest loss exceeds 40 000 000 francs. Queen Olga’s pavilion and the crown prince’s palace were ruined.
For the 42d year the Boston Y M C U runs its Country Week program at Bonnie Bairns Cohasset. Under Miss Harriet T Johnson a staff oversees 17 mothers and 125 children who enjoyed two week outings last year in groups of 30.
Mrs Annie M Baker wife of Frank E Baker 43 Britt Street Lowell died yesterday at Haymarket Square Relief Hospital after a few hours of illness. She fell ill at Rowes Wharf and was rushed to hospital where surgeons diagnosed heart failure as the cause.
A 10-pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil P. Whitten of Cedar Street, the first war baby of Wakefield. Mrs. Whitten delivered at Melrose hospital and both mother and child are healthy. Mr. Whitten serves with Massachusetts troops on the Mexican border as an ambulance corps rider assigned to Fort Bliss Texas to train green horses and riders.
Everett may face a four dollar tax rate if the annual budget is not passed by October 1. Assessors would then calculate only state county sewer water and park taxes to meet November 1 audit. The council remains stalled, with no budget near approval.
A conciliation board appointed by the Chamber of Commerce met union and company representatives in Portland to negotiate an electric car strike. Talks will proceed in the morning as strikebreakers operate Cape Elizabeth lines and workers parade after a union meeting. Conciliators include Franklin Payson, Silas Adams, Scott Wilson, E J Eddy, and J Calvin Stevens.
Somerville will revert to early hours for the State election returning to a 6 am opening and 4 pm closing after years of polling until 8 pm. This change aims to streamline returns and provide earlier results on November 7.
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