Bridge to Cambridge bill passes Senate amid strong opposition
The Boston elevated railroad bill cleared a third Senate reading after a lengthy debate with 36 to 2 passage. Amendments to broaden free transfers and dividend basis failed or passed in parts, and a new section authorized a joint petition for a Charles River bridge with Boston and Cambridge to share costs. The measure targets 290 miles of West End surface tracks and potential elevated lines, with strong arguments about Boston as a terminus and the bill’s broader implications for state rail policy.
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Boston Elevated Railroad
Senate
Roberts
Chelsea
Bailey
Dallinger
Boston
Cambridge
Charles
West Boston Bridge
Brattle Square
Middlesex
West End
Lomasney
Suffolk
Union Stations
Gauss
Essex
Maine
New York
Towle
Consolidated Road
Holden
Three Robbers Attack Hanover Street Liquor Dealer
Thomas F. McGuinness, a Hanover street liquor dealer, was critically wounded in an early morning assault outside his Roxbury home by three men. He fought back, sustaining serious throat and face injuries from a razor, while a pursuing officer returned fire as the assailants fled.
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Thomas F. McGuinness
Hanover Street
City Hospital
Roxbury
Mr. McGuinness
Roxbury Street
McGuinness
Daniels
Station 10
Putnam Street
Election Commissioners Throw Out Many Caucus Ballots
Recount disputes erupt as anti-machine factions charge fraud after caucus results. Ward 17 and Ward 6 see close shifts, with Drohan and Quirk contesting gains, while many ballots marked for Rourke and Fitzgerald face scrutiny and calls for city committee action.
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Anti
Board of Election Commissioners
Rourke
John Dprohan
Quirk
Feneno
Ward 17
John Nawn
Nawn
Mulvey
Leo Mentz
Lonergan
Woods
Drohan-Gore
Drohan
Commission
Curtiss
Fitzgerald
North End
Friends of
Ward 9
Ryan
Majority and Minority Reports On City Printing Plant Purchase
A city investigation into paying more than plant value ran from April 9 over thirteen hearing days. The committee produced both a majority ruling praising the purchase as honest and prudent and a minority finding the inquiry a farce, urging a recommitment and court action to uncover $30,000 dealings by John Cashman.
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Supreme Judicial Court
John Cashman
Majority Report on Printing Plant Defense of Cashman
The committee argues Cashman fronted private examination, found city officials acted honestly, and deemed the purchase of the printing plant fair in price. It notes expert valuation disputes, contending the plant was worth the price and the bargain was advantageous, with room for opinion on second-hand versus new plants.
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Cashman
Herbert L. Harding
Whalen
Jonathan A. Lane
Charles M. Bryant
William A. Tarbett
H. T. Elder
John Cashman
George H. Ellis
Rockwell
Executive Department
Minority Report on Printing Plant for Boston
A June 3 1897 protest from minority members of the city printing committee decries the majority’s handling of the Cashman printing plant purchase. They fault limited inquiry, exclusion of key witnesses, and bias toward city officials, urging recommittal to compel John Cashman’s full testimony and to reveal motives behind the deal.
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Boston
Committee On Printing
Cashman
John Cashman
Executive Department
Furniture prices beat rivals in city promotion
Advert promises low prices on chiffonieres cane seat chairs wardrobes cot beds and woven wire springs with warranties. It claims three‑times larger sales than competitors and a fourfold larger assortment while pledging about 20 percent lower average prices than other dealers.
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United States
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My Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Liberal
Union Hat CO
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New England
Sterling Ale
Rueter & Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Morristown
N. J
David Willson
G. O. Norcross
Oxford
Washington Street
John Drohan
Ward
C.H. Robinson & CO
Adams Square
Dock Square
Charce
Remnant Pant CO
Washington St
Over Continental Clothing House
Majority Report On
Chiffonieres
Ks Hall ‘Ands
Plains
Aus
With Mir
Piazsa
Paine Furniture Go
Canal Street
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