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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1887

Page

2

Half Million Debate Roils Legislature On Veterans Bill And Roads

The Legislature debated veterans exemptions and raised license fees while lawmakers opposed salary hikes for members. A proposal to fund elevated railroads faced defeat. The Meigs Elevated Railroad Company sought a charter amendment, and a loan bill for Stony Brook construction was advanced. A judiciary panel reported a bill targeting habitual criminals.

Quincy Loase Acton Committee On Senate Meigs Elevated Railroad Company Shea Boston Stony Brook Committee On the Judiciary

Petition and votes on Meigs Elevated Railroad in Massachusetts

Senator Welch supported a petition from the Meigs Elevated Railroad Company led by General Butler and Mr Meigs arguing the 1884 charter imposes onerous restrictions delaying rapid transit. The Senate rejected admission of the petition by a 17 to 10 vote. further bills and sanctions on prisons, liquor juries, and a Boston Stony Brook conduit plan were debated and advanced.

Senator Welch Lowell Meigs Elevated Railroad Company General Butler Meigs Boston Theommittee Massachusetts Welch Wilbur Reed Senate Renton Hartwell House Committee On the Judiciary Committee On Prisons Charlestown Alger Jeffs Senator Morse Norfolk County Friends of the Bill Morse Henry Wilson Sewall Boardman Yeas Currier Dwyer Sores Jenkins Jones Lynn Jordan Kimball Newhall Perkins Roads Sayles Shea Slattery Clark Cook Fletcher Fiske Gleason Worcester Plymouth Jefts Keith Cape Marble Pilsbury Sleeper Towne O’sullivan Yea Gould Committee On Cities General Court Stony Brook Elliott C Roxbury Carpette Boston Belting Company Clarke Calvert Street Lawrence Haverhill Union Railroad Charles River Causeway Street Phillips Patrick Carr City of

Massachusetts Legislature Debates Bills On Officers Salaries and Licenses

The finance committee reported a recommendation to recommit to education on a MIT resolution while approving other measures. Lawmakers debated salaries for state officers, liquor license fees, civil service reform, and street railway control with remonstrances filed, amendments voted down, and the bill advancing to the Senate for concurrence.

Committee On Finance Committee On Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carpenter Brookline John K. Tarbox Insurance Commissioner Darling Somerville Committee On the Judiciary W. B. French Boston Fales Milford Senate North Attleboro Messrs. Dresser and Parkman Dresser Medford Lovell Weymouth Quincy of Quincy Massachusetts Upham Salem Gil Worcester Dexter Lowell Milliken Malden House Daylin George William Curtis McEttrick Theodore Metcalf Collison State House Hall Faunton Ray Franklin Hallett Nantucket

Lawmakers battle over pay as $1000 bill falls short

Debates on legislative salaries span years with Upham citing historic pay, a roll call ends 73 to 112 against the $1000 measure. The House rejects the substitute and approves Senate amendments to the weekly payment bill while other measures advance, including veterans’ relief and debtors’ hearing reform.

Upham Salem United States Pennsylvania New York Walker Worcester Dresser Boston Ray Franklin Alviva Voce Yeas Messrs Barney Bartlett Belcher Bennett Fairhaven Agawam Brady Briggs Brigham Brockbank Brooks Butler Carman Carney Clark Brewster Collison Conlin Conway Davlin Desmond Doherty J. Donovan Medford Duniea Farren Felch Field Fitzgerald Flynn Fossett Garfield Lynn Godfrey Hagerty Haggerty Southbridge Hallett Harris Hustings Heasley Judd Holyoke Springfield Keane Kearn Kennedy Knight Lally Leach Maguire McCarthy McCue McDonough McKattrick McIntosh Miller Milliken Monk Murphy Noonan O’brien O'Connor Perkins Perry Post Pray Quinn Fall River Ready Reynolds Roberts Robinson Sillars Sullivan Trail Willis Nays Adams Allen Westport Armington Armstrong Arnold Backup Bailey Batchelder Bennink Bird Boardman Boyden Bray Breed Brown Burtech Carpenter North Brookfield Colby Conant Copeland Crosby Cutler Davis Day Devins Dexter Dodge Eames Fales Norwood Finney Floyd Freeman Gamwell Gaylord Gile Goodell Graves Greenwood Giunn Hall Hamilton Handy Harlow Harrington Haskell Henderson Henry Hersey Hervey Hill Hinchcliffe Hitchings Hosmer Howe Clinton Hunt Jaques Taylor Teele Thompson Tucke Turner Wadlin Walworth Wardwell Ware Waters Whitcher Wilde Wilkins Wilson Wood Newton Chicopee Woodward Young Garity Waltham James Donovan Carnan Pousland Smart Yea Ladd Bigelow Warden Hathorne Fisk Gurney Moseley Nay House Senate E. J. Donovan Acton Walter Shanly Malden Committee On Street Railways Committee On Quincy West End Parkman J. Maguire Westboro Lowell Lenox Shrewsbury North Attleboro Cheshire Railroad Company Fitchburg Railroad Company Revere Water Company Massachusetts Central Railroad Company Charles River Bridge Messenger Corps Mansfield Water Company

Harvard commence week programme outlines 19 June to 30 June

The programme lists events from Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Francis G Peabody on June 19 at Appleton Chapel to commencement day on June 29 with speakers G P Furber E E Hamilton H E Peabody and others and summer vacation begins June 30 including entrance examinations to the Law and medical schools.

Harvard Francis G. Peabody D.D Appleton Chapel G. P. Furber H. W. Keyes W. A. Brooks F. 8. Coolidge I’. BE. Kk Fr. E. E. Hamilton H. E. Peabody Stephen WP. Stanton James H. Woods F. C. Southworth College Julian W. Mack Law Medical

Confederate Veterans Entertained by Boston Board of Aldermen

Boston aldermen enjoy a Shakespearean session with jeering quips as they debate civic improvments and honor Confederate veterans. The meeting approves funds for cemetery rights, riverfront piers, and street widening while hearing petitions from railroad and undertakers. William O Brien expresses gratitude for Boston hospitality to the Irish cause.

Brutus’ Maguire Patrick J Carroll Cassius Bromwich William C. W. Smith Swampscott Mt. Hope Cemetery King Street Hugh O' Brien Boston Republic Wiilliam O'Brien William Murray Faneuil Hall Queen Victoria Metropolitan Railroad Company Washington State Street Hudson Street Dorchester Dudley Street Hanover Street Commercial Street Chelsea Bridge Lee Terrence WY. Powderly Knights Boston Undertakers’ Union Board of Health Broadway Bridge G. A. R. Post 15 R. E. Lee Confederate Veterans of Virginia Harrison Avenue Albert F. Wentworth Humboldt Avenue Sullivan East Boston Alderman Sullivan Yeas Capen Donovan Lee McLaughlin Haynes N. G. Smith Maguire Allen South Ferry

Home for Aged Couples Holds Third Annual Meeting

Trustees of the Home for Aged Couples report about 100 members attended with 13 trustees and 5 council. Receipts for the year total around 14000. debt on Walnut avenue place stands at 17000. Mrs. Carleton warns of fund-raising fraud and urges attention from press and clergy. An arch is planned at grounds entrances bearing the inscription Home for Aged Couples. Twenty five annual members were added, total members 425 annual and 200 life. Contributions included 100 from Seecercank and 25 from Sparrells, with 25 from Ries and 10 from Fata.

Home For E. A. Carleton Board of Council Walnut Avenue Place Carleton Roxbury Charlestown Chelsea Highlands J. Q. A. Litchfield Il B. F. Seecercank Julia Sparrell N. W. Ries E. K. Fata V. Caleb D. Bradlee J. W. Smith Kemp

Investment list of multiple railroads and banks with shares

A long ledger style listing investment holdings detailing shares in numerous railroads banks and manufacturing firms. Items include Boston & Providence R R Boston & Maine R R Co Fitchburg R R Co New York & New England RR Co and many others with share counts and sometimes bond details. Some entries note presidents or trustees. The document resembles a trustee ledgers page listing diverse securities.

Boston & Albany RR. Co Boston Marine Insurance Co Action Valve Co Nat'l Bank of Commerce Fitchburg RR. Co Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Conn Passumpsic Rivers RR. Co Pfa McKay & Bigelow Heeling Mach, Assoc’n McKay Metalic Fastening Assoc Boston & Maine RR Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co New York & New England RR Natl. Bank Manchester & Lawrence Chicago, Kansas & Western RR Icago, Kansas & Western RR Ivenworth Topeka & So. W Deaay Vermont & Mass. RR. Co Fitchburg RR Rutland RR St. Louis County Newburyport Old Colony RR. Co Continental Mills Michican Central RR Air Line Providence W. L Massachuesetts Boston & Albany RR Fremont Elk Horn Missouri Valley Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago Burl. & May Denver Burlington & Missouri L. G Burlington, Cedar Rapids & No Connecticut & Passumpsicns le Rock & Fortes Ry. Co Houghton & Gon Boston & Maine Boston & Re Cdl Mass Hide and Leather Bank Eliot Natl Bank Blackstone Or Bank Eastern Rd. Co North Chicago Rolling Mills

The Apollo Club of Boston Elects New Officers

The Apollo Club of Boston held its seventeenth annual meeting and elected officers including President Robert M Morse Jr and musical director B J Lang. Connecticut state bonds issue announced with sealed bids due June 20 and delivery by July 1 at 34 and one quarter percent interest.

Apollo Club of Boston Robert M. Morse, Jr George H. Chickering Arthur Reed Charles T. Howard John N. Danforth B. J. Lang Allen A. Brown William H. Burlen Henry G. Carey J. B. Stetson Connecticut General Assembly

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