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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Stony Brook Channel
THE
Board OF Aldermen
MR. Powderly
O'Brien
Herrman House
Royal Botig
R Aking
OWDER
Royran Bakine Powper Co
Wall St
N. Y
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Freeman’s Natl
Old Boston
Tremont Natl
State
Everett
Do Pueblo Smelting A and Refining Co
Eastern RR
Chicago & West Michigan
Cedar Rapids & Oi
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co
Jip
Columbus
Springfield & Cin, RR. Co
Metropolitan RR
Kansas City
Enue RR
Boston Consolidated Street Ry. Co
Boston Gas Light Co
Tremont Natl. Bank
Northern
New Hampshire
E. & T. Fairbanks Co
Do Amory Mfg. Co
Topeka & So. Western RR
Ivnion Natl. Bank
Annaetar Mille
Au Dada Tvor
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Exchange Natl. Bank
Summit Branch
Chicago, Burl
Warsaw
Lawrence & So
R.R
R.L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Amer
Waltham Watch Co
Mfg
City of Cleveland
Jane
Cedar Rapids
To River Ra
Lewiston
City of Louisville
Maine Cl
Cleveland
Lares
Alen
North Chicago’ Hoiling Mills
Revere F Eee
McKay & Byslow ‘Heeling Machine Assa
Eagle Bank
Addax Basting Machine Co
Hingham Water Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Boston & Prov
Pass
Rivers
Freeman’s
de Blackstone Natl. Bank
Union Pac
S. F
City of Toledo
Oregon
Lex
Ue de Pumas
West Michigan
Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers
Loan and Trust Co
Vermont Cent
Topeka & Santa Fe RR
Ee City
Memphis
Essex Street
Telephone
Northfield Street
Oak Street
May Place
Ranchas
Haret
Iddlesex Horse Rd
Eliot Natl. Bank
Revere Bank
Lyman Mills
Tanton Mfg. Co
Hartford
Manchester & Lawrence Rd
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Machine
Boston Cyclorama Co
Order of Executor
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Lechmere
Bank of East
First Natl. Bank
Woburn
Everett Natl. Bank
Concord & Mont. Rd
Lowell Mfg. Co
Boston Cons
Street Ry
Natl. Rubber Co
Second Natl
Shoe and Leather Natl
Globe Natl
Boston Consolidated St. Ry. Co
Howard Natl
Wasatsnan
UV Fic
Lammau Walbe
Boston Tow Boat Co
Florida So. Ry. Co
Burl
Mort
Boston & Albany
Boylston Street Land Co
Houghton & Ont
Mass. Rapid
Stock Scrip
Og. & Lake Cham
Kan
City
Emporia & So
Pleasant Hill
de Soto
Top. & So
Western
Atc Top
St. Fe
Boston & Colocia Co
Central Natl. Bank
York Mig. Co
C. F. Libbie & CO
Washington St
Park Theatre
John Lowell
ESC
Lowell Institute
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
Leverett ST
Lyman
oNn
Leverett Street
Horatio Swarris & C O
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leopard Street
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Fsnate
Chester Square
Federal Street
Federal
Beach Street
Cove Street
Eber Parker
Suffolk
Francis
Benjamin W. Parker
John P. Wyman, JR
Brice
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Garland
Somerset Sts
Tremont Avenue
Mount Washington
John Cheever
A. N. Cook
Esa
Pepe
Eastern Railroad
Chelsea Depot
Garland Street
Washington Street
Henry Gassett
Aundance
Keya
Holbrook & Fox
Postoffice Square
Bowdoin Street
Bowdoin and Union Avenues
Albert Howe & Coo
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Apollo Club