Trial recounts contract disputes and mayoral testimony
The lengthy session covers ex Mayor Fitzgerald and Maher firm contract disputes from 1906 to 1908. Witnesses testify on authority for advertising contracts, bid processes, and the Maher firm’s market influence while auditors clash over memory and record access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coakley
Mr. Hill
Mr. Coakley
Mitchell
Maher
Thomas F. Maher
Maher Bros
Hill
Fitzgerald
New England
N. Ness
Grand Jury
Distr
Farley
Joseph B. Ford
Cambridge
Boston
Ford
Carney
North River
A. We and Kelly & Sons
New York
Ex-Fire Captain Moning Dies by Suicide in Roxbury
Ex-Captain Casper H. Moning of Engine 37 Boston fire department killed himself by hanging from a clothes reel in his Roxbury yard at 259 Longwood Avenue. Mrs. Moning discovered the body after 9 p.m. Friends say illness and melancholia preceded his retirement after a long service dating back to 1880 with multiple ladder assignments and Engine Company 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper H. Moning
Boston
Longwood Avenue
Roxbury
Moning
Harrison Avenue
Centre Street
Ladder 15
Boylston Street
Dudley Street
Son Dies in Railroad Accident At Westfield
Word reached Mr and Mrs Timothy J Coughlin of Dorchester at 10 Linden Street that their son James F 30 was accidentally killed by a train at Westfield in the afternoon. He had gone there to work for a contractor four weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Sanderson
Carney
Maher
James W. Ryder
Shawmut Avenue
James J. Flynn
Dorchester
Patrick J. Grady
H. F. McLeod
Henry MccGady
Wendell Street
Cambridge
Patrick A. McCarty
Belgrade Avenue
Roslindale
John McCluskey
Minot Street
Ne- Bonscle
Timothy J. Coughlin
Linden Street
James F
Westfield
Hospital Grant on Magazine Street Sparks Protests
Cambridge Board of Aldermen approved a maternity hospital site on Magazine Street for Annie E. Bradford despite three years of taxpayer and church pastor opposition. TheMayor’s signature on the authorization is awaited amid ongoing debate and protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magazine Street
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Annie E. Bradford
Giant Connecticut River power project goes on line
Seventy thousand volts of electricity from Vernon Vermont to Clinton Massachusetts mark the completion of the Connecticut River Power Company system. The $2,000,000 dam and plant at Hinsdale New Jersey and Vernon Vermont will deliver power 53 miles to Fitchburg Worcester North Adams Pittsfield Springfield Clinton Winchendon Gardner and Manchester as well as smaller towns along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Vernon
Clinton
Mass
Connecticut River Power Company
Connecticut River
Hinsdale
N.J
Worcester
North Adams
Pittsfield
Springfield
Winchendon and
Gardner
Dying from Train Injuries in Boston Area
Lawrence June 29. William Wall 45 of Stoneham fell under the 9 36 Boston train while attempting to board. His right arm and leg were severed and he sustained other injuries likely to prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Boston
William Wall
Stoneham
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Eclipse Tailoring Co
Washington Street
The
Fione
Attorney Hill
Old Orchard
Alugh
Field
Dolan
Stack
Mr. Mitchell
Moran
Mr. Moran
Corbett
Mr. Fitzgerald
Rney
Ines
City Hall
Mr. O'Connell
Sanford
Ginger Cmes
Vorenberg
Washington, Hanover & Elm Streets
New
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