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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1887

Page

2

Poll tax vote falls short of two thirds in House

The poll tax measure failed in the Massachusetts House 186 to 90 with one pair, not reaching the two thirds needed to send the amendment to the people. Debates continued on liquor policy as the Senate debated enforcement of current laws and questioned the Cape Cod Ship Canal contract and Lockwood control.

House of Representatives Gaylord South Hadley Messrs. Mctte Montague Tucke Lowell Senate Kimball Boston Public Library Court House Boston

Rail line revival push faces opposition and support

The rail committee debated reviving the Williamstown and North Adams charter to spend 2 4 million dollars for a through line from Rotterdam Junction to Duluth via Canada. Supporters say it benefits Central Massachusetts and offers independent western access. opponents argue the Fitchburg route already handles freight and the project serves New York capitalists rather than local needs.

Committee On Railroads Williamstown & North Adams Railroad Smith Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Massachusetts Rotterdam Junction Duluth Canada New York Boston Fitchburg Road Yeomans New Haven & Northampton Road Fitchburg S. N. Aldrich Central Barrus Goshen Perry North Adams Adams Northampton Representative Orcutt Cummington Stevens Yeamans Strout Boston & Lowell Road Bottom George A. Torrey

Cape Cod Ship Canal Hearings Probed for Financial Records

The harbor committee continued hearings on the canal project with counsel Benton proposing amendments and Bainbridge Wadleigh pressing the Fox petitioners to produce cash books, accounts, and the Smith & Ripley contract. The motion cites undisclosed expenditures believed to exceed 500000 and questions the contract's oath and contents.

Frederick A. Lockwood Lockwood Cape Cod Ship Canal Company Wadleigh Gengs A. Bruce Massachusetts Ship Canal Company Harriman Bourne A. E. Pillsbury Smith & Ripley George A. King Mr. Lockwood Mr. Bruce Charles A. Brooks Titcomb Lock Wood Committee On Cape Cod Ship Canal Colonel Benton Old Colony Harbor and Land Commissioners Railroad Commissioners Bainbridge Wadleigh Fox

Roads and oil inspection bills before committees

The roads and bridges committee considered amending chapter 51 to allow highways laid out under betterment provisions. William Aspinwall presented a bill with no opposition. The manufactures committee heard George H. Pond and others on petroleum storage and sale, with Stephen H. Tyng proposing a state inspector general and deputy inspectors to standardize tests. The tax committee discussed exempting savings bank real estate from state tax, and the cities committee heard arguments for a women’s detention house versus matrons at stations, with support for a Boston house of detention.

Public Library of Boston Public Library Dwyer O’brien Alger Offce Wilbur Welch Pilsbury Gleason Worcester Board of Health Committee On Cities Suffolk City Council of Charles T. Gallagher James L. Little Great Barrington Water Company Clark University of Worcester Forbes Committee On the Judiciary Sleeper State Board of Health Perkins Committee On Water Supply Hassanimisco Grafton’ Water Company Hartwell Joint O’connor Holyoke Middlesex County Berkshire American Pomological Society Middlesex Real Estate Association of Cambridge New Bedford Children’s Hospital Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield Brookline Bristol Second Baptist Church Palmer District Court of Muskeget Island Gravelly Islands Nantucket County Committee On Carpenter William Aspinwall Committee On Manufactures George H. Pond Stephen H. Tyng Oil Trade Association Tyne Messrs Alden Speare L. R. Spear R. F. Means Tyng Ware Fitchburg Savings Bank Committee On Taxation Lydia M. Warner Houghton Jackson R. D. Elliot Station 1 Hurley Division 3 Whiting Edward A. Hamilton Mr. Quincy Osborne and Lee Mr. Whiting

Senate considers half loaf approach on tenement liquor bill

Senate debates reviving the tenement house liquor license bill after Tuesday's rejection. Senator Hartwell moves to reconsider and amend to allow only the first section to stand, restricting licenses in dwelling houses while Senator Dwyer notes earlier arguments about vested rights.

Snes Lynn Morse Newhall Roberts Kimball Republican Party Chelsea Moose Tremont Temple Liquor Committee Hartwell Currier Yeas Cook Fletcher Gleason Worcester Plymouth Gould Jefts Keith Marble Sleeper Wilbur Alger Dwyer Fernald Glines Jenkins Jones Berkshire O'Sullivan Phillips Pilsbury Roads Sayles Shea Slattery Welch Forben Clark Towne The Cape Yes Howard Perkins Milliken Jordan Nay Senate

Boston Legislators Set Next Wednesday Calendar Order

The article notes Mr. Greene of Boston moving to discharge the calendar with the State printing matter, a judiciary committee report on amending divorce statutes deemed inexpedient, and an order by Mr. Fules of Milford to enlarge Court of Claims jurisdiction. It also mentions the General Court reference on arbitration petitions and resumed debate on a resolve.

Messrs. Wharton Boston Quincy Messrs Gile Worcester Smith Andover Perkins Cambridge Teele Milliken Malden Messrs. Dresser Jennings West Bridgewater O’connor McDonough Fales Milford Yeas Allen Arnold Atwood Backup Bailey Bartlett Belcher Bennink Boardman Bottum Brady Brandes Bray Breed Briges Brooks Butler Calnan Carman Carney Carpenter Chaffee Champlin Clark North Brookfield Gurney Hagerty Haggerty Southbridge Hallett Harlow Harrington Harris Haskell Hastings Hayes Heasley Henderson Hill Hitchings Howe Clinton Hunt Keane Kearn Kemp Kennedy Ladd Lally Lang Leach Lincoln Maguire McCarthy McEttrick McIntosh Morin Moseley Newburyport Hyde Park Murphy Nies Noonan O’brien O'Connor O’hearn Owen Parker Parkman Pierce Perry Post Pray Provin Quinn Fall River Ready Reardon Reynolds Roberts Robinson Savage Scully Dover Spellman Stevenson Story Sullivan Symonds Knight Larrabee Linton Loring Lynch Marsh Miller Chelsea Milne Monk Morey Morrill Morton Noyes Gardner Orcutt Poor Pinkerton Pool Ray Rowell Sanderson Sandland Sillars Sleeper Athol Stanly Stockwell Buckland Sutton Taft Uxbridge Taylor L. D. James Williamsburg John Bracewell C. T. Sampson Manufacturing Company Johnson Manufacturing Company Greylock Mills Arnold Print Works A. C. Houghton North Adams Manufacturing Company North Adams North Adams Railroad Sterling Camp Meeting Association Waltham Firemen’s Relief Association Troy & Greenfield Hoosac Fitchburg Railroad Company Probate Court Plymouth Housatonic Water Company Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Grand Army of the Republic Greene Committee On the Judiciary Fules Court of Claims Committee On Federal Relations International Court Arbitration Vro

New England Historic Genealogical Society Meets

The regular monthly meeting featured presentations by Abner C. Goodell Jr. and Henry F. Waters on genealogical research in England and the Rogers family of Ipswich. Donations included 24 books and 32 pamphlets, plus a bust of Finlay and portraits of West family members. Resolutions honored Rev. William G. Eliot. Letters accepted for resident membership from Burr Abbott Williams Upton Hooper.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Abner C. Goodell, Jr Henry F. Waters England Waters Rogers Ipswich Essex County New England Marshal Kittridge Abbott Edward Henry Williams William Henry Upton Nathaniel Leach Hooper

Ely's Dream Balm touted as cure for nasal catarrh

An article argues nasal catarrh is not a blood disease and condemns blood medicines. It cites Dr. Logan of Knoxville urging non irritant remedies and promotes Ely's Dream Balm as the safe, effective, non irritating treatment that reaches affected surfaces and yields quick relief without reaction.

2. W. Logan Knoxville Tenn American Rhinological Association Ely

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