Taxing Franchises on Street Use for Boston Utilities
Boston lawmakers heard Representative Charles Sullivan promote a bill taxing franchises using public streets. He argued cities should fund services with street use fees and allow appeals by jury, while opponents questioned feasibility and public demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Sullivan
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Superior Court
Mavis
Salem
B. K. Hall
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
J. Otis Wardwell
Edison Illuminating Company
Commonwealth
Post Office Department
United States
Boston
Hart
New York
Safety Deposit Company
Legislatu-es
Davis
Hall
Sullivan
Messrs. Powers and
Wardwell
Men Held for Alleged Arson in Roxbury Fires
Frederick Drury Peter McGuinness and Anthony J Connell faced arson charges after Fire Marshal Whitcomb linked them to fires in Roxbury. Five alarms from one box fired on two days, with the first blaze at John Harringtons stable 74 Kemble street. Drury and McGuinness held on 1900 bond. Connell discharged.
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Frederick Drury
Peter McGuinness
Anthony J. Connell
Roxbury
Whitcomb
John Harrington
Kemble Street
Drury
McGuinness
Grand Jury
Connell
Tides and gales sweep New England coast and wrecks reported
High tides aided by easterly gales battered Maine coast with Bar Harbor sea wall torn up and piers driven onto lawns. Bath faced isolation as police served as boatmen. Rockland lime quarries and kilns flooded with two lime fires. Southern New England mills idled as backwaters blocked rivers. Cape Cod schooner stranded and Sagamore refloated with minor damage. Northern New England snowstorm driving rail disruption.
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Far Harbor
Bath
Rockland
New England
Maine
Kennebec
Penobscot
Bar Harbor
Hardy’s Point
Mt. Desert Island
Vineyard Haven
Eastport
Cape Cod
Frank Jones
Sagamore
Sullivan
Mighty water roars over Pawtucket dam at year’s high
In Pawtucket Rhode Island the river gushed over the dam above Pawtucket falls reaching the highest water level of the year. The roar of water was described as powerful and dramatic today.
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Pawtucket Falls
Pawtucket, R. I
Bath Isolated by High Water and Storm Tide
In Bath Maine March 2 high water in the Kennebec River caused by a storm and high tide isolated the city from surrounding areas. Wharves on Commercial Water and Centre streets overflowed and police used boats to rescue residents. cellars flooded and businesses suffered losses. Popham Beach village on an island. Pond Island Light was overwhelmed by surf. In Norway Maine heavy rain after snow hindered travel across Oxford County with two feet of snow on the ground.
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Bath
Kennebec
Popham Beach
Pond Island Light
Norway
Oxford County
Here
Freight Trains Tied Up By Washout Near Dorchester
A midnight washout, augmented by a landslide, blocks all freight trains on the New York, New Haven & Hartford line in Dorchester. High tides and heavy rains flooded the cut under the Old Colony division, three feet deep in spots, loosening embankments and dumping earth onto tracks.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Old Colony Division
High Tide Destroys Wharf Property At Ellsworth Maine
A morning storm with a southeast gale caused extensive damage to wharf property in Ellsworth and nearby harbors. The steamship wharf at Prospect Harbor was wrecked and two slips were washed out at the Maine Central ferry at Bar Harbor. The yacht Sagamore, owned by Hon. Frank Jones of Portsmouth, broke from her moorings at Sullivan and went ashore but was refloated by the Lebanon ferryboat. no injuries reported.
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Ellsworth
Prospect Harbor
Maine Central
Bar Harbor
Sullivan
Sagamore
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
Lebanon
Montego Wreck on Nauset Beach Off Cape Cod
The Gloucester schooner Montego, Captain John Hickey, was driven ashore in a southeast gale at Nauset Beach. Wreckers led by Elkanah Snow report the schooner a total loss after stripping sails and rigging as effort to save the three year old vessel continues.
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Aatham
Montego
Gloucester
John Hickey
Nauset Beach
Cape Cod
Elkanah Snow
Vineyard Steamboats Fail to Run Again
Vineyard Haven reports the Vineyard and Nantucket steamboats could not make trips to the mainland since yesterday morning. Mails have not left the island since yesterday morning as tug Mercury ferried the malls here tonight.
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Vineyard Haven
Vineyard
Nantucket
Tug Mercury
Damage at Portsmouth Storm Causes Tide Flooding
A March 2 Portsmouth report notes severe storm damage with widespread washouts. Tide levels near Mechanics street and Puddle dock forced owners like William H. Phinney to move horses to other stables as some houses remained inaccessible until the tide fell.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Mechanics’ Street
Puddle Dock
William H. Phinney
Washouts disrupt Boston & Maine service in Dover area
Washouts caused by yesterday's storm hinder the Boston & Maine at Dover Newmarket Durham Wells Rollinsford Junction Somersworth and Cocheco. Trains between Dover and Alton Bay were cancelled as rail traffic stalled along the Eastern and Great Falls lines.
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Dover
N. H
Boston & Maine
Durham
Newmarket
Wells
Rollinsford Junction
Somersworth
Great Falls
Cocheco
Winnipesaukee
Here
Alton Bay
Montreal Snowstorm Paralyzes City and Rail Lines
Montreal endures the worst snowstorm in years with business halted. Railways into the city blocked and trains stranded twenty miles away. At Farnham a CPR plough derailed, one man was killed and five injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Eastern
Western
Farnham
Canadian Pacific
Paris dancer Otero must pay coachman after appeal
The coachman fired by La Belle Otero won on appeal and the danseuse was ordered to pay 900 pounds. She had refused to settle after he claimed theft of horses. injunction blocked Credit Lyonnais from releasing funds pending settlement.
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Paris
La _ Belle
Otero
Danseuse
Mlle. Otero
Credit Lyonnais
Cotton Surges to Nine and a Half Cents in 1893 Peak
The R G Dun weekly trade review notes cotton rising to 9 1 2 cents the highest since January 1898 boosting Southern plantation sales and exports. Wheat and corn exports rise while iron and steel output hits record highs with prices for pig iron and billet climbing and coal prices and wages up.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
Chicago
Loans to Russia Boosted by Rail and War Vessel Purchases
Brisk trade commentary notes a $30,000,000 loan to Russia funded by domestic rail, rolling stock, and war vessel purchases. Weekly failures rise in U.S. and Canada, while cotton, metals, and hardware show varied strength and weakness. Freight earnings and bank clearings indicate mixed but improving overall business activity. Wheat and corn exports trend lower than last year, with July-to-date figures contrasted.
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United States
Canada
New York
Bradstreet’s
Fa&slares
At & Cities
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MR. Sullivan
Hunter
Preves Hunter Rye
AU Ly
Ella Bee
Baltimore
Wellington A. Hardy
Braad Street
Mass
Hudson
Assabet
Boston & Maine Railroad
N. Y
Martha’s Vineyard
Attleboro
Ten Mile River
Dodgeville
ST. John's
N. F
Clinton Mills
Clinton
Nashua
Lancaster Mills
Fitchburg
Main Street
Ferdinand Furniture Company
Daniel Harley
Austin
Toronto
Ont
E. Boston
Somerville
Malden
Actress
Bradstreet
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