Electriс Light Case Before Supreme Judicial Court
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts opens its March sittings for Suffolk Middlesex Norfolk and Barnstable counties with Judge Field presiding. Suburban Electric Light and Power Company sues the Boston Board of Aldermen seeking a mandamus to force pole location for a city contract. Attorneys Morse Burrage for the petitioner Richardson for respondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Suffolk
Middlesex
Norfolk
Barnstable
R. M. Morse, Jr
A. C. Burrage
J. B. Richardson
Corporation Counsel
Greater or Less Speed Debate in Boston Electric Cars Hearing
The Boston Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on electric car speeds run by the West End Railroad Company after Alderman Carruth’s order. Citizens and officials debated a six to ten mile per hour limit, with witnesses from police, the company, and residents describing dangers, speed instances, and the need for safety measures. The session adjourned to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
West End Railroad Company
Carruth
City
Berkeley
Lower Streets
Federal Street Bridge
Messrs
Martin Brimimer
R. H. Stevenson
Greeley
Curtis
F. L. Higginson
Henry L. Higginson
J. W. Wheelright
Caleb A. Curtis
E. M. Wheelwright
Alfred Bowditch
Lewiss. Dabney
George A. Goddard
William Brewster
H. G. Pickering
L. M. Sargent
Dacre Bush
A. G. Everett
J. C. BR. Peabody
Stephen Chase
John Lawrence
John J. Gardner
John JT. Wheelwright
Ogden Codman
Harcourt Amory
Francis C. Lowell
Henry Parkman
F. Sprague
Frederic Cunningham
H. M. Whitney
West End Street Railway Company
Henry D. Hyde
Mr. Whitney
Boston
West End
Dover
Berkeley Streets
Dover Street
Dudley Street
Grove Hall
Beacon Street
West Chester Park
Tremont House
John L. Gardner
Whitney
Wheelwright
Shawmut Avenue
Board of Aldermen and Railroad Commissioners
Sould
Lewis
Dabney
Bradford
Mr. Dabney
Comlmz
Meyer
Boston & Albany
Hyde
George K. Clatur
Ritland
Northampton Streets
Horace W. Jordan
Brighton
Lie
Allston
Brichton
Jie
Willan Towle
Henry L. Ingeinson
Tremont Street
Boylston Street
Dartmouth Street
Chiates Street
Jim
Higginson
Charles Street
Reservoir
Charles and
Tremont Streets
Otheer TI
W. Underwood
Commonwealth Avenue
St. Mary’s Street
Chester Park
Mr. Stillman
Tucker
Dorehhester
Harvard Street
Mt. Bowdoin
Edward Fleming
Dedham
Dover Streets
Lawrence Curtis
Board of Police
West End Company
Mr. Hyde
John F. Johnson
Augustus Parker
Seaver Street
Roxbury
Warren Street
J. P. Jordan
Roxbay
Colonel Jordan
L. Foster Morse
P. H. Kendricken
Hampden Street
Benjamin M. Fiske
Mr. Wheelwright
Jude Joseph Bennett
Edward Champlin
Nmght
M. W. Burlen
Waumbeck Street
George A. Goodwin
Beacon Streetway
W. K. Moody
W. 45. Barkelay
Dorchester
Lthonas Hunt
Paul Fy.brooks
William Scollans
Freestone Contractors Seek Code of Practice in Union Dispute
The Freestone Contractors' Association met and approved a comprehensive report on the lockout with the Freestone Cutters' Union. It urges a code of practice to guide relations, preserves workers' rights, expands apprentice opportunities, and proposes a permanent arbitration court to settle future grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freestone Contractors’ Association
Master Builders’ Association
Freestone Cutters’ Union
Contractors’ Association
Evans &Tombs
Freestone Contractors’ Association of
New York City
Boston
Freestone
Journeymen’s Association
New England
Court of Arbitration
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Difference Between Steam Roller And Electric Snow Plough
Theodore Lyman questions why a steam roller is deemed dangerous while an electric snow plough with dust and sparks is treated as innocent. He mocks licensing for public risk and suggests broader, risky uses of technology and public displays, urging equal liberties for citizens to enjoy dangerous demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarsze
Beacon Hill
Bowdoin Square
Theodore Lyman
Brookline
City Aldermen Pass Several Appointments and Orders
The Boston Board of Aldermen confirmed several mayoral appointments including E.K. Pearson as registrar of voters and John W. Leighton to the Water Board with an eight to four vote. They discussed abolishing the water registrar, referred related electric utilities questions to committees, and approved minor city projects and budget items. City Engineer and Treasurer reports were presented with bridge conditions and February finances detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
EK. Pearson
John W. Leighton
Boston Water Board
Charles H. Allen
Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds
A. Davis Weld
Joseph H. Gray
Leighton
Water Board
Alderman Flood
Alderman Smith
Thomas H. Cotton
George T. Dexter
Alfred Bowditch
Crough & Shacksley
Leary
W. O. Libby
Libby
Reed
Carruth
Committee On
Suburodan Light & Power Company
Boston Rail Club
Congress
West End Railroad
Blue Hill Avenue
Warren
Washington
Portaand
Boston Athletic Club
Jackson
Berkeley
Chelsea
Ferdinand
Dover
Cderal Street
Charles River
Water Department
Turner
Accident on Cambridge Street Involving Electric Car
Isaac Bornstein a Baker of 97 Salem Street was struck from behind on Cambridge Street near Chambers Street by West End electric car No 1491. His cart toppled, horse and shafts jammed, Bornstein badly bruised but bystanders freed him and he returned home. Witnesses say the car did not slow and no warning gong was heard. The car suffered no damage.
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Cambridge Street
Chambers Street
Isaac Bornstein
Salem Street
West End
Ornstein
Bornstein
Some Significant I Figure from Whitaker's Almanack on Trade
New York, Feb. 26. A Long quotation discusses protection, duties, and trade between Britain and Germany. It notes German workers’ pay, sugar prices, and major exports and imports. The piece claims England subsidizes sugar to sell cheap, impacting domestic refiners and jam making employment.
Events in City This Evening and Week Ahead
President Baldwin will speak on his Civil War visits at Union Hall this evening. The Camera Club attends the Star course lecture on Harper’s Belgium and Rhine photographs. Tobogganing resumes on Corey Hill with many participants. New England Historic Genealogical Society meets tomorrow at 3 30 PM as Thomas Cushing reads a paper by Dr. Henry Barnard. Norsk-Fest-Dag to be staged at Hollis Street Theatre April 17 and 18 by request of notable civic leaders. H. H. Boyesen will attend. proceeds go to Citizens' Law and Order League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Baldwin
Young Men’s Christian Union
the James
Potomac
General Grant
Union Hall
Camera Club of
Boston
New England Historic-Genealogical Society
Thomas Cushing, Esq
Henry Barnard
Hartford
Citizens’ Law and Order League
Social Club Dinners At Thorndike And Tremont House
Routine business noted for New England Furniture Exchange and Massachusetts Charitable Society meetings. Chi Psi held annual Thorndike gathering with fifty members. officers elected. Numerous guests listed. postdinner events described. Also court notices and trials detailed from Superior Court First Session March 3.
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New England Furniture Exchange
F. N. Bardwell
Thorndike
Massachusetts Charitable Society
Young
Charles J. Eastam
W. P. Stoddard
C. 5
Markland
L. M. Cook
The
Lion
Charles H. Allen
T. B. Reed
Ezra Brainard
D. C. Brewer
C. BE. Spaulding
J. B. Swift
Iseriram
Conried Company
Tremont House
C. Hill
Revidence
G. C. Pettis
New Haven
Conn
Concord
N. H
A. H. Angell
New York
H. J. Pyle
Wilmington
Del
W. Hanson
Isaac Mills
Y. &. Collins
Chicago
N. Wells
New Britain
Viewpoman
J. G. Flint
Milwaukee
Wis
W. KK. Flint
Cunbudze
Lielos McCurdy
William Foster
Craark
H. W. Livingston
J.C. Gibbs
W. A. Drewett
J. Swan
Charles W. Remick
George Gossman
Walter E. Joy
Pittsfield
L. Jd. Levoy
Big Rapids
Mich
E. W. Hammond
Portland
J. A. Wakefield
Charles Eaton
Littleton
N. Ho
H. W. Clarke
Parken
D. B. Fearing
Newport
A. Adams
Sandwich
L. H. Wilcox
Eben Avery
New London
E. A. Thissell
Florence
Uevern
R. S. Freeman
London
Eng
Robert Manhardt
Clarksville
Tennu
Lewis
St. Albans
Boston musicale at Tracy residence features debutante pianist
Mr. and Mrs. James M Tracy hosted a classical music evening on Fort Avenue. The program opened with Bendels fantasia The Masked Ball, first in Boston, followed by Miss M E Uphams rendition Because of Thee. James Tracy played Beethoven sonata in F minor, and fourteen year old Minnie Little gave two Chopin sonatas and earned praise. Chocolate and cake concluded the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M.tracy
Fort Avenue
Tracy
Bendel
Boston
M. E. Upham
Chopin
Gould Home Boston Association Meeting Speeches Held in Pierce Hall
The twelfth annual Boston Association meeting to aid the Gould Home and Rome industrial schools occurs this morning at 11 in Pierce Hall Copley Square. Rev. Edward G Porter presides. Speakers include Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer and Mr. William Ordway Partridge, who visited the schools recently. All supporters are urged to attend.
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Boston Association
Gould Home
Rome
Italy
Pierce Hall
Copley Square
Edward G. Porter
Alice Freeman Palmer
William Ordway Partridge
Painters and Decorators Honor Past and Present Methods
The Master Painters and Decorators Association held its annual dinner at Youngs last night with about sixty attendees. Mr O Wallburg presided and officers were elected including President O Wallburg Vice President J B Hand Secretary K E Hewitson and Treasurer I T Shay.
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Master Painters and Decorators’ Association
Young’s
O. Wallburg
J. B. Hand
KE. Hewitson
IT. Shay
Saltonstall Dinner Critique of Political Indorsement
A letter to the Post editor decries Saltonstall's dinner invitees as lacking statesmen or practical politicians. The roster includes Mugwumps, professors, leisure gentlemen, capitalists, and importers, with no prominent party leaders or public figures. The writer questions the value of such endorsements after years of inaction at the "Old Fort" and mocks the reward as mere praise from reformers.
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McKinley Bil
Massachusetts
Congress
Saltonstall
Superior Civil Court Docket Summary May 3
Plymouth county cases list three matters before judge bis Hor. Hollis and Kimball dispute over two Abington parcels with a hung jury. A lien enforcement petition for materials is decided against plaintiffs for insufficient notice. Whitcomb sues McLaughlin over elevator castings with contested charges and partial payment, jury deliberating. Estes sues City of Brockton for injuries from street defect.
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Superior Civil Court
Plymouth County
bisHor
William A. Hollis
Nellie F. Kimball
Abington
Cook & Coughlan
H. Kingman
John R. Sears
Austin S. Thompson
E. Robinson
Jason N. Whitcomb
George T. McLaughlin
Boston
J.J. Dowd
F. M. Bixby
W. A. Reed
Milley Estes
City of
Brockton
Central Democratic Association Adopts Bylaws and Seeks Portraits
President Lanizan led a Boston Central Democratic Association meeting in Nightingale Hall as bylaws and a constitution were adopted. Committee chair E R Fuller reported the code and constitution, with thanks extended to Congressman John F. Andrew Owen A. Galvin and M M Cunniff for aid and to Mr Andrew for books maps and public documents for the reading room. The group considered inviting Wardeu and planned to solicit portraits from prominent party politicians for display in the room.
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Central Democratic Association
Lanizan
Central Democratic Association of Boston
Nightingale Hall
E.R. Fuller
John F. Andrew
Owen A. Galvin
M. M. Cunniff
Andrew
Wardeu
Furs at Reduction as Jenkins & Co Heralds Second Winter
With the second winter arrived, shoppers flocked to Messrs. O A Jenkins & Co 407 Washington street for reduced fur prices. Hand-sewn Alaska seal garments, deer rugs, and tiger sable items fill the display as the firm pushes spring stock while furs move toward packing for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. O. A. Jenkins & Co
Washington Street
Messrs. Jenkins & Co
Alaska
Marketmen Club Meets Quietly in Boston
The Boston Marketmen's Republican Club held a tame private meeting at Young's last evening with President King in the chair. No notable guests attended, and discussions centered on the club's best interests rather than any wartime influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Marketmen’s Republican Club
Young
General Swift
King
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the Board OF Aldermen
van Houren
Freestone Contractors
United States
Whitaker
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
England
Mais
Superior Court
Pitman
John J. McCormick
Daniel W. Russell
J. R. Murphy
J. E. Leach
Charles T. Gallagher
Frederick M. Robinson
Green’s Wharf
Cashman
L. M. Chila
J. Lowell, Jr
Chase
Lowman
Claflin
Sweeney
Harris
McLaughlin
Boviton
Mason
Charles H. Lewis
New York & New England Railroad Company
C. A. Prince
R. D. Weston-Smith
Edward Lynch
J. W. Moore
L. J. Thomas
J. A. McGeough
AIL Wlu
Saltmarsh Ve ‘Thompson
Lynch
Moore
Macy
Heard
Garland
Same
Sane
Dewell
Supple
Lovewell
Field
Calnan
Stern
Crook
Colby
Whitson
Beacon Cou, Co
Wilson
Crooker
Ferrin
Place
UN. Wadding Co
Nugent
Dobbins
Old Colony KR
Bi-Spoo! Sewing Mach. Co
Acme Mfg. Co
Church
Austin
Johnson
Wallace
French
Eccan
Rice
Bartlett
Maass. Nat’l Bank
Scott
Baines
Lathrop
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
George McAllister
Massasoit
B. W
Odd Fellows
Henry W. Folsom
J. D. Long
H. G. Allen
William Gaston
J. F. Kelton
Rebecca D. Gerrish
Danel J. Courtney
George E. Curry
H. F. Naphen
Athe
Gerrish
Courtney
Ann Leonard
Nussbaum
Isburg
Winslow
Waite
Bark
Dean Vy. Bost
Aaie
Mead
Marston
Hooth
Bowker
Marshall Vy. Ld
Burt v. Advertiser Newspaper Co
Hook
Iyde
McElhaney
Thayer
Clafin
Read
Coburn
Wilrus
Cowen
McAvena
Fifield
Rheynolds
Ander Read
Son
Joles
Slackman
Aldrich
Cai
Bell
Rovert
Roosa
Richardson
Nickerson
Chad
McKay
McTag
Wick
Gart
Dugan
Sullivan
Gould
Charles Craig
Bright
Dr. Craig
Craig Medicine CO
Passaic
N. J
Paris
W. Baker & Cou’s
W. Baker & CO
Mass
Iva A. Leach
H. Kingzman
Conboye
Holbrook
Hest
Perkins
Middleboro
Barrows
Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co
Leach
Rhilbreth
Wilde
Peters
Steadman
American Lox Mas Ehire Co
G. E. Inimn
G. EK. Inman
Inman
American Box Machine Co
Edson
G. E. Ins Tian
Dibbs
Barnes
Load
Essex County
Salem
Harmon
Sarah A. Barry
Lynn
Newellord
Amesbury
Mary L. Bunten
Newburyport
Benjamin W. Cole
Moody D. Cook
Wary K. Copp
Saugus
Sophronia B. Elliott
Mary Farrell
Marblehead
Henry Gardner
Mary S. Greenleaf
Mary &. Knowles
Peabody
Anna _E. Porter
Beverly
Intia A. Peabody
Harriet A.trumbull
Daniel C. Haskell
Hannah
H. Smith
James Gough
Albert Lt. Cotton
George F. Eaton
Haverhill
Anna Jaques Hospital
John Bunten
Domestic Missionary Society
Foreign Missionary Society of
Ann A. Webster
John D. Kingsbury
American Home Missionary Society of New York
Marketmen’s Club Meeting
Nineveh
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Grays & Sons
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