Boston 13 City Projects Ranked for 1915 Development
A list outlines 13 measures to advance Boston’s urban growth including public authority planning federating districts expanding school use playgrounds central civic building drinking fountains and sidewalks. Initiatives involve the Chamber of Commerce Boston planning groups Youth Conference Education Health and Charities and Correction.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Planning Conference
Housing Commitee of
Boston
Boston Home and School Association
Women’s Municipal League
Charities and Correction Conference
United Improvement Association
Neighborhood Work
Child Welfare Committee
Health Conference
Fine and Industrial Arts
United States
Boston 1915 programme envisions federation and reform
The 1911 Boston plan outlines federation of the metropolitan cities, laws to prevent infant blindness, stricter medical license exams, and a more artistic orderly placement of Boston among world leading cities.
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Boston
Boston 1915 Proposes Civic Reforms For Greater Boston
A 1911 city plan grows from 250 meetings into 48 citizen duties. It cites Paris as a model of planned civic growth and urges a metropolitan commission to oversee transit water supply drainage and housing. It covers school use parks public toilets libraries and youth education with bills 1109 197 473 666 referenced.
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Boston
Paris
Navy Yard to Lose Bag Work
Fifty thousand dollars' worth of bag making will be transferred from Charlestown to the New York and Norfolk navy yards. Competitive bids showed those yards cheapest, reducing Charlestown sail loft labor. The shift follows long efforts to move the work away from Charlestown and lower costs for canvas coaling bags used on warships.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown
New York
Norfolk
Naval Prison
Charlestown Yard
Washington
Navy Department
Empress Targeted as Clerk Throws Letter in Service
In Berlin at the Garrison church the Empress faced an embarrassing incident when Kranz Lukat, a clerk from the statistical bureau, suddenly read aloud a letter and hurled it into the royal pew. He was arrested and deemed deranged.
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Berlin
Statistical Bureau
Kranz Lukat
Temple of Labor Vote Spurs Labor Temple Drive
Boston's Central Labor Union yesterday decided to build a labor temple and named a committee to outline plans. The group includes Frank H. McCarthy Harry P. Jennings John F Kennedy Fred J Kneeland Arthur M Huddell John C MacDonald A J Howlett Edward F Connelly Anna T Bowen and Lida McFeaters.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Frank H. McCarthy
Cigarmakers’ Union
Harry P. Jennings
Transfer Drivers’ Union
John F. Kennedy
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Fred J. Kneeland
Painters’ Union 11
Arthur M. Huddell
Fisherman Hooked by Nose Nose-to-Nose Pickerel Incident
In Winsted Connecticut on a March outing a fisherman named Shomper leaned into an ice hole to inspect a snagged line. A pickerel seized his red nose thinking it meat, leaving teeth marks on his nose after the fish struck the ice. the pike measured 14 inches.
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Winsted
Conn
Hi” Shomper
Otis
Shomper
Drivers Elect New Officers In Cab and Carriage Union
At a midnight union meeting over 400 ballots were cast to elect a president with Tim Geary of Armstrong Transfer Co and John Boyle of Taxi Service Co as candidates. The result was pending as of morning. The union backed arbitration board conclusions on recent grievances that sparked a two week strike. Speakers included John J. Fenton and other union officials.
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Cab, Carriage and Automobile Drivers’ Union
Timothy Geary
Armstrong Transfer Company
John Boyle
Taxi Service Company
Board of Arbitration
John J. Fenton
Teamdrivers’ District Council
John M. Gillespie
Joseph Hunt
Teamdrivers’ Union
John Sullivan
Lumber Teamdrivers’ Union
Thomas J. Minihan
Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union
Pp. D. Daley
Cab Drivers’ Union
Ladies Dressmakers Union Holds Boston Mass Meeting
The Ladies Dressmakers Union 36 met at 724 Washington Street to discuss an injunction and plan actions to have it raised. Abraham Brown reported the recent ball was a social and financial success and a committee was formed to organize all members of the craft in Boston.
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Washington Street
Abraham Brown
Boston
Labor unions push unity at State House and wage talks
The Federation of State City and Town Employees directed its legislative committee to press ahead at the State House as hearings proceed on bills affecting city workers. The group opposes removing city laborers from civil service and any extra employment preference for Spanish war veterans. Union delegates from Freight Handlers A I and Knights of Labor held a conference on trade matters and joint wage requests, with B M R Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 E of L joining. Resolutions were adopted by Lamp Lighters' Union on William Harrington's death, and Teamsters and Helpers Assembly 1873 K of L named leaders for a mass meeting and smoke talk.
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Federation of State, City and Town Employees’ Unions
State House
I. Union
Knights of Labor Assembly
Union 80
A. F. of L
Wells Memorial Building
E. of L
Lamplighters’ Union Executive
William Harrington
Charlestown
A. Hanley
J. J. Larkin
Anti-Discrimination Speech Attacks Naboth Vineyard Metaphor
Thomas L. Hisgen of Springfield addressed Boston Central Labor Union denouncing monopolies led by Standard Oil as modern Naboths. He urged anti monopoly measures to curb price gouging and bribery, pledging continued fight despite lobby opposition.
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Thomas L. Hisgen
Springfield
Boston Central Labor Union
Ahab
Naboth
Mr. Hisgen
America
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Cleveland
Rockfeller
One Committee for R. R. Blacksmiths
Meetings of district councils of the blacksmiths and helpers of the N Y N H H and B and M railroad systems were held at 45 Eliot street to plan better conditions for the men. Each council met separately in the morning with a joint session in the afternoon. both roads are nearly identical, and a single joint committee will be formed.
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N. Y
Eliot Street
Donation funds new railroad employees home in Illinois
Boston Lodge 97 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reported against a bill requiring mental fitness exams for railroad workers. Hamilton Carhart Manufacturing Co donated 100000 to build a Hyland Park Illinois home for injured or invalidated employees, under the joint control of several railroad brotherhoods, to train in clerical work for self support.
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Boston Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Hamilton Carhart Manufacturing Company
Hyland Park
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
ASK INCREASE IN BUT ONE LINE
Boston Building Laborers Union seeks a wage raise to 85 cents an hour for construction work and 30 cents for digging and excavating. Masons and concrete men to receive 35 cents and 80 cents now respectively, with a 33 locked out over Parker Hill schoolhouse dispute.
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Boston
Parker Hill
Thomas F. Fields
Building Trades Section
Park Department Workers Hear Talkers at K of L Assembly
Former National Master Workman P J Mc Carthy and Master Workman Patrick McKenzie spoke at the Park Department Employees Assembly meeting. Delegates named were Patrick McKenzie P J McCarthy Timothy Sullivan Michael Kenney and Timothy Broderick to join the general committee planning the 8294 anniversary of District Assembly 30 Gi Tae.
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P. J. McCarthy
Patrick McKenzie
Park Department Employees’ Assembly
Plan for Work Horse Parade at Memorial Day Features New Judging
Work Horse Parade Association directors approve a new judging system to shorten the Memorial Day parade by about two hours. Entries open now and close May 1, with many special prizes planned for Old horse class, local expresses, hucksters, and barrel rack horses. Stable inspections welcome any time as about 3000 horses are already entered, offering owners expert reports to improve treatment and reduce costs.
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Work Horse Parade Association
King to Entertain 100000 London Children at Coronation Fete
King George will entertain 100000 London children at a coronation fete to be held in Crystal Palace in June. The announcement specifies a grand pageant and municipal participation in the event.
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London
George
Crystal Palace
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Charlotte Smith
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Federation of Protestant Churches of
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Edmond F. Ward
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A. J. Howlett
Carpenters’ District Council
Horseshoers
Samuel Gompers
A. F. of
Bucks Store and Range Company
United States Supreme Court
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Morrison
Mitchell
Arthur M. Watson
Brookline Carpenters’ Union
Electrical Workers’ Union 103
Union 2
Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
Kaiserin
New Haven Hotel Company
Frank S. Butterworth
Taft
New Haven
New Haven House
New Haven Green
Frank M. Andrews
New England
Messrs
Merry & Boomer
Nassau
Long Beach
L. 1
Lenox
Temple OF Labor
Woman
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John D
Rockefeller
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American Radiator Company
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