Boston’s West End railway outlines electric rapid transit plan
A Boston interview details a three-road rapid transit concept to connect the western and southern sections via tunnels and surface routes. Electric motors, overhead wires, and street car adjustments aim to speed trips from Roxbury to Cambridge with centralized management and worker facilities.
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Music Hall
State House
Scollay’s Square
Postoffice Square
Park Square
Boston Atheneum
South End
Roxbury
Dorchester
Cambridge
Main Street
Newton
Brighton
Watertown
Somerville
Arlington
Brookline
East Boston
South Boston
Harvard Square
Boston
Scranton
Penn
Beacon Street
West End Road
Franklin Park
City Point
Broadway
Washington Street
West End
West End Railway
New York
Back Bay
Sunday laws domination in Massachusetts legislature stalls actions
The Massachusetts House debated Sunday laws with speeches and amendments, delaying a vote and postponing the entire topic to March 16. The Boston investigation order was postponed to March 22 amid further debates on exemptions for Hebrews and Seventh Day Adventists, local option concerns, and other calendar items.
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Newport
Taft of
Palmer
Boston
Beverly
Senate
Watertown
Newton
Fitzgerald
Times
Symonds
Salem
Collison
McDonough
Kent
Worcester
Murphy
Larrabee
Melrose
Mcattrick
Milliken
Malden
Upham
Backup
O'Connor
Wharton
Parkman
Committee On the Judiciary
City of
Committee On
Committee On Taxation
J. Moriarty
Thornton K. Ware
Commonwealth
Committee On Water Supply
George Alexander
Barnstable
Daniel A. McCarty
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Springfield Street Railway Company
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
John Lb. Maniseu
Avis Bellows
Commonwealth Insurance Company
Suffolk
Charles H. Parker
Said Parker
Anne B. Leeds
Yarmouth Street
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Columbus Avenue
Whittemore
Whitemore
Henry C. Bellows
James Miller
Mortenger
Senate Proceedings Report on Military, Water, and Public Bills
The session featured Rev. Increase T. Tarbox presiding with Sen Phillips at the chair. Reports included Thomas Sullivan eligibility for State aid and a Milford Water Company capital stock increase. Debates covered Water town annexation, Central Massachusetts railroad dam issues, and real estate holdings for the Brockton Society of the New Jerusalem.
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Increase T. Tarbox
Senator Phillips
O'Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan
Slattery
Milford Water Company
Kimball
Committee On Towns
Watertown
Charles River
Newton
Phillips
Committee On Railroads
L. Tufts
Central
Massachusetts
Carrier
Committee On
Parishes and
Religious Societies
Brockton Society of the New Jerusalem
Alger
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Fletcher
First Universalist Society
Westfield
Bourne
Wareham
Cohasset Narrows
Uxbridge
Boston
City of
Committee On Cities
Ames Manufacturing Company
Norfolk County
George H. Cannon
Thomas J. Cannon
Josiah Robinson
Benjamin F. Robinson
John Gillespie
Farnham Gillespie
Francis Jenkins
Charles O. Newell
James Burke
Ellen Madigan
Annie J. Welch
Hills
Holliston Water Company
Sterling Camp Meeting Association
Waltham Firemen’s Relief Association
County of
Suffolk
Dedham Water Comany
Jamaica Pond
Boston Pier
Long Wharf
Division of Beverly and Beverly Farms townships debated
The committee on towns reports a bill creating Beverly Farms from parts of Beverly and Wenham, sharing debt and taxes with Beverly and Wayland. dissenting views from Fitzpatrick Davylin Rowell. Melrose water bonds and Athol water power bonds discussed. election laws and assessors book changes also noted.
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Committee On
Beverly
Beverly Farms
Wenham
Wayland
Messrs
Fitzpatrick
Stoughton
Davylin
Somerville
Committee On Election Laws
Committee On Taxation
House
Walker
United States
Collison
Boston
Arguments on the canal at Cape Cod hearing reveal Lockwood control
At the canal hearing, Wadleigh pressed for company books and recalled Lockwood to question him. He charged Lockwood’s control over directors and a new $2.5 million contract raising overall costs to the proposed $10 million in stock and bonds.
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Mr. King
Messrs
Sidney Dillon
Thomas Rutter
Charles BE
Dodge
New York
Cape Cod Canal Company
Messrs. Smith and
Ripley
Cape Cod
Mr. Wadleigh
Mr. Loodwood
Lockwood
Iie
McCall
Wadleigh
Panic in Nice as Earthquake Rattles Riviera Visitors
Charles J. Burke and M Tone of Rochester recount the Nice earthquake from the Grand Hotel. They describe a carnival before the tremor, chaos in corridors and streets, frantic crowds, and a mass exodus toward trains with high fares paid for passage amid 20 000 in the square awaiting relief.
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New York
Gascogne
Compagnie Générele Transatlantique
North River
Riviera
Charles J. Burke
M. Tone
Rochester
N. Y
Europe
Nice
Mr. Tone
Grand Hotel
Mr. Burke
San Francisco
Rome
Great Hotel
Voluntary Assessments Hearings Open on Debtor Assignments
Judge Lowell seeks a public hearing next Tuesday on a measure allowing trustees to convert a debtor’s property and profits into money when a majority of creditors approve an assignment for the benefit of creditors. If later insolvency proceedings void the assignment, assignees may recover the net proceeds instead of the property.
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Lowell
Ex Speaker Wade backs tax relief for Mexican Central stockholders
The taxation committee heard ex Speaker Wade argue the Mexican Central railroad stockholders should be exempt from local taxes since the railroad pays taxes on its franchise. Other sessions covered guardianship for minors, Liens on buildings, and a plan to treat young beggars as neglected children.
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Wade
Committee On Taxation
Mexican Central Railroad
D. A. Reed
Springfield
New England Industrial and Technical School
Spellman
House Committee On the Judiciary
Adams
Lowell
F. T. Greenhalge
Nathan Matthews
Boston
James ‘I’. Fields
Quincy
Conference of secretaries opens at Cambridge for New England Y M C A
The third conference of general secretaries of the New England Y M C A opened in Cambridge at the Cambridge association rooms. Delegates from over fifty associations attended with a supper and reception. Speeches were given by Warren Sanger, Dr Alexander McKenzie, Mayor Russell and several regional leaders. The Cambridge Orchestra provided music as sessions were planned for the next day.
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New England Young Men's Christian Association
Cambridge
Cambridge Association
Central Square
L. W. Messer
Warren Sanger
Alexander McKenzie
Russell
R. A. Jordan
Steamers Sardinian Portland Arrive at Mogille and Mogille
London dispatch notes steamers Sardinian Portland arrived at Mogille today with Alaska and New York off Fastiet, signaling a maritime movement in the region.
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London
Portland
Mogille
Alaska
New York
Fastiet
Masons Celebrate Tenth Anniversary Dinner at Tremont House
The Joseph Webb Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, marked ten years with a grand reception and banquet at Tremont House. About 126 members and ladies attended as Henry M. Rowe presided, J. Waldo Denny led postprandial exercises, and speakers included Rev. L. V. Price Hon. Charles Levi Woodbury and Lieutenant-Governor Brackett.
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Joseph Webb Lodge
Tremont House
Banqnet
Henry M. Rowe
J. Waldo Denny
L. V. Price
Charles Levi Woodbury
Massachusetts
Brackett
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Tone
Gayety
Conference OF Secretaries
Masons
Salem Lead Company
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Catarre
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Lake St
Chicago
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Woodward Avenue
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A.M
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Philadelphia
Joseph Stewart
Grand Ave
Brooklyn
C. J. Corbin
Chestnut St
ELY Brothers
Bruggists
Owego
N.Y
Bostrox
Committee On Prisons
Frank W. Jones
Joseph H. Greason
Committee ON Street Railways
H. D. Hyde
West End Street Railway Co
Arthur B. Champlin
C. F. Libbie & Coo
Washington St
Park Theatre
Napoleon I
R. Knights & CO
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Main St
Cambridgeport
Putnam Street
Elizabeth Whyte
Albert Jd. Elwell
County
Maren
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Albert J. Elwell
Mortcadee
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L. Saltonstall
Massachusetts Title Insurance
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Arnold A.rand
Albert Howe & Coo
Market Street
Warren Avenue
Poston
Richards & CO
St.york
John €. Wilmerding
Wilmerwding, Hoguet & Co
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Francis Henshaw & CO
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Boston & Albany R. R. Co
Laconia Mfg
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
Everett Mills
Columbian Mills
Washington Mills
Mt. Pleasant Coal Co
Lancaster Mfg. Co
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San Ee Janc Jaco Trustes
Ipswich Mills
Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern RR
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Lynn
Merrimac Mfg. Co
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Minneapolis & Omaha RR
Rutland RR
Michigan Air Line
Oregon Short Line
Middlesex RR
Pacific Mis
Jamaica Plain Gas
Lawrence Gas
Chic
Ohio River RR
St. Paul City Horse RR. Co
Phoenix Brewery
Cotton Mills
Towell Mio
Weve Yy
Uae
Amas McKay Metallic Fastening
Mercantile Wire and Marine Insurance
Eastern RR. Co
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Arlington Mills
Nekhay & Ee Heeling
Arkansas Valley Elevator Co
Portsmouth
Great Falls & Conway R. R. Co
Boston & Albany RR. R. Co
Columbian National Bank
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw
Chicopee Mig. Co
Tare Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co
Mfrs
Fire and Marine Insurance Co
KR. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Old Boston
Lyman Mills
Cheshire Rd
Kingman
Pratt & Western
Sand, & Cleve
Lake Champ. Rd
Utter
Winchester & Potomac
Lake Champlain
Cleveland & Canton R. R
Natl. Exchange Bank
Cambridge Railroad
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Co
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Lake Charap
Wichita & Western
Little Rock Junction
Ry. Co
Norwich & Worcester
Do Pacific Guano Company
Do Tloward Nail, Bank
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Vier 1
South
Florida
Valencia Oranges
Iowa
Ex Steamship
Australia
Valencia
Vruit
Pier 2
Almeria
Hichburn & CO
Court Street
Bradford Street
Waltham Street
Hichborn & CQ
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