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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
13
Washington March 14 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed railroad charges for recon signing cars on arrival or before. The plan would raise per car charges from 1 and 2 dollars to 2 and 5 dollars to relieve car shortages. suspension lasts until July 13 pending investigation.
Reports to the American Railway Association show total loaded and empty freight cars tied up at 123,063 on March 8, down 20,487 in the week ending then, a 28 percent drop since February 17. Railroads’ congestion relief efforts during their cleanup week are expected to reduce it further. President Griffin and Chicago Board of Trade officials spent the day in conference with the car service commission.
American Railway Association reviewed Chicago transportation conditions with Commissioner McChord and Interstate Commerce Commission experts. Mr Griffin urged more railroad cars for Chicago interests. The car service commission said railroads are taking all possible steps to relieve congestion and will grant Chicago the relief desired.
The illustrated lecture under the Newfoundland ers' Charitable Society, moved from April 10 to April 19 Patriots' Day at Franklin Union Berkeley and Appleton streets. James J. McAuliffe, veteran speaker on the colony, will present new facts since his last talk, with sketches and an arranged concert program.
Bishop F D Leete of Atlanta will preside at the annual East Maine conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor Maine on April 11. The session was postponed from April 4 requiring a third bishop after Bishops Edwin H Hughes and Franklin Hamilton were assigned elsewhere.
A vintage health ad claims renewed youth comes from a liver and bowel cleanse. It credits Dr Edwards Ohio physician with a vegetable compound called Olive Tablets, a calomel substitute said to improve vitality. The piece promotes their olive color and pricing at 10c and 25c per box sold by all druggists.
Two women sue the Boston Elevated Railway Company for damages in a moving-stairway accident at the Sullivan square terminal. Mrs. Jennie F. Willey seeks 50000 dollars and Mrs. Flora A. Bowdlear 2000 dollars. Trial before Judge Dana and a jury. Witnesses said the escalator buckling caused the injuries. testimonies described high rails and close walls as unclear.
E. K. Arnold for the Elevat ed begins cross examination with the question Were you summoned here The witness confirms and the trial adjourns until morning to resume proceedings.
Springfield March 14 A committee urged Mayor F W Stacey to back a plan to ease hardship from high prices for the city’s poor. He pledged to discuss with relief agencies and the Hampden County Improvement League following a protest meeting of residents in the poorest area.
In this city telephone operators now say I’m ringing them or I am to indicate call progress. The phrase is said to lessen mental strain on waiting subscribers and has a soothing effect, according to reports from the exchange.
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