City Hall Hosts Clash Over Trees on Commonwealth Mall
About 300 Back Bay society members packed City Hall for a Park Commission hearing on the Commonwealth Avenue mall between Dartmouth and Massachusetts avenues. Mayor Fitzgerald supported two rows of trees, challenging the commission’s four-row plan and prompting a heated, public debate.
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City Hall
Back Bay Society
Commonwealth Avenue Mall
Dartmouth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Park Commission
Fitzgerald
Art
Arthur D. Hill
Hoger F. Sturgis
Tts
Calvin C. Laney
Rochester
N. Y
Commonwealth Avenue
Ralph Henry
Samuel Parsons
Greater New York
Central Park
Bronx Park
Desmond Fitzgerald
Brookline
Boston Water Department
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Parker
Wiliam Lawrence
Arlington
Dartmouth
Edward Wheelright
Walter Baylies
M. Despradella
Harvard
Charles K. Pearson
John K. May
Henry S. Hannewell
Beacon Street
Walter Hannewell
Attorney Hill
Sargent
Narvard
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Tavoy
Boston
Mall
Gifford Pineliot
Arthur Fisher
Howard Walker
R. Clipston Sturgis
Boston Society of Architects
City hearing on Commonweath avenue trees splits two and four row plans
A crowded Commonwealth avenue hearing pits two row against four row tree plans with experts from Rochester and Harvard testifying. Gifford Pinchot sends support for four rows while advocates cite space and shade limits and mosquito concerns.
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Commonwealth
Aldermanic Chamber
Selool Street
Rochester
N. Y
New York City
National
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Charles S. Sargent
M. Despradeile
Harvard
Herbert Parker
Bishop Lawrence
Ifford Pinchot
Arthur C. Fister
Frederick Law Olmstead
Arthur A. Shurtleff
Danes Welcome Minister Egan In Copenhagen Arrival
Maurice F. Egan the American minister to Denmark arrived in Copenhagen aboard the steamer Hellig Olav and was greeted by a committee of Danes led by Richelieu. The article notes a detective mystery teased for next Sunday's Post about the missing box car.
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Copenhagen
Maurice F. Egan
Denmark
Richelieu
Yao
Post
New England Business Outlook Emphasized by Byrnes
Timothy E. Byrnes vice-president of the New Haven railroad urged the Boston Credit Men's Association that confidence in New England and its people, plus a strong expanding railroad, will drive a commercial boom. He argued transportation can erase distance, unite regions, and keep talent in New England, predicting a future where trade and manufacturing surpass past achievements. He called for unity and belief in the region’s potential.
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Timothy E. Byrnes
New Haven Railroad
New England
Boston Credit Men’s Association
North Atlantic Seaboard
Byrnes
Boston
West
Free cars denied for Sherman and Cannon
Washington March 15 Vice President Sherman and Speaker Cannon will not receive 60 horsepower touring cars. The House declined to provide them with special motor vehicles, so they will travel in common street cars or outdated horse-drawn vehicles.
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Washington
Sherman
Speaker Cannon
Capitol
House
Theft From Castine Gunboat Safe Sparks Navy Yard Probe
Charlestown navy yard officials investigate the Castine gunboat theft of 3500 from the paymaster's safe. Paymaster Lawrence Haughey found the loss upon returning from shore leave last Thursday. About 640 in small bills was later recovered tucked behind a bath tub. the culprit remains unidentified.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Castine
Lawrence Gilman Haughey
Rock
the Castine
Haughey
Chamber debate on Boston tunnel project and city impact
At a Cham ber of Commerce meeting, critics urged delaying action until necessity and costs are proven. Supporters argued the North South tunnel would boost freight and city prosperity, while concerns included eminent domain seizures and potential burdens. A special commission was authorized to study expediency and draft a legislative framework for construction and operation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles Coolidge
Metropolitan Improvement Committee
James J. Storrow
Bernard Roth- Well
Chamber
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Rothwell
Boston
New Traven
New York City
L. W. Weed
Canada
George E. Smith
Committee On Railroads and Commerce
Buffalo
Rochester
George W W. Anderson
James Gorham
Elevated Railroad
Boston Elevated Railway
Gould Sends Out A Scare On Direct Nomination Bill
Levi S. Gould, chairman of Middlesex county commissioners, denounces Speaker Walker’s direct nomination bill in a circular to the speaker, committee on election laws, and county boards. He calls it a Democratic plot to aid Walker’s ambitions, cites a Salt Lake City editorial disparaging Boston’s mayor, and warns of Senate opposition to the measure.
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Levi S. Gould
Board of
Middlesex County Commissioners
Walker
Committee On Election Laws
Gratton Cushing
Mr. Gould
Board of County Commissioner
Salt Lake City
Fitzgerald
Boston
Gould
Senate
United States
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
Arrested for Old Offence in Indiana Robbery Case
Henry J Kendall alias Dr Craig alias Arthur Green, with Boston ties and prior prison time, walked into Brazil police seeking a meal and was identified as a robber former capture, while three men looted a Cloverland store and gagged Patrolman Gabbert who later linked Kendall to the robbery and other thefts. The Widow Wise, a popular figure from the Sunday Post, scores a hit and promises more pages of drawings and verses next Sunday.
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Brazil
Ind
Henry J Kendall
Dr. Craig
Arthur Green
Boston
Gabbert
Cloverland
Kendall
Wise
Sunday Post
New York Express Jumps Track Near Pecowsic
The New York express bound for Boston derailed at Pecowsic. A grass hopper locomotive from the New York New Haven Hartford line turned on its side and slid down the embankment to the Connecticut River edge.
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Springfield
New York Express
Boston
Pecowsic
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Connecticut River
Engineer Survives Dramatic Train Car Wreck Near Mercy
Lyman Estabrook of New Haven escaped serious harm after a heavy nine car train derailed. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and ear injury while mail clerks Daniel Ryan of Lynn and F F Mc Auslan of Boston sustained shock and abdominal injuries. All three were taken to Mercy Hospital as both mail cars and two coaches left the tracks.
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Lyman BE. Estabrook
New Haven
Daniel Ryan
Lynn
F. F. McAuslan
Boston
Mercy Hospital
Train wreck injures few as passengers ride to Union Station
An express train at 50 mph derailed and halted traffic for hours. The engine left the rails and rolled down an embankment after which fireman William Beaupre of Hartford jumped to a riverbank with help from two Boston men, while Conductor Warriner and others examined passengers for injuries. About 150 aboard, only minor injuries reported.
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William Beaupre
Hartford
Conn
William Kastner
James Gregg
Boston
Warriner
Union Station
Ryan
McAuslan
Watch Factory at Waltham to Close for Short Period
The Waltham Watch Company will shut its 4000 employee plant from March 22 to April 4 to curb production, marking the fourth closure in four months.
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Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Divorce Reform Seen As Symptom Of Social Ills
Bishop William Lawrence argued that divorce reform is overemphasized by the church and that improving social conditions will protect the family. He contrasted old and modern homes and urged education, self-reliance, and personal purity to reduce divorce, noting that one in twelve marriages ends in divorce.
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William Lawrence
St. Paul's Church
Lawrence
Feared Operation Leaps From Window in Maine
Michael Pelletier a 19 year old patient at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary leaped four stories from a hospital window amid fear of an operation. He sustained injuries expected to be fatal as police and medical staff attempted to aid him. Twenty more Boston area schoolchildren may start bank accounts next Sunday with a five dollar gold piece offered for each child pictured in the Sunday Post.
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Portland
Michael Pelletier
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Greater Boston
Sunday Post
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