Regulators Debate Street Railway Hours and Salaries Increase
The House refused to reconsider Beverly Farms bill. Qua failed to table and reconsider. A measure to regulate streetcar workers' hours was reported. The Senate admitted new business including a railroad consolidation and purchase order. Salaries for state officers, Auditor Ladd, and Secretary Peirce raised to four thousand dollars. Democrats plan a Parker's dinner next Thursday afternoon.
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House of Representatives
Beverly Farms
Qua
Lowell
House
Senate
Peirce
Ladd
Parker
Consul Coffin at St Helena Story and Navy Officer Morton
An amusing piece notes James B. Coffin of Massachusetts as a nominee for consul at St Helena. The job profits faded with whales, pay is $1500 yearly plus expenses, and former consuls faced losses. Gilbert Morton urges retirement as ensign, detailing wartime service and a disputed rank. A tale about presidential life insurance and a petition for free books at Wellesley College is touched, then Massachusetts seeks four Nantucket life saving stations. Dr George B Loring to speak at Marietta centennial. Hoar to deliver.
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Washingtox
James B. Coffin
Massachusetts
St. Helena
Senate
Coffin
Boston
Napoleon
Fred Ellison
Ellison
Africa
Senator Hoar
Gilbert Morton
Morton
Boston Navy Yard
Donelson
Fort Donelson
Island No. 10
Selfridge
Thomas
Hood
Nashville
Granger
Navy
South Atlantic
Congressman Morse
Boston Fish Bureau
Nantucket
Fish Bureau
Vineyard Sounds
George B. Loring
Ames
Marietta
Essex County
Loring
Soraker
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Storm isolates towns as trains resume routes in Connecticut
News from March 16 describes a brutal week with people trapped four days without fire or food. A Harlem River line forward engine capsized at East Stratford depot blocking tracks. Connecticut Valley & Berlin Branch slated to run Saturday while Air Line likely remains closed till Monday. Rail service slowly restores across multiple towns as engines plow through snow and resumption of schedules continues.
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New Haven
Housatonic
Martin Lynch
Newton
Sandy Hook
South Norwak
Conn
Wilson’s Point
Hartworp
Connecticut Valley
Berlin
Rockville
Vernon Centre
Hartford
Mogu
Ladd’s Mills
Boston Post Office Restores Mail Flow After Delays
Boston and regional lines resumed regular mail service after days of backlog. The Boston post office cleared 114 pouches, 75 sacks, and 41 registered pouches, with clerks working nearly nonstop. Telegraph lines to New York and New England points reopened, though some routes remained limited. Weather and wind affected trains and ship schedules, yet through trains began operating again.
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Boston
Springfield
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York City
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Fall River
Norwich
Boston & Albany Railway
Dale
J. W. McGrath
Western Union Telegraph Company
Buffalo
Albany
New Haven
Messaes
United Lines Telegraph Company
New England
John
Baltimore
Berkshire
Baltimore Harbor
Norfolk
Poston
Providence
Boston & Albany
New York & New England Railroad
Trafic
New England Limited
Washington Express
Startford
Echoes of the Storm in Central Massachusetts Rail Lines
Ware and Berrows Farrs report trains largely on schedule while some lines are blocked by a derailed engine at Amherst and the Ware River line nears full clearance to Winehendon. The thaw raises the Ware River, storms threaten, and farmers report deaths from lack of sustenance amid isolation.
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Ware
Central Massachusetts
Boston
Northampton
Amherst
Ware River
Winehendon
Sedgewick
Cold Brook
Berrows Farrs
Windham County
Newfane
U7th Iast
Massachusetts Senate Advances Rail Consolidation and Salaries
The Senate suspended rules to allow a Massachusetts chartered railroad merger with connecting roads and to authorize Lynn to borrow up to 150000 for high school facilities. It reported bills fixing district attorney salary at 2100 yearly and adjusting clerks of court salaries across counties with specific figures.
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Senator Glines
Massachusetts
Senator Clark
Lynn
Committee On Public Service
Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Hartwell
House
Suffolk
Senate
Boston
Cambridge
Worcester
Harmony Grove
Salem
Committee On Banks and Banking
Lawmakers Debate Labor Rules and Local Bills in Busy Session
The finance committee reported against a bounty for seal destruction while the agriculture panel urged regulation of veterinary medicine. A street railway labor bill capped hours for conductors and drivers in large cities, with fines from fifty to one hundred dollars and enforcement by the district police inspection department. The House debated Beverly Farms incorporation and rejected attempts to table or reconsider, then proceeded with several inexpcedient to legislate or leave to withdraw reports on petitions and executors rights, charter amendments, and education matters.
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Committee On Agriculture
Qua
Beverly Farms
Symonds
Salem
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Legistate
General Court
Charles W. Sumner
Superior Court
Plymouth County
Brockton
Plymouth
Committee On Education
Committee On the Judiciary
Debiois
Legislation Notes on Banking Trusts and Municipal Bills
The report lists committee actions on banking and mercantile affairs, unclaimed deposits, and state aid to manufacturing and railways. It notes bills passed to be engrossed on costs after commitment, a Lynn water loan, probate appeals, land partition statutes, and a Marlboro Street Railway with other corporate acts. Rejected bills include county treasurers, cooperative banks, and recommitted measure for West Roxbury bylaws.
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Committee On Banks and Banking
Commissioners of Savings
J. M. N. Hall
Bay State Lumber Association
City of
Lynn
Marlboro Street Railway Company
Westerboro Insane Hospital
Westerboro
Board of Railroad Commissioners
United States
West Roxbury
Hearing on commission to study Charles River drawbridges
The roads and bridges committee heard a proposal to appoint a three man commission to assess the use costs and need to maintain the Charles River drawbridges and the feasibility of abolishing them. Proponents argued only a commission could reveal accurate business impact while critics claimed railroad and street railway interests pushed the plan despite traffic delays.
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Committee On
Charles River
Dresser
Henry D. Hyde
West End Street Railway Company
Jie
B. C. Bacon
Rich & Bacon
Sanger
Cambridge
Newton Abolition of Grade Crossings Backed by Railroads
The Newton hearing on abolishing grade crossings continued with Railroad Commissioners Crocker and Kinsley present along with Newton figures including City Solicitor Slocum and engineers. The Albany line agreed to start separation work this year while Newton hesitates. a commission was proposed to oversee similar cases, and a bill to share crossing costs between towns and railroads was discussed though arguments emerged over scope and state participation.
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Newton
Crocker and Kinsley
Slocum
John B. Goodrich
W. F. Slocum
Noyes
George A. Torrey
Fitchburg
Messrs. Goodrich
Boston & Albany Railroad
Crocker
Newton Street Railway
Albany Road
Shinn
New York & New England Railroad
Choate
Old Colony
Labor committee hears J L Sargent on mill hours reduce rule
The labor committee heard Lowell’s J L Sargent argue for reducing weekly hours for women and children to fifty six and a half. He challenged enforcement claims, noted competition with Southern mills, and cited weak mill dividends in Massachusetts. The panel then examined Howe’s fire escape enforcement, inspector notice rules, and a codified inspection system with certificates and a jury review process and 300 dollar fines for noncompliance.
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J. L. Sargent
Lowell
Sargent
South
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Senator Howe
Waite
Waterman
Bliss
St Patrick Day Parade Reviewed by Boston Officials
Irish societies of Boston and vicinity parade today in honor of St Patrick. Governor reviews at 11 50 on Arling ton and Beacon streets and the Mayor reviews at 11 40 on School street. Route extends through Washington Boylston Tremont Vernon Shaw mut avenue Northampton Harrison avenue Dover Washington Broadway extension Dor chester and beyond to the Common with reviews by the chief marshal before dismissal.
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ST. Patrick's Day
Boston
St. Patrick
Arlington
Beacon Streets
School Street
Washington
Boylston
Tremont
Vernon
Shawmut Avenue
Northampton
Harrison Avenue
Dover
Broadway Extension
Dorchester Avenue
Fourth
Broadway
Federal
Haymarket Square
Cross
Endicott
City Square
Charlestown
Warren Bridge
Haverhill
Merrimac
New Stantford
Green
Chambers
Cambridge
Charles Street
Mrs Dailey dies from overdose at Cambridge home
Mrs James H Dailey of 188 Harvard street Cambridge died yesterday after taking an overdose of Laudanum. She had a history of drug addiction and seemingly did not intend self harm in a crisis.
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James H. Dailey
Harvard Street
Ambridge
Railway company offers 760 horses for private sale
Tat West EXD Railway Company announces 760 horses are visible at No 2000 Washington Street and may be bought privately until April 7. Any unsold stock will be sold at public auction on that date.
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Tat West Exd Railway Company
Washington Street
Washington ST
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Wellesley College
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Boston Monthly
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Carter, Carter & Kilham
Cutler Bros. & Co
Rust Bros
Bird
Doolittle & Smith
Otis Clapp & Son
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Forbes* Lithograph Co
L. Prang & Co
Rockwell & Churchill
International Medical Congress
Free Surgical Hospital
Causeway Street
Free Hospital For
Murdock’s Liquid Food
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Atlanta
H. ¥.M. Miller
Avanta
W. P. Bond
Lithonia
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W. V. Bund
B. Dxake
Yue
Adianta
SALE
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Boston IS All Right
Vermont Justice
N. M. Hatch
Tremont Street
West End Street Railway
Boston, Mass
A.m
D. F. Longstreet
Gen'l
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Noyes, Cobb & CO
Tremont St
Schreyer, Troyon
Verboeckhoven
Kaemmerer
Rice
Piot
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
First Fiver
Com L
Boston Stock Exchange
Jo’ Wnhof
Eldorado
Salina Co
First Natl. Bank
Hyannis
Everett Mills
Lowell Machine Shop
Bates Mfg
Taunton Locomotive Mfg
Lyman Mills
Salmon Falls
Cocheco Mfg
Concord & Montreal RR
West End
St. Ry
Kansas City
Able Ry
Arkansas Valley Town Lot Co
North Chicago
Rolling Mills
Natl
Tube Works
Champion Lron Co
Boston Gas Light Co
Strurkk
Brookline
Cincinnati, Sand
Cleveland
New England Mortgage Security Co
Louisville, Evans
St. Louis
Massachusetts Natl. Bank
Boston Mig. Co
Vanntee
Nuslu. Vas LY. Mass
Aies
Salem Gas Light Co
Beverly
Revere Keach & Lynn RR
W. L
Constitution Wharf
Nashua Mite. Co
Freemont
Elk Horn & Mo. Valley RR
Concord Rd. Co
Natl. Bank
Fitchburg Rd
Bhoratio Harris & Coo., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Valencia Oranges
Ex Steamship
Kansas
Valencia
James F. O'Kelly
James E. Bowe
Eighth Street
G Street
H Street
Eaglith Street
James B. Richardson
A. LL Day & Company
State St
Roox
Athol
Mass
Greenfield Mass. Gas Light Co
Peabody Mills Ptd
Charlestown Gas Co
Boston ¢ & Bangor Steamboat Co
Sand, & Cleve
Ilso
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
aShares RR
Old Colony RR
Rutland RR
Rutland Beemes
Algo
Erie Telephone Co
Fourth Natl Bank
Bank of North America
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
San Francisco
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Portland, Saco & Ports
Rutland Rd
Bshares Wakefield Ratton Co
Koston & Ae Ra
Globe Natl. Bank
Boston & Maine
Boton Belting Co
Manchester & Lawrence Rd. Co
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Gale
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmereming, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
American Bel
American Bell Telephone Company
Meronvon
Iremont Street
Charles Eustis Hubbard
Seabury & Johnson
Boston Eo Ae
Boston Protective Department
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Tissby
Osborne Howes, Jr
Binghamton Oi Refining Co
Messrs. Olney Bros
Congress Street
Petrolina
Chighester
Chichester
Mounster Chemical CO
Sole Prep
Malison Sq.phila
Sieresiens
GRO. C. Goodwin & Or., Sell
Hichester
Mznover S
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