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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
13
An Immigrants Welfare Department representing Catholic efforts for Boston arrivals has been organized by the Catholic Charitable Bureau under Cardinal O Connell.
The Diocesan Charitable Bureau led by Rev. M J Scanlan will coordinate Catholic efforts to assist immigrants arriving in Boston. An advisory priest board including D Alfonse Sousa Adamski Sikora Yazbek Gannam Pimental Urban owicz Cohausz Sollier will guide language support and outreach with government agencies. The plan aims to unite church groups and enlist broad diocesan support for immigrant welfare at the port of Boston.
John Fitzpatrick former head of the automobile squad of the police department is indicted on charges of receiving unlawful fees as rewards for recovering stolen automobiles. The January grand jury returned the indictment on evidence presented by former Governor Charles S. Whitman who is probing city administration corruption.
The Beacon street widening from Brookline to the Boston line and its extension as a Boston street marked a major local achievement tied to Back Bay development. The move spurred street railway consolidation and the adoption of electric motive power, signaling a new era in motors and generators. Brookline grew from a village of about 10,000 to an estimated 88,500, driven largely by Henry M. Whitney’s plans and financial support. Whitney organized land purchases, the West End Land Company, and the West End Railway Company, donating land, securing a franchise, and contributing 100 000 dollars to advance the project. The city granted the road’s extension to Brookline, shaping early electric transit.
The narrative notes that the electric system for street railways began with a car on January 1, 1888, powered by electricity. It states that before this, a few electric runs occurred in Richmond and perhaps elsewhere, but Boston was the first major city to have a true electric railway system.
Stanton D. Loring, formerly active in Boston banking until his 1907 retirement, died at his Crescent Street Newton Centre home at age 76 after a months long illness. He left a widow Helen M. Bird and brother Dr. Robert F. P. Loring, with three sons including the Rev. Robert surviving.
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