Skip stop plan eyed to save coal on Boston lines
James J. Storrow urges a skip stop scheme for Boston elevated and street railways to cut coal use. Federal fuel administrator asks carriers to adopt fewer stops, with Public Service Commission backing the principle as desirable under current conditions. Officials estimate over 100000 tons of coal could be saved annually under the system already used in major U S cities and in Connecticut.
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James J. Storrow
Federal
Boston Elevated
Commission
Macleod
The
Public Service Commission
British Losses for Week Reported in Casualty Totals
London May 7 British casualties for the week ending today total 88,691 with 6555 officers and men killed or dying of wounds and 32136 wounded or reported missing. The breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: 499 officers and 601 men, and wounded or missing: 1859 officers and 30277 men.
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London
Flouse Committee Seeks Redraft of Dog Law
The Flouse committee on ways and means reported in favor of a redraft of the proposed dog law. It rejects all features of the bill except Section 15 which declares dogs as personal property taxed accordingly.
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Flouse Committee On Ways and Means
Dog Tax Proposal Sparks House Dissent in 1918 Plan
A bill from the Ways and Means Committee would tax dogs as personal property with April assessments and a July filing of owner names and dog counts. Mr Bray of Buckland dissents, noting the drastic contrast to earlier multi-section proposals.
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Special Commission
Committee On Agriculture
Committees On Ways and Means
Bray of
Buckland
Famine and Typhus Worsen in Persia Despatch Warns
A Teheran legation dispatch to Washington reports worsening famine and widespread typhus across most Persian cities, describing conditions as desperate.
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Persia
Washington
State Department
Teheran
Funeral planned for Judge Marcus P Knowlton Friday
Marcus P Knowlton former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dies at his Springfield home in his 80s after a long illness. He served as chief justice from 1902 to 1911 and later chaired the Boston and Maine railroad stock trustees. Funeral Friday at 3 PM at the Church of the Unity Springfield. Burial in Springfield. Born February 3 1839 at Wilbraham he rose from Monson Academy to Yale and a long legal career.
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Marcus P. Knowlton
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Springfield
United States Court
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven Railroad Company
Church of the Unity
Judge Knowlton
Wilbraham
Monson Academy
Yale University
Knowlton
Union
Norwalk
Conn
Hampden County
Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts
Crane
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Walsh
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Prominent Springfield Leader’s Long Public Career
The article outlines the public service of a Springfield figure who led the Common Council as president in 1872 73 served in the state House in 1878 and the Senate in 1880 and 81. He held roles as director of City National Bank Springfield & New London Railroad Business Men’s Association trustee of City Hospital and Monson Academy. He studied at Monson Academy and received honorary Lis D from Yale in 1895 and a Harvard honorary degree in 19.
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Common Council
Springfield
House of Representatives
Senate
City National Bank
Springfield & New London Railroad Company
Business Men's Association
Springfield City Hospital
Monson Academy
Knowlton
Yale
Harvard
Referendum on Public Control Proposal for Boston Elevated Railway
Representative John L. Donovan of Boston proposed a referendum at the state election on public control of the Boston Elevated Railway Company under the service-at-cost plan. He urged Boston and nearby towns to decide if dividends should be guaranteed and riders kept five cent fares, with further bill actions delayed.
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John L. Donovan
Boston
Committee
Boston Elevated Railway Company
House
Donovan
Cambridge
Chelsea
Piverett
Malden
Medford
Newton
Somerville
Arlington
Belmont
Brookline
Watertown
Perfecting Amendments Pending Before Final Bill Passage
The discussion centers on potential amendments that should be added to the bill prior to its final passage. Lawmakers weigh changes to refine provisions and address outstanding concerns before enactment.
Union Institution for Savings Elects Officers and Declares Dividend
At a trustees meeting yesterday the Union Institution for Saving voted to pay a May 15 dividend at 4 12 percent per year. Joseph A. Dasha of Rice Hutchins Company was elected to the board of corporators. David I Walsh Theodore M Logan John C Welton and J Walter Farrell joined the board of trustees. Henry V Cunningham was re elected president Thomas J Kelly was re elected treasurer Thomas W Murray city treasurer was re elected vice president and named a member of the investment board.
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Union Institution For Saving
Joseph A. Dasha
Rice Hutchins Company
David I. Walsh
Theodore M. Logan
John C. Welton
J. Walter Farrell
Henry V. Cunningham
Thomas J. Kelly
Thomas W. Murray
City of
Boston
Board of Investment
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