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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1887

Page

2

Warpath Walker in Worcester and West End petition talk

Boston scene shows sparse attendance on Beacon Hill as Mr Walker of Worcester pushes for House access to the Senate floor. Debate covers transit plans, streetcar routes, and consolidation talks with the Metropolitan and other lines. The Senate passes police signal system amendments. hearings continue on railroad consolidation.

Walker Worcester Board of Public Works West End South End State House Beacon Hill Senate Boston Police Signal Service System Boston Committee On the Judiciary House

Street railway hearing weighs Common clashes and plans

The committee on street railways continued yesterday a hearing on the West End Street Railway Company petition. Testimony by Henry S. Grew opposed bank investment in the company while Edward Fitzwilliam and others supported the resolutions favoring surface rail lines. Alderman Haynes criticized crowds on the Common and discussed proposals to keep or fence the space, with proponents arguing surface tracks would improve light and air and be less unhealthy than underground routes.

Mt. Vernon Street Charles Street Boylston Street Tremont Street Park and Beacon Streets Park Square Park Street Boston Collins Cambridge West End Childs Moody Merrill Consolidated Railway West End Street Railway Company Henry S. Grew Suffolk Savings Bank Edward Fitzwilliam John H. Mahoney Mr. Moulton Central Labor Union Tilly Haynes Unter den Linden Berlin Child Haynes Tremont Street Mall Crocker Dabney Walnut Commonwealth Avenue Hyde Roger H. Wolcott Faneuil Hall Old State House West End Land Company Boylston Jerome Jones Tremont Streets Beacon Street William H. Lincoln Brookline Lincoln Cummings Cambridge Horse Railroad

House Protests Restrictions on Floor Access and Passes Various Bills

A floor dispute over access to the Senate is cited as hindering duties, with House members detailing ejection by an officer. The House asserts equal privileges for members on both floors and disapproves Senate rules. Bills pass or are engrossed on topics including unclaimed savings deposits, road commissions, and insurance taxation with several measures carried to engrossment.

Senate Ereas House Gamwell Pittsfield Board of Road Commissioners Quincy Hull Street Railway Company Second District Court Essex County Insurance Commissioner Penge Boston & Albany Railroad Company Natick Committee On the Judiciary Benjamin F. Mills Williamstown General Court Commonwealth

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