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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1901

Page

9

Low priced tenements urged to shelter Boston poor

The Twentieth Century Club reports on expanding low cost housing in North and West Ends amid rising poverty. New rigid rules in 1897 increased fireproof standards, yet few affordable buildings were erected. Edwin Ginn plans a low rent complex at Charles and Poplar to house poorer residents with modest profit.

Twentieth Century Club Boston Edwin Ginn Charles and Poplar Streets Gurperee Ginn

City of Paducah wreck claims 15 lives at Brunkhorst Landing

Early today the steamboat City of Clifton reports the loss of fifteen aboard the City of Paducah after striking a snag at Brunkhorst Landing Illinois. Names include Dr J W Bell Miss Mabel Gardiner Charles Johnson Frank Gardiner nine colored workers and eight roustabouts. The hull tore open, leaving only the cabin roof above water after three minutes. The Putnam may run a larger boat on Salem road this summer with an electric light plant to illuminate the vessel. The new boat aims to enter service around June 15.

ST. Louis City of Paducah St Louis & Tennessee River Packet Company Brunkhorst Landing Ill City of Clifton J. W. Bell Cuba Landing Tenn Mabel Gardiner Charles Johnson Frank Gardiner Texas Paducah Grant Woods Margraves Putnam Salem THE LA Man

Yachting activity swells as summer work nears harbor

The waterfront buzzes with sailing and steam yachts preparing for summer. Steam yacht Avenel anchors off Lawley's basin, while Troubadour moves to Fiske's wharf for mast removal. Three passenger steamers from Liverpool and Queenstown due next Friday could bring 1700 passengers, challenging customs and immigration. Captain Canning leaves cup yacht America duties for a tug life. various ships, towboats, and crews shift positions around East Boston and Chelsea as operations ramp up.

Avenel Lawley’s Rowe Troubadour Angie North Chelsea Bridge Fiske Cunarder Altonia Potter Dominion New England James Leyland Winifredian Farrington Canning East Boston America Metropolitan Coal Company Chelsea Cunningham & Banks Jimmy” Waters Marguerite Benjamin F. Hunt, Jr Buenos Ayres Annie Lewis Rosario Hunt James Woolley Guilmet Central Pier Mae Curran & Burton New South Boston McDonald San Francisco Honolulu Toledo New York Porto Rico With & i Nicaragua Amphitrite Melbourne George = Wells Newport News Willlem Wilkie Lewis Company T Nel Henry K. Doane Anchorage Bostonia Surinam Tatchwood Boston Eaufort N. Y Schoone Vila A. Harvey Omer Shoal Gandy Fulon George W. Newcomb John F. Kranz Portland Thomas A. Goddard Weich Ark Bestreard Johnston Ndon Braynard Russell John McCarthy Peter Idge

Shipping News Mini Almanac May 15 Morning Report

Shipping notices list arrivals and clearances of steamers and schooners from ports including St John New Brunswick Providence and Gloucester with cargoes of mahogany coal lumber and onions. Vessels named include State of Maine City of Macon Admiral Farragut and Saint Marie with crews and merchandise. windwest sailings for Yar mouth and Portland.

State of Maine Thompson St. John N. B Eastport Portland C. E. Laechler Winifred Robinson Great River Nic Etella Evans Avonmouth Eng John G. Hall & Co Alf Br Hansen, Lorieg, Co. B Arrisburg Andersen Philadelphia Buck Ridge Mae, McDonald Norfolk Bay State Oliver Penobscot Pierce Bangor City of Gloucester Ober Gloucester King Philip Dixon Providence R. I Barkentine Bruce Hawkins Gurney Apalachicola Ril Saint Marie McNally Hamilton Bermuda Onions B. Givan Melvin Windsor N. J George Wells Crowley Avenport News Anna Murray Birdsall Crifton Marine Passaic Luzerne Wentworth Perth Amboy Bluebird Bristol Bandit Valley Forge Admiral Farragut Port Antonio City of Macon New York Alf Louisburg C. B Motley Dakar Market Wesley M. Oler Fernandina Daylight Hillsboro Nellie F. Sawyer Cto Charles Noble Simmons Mary E. Palmer Windwest Yarmouth Prince George N. S George W. Clyde Charleston D. C Brunswick Acony Radnor Swatara Beechwood Mahanoy Catawissa Preston Honey Brook Port Johnson C. R. Nos Cheektowaga Boston Balize Portsmouth N. H Newburyport Vesta Bonanza Lynn Mass Gladiator Forest Belle Eckley Hackensack Crosthwaite Hattie Co. Luce Rockport John Douglass Eva D. Rose Viola Reppard Brunswick, Ga

Civil Court Actions in Suffolk Superior Court Trials

Summary of multiple jury trials in Suffolk County Superior Court First to recover 90 for a contract breach on Washington street and damages for drawing plans. Second for injuries from Boston Elevated Railroad Company car on Cambridge and Haymarket squares. Included cases of Mary A Corbett, Jelliff, Anderson, Dailey, Furson, and others with various tort and contract claims. Judges Bell Sherman Richardson presiding. lawyers J J Scott Saltonstall Dickinson Kinso n.

Suffolk County Sherman William Anderson Boston Elevated Railroad Company Cambridge Street Boston Harry W. Jelliff Haymarket Square Husban Sai James J. Irwin A. Fuller M. F. Dickinson Charles Kinson Richardson Daniel J. Dailey Max Benshimol Endant Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester D. Nshim Eee Dcew . Co J. G. Furson G. P. Berkford C. F. Jenney

Sealed Coal Proposals Sought for Deer Island South Boston

Sealed proposals to supply bituminous and anthracite coal to the Houses of Correction at Deer Island and South Boston will be received by the Penal Institutions Commissioner at 32 Tremont Street until Friday, 17, 1001, at 12 80 o'clock. Public opening will follow at the office. ALPHEUS SANFORD, Commissioner.

City OF Boston City Hall Franklin Iand Franklin Fund James H. Doyle Houses of Correction Deer Island Penal Institutions Tremont Seid Alpheus Sanford

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