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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1887

Page

2

Gould Testifies on Consolidation with Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific

Jay Gould described his role in the 1879 80 consolidation of Kansas Pacific Denver Pacific and Union Pacific. He recalled meeting Horace F. Clark in 1878 and buying Kansas Pacific and related securities while aiming to secure outlets eastward. The testimony covered stock holdings shifts pooling agreements and the 1880 signing that cemented the consolidation and freed Denver Pacific stock from mortgage risk.

Norw York Pacific Railway Commission John Pondir Pondir Jay Gould Union Pacific Horace F. Clark Chicago New York Alley Sidney Dillon Oliver Ames F. Gordon Dexter Kansas Pacific Gould Colorado Central Colonel Scott St. Louis Denver Pacific Colorado Cheyenne Sage Dillon Mr. Ames Denver Kansas Pacific Securities Amsterdam Irving St. Joseph & Western Omaha Hannibal & St St. Joseph& Denver Steeck Sage and Ames St. Joseph Bridge Russell hSage Hastings & Grand Island Messrs. Cammack & Keene Union Pacific Railroad Massachusetts Mr. Gould Morisini Supreme Court Thurman General Dodge Solon Humphries Missouri Pacific Messrs. Dodge and Humphries Dexter Boston Consolidated Company

The Transit Problem and preserving Boston Common

In a letter to the editor, the writer defends preserving the Boston Common against transit expansion proposing a Park square to Park Street Church tunnel as essential public work. He argues for gradual progress with limited tunnel plans while favoring widened Tremont and Tremont Street malls and more horse car capacity to relieve congestion. The piece condemns sentimentality and urges patient, informed decision in 1887 Boston.

West End Boston Brookline Park Square Park Street Church Sedlay Square Chicago Chester Park Charles River Cambridge Boylston Street Tremont Street Park Street Beacon Street City Hall T'Remont Street Tremont Soulston

Tragic death in Andover as wife of Horace Wilson found dead

In Andover, on May 17, the wife of Horace Wilson was found dead in the barn harness room, hanging by two skeins of yarn. Authorities attribute the act to insanity. she had endured an asylum confinement near Concord for about three years. She was 60. Estate No 139 Beacon Street, to be sold tomorrow at 3 o clock by Samuel Hatch & Co., advertised as a first class residence location.

Andover Sreera Horace Wilson Andover Hill Concord Tur Beacon Street Samuel Hatch & Co Newhall Charles River Causeway Street Boston Committee On Railroads Phillips Sleeper Senate Alger House Committee On Law and Order League Dudley Jeffs Morse Jordan Springfield Perry New York New Hampshire Rhode Island Dwyer Jordan and Kimball Forbes Massachusetts Reformatory House of Representatives

Senate trims high license bill as Brockton defeat looms

The high license bill faces further changes after the Senate reduced fees for licenses across classes. The Beverly Farms measure passed 21 to 15 amid temperance debate. Brockton sewage legislation fell short as the House agreed to send non reported items to the next General Court within a week.

Beverly Farms Senate Brockton House Jordan

Beverly Farms Incorporation Bill Passed 21 to 15

The session approved the Beverly Farms incorporation bill with a 21 to 15 vote after no debate. Key yeas included Alger Clark Fernald Fletcher Gould Jetts Jenkins Jones Jordan Keith Kimball Marble Milliken Morse Perkins Pilsbury Reed Sleeper Towne. nays listed Cook Currier Forbes Gleason Plymouth Hartwell Howard Jones Lynn Newhall O Sulli van Roads Slattery Welch Wilbur with Boardman Shea not voting.

Beverly Farms Yeas Alger Clark Fernald Fletcher Gould Jetts Jenkins Jones Berkshire Jordan Keith Plymouth The Cape Kimball Marble Milliken Morse Perkins Phillips Pilsbury Reed Sleeper Towne Cook Currier Forbes Gleason Worcester Glines Hartwell Howard Lynn Newhall O'Sullivan Roads Slattery Welch Wilbur Yea Saylesway Dwyer Boardman Shea Committee On Harbors and Public Lands Charles River Committee On Election Laws Committee On the Judiciary Boston Senator Fletcher Committee On Public Charitable Institutions Massachusetts Senator Reed Committee On Taxation Senator Pilsbury Committee On Water Supply W.S. Pond Mansfield & Foxboro Water Company Mansfield Water Company Canoe River Pratt Street Mansfield Rumford Old Colony Committee On Public Health Committee On Conference Hinchcliffe House Commonwealth Board of Aldermen

Questionable Endgame in State Legislature Secrecy

A lengthy legislative note describes a tactic to shelve contentious issues by postponing them in committee, notably a proposed constitutional prohibition amendment pledged by Republicans. The aim is to avoid debate by extending the session or adjourning, with numerous matters to be quietly disposed of without accountability.

Republican Party

Governor signs Crispus Attucks resolve amid final action window

Governor Ames yesterday signed the Crispus Attucks resolve and handed the quill to Lewis Hayden, signaling the last day to act before it becomes law without his signature. The Beverly Farms bill reached the Governor, while harbor and public lands committee heard remonstrants on a Bass River Canal charter. E C Carrigan spoke for Sandwich, Pillsbury and McCall for the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company, Towle for petitioners. Agriculture committee continues hearings on tighter oleomargarine manufacture laws.

Ames Lewis Hayden Beverly Farms Committee On Harbor and Public Lands Gene Bass River Canal Cmpany E. C. Carrigan Sandwich Messrs A. E. Pillsbury S. W. McCall Cape Cod Ship Canal Company George H. Towle Committee On Agriculture

Sale of Two-Story Double Dwelling on Heard Street Chelsea

Public auction for Nos. 64 and 66 Heard Street Chelsea of a wood two story double dwelling with four flats of five rooms each. Each house sold separately or together with modern conveniences and good repair. Lot area about 6850 square feet. Two hundred dollars cash per house due at sale. Sale set for Wednesday May 18 at 4 30 PM on the premises. Telephone 791.

8. R. Knights & Co Washington Street Boston Heard Street Chelsea

Sale of 3 Story Brick Dwelling at No 38 East Canton St

Public auction on Thursday May 19 at 12 30 p m on premises for a 13 room brick house with furnace gas hot and cold water fixtures and 1100 sq ft lot. 200 cash due at sale. Also auction of Conway estate seashore residence Manchester by the Sea on Tuesday May 24 at 4 p m featuring 11 rooms, cupola, French roof, well and cistern water, 3 4 acre lot with fruit trees and landscape potential. For details apply to auctioneers Beach Street with telephone 791.

Beacon Street East Canton Street Miller Piano Conway Manchester-by-the-Sea Cor Beach and Tappan Streets Singing Beach H. . Chase Beach Street

Central Boston property auction offers multiple buildings and shops

Comprising frame buildings numbered 87 39 and 41 Sudbury street with two stores and workshops overhead plus a machine shop at 6 7 Bowker street. The lot fronts Sudbury street about 82 feet and Bowker street about 32 feet 7 inches totaling 128 square feet more or less. Sold in one lot with excellent rent potential and room for income increase through improvement. Central business district location urged for capitalists. Terms 800 at sale other terms plans at auctioneer office Telephone 466.

Sudbury Street Bowker Street Boston

Stock Auctioneers Listings and Appraisals in Boston

Roster of railroad and corporate stocks includes Boston and Maine R R Co Boston & Providence R R Co and Concord National Bank items. Auctioneers R L Day & Company announce May 18 at 11 30 a m for executor and administrator orders with free appraisals on 10 share lots and various bonds and preferred stocks from multiple firms across New England and Midwest markets.

McKay & Bigelow Heeling Old Boston Wakefield Rattan Co New England Beverly Columbian Natl Lyman Mills Union Cotton Mfg. Co Fall River National Bank of Redemption Northern Pacific R. R. Co Goncord Natl, Bank, Concord, Maas Concord Entire Co Pratt.& Western Rd Wichita & Western Rd Market Mfg. Co Co

Desirable Corner Estates Held By Hichborn Co

Multiple properties offered by Hichborn & Co from South Boston in an estate sale. A three and a half story brick house at 2 Porter Street near Pleasant Street with 15 rooms sells May 19 at 12 30 PM on liberal terms, $300 down. Also a corner estate at 196 and 198 Seventh Street F Street corner offers a three story house with store and two five room tenements, drug store fixtures, likely good for pharmacist or physician, sale May 19 at 5 PM on easy terms, $200 down.

Porter Street Porter Corner Pleasant St Hichborn & Co Boston Seventh Street F Street

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Senator Jordan RUM Republicans S. H. Durgin Winthrop Chestnut Street Pond Avenue Judiciary Committee Board of Education Education Committee Foote Wilde Wood Public Service Committee Municipal Court South Boston Quincy Noyes Teele and Wharton Darling Somerville Amesbury Salisbury Marblehead Harbor Police Service Harbors and Public Lands Public Charities Committee State Board of Lunacy and Charity Hathorne Wharton Southard Easton Aston Lincoln Mashpee Barnstable Garnet Bridge Company Wonder Point Salter’s Beach Duxbury East Bridgewater Police Court of Hampden Loan and Trust Company Austin C. Wellington Fanny L. Nye Alden Stadford Joint Committee On the Judiciary State House Leonard & CO Bromfield Street S. R. Knights & Co Main Street Cambridgeport Aoeoe Street Union Park Loyal Jaking Powder Co Wall St N. Y Congress Street Congress ST L. Foster Morse Ofice Warren Street Tremont Foundry Calvert and Hampshire Sts Ruggles and Samuel G. Snelling Sdops Ruggles St Wer Chas. P. Greenough Charles E. Raymond Harrison Avenue Eustis Street Lovell’s Grove North Weymouth Charles W. Sawyer Sudbury and Bowker Streets Richards & CO John C. Wilmerding Wilmerding Hoguet & CO White St EY Townsend & Montant Leonard Street Francis Henshaw & CO State Street Merchants’ Exchange Boston Stock Exchange Telephone Oge Newmarket Continental Mills Boston, Concord Atchison, Top. & Santa Fe RR Mort Sonora Ry Cowley, Sumner & Fort Smith Boston & Lowell Hamilton Woollen Mills Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co Boston & Maine RR. Co. An Cheshire RR. Co Pueblo Smelting and Refining Co Nashua Lowell Cowley Sumner Ft. Smith Ry Portsmouth Fats &Conway RR. Co Kansas City Boston & Albany RR. Co Boston, Concord & Mont. RR New Stock Gt. Falls Mfg. Co Boston & Providence RR. Co Boston & Providence R. R. Co Boston Gaslight Co Eliot Natl. Bank Suffolk Natl. Bank Mfg Nashua Mfg Portsmouth & Dover R. R Boston Marine Insurance Co Rutland RR. R. Co Common Somerville R. RR. Co Boston & Chelsea Merrimac Mfg. Co Otis Co Boston & Maine R. R. Co Rutland R R.L. Day & Company State St Merchants’ Exchange Building Boston Stock Exchange Ird Istor Tl. Bank Old Boston Natl. Bank Conn. & Pass. R. RR State Natl. Bank Washington Mills Sjivulah Mills Natl Revere Bank Wash. Mills Co New Naumkeag Steam Cotter St. Paul City Ports Falls & Conway Natl. Rubber Co Boston & Colorado Plymouth Cordage Kristol Co Cinn St. Lo Do Auaur Do Freemickson, Meena Iton ‘Om, Pfd Ansas City Clinton Springfield Rd Kansas City, Ft. Scottta Tan Wisconsin & Minnesota Iares Second National Bank Globe National Bank Freeman’s National Bank Metropolitan National Bank Continental National Bank Do Grennell Mfg. Co New Bedford An Rates Mfo Cn Gr. Falle & Conway RR Boylston National Bank Bank of Republic Cheshire RR North Chicago Rolling Mills Evansville Rockport & Last Ogdensburg Lake Champlain RR St. John Lake Eustis Florida Southpeests Lake Champlain Cedar Ned & Northern RR. of Sons Oregon Dsprovement Co Pemigewasset Valley Rd Charles River Embankment Co E. & T. Fairbanks & Co Concord & Mont. Ri Bank Bank of No America Rutland Rd Mastern Boston & Maine China Mutual Ing. Co. Scrip Honea Usncord Allegan & Grand Naeag Lane City Emporia City of Lynn Mass M.L Adm Faneuil Hall Natl. Bank City of Chicago River Imp. A. F Exchange Bank Do Asiatic Natl. Bank Salem Portland Water Co 1888 Massachusetts ‘Title Insurance Co Milk ST Nathaniel J. Bradlee Arnolda A Kland Weekly Post Horatio Harreris & CO Prydain Fiske's Wharf Grand Junction Golding, Davis & Co Hichborn & Coo Court Street Albert Howe & CO Market Street Brighton Warren Avenue
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