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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1905
Page
12
The record recalls E J Donovan and allies voting on street railway consolidations and fares. It notes amendments to cap five cent passes, track replacements on Tremont, and referendums, with Donovan sometimes dodging. The entries cover debates on tolls, public ownership, and labor issues, ending with a provocative ad line about Donovan’s silence.
A. B. La Salle, grocer at 502 Pine Street Manchester, N H, was held at gunpoint and forced to surrender 180 dollars from the cash register. The alleged robber, Ernest Lemay, 26, of 215 Fountain Street, a former employee, chased the grocer’s assistant Zoel Charland into the cellar then fled toward Union Station and boarded a southbound train before police could be informed. Lowell police were alerted to watch for him.
James J. House sues the Elevated railway for 20000 and G W Bent Co for 10000 over injuries from a collision on March 6 1998 between Bent’s wagon and an electric car setting the suits at 30000.
The administrators of six year old Angelo Abanese sue Philip Broomfield & Co for 20000 after he was run over by the defendant's wagon on North Margin street April 3 1903 and died 26 hours later in City Hospital.
The new term began with few cases ready for trial. The opening session had no hearings and juries did not reach verdicts in the sessions that followed.
In Waltham on November 13 Judge Luce ruled for crafts in the case against the Newton Street Railway Company, awarding $125 to the plaintiff. The suit claimed the plaintiff's team was demolished due to railway employee negligence.
A heated exchange questions public ownership in a bill. E. J. Donovan asserts no public ownership issue, while critics allege the measure surrendered citizens rights by allowing telephone companies to control streets and safety.
Jacob Bendal a laborer was working tearing down an old building on No Garden Street when a wall section caved in. Bricks struck him and he was extricated and taken by ambulance to the Relief Station with severe injuries to the lower body. He is expected to recover.
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