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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1891
Page
8
The New Harvard Bridge is set to open today with a patient public awaiting access. Workers moved swiftly yesterday but skipped ceremonies, simply knocking down a fence to signal completion. The West End shows reluctance to hurry and may take time before traffic resumes.
The new Harvard bridge across the Charles River will open to the public at 8 o'clock. Officials expect a simple ceremony with fence removal on the Cambridge side. West End Railway plans for electric cars are deferred for now.
Beacon street from Arlington to Charles is undergoing major repair with Barber Company installing Standard Asphalt on the north side and a new macadam road from Arlington to Clarendon. The Barber process includes steam-rolled subgrade, six inch Portland cement foundation, elastic asphalt wearing surface, and a five year maintenance pledge. The southerly side between Arlington and Charles will receive granite block pavement with pebble stone joints and coal tar pitch, likely waterproof. The varied methods reflect the street department’s effort to secure best results amid ongoing trials.
The Carrie Phillips, a Burgess designed swift fishing schooner, remained silent as its crew joined strike actions. Labor Day events dominated the day's meetings, with little material change in the labor dispute and the captain of the whaler declining to speak.
The three masted steam yacht Utowana, built for W West Durant of New York, lies off Lawley’s and plans a two year voyage around the world. At 198 feet long with comfortably arranged cabins and libraries, the vessel can steam eleven knots and sails similarly in calm. Durant sails with his wife and children and a few friends, routes include Azores Canary Islands Madeira Morocco Channel Islands Southampton then the Mediterranean and Suez toward India.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society opens its annual exhibition at Horticultural Hall today at 3 p.m. The display concentrates first on plants and flowers with fruit and vegetable exhibits two weeks hence. Notable conservatories and aquatic plant features join exotic specimens including the Victoria Rewia leaves six feet across. Prizes for mantel decorations and floral designs add to the event, which runs until Friday at 9 p.m.
Nebraska State Business Men's Association has raised 15000 from county contributions to send a train load of state products to the Boston Food and Health Exposition. The Wood and Health Exposition manager in Boston has secured the Nebraska display, with plans for the train to depart by October 15 to be ready for the expo opening and boost attractions.
The Democratic State Committee selected seven men to serve on the Committee on Resolutions for the state convention in Worcester on September 29. Hon. Howard Avery of Braintree, Hon. Charles Levi Woodbury, Councillor Edward J. Plyon of Boston, James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, John W. Cummings of Jail River, James Carroll of Springfield, and Josiah Quincy of Juincy.
Business troubles hit Janvrin W. Chaves in Boston with provisions and groceries at Cottage Place. Anderson Bros in W Va fail. Samuel N. Neat Boston trunk and bag maker settles with creditors at ten cents on the dollar. Cogshall Manufacturing Melrose likely to settle after insolvency petition. Warner planing mill Eldred Pa faces two judgments and twenty executions. A. W. Davis sells several fine horses to multiple buyers including Dr. Jewmegan and Mr. Brooks. list includes Lambietonian mares, a dark chestnut cob, and other roadsters and cobs.
In Cincinnati and Chicago today the Reds and Colonels split a double, game called by rain after sixth. Boston and Louisville battled to a tie then Boston led briefly before rain ended play. Cincinnati edged Boston 8-6 in the eighth.
Friends of Miss Eliza Withington Dorchester celebrated her ninety ninth birthday born Scarboro Hill West Roxbury now Franklin Park. Her family roots date to Dorchester with Joseph Weeks Withington and Elizabeth White Withington. She was the only daughter among six children and lived with Rev Leonard Withington for years. A Second Church member her health has faded though memories linger. she received a basket of one hundred flowers. She resides with her niece Mrs Thrace P. W. Noyes. A great grand nephew was born in the same house five years ago and yesterday their anniversaries were quietly observed. Rev William Withington of Washington is the other surviving member of the family noted for longevity.
The Somerville School board, led by President Dickerman, elected new teachers for multiple schools including Miss M. KE. Brown, Miss Florence E. Baxter, Annie G. Reed, and others with salaries listed. Principals named at several schools, janitors appointed, and a gift accepted for Glines school. Leave granted for Miss Mary A. Haley, and resignations from Lillian A. Weeen, Lillian M. Bryden, and Kate R. Miles accepted.
The August assessors returns list Fall River population at 77 329 and total valuation at 54 296 380 dollars, with gains in both figures. Corporate values drop by about 1 800 000 dollars, while new property drives overall valuation up. Tax rate rises from 16 40 to 17 20. Also, Consumers' Gas petition to locate pipes in city streets was dismissed at Board of Public Works hearing.
The estate of Edward Burgess passes to George A. Stewart and Arthur Binney who form Stewart & Binney successors. They retain Burgess’s Sears building offices and will continue naval architecture and yacht brokerage. Stewart leaves his Globe post. Binney is a Burgess draughtsman trained at MIT.
A New England weather synopsis notes lingering cloudiness across the region with limited coastal rain and clearing by evening. Heat slowly rises. easterly morning winds shift to variable as Wednesday forecasts call for fair skies and warmer temperatures.
A circular from the Trustees of Public Reservations urges Massachusetts editors to publish information on town held parks open spaces beaches and common lands not including school grounds cemeteries or small private grounds. The aim is to map public use areas and gather data on area condition history and title, with newspapers essential to collecting copies and aiding the effort led by J B Elakri son agent.
Shortly after 11 pm Thomas Kiberan a bartender at Murphy's liquor store 142 Merrimac street was assaulted by 15 to 20 youths armed with bats. He suffered a heavy blow and fled toward Station 1. Officers Boothly and Rooney arrested Thomas Ji Crane and Frank Kerrigan, who claimed no involvement though found with bats.
Warren Dorr a 38 year old roofer residing at 190 Cambridge street fell from the roof of the new East Boston school on Sumner street about 4 10 pm. He suffered a severe leg fracture scalp wound and internal injuries. Taken to Massachusetts General Hospital his leg was amputated above the knee and he died at 6 15 pm. He leaves a wife and family with no visible means of support.
Chicago Herald retells Pinkerton tale of a buckskin bag holding 25000 dollars in diamonds dropped from an Illinois Central train near Eldredge court. The 1870 Schooler Co robbery linked to Forrester Dean Cummings and others, with Hickey’s capture and eventual deaths and imprisonments across multiple states.
Cheese markets show heavy activity with 125 boxes at 840 and 300 at 84sec amid strong competition. Butter trade includes creamery packages at 227s L4c and 35 packages at 22 22%ac, with several entries on private terms and commissions.
In Hanover on August 31 a man known to authorities as Frank C Almy stayed at the Wheelock Hotel and disclosed a Christmas necktie hidden in a cattle barn under a feed manger. Sheriff Foster and Ed Houston found the gift wrapped in chamois skin with pink ribbon and the inscription From Christie. The search yielded a second necktie bearing a Peabody Mass firm, a silver plated napkin ring, sketches by Christie, a braid of hair, verses in Christie's handwriting, and four handkerchiefs marked with C. Also recovered were canned foods and a bottle of ram.
At a French dermatology meeting M Moty described using intradermic injections of corrosive sublimate to treat alopecia areata. He reported hair regrowth outpacing other methods with aqueous solutions, noting varying responses and that some cases recover spontaneously. A cited instance showed a two year trial yielding cure after switching clinicians.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat informant notes a rise in solo female travelers this summer. Many carry kodak cameras and roam the country independently, with some women well informed about roads and hotels, while veteran travelers find them more demanding and inquisitive. A Boston woman of means is seen at major events nationwide, frequenting shows from California to New Orleans. Also reports a separate Newport incident where a topmast broke on Vanderbilt’s yacht Alva, injuring a crew member.
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