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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1886
Page
8
A detailed historical recap of the Pemberton Hill speculation that created Pemberton Square from 1835 land deals led by Patrick T. Jackson and associates. It describes land purchases, mansion sites, grading, and the 1835 auction that funded the square’s development, the eventual sale of lots, and the transition from aristocratic gardens to a commercial city core.
The Chadwick estate advances a six story brick and granite edifice at Tremont street and Pemberton square to replace three adjacent structures. Demolition to begin Oct 1 with occupancy expected a year later. Architect S F J Thayer designed the plans for a 65 by 90 foot frontage, 3873 square feet area, and French plate windows on the street level.
A new nine story brick building with two tier pilasters and copper cornices will rise around Tremont street and Pemberton square. It will feature Longmeadow brownstone trim, marble and Tennessee marble interiors, steam heat, gas and electric light, fireproof vaults with steel safes, asbestos fire stops and extensive fire suppression. Emery & Stuart will be the builders with early tenants including Allen Hemenway Savage and Judge George White.
A Lexington builder woke to a chicken theft scene and pursued a thief. The suspect fled with a fat hen and drew a pistol. After a tense exchange the builder let the matter drop but later was sued for defamation. a judgment of £8000 was awarded to the rival, ending the vigilante effort without legal success.
At Apollo Gardens in Roxbury yesterday afternoon the South Boston Cribb Club staged a humorous broadsword event with borrowed horses and sapling swords. Mike Magner and John Donovan mounted improvised chargers clashed for five minutes, ending in a draw amid a day of varied amusements.
A mounted sword match at Oak Island featured Duncan C. Ross and Sergeant Charles Walsh. Renfrew and Erhardt were to participate but were injured or declined. Ross won 4 to 2 after brief bouts. refereeing drew criticism for brevity and crowd dissatisfaction.
Pearline advertised linens washed and houses cleaned claiming quality care and thorough cleaning services for households seeking reliable domestic help.
Chicago could not bat Baldwin well, as Detroit hitters struck Clarkson often. 10,000 spectators saw a well played game ended after the eighth due to darkness with Detroit winning 6 to 3. Richrdson and Anson led Detroit. Bennett hit a home run for Chicago.
In a postponed South End grounds contest yesterday afternoon the Portlands defeated the Boston Blues after a tight battle. Hatfield and O’Rourke led the visitors with key hits, while Hartnett and Sheffler contributed for Boston. umpire Tate from the Boston club oversaw the action.
At Pittsburg Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3. At Baltimore Baltimores 7 Metropoli tans 5. At trockton Samosets 8 Easterns 1. At Philadelphia Brooklyns 12 Athletics a4.
League scheduled games feature Detroit versus Chicago and St Louis against Kansas City while Philadelphia clashes with Washington. American Louisvilles meet Baltimore, Pittsburgh travels to Philadelphia, Cincinnati visits Brooklyn, St Louis plays New York, New England Boston Blues face Brockton, and Haverhills compete with Portland.
The Bostons face New York tomorrow and Tuesday then play in Boston against the Phillies over the next three days. Tate is a top catcher while Murphy asserts he is no umpire. Tate’s injured hand improves and he may play next week. Blues fans note two outs on the Blues’ third basemen on third with two outs yesterday.
A nine year old boy named Jacob, lost for the seventh time in six weeks, wandered out seeking cool air. At ten o'clock last evening a Jewess cried to Lt. Cain at the first police station. A patrolman later found Jacob asleep in a doorway on Slem street, explaining the heat kept him indoors.
Weseon, Sept. 9. Labor troubles at Robert Duncan's tannery resume as he orders workers to finish forty four sides of hip leather per day instead of twenty four. Workers refuse, eighteen grinders, two snuffers and five blackers quit, likely closing the tannery for days and boosting pressure to shut down factories on October first.
Willard C Lamson treasurer of the Glines Patent Car-brake Co arrested on a Lowell warrant for embezzling $600 from steamboat agent John Farley. In other items the Wabash repair work at the navy yard hires 40 new men. temperance meetings resume Sept 13. liquor licenses issued near 2600 with few revocations. Reeves's band to play Nantasket. fire bell complaints persist. tramps raid Allston poultry yards. Charles Goward jailed two months for $12 clothing theft. hotel thieves in city checked. Mason the NY hotel thief photographed but not identified. Civil Service Commissioner Lyman arrived. whaling captain Marshall held on assault charge. Charlestown Temperance Association officers named. German tramps seeking aid with forged papers warned off by German Aid Society.
Rainfall this year has been below average but no famine danger yet. Mystic lake sits 514 feet below high water, dropping about an inch and a half daily, possibly requiring temporary pumps by October. Hose use is banned in Mystic water area while Basin No 3 remains empty for upgrades. Basin No 2 supplies demand and Basin No 4 level falls seven feet though Cochituate and Sudbury rivers should cover nearly three months. rain expected before exhaustion.
Indications for twenty four hours from 7 a.m. Friday September 10 show Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expect local rains with nearly stationary temperatures and variable winds. Rest of New England and eastern New York face local rains then fair weather with slightly cooler or steady temperatures and generally southerly variable winds.
Observer's Office Signal Service Boston reports hourly readings for wind direction speed and conditions. Temperatures range from 60 to 80 degrees with clear to fair skies and no precipitation. Daily mean temperature 75, mean dew point 67, humidity 77 percent.
Yesterday’s meteorological record lists uniform observations up to 10 p m taken simultaneously at all stations. The data summarize temperature humidity air pressure and wind conditions across locations, highlighting synchronized reporting for comparative analysis and regional weather assessment.
The common council held its first session after the summer break with most business stemming from the aldermen. Debates touched on naming rights for new building sites, municipal court plans, and extensions of Commonwealth and Humboldt avenues, with party lines evident on provision inspections and fence replacements. The session closed with adjournment to meet in two weeks.
James H Fitzpatrick alias John Doe operated at 265 Washington street selling Louisiana State lottery tickets to unsophisticated players. After prior arrests and unsuccessful prosecutions police secured a search warrant and Fitzpatrick was arrested at his Charlestown home yesterday. He was taken to police headquarters for safekeeping and later released on bail.
A Cumberland coal pile of 8600 tons owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad near their Mystic River coal sheds in Somerville caught fire by spontaneous combustion last week and is still burning. Fire boat William Flanders fought the blaze eight hours as a center-hole is cut through the pile. Uninjured coal is being loaded on cars for removal while a Somerville steamer will pour water on the fire, expected to take over a week to fully extinguish.
The West India cricketers reach Boston this morning after a day in New York awaiting the yacht race. Longwood grounds prepared with canvas fencing, 25 cent admission, ladies free, match played with twelve men per side. Players include Hubbard, Bialy, Appleton, Dutton captain, Wright, Mansfield, Prince, Stuart, McKeen, Mansfield, Chambers. Game starts daily at 7:30.
A famed Congress street financier possesses a June 26 1535 issue of the American Whig from Woodstock Vermont that recounts Timothy Peacock Esq initation into Free Masonry. The article notes him led blindfolded to an altar and made to subscribe under Gulliver's Travels to a satire ending with tar and feathering from Mugwump to Passamaquoddy and back.
John H. Pray, Sons and Co have opened all the importations of oriental rugs and Scotch and English carpets. Stock large and prices low.
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