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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1886

Page

2

Kenney v Consumers' Gas Case Sparks Boston Pipe Debate

Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds demurrer and dismisses Kenney v Consumers' Gas Company holding the city approved pipe laying with proper notices, injunctive relief not warranted. The decision also governs Attorney General v Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corp and reiterates public remedy limits when private interests predominate.

Supreme Court James W. Kenney Consumers’ Gas Company Kenney Attorney-General C. Allen Terrace Street Boston Said Street Consumers’ Gas Company of City of Massachusetts Cummings Barrett Washburn Mullen Parker Vs. Winnivscogee Company Pomeroy Commonwealth Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corp Mass Lynn & Boston Railroad Gray England Sheffield Gas Company Cambridge Gas Company Lord Cranworth Metropolitan Railroad Noseeltan Railroad Bay State Brick Company Union Insurance Company Rice National Bank of the Commonwealth New England Life Insurance Company Phillips Dunham Presley

Gas Companies Split Confronts Boston Consolidation Debate

The article reports varied opinions on consolidating Boston gas firms, with figures like Richard J. Monks and ex-Alderman George Curtis weighing in. It notes history of Bay State and Consumers' companies seeking merger, cautions on geographic and financial hurdles, and references to court decisions and industry players.

Benjamin F. Butler Thomas W. Clarke R. M. Morse, Jr Benjamin Kimball Richard J. Monks South Boston Gaslight Company Boston Bay State Consumers England Monks George Curtis Roxbury Gas Company Roxbury Company Bay State Company Boston Gas Company New York Consumers’ Gaslight Company Roxbury Supreme Court Allen Kenny Consumers’ Company Boston Gaslight Company Cambridge Charlestown Chelsea East Boston Dorchester Eas United Gaslight Improvement Company Philadelphia Jersey City Desideratum Charlestown Gaslight Company Parker C. Chandler Consumers’ Gas Company Messrs W. W. Greenough M.S. Greenough City

Resignation Read By Local Unitarian Pastor

Rev. E. Abbott of the Unitarian Church announced his resignation at the close of Sunday service, with the pastorate to end on November first. The action places the church at a transition point as plans for the future are discussed.

E. ©. Abbott Unitarian Church

Reward offered for catarrh cure by Dr Sage’s remedy

The former proprietor offered $500 to any catarrh case he could not cure, a reward renewed by current owners. Druggists sell the remedy with the Douche and related appliances. No catarrh patient should say they cannot be cured, as you may collect $500 for a failure.

Dr. Sage George H. Colby Boston & Albany Railroad Columbus Avenue Boston Colby Adelphi Lodge South Boston St. Matthews Royal Arch St. Omer Commandery

Park Loan Matter Dominates East Boston Alderman Meeting

The East Boston board debated a long stalled order to raise police captains pay from four dollars a day to twenty hundred a year, with questions of committee oversight and reporting. Other actions covered East Boston ferries, rags import, street extensions, armory leases, and a city election venue request amid labor candidate chatter.

Board of Aldermen Alderman Maguire Police Alderman Carroll Alderman Smith Alderman Magaire Hart Mahoney Committee On Police Freeman East Boston Law Department Donovan Joint Standing Committee On Health Carroll Babbitt Health Department Aldermanic Beacon Street John Curtin Edward J. Flynn East Boston Ferries Common Council Commonwealth Avenue Ruy Humboldt Avenue Canal Street Metropolitan Causeway Street Causeway Street Consolidated Beverly Street Hereford Boylston Streets Boylston Street Ford Saratoga Steed Gladstone Walley Leyden Street Abany Street Broadway Curve Street Boston & Albany Rairoad Bridge Arthur Timmins Grenville T. W. Braman Jarvis D. Fiamia Susie A. Braman Sam Tremont Washington Streets St. Mark’s Church Newton Newland Pembroke Streets Saings Bank Boston O’brien Cherrington Faneuil Hall

Health Pure Water from Baldwin Spring Offers Purest Drink

Baldwin Spring water from Sharon Vermont is praised for absolute purity and medicinal properties aiding digestion kidneys bladder and blood. Marketed by druggists grocers cafes and soda fountains at 1.75 per drop and 6.50 per case.

Baldwin Sharon Nature Dhurgoists

Parisian Ideas of America Letter to the Times

A Parisian newspaper essay harshly critiques American life depictions in recent Figaro coverage. The writer recalls an earlier Atlantic view by d Aimbert and notes persistent imaginary portrayals, highlighting biased misperceptions and shifting attitudes toward the United States.

N. Y. Times Sans America d’Aimbert United States Figaro

Sketch of New York and Wall Street in Summer Heat

The piece contrasts Wall Street bankers and brokers as Britons in shirt sleeves moving among fruit stalls on a 100 degree day. It recalls Paris upbringing and New World notions of Indians’ spots and buffalo hunts, noting how youth and parents shaped ignorance and shared ideas across generations.

New York Wall Street Paris Eben

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