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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1904

Page

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Citizens protest overburdening wires on city poles

A large audience packed the Cambridge board of aldermen hearing on the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company petition to attach wires to Cambridge Electric Light poles. Residents argued against more wires, citing safety, cost, and lack of notice, while officials noted legal rights and possible undergrounding limits. The matter was referred to the highways committee for review along with related City actions and future hearings.

Board of Aid New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Cambridge Electric Light Company Locke Joseph 8. Lamb Pleasant Street Elizabeth Karxher James K. Breslin Rice Street Frank P. White P. J. Donovan Leonard Avenue Henry A. Wise Kinnaird Street Ester Witman Park Street William H. Ricker Massachusetts Avenue McBeedle John Murphy Portland Street Thomas F. Moran Howard Street Nicholas Zelinsky Willow Street A. P. Clark James W. Coleman Alderman Coveney Coleman Telephone Company Melville Beedle Sacramento Street A. Baker Light Company Allen Garden Street Henry M. Wheeler Good Government League Ninth Street John Amee Hancock Street Charles Hopewell Qoveney Mr. Hopewell Cambridge Donovan Charles Street Boston Thomas H. Sharkey Trowbridge Street Christine Aberle Palermo Street Wm. H. Sinnott Spring Street Michael Crossman Louie Sandler Robert Walcott Stoughton Bell Wires T. H. Raymond Massachuetts Avenue C. H. Hyde Boston Elevated Railway Company Brandon Committee On Lake Frederick Reid Patrick A. Kelly Greenstreet Jeremiah Crowley Board of Overseers of the Poor Crowley Daly William J. Marvin Patrick T. Kelley Charles B. Hadcock Geo. Howland Cox John §. Goodale James W. Bean James R. Ryan John F. Ward George E. Hixon Otis H. Wylie Lowell Marcellus B. Parker Josephine Dillenschneider Coolidge Committee On Finance Bancroft and Getmore Streets Monk, Bordley & Evans City Council Hilliard Street Ash Street Court Alewife Brook Metropolitan Park Commissioners Episcopal ‘Theological School City All Association McNamee

Common Council Issues and Budget Motions 1901

The Boston Common Council debates routine business, ordinance referrals, and budget transfers. Debates over civil service listing for fire department personnel, street repairs, snow removal funding, and a pay raise for city laborers dominate, with calls to audit actions by the mayor and executive boards.

More Giles Thayer Civil Service Commonwealth Committee On Fire Department Nelligan Boston Elevated Railway Company Harvard Square Committee On Highways Wood Masachusetts Avenue Arlington Street Hogan Cambridge Union Square Massachusetts and Somerville Avenues Park Department Dinan Reardon Board of Aldermen Merrill Cronin Joint Standing Committee On Water Supply Water Board Hobbsbrook Reservoir Newton Street Waltham Fresh Pond Committee On Finance Ogler Downey Harlow Streets Civil Service Commissioners Fire Department Monk Meyers Fee Caswell O'Neill

A City Politicking Mirror From The Nonpartisan Skirmishes

A gossip column chronicles ward seven tactics and rivalries in early city politics. It notes attempts to crush the ward seven club, insider schemes for city jobs, drunken-room exploits at headquarters, and tensions between Daly and Mont gomery allies, with reflections on patronage and reform.

Ward Seven Thas Annex Brown

Jefferson Club Banquet in Rhodes Hall Monday Evening

The Jefferson Club plans a large banquet at Rhodes Hall Prospect Street to honor ex Mayor McNamee. Tickets are limited to 250 with prominent speakers listed and Henry J. Cunningham as toastmaster. The club, formed recently, celebrates its flourishing activity and seating at Hampshire Street quarters.

Colonial Club East Cambridge Daly Peabody Dallinger Harlow Walcott Amesbury Henry J. Cunningseam Jefferson Club Rhodes Hall McNamee Prospect Street William A. Gaston Aylward Sennett Sdetrick John H. Corcoran Charles H. Thurston Andrew J. Rady John KE. Hannigan Francis P. Curran J. Henry Duckery J. Prank Facey Henry J. Cunningham Edward H. McDuffie Thomas F. Tighe Jamesd. O'Brien George T. Triggs Tair Warde #4 Stampshire Street

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