Reconsideration Fails Over Shea Vote In City Council
City Council fails to reconsider last week’s vote on William J. Shea as permanent city treasurer and tax collector. Leahy urges reconsideration but 7 to 4 result stands. Mahoney named library trustee. water supply expansion and fire department mask funding discussed. street loan item moved for removal from Finance files.
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William J. Shea
Leahy
Iask
Henry J. Mahoney
Edward H. Redstone
Lowell Manor
U. S. Army
Billy Shea
Billy
Jim Maloney
Whispered Mayoral Plot Stirs Ward 3 In City Buzz
A column notes Ward 3’s Patrick Delaney drawing attention amid election chatter. It cites possible contenders Jerry Downey, J. Aylward, Eddie and Paddy among many names, plus a Finance Committee scene and street construction funds moving forward.
The Sentinel Gossip Highlights Local Civic Jests And Projects
The column recalls Councillor Leahy’s quip on a North Cambridge route after 1 A M and notes the Central Square traffic tower relocation. It mentions ex-Aldermen Black and Whitman, and describes the Cambridge School of Drama occupying the Germanic Museum site at Broadway Quincy Cambridge streets.
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Leahy
Frank Mulcahy
Boston
North
Cambridge
Scollay
Dan
Police Traffic Squad
City Electrical Department
Central Sq
The
Sentinel
Ray Gormiey
Jim” Black
Flack
Florence Lee Whitman
Jim
Cambridge School of Drama
Old Germanic Museum
Broadway, Quincy and
Cambridge Sts
Cambridge Water Supply Plan Aims Major System Upgrades
Hazen and Everett engineers report to the Cambridge Mayor and City Council outlining immediate water system upgrades. Proposals include new pumps and intake at Fresh Pond, expanded Stony Brook conduit, new filter beds, revised mains, and metering to address last summer’s scarcity. The plan seeks to pump Fresh Pond water 22 feet lower than current intakes to maximize existing sources.
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Water Board
Hazen & Everett
Hastings
Fresh Pond
Stony Brook
Police Shifts Implemented Behind Bold Move
The department enacts long threatened changes with officers moved between stations. Captain Edward J. Welch shifts from Station 4 to Station 1 and Captain William B. Ginty moves from headquarters nights to Station 2 as part of the reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Welch
Williamb. Ginty
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Cambridge Savings Bank
Harvard Square
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
North Avenue Savings Bank
Massachusetts Ave
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Shea
H. J. Mahoney
Delaney
David F. Corcoran
Undertaker
Putnam Square Section
Telephone University
Wood
Emerson
Centra
Ray W. Guild
Joy
Dunster Street
Oxford Courts
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington Street
Devonshire Street
By Jocko
Richard
Patrick Joseph Delaney
Jerry Downey
Industrial Association
Coriolanus
J. Aylward
Eddie
Frank
Pete
Paddy
Joe
Tim
Jay
Dennis
Potomac
Fay For Flowers
Pearl St
Oliver Building
Milk Street
University
Puritan Candy CO
Mass. Ave
Henry F. Lehan
Boston Finance Co
Mass. Avenue
Cor
Harvard Bazar
UNI
Weinstein
River ST
Putnam Ave
Home Owners Mortgage CO
School Street
Boston Telephone LiBerty
Messrs. Hazen & Everett
Mayor and Water Board
Cambridge Water Supply
T. W
Aqua
Chief McBride
Ntral Squar Ambridge
Manhattan
Manhattan Market
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