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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
9
Corrected timetable listing trains from Merrimack Street Depot Lowell to Boston and other cities with numerous times, Sundays services, and notes for multiple stations including Lawrence Salem Haverhill Newburyport Amesbury Portland and more. credits General Agent C. Taft.
After October 27 trains on the New York and Hartford route will depart Lowell Middlesex Street Depot to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 11.25 am and 6.25 pm. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction with Fitchburg for the same. The 5.23 pm train links with the Stonington line for New York City and the south and west. Sundays provide morning service to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way stations at 7.15 am. George P. Clar, General Superintendent of Passenger Services.
A Lowell political meeting featured William Hounsell and James O'Sullivan praising veterans and urging a businesslike, nonpardoning approach to city government. Speakers urged support for Republican candidates, warned against taxpayer exemptions, and called for a new city charter while condemning current handling of finances and governance.
Shipping receipts show merchandise delivered per order from all trains on the Boston and Lowell, Old Colony, and Boston and Maine railroads. Goods forwarded as per shipping records and orders.
A Lowell election letter urges voters to choose the best candidate for mayor based on ability and service. It contrasts John C. Wilson and Charles A. R. Dimon and argues the city’s interests justify the vote for the most capable leader. Also notes bank reopening delayed until at least Dec 15 as First National bank books are examined.
Large tenement on Adams street requires inquiry at Middlesex Market. Various rental listings follow for Belvidere houses, Highland tenements with gas and modern improvements, and other eight to seven room dwellings with baths hot and cold water. Listings include 39 Hildreth Building, 22 Smith Avenue, 107 Stevens Street, 19 Burtt Street, 181 Eighteenth Street, 74 Wentworth Avenue, 914 Gorham Street, 684 Broadway, 224 Beacon Street, 151-153 3B Street, and 407 Middlesex Street among many. Some include stables, fruit trees, and open plumbing. several specify rents from $8 to $80 per month.
In a tense Pawtucketville gathering, residents and strangers argued over who could speak about a new bridge. Several attendees endorsed a new structure if the current one were condemned, while others contested authority and fairness as the meeting adjourned after 10 PM.
Letters to the Trades and Labor Council in Lowell Massachusetts dated December 4 1901 show mayoral hopefuls Johnson C Wilson and Thomas F Connolly responding to labor demands. Wilson expresses strong labor protection support and readiness to back measures aiding workers. Connolly agrees to public hearings on municipal electric plant ownership and notes legal limits on inserting certain clauses under existing statutes.
Ward 3 and ward 9 political activities unfold as candidates address the Chippewa club rooms. Wilson claims long voting record and pledges an honest administration if mayor. Democrats note his potential victory while other speakers push rallying calls. A Democratic candidate vows to macadam every street and consecrate sidewalks if elected.
London December 5 Philip Watts naval architect and director of the warship building department at Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth has been named director of naval construction succeeding Sir William Henry White who resigned due to ill health.
In New York the American Society of Mechanical Engineers unveiled a Fulton memory monument in Trinity churchyard after formal exercises and religious ceremony. Rear Admiral Melville and Dr. Robert H. Thurston of Cornell University eulogized the inventor.
Rev Dr Robert Fulton Crary delivered an address and Rev Morgan Dix gave the benediction at a dedicatory service. The engineer and the clergy of Trinity with the choir vested conducted the ceremony as L S Wellman unveiled the monument near the age-marked vault entombing Fulion's body nearly a century ago.
In San Juan Porto Rico secretary Charles Hartzell acting as governor since Hunt’s absence calls the Legislature to convene on New Year’s Day. The city council approves sending a cable to President Roosevelt requesting his interest in Porto Rico affairs as outlined in his message to Congress. The council also expresses affection for the President and seeks support for a naval station in San Juan.
President Roosevelt entertained a representative list of public officials at the White House dinner tonight. Guests included Secretary Root, Senators Foraker Morgen Lodge Hale Cockrill Fairbanks Mc Enery Quarles Clapp and Representatives Hitt Cooper Moody and Gen Leonard Wood.
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