Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-02

will give somebody an upper-cut-or a
blow over the heart is the proper eN-
preston now. Al meeting the other
night where Governor Wolcott was
one of the guests. Mr.. Berle got after
the Legislature and legislators OF the
pending bill regarding the elevated
road he said: There is now pending
before rhe Massachusetts Legislature a
bill for the Boston elevated railroad
company. Carefully read, that bill if
passed without rigorous amendment
and revision condemns this city to
serfdom for 20 years. 1t means that
we as truly give over. without ade-
quate compensation and without ade-
quate control and without power of
securing relief, the matter of trans
portation in this city in a way which
is creditable only TO Serfs. We legally
surrender the inventive genius and
the progress of facilities and new re-
sources to a New York syndicate for
the entire opening decade of the new
century. What makes this possible
is the ignorance of the citizens and
the dark lantern methods by which
the Legislation is secured. In the gas
~ l'lpol'll WHICH ltNFHllN Slil lltu lIlt
entire city, conservative, as well as
radical newspapers agreed that it was
the most serious accident that had
happened here in years. Ten or
dozen people were killed or died. and
80 to 60 were wounded. That in an
open thorougihfare of this city, which
if il had occurred four on five hours
later, would have meant the des.ruc-
tion of hundreds of people. instead of
tens. The matter has all but utterly
dropped from public notice, and all
because the corporations and officials
most interested made a thorough and
systematic and successful plan to
suppress the facts. We get the facts
when the L. 5. senate is in secret
session. Why not, when Il secret in
quiry is in progress, into matter
so vital to the life and safety of the
citizens of this city? If ever there
was Il need for an executive message
from the State House, calling for full
investigation, this was the time.
Take again the history of the sub
way. That whole transaction is a per-
feet miracle of log-rolling, double
dealing and political strategy. Born
in conspiracy, it grew in intrigue,
and it will emerge full grown as
another arm of corporate infamy to
bind and enslave the people"
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The committee on metropolitan af-
fairs has shelved the whole matter for
this session by referring it to the next
General Court. Thus satisfactory dis
position is made of a question over
which the Legislature might have
been compelled to waste considerable
time. 1t should be borne in mind that
this is not the original Greater 3os-
ton" project, which provided for the
out-and-out annexation of several of
the nearest cities and towns-a propO-
sition which was simple and intelligi-
BILE, al least, though in the end it
proved to be unacceptable to most of
the suburban communities. The bill
which the committee has just refused
to recommend to the Legislature is
mongrel scheme which permits nei-
ther annexation nor independence. 1t
is neither fish, flesh nor fowl. 1t is a
lame attempt at compromise, and the
hearings held upon it demonstrated
that it was much more unpopular
than the original measure. Reference
to the next General Court presumably
means the end of the entire undertake
ing.
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The Boston Herald Company has
signed 90-year contracts with the As
sociated Press, abandoning the ser
vices of the New England Associated
Press and the United Press. The New
England Associated Press, represent
ed by its counsel, the Hon. Charles T.
Gallagher, appeared in the Supreme
Judicial Court in equity and asked for
u restraining order to prevent the di-
rectors of the Boston Herald Company
from leaving the New England Asso-
ciated Press and signing a contract
with the Associated Press. Mr.. Gala
CHER claims that such an action would
practically wipe out the New England
Press Association. Judge Morton very
reasonably decided that such would be
an unfortunate state of affairs for the
stockholders of the New England
Press Association, but as it was a pri-
vate corporation, formed for private
gain, the courts could not interfere.
He might have quoted the popular
song, It's all right, but it's awk-
ward
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The correspondence between Secre-
tary Sayward of the Master Builders
Association and Mayor Quincy, on the
subject of the awarding of the bath
house contract to other than the low
est bidder, has gone far enough to
show that there is a good deal to be
said one both sides of the controversy,
and that the representatives of both
sides know how to say it. 1t does not
seem likely that either side will be
brought around to the others way OF
thinking, but both will undoubtedly
have better understanding of the
motives and purposes which govern
their respective interests.
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From time immemoral the most OF
the Hebrew weddings have been held
on. Sunday and have wound up with
dancing. Now the city authorities
say that the Hebrews must not vio-
late the ordinances more than people
of any other or no religion. They
must either be married on some other
day or keep their light fantastic toes
untripped until after midnight.
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IT was on March 2S, 1895, that the
| first spadeful of earth was taken from
| the Public Garden in beginning the
Subway. Cars cannot be run in the
Boylston and fremont street sections
on the second anniversary, as was
hoped, but our subterranean streets
are to be ready for use before another
year comes round.