Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-20
NOTES FROM THE HUB.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. J

Boston's subway will be opened 10 pub
Pic travel on the lst Of September; at
least that is the present intention Of
the West End Street Railway comapny.
1t is not expected TO have all the details
Of construction completed at that time,
but they will be sufficiently advanced
to warrant the dedication of the first
three sections to the uses Of the electri-
cal transit system by the first of next
month. All Of the ticket offices ami
turnstiles at the foot of the station
stairways are practically completed, and
are now being painted to conform with
the interior finish of the subway. Sc
rtous objections were raised by the West
End management TO the placing of the
ticket offices on the tunnel platforms,
they contending that they should be on
the surface, so as to protect the en-
frances from invasion by those who
had no business there, but the commits
sion was obdurate, and insisted that its
plans should be carried out, notwith-
standing the many urgent protests en-
tered by the railroad company. When
1t shall have been demonstrated that the
proper location for these offices is at
the head Of the stairways. ii is believed
the city will order a change. The West
End is now engaged in preparing plans
for swinging doors to be placed at the
open end of the station coverings, and
the work will be hurried along as fast
as possible. The commission aCknowl-
edge error in not attending to this mat
ter. As this work is not incumbent on
the West End, the cost will be charged
to the transit commission. The literary
bureau of the West End has been max
ing revision of the big black signs
lately painted on the glass fronts of the
stations, and it has decided TO make a
few changes in their phraseology It
has been found that Not an Entrance"
Is hardly appropriate, and il will be made
to read Exit Only" a decided improve
Where the words south Bound Cars
appear the adjective will be hyphenated.
but the periods will not be added as it
is claimed that the latest vogue in sign
/ painting discards all full points. The
! granolithiC paving on the fremont street
mall is finished, and this part of the
| Common is now practically restored. In
I the new arrangement of the broad walk
and the changed topography the COM
/ mission has executed a most commend
/ able piece of work This historic en-
! closure never appeared To better advan-
| tage than it does today, and the transit
| commissioners are the ones to thank
! for the improvement. Attention is now
/ called to the turkey-red facia Of the
/ portal on the Public Garden. 1t has
/ been suggested that it be changed to a
/ notified gray, with the figures 1885,"
! in gold This would relieve the en-
! trance of its East Tennessee coal mine
| effect. The contractor who has the work
! of putting in the system of water pipes
! to guard against fire in the subway is
/ doing his best to earn the heavy bonus
that the West End has promised him.
/ providing he finishes ahead Of the con-
tract time. The fact that bonus has
been promised shows that the company
is anxious to get into the subway as
soon as possible, and discredits the
charge that it is delaying this event un-
| necessarily.