Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-12
NOTES FROM THE HUB.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Ioiu iuuluScIlpl, HOW, aI'cr llS lOur
wandcrings and long disappearance
in the safe of the State treasurer
and the dedication of the Shaw me-
mortal. This latter was especially
impressive. Shaw, as is well known
was hlueblood of blIcbloods. Iar-
ward graduate. young. rich, cultured,
he led the first colorcd regiment dur
ing the war. lie was killed i'm a
charge and contemptuollsly buried in
namelcSs grave with his niggers."
Last week the Governor and his staff,
distinguished soldiers and guests from
widely separated points. the famous
Seventh Regiment of New York, the
most exclusive regiment in the nation.
all united to do the Young soldiers
memory honor. The memorial itself
is beautiful thing, by st. Gaudens,
in granite and bronze. II stands on
the Common close up to Beacon
street, and Just opposite the entrance
to the State House. With the we'll
meant but horribly ugly, "Crispus
AttuCks mounmcnt. also on the Com
mon. but at the other corner. the col
orcd people cannot complain that they
have been forgotten. The "Crispus
Attucks" monument it may he news
to some of our readers. is to the MEM
ory of the men who fell in the Dos
ton massacre" in 1713, of which one
(Attucks) was a negro II isn't really
known whether that was his name or
not, and he did nothing in particular
except to get killed. and that accident
ally, but it is the idea that is memo
rialized, and no one begrudgcs the
n tl,n at
have. by the way, the notorious Isaac
B. Allen of the Governors Council has
had to make himself or has been made
prominent again. 1t seems that, by
his own or some one elsc's invitation,
he marched i'm the parade to the men,
ory of Col. Shaw as the guest of the
colorcd people. Now Col. Hallowell,
who commanded the remnant of the
famous saith and 55th colOrcd regi-
ments in the parade, has come out
voluntarily over his own signature
and said that if he had known Mr..
Allen was in the procession he would
not have been allowed to march. 1t is
not Aliens skin, but his character to
which the people object.
1t is estimated by the engineers in
charge of the excavation for the sub
way under the new South terminal
that the steam shovel and the day and
night brigadcs of Italians are remov-
ing about 21OO cubic yards i'm the "a
hours. At this rate the great area will
be scooped out in time so as not to
interfere with the driving of the piles
or the putting in of the foundations.
Eleven carloads of granite have ar
rived at the terminal grounds from
Uxbridgc, Mass. Immediately upon
it's arrival it was placed upon the con-
crete foundations of one of the central
supports for the headhousc. The
masonry for the 'cntirc foundation
will call for $4,000 cubic yards con-
crete. into which will enter 10000 bar
rels of cement. The mixture will be
made up of one part cement. two
parts sand and five parts gravel. Work
on the sea wall goes along slowly. but
as fast as circumstances will allow.
About 10 feet of the granite shows
above the level of the water, which
gives good idea of the general APP
pearancc of the wall when completed.
1t does not INSPIRE very high degree
of admiration in its present state, and
if it is to remain as now constructed
it will hardly harmorize with its sur
roundings. The stones arc not evenly
cut, he joints are irregular, the blocks
are diminutivc for work of this char
ncter, and, generally speaking, it is
without a single saving feature.
X Y x
Much to the surprise of almost
everybody. Clerk Mulrcy and Team
stcr Finncran, for obtaining money
from the city under false pre-
tcnccs, have been convicted, and con-
sternation reigns at City Hall. Finne-
ran was Il contractor and Mulrey
clerk in the paving division, and
stripped of technicalities, Finneran
was paid enormous sums for work
never performed and for horses and
teams that never had an existence. 1t
was no news. These things have been
going on for years, and by men of both
political parties. That was what
made the conviction a surprise. The
penalty for the offence is prison. 1t is
the desire of the defendants lawyers
to defer sentence till after the eXcep-
tions taken are settled by the supreme
court, but this is not agreeable to the
prosecution. The defence offered no
witnesses. preferring to fight the mat
ter out in higher court or else feel
ing strong in acquittal. Others will
soon be tried for the same offence,
and will not go to the court room
quite so "cocky." The trial lasted six
days and the jury was out five hours,
y Il y II
The Boynton "bicyclc" railroad bill
has been killed in the Senate. An
amusing incident occurred when it
came up for a second reading. The
House sent it along by a large ma
iority. Mr.. Dallingcr of Cambridge
had evidently been lulled into false
security. He said nothing: nobody
spoke. There was no discussion. A
voice vote showed strong opposition
and the president declared the bill re.
jected. Mr.. Dallinger looked thunder
struck. Mr.. Perkins, Moody Boyn'
tons portly counsel. sat in the gallery
and wondered. Mr.. Dallinger called
for the roll call. When the smoke
cleared away the vote stood IA in
favor and IS against ordering the bill
to third reading. and it was there.
fore rejected. The project is not
killed, of course-it really is the best
system in existence. only it is saddled
with its inventor-but is only stunned.
1t will live to fight again, and some
day to win.
If it were not for our public build
ings and monuments. how the critics
would suffer for IA lack of oppOrtuni-
tics. Not content with reasonable
criticism of the Latin inscription on
the Shaw monument. the wise have
suggested that the troops should he
marching the other way and that
canteens and cartridge boxes should
not be worn on the same side. We
are inclined to believe that this
latest triumph of St. Gaudens can
stand such comments if the critics
can.
England's complete dependence On
foreign countries-chiehy Russia and
its food supply has often