Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-08
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some of the readers of the MONITOR
to learn few facts which I have
gathered up in few weeks sojourn
in Boston, though Vermonters know
more about this city than any other.
The subway is an underground way
on which lines all street cars
will be run to relieve the important
street of the great tide of travel,
which well-nigh blocks them up. The
subway starts in about 400 feet from
Charles St., on the Public Garden,
runs up Boylston St., under the edge
of the Common to fremont ST., up
fremont St., under the edge Of the
Common to Park st. church; hen
under the old burying ground and the
new fremont building, down Trem-
ont to Hanover; thence down Han
over to New Washington st. to Hay
market Sqr. The terminus will be at
the old Boston & Maine depot. There
will be station at Old Scollay Sqr.,
at Park st. church, corner of Boyls-
ton St., and so on up to the South
End. The last three sections are
well on the way toward completion,
so far as taking out the dirt and put
ting in the brick work go. Up to the
present time the cost has been about
$3,000,000. The waiting stations will
be between tracks, SO as to take pas
sengers both ways. On the Common
sections where the tunnel is, wide
there will be four tracks. The gr on nd
and the structures above the tunnel
will be supported by iron posts or pill
lars, over which there will be stout
iron sleepers, the whole is a bricked up
half circle over head. 1t is expected
that the subway will greatly Jesse
street travel. The number of cars
passing both ways opposite Park st.
church is about 4 800 daily, while the
number on Washington st. is about
the same. While the number of
passengers carried is set at the enor
nous number of 166, 1851, 914 in one
year. About 5000 men are employ
ed in running these cars and in TAX
ing cars off the roads. 1t is said to
cost more than ZOO to keep the
roads clear of snow. The help en-
ployed receive good wages, higher
than in stores or factories, except
skilled laborers.
Boston has grown rapidly in the
last ten years; there have been many
very expensive, large and lofty build
ings put up during that time. The
new fremont building. where the
old fremont House stood, is IL sto-
ries high and very fine building;
at the corner of fremont and Boyls
ton SITS. they are puttiag a mann
mouth hotel, which will be II sstories
high and will contain 500 rooms. 1t
is said that this will be leased and run
by the manager of Young's Hotel
and the Parker House. Then ew ho-
tel will be in box about the matter
of liquor selling on account of a State
law which forbids the selling of liq
uors within 800 feet of school build
ings. Now the parties interested and
the lobbyists are trying to get the
run the hotel and liquor saloon.
Boston as a temperance city has
not improved much in the last ten
years; there are ten retail licenses
where there were five ten years ago.
The cost is high to get a license,
but there are enough to take them
out, fit up their saloons in costly
manner and take their chances in
getting living over and above ex-
penses. l was informed by a man,
who ought to know, that the saloon
business is really overdone and that
many are not making it pay.
I understand that there are more
people in and about
Boston than at any time within the
last ten years. The police of Maiden
estimate that there are 1000 out of
work in that city. Some of the rub
Der factories and other shops are shut |
down to remain so for some time.
An immense work is being done by |
the Metropolitan Water Supply Co.,
which is preparing a water system to
supply Boston and other cities. The |
water will be taken from some of the I
New Hampshire rivers, conveyed to
the vicinity of Waltham, Lincoln,
and Lexington, where a great chain
Of reservoirs will be built for storage
1t is estimated that $4,000, 900 will be
put into this enterprise.
I recently met an Orleans Coun ty
boy, Charles Livingston formerly of |
Coventry, he is making quite a mark
here. He is pastor of new Unita-