Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-09-17

! public travel, the Terminal company is
In no sense responsible, as the present
embargo was at the instance of the
street department, and made necessary
on account Of sewer construction. The
| Terminal people have been careful Ia so
arrange the lines of their work as 20 keep
\ within the provisions of the legislative
act providing for the erection of the sta
| tion. and at no time since they began
| operations have they in the slightest de-
| gree overstepped the mark. The act
| stipulates that Federal street shall re-
main open until the extension of Dor
| chester avenue and Summer street shall
| have been completed, unless some other
means is provided for the caSe of traffic
In that part of the city. AS this will
soon be forthcoming by way of new Cove
street, the paving of which is nearly
| completed. the Terminal company will
| then proceed to take possession of that
| part of Federal street to which il Is en-
| titled. 1t is expected that the Cove
| street improvements will be closed up
within two or three days, after which it
will be opened to traffic and the old
! thoroughfare pass from the control of
| the city. Work on connections between
! trunk line sewers is progressing rapidly,
| as il is on the minor service, and ii now
! looks as If the city would be well
| out of the way some time next week.
! The West End is removing all Of its old
! trackaEe on Federal street. and the cleo
| trical companies are taking down their
wires and making ready to lower the
! poles. President Clark is back in
] ig
in which he is taking deep interest,
! and the advancement made during his
| absence will. without doubt. be in every
! way satisfactory, in view of the many
! difficulties that have confronted the con-
| tractors. It is doubtful if there could
! be found in the entire country a similar
| area with SO many distractions to fOun-
! dation work as this site presents. There
! is not a foot of IT that Is free of old piling.
dock cribs or sunken stone wharves, to
say nothing of it's proximity to tide
| water. This latter obstacle has called
FOR a careful determination Of the pos
! sible maximum rise of water and its
exact upward pressur" by the Terminal
| Company's engineering department. as
/ the slightest error might result in max
ing doubtful the praCticability of one of
the most important features of the sta
uon-the subway.
Rapid strides arc being made toward
the completion Of the subway. With the
exception of about 100 feet under Scolay
square it is possible for a wagon to pass
through the underground railway from
the temporary entrance in SCollay square
to the completed portion now in use from
Park street under the common to the pub
lie garden gradient. The engineers be-
heve that, with the exception of the Hay
, market square station and incline the
| subway will be completed by January.
| 4 small force of men are now at work
under fremont street from School street
to Cornhill, cleaning up the debris. scrap
ing the side walls and putting in the CEN
ter drain. Section S12, the Cornhill
branch, running from SCollay square t.
! Adams square, was finished, so faraS tn"
| contractor was concerned, last Saturday
| night. There is lot of extra work on it.
| just as there is on the other sections,
which the transit commission deem ad-
visable to do themselves. Most of the
other sections now under construction
the work being done II Is generally be-
lieVed that the subway commission will
have about s. 2OOO, 900 to its credit when
the big underground job is done. Under
the subway act the commissioners have
( authority to build a tunnel to East Bos-
| ton. Some time ago Chief Engineer Car
son went abroad and made a study of
European tunnels, and reported his OBJ
| ScrvatOnS to the transit CimmisSiOn.
He estimated that it would require about
$2.500,oO0 to build a tunnel under the har-
! hor from Hanover street to East Boston.
| There wouldn't be much difficulty ii is
thought, in getting the city government
| appropriate $500, 600, which would assure
Il tunnel to East Boston Division Super
intcndent Hawes of the West End told
reporter that at present the road was Op-
Grating l3j cars an hour in the subway.
He thought this could be materially in
creased without blockadlng traffic in the
subway, When the four tracks are in
operation about 300 cars an hour will be
run through the subway. The Shawmut
avenue and fremont street lines will
probably not enter the subway until the
cars can run clear through to the union
station. The section above Boylston
street is practically completed and
equipped, and is being boarded up at the
ShaWmut avenue gradient to prevent
persons from entering.
j. n, Danforth, one of the founders Of
the Apollo club, has just died at his home
here. Mr.. Danforth was partner of the
firm of Lee, Danforth & Co, brokers.
His parents di before he reached the
age of II, and at that time he was thrown
upon his own resources. He came to
Boston and started in the grocery busi-
resS. In few months ne was given the
position of clerk at the Quincy House,
and continued in that position for several
years. In 1850 Mr.. Danforth weht to the
gold fields of California for three years,
returning to Boston to engage in the
brokerage business. He was passionatoly
fond of music and studied earnestly with
| several local teachers. He had rich
tenor voice, and in assoCiatng himself
with several other musical friends club
was formed which soon after was organ
| iH"d into what is now the Apollo club. and
during the first years of that musical so -
ciety Mr., Danforth was its main support.
He continued in active membership un-
til several years ago, when illness com
PEELED him to discontinue regular attcn-
dance. He was made an honorary mem
Der and enjoyed the distinction of being
enc of Tour men who had received that
recognition since its organization. Dur
Ing the last five years Mr.. Danforth