Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-13
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sPRcIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

sPRCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
General Bancroft, president Of the
Boston Elevated railroad, was unable
the other day to satisfy the craving
for Information aS to when the up
stairs" cars would commence to run
Of certain Celestial, one Mr.. Wing
Wo. The general was SO much ut sea
on the matter that he intimated that
he was prepared to give any man who
could solve the problem $4,000. lie
ventured the guess. however, that they
may be running in Il year. l noticed
Oh Tuesday the progress of the work
Of construction in the vicinity of the
north union station-the section which
ascends from the subway mt rravcrs
street, and. circ'Ing around In front Of
the station, connects with the section
across Chnrlestown bridge by Cause
way street. The steel and iron super
structure, columns, bracing plates and
cross sections, or girders, are on the
ground, and the workmen have begun
to hoist them into position. From that
point where the subway incline ends
at the signal tower opposite Travcrs
street the superstructure has been
erected beyond the end of the covered
elevated railway construction was II
rather difficult problem to solve, but
the work will be pushed rapidly for
ward until this last connecting link
for the portion between the subway
entrance and the Sullivan square ter
mnal is completed. With the finish
ing of the tunnel under Pleasant and
Porter streets the subway will then
be connected with the Roxbury or
Dudley street terminal of the road,
and this part will require but Il week
or two more to put 1t in readiness.
What wonderful glamor seems to
surround the tale or the picture Of
day or scene Of long ago, and what n
wealth of picturesque reminisccnce
surrounds the early days in this good
old town of Boston. l had quite n chat |
day or two ago with an old friend
of mine, who has quite Il penchant for
delving into the lore of Il century back,
aud in his minds eye viewing scenes
In their erstwhile humely garb. / met |
him as he was engaged in viewing the |
ruin wrought by Il gas explosion in |
the Back Bay, and his conversation
turned on his pet theme, the old Bos-
ton Of the days ere the Bosom of |
progress had swept the city, when the
now wealthy Beacon street was 1.-THE
lane that leads to the poorhOuse," and
Washington street "the way leading
towards RoXbury." There were thirty
three lanes cited in list prepared by
the selcctmen, who reported to town
meeting in May, 17OS. In this list
were Cow lane, Blind lane, Frog lane,
Raws lane now Bromtield street,,
etc, all designating important thor
Oughfares, which now bear the more
grandiloquent titles of street and ave-
nue..
A notable death the past week was
that of John Elbridge Hudson, prcsi-
dent Of the American Bell Telephone
company, who expired suddenly while
sitting with his wife in the depot ut
Beverly, awaiting a train for Boston,
heart disease being the cause. In the
death of Hudson there has passed
away one of that famous group Of
men whose names will always be as
sociated with the wonderful develop
mcnt of the telephone, and at the
head Of which stands the name of
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. He
was born in Lynn. Mass, Aug. 3. 1892.
and was descended on both his fathers
and mothers side from some of the
hest of the old New England families.
He was the son of John and Elizabeth
G. OIilliartD Hudson. his father being
a descendant of Thomas Hudson, of
the family of Henry Hudson. the IA
nous navigator, and who came from
England about 1890 and settled in the
Massachusetts bay colony.
Thieves on church roof and in
broad daylight Is Il circumstance un-
usual enough in itself, but when you
add to it squad Of police, Il ladder
company with all the paraphernalia
for scaling the lofty perch of the ma
rauders and motley crowd of citi-
Zcns all eager for the capture getting
on top to find the birds flown, the mat
ter amounts almost to the mysterious.
This, however, was the state of affairs
Mt Gate of Heaven (what a locality to
select for burglarizing) church, South
Boston, Monday. Three young men
were noticed tearing off the small cop
per snow guards that project from all
parts of the roof. The police called in
the help of the fire department and
after the church had been surrounded
scaling party composed of firemen
and policemen mounted the roof only
to find their labor was In vain. An
immense crowd witnessed their dis
comtiture.
A great dramatic treat is again to
be offered to theatre lovers Of Boston
and vicinity In the temperance at the
fremont theatre on Oct. Is of that
great actress, Mrs. Fiske, in Becky
Sharp" her play of last season, that
enjoyed a phenomenal engagement at
the fremont. This actress, long
thought to be the foremost artistic on
the American stage, in this play last
season everywhere scored the hit OF
her career. And aside from the fact
that Becky Sharp" affords Mrs. Fiskc
her greatest artistic opportunities. the
play itself and the manner of its rep
resentation are worthy Of the highest
praise. AS n production simply,
"Becky Sharp" probably never has
been surpassed on the American stage
for impressiveness, detail and artistic
worth. 1t Is a. magnificent spectacle
merely as spectacle, and yet it is
artistic in everything.
There has been quite tO-do the past
week over the alleged milk trust"
The milk contractors have raised the
price of the lacteal fluid to what is
considered by e'ery one most eX-