Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-04-07
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+ Special CORRESPONDENCE.

Special CORRESPONDENCE.
The plan to put subway down
Washington street will be fought as
vigorously as the original subway bill
was fought, and already committee
of business men has appeared before
the committee on metropolitan affairs
as opponents. But, as 1 told you be.
fore, the subway will go. You may
perhaps reoell that even the supreme
court was invoked 10 stop the building
of the subway already in use. Even
such tinancers as the late ex-Mayor
Lincoln and the present Mayor Hart
were among the appellants, and showed
by facts and figures that the big hole
could not be completed for less than
SIS, O0n, 900, or thrice the estimate,
and if built would be only bit
of Unbiased property and an expense
to the city. But the mayor at the
time, Nathan Matthews, is man OF a
remarkably level head and had had
his estimates carefully made. The tun-
mel was built for little over $5,OO0,-
600, and was at once leased at a price
which will pay for the entire construc.
ton in 40 years, when Boston will
own the tunnel free of debt, the leas-
ing company in the meantime keeping
it in repair. As I have told you be-
fore, our present subway is only the
forerunner of more, for the main
streets will never be widened.
The demurrers have all been
overruled in the case OF Cole, the for
mer president of the wrecked Globe
bank here, aud he must stand trial.
His counsel set up the plea that if he
stole anything it wasn't money, but
this was splitting hairs too fine, and
the court was of the opinion that Ger.
titicates of stocks, bank checks and
promissory notes, and "pieces of
paper" of given money value, which
are alleged to have been wilfully mis-
applied by the defendant and con-
verted to his own use, are 'funds.
The court was also apparently salts
fled that the l6 counts charging Cole
with wilful misapplication were legally
sufficient. Cole has now been made
to plead not guilty of crime, and the
next step is the trial, which will take
place this mon til.
The axe is still swinging in city hall
here. but the big appointive positions
for which politicians mouths are water.
ing are still untitled. is understood
that Mayor Hart will not make these
appointments until the question of the
increase in the tax limit for the city is
disposed OF in the Legislature. 1t is
also understood that his bill to raise
the tax limit from 50 to $12 will be
killed. 1t is further understood that
lie doesn't care particularly. He has
shown what he believes to be way
out of the difficulties, and if the pc O.
pie do not want to avail themselves OF
it, it is "their funeral" The mels-
ure killed he will cut expenses down
to q 80 basis and give Boston touch
OF economy and staynation so far as
new enterprises or new streets are
concerned.
1t looks as though Boston would be
over vaudevillel. Time was when
Keith had it all his own way and he
still holds the whip row, but one by
one the other theatres are falling into
line aud new places are talked OF
daily. The latest is the famous old
Music Hall building, which has just
got into the hands of syndicate.
which proposes to transform it into 9
theatre somewhat after the style OF
English music alls--entertainment Mt
on the stage with beer and tobacco on
the floor. don't know whether OF
not Boston is ready for this kind OF
thing, but one OF the most astute bust.
ness men in the city is at the head
OF it.
Second only to the fateful week in
January, 1890, when the grip first
struck Boston, is the mortality here
for the weei which has Just en- led.
The figures issued by the statistic an
of the board OF health show that he
deaths for the week were 366. Grip
was the cause of death in 40 cases,
while the general increase in the num-
ber OF deaths from respiratory dis
eases shows the genera! effect the grip
is having. From mortality percent.
age of 20.3 for the corresponding
week of last year, the record of the
past week raises it to 34.4.
Boston still stands supreme at
chess. for one of its representatives.
oohn F. Barry, a modest young news
paper man. has just won victory for
ths Americans in cable match aud
30 brought the trophy to America.
Barry now holds the record of tiye
straight games in the cable matches.
He is coolness personiiied, and no
amomt oftalk or surveillance ''rattles"
him. Also no amount of adulation,
aud aehas had plenty Of it, turns his
head.