Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-05-24
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An interesting woman, who has been
staying in Boston tor the past few
days, is Miss Mary Young. grand
daughter of Brigham Young and lin
cal descendant Of John Adams. Miss
Young was born in Salt Lake City,
Utah, 81 years ago last October. This
young woman, in whom the blood of
the Massacf usetts patriot and the Nor
mon leader mingles, is devoted be-
lever in the teachings Of the church
of the Latter Day saints of Jesus
Christ. The object of her visit to
Boston was to attend the convention
which the followers Of this faith have
recently been holding here. Incident
ally she has travelled about the city
and Its suburbs sightseeing, and Is en-
thusiastic over what she has witnessed.
When asked by a Globe woman what
she considered to be nostOn's chief at
traction she quickly responded, Its
suburbs" Afterward she added that
she thought that its historic features
and its public buildings gave to the
WY q VIAL ia lto
own. "1he buildings are SO hI,ely
constructed" Miss Young commented.
"and every detail has ueen wrought out
with so much thOroughness that must
always think Of Boston as lov,ly
city,"
The lower end Of historic Sets
street presents sorry sight these
days. The old custom house, once the
pride and glory of Bostonians, is al
most hidden by shaDties, derricks and
cement sheds, and surrounded by hug,
piles of lumber, cracked stone and the
endless paraphanalia of the tunnel
contractors. The square directly in
front of the custom house is entirely
taken up by the transit commissioners
big building. which is being prepared
for the big air compressors which will
drive the immense steel shields
through the tunnel boring. Teamsters
and pedestrians have difficulty in pi =
ing their way through the congested
area about the big shaft which con-
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north side Of State street. For O
month or more the contractors have
been at work sinking the shaft in prep
aration for the work Of beginning on
this section of the East Boston tunnel.
1t is As feet in depth and about the
same in width, and is heavily braced
with massive timbers.
A hundred feet below the surface Of
the harbor, the Boston Tunnel Con-
struction company is building two
pump wells and large pump rooms,
which Will be used as the permanent
pumping station of the East Bost N
tunnel. The pumping station is sit
uated at the foot of the percent in
cline, 200 feet from Maverick square.
From this point the tunnel rises grad
ually toward the Boston shore. at the
rate of six inches to the 100 feet, until
1t reaches the 1 percent incline on the
opposite side. The entire drainage of
the tunnel, from Maverick square to
the Atlantic avenue shaft, Will conse-
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from the bottom of the tunnel to the
wells will carry off the water as fast
as 1t may accumulate, and two or three
large steam pumps on either side will
force it through pipes from tn. wells
to the city sewers on the East Boston
side.
Patrolman James H. O'Neil Of divi-
sion was the victim of clever hold
up recently within halling distance of
the station to which he is at, AChed.
The patrolman, naturally, is not brag.
ging of his experience, but has told
his story, and thus it leaked out. His
story is that he had left the station
after o'clock to post letter. He
walked to box on Hanover street, de-
posted the letter and started to return
to the station. He wore gray busi-
ness suit, and did not have the appear
ance of the regular policeman. When
he turned from Hanover into Battery
street he saw three men coming toward
him. There was nothing particular
about their actions to cause him to
suspect them, and ne continued down
the street. AS he passed them he was
sudden tripped up by one, anil his
watch was grabbed and the men made
of. He followed one on to C1mmer-
cial wharf, where he lost him in the
dark, but while he went to the station
to report, another patrolman appre-
hended the thief upon whom on being
searched portion of the chain was
found. The watch may have bten
thrown into the river.
Death the past week has claimed q
notable victim In Col. William Beals,
the veteran decorator. Col. Beals was
known to Bostonians in his business
capacity for over half century. He
was born in Boston in the North End,
Sept. 9, 1916. of Puritan stock, and
traced his ancestry back to the land.
ing OF the first colony at Plymouth.
His early boyhood was passed in the
North End, where he received the edu.
cation given boys of that period. At
the age of Is he was apprenticed to
a clOckmaker. and served a term Of
five years. Since 1851 he had
been known to Bostonians as a dec.
orator, and his work in other places,
among them the capitol at Washing.
ton, has made him known to thou
sands far away from his native city.
A natural taste for decoration led him
to choose that as a business, and gave
him fame and business all over the
country. He did the decorative work
for President William Henry Harrison
in his famous "Tippecanoe and Tyler,
too" campaign, and since then has
helped decorate Boston on the occa-