The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-09-18

Hagar or Northampton and Mrs. Alvin
C. Sturtevant OF Cambridge. He also
leaves four grandchildren and a sis
ter, who lives in Paterson, ". j.
The railroad commissioners gave out
statement last week TO the effect
that the 3791 shares OF the Boston, Re-
we're Beach x Lynn railroad stock held
by the Boston & Maine were sold Aug.
II, 1908, 10 Estabrook & Co, bankers,
10 State street, Boston, at s1l0 pei
share, deliveries being made OF the GER
tificates as follows: Six Of 500 shares,
seven Of 100 shares, one Of 81 shares,
and full payment In the sum OF $4l7,
OlO was made 10 the Boston & Maine
railroad II was further stated by the
commissioners that Lucius Tuttle,
president OF the Boston & Maine, had
told them that the transfer is an abso-
lutte sale, without condition or under
standing, expressed or implied, of any
kind or character, and that the Boston
d. Maine railroad does not, directly or
indirectly, have any interest whatso-
ever In the said shares of the Boston,
Revere Beach d. Lynn railroad com
pany. Prior to the sale on Aug. IL,
already described, the Boston q Maine
held as collateral the 1891 shares
which secured three notes, made In
the year 1891, and accompanied by
agreements between the. Boston &
Maine railroad, by Frank Jones, its
president, and James r. Furber. The
law seys: "A railroad corporation,
unless authorized by the general
court, or by the provisions OF the five
following sections. shall not directly
or indirectly subscribe for, take or
hold the stock or bonds OF or guaran-
tee the bonds or dividends of any
other corporation" The commissioners
say that in their opinion no occasion
exists under the statute 10 present the
facts TO the attorney general for his
action
One thousand seven hundred and
fOrty-eight school children of Boston
were unable TO obtain admission to the
public schools OF the city at the open
ing day last Wednesday. X. Clipston
Sturgis, chairman OF the schoolhouse
commission, in communication, an.
swers the structures placed upon the
commission by Chairman James j.
Storrow Of the school committee, and
declares that the only serious situa-
tions are the High school OF Com.
merce and the Tyler street school
The delays in admitting pupils to the
other schools are explained as due to
work on fire escapes done at the be-
hest of the school board and in many
cases against the judgment OF the
schoolhouse commission. The situa-
tion at the Phillips school, Phillips
street, West end, Of which Elias Mas
tern is principal. is the same as the
first day of the term. Said Principal
Mastern: Fifty children are still
walking the streets. The work OF put
ting up fire escapes is still going OH
and the noise greatly retards the
work OF teachers and pupils" The
condition OF Washington school in
Norman street, West End, has not I'M
proved. Principal William Kinds says
that l75 of the pupils are still pre-.
vented from attending school. He
says: I'VE have no means to provide
for these children now" Resolutions
declaring that the schoolhouse com
mssioners are incompetent and
should be removed have been adopt.
ed by the building trades department
of the Boston Central labor union.
The resolutions erc'ted that nearly
1000 school children are being pre-.
vented from going TO school by lack
of accommodations. and that the
schoolhouse commission had been not.
flied several times during the sum.
mcr by representatives OF labor or
ganizations and by other persons that
incompetent. unskilled men and non
citizens were employed on the work,
men who did not know how TO do the
work in which they were alleged
jOurneymen.
That the commissioners allowed the
work TO be done by incompetent CON
tractors and workmen. the resolutions
state, proves their incompetency.
The engagement of Denman Thomp.
son at the Boston theatre is proving
one OF the most important ever given
i'm the Hub FOR many reasons, and the
attendance is breaking all records. His
present appearance was decided upon
through arrangements made with B.
7. Keith. and the remarkable powers
of the man have been the subjecs of
general comment all week. In fact
there never has been a time when the
veteran actor entered into the spirit,
of the part so thoroughly. giving n
more enjoyable performance.
OF all the vaudeville artists who en-
tered the legitimate field. none made
greater success than Ezra Kendall.
I'm The Vinegar Buyer and his other
plays. he was always the same Kendall
that for years had delighted Keith
l.