The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-28


many Of the buildings new fire es-
capes are being put and some new ven
tilating, heating, lighting and sanitary
appliances are being installed. The
commission is also preparing TO meet
the overflow in congested districts.
Last week Capt. Herbert Winslow,
u. S. NJ, a Boston man and son OF
the famous rear admiral who sank the
Alabama, became the acting command
ant of the Charlestown Navy Vary,
succeeding Commodore George ii. Pc
tiers, retired. The change Of command
was made without any ceremony. Rear
Admiral Swift, the commandant of the
been serving in his place.
yard, has been away for the past few
weeks, and Commodore Peters has
Capt. Winslow, who has been the
New England recruiting officer for the
past year or more, was relieved as re-
cruiting officer by Commander John
i. Sticht In the absence of Rear Ad-
miral Swift Capt. W'nslow reported di-
rectly to Commodore Peters
The Areo club OF New England is
endeavoring to arrange a short dis
tance ascension park, within fifty miles
OF Boston, TO which its members can
go In the afternoon, make an ascen-
sion and return to Boston for dinner,
according to a annoucemet made re-
Gently by the club. A place west OF
the city during the prevailing winds
xuin ha Il ~, a., Lal
looms could drift towards Boston.
'"The facilities offered at Lowell"
the announcement states, "are unsur-
passed, but the short distance from the
Atlantic ocean causes the committee
to hesitate about locating permanently
in that city. A test ascension will be
made in Lowell, However after Sept.
Is, and one will also be made from
Nashua, N. H."
Charles Augustus Stearns, who died
suddenly the other day, was the orig
fnator OF the hello" of the telephone.
He has told the story n number of
times TO his cronies in the Boston Sci
entific Society, but it has not hereto
fore been given to the public. When
Prof. Bell was experimenting on the
Instrument that has since come into
worldwide importance, Williams OF
Court street was doing electrical work
Stearns had been called in to assist
and the first line connected the VIII
liams Office with the laboratory IN
Exeter place.
When on the evening OF the final
trials the group Of investigators was
assembled, Mr.. Bell took the transmit
ter and to attract the attention OF
the operator at the other end he called:
81 say, Mr.. Cover; l say Mr. Cover"
When it came Mr. Stearns' time for
speaking he picked up the transmitter
and his call was: Hello, hello!" And
since that time hello" has been the
popular call
Rest Haven cemetery, the new y. s.
government burial plot on the lower
end of Deer island, Is now completed
and ready for occupancy, and the
bodies buried in graves at other Unit
ed States cemeteries in this vicinity
have been removed to the new ceme-
terry, which is laid out In sections for
privates, non-commissioned officers
and officers.
From Fort Winthrop on Governors
island 63 bodies were taken, and from
Fort Revere, Hull, some others were
removed.
Two officers were buried at Fort
Winthrop, one being Lieut.. Robert +.
Massie who died in 1877 and the other
q confederate officer, VINO died at Fort
Warren during the civil war. His
grave was inscribed: Erected by
brother officers, G. S. Dfv., Atlanta and
fellow prisoners" This slab was re-
moved and placed at the head of the
new grave at Rest Haven.
The oldest burial recorded was that
Of Edward Pursley, who died in 176S,
and the next grave to his is that of
James e. Morton, who died in 1874,
aged 81. Fifteen graves are marked
by simple stone inscribed ~. S.
soldier" nothing more being recorded
OF them.
IL Is likely that Rest Haven will be
the national government cemetery for
the Boston artillery district.
For the past four years Mrs. John
L. Gardner has offered through Meyer
Bloomfield of the Civic Service house
on Salem street, 500 in prizes for the
best results in tenement house gar
dens. This unique competition in
cludes roof gardens. window gardens,
hanging gardens and other ornament
alton by means of plants, vines and
flowers in back yards and alley-ways.
There are Is prizes TO be distribut
ed in the North End. West End and
East End, Boston, consisting of $40,
ss, So, "a, SO and 81 each Children and
grown folks of all ages and nation
alities were invited TO take part in