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The street traffic regulations are the
most popular change that has been
made in Boston for many year. OBJ
jections are heard from those persons
who desire 10 own the earth and act
as if they really did, but TO the major
ity the turmoil and danger of the past
seems a dream and ii is wondered
crowded, jammed little Boston, never
thought TO do it before. One Of these
times things are going to be lots better
for this choicest city in the world! See
If they are not.
The open winter and the absence OF
ice in the upper harbor has been OF
great importance TO the carrying trade
in the way of cargOes Of coal and a
large variety of other merchandise.
Above Chelsea bridge and the Mystic
docks there are a large number or
craft unloading, among them being
fullrigged ship and several, three, four
and five-masted vessels. Not a particle
OF ice has formed as yet, and the ship
masters and merchants hope that these
conditions will continue through the
winter
The Bostonian Society objects to the
removal of the granite beneath the
windows and doors of the Old State
House, which is included in the pro-
posed changes by the architect.
Their protest was made the other day
at a meeting of the directors in the
rooms of the Old State House and they
will be sent TO the governor and also
10 City hall.
They consider that the expense CON
nected with the removal of this gran
ite would be an unwarrantabIe expense
and a waste of public money.
IL is thought that within a short time
the old building will present practically
the same appearance it did in its
original form, as the work connected
with its restoration is rapidly progress
ing.
After spending a day inspecting the
methods for fighting fire in this city,
three of Baltimore's fire department
officials declared the Boston system to
be without a peer in this country.
The officials were particularly inter-
ested in the type Of hydrant in the bus
iness section of the city. 1t will be
used in the high pressure system TO be
installed in Baltimore.
Chief Mullen personally conducted
The visitors on their tour about the
city The distance between hydrants
and many other subjects were thor
oughly discussed.
The visitors paid their tribute to the
Boston system at the conclusion of
their inspection. Inasmuch as they
have visited New York, Philadelphia
and many other cities. the statement is
especially gratifying to Chief Mullen.
Unclaimed deposits in Massachusetts
savings banks, aggregating probably
a great deal more than S500,000 will
now go to the state treasury, according
10 recent decision Of the supreme
court. More than 100000 must be
turned over to the treasury by the Pro
yident institutions for savings, which
resisted the attorney generals conten-
tion that the money must be suIren-
dered and against which institution
this decision was directly given.
BY chapter $40 of the acts Of 1907 and
chapter $50 of the acts of 1908, all de-
posits in savings banks or trust com
panies which are unclaimed after 80
years and the claimants of which are
unknown, must be given, with accrued
interest, into the state treasury, where
they will remain subject only to de-
mand from some legal claimant, when
they are TO be given up, with per-
cents interest from the date when the
state received the money. Such a de-
posit is 20 be reclaimed from the state
by a petition TO the supreme court
Although famous Edgar Allen Poe
was born in Boston, the site Of his
birthplace was unknown until a few
days ago when W. X Watkins, the
antiquarian. interested the members of
the Bosotnian society by saying II was
on Carver street, between Pleasant and
Eliot streets, and is now occupied as a
lodging house.
Mr. Watkins said that his informa.
tion was only ascertained after careful
research, in which he was assisted by
his friend, Professor Barrett Wendell.
Said Mr.. Watkins: In looking up
Poe's ancestry found that his parents
arrived in Boston from England in
September 1906, and settled in that
part Of our city now known as the
South Cove
They were theatrical people, and be-
ing clever in light comedy secured