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o~~ai·~~bf,
.. as moner !;tad Q./''t~,;;:/:>«;ceptecj J:il'.'
lieu~ of· lro~ -the· c·qurtt·l}~I~ tt,~t ~he
m.;·ney
ml.1st
be
these strange.ly
s·ome '~f
he\((, i~
pa,r'ts: :of
dlffere:'nt
Bosten
a~ce~'t.1c:I~
:m'al;·..~\ea~es
are
the ·01cf" ,se.~tion'\~f
~Orth·. fortunes ·-to the
holders., Th~re' ~r~ _, 1··nstan9e~ wh~~e
'the r!9a(<o~ne~s-. h·ave'. offered
·hi,gh
as
as $1Q();i:100 'to~· ~.b,~ l~~Se and b~erl\ ie~
fused.
It 'is' only these; odd leasei!.
that pre~~nt'. th~. erect'i~n Of'. ·a
hotel on the,!'Jt!':bi:'cuple!'l l?Y t.he blo~k
bourdell ~y Cornhlll ~~A Court .styecijt
~,tg
In
when. J:.oh~ Li'f-ii\be.g~n. th~ e~~c~
tlon of. a. busines:3., blocl-i at , th~.• c,o:rn~r·
of what is ~o~ ~or:q~ill. and Co1..u~t _Stfeet,
wHh t}:le a:vow~d intention of construct-ing a fl~e-_~.t~~ hf.ic~ S'tr,µcbu:e,.
:t~J:' ·
papers of '_th'e. 'city <:~me out wt~_' ,ecu-:
tori8.Is reg:ai-4.~ng _this tfe~~ndo'l.ls u~dt{v,; ·
ta1t1ng, ana one' sbE!~t>/a~Cial'ed ,:·1t ·.wAs'
high time _t1:tat the city put a stJiip to 1:he
1s4~:
a,~
erection of such high buildings Perhap~
what gaVe the new. building an a_ddedappearance -0f· 'stupendousness 'was: '.th.~
fact :that .the 'next, ~tru-?ture th it , od·\ti~
street was a. 10-foot woode,n buildi!l-$'·
The Lilly building still stand~ on the
left h.a~Q. sid_¢ Con:i1ng u~ ~o~nhil~. ,~1?:d the-<'
history· ?f its le~se and exil':'t~nce sin~'; ~8~~
~d ~~!!~~~i:~·:~.~;:ha~~~tn!1!~: ::!.\.e~1~·
"and:
;t~-~:
Wish
,t·p.tS
hii
·:J:l~·':
ing .'0~ · the-· i~~~.
the ~:r~C·ti9~..~~
building stfll hold.today, a~d d,id tli({preSent o~net"-O'f the.J)rope1:tY
t9 enforce'
t~e teT~s of
l,~s~ w~tb
he!rS,
could ~old ·. t~e1r ,. ,ri~_h;t;;~ ·\to t'.pi~ valu3:bl€r. :::
spot ~ol"' ,_-o~~r.
:·.t9, ·cp'rne ·at 8:
ren~.~J :~!'.. ~~~s ;,1;h~h,~·u009'::y:e.arl2.
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themselves. into an ·organization known R:?jl.
the Fifty As.§'~lcJa,\e~. .- The ~e.ml?e:rs~-:OJ!
-~~~~9~~~1:;at.\JJ~~
holders_ o~:
~ut ti,.e ,t;p,
to.~
it
t~S:~~·~;e~~--~J~;· '
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of: ~an,d-_
it. was ·tpetr·OU_s,..,
tom, when
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.e~.1~e<t a. :Pie-c~ ·-Q~
land to ~hreh. ~d· ,C .
, '' QUl~ l.:!,e .to~:~d;'
to erect ~ _fence~ ·abo:ut: tt tin~, ·~4·:y(,cl~-
to i t ~ ~ .Pa~t·.o:f .~e ru1:soclat\i:t~.)1\:la.~,'
!.~:i:b~: 1~!~i=ri~,~~fttl11~eQ~:i,f/1;,~~'~7.
~~o;~~~:1:i~e··~~~~'.;~;ii(h~~.;\~,e;i ~~~ tn~::
theS'-':' ·1and ·.n0Jdt\l'S '.:-~a~, DaV:~4\$'~.~r§f
{oun~er Ot t~e ·s~irS. ~:i~~intty fol!'-1:1,lit~ ;:Of
toaaY: and t~e_.8,'l'a,l),~~1~Jp~x -of ::P.S/v'id:·aii<l
Harry SeS:.rs · 0~ .~ @9 .B.e~COlJ. 13tr.~et:. · . . - · , ·. ,
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\~ND:· (;ORNHILL; LOOKING WEST, THE LEASE. OF
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9ff}~ti .:f1.1, tl},e co'9·rt~01J~.e t-?<;i~Y. shp~~:.
;J;?E ~OU~DER OF. THE SEAR~ FORTUNE'. /DA,VID hoo/ , one ,.p~t J.:t~te~ .-an,otb~ ' alon~:·(t:_h.~:, ·
s.tr~et wa~ ,Ie:aseil- fQJ;',·,~909-year periqQ.:;i:.. ··to:
<T,ToS:FOR, A 1rn!ARI:,Y RENTJ\.L OF "TWENTY-THREE BUSH1
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, N CORN."'
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George u ~ Co.tttn~ \ ~~d'. i.h~ _:: 1{r,?:~l_9"fkth/n~;'
,:.;..~•'>;-.
o.f George . ~ ..: · QO.ttihg, .of itoQay. U1•lal\'
~gent for
· ,;:.;~iii, that fore the hidden wealth of P,,nnsyl- Catting w~s ..Praqt:iCa-iJy the 1817 held. the
Fi(ty' .Associate~. and in
th-a
,......,.·\.rea.,- ·.v~nl.i ~flS. ".".·.~~r~,h~~ .b.)( 111a_n an~:.~,~~ ea;ses 0~ ri,.early every block of l~n.d :Witf~
.•
ing;s {roIJ1 · 38'. Ma;rket $treet _.Q:p to 70.
" fore thio. g~~a,'t.·t..p;l;frns ' of the We,if
ese- leasea were to l"Un for 1000; yeii',rS
:~ilfOM
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~~::~=~~~.~~f!h '{~.~:ft~f~~-t. tii:1'Qf~\i~::
b;,;gun · t6 ·feed th.; w,irld. The·
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Of a 1oo0~year ~eaae l;ias prac~ yearly~~ ~d 1~;';«!:~~~~Yi~gfolii~f:t:o~,'
and every year. <tuflng ·.£!al-d' term
year1y··.re1;~\a1. 'o
-~~s· of .t¥~· ;f]:i:~t.'
q\lality Qt :R,;(:i_~~i)l, .-Q
:i,eS ir~~·, ~~_:·1,fe'·:
.. Is .alol'le t.~_oUsands· of delivered ori. t'U~"-.
ln. four· ~e~.rly
~eJ~ _for:, a _,~1~rh l~ss equal (iuarteJJir)J)~~~:ijn;.ts.''. ·
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own.ership, and. property the
•i,.~ · pv,i,tl·eni; of
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The t:easQn., ~t'.'.)tti.e:\fl'tt-~.Ulation ~1\ t~.f~
~ n~
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, . if~R ~t< the ..
.;'eUrren.:g-y f.'?llO~ing'. t,he
w~e~·,~~~~~fx:c:~~?: ..c:'!):'.: '.U:'nJtab~~;' a.nd th~
~staio ,fh:~~\~er~~.
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THE. RIGHT-HANI> CORNER o~ .co:FtN·sTREE'l', GOING 'PO.WN COJitNHILL, WHICH TOA LEASE. WHICH CALLS FOR '£HE UNIQUE
ip.F. T·· E:N' TON. S.. OF •. l;t.USSIA .... OL.D. SABL~ , :µtON-;
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!!'HAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
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'.£e:~-·prqduct;+c:f R,µ~151a: Jr:9n would toa,a:y ~mount tel,
iable In prtc<i;
Consen thes.~ l~aSed.·
d. i'n value to
b,;,.rel:v $\00' p;er year rental, but the pref-:,
en.t 9wr:iet- Q:f the~ I?roperty has by voluntary a,tj;a,:~geement. with the heirs pf the
g-ra.n,,~o\'.'. 'agr,e,e_d ,to an annual r~n:tal of
. .
$86(), 9r• $:?()Q more u,,;m the original . an•Wi th the ex- 111,1e.\ .S:P1cn1nt o! the lease would have been
the . Lilly it paJd In Russian iron ...
:r ·ton.
ng
.e;:,. ·o:n~~f:; a~f;}£g ~:!~~~ew:!t;~~O~~e; ~iu:1~t!o~:
0
ls .for pay...
-~a~~~~i;o::f
'tOday; · owns
,- battle 'with
_··e,,l)ayments
a.lEln t . o'( the
·1e· irQn. be·
; an,cl
Dayld
·· good..tiµie
li>d .the :tia.y-
terl;'l'l)~S$~es, from wl?-om 1
"he atte.nip;e!I _to
~!n1;::. or~glnal mat~r~~I;_
Mr. ·Se3:rs was- one of the richest il.'nd
most promtp:ent men c;>f th~ town ard·
liv~(l in t~~ ~a.gnificent ·1?1;1ildi;ng o.n ~a~·
can stl"eet, Wb,icb is now the ·somer~et
~,:~j~ -bf%S:~f
C!ulj. .
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·-A, '.shrewq le$,see on Bratt'Ie ·street go:f
;~ri!a':fJ.tf~~ !~:~.p~~~e~td~r~r::·le~~:-J:~
the :,.o tons of iron. W~ich·' Was·· 1tt· t!J:at'
time almost unQ-btainable. After. 'CO~~t«.:.·: ·.
ol;)tain the erable difficulty he secured the stipul~t.ed;. ,·.'
Q.so.~ Con_. metal. '~ri4 ·whel'l the wealthy old lanq;;.. ·
a;y his rerit owner, _Mr. S'ea:rs, deman'ded · payriteilt Ill
tl?,e leas-~ iron, not. suspeC1=ing that his, lessee cOut.d,
s taken to obtain it, the Jessee loaded the me'tal
that since wh1.ch he h~d s~cured Into carts, artd~
¢pted casf!- driving :l!P ~eacon Htu. ~lurµped·· the" whol~; ·
,·rental th.e lot On the ·.sidewalk in front ot Mr;. :sea·~·:_
·ccCpted a.s imposJn~ .r~.~jdence. After that" 'U-o· mor;&.
·¢ le.as~ ~O dem.a.nds, were made by, Mi-. Sears·. for·
'1\1,[i,; Lllly'a 1:F~ r.~.nt,a.r P~?7~ent~ in tro~ .. , ~-- ··-~
!,
,~:f:.~d. to ,b_A
:A,.µ, ipterestip.:~ story ts tol~ in c9nne.~..:
.t'dly $10 a
t, · Mr. Lilly
f~~ici.:~~~o:~:hrct~1~~ 0 ·remodell~·d fo.r·
J~!0
~\0~~S:~ti?t
wh,~D: '~l~ hO~_e ·was being
the·, ..(?Cp:1v~;n)¢,:r;i9e.· · of
the
S0,merse,t . Olu:b-.
'J!Vhile.',th<;> wbi:')l:men were busy 'digging !rt
th'3~ .Cellar of: .,,tl;t~, Sears _mal'l.13ion theY
, ~e ·~P:_ros.~> a;P, )?l.d_· brick Wall ,witho~~
I ,s-/
·,:~he·,:rew
real estate transacti~lls which developed yester~Y ther~
:r,-:t:nore or less importance, ·being the conveyance of a. half-interest 1n
efrt~hotel property at No. ;395 Northampton street. The place ls
t?ie:"'.Ea,.ld--win; and is taxed o~ a. valuatioil. of $72,500. The land in the
'Ch ·rs-~ on the Corner of Wat.Son ;$tre.et, extends to Camden street,
'ed: at $33,200; Fiye lots of land in Br~okliI).e, aggregating 544.841 f~t~
.hands. The sale o.f No-. 41 .Monument square in Chai:;:,Iestown was
tfte~ 'purChaser intending to Use the property for a rec_tory-. Several
:·(J~"Oµ.t.:.Of"7t6wn property are reported .
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NO. ?60 COLUMBUS AVENUE. WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD.
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The realty deve16prnents in the city proper" yesterday affected ~holly propiertie:s in the South end. Estates in that section of the city have been little ,in
demarrJ. for same Y,ears. bu't in the past few motlths the transfers made there
)la'\l'e been sO f'i;-~quent as j:o call ?,ttention. to the dist,rict a,-a good field for
moderate investm~nta
Most of \.he properties coJJ.veyed have been oid-fas"q. iOned ·houses. -I+tany ·of_ which have bee~ remodelled, .stores bein,g COnst~cted
·'. ':l':i( th·e,- ~tre~t: ttoor:sa The, 1nost,_ ~p.oi-t~~t,,.cu~r~:D,·t .tr;:tnSl
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Np. 99 NEWBURY STREET,
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.. ·:~er~ were pne. or two transactions in ~ealty yesterday W1hich P,labed: the d
recenrtly.
T•
m.~t.,1mporit.ant developm.ent -was <the sale of it'he hand.so-me residence a.it ·No.
Nf~ury street; tlhe purchaser buying for occuPancy. Property on .Aitlantic av•
'n'Ue~ ·:corner of Oot:ton plac~ Including- twio coillilnerclal buildings, was tram·
ie·I:'·r~d:;.,an...d a.parc~l at N·oa. 9_a.nd 11 Li~~JJ. pla~. West end. changed hand
~~e:r West end·,transfer affected the Propei,ty -a:t No. 64 Myr,tle street. A nu11
~r·.'of 1 Roxb\lry and Dorchester parcels were rconveyed:
:!~~:..:favorable lig,ht, as co'lllpared with others 'thait have passed
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ON
l)IIASSACHUSETTS
AVENUE
TRANSFERRED.
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;.1~:roqklin~. -Wbi1h is ge:iae~ally very productive of real estate dealings. has 1
b:~~..v:'. :"·!a'.ckirig• in t\iis respect for some time, but. yesterday, two transactions of)
1~~ .. iID:P~!tance there. we~~e reported to The Herald. One aff~cted the 1
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e eS~ate at No. 116 Longwood avenue. corner of Marshall street, in-,,
1~·: ·s2,841 feet of Iarid taxed o:h. $38,500, the total valu_ation of the propertyj
·$,4!3:,900. No. 82 "Gree~ street, c6rner of Dwig"Ilt street,, valued at $18,300,:
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M assachusetts avenue,'.
:·,a~~ ,~,onyeyed. In th~ city a property at No. 656
~:.}.~J:>ri.Ck'.·'.hous-e and 1955 feet of land, changed hands. A p~rcel at No. 71 Bri.gh-:
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street: was conveyed, while the announcement is made that the lot of landdr:=-===-=-=·===·=·=====-=-=·"--=·========================::::::s:;:::-:
,~~ .. :t~~the 1?os~on & Albany rail road, formerIY the site of the pO~:q.mbu
,. Ue '.station, has been leased for im.provement.
R·oxBURY
HOTEL PROPERTIES WHICH
HAVE BEEN SOLD. '
1:8.u.~1n~~!3 i!t r~al ~tat~. was of rather restricted volume during tpe: hOudl-Y
ipe~1Q~~ no<~ale_ of great important?.~ having gone to· record in -the city·prq.Pi;:.~
~n .~e ,districts Roxbury came to the front, w.ith a deal iny-olving over ;ss;~~
':~~ thz:~e _ho~~l~.Argu.s, G!egg. a.n~. ~te~.ar~adj_oinin~. _,each . other on· W · · ·1
~ic;~.'.~d Ste;!.~i:t~ ·~~ee:t_;s, ;h~vJ~g _":b,e~~~-·~.~nye~~d. . ~a-n<l: :~n..d:- other p
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;i~t~ ~~£7$
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LEVERETT
STREET
PROPERTY
RECENTLY
SOLD.
'\, ,~·.~~e was some activity rn realty transactions in yesterday's record, and
:~'hat ~as- ca:rried to a. conclusion in~the city proper represented the North and
ends. In the 1atter. two parcels o-r the na.v1d Gorfinkte estaste were
'i~oid 'to Josiah Bon. totaling In amount .$21,000. A tra.n~c_tion also took place in
newer Ba.ck Bay, H. C. Birtwell buying a Montfort· street dwelling from.
1'·/~-:/E.:. .<Marks. A North end property on Ferry_street. sold to Helen Gi-a.y. ts as, ;\SeSSed.,on $10,900. Pa.."""Cels 1n, Charlestown. Dorchester and R o x ~ represented
':it~~ district transactions, wbile Newton sa.l~ nu~bered three.: , In C:helsea, the
'fW9lDµ1; Street Methodist Ch"µrch and parsonage were sold to a. Hebrew society,
Ltiie'prtoe pa.Id being ·over $13,000.
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West
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""!OUSES
ON
MOUNTFORT
STREET SOLD
VESiERDA.Ya
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Trading :In i-00.I e.state was rather lig~t yesterday, in rega~d to 'the
of conveyances •. but the total amount involved reached fairly 'go_od figu~es.
··· ··
principal deal in the ~y•s sunimary Was tbe __sale of fou;r brick.-··sW°e"ll,~f'··
dwellitigs on Mountfort street.. having ~n ass~ssed va~uatiO~ of ~5,Q~~ ·.;.
,•.Charles R. Mars_h. This: is the .~eC~nd transact_i~n on this stre·et wi'thih a. wee:it~.:_:'
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000, whileen·d·. small. sal~_>was repo1'7t~ ate,.· . on' ·Dopcb.~st~r. In. Cainbridge, the·.s:.i0{;..:.• '.:;.'~J··:
a. tr.an·.s.fer a.ff.·.ected
A_ South.
..~st·. , fr:o~ }?.h·.a..w ~.u t . a.v-:,.1:1-~e.-.. ·
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Lockhai-t c,0:ffi.n.·factory,· a;sses~ed- ·on $20,00(i,. -wast,sold~ . and. the:buY.el". Wfll occuP.y<·..
The .first. .arch.t-t.ect·S contract to be ·-awarded in} rB'altt-·;'·:,
~ol'~~ sin~~ the/:fir~~ ·was ~~--1:~~-<:-i't~~--· ~-· . ,_. ·, _-,.. ·./.·. '_;_ : -.·. - ·: i: ··.':'
it as a. ·manufacturer.
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ROTHWELL'S
BOYLST>ON: STREET" PURCHASE.
· ~Eik. ill. real_ estate opened With several -city: sales,
but the feature d
was-. that ···by which the business: bloick · .at 314. ,Boylston). street> Wal
"qSSeSsed 0 ~ $so.coo. ·A'South end sale ~as.ori Apl)I0t'Op..street•. 'whi~
at;~he West end w-ent to record. The orily'dtStrict.. trarisfei-s of no1!
~3.;t:l¢stown ~ d 'Wef?t Roxbury. ibut 'Ilote/ts,mRde o:r,'a·ealings ;:
~. ~n.<:I,,' Newt~!!-. ~_he-record "for the rri.oqt~. _of :_February;.. ls ,presente.l!
,'-)~~~-·an aP,preC'iab~ gain over t.h'e.moveme~ts,in reS.1ty~as_'compa.r•i
ua;r,y.
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PURCHASED FOR MR_. EELLS BY THE FIRST· CHURCH•
~omp3:r~d
d.ay .
real estate yesterday wa.s li~ht. as
with the
previ,~
and this applies to the -nuniber Of transactions: 8.s .wel~ as th~ amoµnts iI
.~Pi;i~id_er,a.'tiOn. The only tranSactions that re~cp.e~ anywhere. near subs.tantia
;~~~S.~corii:i;>rised one on ~harles street, w·here a do_uble est.4te, assessed on $23)
~ . · ::~~s ~old, and in Sou~ Bos.ton, where a machine shop property, ass.essed ol
'·.$_eo,OO():. ·was conveyed. The outer Back Bay h8.d' one sale of :fair conSideratioJ
;li"rid-A:h0 West end also had one. District sales Were noted in R0xb·ury,·-:norche
~~J~i:i-~".'•~hai"lestown, in .the latter place land· ,b!3il}g taken: to -. widen :' a • stree
:Chj.lst:a, .Brookline, Cambridge and Newton also reported dealings.
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t:AWRENCE'S •.NEW
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OWNERS •
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~r a season W.hen business in realty has been consid•ered .goo<l, tne re~orcr
.;sterday gave ii; quite a sc:tiback, there being b,;_t little of recor&, an'd t-hat
.; ai~,l proportions. The South end came to the rescue of the city proJ):6r,
'a dwelling on Dartmouth ,street assessed on $10,000 was conveyed. Ot.her \
CtiOns that went to record comi.>rise,d the saie of land in BroOkline, a
Somervi11~ an•d twO houses in D•orchester.
sfon
by E
Bost
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HOUSE' SOLD TO S. D. WHITTEMORE.
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'~\>BuSfness of consid-erable interest was reported in yesterday's real estat~
arid in ·the city iproper the South end again Stood at the f'ront. Three
::·~!iit,
\ r~.'c~{"~W,.elli,ngs in that section were conveyed~. while ancither parcel of land
t.
·:rnpte-ted, the list. In - the North end a valua.,ble property on - Prince street,
·~¢_:S;:s-~ ~on $23,600, was the subject of a. trari.sfer, while one .ordinary,~well°'.;;:;tiicl: :t:wo· parcels of land in Dorcheste~, an~ a Roxbµry block of a:p~rtment
(:, . ~~ ·Se~ling for $50,000, covered the dis~_ricts. A brick apartment house in
\~·..~:,~):~~{,' taxed on $46.'".00, was sold, and other· dealings were reported in Cam~~.-'~~~~ton-and Everett.
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Real estate business. reported yesterday -was ·quite. satis'factory,· ~n~
ed a V:ariety of SaJes and in a varied territory.
In the 1 city p·rope,r. '~e.
Whitney bought a !1arcel on Comm.erQial street! to add tp·•the Union :w;h8.r:
erty. and a building_ on Wl.r.i:.chester street, 'Sout-h end? .wa~ . ~~so·. cO.ri:V.e
was consiQ.~rable activity i~ the distri~ts, partiCuJ.a:.T{Y.i.·1·~- ·.·R~~u~.
R?~~ury a~d Cha~l~~town reported s:;\.IeS.: ·~1*~:c_8:nil,~~g'.e :':and ·:~ti\N_ew-
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1¥rket in real estate Yesterday was far\from being dull, and all s e c · - - = = = = = = = = = - - - - - - - - - - - - ~:··~f ·the cUy we.re represented in c.onveya:nces (?"f more than ordinary i m - · - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - ' - - - . . . c . - . .
~t.;:t.p.9e. In the immediate business section the chief transfer was that of:
,:\P,;:,i~~ eight-story busine.Ss and office building on Essex street assessed on
-to the Fred L. ~~mes estate. The North end' reported the sale of a
de'rn~ brick stable for an amount ·exCeeding $32,000, wl1ile in the West end
:,'¥£'.dWelling, assessed on. $11,700. ·changed owner-~hip. The South end had i
tjtt~~~.le i_n a 'brlck dwelling on \'Vest Springfield street, assessed ·on $
\i~J,'. cl¢alingi;: were in East Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Chelsea.. Cambridg
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· T.her6 Was,an u~usuaJ. movement in, r~a1ty yesterday, >·conside?:ed ,_fro:µi· a.
ffriancial standpoint. one tr~sact~on · for~shado'Yi~g ; ~~~~erection ~f - a~ol.h.~J,"
lb~stness ·:block.. This ,was· the· sale of the -t11ree . ol~-til!le. ~ av\<~enin~s, ~39~ t9' 4P7
!Boyls,tOn et:eet, .ass·~ssE:d as. a.·. ~hole on $11?,500:,. S~Jl~/~eYpnd ~hat- seCtion ~- t.h~
pa.rcel!numbered·;l()91 Boylsto.n st.reet,· near the,.ent:r~nce· to the Fens. 'a· hand:
, .isOmec-.8.P~t:m,ent house,: a~s~sseci .. on: $75,000,.;W:4.$.. "sO"ld 'bYvthe'F;· L •. Aµi_es/~·st~"'
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, The reat esta>t:e n1arket yestel'.'day was somewhat sluggish. Despite an un
uS.ual .ci-op of rumors of big deals, actual business was ve,ry much restricted in
cha:.~aCte·r. ·being confined to small parcels. The larger amounts in yesterday's
t:r~~Ct,1.ons were in deals in vacaht land, Brighton leading "Mth a sale of
18):.~ f,eet, assessed on $32,000, and Cambridge following with 30.000 fe·et. assesse~..,..n------,--,---,-..,...=a-.--..,...-----------on; a.pout $12,000, while fai-away Lincoln had a 20-acre sale rn the city proper,
~he Sbuth end reported a transaction, Roxbury had two, Newton two and Cam1
bridg'e ·an $18,000 residence.
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proper was not very prolific in real estate transactions yesterday,
511'::;.street furnishing the only one, the assessment on the pa.reel be'>$.everal good (leals are pending in the ·business sections howeVer
J..s!tn<LtE,ri,~•IlY sweill the financial column of the ffionth's re.,;iew. Par~
~y~d i~ the districts y~sterday were of good value, a Brighton p r o p - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~· assessed· on $20,900, one in :!:> orchester. on $17,000 and one in CharleS-<':';?~'':::·,::-=::.:
i~~OOO.. Two ot}J.~rs ;n Dorchester a.nd one each in CambriQge ana?·'···':·.'·=.-.-:
- ..?-de tQ.e day's record of direct sri.les. The documents reqorded'at·t
=t.~~sJr¥ f~U :;i:~ort of the usual nuniber. which accounts, in a meas-ur
,:~art:t:i of bu.$iness: in the count;t~..
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Co11sidera·ble activity -vras. shown 1n. al, dlrectio.ns in the. real estate ",!
yesterday, the city proper.having three goqd transfers, 1nclud1ng a Pearl
business block. on which the assessed valu.ation is $37,600. While West Ro:
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_.,.,.A review o ye~::t buyers are looking Ior valuable parcels as investmentf?.
-thiues good, and .
f this cha~act€r the assessed valuation on those
Two·1n the West.end we:i9 o700 '.A Hanson,street deal a. part of one of those
~.ori::vey~d being $~~e::U :mo~nt of abo~t $8000. -A b~s~ness structu1:e. on At-:,
1]?. the Wes,t end~ c is assessed on $48,000, was also sold from the Nagle estate. In1
.Ia.nttc a.v_~nue that
, West Roxbury reported two each, and Roxbury,
tbe.,_distr1c~s~ Dorch:~~~r ;:s~on ·one each.
~n nearby places ~ v3:1uable estate
~¥lestown an~ 8
d there were three transactions in Winthrop.
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APPLETON STREET DWELLING BOUGHT BY ETTA A. BROWN.
One or two ~r~nsactions of interest came as ~a result of yester·day's~n':~i';
ti.a,uo-ns h). real_ estate, but there was ·no sale of great impo~tance. Of the'~;r"ti:;
corded transfers, the South end led_. -~vith three, tbut the assessment on· the ·J.!l.d&;,
yalu_able one reached oi:ily $8300. These three, in_ f3..ct, were the 03:1~~ o~e::f~Jn
.a.11.e citY: proper.
A -paicel, in Roxbury, tw? three-story - swell _~_fTop.t · ·h~.tis~S;
. ~ed to r.iew ownership. These are a~sessed oit $12,000. Sm:all ·dealing'~_:\ft~r,
,rted in West Roxbury, Dorchester and Brighton, Broo_kline and. S.Qme
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{8.~~m.\ _ hOwe_v~r, the: _sis~ers of, ;Nptr~ 1 ?a~e re~eiv.ed_ a·'gift ~~ ~ '.'
:Oii-:~w:~i~h· th~!. ~·ill es~_~bUsh ~~~J:1.m.ipe~.., _};tom~.• ;_ -'~~e- ~p.pro3.c-hi~-g;;/··
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·.'.:t:~d,ing: in large parcels was the rule in real estate transactions yester\VWit:Ji,,a., ma~i~um. of·.$18:6,600. which sum was the assessed yaluation _of!,
ock tn~the ·m3.rket district,· "Which was conveyed. Another large transfer
~-.:pr(?.perties in East _Bo$ton, S«}uth Boston and the city proper. ·the ~g-!
}:~_-,a~.!jJ~ssed, valuation being aOout $100,000, the title p~ssing to Augustus!
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"i1;rg arid another. , Other. city deals included the recordlng of final paj~e;~/tll>. ~~e tra~sfer ·of '8. business block on Washington street, assessed ,on a.
{~~aii;ui.tlon-o:t-$52,600.. and a South end·parcel on-Fairweather street. In ·East
~~SJ~.q.·. the 'Boston & ,. Albany, Railroad Company too_k full ·title to a portion
~~~{,;~~:, Cu~~~d'; wh~rf on: a. release deed of $}-8,600. In the d1stricts 91 Roxbury
~~~~·!:·W~ · repre~ented,~ but dealings V:,:~e_reported from other nea:r;-by pla~es.
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There was but little movement i:q. real estate yesterday, a few moderate
l)rlced parcels a ..nd several smaller ones- having been conveyed. In the Back
Bay, an interest was sold in ~ Westland avenue parcel which has an assessed
valuation of $20,000.
In Brighton an apartment house was sold, on which
the assessed valuation is $25,700, and e:even frame houses, valued at $44,000.
Other dist'rict transactions were i.n Roxbury. Dor?he~ter, . Cha~lestown an~
west Roxbury, while Winthrop had two sale:3. The con,veyance of a larg~
prope;rty in Newton Upper Falls was also repo1~tea.. together with a large list
of petitions fl.led in the court of land _,.~egistration.
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or Boston & Albany on Kneeland street.
or the Provi·dence station in Parik
squ3.re. As Soon as the location was
determined upon there was a.· h;ustle
to Secure leases"' ~r, if poss1ble,. buy
Summer street before and after the
erection of the South terminal. or.,
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the years 1896 and 1903.
At the time the location o:t the l).eW
union sta'.tion was under discussion it was
not knoWn, excePt ~Y the chief promoters, whether · the great new struct,
ure · would be erected on its present
A cOmparison o-f the owners of property on both sides of Su:qimer s'tree~
as far as Atlantic avenue in the years
site o,: on the site of the Old Colon.,:
1800 and ~03 shows that th~ ownera
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STREET
DWELLING
B9UGHT BY AGNES S. HOLDER.
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was, a fairly active market yesterday for the first day of the week\
'pi"dper. ha'Vihi three good Sales. representing extreme sectiorus.. of ·th~
the North end, a b~siness b10ck ' W ~ the subject of conveyance t_o,
Estat,e AssoCia.tes. It has an asses~ed vall..latio.n of $10,800. In ~h~'
, an e51::a.te on Marlboro street, -assessed on a valuatiori of .$17.90(),
noted as having been sold. while in the South end, an East Brookt_ dw:elling · pasSed to new o_wnership.
In the districts, Dorchester
. three sales and Roxbury one" while in the nearby t'owns C<?-1_1,~i4~r-j
~vity was , shown. From the Middlesex registry came the report :of. the:
).:-· _of the Charles River Park~ Cambridge, from the Mass~chusetts Atl;l-:
lub :·'to Alb~rt A. Pope and others, who comprise a trust.
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P~,CE DWELLING RECENTLY CONVEYED.,:{
Transfers of real estate yesterday affected parcels only of a
and of all.conveyed the South end led with three, two on Gray
on Col-uni-bus avenue, the latter being the top in price, assessed
of
here were two sales in the West end, but both were
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?TREET
HOME BOUGHT
BY
MARY
J.
RUSSELL.
:'~,--·In the list or conveyances of real estate reco~ded yesterday there were signs
o.f· movement in city parcels, five in diff ::!rent sections making the total
The
prinCipal property was one on Portland st:re3t, assessed on ,:}. valuation of $36,000~ which passed to the 0wn€rship of ~-'\.gnes E. Burk.e.
In the Wes~ end, Chief
;Inspector VVilliam B. "\Vatts bought a dwelling on Bowdoin street. assessed on a
::v:alUation Of $18,000, and another smaller parcel in that section was t1 an Sferred.
Tpere, waS one sale in the Back Bay and an·other in the South end ~rhere were
,~e:\.·eral sales in the districts, Roxbury recording four, Dorchester three, ( East
;,Boston two and Charlestown and South Bc.ston one each.-- Other good business
'.!;?.{:as reported from Brookline and Cambridge, and an important lease of a
· '.'_;fen;iple place parcel was alSo noted.
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tf)~HESTNUT STREET DWELLING BOUGHT BY 8. T, MORRISON.
}/~} .~e3:con Hill had ih.e call. yesterday, when the Summary of' city transfel's was
i'~~- µp; Several estates have been sold in that section of late. but not two in
~~y.; 8.$ was recorded yesterday. The sales were of pRrcels on Chestnut
d Mt. \l....ernon place and are assessed on valuations of $11.500 and $32.500.
tV'ely. Other city sales were in the South and West ends. In the districts
er had a day of great activity. eight sales from there going to record,
the assessed valuation of the largest p~rcel is onlY $5700.
Roxbury's
·; "W'S.s t~ree,, West RoxburY two. and ql).arlestown and Brighton one each.
~)~ri~ came to the fiont again with four sales, Winthrop had two,' Newton a
}!(S:3.l~. and Cambridge the convevance of a dwelling.
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SIMON
HIRSHBERG.
:;-,, .sales of yesterday in real eState- were of a varied character, '\'Y·ith land
~:.P.._a;TCe1s strong. In fa,ct, the leading figures of the day were in a transacti~n
t~ts sort. CitY. proPerty continue?, in g"o'?d demand, and sever~! parCe1s
·,:/Were ;Conveyed, with agreements signed for another. In these sales a Beacon
~~n·,,~rcel led, haying an -:ts.sessed valua'tion of $16,<?00. Others were in the
isQµth 8.nd West ends, and of fair values. District sales were confined to _Dor:;~'):i'~t-~, Rox~ury, East Boston_ and Charlestown. Two good sales in Brookline
&~-~-ere. recorded. one parcel havjng a taxable valuation of $22,500, while Cain-,
;J>tidge had two sales of property taxed on valuations of $13,000 and $40;000. re-
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,PROPOSED PUBLIC BUILDING AT C-ONCORD JUN,CTION,
Thet"e was a TI1arked falling off yesterday in dealin s
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The city' proper had but a few, and the liisti'icts :fail!d ~~ a;~ kinds of'. realtr .
.usual volume. Even those in the city, and they represented the
with the
~nds, .w:ere. far. belqw tl)e av~rage in atn'ount, not rising even too~ 1 3:.nd '\Vest
a. su~urban transfer. Dorchester led the districts with t
e ~~gn.ity of
cons.i~eration of $30,000, the amount being unusual for th two, one carrying a
tri~~ transfers were in East Boston BrightOn a d W
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section. Other- disBrookline two conveyances went to rticord
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Ro~bury, while in
at ~oncord Junction, were made public.
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BOUGHT
BY
LUCY A.
JACKSON,
. ou;nt of trading iri, real .e~ta.Je y~~erday wae quite up to. what has be.en
Cif-la:..t:e. and the Back Bay led off with the sale of a double lot dwe'l~in'g
-"' rq .street, asSe~_sed on a. valu~tion of $36,000, while a ·sm3.ller parcel on
.,__tr~~t, in the newer sectiOn of the Bac:it bay, on _wJiich" the ass:eS~ed
i~ $12,700, was also conV'eyed. Two South end _sales wer~ ~lso recorde~
on a. valuation of ·$22.000." In the districts land parC~ts predorilinated'
eS:-"reported, several large: tractS being transferred. The secttonS re·~Qllv-ey.inces of .all k.tnC:t-~ we~e ~orC~.ester; Roxbury. West Roxbury, East
·-,~d .)3rlg.b,ton. In Cambridge and NeWton ·several sale$ were concluded,
:~~~..9.~vey~nces of country proper~ieS .were q_uite numerous.
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PROPERTY JUST SOLD BY DWIGHT PROUTY.
Yesterday was a fairly active day in transactions in realty, although not
What should be expected at this tim·e of the year In th~ business section on
Atlantic avenue property was acquired by the Metropolitan Steamship Company, and in the Back Bay..-ta valuable estate on Boylston street was conveyed.
Its assessed valuation is $75,000. Another Back Bay parcel sold i.s valued at
$12,000. Prices shown in the transactions in the districts were above the average With but one or two exceptions, While in Brookline there were three sales
where the valuations -were $13,000. $12,000 and ·$10,000, respectively. In Cambridge
two adjoining parcels, sold to one person, have an aggregate valuation of $17,200.
Conveyances were also reported from more remote points.
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RESIDENCE JUST SOLD
BY HENRY C. WILEY.
i~eS:tfrday, as _s.... whole, was one of the best days, both in number of sales and i
.~. the amount of money invo~ved, so far as city property dealings were conthat the real est?'"te m~rket has experienced for some time. Of three
~~~es of b:Usiness properties, which aggregated over $100 ooo one was a purchase
;:'?. ~ufts College of a $56,500 par~el on Purchase street: a~other- was a .stora e
~d. w,harf pro:Perty on Albany street, involving $33,900, while a Long wharf prog _
:alued at $10,900, made the third, and thus included the business district
;fe_o~t . end_ and the North end in the dealings. In the West ~nd, a $3S,000 t;ans:_partment hou~e on Hancock street, put th~t section"in the running, and
,.~-,.:., ac bay, where mo.st of the acUvity has been noticed was th
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st~;
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, :s . are of the buz.ine.ss.
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a.ctl.l,~l · a~~! bona ride J'.mrc11 ase'.s. fpr ".:"aiue(_ w~r"e .· ~6hc~rned, it was rather dull and uninteresting.
-re~.. if 8.11Y, d~aliri,~j:, :i::"e.acliltig the· dignify Qt. 1arge;ti-a:ris.ac~lonS. :Of courr;:;:_e.: .while the transfer'ring of all the city holdings
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~9Sto_n·~·l:?~OV.id~_~Ce r·aur68:~ to the_;New-.Yor~ New »c;\,V~n.&. Hartford-rail~o~d involved. on paper at least, seveff;L~~ ri1t11~ins· Of_..~?l°i?ti~';{iiif;~1,1 h:~~dly :(l~q~e 'i'VJ th~ ,~~ii,. e!$:t~.~~- :i iri~I\ -· 8.S~: ~ '. i!-~5;1. t .. r~~l !~ _" ~.ransaction, b~ t will, ra th_~r, be
lo9ke~ ~-poh., a.s_... :a
-~·e)'l.1:~n~\J?etween two inte~,e_~t~~,parties~~q1: more_~cpnven1ent, method o"f: :handling the property.
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tµre_-.O't. t2e.,-Par:\C _s(lji_~fe: St~tiot;lf~h4' tbe·..val~l?.I.e_~)a.~.(ld. C~l}n-e.~_~if: ·. with it, ~nd. rumor 1:,a~ been
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ti:~ding the. sign.Ing of· agree,,_· ~ ·. stiburbs the·
sale
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WEST STREET BLOCK SOLD TO GEORGE
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F'. FABYAN.
';, SeVera"l transacpons aff~cting ·vaiual;>le city prOpel'.'ties became public yeste;rd-~;!/ :the- largest sum involved in ~ny bleing on five· South end parcels, in vr~ich
81): interest was conveyed. The total assessep. valuation of -the propertfes is $62,400. • A'greements .have also been signed, for the conveyance of a Marlboro street
d,~elline-, c~rrying an assessed valuation of $22,500, and !or tvvo adj0ining pa:i-cels
q:p. Chestnut street and Mt. Vernon ,sti:eet, assessed on a total valuation of $24:2~. "l".ra._di1:1g in the districts waS rather light, tl:.e cnly ~ection.s rePresented being
~C?~b_.ury_ and E, st Bos tori. A long term li;ase of a valuable pr~Perty nurµberE!:d
~~d 288 Tremont, street,. is noted, as is also the problem of grade crossings ln
DQ'rchester, as affecting real estate in the line Of damages
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Not in a. long time ha$- there been such an active day ~n high-valued reaf ~~
tate ;pa.reels as yesterday, and they were not vrholly confined to one sectio:;t....,..A!>
down-town business structure on Hayv1rard place, assessed on a. valuS..tio~ ··'q ·
$48,000, -was conveyed, two dwelling.9 on Commonwealth avenue. assessed·
valuations of: $56,000 and $45,000. respectively; a We:3t Newton st.reet propertY
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ued at $20,000. a McLean street parcel having an assessed valuation of about$~•~\:~
ooo;! a holding on Harrison a.Venue representing about $10,000, and a retransfet- "?:f!j·:
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Northampton street pr:oper~Y, represent~ ~p.a,t was dol;le in the1 city.
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4,is"\:ri~t;s ~.d no~.~espond _as re~,ily, :f;ll~h?-~~~ DO!(?heste7 reporte_d fo1:3-r
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HOTEL, AUBURNDALE, JUST SOLD.
·Summary of what took place in the line of transfers in yesterday's busi. real estate 8. great vari~ty of tra:r:i.sactions is shown. While all were
·e parcels involved were, in a measure, out of the ordinary. In the Back
-sale of five more Properties j.s nOted, carrying assessed valuations of $70,. , $21,000, $22,500 and $18,500. In the South end a property reported sold in
idus- day's record was retransferred; the Hotel Landor, on Yarmouth
a.ving a total value of $71,500, was conveyed, a Milford street parcel carValuation o'f $8900, and three parcels on Union Park street, having a total
n · Of $61,500, were also transferred. The safe of a $34,000 North end prop.also reported. The banner sale ot the day was th~t of the Woodland
tel prqperty~ Aubtirnda.le, having a valua,Uon oi about °'"lQ0,000.
Two
es of importance comprised a tract of land in Dorchester td be used as
ouse site~ an'.d
large tract ln Allston aCquired by the;''BOston E1e:Railway Company. Other transfers were in· the districts •. but none was of
uai linportance.
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BOUGHT BY L. L. WELLINGTON.
In the business of the real estate field yesterday_one of the inl'8-reSting tr-ari
actions was the passing of the title to a portion of the .Arioch Wentworth esta··
from Mrs. Susan M. Stuart to Robert M. ·Morse. It was a Sudbllry str·eet parcEc
valued at $244,500
Other city -conveYances include·d two meditim Priced propi
ties in the North end, one each in the South and WeSt ends, One, on -BeEi.c
Hi~l; having a~xable valuation of $24,500, one on St. Paul str1::et, .of $'.7000, ·and. t,
""e:tran.s~e:z:-,_ot:. a. ,Massachusetts avenue ho!di:n:g va.~_u.ed. a,t. $18,~. Dist:ri"ct
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d, th~ largest b-eing·op.,e.in-,,.h ~ost,on,,o.n"which :the~'!
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decided change in the registry record of re~lty transfers yes-
~.i.iay-,- ~whell ·an unusual number of d9cuments was fi)ed.
"'£he city proper
· · - n the list with several and a. long-term leaSe was negotiated on a High
t , J:!'TO{)erty. A land parcel in the Back Bay was a1s·o conveyed:~ In the
lets Dorchester led by a ·large maj9rity with six s8Ies. Beyoild Boston,
,k:Iine came to the front with three good conveyances and an agreeme.nt
·::th-e s.a:le of a_ fourtp. carrying a valu3:,tion of $40,000. Newton had two big
'd Sales and Cambridge a tranS_fer of a dwelling. Reports of sales of more
:.:1~ss ~mpo_rtan~e from more rempte places made a fail'ty good daY after a
er.f.od of inactivity.
'TAKINGS MADE BY TRANSIT COMMISSION FOR NEW WASHINGTON STREET TUNNEL.
Black Space Indicates Recent New Takings; Shaded Space a Former Taking.
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e }eaiures of yesterd·a·y•s real estat~ business was 1:he fli!ng'. of plans' by the Boston transit conunission for
··-~lng of South end property as a site for the entrance to the' W"ashingtoll street subway. The estates affeqted
----.A.Sh street or run through from Washington street, Ute total assessed valuation on the whole being· $315,000. of
000 is on the land. As ollly a.bout half the' property is afferited. the amount covering the total taking would
sotn.ethiiig over $150,000. Whenever a week has opened with a trarisfer pf property in the real business sec:°'the busiries,s.· of that week has been good. Yesterday (!Pened with such a conveyance, a business block on Oliver
t;·. ·assessed oll
valuation of $23,500, having passed to new oWnership. In addition to this, other minor pareels
transferred, and trading in the district ran to prices a trifle above the average.
Dorchester had four sales,
f whic;ti. was of property valued at a price rising $15,000. and an Elm Hill district, Roxbury, parcel, carryin1' a
,, .. t;ion o:r- $10,000, while negotiations are in progress for the sale of two other valuable estates on Elm Hill avenue.
' r: tr~saetions in the district and suburbs made up a good day for tl}e week's ope~ing.
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BOUGHT BY CHARLE$ F. WRIGHT.
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DWELLING BOUGHT BY E. N, WHITCOMB.
Of late there has been considerable trading in land lots in the districfs.
s6.il.rCe1y a d8..y passing t'hat these do not show well in the trailsfers at the regYesterdaY Ia:nd lot and dwelling sales were about equally divided. Busin~S's in the cfty was small, consisting of South and West end an~ Back Bay parcels of a medium prfce. On the contrary, t~e distric~s dev~l9ped well in transaCi.tons, all but Brighton being represen~ed in the day's work. Nothing of gl"eat
val'!Je, hoWever, was transferred· in any of the places. Just now there; is considlstr'y.
erable activity In Cambridge and Brookline, and in both places medium priced
p~fc~Is are in demand.
busJness reported.
Outside of the se~tions menti9ned there ~as but litqe
,~ ','· .DWELLING ~OUGHT BY ARTHUR LITTLE.·
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:~ng UP the buslness'of yesterday in :real esta,.te it m;ay be said that
The
ii.th and -west ends were represente.d, as well as the Back Bay. In the
fio:n:a N0wb:urY' street _pare.el, was conveyed to Frank R. Kimball, ad,:«i'ne·re~elltiy purqhased by _him. It's vaiuaticin is placed at $2i:-QOQ, ~µd
;eommonwealth: avenue assessed on a valuatio:q of $36.500. Another :sale
·. · AbOut· the_ same ainount was of a ·Le·V"7r'ett st'reet: bulldihg. A S:oUtp.
'i,erty on Tremo~t street· brought over $13~000. and there were otQ.e:r. .small
Athe other sections.. The disU:-i'cts developed a few sales, the largest in
)-1:~· whe-X-e a. section, o'f -the land on which the old Faneuil hoµse once
~~s s.<.)Id· for ,improvement.
Other tI'ansactions of moderate amounts
li.';:Brookline, Cambridge, Newton_a_nd Hamilton.
·.\a .fairly· good· day's work, so: far· as the city w-as concerned.
DWELLING RECENTLY BOUGHT BY CHARLES S. EATON.
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Included in yesterday.'::,;.., ~eal estate transfers was the reconveyari.ce of.
business structu~e on "Washington street northi,·corrier of Cross street, title to
Wliich pa~ed to William T. Thorp, w-ho now dispose~ Q_f it. The propei::'ty has
s.n assessed :valuation of"- $69,000.
AnO:"'t.her city· pr-qperty conVeyed is in tp..e
-So~th · eri?~ Wbei'-e ~ix ~1.""i~ 'dwe1;1ngs pass. to· n_~w.\;-~~n~iSh~~-.· -~hiS de:it.~_~inV~lVed
.<:iver: $25,000. D:i~tr.ict b1,1sin~Ss.this b0en '.fairl.l-'." :.;g·oqa,(~f.~~~i'~ a~d. no·w R:o.x}:}u,~: .18
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~· ~ 'Vf~ile the real estate :market may not be exactly termed -a:;; on the ebb, it
-certainly is not on the flow. Brokers who have been 'buoyed up by the l:iope that
~·he first of May vvould bring better bus!ness are beginning to feel discouraged.
:.".['he time of the harvest is passing, and yet the wealth which real estate
ehould show at' this period has not become a tangible factor. Yesterday's
sal~s were few and of nQt great moment.
Three South end· properties were
-cOnveyed, and other city proper transactions were the sales ,at two sections
o-1: land in the Back ,Bay. One parcel carries a Valuation of about $40,000, and
the other of $50,000. District Conv~yances were not numeious, and of nearby
places Brookline led With two sales of over $10,000 ~ach.
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PROPERTY BOUGHT .BY JOHN BECK.
;~.~~~-. ci~tte · a.. r_ift· yest~rday 1n the cloud of inactlvity in city real ·es-
.~:s .. ·-·wQ.~n s_ale_s wei.-e reported from every section. Leading off with a.
!t~·~s~lll~ton · strE:et prppeTty. asse'.3Sed on a valuation of· $94,000. there
;~'?, :t:r~':tµ.e
N!=>rth epd, carrying va.Iuations of $10,700 and $7800; two in
!<t..BaY:~ :~Jl~re· t~o adjoining briclc dWellings on Mount1:ort street were
).i~.g,'..a~ tQ_~al _assessed _va:1uiti~n of $34,000.
Another was on Dundee
~~-e.~--~~ -~?• ar;id one each in t}?.e Soutq. and We.et _ends, assessed on
.,~_?:'!r$3poo. a~_d $7500, :r~spectively., District business was light, West
-~~~16!'1~.:b~v:fng' more .th:an a single s~le. In Carµbridge and Newton bustcc.::~_~I; ·a~,it _h~s:of IS.te. _and Brookline reported ·a Naplies road conc~;Yln~.; ~· sum· o:f oVer $11,000.
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'One of the featui-e§:l. of the real estate market yesterday was .the handing down of the releases
the
.quired for the. Construction of Northern avenue and a bridge to the Con,,monwealth doc~s in South Boston. This: iii,:.:,
·n~·ar Ol~ver street.
City proper· ~les were Ugtit,.. ~U:t three going. to record~ tb}e.
:cqrner -of Columbus avenu~ an~ Chandler str:eet;. · Qt11Ji~s .. were On Greenwich street.:
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BLOCK SOLD TO TUFTS COLLEGE.
SAtthough there was absolutely ·nothing d0ing i.n the way of realtY trading in
ihe dowri town or business sec~ion of ~e city. yesterday, yet the close of the
day~s business showed that in· the Back Bay ·and South. end residential districts
,t.~_ere had been an unusu§l;llY large number of sales recorded In no c2 -, did the
tI'ansactions, involve a large enough amount to be denominated large (.._._a.ls, and
the noticeable features were the transfer of iriterest in
$150,000 ·propeI'ty on Bay
State road and a sale of three parcels on Warren avenue and Appleton street,
ihvQ.lying valuation of $23,300.
The transfer of an $8500 property on Rutland
s.Quare and a $4000 one on Leno:x: street ompleted the South end record, while a
Staniford street transfer was tll~ only West end transaction. Five small ti-8.ns..;
actions in Dorchester, two in East Boston and one each in Charlestown and.
~:o.slindale furnished the bulk of district trading, and in outside localities
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For an exceedinglY warm day:·there was a large number of documen
corded d.t the Suffolk regiStry· yesterday, with a fair proportion in the'·tl
Of transfers~ Am.01:1--g" .the lot ·sev~l"al p~etty go~d tr~des ~ere note<l;. ,-,
th~~ -~~ing th,_e· ~on.v:.~ance .of:·a Broad.stre~t .business 1:5tructtlre. ThiS
a'.n a~&e§Saj y;a.ll.la~o~- ~F /over :$47,~0: :-?;h~n\.1~ _:the :a:~ck, Bay_ thr,ef:'L adjQ.!)f
,~;;eels· conv'::Y:!'<i .. t<>::,t~,:,
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'-"._Sile of a business property 1numbered. 65-69. 'Wareham· street, South
,-.~~s essen~ially a day of the districts, ho_weVer, and by fiir th0: greater
of transfers were of property in the various suburbs and ou·uy~ng seCthe city. The sale of \i West Cedar street parcel and one ·ori Cherry
the West an~ Sout~ end contributions~ while in Roxbury four
, were noted, and in "V\,"'"est Roxbury, South.BostOn and Brighton ·one
ecorded.
Of the out of town transactions VYinthrOp had the i.nost
_, irt the sale of the o~d ~a~t property at Point Shirley;·1nvolving a
a1ua:t1on of $33,900.
Cam.bridge, Newton, Milton and MelrOse were,
:uf!~9" in -th~ list.
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HILL PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
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Yesterday s real estate business was better than could reasonably have been
Sunday and a holiday, and inThis section,.. of
late, has always produced one or two good deals when the other sections have
been noticeable for mediocre transactlonB~ and in this inst.a.nee a $41,000 Commonwealth avenue property~ and ~ne involviµg a. ta~able valu~tfonog$25,~. cha~ged
hands•. Ca.t:llbrid "!::.l:li;td t_wo good e,ales, ;onj> c;,f
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cluded in the list of" transactions were several Back Bay sales.:
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BROOKLINE PROPERTY PURCHASED BY NELl!E L. TERHUNE.
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1-t'- the business of the first day of June is to be a sample of the month's
c1.eaungs in real estate, it would seem that the long hoped for boom had~:ar,~rJVed, for not in many months bas there been so great a volume of business
ti-8.1isacted as that of yesterday. Both as to 11.umber of conveyances and as to
Q:l.1:aUty, this is true, and three Back Bay transactions involved an aggregat~ of
'$1'44,000 taxable- valuation, while a Beacon Hill $48,000 transfer al'l:d a $36,400. prope~iY on c·entral street, in the business district, pa:ssing to new ownership, increased the total considerably. Tlie West and South ends also :figured Well in_
the day•s business, as did nearly all the districts. In Brookline, the transfeir ot
·~/$4.0;0oo apartment bbuse gave that section an interest in t-?-e d8.Y's doing~.
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BACK BAY HOUSE BOUGHT BY MARGARET F.
'.A.not?-et:" good day for real estat.e dealings was yesterday and thei ·
busir~.e~s of .the Suffolk registry shiowed ·a ·g6od number of tr;_nsactions'
with s~:vera.l _arl!ong the~ that helped ~he .districts t;o take on an a_ppeai"
having a. ~1ttle boom. One of the most· interesting tranhactions Vi-·:is ·'t
.which Simmons C?llege acqti.ir7d ~ome 60,000 feet o·f land on Brooklitle .,~¥.
fo_r_ e';~ntual. build1,ng of dorm1tor1e-:'3, the property being valued at $5~.600.
th,.e_ ;Back Bay a $21,500 Bay $tate roa·d. property, a $7700 parcel on Durhaf
street a.n~ a -$5300 ?ne ·on Dunde~ street_ c:h~g~d ~ands. __4... ·Wareham street m,,:
ufactu~1ng property ~n the ~ou~h end -~!19"r~W.? :W.E:~.t €:nd transfe~s b_roug'1:1:t··ui
dlstr~(!t~_ t::1to t~e 4a:v:'s_ ~e.al~~gS. T~~;,~#..~~1:~-'..',P.'~~~r o.f t!~:J.?.~f~rs, hQ~:
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··· ··..flou~h <'Onii <Olahned the greatqst share or yesterday'" real estate tt·ans- ':
'And the dOcuments r"ecorded at the Suffolk cou11.ty registry shoW con·~ business: in that sectiori. although none of the transactions involved
e~d parcels
The principal conveyance was of a property on Pleasant
djoining the Barnard Memorial, valued at $20,500, while among the
ones. an $8700 Milford :::;treet pro'l)erty was recorded aS ·pa.SS'ing to riew
', Among the distriCt sales. Dorchester had two, of pl"Op~rties valued at
~-<( $1000 respectively; West Roxbury had two. one of vacant land, and
"'B:tlst~n had one. In the outside localities, Wil1throp, Somerville, Com-~·nd. Chelsea had one each.
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PROPER"T'Y BOUGHT BY EBEN S. DRA:PER.
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e ~outh end wa~ the scene of the principal part of_ y~s.terday's light. real
and here th.ree transfers of property W~1e' noted~ a-$10,000 parcel
~broke stree.t and two smaller ones, on Can1den .s~~cet ·and-Harrison a.ve:·being included. There has not been so small a nU.ml:'er of· dOcUm.ents· rEicord;_tn the Su:,;'folk registry for: some time. For once. the BaCk ·BaY'tS:iled to pro¢e ~1ts usual quota, althol.lgh negotiations are utidel'" v:ay for a;nll~ber.of iood
',t-eTties i:i. that section, aiid the brokers have many· hollses scheduled for
1.y.. Sa.Ie .. The ·district trading wa·s confined to small ·properties,· one Dorches~-"dWelllng, an East Boston aPartment hou:Se and a $11,000 'NeVVtOn esta;te mak·...UP the bulk of that busines$.
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PROPERTY PURCHASED
BY GRACIE L. NELSON.
-----+---Residential properties in the North, West and South ends forn1.ed the bulk of
the trading in realty yesterday. In the South secti:.:..n of the city, an Appleton
street dwell,lng, valued at $8500, · and a Pein broke street estate, v~lue? at $11,~,
were tr~nsferred. In the West end a South Russell str7et dwelhng O:~ "'5o00,
:va~u~tion~ ~ $3300 Kennard avenue parc~l and an -~200_ M~rtle ,~-~r.e~t proper;~,.·.,C!1,an_g~1d ~~n1s~ T-11:e Nor_th ~~d. tr.ah~f~r ·
a_ dw~ni~1g ~~: -~~-g:_1~,--~~re_et
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PURCHASED BY GEORGE H. ME'TCALF.
-.~re:were m.ore signs -of activity in the real, estate market yesterday than
een noticeable for several days, and the -r'esult was a lively day -in city
tr~~t restdenti_al property trading. Two Val~able Back Bay proper.des were
;~ose to chap.ge hands, one a $30,09() Beacon street estate, the other a. Falstreet dwelling. Two South end transactions were recorded, one of them
, . g. a $17:,000 Massachusetts avenue parcel. I~ the districts, the West Rox'· ~sactions numbered ,four, the Rdxbury. tli~~e. Charlestown three. while
-:,':~3:C:~_ston. Dorche.ster and Brighton had 0"1e e;~fh.
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PROPERTY PURCHASED BY OL9 COLOl)IY: TRUST COMPANY.
T-here was enough, doing in the
real
estate field yesterday to make up for
many poor days. and -,not f.or a long time ha.5 so much valuable property
c~Q.%tged ha-n&s. Tl;ie business s.ectlon, ·the Back·Bay-a.nd, in "fact. all the ditferen.t.::di~j;µ~s ;:t;.,~d ,~ sp.ar.e ·of ':the business. The largest -transaction was ,the purchase of a "J:enlple place prop<erty involviag valuation of $l.6.3i)OO, and, the next
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PROPERTY TRANSFERRED
-PO MARGARITE SAFFORD.
While-yesterday was a holiday :for n.eit.rly all the, real estate .brokers. con. ~der'able realty bu~iness came to li_ght. The chief trartsactii:>n, which Will be of
interest to all property owners on the line of the -proposed new -Washington
street siunnel, was. the· settle~ent with. the City for one ·of ·the. recent Ash street
~kings b:Y the Traz:tSit cdmmission, 8.nd for whlc!l $S5,opo was p~id' by ~he city•
.W~iie t_he Suffolk registry was o~en as ~sual, few docum.ents actually tra~sfer:,--j.ii.g •property :w_ere filed. The p,l."evious day. }.:lo_wev~r, was o:n~ of· th~ 13:r_g~st in
Many months. with -the total nu~ber of docu1:11ents file·a· r·eacb,irig 166, Which· is 28
better than on June 1, · the best day for several years ~P to that time.
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WILLIAM· E. MERRILL.
~hat realty bus~ness there was yesterday was confined .mostly· to th
irlcte;;"and the only tran·sfeI' of city property hqldi~~s record~d at the
:riegis~y was that of the Te~ple plac~ pro~rty 'recentlY purcha~<;t _by,
~-~to~_Y Trust C.~~pany.
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niarket appeared yester~ay 'to .h8.ye recov~i"ed .,.trd.m. the .eft:~ct Q!
··~ek~~ hojiday, or ~hat.ever els.e, has k~Pt it Ieih·arg1c fo.r ~ -c~~p!E! ·_of:d~~.s.
-"e:' re,sult was sev'erai int~re'sting tran~actions: The r:etail buSi~ess BectiOn
fu_r,niShed material for a
tr'ansf"er. a $30.500 JaCk.~on' place· ,paI'cel beJt:i~
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w.hile ·a long ter.m Ie8.se or Washingtoh street _property :wa.~ ·a1.s.O r.ecord..:.valuable piece of Beacon street land was ~old. and :final papers in· the
~eac6n street ·prOpertY:, near Dartmouth street. jr~IUed ~t ·.$2~.4?00'; _we~t·
.d· - In the districts. the dealings were moStly in sma{1 ·resid_eti1:ial pr~p- ·
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A veI'Y fair day's business in real estate marked the closing of the Suffolk
registry, where m.any documents were recorded, although not so many as on
Tuesday, when 159 of all kinds were filed. The West and South end$ had the
bulk of th~ transfers, and in the first nam..ed s,ections a $10,300 Irving street parcel, a ~9300 Causeway street prqperty, and one valued at $7800 on Leverett street
were conVeYed. In_ the South end, an $85-00 West R~tland sciuare estate ·and. a
$4800 ,parcel -on Carver st;re~t were transferred~ 'In_ the districts th~re was a fair
-b~in-e~S,· R~~~ry l~adh.;1~ -W'it.11. the tr3:nsfer: of fi:Ye' r~sj~enti~l p_r~perties. The·
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There was enough doing in the real estate field Yesterday to make the
hopeful think a boom was on, and i.nvestm-ent property had the call in all sections of the city. The largest transaction was the sale of a Staniford street
group, valued at $43,000, and next came a Friend street transaction. where a
$29,000 property changed hands.
In t1:Je Back Bay a $15,000 Ivy street property
was sold and· a $5000 Dundee street parcel transferred. The dis-t;rict tradin_g was
somewhat lively, and in the out of town sections the sale of a $11,()(1() Brookline,.
estate w~s the noticeable feature.
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~;i:c;, yesterday's real estate transactions the most noticeable features were the
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-~em:ents for the sale of another Beacon street residential property. between
· · · ·r ~ d Fairfield streets. valued at $33,000. and the sale of a Marlboro street
ty valued at $24,000. Transfers recorded of several Durham street properas made because of the resignation of one of the trustees of. the Durham
Trust. In the districts there v1ras some litHe activity, severS..l tJ:"ansfers
of vacant land, for improvement. In the outlying districts the aa;r~ement
e sale of a large Brush Hill road (Milton) eetate was the most i,1_'.'ominent
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CHURCH· OF THE DISCIPLES ON PETERBORO STRJ;:ET, BA:CK BAY, ,
+----, Two valuable city properties we're included in yesterday's real esta'te tra~sact16ns. one of them a Beaph street business bloclc, valued at $35,0~., ~·
not·transferred, but for the sale of -which agreements were signed by the par(ies, and the other a re.siidentlar ProPerty on Bay State road, in the n
~·· Bay, purchased by the Hon. A ..E. :E:'lllsbury for occupancy. Outside of these .tWo tr~nsaction·s. the bulk of t11e day's business was in, the di~tric
· (,'Ollsi~era.ble _activity~ was. noti~eable. Dorches\er, as has been the case for se~etal days past, l~d in tl;le ~1..p;:q.ber of transac=:tion~. with six, aJI o
'ptoi>ei:"ty~ valued at ' f r o m ~ to $9000. A Roxb\iry transfer of a $13,600 propert¥,on _Blue Hill a:venue and the conveyanc~ of a $22,300 property on-B
. ,· ~oo~llne. were .the two most notewortQy transactions outside of the city proper deS:.;lings. Several_ N~_wton pri?periies, one of them an estate .· cci
': ..~,cf.~s Of land, were_.also ·J:."9<?0rded af! passing to new ownership. T..be picture OJ t~e new ediflc-e·
·be built for' the Ch?rch of the Disciples on ~et
Printed above, is the fiI'st publicS.tion_ of any cut of this hands<?me buil~ing, an?, g·1ves a verY adeql.late idea of ~ow the new church will look.
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~n<l;an $18,000 Boylston street-parcel were conveye_d. In t:i,.e Beacon Hill section
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· - al_ :?::i.P~r:s '. we~e p~Ssed in the sa-le of a ~35,000 Chestnut s'tl"eet apartment
''S.Ild t'ri 'the, South elld a $13;ooo EdinbO-ro street property ·was ·conveyed,
'\East~ BrOokliile .Stre'et pa~cel was. p'ut u11:der agr~~ment of sale. In. the
-· , ·.:a very- fair buSinesS · was done, Dor"chester leading in ·the number. of
, t10),1s,. ·while· in Roxl:niry sever8.l transfers of valuable property were ·ree'_d~ .The m.onth's business, a::; shown in The Hera1a•s list of properties val-$2<f~OOO or over, Shows that the busines·s has held its own remarkably
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.by the Presbyterian. Extensioi) Board:, for Occ:m:pancy '.by.the
Presbyterian·,Church-·-.Several :Sales: of: Smail Sized
Propert~es ih':the ~outh · End-.-Other DealiJilgs.
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Biack Space Shows 33-'f'oot ·Parcel, Taken.
real estate dealings of yesterday were ell.U'¢-~ned by the sale of the Church of the Disciples.. at the corner of
r~n avenue ~nd West -Brookline street;~ the pr'ice' paid betl\g- $35~000.. Tbla w.is $15,000 less than the assessed
tion of.the property~· This was the i:it"tnclpal·f08.ture of the.'day's business ~:·fat'.' as the city proper was 'con, although a nU.mbe"r of transfer~: of~srna.11 South end .. propertles w.e"~e recor,d~d., The districts showed a very
uslness, and in the outside sections the sale
a Bro9.l;line ),ot, on Beacon s:tre.e~. v~lu~d at $il,50Q, - _was th,e
J?:i"l ~ransactlon. There is a very J:?,_quCeable increase in the sale of v~ant la~d throughout the· suburbs to puI"~ .who are buying fOr improvemeht~ ·
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):ie semi-annual statement of the condition of the inactive reai estate
,t· stocks, i.and · an~ wha~f. COIQ.,panies Wh~ch Burro\lghs & DeBI~ls 11:Eue is
t_ed _herewith. The publishers have used. every effort to haVe the Usts exact
,..;_correct in every particular, 8.nd In cas0 of any errors: will :be glad of
· Catio·n from a?_l.Y one 1Ilte.reste9.. The ac'Uve. trust:s _do ~Ot appear in t~is
s they are quoted in the monthly ctrCrilar ~ issued by the , .firm. The vales
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BY WILLIAM H. AMES.
yesterday's real estate dealings the most notew-orthy transa-ctlon was
nveyance of three dwelling houses on Northampton street, near Shawa11 assessed on a $1s,ooo va:1uation. The 'business transacted at the
registery was necessarily .of a light character. fOllowing the Fourth,
ui:nber of suburban properties were · recorded as changing hands.. Chief
'these w-as a. Brookline estate, next that of Eben D. Jordan, valued at
,,' ·several smaller'- suburban estates also changed hands. Settlerrients
31'' t~e city with owner;, of property taken on Scotia street were also
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NEW FHONT OF STATE Y. M. C. A, BUILDING.
\:i.'1:he real estate dealings of yesterday the district~ ·had all there were of
s:1.ze·:1n
the way of transfers, although there was a· fairly good,number
Oi-tgages affecting the -city proper· flied at the Suffolk r~g'istry.. Th.e dis,'conVeyances were. in many cases. of vacan1:- la:p.d •. for improvement by
r.gS, ·and the rest were of residential propertieS. This- W'as the -fir.st day
-·-. ·mer that the city proper has failed to ~'.>'rodUCe a ·t~anster of· sorite soi:;t
perty~ which is a very good i:-ecord for !his t\zp.~ of year._
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PROPERTY
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BY LOUIS POKROISKY.
Yesterday~s realty trading de~eloped several good P1j9POS1tions in the way
of_ conveyances? the most important being that of an apartment hotel at the
corner of Washington and West Concord s·treets, South end, assessed on a
v:Rhiation of $72,500. Two of ·the other transfers of city property also involved
So~th end pare.els, one ort Camden str~~t and one on Oswego. Beacon H~U also
.;lijit.4,q,tle, a. ~2~00Q prpperty l.n Ashburton PlaGe. The extent of present d~lil)ge"
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Y:e'ster.day•s realty transactions Included quit8 a goodly number of conveyances of residential property in the city proper ' and in the suburbs
Ii:>- the
.eitY pl'operties tra:ii£1ferred, a St. Germain street. Back Bay, parcel, two South
parcels: one on Hudson street and one on Seneca street, and one Wes~ ,e.nd
PrOperty, on Spring street. Were included. The district dealings were largely
iri th·e parcels in which there has been considerable activity of late. medium
:~r1Ced re.sideritial properties.
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Hotel Chatha';", 1641 Washington Street.
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Iri yesterday•s realty transactions several valuable properties in the subur,S-·
ban lo~alities changed hands~ tincluding sever3:l acres of vacant land 1n. A:rung:;
ton, ~hlch ts bought for Jmprovement, and, a.. twp-acre parcel at Marb'l._~b.~EITi
N~k,:~'f?ought f9r !~Pr~ve~7nt,.~~s ~. 'su
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Hotels Richelieu and Wedgemoir, Beacon and Winchester Streets.
The fea.ture of yesterday's business in real (j§tate was· the conveyance of high-priced parcels, and in this re-~pect Brookline led, where over $200,000 worth of property changed hands. These sales were conveyed in three parcels~
all on ·Beacon street. o.ne was on .the corner of Carlton street, and bad an asSessed valuation of $73,500, and the otliers
were the apartment houses Richelieu and Wedgemoir, on the corner of Beacon and VV""inchester streets, near Coolidge
Corner. The former structure has a valution· cf $65,CX)(), and the latter $75,000, and together with the land have a total
'of $i62,000. ·1n the ci'ty proper, a Newbu"ry street prope'rty, having a taxable valuation of $15,000, -changed hands,
and in the districts, a Roxbury parcel conveyed is assessed on a valuation of $19,900. Other distr-ict transactions car~~l'ed about an 3..veraie valllation for residential properties.
BACK BAY PROJ:'JERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
(269 Newbury Street, the House on the Left of the Picture).
In the realty fi~ld there has not been a day so proiillc in good transactions
as yesterday for some weeks. The principal sale was of a $35.000 investment
pr~perty on Beach street, in the business district, the first in this locality f'ot"
quite a :Whil~. In the newer Back Bay, a
$29,900 property--; on Vancouver
street. changed hands, and in the "West end, ah old chUl,"'ch property 9,n Smith
C~'!,lrt, yalued at ~0,000, was conveyed. The district business Was considerable in
ypltl..me! '.8-nd included th~. tra~~fer of a $12,300 estate on Ben'ton. str~et, Roxbury.
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.,.. Yesterday's real estate trading involved three pro.perties in the city properone a $33,000 Newbury street estate. th_e other parcels on Kinnard court and
Grove street, in the West end. ":fhere ~as also ql.l}te· a deai-th of district tradttlg. two Roxbury properties, two Dorchester and ·:one South Boston parcels
being the only ones reported as conveyed. This is only what an August :v.Ionay would be expected to produce. however, and the week will undoubtedly
how up to better advantage as it advanc~s. The busin~s of last week at the
utfolk registry was remarkably good. and the.:mi,st_·mont:q.•s larger dealings, as
1shown 1n the list printed below, were of a. much better o:rder '~han in the cor:rersponding month for a long time.
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15everal goo~ sized city Properties were tn?1u<f~d- ·1n Yesterday•s real ·eo:ta~e(i/jl
transfers, three of them In the West :ehd, o~~- 8,::$2~9"00 p~fCel, on Lym~n ,..,.,..,,t.:,,,·c:,
another a. $15,000 Lowell street proper~y, an~;.still B.nbthel; · on Leverett
valued at ~00. A $6200 Dundee str~et ,·proper~y.!~.R'S·i,at-S:9·.;"c9hveyed and a
South end pa.reel. located on Meandertstre~t:;~-;~e':.'d1~},rict,·.dealings inclu
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veral vafluable ,,city properties were included in yesterday's list ,,of real
te transfers the most import~nt being a~ i11:ve~tment property on Court
· ~ va1µed~
$144,000. sold for a.'bou t $,~0,00?. ~ Ca~al street block, v~lued
(~:ooo; _ C!a,mde:n street dwelling. a?:1d ~n interest in a Hawk.ins stree:
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'e:rty. Val'Ue4 at $4~.ooo. w_ere 3:Iso con~eyo_d. In the districts, q~11te a num
·· 't residential. pttopertlea; :vvere coi:iveyed. The. taking by the city .~f a large
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ll'O:~:rtY on'Perrin. s~reet, RoxburY, for a scI:tool site was of interest ~o peo1
·that .~0:ca.Uty. In the out~of-tow-n section:s, two medium. pric~~ Cam~~~dce _properties -we,re con-veyed.
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Mostly tn the districts were yesterday's sales of real estate, in the city
thet·e' being but one, a slllall West end parcel. The city's business was enlivened, 'however, in the fact that a settlement wae made with Harriett E.
Lillie for the taking of property on Ash st?"eet as part of the neW tunnel entrance. This settlement affected proper-t,y valued at $42,000. Then, too, it was
given out that the contract for the new Siegel building on Washington street
had been awarded the George A. Fuller Company of New York, and that work
of_ construction would begin right away. In the districts, the property involve'd_ by cOnveyance was in rrios~ cases of only medium value, but one transfer was of an $18,600 estate in Dorchester. In the districts outside of Boston
the conveyance of a large farm property- in Dedham, an $8300 Newton estate
an. $8:000 Malden residence; and two medtum priced. residential properties in Cam.:
brl~g~ were t~e prinGi~al transactions.. ·
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136 to 146 Court Street.
The transfer of interest in several properties making up a large estate and
of several medium priced properties in the North and South ends furnished
the bulk of yesterday's real estate transactions. so far as dealings in the
city proper were concerned. The South end transfers ,vere of a $4600 Oswego
street parcel and a $4300 one on Sawyer street. The North end parcel· conveyed was a small property on Snelling place, off Hull street. The interest
transferred was in a $58,9'JO property on Washington street. a $9200 Pine -street
parcel and a $10,500 Roxbury estate
In the districts, two medium priced Dor-
chester parcels, two in Roxbury and one in EJas:t Boston were conveyed. From
outside districts was reported the sale of a ~ewton property. for the building of a new block. Leases of two stores in a Columbus avenue building,
now being erected, were also reported.
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market_. and sales_ of any niagnitude or nuniber ~e~' conspicuous by theslJnce.
What took place in the city:prOpe~,, however, w..as in the Wes
or that. vic11:1ity-. One sale was that- o~ ~n e~f~te; · oh Telllple street~.Hill. · asse~sed o~ a.. v~l:i,iatfon- -~f . $~.~r. ~,h_i\e ~.n -~opJa_r: ~treet .a.,;parcel
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(ii/Yesterday's real estate dealings involved several valuable properties, and,
the number of transactiOns -was by no means large, these dealings pre'ed the falling out of the bottom of the real estate market that would
;" , rwl'se have been noted. The most important city proper sale was of a
'.;:~~!lf()O Commonwealth avenue property, and next came_ quite a group of South
;_,;~P:d ·parcels, including an $18,000 property on Northampt-'n street. The prin~
-' :·cipa.I district transaction was the sale of a $9000 estate in west Roxbury.
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Included in the List Were Land in Brighton Valued at $82,500 and a $21,800
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. Ill Yesterday•s real estate dealings. the city prOPe:rties involved were not numerous, or high priced. the principal
inteni of inte'rest· being the· settiem...ent by tP.e .city for land taken in 1896 for t'he laying out of PeterborO. street. In
t~e Back Bay. ..A Van~o"llyer ~reet apartm.en·t ,house was also sold, and these were the only city transactions. re.ported~ In the districts there was cohsiderable - · trading,
and included
in the property transferred was land in
B~lghton~ valued'at $8.2.~. a.. ~.oxbury apar~;ment 'hotel. valued at $21,800, and numerous smaller parcels in the various
localities. In the O·l:itside· localities.· the sale of an $18,000 Cambridge estate was the most Iloticeable feature.
The
pla:11-s for a new building to be· erected oq. Broad street are al.So of interest. and show a structure that will be a great
addition to the list o:f tall, office buildings.
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PROPERTY BOUGHT BY EBEN D. JORDAN,
178 and 180 Beacon Street.
estate trading Was, in the main, conspicuous by its absence,
i?-ctlcally every office was closed, afid. but' for the fact that the Suffolk
'·trY,k~pt open, there would have b~en 11.0 signs of 11:fe ,at all
Some few
· er,s _were recorc1-ed, and others that were filed late the afternoon bE'!fore
¢d city property, one a Beacon street residence, another a Westland
··e apartment house, still another n. property on Parkman street, and an
!>AU:J:>ul"n ;street property. No transfers in the districts were recorded, and the
!O_j.ft~ide loc8.lit1es also seemed to make holiday of it, as well as the city.
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,323 Beacon Street.
- : The sale of a num_ber of adjoining properties on un:;.y street and v\1'."ebis.ter
ave;i.ue •.1??- the North end, was the featU.re·of the real e{ltate trading y~Sterday.
The pr.
.Operties sOld carried a valuation ol $19,400, and a nUmber of large tenement
, bcn..1ses- a~~ to be b':li~t·.on the si~e. W~ich w·n1 col)--sider~bly. change conditibnS.Jn
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y. 'An~ther impor'f:.an:t, sale was· that of. a 1'.'e$i~E:'nc.e on Beacon street,.
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Several valuable properties in the city and districts changed hand~.
the
course of yesterday's real estate transactions, and the most important was the
sale of several parcels on Meridian and Eutaw streets, East Boston, the largest
sale in that district for several years. The properties -~ere valued at $28,000 and
sold for .$31,700. In the city, the transfer of a $12,800 property on Massachusetts
avenue and smaller ones in the Sotlth and West ends -were recorded. while in
Roxbury· the= settlement by the city for t.he recent 'Worthington street takings
for s~hool purposes was reported.
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'·t~rdS..y's real ~state ~11:lg cons~s!ed~
-tf3.n~3..c{t'.io~S;"ill: the city. The
tial properties in tl}'e ~~t.:~c~ .;.:s
th·~ South end. where
·Onveyan:::::e of prop~rty _r~c9.r ~
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f tr~nsf'-er.' r_rJie hearing by the
dall street r1:si~el\ce was. th:i:~e.te:f;~ sit6:".foi'" :3;--. p~'pos~d new ~rimary ,
!house cq.mm1ss1tn <;>n tl:J.e
t to rope.F:ty; n,014eis:- in, that district-, and r ~
l 1~ Dorchester was of intere:s
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ther' news of interest was the an:iounce~men ..
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WEST EN.D PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
69-698 -Lowe'll, Street, Corner Minot Street.
The scene of yesterday's real estate t·rading sh,ifted .from the West end. where there has been an active wee~... to
the North end and the: buSiness district. Ill the former locality. two· new- ·bri<;k stores and ~partment house struct,ul'"es, jus:t e:rected, were conv.eyed. The land on ·whiCb th.eY .stand is .assEisSed· on a $7500 yalu~q:Jon. The i;,usiness blOck~
d.· on a· $~,300 . p~st~?
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THE WORK OF E~CAVATING FOR THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE
NEW SIEG'EL BUfLDING
ON
WASHINGTON STREET.
~~{it.e'al estate .dealings of yesterday had to do m·ostly with medium priced properties in the districtB an~ out-of-town sections.
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~:--t.: 'ding. the only actual trans.fer reported was of a residenti&l property on Holyoke street, near Columbus avenue, assessed on a /valuation,,
(S~·stricts. Dorchester dealings were the ~ost·numerous, and included o~e property valued at $5700. A .Shawmut avenue~ Ro:Xbury, ,parcel:
~~ ;:-000 Or $12,000, although the houses being new ar~ not assessed, was also reported soJ9,. The transte·r of several lots of vacant land in BI_"ig~t
~ West ·Roxbl:lrY. as well as Brookline was reported. In the outside pla,ces, a '$15,000 Newton estate- was the most rvaluable ~roperty transfer
IPYat.district. but .in the whole day's reported business. A $7300 Brookline resid_eitce Wal?, also .conve:yed.
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esterdaf•s real estate-transactions, what there w~re - of them, were the
rs of some small district properties. a
few mortgages and · several
There was no transfer re'C:orded of city prpperty, a fact that is rather
a:_:r_ka:ble_ this mon_th, when ne~rly every day has produced some good sale in
'e part of the city Pr'oper.. The annual repo!t of"the •Bosto11. -building' 'departt .. S.J?.Ows SOIJ?,e interesting figure~ regarding the building in the city for s~ven
··n.ths past, and t~e. 'Period correspondi--~ for several years .previou.~.
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COLUMBUS AVENUE
PROPERTY
RECENTLY SOLD.
It would ~lmost seem as if the bottom ·had dropped out of th
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marke~. judging fro~ the results of yesterO.ay. Dull days come e0
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eyen when busitless rs good, and yesterday was one of them. T)lere 15 eno,)Y•
1-n si~ht. however, to ca~se such a day to be overlooked becaUs ·t 1
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,deilt~! whe~ th~~ re9or?-s show but one sal~ W1ih11:1 the ·ai.strict 0 i::ost~n~n~:::; :",
/W~ c;,ne ~outh .. .end ,PTOJ?~-~ty, valueg at .$3890; conveyed and th"
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END PARCEL, INTEREST IN WHICH IS SOLD.
692 Tremont Street.
In summarizing the realty transactions of yesterday there is shown something of an improvement over the previous day's business. The_ feature of the
;recorded transfers was the conveyance of a Tremont street prri!)erty on which
there is an assessed valuation of $14,500. District work took on something of
a brace, and Dprchester showed four good conveyances, one of land carrying
a .valuation of $30,000, while three other parcels conveyed have vaJuations of
;:11,000, $8500 and $6300, respectively. Other district trading was shown in Brrghton,
which reported two sales, and South Boston, Roxbury and
eaCh. There was also one conveyance i.n Cambridge.
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as a day.' in real'' estate business in :which the conveyance of
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Was the rule and the Back Bay ~ad its share. In the
css disf~~f~~=s the sale or'"·a 'North stre~t property, carrying, a vfl'luation;
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in the Back B"ay a Beacon street parcel, valued at $37,500, was
·, ,000. The~
C mmortwealth avenue dwelling under power of mortgag~e.
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ion of $34 000
Agreements were also signed
trope~ty
!~o~e~n 0 ~~~wealth av~n;e dWelling, in which ~th~re ,is aU
· e s..:,a~u~'tion of $?4,000. On Beacon Hill a $39,.,.000 p·roperty also changed
Brookline fotIOwed Boston with_ the conveyance of a gr~~P of s1:::i~=~
1· s road and Fuller street, carrying a valuation of $60,000
A
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a1ueci at $4800 passed to new ownership, w~ile the
Y . . ~~ot!:dv::s:s~:~a;le business. ~he work at the Suffolk registry also
' one 9f the best'da:ys inalo~~-time.
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BOUGHT BY DAVID
486 Beacon Street.
C. PERCIVAL.
A miscellaneous business of seasonable volume and subSta}J.tial character
marked yesterday's business in real estate, and this business varied from manufacturing properties to residences, with here and there a land parcel
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high-priced parcels ruled, and in the West end, where the sales are seldom.
above an average, a block of 11 brick buildings, abutting on three streets
and aggregating $98,700, waS conveyed. Two other sales were also reported
from this city section.. Charlestown also came to the front wit~ the transfer
of a. property valued at $106,000, while the South end had two goOd sales, one
of' fi,J'e houses, agg'regatJng $21,000, and one of a single house of $13,500 A small
reconveyance in the North ·end was also noted.
The Back Bay contributed
its transaction in the line of a land parcel on the Fenway valued at about
~$25,000.
The districts showed considerable business with two each in Dorches:.
ter and RoxburY, .w-J;iere fa~rly good P.r.ices rulec"!; A :Brooklirie ·estate 'was _als9"',
r~eported. sold~~:_:~thile(N,ew:tOri. con~ribu"t;ed · tw~. <:.Ar 1Clie.Striu'.t/HfJ.1 sa1e. · inv-OJ'VAtf
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F,or a day following a holiday, and a Monday at that, yesterday's real estate
lings showed up in a very favorabl.e light. · The ~ack Bay continues the
ne of s~me gOod transactions, and y.esterday•s contribu.tions were the trans'.of a· $10,000 parcel on St. Stephen street and agreements for the sale of a
500 residence on Bay State road. A small South end parcel on Northampstreet was also conveyed. In the districts there were a number of sales
k,S:gtall resid~ntia1 property recorded, and a conveyance ~f an interest in an
w;OQO Dorchester apartment hotel\
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21 !5 Newbury Street.
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Sevel'al ~ity p~opel'ti~s w~r~. i~:lude·a in the list of yesterday's
transfers, the most valuable being 1n the Baclc Bay, a $21-~000 Newbur
• t~t~. ,;In the. S.o.~th __ ~~';'-. ,a"'~~,.~l.l,.lfe~?~s street parcel w:a~ qonv~Y.· ·
West end. a $700-0 Mc,Le?,n stre~t property .Passed into n~w ha:~ds.·
t~e;~s'. several valu~bl~ p~op~rt.i~.$,}Wei;e:.?o~v:ey,¢<'.l, irtcludi~g }(·$1(,. ··
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103 Francis Street, Brookline.
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The real estate trading _yesterday was ma,de up, in the main, of transfers pf
.:.$;iria1i prOper'ties in the city proper -and in the districts.
Two South end par~~"k.'Js, one -Q:n St. CharleS street. the at.her on Osw~go street, an<\ a parcel of
tia:Ild on South Russell street. West end, made up the city proper tranSactions,
?~hi10 in th.C -d~stricts a Il:umber of pro»erties, valued at from $2000 to $8000 were
f&,~nveyed.
Noticeable among \these latter co&Veyanices were •everal lots of
!j".v<f!.C'l,nt land, one of them located in Brighton, containing 15,000 feet, the others
~ a l l ihouse 10~~- in rlifferent d i s t r i c t s . ~ - - - - - ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - - -
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BACK SAY APARTMENT HOUSE CONVEYED TO
EMMA F.
PERKINS.
Several properties located in vario_us sections of the ci~y proper were. includ:d..Jn the list of y~sterday•s r_eal est~te
conveyances, one of them a $12,500 residence on Chestnut street, Beacon I-I1ll. This 1s the first p~operty in this locality
to change hands for some weeks, and tbe transfer is of interest, as showing that there is still a demand for good prop~rty in t'his section
In the oth,er sections of the city, the transfers were, for the most part, of small properties,· one in
the North end and one in the West end heing recorded. The property in the districts included in the list of transfers
-was, in most cases, of the residential variety and generally of assessed value under $5000. One of the documents filed
at the Suffolk registry was a petition, by various owners of property on Commonwealth avenue, Cummlrigton street,
Hinsdale street, etc, llew Back Bay, :for the removal of certain restrictions on .. the land bounded by those streets.
BUSINESS
PROPERTY
CONVEYED TO
CHARLES
S.
COOK.
Yesterday's real estate trans~actions were of the varied cb,a.r'a~ter tb~t. ~su,.kt~
Iy obtains when the .busines$ is in a thriving condition. and about every .~i~.d ·O
property was involved in the day's dealings The busi1.1-ess district, after .a sp
of inactivity, was represented in the transfer of a $36;000 Hawley street pr.
ertY. and in the West end a $11,500 Kennard parcel, a new apartment ~?u~e..
south Russell street and a Parkman street investment property were conve~
The Back Bay was represented in the transfer of a $9500 Mour:;_t.fort street ·
tate. In the districts some good properties were .c-~nveyed, incl':1:<i~ng an
apa;rtm~nt h~use on Circuit. s!I'eet, R;-oxbu~y, a $1~.100 .west Roxb~_ry_· ~~·F.
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:cP,:ropert~es lt:i .t?:~ v~r19us. ~t-hei: 4~~r.i·<;t~ :an~ .Qu~~Y!ng,
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ACQUIRED BY ANNA K. SHAW.
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to light yeste!'ldaY included the sale of
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:'1'inotP.e1." ,Back Bay residence, a $33,000 p,arce f on ite locality for ;purchasers of
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Bay that -seerns1 of 1a:e to be
a number of transfers o:t
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several lots of.:-.-(and in Dorchesterdand
Z}>rop~rty of medium va ua l
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sale of an $11,000 piece of lan
on
~W~t .~oxb'Ury. The _agre~~:n!1!~r r:~rted, and from Cambridge and Newton
??Beacon street, Brook~1ne, w
eCorded as passing to new hands.
}~l'SeVera.1 small properties were r
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occupancy.
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a·ROOKLINE PROPERTYY CONVEYED YESTERDAY TO HARRY E. HASTY.
56 to 62 Greenough Street, Brookline.
"'"·, '.-~he:c;r~dit; for produqing the prin~ipal .real estate transaction of yesterday must be accorded to B,rookline. Where
8. ·b;;,nd-~eW b1o·c¥,: of apartment house_s, not yet assessed. b.ut valued at about $100.~o. at tb,e corner of Greenough
~t,r.E!:e:t.. nd <;:i-<;?';"·h}uh ayep.ue, was .conveY~·
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v~l~~~ at,-. $4~~009, a ~ass~cl;lusetts
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• the" -c9;n::V,ey~r;a,_ce of" ,a ~_arg~ ·bu;:;ine~s :blo.ck O!! W~eha~ s~re_et,
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PROPERTY
RECENTLY
PURCHASED
BY
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.PROPERTY
There were a number of transfers of good property l"ecorded yest~rd~r~
.. l'Clading a $19,000 estate on Beacon street, near Glouce-ster street. a,~.ot~~l:"
...,of Back Bay property purcha.Bed for occupancy;. Another valuable
· veyed was on Unity street and Web,ster avenue_ North en4~
:"';piece with an aggregate v3:1.ue of $19,~0 we:r,,e \tra~f~rred.
•district pr9perties. w~r~· 1 tr~11;s.:ferred,
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~~.,~\~~sterday's developments in real estate were not of a remarka_;bly encouragfiifl:~:· ,character. The city proper failed to show a sale of even the average
.,~ount~ the only ones recorded bei11:g a block in the Soutn end carrying a val;jµi,tlon of $8400 and two parcels in the North ~nd aggregating $4700. Of the two
:1~>RoX:bury the higher priced one Was only of $4500, while Dorchester reported
jbut one, and that a $5800 parcel. The other diGtricts making up the: day's total
::-w~re Brighton and East Boston, 'With one transfer each. The week;. at the Suf~bl~ registry showed something of a falling off as compared with the preceding'
week.
SOUTH END PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
=A number of valuable pr.operues in the city proper and the districts changed
hands in the course of yesterday's real estate transactions. The most valuable
property sold was in the Back BaY, a $66,000 residehce on Commonwealth avenue,, near Hereford street. In. th~ North. end, interest in a $26,600 investment
property was conveyed, and in the' South end~ two small parce.ls were transferred~ :In the. d~stricts, a $25~000°'~.~
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BACK BAY PROPERTY PURCHASED BY LA. CROSSETT.
A good trading in city /and district properties was noted yesterday, the
largest transaction involving eight parcels in the South end, on Hammond and
"Wind.sor streets~ carrying a total valuation of $57,100. In the North end, an Enq.icott sti-eet property was sold, the purchaser buying for improvem.ent.
In the
districts, a..,.large number of properties of medium value were transferred, and
in East Boston one of tbe properties, involved was the Cunard wharf and dock,
part interest in which was conveyed. A long term lease of a valuable 'l.""remont
str~et business property was also report:d.
BACK BAY .PROPERTY'SOLD YESTERDAY TO GEORG£
309-315 Huntington Avenue.
order of the day in real
BY J. SUMNER DRAPER.
192 . Be~con Street.
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rday was one of the liveliest days of the season in the number of con.,r'eCo.rded an·d a good ,propOrtion of the properties which C·ha:nged hands
d · PriceQ.. investment :p8.rcels. In the -city proper a $32. 700 Con1mercial
ercantile ;property and: a $24,200. S11ow Hill street parcel were among
aluable-. to change hands, ·while niaily· South and West erid properr value· were transfer1~ed. In the districts there was notice8.ble ac·most valuable parcel CQnVeyed being a $13,900 Centre street (West
!,es'f:ate. In th_e ,outs~de lo~lities the!e was also a big list of convey ...
okline having two'eaCh of $12,000 value, while in Cambridg'e a $66,000
:sille. valued at $19,000,\.. and :auOther a..t $10,'500, were inCluded in the
nsfers recorded. In \\ altham the old ·'Gen: Banks homestead was sold
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, . The best of the 1 eal estat~ trading ·yester~ay w::,ts_ in di.strict .Prope_rty, and
tWJiile: there was··a 1arge numb£:i::. o~, conveyances of this sort, there was not
::\i:ii··actu·a1 sale of city prol)erty recorded. 'The mosevaluable dls_trlct pioperties
::,~-~·ported sold :vvere a group of apar.tm~nt h6uses on Lamartine Street: JamaiCa
-.~\Pl_~in. ·valued at $15,100, .and ·a Tremorit street (Roxbu~~) investment parcel,
~{va1u~·d ·at·$15,500. Besides the transactions i_n· the ·way of sales, - a number or
tfe.~Se:5 _\vei'e reported: The report· O_f. last we~k' s- work at . the Suffolk_ registry
.t_i~~'-irite.res_t_i1:-g• ,in. that it was the fir~t week of t_he year th~t ·has go
'":·t:h,~ · coi:respOnding weel-ts for' several - y;ar~ bacli:.
SOUTH END !PROPERTY JUST SOLD.
207 West Canton Street.
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The usual day-after-election dulness did not fall on the real estate m8:f
yesterday. for while the list of sales was not remarka;bly long, there-' enough good properties conveyed to make the day's business a fair one.'.·
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:most valuable parcel sold was an investm.ent property on Washingtori -~t
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veyed, and in the districts a fair amount of trading vvas ob3e"rved.,
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g_ ood n_um_'.~er ?f ":-'Ocalucah·~\:e
business section investments.
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:tw:ei-e an $89,500 Com1n~t('.1al s,.,1ee. P 800 • r ~ , also on Commerc1~ ~
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was also conveyed, ~h1le 1n the
~},~ ·interest i,n. a $164,500 Park str~et_ pr~~e:7sta.le and a $33,200 1and parcel on
:;·~~k B'nY a. $<00,000 Co1nn1.onwealth ave Small properties in the south ~nd We~t
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u-Ty street v.,:erc reported soldt·
1n the districts were aiso included in
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most valuable being a '$40,000 Beacon street estate, purchased for occupancy.
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an. $U,500 property of th~ same sort was :the sµbje~t of ~ransfer. Several So u ·
en?-:. ~5ope~-~e~ .and ~ ·long li~t of di~tz_-j.~t -~~o~e~tie~ ~:re re~o~ded ~s :pass.ing ih~
~:new"
_ers, a~.d"'-.the _fact _tl:µi:~. _ther:e·._ 1;9 >a_~lo~ .o.f\_bus1~~ss g?1n~ on at the · - ·
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·so Green Street.
CONVEYED.
A. big list of transfers yesterday included investment o.f all kinds in nearly
~very section of the city. In the South end a $71,500 a.partmep.t hotel qn Yartil;Oµth ~treet and a $16,000 property ~t Perch and Pike streets were the most
V:fl.tia'.ble conveyed, ·while in the We~t end a $22,100 Lyman street parcel and a
JlS,500 C~arles street estate were transferred~
In the districts.. there were
conveyances, including a $12,000 Forest street, RoxbUI"Y, investment.
Tb¢ i:i'ale was also reported of a $10,200 Winthrop hotel· prqperty.
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PROPERTY
BOUGHT ,gy BOSTON REAL ESTATE TRUST.
25 to 31 West Street.
Yesterday was the big.gest real estate day in some ~-eeks, and a number of
verY-. valuable prope.J"tieS Changed hands. One transaction of interest was the
sale at auction of two properties at the corner of Bromfield and Washington
streets. for $220.000. "Whfc}l! are assessed at $134,500, and another was the sale
Of a.-neW' building on 'Westfstreet, the land alone being valued at $291,500 A lot
of va~ant land on CommOµw~alth avenue,, valued at $29,600, was also reported
S,914~. the purchaser to iµlprove with a fine residene-3. In the South end, a $15,000 est~t~ "fas~report~d sold, and in t~e districts _a gc;iod number of sales: were
recO~d~d. Thr;, "910sin,i of tW'o leases of Valuable down-town properties. was als9
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PROPERTY 18,0U,GHT AT
A,UCTION BY I. A. A:ND A. C.
RATS:HESKY.
1 to 9 ,Bromfield Street, Corner of Washington Street.
,~'. . 'A number of important sales of pr'operty and other transa-ctions relating to real estate were illcluded ill th~ list
:e'.t,dealings ycsterd,3.y. One of the ·most interesting features was the recor<';l.ing of a 75-y.ear lease of the property at
".th-e_. -corner of VVashington street and Temple place, at an annual rental of $70,000. v\-¥ith. other stipulations that Illake
it a most significant transaction. The s.'l.les of property included those of a $120,000 Comrnonwealth avenue apartment
\h0:tel. a $50.400 group. of Blue Hill avenue, Roxbu!·y, buildings, and two apartri..1.ent hou.se properties in Brighton,
j~ued at $25,700 and $15,300 reSpec.tively A large number of transfers of small er properties ~n the districts was re~rted, and in the outside localities an important sale was that of a $12,9C-O tract o:f lian,d in Winchester.
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th.~~f :~~~~fu~.~ 1~f!ai :~_t3.}e. dE:ai$ Pn. lia~d to'. ri1o~e ~t:'1e~ up before the openi~ of
:_?-~~1i:·.~-~~ :-respO~~~~l~ f?.r~ ~- bilf~d.ay',.s.}:.e.*1 e~t~t.e~, ~~in~~ .Y~~!~r(;l~y. :As _regar<ls ~he :business section -o~
~ ~!~~. paSs;p.g o~ ,;· tt1.~,' final P8:P~t:~ .. in ;ttr~ ,S~_le ,~:t: a;.~€;(?,) ~_pr.Ing_ I~;qe Pr?Pe;'tY: w.as-noted, and in _the Vilest end
f:.a ..$,1.33,00Q Bowdoh-l, s~1;13:te _p~op~~f~~ n:~d.-_of '.~- $1Q,0091 c.1:i.urc_h ~~~'e. o~e Wfs ~eco,rded'. A S~.~o ~~1?-~~1:f~ton av'.bn,~t-.p.ousc wa~_the.~~_ck B~~;:'con.11,:~y.ri.nc~. i:ep.on~:- w;Pil~ ~tr~~he N9rth end_ .. a $16,.200 group of houses
. -~zj;. t.he: distr_ict~._s~vel"~l .'~?O:d:J)i":.,pe~:ti~S ~(?r<e c0n:\t~y~ep/·incl_U.4!P~ a $16,~ Dcu;C~~ster. e~~~te,. whi.Ie in the
c_a.iiticS ·_a;· $11),000 ,C~fx:'br~dg,-~ P,a,-c.el .was the _'mes~ 'va.lucfble -one t6·,._~. transferred.' . T,he · cony,t:yance of a large
~ ;br.icl~y:ir<ls ~? ._~, n.e-w: ·,¢?'m~a~y-., w~s~·a~$~> ;""eq.~rd~.d ;a;t.:U}e .:\114diesex. ~~iisfry. 'lhe. reView of the Novem'g$ · ~.r·nt~hes :s9me;: !nt~e~'ti::~:f~C~S:f.re'g.i..r.di~g ti1e co~ition Of ·the-'real estate business at the p1~esent time.
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E.
AND
C.
E.
WYZANSKI.
Corner of Howard and Bulfinch Streets.
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al estate trading noticeable yesterday. and somt'
":~flere was a ?oo~ line o~tre.and ln the suburb.s changed hands-. In t11e city
;:~l*nt properties in th~ c c:me into notice with four _conveyances, one of a
P.~.r,. :the ~a.ck Bay aga ~
another of a $10.~ 'Mo-untfort street estat_e, and a
~~9n..:st;c-eet P!ope:r, .Y~ t -resideri.ce ,' Ill tlie districts a good trad1ng was
··a $~:500 Marlb.oro ~1::!ci:ions incl~ded, /W",hile in Bi-ooklill';- a. number of
11, with about ~11 t. eluding that o:f a. $40,900 apaTtment l'iotel p~perty,
Jes were repor.ted,.1n
d a 1q,,-t· of vacant land. In Cam'brldge tb,e
~,B~a:.con street est~:;o;:rty .was ; anno~nc~d. . T_~_e_ z:eco~~ ?f '. t:n..e., I?,ast.
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·try -~~c:rw!5,_ ~-- g,pod ,bµ~p.~S~"· ~.1?.?t~ in convey-
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583 Beacon Street.
MORRISON.
The brisk tTading in real estate that opened the rnonth of October on Saturday was continued yesterday, and, while there were no transfers of remarkable
size, the number of good properties to change hands was large enough to lift
the day's total from the ordinary run of busine.ss
Two good mercantile prop' ertles -were conveyed-one a $45,600 one at Broadway extension and Lehigh street,
.the other a $35,900 parcel on Commercial street In the Back BaY a $16,500 Newbury. street estate was transferred. and in the south end several properties
passed to new ownership. In Brookline a $7v,OOO Bea<:on street investment prop·
ertY was reported sold; ·and a number of sr,1aller properties in· other outlying
towns and cities. The record for the week at the Suffolk registry shows.a good
business, especially in the amount of mortgages.
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RELIEVING TEAMING CONGESTION.
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interesting feature ip. the real estate news .of yesterday, so far a.s its effect on property in the city is concerned. should it result in
presentation of a plan to the Associated Board of Trade, at the annual -meeting, for a new street, 80 feet wide, running directly through ~: ·P~
~ end, now .given up principally to tenement houses, and which, in the way of expense and practicab-ility, Seems to 'b-e the rrtost S3:'.tisfacto;;Y;:::\
'proposed, of the traffic congestion problem, which 'has 'had the attention of Boston business men for son1.e years. and for. which some rem~:<Iil
ound. That the latest plan, which is fully explained below, would furnish complete relief, cannot be gainsaid, 1but whether it will be dee
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, and careful consideration by business men and city officials will :have to determine. In the matter of actual real estate transactions yes •:.{Pl
:produced conveyance of two parcels on Norway and Falmouth s~reets, valued at $19,800; the •South end was responsible for two sm
_,. n5:fers, while RoxburY, and Porc.hester ha~ .a number of transfers ofJ1.ValuaQle property, including an estate valued at $172,000, a portion ,ERg,.,;i.
~~tionS!. Another 'Rox'bury property conveyed was a $10,700 Humboldt avenue estate. Smaller properties of different value made up th Jfi;(v'.e\.,
'tricts.
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TRU5Tl::ES
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CHANDLER'S
POND
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SHOWING PROPERTY IN
BRIGHTON
SOL:D 'BY ROBERT W. LORD
TO
WILBUR
P.
RICE-.
There was enou·gh doing in the real estate field yesterday to make up for several dull days, and the transactions
land in 'Brighton almost openedclassfor property. Thefm~o~s~t~im~p~o~r~t§an~t~s~a~le~o§f§t~h~e~a~a§v~w~a~s~tb~a§t~o~f~o~v~e~r~l~,5~.o~o~,ooo~~f~e~e~t§o~f~§-~~S~~
included sales of to be every up of development a:
part of Nonantum Hill, is practically assessed as f~
satisfactorily, it means an addition of some hundreds
eluded the conveyance of interest in a $35,600 North E
sale of a $13,000 H:;:t.rrison avenue par.eel, and the recoi:
fer of a small West end property. In the districts, a
erties was recorded.
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CONVEYED T'O SUSAN
923 Beacon Street.
P.
:',:,' Yesterday was by far tbe busiest day the real estate field has known for
i:aa'.ny weeks, and property in every section of the city and in about every district
..W¥ conveyed. The most important sales recorded were Of two properties in
,:fth~ business district, one an $83,100 South street parcel, the other a $36,000 HawtieJf·,street piece. In the Back Bay, a $20,500 Huntington avenue estate changed
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s, anp in the South end four parcels were conveyed, while one West end
·te and a $10,000 North end property were also sold. The districts bristled
-sales, and Dorchester ied with 10 transactions, while Roxbury had folV,
-st Ro:X.bury three and East ,Boston and South Boston one each.
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19 to 23 Sol'th Street.
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JLYest~rday",11 real estate trans~ctions v. :~re fair in number and ra 11.~-r above
s., average in qualft.y. A South·. end investment pr-operty, a $90,000 Tremont
'F)~et store and apartment block. the most va_Iuable conveyed in -that section
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ra. long time, was sold, and two Beacon Hill estates, one valued at $16,200
.l one at $11,0<X), were sold, while a $GSOO Vlest
end property was also
l.uded in t. he list of transfers. In the distric~s a~ brisk trading' was ·noticee.' Dorchester leading with seven parcels going to new owners, w.hile in the
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~ ti er districte the normal number of .coneyances was recorded.
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END
STRUCTURE
BOUGHT
BY
ALVIN
D.
PUFFER.
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565 to 569 Tremont Screet.
Vv"'."hile the number of pi:trcels transferred yesterday in the real estate.ma~~~
ket "?.-·a.s not larg~. ·the amounts involved were of such figures as to inake. · -·«e
aay of more than all average. In the day's business the South end.
h~tl the call with five conveyano.es. Two Were Washington street pro· ,
c.arl~ing valuations of $72,900. respectively; one oil.·Tremont street of $12;
o\h~:1". ~~ .·~arren_ion street of $13,600~ and; the. fl~:t.1?- _on Milford, stre~:t;-~
.9,~p\j~l.,',st~,~~tu.re. o~ ~60.'?· T1?-e :.<!f~~:,~y,t~ ?-~::o .., d(:r\:e;I~J?.~~·: /a~:vera}_.f-gqb:
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NEWBURY irREET.
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BACK ;BAY P'RO\PERTY- RECENTLY
sol'.:o
Hotel ";:ricsson, 373 Commonwealth Avenue.
, Plenty of trading in good property was noticeable yesterday, and t11e n1ost
va}uable was a South street business pr0perty, about one-third of an estate
\ ,~alued at $197,800 being included in the sal~. In the South end the trading was
} v~ry lively, and a $12',000 Columbus avenue property, with others amounting in
\'~}I to $37,600, were conveyed in one sale
A $9500 Greenwich park estate was
\a1so conveyed
Three West end properties, one an $11,500 Leverett street parcel,
\were conveyed, and final. papers were reco::.ded in the sale of a $34,000 Joy street
rs~ate to the Twentieth Century Club. A number of good district and suburban
properties were sold, including a $100,~- V\'"inthrop parcel.
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The heavy black,line shows the boundaries decreed by the order filed yesterday. The dotted line shows the boundaries as they were d:,
.street, to East Dedham street, to Harrison avenue, to Troy street, to Albany street again, to Broadway, to Pleasant street, to Piedmont street;;to
,then from this poit1t to a coq:esp9nding point on Boylstort street, to Tremont street.
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915 ·Boylston Street.
T.
WETHERALD;,
The real estate trading yesterday was of considerably better character, ~1'~~.
for several days previous, and some .good investment parcels changed han..d~
during the day's dealings.
The most valuable Property sold was a pair' Qt~
~part:ment houses on Batavia street, Back Bay, valued at $45,000, while it. $10,70<r
business parcel at the corner of Washington street North and TraverS st;re~t:'
was conveyed. Several North and South end 1)roperties of fair value wer_"e SQII'~.:
ve;-'~ and the same was true of the districts and the localities j'!3:st"· ··ooJ~
side· of Boston.
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:creed by the old o~aer:=- The ne,;; line -~-~ms- along Albany
_-;ferdinand street, to an arbitrary line on Columbus avenue.
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P. WEB:S'ER.
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\:..:number of tra.n,sactlons of importance 11:4 the real estate ~Id were _recorded yesterday:_. ~ne of them 1being: the settlement by the city f0r proper~.40
~~ ,.by th.e transit com~ission, for the incline to the entrance to the new Washington street tunnel. This taking was one of the largest, and th1Ples
'·""'·~*1-out re~?rt· to the _C<?urts,_cleans up the -majority· of the Ctaj.ins. T}?.e ~Q.ole property, fr.om which over half was taken was valu,~d at $104,100.
o( a $12,700 residential .property on Kes~ick stre_et, Back Bay, was aiso reco~ed_. as well as th.~t of a ~18,000 parcel on West Newton street,nea.rHur.t. 554
";rhe reconveyance of a $7800 Dover street property and the transfer of a $14,400 North Anderson street invest:rr..e.nt were other transactions J!Ota..:
,;:stricts. a $30,900 manufacturing plant Was conveyed, as ,we_ll as a $11,000 Geo!g_ia street reside"ntia~ property. In East Boston, Charlestown
.-:aales of medium priced property were reported. ln Broo.l{.llne the sale of a:valuable lot of land on Powell street was reported, and in Sa1en{..1.ftneC
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tu:rtng plant was reported sold.'
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125 Warren Avenue •
.' Yesterday's real estate t;ransactio.ns were fairly numerous, -and invOlved sevef-.9..I good properties. The most valt.18.ble City property sold was a $21,800 vVaren.,am· Street investment. A settlement ·with ovirners of land ori Albany street
·~.en,-by the cit.y fo'r the ~outh ei1d.playg~ound in 19C3, the basis of :-ettlerp.ent
1ng $35,000, was also recorded. In the districts a number of properties of fair
hie were conveyed, and in the outside localities a $52,400 Brookline apartment
tel was reported sold. The commencement of work on the new Ford l\1emol, at the corner of Bowdoin street and .Ashburton place, was also a matter
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Hotel Algoma°;- 1589 Beacon Street .
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A number of iinportal."lt tr3.nsac1:.io:os w~re· in.\!luded among ·~yesterdayrS'/.
estate dealings, the moSt impOrtant being the. sale of a $1~3.00) business;'
erty -on 'Washington street. toge~he~ with th·e .P~Si.tig'_ of papers ~n :the ea;the_ adjoining prOp~rty a"t the ~or1ie'.~ ?f:~_r0~fle1d - street, _Whic_-h giYes the''
chasers one of the h'.fghest priced_ cor11ers.1n .the" retail section. The sale
s1s:ooo Marlboro street esta~e was: ~lso r~qord,ed, and the. ·t:ratJ.Sf~~ of ~~, .dQ:Ck property jµ _Ea~t BoS~?~· ya:,ri~_us Pl;'Opetf~e~·- o_f d~-~~re~t ~~al~~ : in.-.'?
aections of the ·cit";y:, ?,nd., jn 1:he. dl~t-r~c~s- :Wer.e~ :~Is~· reported, ·r_nakin.g. t,he ·
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T<HE MlARTIN
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HALL ESTATE.
63 to 67 Northampton Street.
ile the number .of transactions in rea:J. estate recorded yes~erday was by
Pafticularly ill the city proper, passed to ne,v
:~~ '.-con.!..rey~~ tO the recent purchaser of ,rrn adjoining
:Oi~P-er was a $10,.000 St. Botolph street dwellin.g. . ~ _sm
~ ·e ·dfsttictS: Were .also recorded as passing to new hand
'Wa8 that of an $11,600 Brookline propc-rty
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k was much heavier tha.i,:i for the same rerlod tri two pr
hich iS interesting as show!Ilg tha'.t business Iha§ kept
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BACK SAY PRO.PERT'( BOUGHT
BY J. AiLlBERT
232 <Massachusetts Avenue.
WALKER.
A fair number of properties were conveyed yesterday~ includi.ng a $108,090
commonwealth avenue, extending from Cummington street
Thi_s was :th:~ most important tra_ns:'?1.<~tion of the daY, ~ut
'se.Yetal. i}·:r:_t~~ _.f?~iu~~ end, wer~_ 9011:~~:ye-~~'-:c
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ELEVATION OF ?·RO.POSED NEW HOTEL, A$ SEEN FROM BOYLSTON STREET.
real es:tate news ot interest yesterday was the 2..nnouncement ithat a new ·hotel is to be erected on La Grange ,street, running'
p square. This comes close on the announcement of the location 01' several -0f the ent...·ar.tces to the new tunnel stationG in this immediate
- ns are to be selected, two of them pro-bably very close to the location of the new hotel, it shows that property just south of Boylston Si
,,. gton~ and Tremont streets, is assuming a value in
,eyes, of rea:J. estate and business men t'hat only such a propoi:.tition as the new
eh to it, for years to come at any rate. It is an interesting fact that the land -on· which the hotel is to be built has been leased for -:a.:
··.A'. number of sales of good prbperty were also reported, including an $86,000 'Massachusetts avenue apartment hotel, a $29,200 Sudbury ,.:. _,
',a $58,200 busines~ pr_operty on Washington street, near Dover street_ Several other properties of smaller value in other parts of th'e -city,,'
,, e~~--were also-conveyed
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district pro'perty re'~t~ded yesterday. for the first time in some Weeks .no conve~n:nce of. c~ty prop•:~:ef realty· was made. The b'Ulk of the business was 'in East Bost.On. where
p~~c.e1S were transferred, on~· a $2~500 ·wh?,~f property ~n condor street. the
i9-0~.~er~ s1:1aller properties. , The balance of the tra~l:ag :was in n\e~iuni. p~i~:ed
~~~dential _parce~s in Roxbury. Dorchest~r a~d Charlestown. a.nd the general
{'lQn~ of the m:arket was such as genefrally obtains just
preceding
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j~)'.l~fstIIlas holidays.
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BOUGHT
BY MRS. W.
L.
McKEE.·
284 Commonwealth Avenue.
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·,:Medium })riced properties iwere about the only ones In the city proper which
_in.vo1ved in real estate transactions of any sort yesterday, and the only
'P~e:~c·tu.~lly reported sold wa,s a $6800 Clarendon street, South end. parcel. In
/~~~· 't:11:s~ricts better conditions obtained. The conveyance of a $21,400 apartment
'li,.tft~se property on -VValpole .street, Roxbury. ,was recorded, while in East Bos!'tp,.xi· intei':~~t- in the $437,500 Cunard wharf proper:tY was transferred In Cam'.'..b{~dg~, a $10,100 Massachusetts avenue estate was sold, and in Dedham a fine
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PR:O'PER:TY
REOENTL Y
CONVEYE::>.
Hotel Kingsley, 15-19 Walpole Street.
, A good number of sales of higri grade prOJ?erty \\·ere reported Yesterday.
ir:tCluding .a. big' busin~ss property on Beach street and several fine Back Bay
residenfial properties. The Bea.ah str.eet property is numbered 24 to 40, and is
a.SsesSed: on a val~ation of $200,ooo, One -of the Ba-ck Bay estates wa.s a $35,000
Coinni6nwe·alth avenue one, another, valued at $30,000, is located on Beac9n
street;· whne a third was a $1~,500 Fali;nouth street apartment house. Several
-~<?tith·.and West end properties were also conveyed, and a fair nuinber of dis·~f,Ct .:Pr~p,el'1J~s. TI:e. n.ece.mber tr~d~ng, as ~ho.wn by t·he .monthly rev~e.w, was
. ~;~~-,go~d~ o~.er~ ~~d ~tter than th~t.. ~.:.:I?r~lding months.
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BOUGHT YESTERDAY •BY M. E. AlN.D •C. ~. WYZ'A:NSKI.
573 and 575. Coiumbus Ave;nue and 426 Massachusetts' Avenue. ~ ,
ElNI!:> <PROPERTY
business ill · real estate opene~ up yesterday with the sale of a number of valuable properueS in
~U:S ~ections _ of" th~ . <'.,ity. The, most. proin.inent tr;h,ns~ction was the sa~e o_t property at _the porner of Massachu-· avenue and 'C'oluinbu~avenue, va1uea. ~t $103,700. This is o~e of a number of sales along Massa"chusetts avenue
e last;. few months, a?d investors ap_)?areiltly are ~giv~ng a:· ~eat d~al of attention to i_his, ~treet, with its growth §~~~§~~~§~~
n artery of travel. Another property conveyed was an $8-7,700 Merrimac street factory, w-hile twO Lincoln street
ls, valued at_ $42,700,, were also :i-epor.ted as sold. In the Bapk Bay. a $23,000 Marl:boro Street estate was rep·orted
;~and ill the dis.tricts a number of valua:ble properties challged 'hands, including a $40,000 -Eas't Boston manufactur>Pian_t, on l\1ill street, 'a1~d a $10,900 i:gv~Stment parcel on Blue Hill avenue. Roxbury.
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189 to 195 St. Boto1ph Street.
·.here was trading enough in'high-pr:ced re·alty properties yesterday to make a fairly good recocd for one day,
-it is considerec1 that none of the- parcels conveyed was in the business district, where high prices, as ,,.. rule,
. - The 11ewer Back Bay led in num·b~r and amount of tbe city transfers recorded.
the
principal.
sale
being ~a
iof, .four apartment l>ouses on St. Botolpl, street valued at $66,000
Then, near by, a tract of bnd bounded by
gto1i. :CLVC'nuc, Bryant street an-d Fencour:t. assessed on· a valuation of $40,700. was •conveyed, and another lot on
i:-ner of Belvidere and balton streets,- appraised •at $9000, passed to the buyer of the tract already mentioned.
h <md. sale wa,: of a parcel on. Harrison avenue, valued at $9300 Beacon Hill was also represented in the day's
tfo.ns, a Ohestnut street estate, taxed on $14,000, ·having passed to new ownership. Another city transfer was
· 'dwellings on Snelling place, North end, having a vah:ation of $4600. The districts had seve:-a1 good transactions,
.:.';~· ,:\f·sn th"e suburbs, Cambridge reporting a conveyance on =Cambridge street, valued at $83,000.
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J.;<ly proper transactions and as a mat,ter o.f fact tl~e only p.ropert_y affected 1~
!at 'Part of the citY was a Pi11~kn€y street par eel, n1~crest 1n wh1c1_1 w_as con
bred bY three p-eople to a fourth h?lder of an in~erest. _In the d1~r1cts the
i Iajority of the paicels _conveyed we_re of only med_1um valu~. the Iarc,,est being
.~r$33800 South Boston factory Property. The last week's registry ~gures show
J: ·at 'the opening we'ek of the new year, so far as number of documents was
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1_1-cerned~ was fully up to-~~~-~- average.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY ,BOUGHT
BY ISAAC H. LEARNED.
4 St. Paul Street.
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The sale of 12 residential properties in the South end yestei-day to Fred~e:r:ick 11.• Kennett saved the day's business from being devoid of ~ny feature.
purchases were of parcels ranging in value from $12.QOO to $3500, the
t:tOtal taxable valuation being $73.300. In the business section a $56,000 Wash.~-~on st~eet property was sold, and in the West end a retransfer was re;;:eorded of the property 79 and 81 Brighton street. two brick houses carrying a
~fa.hiation of $17,500. There was a dea:tth of trading in the districts, Dorchester
f:~,qoWing but twO and West Roxbury one. Outside sales were also Iew, Somer;~-V.U~e and Winthrop being the only suburban places in ""'·hich any activity was
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. T~e.'.f.o-µ.~di_l).g of ·th:e Ba;_ston'.mus~um..
by: ~o.seS .·,R::1~ba'.U ,. h·a:vi~g" '"'. k~lletl ,~~:ii~,\
older ·est:8.bUih'ni~ht; -"M:r ·-Ki~Qa.11- v{S:s::
'a:bie t.9"$"7t ~he;·c.Uti~si1:fes·_at···a•barg~inl
~or .. h~S n~w. ~ Co1_1~~)o~··.;
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of. ttie ·b'uildirig· ne"'~t a.:dj9intng on .,..corll;:-: :]
h~ll ·was. _for ,·a··t1m:~ ,,k.I!Own,'.fJ,S.·:~roQ~h:;..
·am···& ,1?Ia1:ld~S °!-'th_eS.tre,.~.haying- suCb:
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·1ate ;·_ FannY. Davenport,. · in ·.~the . '. stOC_k
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.The., old ~theatre .,ent~ance-_ and; sta'..ir:..~
w·ay. 'on.' CO't!tt"'. st. &till, exiSts ..·· as a'.1~0;
the a~dttori"µm_~ Wliich 'h~s:the .l1tiiht~·of.
tw-0 .stOrjes "stllL::··..~.n arch~te~tura.:I, pe-·
.c.ulial"_i~y~ in thi~: P\<;!t~re: is seen:tn;the
-oblong rece:..csses · betleath each .. of ( th.e
upp·e·r :win~O'Ws.
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ProbablY the .. q~ly. ~ other .· b~il-~irig -~ t_n
Bo-?to~ of., ~he. :sa-~e.· period · ~~ying:., __th~
_S'hine ·:reature,· is._-:t:t;te_· old house.~at·:-~h.e
east cortl."er· of·_'Hbwa/q..;. all.d,··:;;om~:r;Set,
sts, Where the · recesses co.p.tain· art~S-':
tipally _s'r.n.1Ip~u!'E'"d' n.1Srbie '. ~B:blets. ·. It'--1~:
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- This 'old Court:...st site qrig!n:ally be-:1~11.g"~d: tp · J?"sµua:: sGo~{oW,. ope ·.~f i;h~.
last survivors of the Gov Wjnthrop coi-:
o·n3--~. -··who. tried iri ~.v.:a:tn. ·1n 16Q6- 'to·. si\ve
Mrs ,'.Ann Hibbins.'fi-Offi coP.V,""ict)o;n .aS:·)i.
witch, an'd wri.:S · s9 t-E/z::r?riZed (n con$e.;.
he·
quenCe .bY the .cour.t. ,.that.
aft'?rv1a:rd
cuR·clain~~q. his· deten~e~~.df, hl:fr, 1_eS~ \.P.e:
~~~:tiiesr~are a )ike fate, to .,,that whl~h
. Tl1.e, pi-esen t . buhc11rig , -vyas , erec'tc,d , 1:tj,
181'6~' when Cornl:',ill, ,Vas .Iatq.. ()ut· by Da"'id G1eenough, op.e of the 1eaa1ng real
Few, Bostonians would recognize tu'/ the dual trade in umbrellas and mu- estate cperators of 100 years ago.
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::2'7'iihts yicture ~of 1843 the building still sica:I- instruments 'down to - about 26 ::-:old it two years laiel,"" for" !f:90:)0 'tO Da'\>id
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zi.:,:~ding at the north corner of Corn- ) years ago, whe:p. he died. Mr f Clap.1:fs ~ca.rs, who built the house ri,:,.,v occupied
!_:'i...a-01 aud_ Court sq~ facing the Scollay Rq chief cha:tacteristic is safd to have been bv the Somerset --clap, on Beacon st.
ntrance.
that "he- never k'new when to go s;ars then te·asect {(19:r 500 years to John
·th, the music~ and umbrella
home," a customer usually being able· Bellov1s, preiscr,ibi•ng .....that· {be' 1 ,y-ert:r.1:Y,•
O' then~ occupied the building,
to find him behind the counter anx rent shauld b'e ·a ce'rta.iTl number of tons
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e, any d~ep· impress on posterity. blc fa.Ct that.ScOii~y··sq has be.en the years ·to fun, is.held by 35 Bellows heirs;
s:e:veT..ati B'ost:o~ia?;1$ 'Whose memory loca.t:ion of tl.11 utll.bi-,ena.-. shop continu- wl1o,· by a court a.ec-ision, n·ow couecL
e: t'lian -60 years havf! ~ ou_~ly si_nCe the i-e_-':".oll.i~ion. )f not ·since their r~nt 1 in,g-old coi!l:instead·of ·Whe8.t·
·_j:hat,.. they ever knew It the inti-6du.crio~-.·:Oj.-tlJ.~~. :u~-e.fui article .The·su~lf:l~Se~. about-_25..y.ear.s-ago •.'patd:
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into New Eniand •. Which..?{a,$ not Ioµg ,;1500.foi;- the:enMre- building. JTo:day- it"
suo- .pri<?r, to ,t}?.e fev_o1µtJP1:1·.:; ':po~ay ;a:sigp. ;af{or~I$ g::p..Jnconie·-or at;.least.-flVe .t.lnles
'.of U,.e. trad<!, w.lllch is 60 ;years old, .la J;.Wo.J;_;.,..rnoun.t, _ _. ---~ _
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PROPERTY CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
174 to 178 Congress Street.
"In yesterday's real csta te busines.s there was considerable activity apparent,
p:;i,rticularly in the newer 13ack Bay, ··~vhere seven residential properti~s passed
to'.th.e ownership of E. :Koyes VVbitcomb
They were on Falmouth, Norway
and St. Paul streets, and aggregated i ;1. ta:..::able yzJnation $5-1,000.
On Stan11,0~ street a half ir:. terest in a mE!rcan'lile structure, having a valuation of
$32 600 was also conveyed. In the business district a Congress street blo·ck
~oe~~e the subje,ct of transfer
Th.is i3. assessed on' a ,·aluailon of $97,200. The
South end was represented in the co_nvcyru.1.ce of a $13,000 brick building on
Wheeler ,street.
'l'tie districts were fairly well represented.
Dorcheste!" especially having five recorded tran<:Jfe_-rs.
In tJ.?.e suburbs an $18.000 estate on
Chestnut Hill was reported sold. 't'li-h1le Brookllne had two. botl• on Beacon
stree't,. carrying valuations of $15,000 and ~31;:500
The latter was la1d tract.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD TWICE IN TWO MONTHS.
Hotel Torrington, 384 Commonwealth Avenue.
(Property sold is designated by a cross ]
Yesterday's real estate transactions included the sale o:( two city
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and a n~mber of good ones. in the diStrlcts, as w:ell as a g'oodt ];3:roOldin- '
.In ~he city a $57,000 Commox:iwealth av~nue apaI°tment hotel ~·as repO'rt"
while the othe_r c~nve~ance was of a $7000 Shawmllt avenue (South ..: - ·erty. In th~ districts tne most valuable J?rope;rty ~old was
$1~ 000 El·.,
nue (Roxbu~y) est~te. :While in Do.~ch,e~t_~f,•. ~.st, Boston !nc{'Westf _:'
, num.~er of P~rcels of: Ii:1-edip.~ _v~l~~"-~~B~f:'tj,~~:vey_¢,~~ Tlie~~roo~llµ.e:,i;>i-:··~
;9,'?P.S~s_ted of two double. ]J.ot;taes. op.( Eim.-s"'tr,ie·-.e' a.It·va1Ued2 ,t $19::QOO .-, . -~r
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CAMBRIDGE, RECENTLY SOLD- AT AUCTION.
,transactions in real e:=;.t:at1' yeS!terday "Were given quite a substantial backing, so far as value was c,pncer.1led,
of four mercantile strue.tures on Tremont i;,pw, a section 1',ut little invaded by 'brokers or operators
ties cob.veyed·-have long been' in the hands of thoset1:ra:n.1_3ferring. The,aggrega}e taxa~le
valuation of the
$429,000 Other city properties t'hat were 'included in the day's business w::..s one on Commercial stre_et, conrelease deed in the sum 4:)f $~,500, while an cirieida street pr()perty, in the 'Soutp. end, taxed on a valtiation of
to l?,E!w oWnership. This· was in the li~e of an exchange for a property on W"illow ,Park;. Ruxbury, ·which is
:t:$15,000 Outside of Dorchester·district, there Was -but little business reported/...-South
Boston .. having, three
s,·.,East Boston and West· Rox:ibury one eac'h. The fadt was alse noted of ·a land tract sold ·in- .Waltham to the
~- Thompson l\!Ianufacturing C_om~any, which will extend its plant.
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SOU'FH~EI\JD: PROPERTY CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
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:~t~k.ers·:~nd ~p~rat:<:>rs haV~- ~~d-. ~.day_· of resf:. so .far as. sales. ~f real estate
·W:e.re-~·C0.1:1-'Cel'ned;. the-.bii~za.~·d. th~O~t~g a 1;>1anket-o.ver~the field in a d00ided manne~·,,:::::AS a· fesUlt
the C:t,"Op" ifa·_sn,iall',o~e. :·I~ h~S· to ·.d·o wi~h, but few sectlons
a~d}~~t;:i1~.f~'W -t~;ll~fe:i-~: in ,~a~J:l: .:·;:i;Jie 1C1ty proper·- had 1 bu( three· transactions. all
i)itttie,'Sout;fi..enc,:-on~ a~N~rtbab)})to~ street dwe_lli.ng ,carr.y_i:Q.g a valuation of
.~$~5~:(:;J'n(f..: a\~i. · · -·µ,l:op"e:r . · o.~"
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
254 Commonwealth Avenue.
Considerable trading in valuable property all over the city an.a in the distric~s was noticeable ye~terday, one o~ the most important :being the conveyance of four Newbury street properties~ recently sold at auctiOn~ and all valued
at $31,900. A $12,500 Chestnut street, Beacon Hill. estate was, also conveyed. and
an interest in a n'Umber of bu~ine.ss p:-oper1,:ies on 'Summer street. Temple· P,lace
and other streets, all ·yalued at $490,500. In the districts. the properties conveyed
were mostly small residential properties.
BACK
BA.Y, PRQ~ER,TY BOUGHT
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WHITE S_c.WING
MACHINE
COMPANY.
, 320 Newbury Street, Corner o.f Hereford Street.
The real estate buziness :had ~quite a l:J.oom yesterday, and· fufihy valua,bte properties in various. section~.
city, as well as in the suburbs •. were 'reporte¢i' as passin&, to neW' ownership In the Back :Say the :Qnal 'pa~r·
i'ecord·ed in the· sale of a $49,0i)o ·Newhut;Ystreet stable property. p~~hased by -an aU.to·mobile company for a'·,
w)J.ile 'three St. Botolph storeet house's~, recently purchased by a wel'l ,known operator, Were reported. sold by
;th-tee· b'.eing 3.ssesse&: on a valuation. of $49/500. Another one on the,. same street, v:liued at $16,500, Was 'a
_A, lot,. ~f land on Lansdowne $._:treet..,.'_cq~pleteS the list..._of 'l)rOI)erties in this disttict to ~ha~gG ~hands. Jn the.
t3ec.ti~n. of \the -c.ity. t\'\l·o Lincolnf~t-~et P}:."o~rties!_ valued' at- $42,70-0. w~re, so~d Jfor 41t.h'e ~~c~n.¢1 ti~e w~thin. -~
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END. PROPERTY E!O'UG,HT YESTERDAY BY CORNELIUS KEEFE.
·ss5: ,Columbus; A~enue, Corner of Dartmouth Street.
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in the m?--tter of sales of valuable re·al -estate,. in all sections of the citY,r,-.
been seen in ~ lo~g time. Many valuable- Parcel$ in the ,business section. the Sou.th cil.1.d and the Back Bai. ·
as in the distJ;t.cts, v.rere sold,' and Others 'Put. unde:i" agrE..e-m.enL In the city proper a $146,000 High street
"W.~.s reportecr··so1d~ ~nd th~ slgping; of a~eem-e~ts for a $119,000 Park stree't:-. estate 8.nn_our:<:-ed. · The recon~! ..,~ _$93,-000 Com'm~r~ial street pro,Perty was also anµo_unCe<;l, while twO.PortlaL!:d street properties, valued at
~~-'Sold. In the~Back Bay _t~o lots of land, v'"al~ed a.t.$33,000, wer.:e reported sol~, v.-..hi;e:' in the .di$tricts. the·
,oJ:"tant prol)erty so~d yvas a $24,300 Ced.ar :_3~reet-prOp~rty, whi~e three ID~st Bos_ton house~ were sold for '$24,000
, ::t=t,o:s::b'"J.ry ·~ $16,~ group of :iiouses ~ras sold, and yarious otb.er g6od priced p-arcels ln; the diffe1~ent districts
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)!:Sing most of last week, ·b_µt some good transac.i.1ons w~,re recorded. The most
' · ble pro,perty to change hands was an estate OY!- Audubo~__ road,. value~. at.
. T_wo iP~rcels in s.o·uth 'Boston, one in Dorchester. two in West R~xb:µ~
oile in Revere. all of medium ..valltle, rwere among t11.?se recorded as pa~sto "heW hand~, while in Cambridge t!::e properties were cqnveyed.
PROPERTY
R6CENTLY BOUGHT BY BOSTO'N REAL
336 to 340 Boylsto.n Street.
ESTATE-TR,UST
There was son~ething of a dearth of business in the field of real estate jr:esterdaY. but occasionally such a day c1cvelops. In evE;ry section there appeared
'to' ]?e a- cessation. but it may be a te1n:9orary let-up in order to g~t a ·be tie.I"
hold. The lull was more noticeable in the -city, where a
$10,600 Albemarl~{
street. Back Bay, apartn1,ent house an_ct- a ·$3600 property on SaWyer st:r;-eet." we~.~'
t.h~ only pr?perties 1eportcd sold.
In th~ d~str~cts _Ro:Xbury ~~q Dorch~St~ij~
ib.ad two transactions each, all of
_go.pd-:_priced ptoperties, VY"":hil'e ~
JRoxOury had one parcel convewE?1·. .
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·,~·T*1,.€:·.:z:-ea,l cState transactions of .~-e~terday in comparison With that of t-he day bef'ore showed a mar~ed increase,
o· mUCh in quantity as in quality, although the number rwas"enough to make··more than an ayerag'c day
The prin1 tran.Saction was the recording of :final papers in a Beach street sale, in which a mercantile property valued at
.'Oo was invcil,;;ed. Then 1 too. on La.gra'n.gc stre.et, another sale was reporj:ed, ihat of a business property cab·ying a
'ai.iop. of $31,000
In the South end, however. was Where the number ~·as ma:de apparent 12 properties, which w·erl:!
li~p'~~h~ about· a month aio, llaving been rc~ol?- The.Y a:re loc3.ted on I-Iarrison avetiue, Maple place. and _oak street,
'./~ii.cl.· .h.;,tve a. .ta.x..ahlc valuation of $73'~300.. A ~est end property conveyed. was tb~t of a portion bought recently fron1.
il~U:'iC.Ii>t-li~ 1:ni~Idings hatj. been ~emoyed ai1.d on 1fhich an apartm~nt house is to Qe b~It.. In the distriG.ts th~- most val'.':{~·~bJe. Property sold ,was a $125,000 Brig?~on propert:v, while Rox'bury 11ad four transfers, and East ~oston one In Brook~j;4i~ •a:n exchange of prope!'ties took-place, effecting a $3-;t,700 parcel on Harvard avenue, and a $6400, one on oSborne
}!~~.J~:~';.; w~ile a· iarge tra~t of land on Corey Hill was sold
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~o one could find faµlt'.with.,yeste.rday•s real,;'esi~te. t1;:"a~in.g~ .uhJe.ss~_ it:be _those wllo were not in on t'he nun1.er;r~s _transactions~. for lt ~~8 the liveliest f?~ so~~- i~-t.'tl~ ti~e~ -~ri~·.. _a ·~u~~er_ ~f, big: pr<?pel'."tfes were sold. In the c~t~
_b1~ property at the corner of Wasl?-ln.~ton s~r~ef a:nd,D1x place· was, .bo~~h~ 'by ,a well known gentleman. who 1nL"1.1nds to build a mod~rn business structure__'there; -t:J?.e prOp~I"tY being va:IuQU. at. $~_10/1~. Ih the Back Bay an apart~Qnt house property on· Comhl~nwealth ~veri.ue:, valu~d a't ··$240~000 •. ·was· sold, {while in the saffie transaction a $70,000
; 'a.ct of land on Peterboi'"ough street 'W"a.S conv..Ved A1i $18,000 Ba.'y ·State roii.d was iiso conveyed. while two on
Yry stree~. vaiued at $12,000 each, were also tra::q.Sferred. SeVer_ai South_ end p3..rcels of m·edium va1ue were conve~~ed,
nd on Beacon Hill a $14,300 Mt \rernori. 'street -estiite"P.8..ssed ·:to riew oWrierShip. A ·_."$10,000 West elid proper·ty, on
'~ambers street, was conVeY.~d. whil,? in t~e districis
l~t_ Of _V~IU.3.i~le pY'<:3~erti-es were transferred.
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TWO BACK BAY APARTMENT HOUSES JUST SOLD.
362 and 366 Commonwealth Avenue.
fj~~e~ne!~1 J::i~i:~ :~~;t::ct~~!~t~~:Yr~~r~:!n~=~~ ~~ ~~~~\ ~~t!t: t~:ti;~r:
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In the city there were nine record~d trans·rers. Which was an unusual number.
They were apportioned as fol-c}<Jb~~: In the South end a lot of land on Worcester stree~. valued at $23,300; a retransf~r of two properties on Tennyson
~~}~Street. carrying a valuation. of $12,500, and a $5100 parcel on Shawmµt avenue. The West end had three: A land lot on
' , corner of :1\1yrtle_and Anderson streets. taxed on about $6000; a dwelling on Millot street. valued at $5500, and one
:C'han1.bers street, $5400. Beacon Hill had two. adjoining properties on Joy street. taxed together on a valuation of
. In the Back Bay a $16,600 residence o'n Marlboro street was also conveyed. In district trading ·Roxbury was
trr~Presented by three g9od tra~sfers. and East Boston and Bl".ig:hton ·one each. In the subux'hs Newton reported the
of a $17.000 estate. . At the Suffolk re~istry the final papers were fl.led in the sale of the Hotel Plaza. on Colum~~pu·s 'avenue. the story of the sale of which a pea - -,.
em-ber.
t0-·S'~i~
PROPERTY
wiek did
_a prolific :m~nner in t~~ real e~ta.to field.
not opeµ .. in
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103 to. 111 Chauncy Street,
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although
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avera~e
Ye·st~:f?aY.~s,_l?pS~ness in
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'P#Eiset)t gr.ant;:or. la~JC.
t~e
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BACK BAY PROPERTY, INTEREST IN WHICH
IS SOLD.
Hotel Hamilton, 260 Clarendon Street.
Several valuable properties changed ha"nds as the result of the real estate
transactions reported yesterday. one of the most ilnportant being the sale of an
interest in the $215,000 ap,.:;trtment hotel prope'rty at the corner of Con1monwealt~1
avenue anc1 Clarendon ~treet. A lot of land on Dover street, near Albany, was
a RCcond city })roper parcel t.o pass to new hands. In the districts the most
valuable property reported sold was a block of apartment houses on Parkview
street, VVest Roxbury, valued at $25,7CO. \rarious parcels in other districts ·were
reported sold, ai1.d in Milton a tract of 205,000 feet of land on Brush Hill,
bought for ilnproven1ent as a gentleman's estate. was reported as sold
~"'CatnbridgE:. ~esidence and a l\!Iagnolia hotel property were among the other parcels conveyed.
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BE ·ERECTED
BY
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STREET
TRUST
COMPANY ON
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BO'YLSTON
STREET.
There was Plenty of trading in real estate yesterday, and a number of valuaible properties in all sectlcins of the
were conveyed.· Included in the list were a $48,400 Collgress street investment, a $36,000 commonwealth a.venue es· .. a $10,800. Leverett ·street apartment house, and several medium-priced properties in the South and West ends and
_e:8,con Hin. A go0d Ust of :d~strict properties was also reported as conveyed, the most val~able being 3..lblock of
tril~~ut hoUSes on _Biu_e Rill avenue,. valued at $80,100. In the out.Side localities a $32,000 farm in Arlington was the
'_s('property reported sold. An announcement of much interest was that of the plans for a new 'hank building at
:i;~orner of BOylston street.and ·Ma-ssa-chusetts avenue, particulars. regarding which are printed below.
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NEW STYLE OF STRUCTURE FOK THE
ELEVATED
EXTENSION
TO FOREST HILLS,
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.Several good district pro.perties changed hands yesterday, including _a lot of a artment houses on Elbert street,
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a.nd a number of.
900
. Rox!)ury, valued "'at $32,400; a tract of land _on . Coxnmo_nwe~lth. avenue, .B;lg~h~n
part of 1:he' day's business, but
strt~ller properties i.n other districts. The d1str1ct trad1°:g, in fact, made P tt
g f
eat interest to ·prope~ty owners
c/ne' ci~y pr~ii_er parcel, a Dartmouth street property, ~e1ng conveyed. bA ma.tu!~ oforgrthe first section of the Forest
i.Il Orie section of. Roxlbury was the \anpouncernent that plans had een
.
soon The announcement was
.:H"liis· extenSibn o,r the el~Vated ~tructure and that wo~k would p~o'ba~\vh b=g~~-e~:;:I'y mO.dern building~ The hear• a.IS() .>fnade 'that a new building w~s to go- up on Washington street no
' a· "ding the city in districts with limita:ifig ~t., the State, .Ho,us.e fe~t are~pect.ively for the of the law bu1 1ngs,last ye~r, ~;1much interest to all property owners.
on
_bill for the repeal
e~l~<::ted
:tiO~s· of 125 feef~.~~~ 80
height of
was a so
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SOUTH
END
PROPERTY RECENTLY
42 Dartmouth Street.
. A very fair day's trading was i.ricluded in yesterday's re:
tlons. residential Property having the call. ln th~ "!ity,' a $5·6.
,property was the most valuable s;old, and the sale was the se
crty within a weelr
Three I...ansdowne street apartment hou
ported sold
A $12,000 Endicott street :Property. and a small
were also sold~ In Roxbury ,and W·est RoXbury, valuable lan.d
vcyed. In the outside localities, the most valuable" propertY ,
$~8.00Q ~ewton estate.
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SACK SAY ?ROPERTY TWICE SOLD IN A WEEK.
234 Beacon Street.
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The districts had the call in the matter of the r.eal estate trading ye9te-r
and s£everal goocl parcels were reported sold. In the city proper. one
p~operty was ~old, a $16,600: Gree~ .~:treet <brisine..ss parcel. In· Dorchester~
Morse street apatt~~t. 9'0.""f!--d.~ ~:5 soIPJ}>f-$20,000. A $12,00Q ;East Bo~to
n,eSs.·p:coPerty
gb.~on·:t;W9 ,_10-ts ,of' :Ian¢! ;val1~ed~- -··
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1 ccorded yesarid soine good properties were conveyed.
A $12,000 End.icott · street
parcel was orte of the two in the North end section to be transferred,
the Back Bay a $12,500 Bla~kwood street sale was iecorded.
In the
d a $16,800 Tremont street property Wns sold. In the di~tri~ts auitA a
f properties passed to new ownership, Dorchester leading wlth. five~
I of them were of small value~ Two in Roxbury, a like number in
i.ROXbury and one in East Boston made up the balance of the list. A
g lq. regard to the abolition of a Brookline grade crossing was ot interest
, ·i
:·.Qpert~ owners in that sectior_i.
ROXBURY
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PROPERTY SOL~ YESTERDAY.
7 to 13 Linden ·Par!< Stre·et.
The transfer of se.veral valuable .pro,PertieS in the city and the districts was
notiCea".Jle among yest:·erda'y's real' estate transactions. In. the business section a $35,000 South street prOperty Was soid, ahd. itl. DoI'Cheste1~ sOm'e 'apartment
houSes on 1\1:agnolia, Leb~non ·ap~.. ~le~an~er._street~. ~l V.alued 8:t $~7\500, w;ere
a~so. sol~. I'n Ro~b-q_ry .<\ $15,000. blo,ck. of ?;'P.ar.tnJ.ent' : hOuses~. On ·Linden P3.rk,
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TO
lt-07 BOYLSTON
ST.
BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT BY WILLIAM
far the most important real eState tra~saction re,ported '.YE
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$lS5 000 BoYlston street property, with !he ·. 3:nhou:1
the sa e u~haaser 'to et"ect a mode:1"n. mer~antile buildi?g ~n the sit
of the P I
a0tive trading in other: ·sections. p~o~ert1es in. the E
~ g:;1.~:a ~ou'th ends and the districts be.ing con:veied. although
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valued parcels~ were
involved. -There are enough
but med~u_m uiries on tl,le part of 110th buyers and sellers, regar,
f:Y:~:Pn u~ni.he spirits of ·the brokers, and,~he inquiries are, b_ecoJ
qucnt as the signs of spr;ng are more_ noticeable
BRIMMER
STREET
RESIDENCE. R~'ENT!_Y SOLD.
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Gradu~.lly that section of the ,Baick B8.y near the Fens is assuming a.
dential appearance. New blocks of brick house.<S" are building and more·
contemplated. A lot sold in this vicini~y nowadays means a new str"U,;c;.t;f1~~·ur~. In Sunda.Y's Herald was noted the sale of quite an area on Au~UJ:,:9'aj~1
road. and now another parcel has chaliged hands on Ivy street, the n-ew owne;i:-~(·;::·
to 'begin improvements imm.ediately; The valuation of the tract just conVeyed.,3:.·
is $11,000. In other sections of the citY · trading was light yesterday, exce"pt t~.: ,:
South end, where three transactions were recorQ.ed-a parc·et on Brad-f ' · ~
stree~ valued at $5300; one on Wheeler street of $6400, and· one on n··
street of $4500. A ~a.rles street Sal~ :was also r~ord~ of a $7700 ,prop~_rty...,
th~-- ~stri~ts, R o ~ ~... Dor.~~t~r-,> " th ,~oston,_·. West. Roxt?-urY~,an_d. ·~ · · ~ q ,
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~ruthful1y-: said that there were strong: s~gns
in real t~tate, of wh~Ch the brokers ha:d · a :
• kid..it.y"s trading was the'passing·of the title on a manuf<
-~_Stieet, South en.d, cari-:Ying a t8.x3.ble va1ua'.tion o'f
:S ·ousiness
.. tWo properties wer-e·recorded• as ha.vlnging, b.een co.
te- TOad: valued. at '$~900. artd .one on _M_ar1boI'o .street
;Y;~et a $9000 parcel pas~d· to ne_w ow:nersJ:?,.ip, whil~ in t
i,X-}bers ··street.,.property, assessed on a valuation of $6800, an
- ,500~ were.conveyed. ·.Be~con ~~11. was al~o rep,re~en
ing, ta~ed on $12,000. In the distriqts; West· Rox.bur
ces, one valued· at $15,600 w:hile ~ii; other sections;
i~"tb'Wn,. Brigl{ton, Roxoul."Y' and East Bos tOn· h8.d
-~~l?°ii~ed from· Salem atld Peafu.ody.
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:WEST END PROPE:RTY RECENT'LV CONVEYED.
33 a.:id 33'h Green Street.
More valuable properties in various sections of the city changed ownership
3·€sterday, bearing out the statement made- in la..st Sunday's Herald that there
WOuld be a good spring buS~ness in realty .prOpertieS
In the city proper the
chief news of interest cent~~d around th~ sale or the site of the Harcourt studt.o· ll'u.ilding on Irvington. street •
which ,will be ereCted an up-to-date garage
This :parcel is assessed on a valuation of $82,000~ 0.ther transfers in the city included an auction sale' of ·a $4'1,000 estate :ozi · MaTiporo stre'et, the transfer of
.on
a· $22,000 residence on Newbury street, a. business block in the North end carry.1ng a. va1U&tion of· $17,'5oo: :~d ~ .reslderiCe ~cf '· ··. _µuan~. street taxed on $9000.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT
FOR
GARDNER M.
LAN!c:.
53 Marlboro Street.
In yest~rday's transactions in real estate the business section was invaded
again and a
Water street property, carrying a
valuation of $42,500,
conveyed.
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This was the only conveyance "in the downtown section, but in the South end
the transfer of a block of six apartment houses kept that portion of the city
from going by default. T'he parcel in question is on Perch street and assessed
c:>-n a valuation of $15,600. In the Back· Bay a land lot on Boylston street,
valued at $5000, changed owners. There was but little trading in the districts.
two transfers Qeing reported from Dorc)l.ester, and one each from East Boston
and West Roxbury. In Somerville a $14,700 estate was reported as having been
.sold ..
PROPERTY BOUGHT BY WILLIAM
115 and 117 Water Street.
"While there was but little activity evidenced in the sale of city proper p
eels yesterday, there was enough trading in district s~ctions to make the
a fairly good..,....one. The only city sale reported was of a dwelling on Ke
street, in the ~outh end, on which the taxab!e valuation i~ $3600. Properti
a much highe'.r' figure were sold outside the city limits, all of Dorc~este'r"
going above that figure, and the same can be s::tid o_f West Roxbu~·s three
Charlestown an in'terest in five properties carrying a total valuation of
was .conveyed, while in other districts South Boston had two transfers and .. "
BostOn one. In Malden the sale of a land lot as a site for a brick rouildillj~:
the telephone exchange was reported, 3:s w:a,s that of five brick houses in,'cQ/
sea valued at~$1.5,000.
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The _week in real estate ope1;1ed with something
actions, 'among them bei11g two ·!high-priced mercantil
transfer of this nature •was of a Beech and Knapp
in the :South end the resale of a :business property w
-trarisfers were recorded, one of a property -on Washi
...... =vru.uation. In the Back Bay a '$6000 parcel on 1Commo
~f.:.,/}(,:p()F-o st.r~et was conveyed, while in the West end a :'
4~'.-:.;?d!Stricts Dorchester and WeSt Ro:x:bury were the on
in Salem and Malden. The plans for ~he builj
(i::r.IJ.0ted
:-:?',4'(f:,:,.~so IJ?,ade public.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
111
Commonwealth
Avenue.
The eyes of investors have for a long time been turned in the dire,ction µf,
the South e-nd, and the activity in thiS section of the city in all kinds Of real
Estate, whether ·higl"?- or low priced. has held well Yester¢lay the bu.Ik or th~
. City trading was in that direction. ti...11-ree pQ.rcels having been recorded as chang·ing hands. One was a $7700 res.idence on West Canton street. another a parcel of three frame btiildings on the corner, of Norwich and 1\1:eander streets,
valued at $3900, and the third a Terinyson Rtreet pl'Opert~ •. that has recelltly
changed ownership twice. arid taxed on,, a ·valuation ,o{· $+2,500
Beacon Hill
also hl?l,d :.a Conveyanc~ of a pl"operty on.:~ R.eyere Street Piac~· v_alued .at $2900.
and a. 'Green street prope~y- in the West end. assess~d
a~ vahiatiori of $23:?oo..
w~s._a_ lsg~rep()rt~d so~d. There·.·w~s ni,u~,i?, .,fcti:Vi.ti: d
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PHO'PERT·Y RECENTLY SOLD TO GEORGE R. WHITE.
154-155 Trernont Street.
Y·eSte"rday lllay -~e considered~ a go<:~ day in re_al estate transactions. with
a varied· chara~ter of business reported. The city proper had its share. in fact
rilore th.an, the districts· ~evelo'Ped. _Then, too, as a rule, the pr:ices .were ·above
the ave'i-age. In tha Back Bay a '$30,600 Newbury street Property was sold, and
two lots.of land, valued ·1,t $11,900, were transferred, having been passed to
the present. grantor bl.lt a short time ago.
On Beacon Hill a Reuen streP.t
property; carrying a valuation of $14,300, vvas conveyed, while to ·the -same
gra.ntee::..went a residential parcel on Charles street, taxed on a valuation of
$15,000. The WeSt end had one transfer, an $8200 i:,r6perty on Spring street.
There Were two conv~yances in the South end, both residential structures, an
$11.:ooo Prop~rty on Massachusetts avenue, and one of $5900 on Asylum street.
In the diS:tricts West Roxbury reported two sales. Roxbury, DOTchester and
East.Boston one each. In more remote sections several sales were noted in
Milton, one in Needham, a factory in Pea~body, a summer home in Onset, three
parcels in Newton and one in Cambridge, while agreements were signed
for the sale of a Brookline property valued at $22.000. A matter of great inter,est tq pr,operty owners was the legislative hearing On the report of the
building _law commission, which is fully reported beloW,.
18 Newbury Street.
Yesterday's real estate trading, while not of great volume, had a::
of good prope"rties included among the sales. The mo~t important W"3{_S. ,
land on Boylston street, near Fairfield street, assessed o_n a valua:ti~,!1;,\
000. In the South end the most valuable parcel reported sold
prop¢rtY: a.t .:~he corher ~f Harris<;)n ,
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END
PROPERTY RECENTL V ACQUIRED SY MARY R. E.. TUCKER.
656, Harrison Avenue, Corner East Dedham Street.
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/'-t'.-· ~-.p-u~ber of sales of high pri,q~d pa:i-cels in the city prop.er and in the_ outside .. -localities were i:ocluded in yesterid.~Y'fi·..real estate transactions, the districts being the places in which only small conveyances were the order of the
.i4~Y- /The most valuable property reported sold was on Boylston street, where a $135;000 group of three proPerties was=::=:§::==:§§~~j.
-,,-:f"GSOt~·.fpr- the second time within three. weeks In the South end the sale of t'\\"o. Columbus avenU.e p~rcels, Yalued at_$S~.,9(~t;Wa$ an.nounced, and in the West end a $12,500 Hancoc"k street estate waS conveyed. In Brook_lin.e the sale of··
/t~o -~Ob.mouth street properties valued at $24,000, the conveyance of a big $162,..500 Woodland road estate and the trans-{~:,~·-~~:v.eral smaller:_ properties to new owners were recorded Tlle rev:iew o~ March real est~te dealings, P'rinted be-;/~:?~~~·~J:io~~~ a very fair condition of the market for t_::e time of
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WATER FRONT PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
473 to 481 Atlantic Avenue.
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B'ACK B'AY PROPERTY RECENT'L Y
BOUGHT
BY
C.
C.
WALKER.
No. 7 Arlington Street_
It cannot be said that yesterday was a day pr/olific in real estate trading,
and the majority o..f what little developed was replOrted from tl1e district_s. In
the c:ity, there was bui one sale recorded that of a.·.Reed street property, 1n the
extren 1 c South end. carrying a valuation of $3400. 1Papers were recorded,_ however, in the sale of the Rotch property on BoylsU:on, Church and .Prov1de7:ce
stre~ts to the Park Square Trust
This parcel has.a taxable valuation of $2?3,!)('A)
Of the district trading, two tran.sfers were in Roxbury, one a $12,400 dwel11rlg
Mayfair street, while West Roxbury contributed two. Dorches~erandCharles011
town one each, whil
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reported.~ A. l\'.Ia1 lJ)ori
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PROPERTY IN BUSINESS
35 to 49 Batte.rymarClh Street.
,::: .S~v:eral inte..re.Stlng ·transactions dev~~(:._ped iri the:...Course of yesterday's real estate trading.
One was the" Sate..
a: '$12$,000 Batterymarch street" business property.· the ·1~rgest sale of property iri that section "C)f the city in a: !ci,
·~~~~- .. T.Q.en there ~ s to.he sale of a lot 9~ l}:1.ni:'f.',)>n .,IPsw!ch street. valued at. about $18,000. for t.h~ e;rcct.i~n .~t_ · ·'
Q{"'a ,ne:w studi.o buildin~. a m~tter w~iCh .:ha·s, b~en, ~itat~d since the d~tru~ti9.n by fire of the Ha~C?}.I1:~~· ~
rn the .. df'$~ricts,, a f8.ir .i.tul'D;~e:r of sates Wel"e ~FeOOr-~ed~ som~ :0:f .tJ-1~. ia · g.er _-p
a $1~,000 Ctia.rLe:~_Jow
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SOLD.
225 Newbury Street.•
, , : A brisl-c trading in real estate was noUceatble y~st'e-rday~ and· all sections of
e city were indluded in the liSt of the day's transactibns.
A
numbe~ of
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Were filed which closed salt"-.s previously anl:l,Oµnded~ and a number of
qnes were reported.. The 1ease of a prominent Washington street estaie
a long te~m by a well known ope:ra,tor was a.nnoullced a.s well. Among the
k BaY properties conveyed were 'a. $25,500 Commonwealth avenue lone,, -an}:" on Hunt_i_ngton avenue assessed at $23,500, and ·a. third on _BaJr State· road
· d by the assessors at $17,000. In the Sorith end a $30,000 Pem'brok;e Street
· ent parcel was transferred~ w:hile several smaller pro:perti'es in this and
ctions p3.ssed to new owners. The districts had a fair •businesS. . The
'of business at th~ Suffolk:. registry last w-eek was a rec0rd one tor' \.:
ary conditions, and the monthlY reView shows an increase in trading in
grade property.
BACK BAY
PROPERTY BOUGHT BY HELENA
354 Commonwealth Avenue.
In yesterday's real estate business the Back Bay see!ll-eq
cream of the transactions recorded. A lot of va~f1,nt land ob l?,Y St·
valued at $10,400. bought for improvement. a
~~4,000 gr9up
a
houses on Huntington avenue. a $61,000 HuntingtJ:?,.Q.\~Lvenue_ in,vet~ent 1
Commonwealth avenue estate and ~ne On t·h~.
aven:ue. V ue~..
v,.·ere some of the propertie9: in ~hi~ ._se~tion eon.~?~d. A $10,000 rav~
investme·nt proper~y; an $1.1.~ one_ o_~, ·:Leve·re .
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD AT AUCTION.
31 Commonwealth Avenue.
The real estate business transacted ,Yesterday was not remarkably large, although several good proriJrties in different parts of 1 he city ~ere repo.rted sold.
The r~sale of a Boylston and Gloucester street c.orner was announced, also the
conveyanc~ of several S"11r,,ll pieces in ·the South en~. A small Cooper street prop~rty and one of the olde~t rE:sidences on Bei:..con Hill, a Myrt~e Street Pr~perty,
w'ere sold. rn the districts a fair'ly lively trading was n·oticeable,. espeC~ally in
Dorchester and Roxbury. In CamP-ridge- three conveyances .-w-ere re:Ported,
Of a $12.800 narcel and in Quincy a $10,4400 shore estate rw.8.s repor.ted s<;>Id.
OLD WEST END PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLO.
23 Temple Street.
Several good transactions in real estate
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there were no sales inVolving vast amounts c;~e to llght yesterday, altha;
was the sale by agreement of pro ert
ne~
e most prominent tr~nsa<(
Warrenton streets valued at $22 4:
rl the corner of Washington... '
was concluded by, the recording• of. dee
s: et o:l several Back Bay prop~
avenue estate and one of the Sa.me asse~e o a Y a . $28,000 Commo~ ...
num.1ber of South end properties were convey!a value on Beacon street.
a parcel recent~y s~Id at auction. I~. other
of th~m, valued at .
ber of convey~nc~s were recorded, and. in : the.
and districts a sma~l
noti?eab~e J~ck of activitY.. · '.·, · . :.:. :_
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PROPERTY BOUGHT BY, T. G. WASHSURN.
869 'to 871 W'~shington ,street.
, " There were sorne good prOperties conve ed
.I'..em~rkable features in the day's buslnes:
~t:terday, tho~h there were
a $228,700 investment a.t the corner of B.
largest property conve:ved
P. bf a trust Which sold ·u several yea.:r each ,street and Atlantip avenue,_
West, en~ a $12,000 investment propertys o8::oB to tll.e Present g:rantor. In
m street paPcel were conveyed, and in . h >:ighton street and .,a $7200
.l:r?,perty and ~ ,..$6800 cOrtes street one
South end a $9000 Rutland
property .was the one· North end
sold.
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ert1es in the d1stricts a.zid oi.ztside loC:~ticel tran~ferred. A -fai:r n~m.ber of
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number of good sales ~ere· reported yes~erday, one being that of a $38,000
Onwealth avenue estate; bou_ght for oCcu:pancy by a prominent business
:s:m An auction. ~ale of .a busl°:p78:s. · property on CoJ?1!1er,cial street at nOOn
ftt::. t out a crowd, and the propert~. -assessed at $21;800; brought $29,265, a
~~ g?od pri~e ~veri for thi~ Sec'tior;. whei'e' values are iri.creasing r-ather
~- · he reverse
Iri the South. and W~st ends a number of fair priced parcels
;fl:?,~ conveyed. and in the d·istriCts a :numbe.r., of go9d . res~d~nti?,l pr:operties
e_portea sold . The exclusiv_e 'story ~n ;y:_e.stercJ.E!-Y:s :Ererald :r:egardiri~ the
ier se of a big C'-1Iuinbus a\.~enue pr.oper-ty by· the Boston lodge of Elks
l.ll reconsiderable com'ment, alld dii:-e~ted attention to Columbus avenue as
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PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH END RECENTLY PURCHASED FOR.INVESTMENT.
700,to 704 Columbus ·Avem:.e 'and 26.Jo' 28 Davenport .Str~et•.
'r.;/:1 ;, Several- valuable Back Bay prpperties, one in the business Section :and ~Bntinibe.r of smaller.-ones in·lhe South and
\,~st. e1:1d~ and the V?,~io:us districts, were .included in yesterday's s3:les of ,.:real 'estRte. :1'"h-e:.Back .Bay parcels" were
S)~cith .i?ca'.tcd on Marlboro·, street. one a $60,000 ·e~ta.te near C~anen1on st.r~.et, 1:.h~ · · o~h~I" . <\- $16,600 residellce near
1:~hi.rle8gate west: The business propert;y was On Pearl street. a '$52,300 eState.· T,.":J.e S.Outh- .end parcels -were small
1'P~~d: ·one:s on West DedJl~m. and Bradford streets, while the West :end :pr-Opcrty :Wa~ 01).e .Situate:d On All~n stre~t.
~;rif'::·~the district cOnveYances Roxbury had· three," .Dorchest~r five. :a~d. Brig"p.ton tbree, o~~ ·a $2:4,100 08.rdner stree~ E:Srtti"te., -In South Boston One of the three tI'ansactions inc_lu~ed_ .& $;3~200 ~~t .Th1r51_: St~e~t"lnyestment.. Twb ,{?~mbri~ge
,:J?r.6-pe-rt1~.S. ~wo~ in -Wlnt~rop, one in E.verett and~ Milfor_d far:m:-prOpert~ -rwere als<?,repor~e.d.:a_old. Th0 tS:king effect
;!~(:·~· ainendment.to the IaW in rE:gard tO n_iq:rtgag~ pro~eedings dn '~e~is-,t'3r~d I~Il~ ~ll
b~,«?_f int~r~s_t.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY BOUGHT BY! ..TUCKER BURR.
90 Marllboro. Street.
~;nu1n.be-r of good transactions in real est~te were reported yester.d~y. one
ot. t11:·em · of consid~rable size, taking place in ·Dedham; ·where a. $12,500 tract or
· l&J:1.d_ Was ·repo:i-ted sold to be cut <Up and PUt. On the. market. In tQ.~ cttY' prop~r
: S:; '$17·~500 Marlboro street estate. the th~rd on tp.e street. to. pe sold this weP.k,
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:·~.as:conv:eyed; a",ri_d in the ~outh_.-~orth and .:west _-_ends 'tlufilero\ls sniallei:- _par.-~)~-·~~e ~onv~yed4 ._' J;n. the disttictS a 'fair.: tr~i~g_ Was _re))or.te«;J., no_n\3. of .the ·
el~g ~sessed'a($i:0,000 'or •ov;er.: Tll::;.;~"' ~.,I~ '.
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29 Dover Stre~t;
.'F,irg_ost inter<::stirig transa:c.tioil in yesterd2!,:y.·•. $ real estate d~al;.ng~ ~as the
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irig of deeds conveying to the reorganized Metropolitan Steamship Comf- Maine all the _property of the old. Massachusetts comipanY, ShO'Wing the
~aine corporation; A $3,000,000 mortgage on the property
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~ic avenue estate- to a well known mercantile firm was also announced,
f:11 as the conveyance Of lluroerous smaller properties in various sections
15i:j1s,tricts. 'TheI'e Were also a number of properties in the outlying localities
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BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD YESTERD•AY:
&2 Commonwealth Avenue.
A number of valuable properties in the City proper were conveyed or. "·p
under agreement of sale yeste.rday. Of the latte?'" class t~e most valµa~l~.":.;.
a $43,000 Commonwealth av.en:ue estat~, sold. and resold. Two properti~s .hi··/
business section "'~ere conveyed, ,o,ne a $50,5~ Batt~rymarch street p~r-c¢1/
other a;. $15;500 La Grange street·.estate. In the S:0:uth end the deeds We:re·re
ed in the sale of a $2~,400 pl'9-P,e!t-Y' at the . C:°<.J:rll.er of Washington and
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~treets. In th.e. d~stric~s ther~-..,'.\yJtS .. 3. gooc( ~].lmbe.r: of transfer~. an $i&..
-cis street, _Roxbury, inv.eE$triJ,e1:1t,: ~J;l~· one.. (·.q-n,. ~~I_"d. avenue, Brig.J.lt;
s.e-11sed, at $58,100
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NE'WEJ;l. BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
619 C.ommonwealth Avenue.
Yesterday9 s real estate tra.ding involv8d no remarkably large p;roperties. although severz.l good Sales were reported. Two of these 'Were in the Back Bay,
,,611.e being a· $25,300 1CoffimonWealth avenue estate, the other a $20,000 MaSsachuSetts avenue one. In the South end a half interest in a $32,600 Stanhope street
business pa.reel was. ,conveyed, also several small properties in the North
and :-West ends.
In the districts; one important sale reported was that
O~. a.. $19,400 estate on Train street, Dorchester
An $11,000 Hawthorn 'street •
. RCiXbury property was :conveyed, and numerous ~maller Properties in the other
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di8trictS. The sale of· a $10,700 estate on Fisher Hill. Brookline, was also
ri.pµnced.
SOUTH END .PRQPElRTY CONVEYED TO M.
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BUSINESS PRO?E'.RTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
48 Sudbury Street. ·
,'} A f~ir number of gbod properties a.II over th8 city were reported. sold
terday. In the busine~s section a $28,400 Sudbury street loft Property was
eyed~ and: on !Beacon (Hill a $13,000 Mt. Vernon street estate Went to a
owner. A $9000 North street investment. with a. $900{) -west Brookline
t l)r0perty. and one on Pleasant street assessed at $8700. were the only
and South end conveyances. while in the West end· 8, re-transfer of a
parcel vvas recorded. In Por~hester a $13,300 ·Glenway street apartment
was on~ of the properties conveyed. while a $24,000 South Boston pro.l)W'!-S tran.sferred. Sev~ra:.l residential properties in Brool~line~ •Cambridgei.
rv1lle and 'Melrose Were also reported sold.
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PROPOSED BAY STATE RO·AD APARTMENT HO,;EL.
To Be Erected' at Con, er of Deerfi,eld Street.
The most interesting real· -estate ·transaction recorded yesterday was·
sale of a large lot of vacant land ·at the corner of Bay State road and
field street. with the intention of the purchaser announced, to be the ·er~
of a 1arge steel-construction ap•a..Ttment. hoteI
This become~ si&rniflca'h,t
the fact that on no other lot on _J3ay .St.ate road. w-est of ·Raleigh_' street;
any other structures than single, houses be erected until 1950. In the dis
the princi})al sale reported w~s -that of a $26;000 es~ate on Sellci'rk:. 1"oa:<})
.Aiberdeen district .of Bri'ghto~ .. · In the o~t~ide locc;1.li.tie1?. .th~_ mos( :V: ·,
property conveye?- ~~s _a ~7.600· ~a.l_isbury _roa_d. (~rooklip.e); PfOJ?e'r.~·y.:,;'
$55~ :qa:m.bridi~ illV:estm·e:p.t ~~,,.:._a!~.? >r..ep~ted ·s.o~"· ) ·
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Good trading. in all parts o.f the city was noticeable yesterday. and many of
~he properti8.s v·ere of considerable size. The most valuable sold was an "$8!,0'.:0
~Cha.up.cy street. inveshnent. w:hile in the Back Bay a $17,500 MarlbOTo street
\~St'a,te 'Was sold. In the South .end two Dartmouth .street properties, both valfµed at $19,000, w-ere, rePorted as under agreement. In Roxbury a number of valu)l,ble p·arcelis were, sold, including a $32 600 Tremont street investment. In West
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.-~'?x-bury, Bast Boston, Ch1:3-rlestown and south Boston a number of propertie3
~;,~~re sold.. ~J-.tile in the outside loca!ities a $2,000 Brookline estate and a $12,350
.£~llerton P~-y;perty. the latter. bringing $15,000 at auction, were among the more
:;;.J~portan~. 'ones to ,change hands Tlle taking on of a $15,000 Chelsea investment
:\.~~~s. al.<S9 reported.
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FINE BACK BAY PROP·ERTY SOLD VESTER.DAY.
Hctel Canterbury, Charlesgate West and Newbury Street.
, Yesterday was one of the liveliest days in the way of real estate trading that has been observed in some time,
nUd good-sized properties were the rule in the sales reported in all sections. The Baclt Bay was t'he scene of a little
b6oni1et, a:.nd the- new Hotel Canterbury, valued at soffiething like $350,000; a $51,000 BeaCon street estate. two on Marl'bQ~P. street assessed 3.t $59,000 and one on Commonwealth avenue yalued at $34,00J) were rep~rted sold. In the.South
e11-~ a lot of properties assessed at $51,500 were sold, while several other South end and a numJ?er of .west. end parcels
~~ei cOn~eyed.
In Brookline a n:umber of fine_ propert16s were soi<l;, including"or:e on -Beacon 9treet as~essed at $40,.-~~~':, ·a,_ $14,200_; El1.~lewood: av~nue estate. anq one as~essed at $15~5()0 on Wafnut sui:-eet. Th'e ~-«:>~~~1 .. ~ell).b.e~totj. p~operty
: ')'.1'~}3:>;tl\~s,t~~ti"4!tJlJ;},/~<\ "2"~,-~~so _rep()~!~~-~!~ _while_i_Yi__<>_ther ~~alities a
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There were no startling developments in the real estate m::
although a long list of conveyances was reported. The m<;:,st
conveyed was a $22,700 Eliot street investment, while another
was in the Back Bay, where an $18,000 Massachusetts a,venue t
new hands. In the South end a $17,200 group of houses on Hunn
PROPERTY IN THE RETAIL SECTION SOLD YESTERDAY ..
con\·eyed, while in the West end one conveyance was that of ~
street property. In the districts the ·most valuable pal"cel tra1
. 2'1 to 29 Winter Street.
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$18,000 Willow Park street investm-ent, while in the other distric~
of parcels of varying <value were conveyed. In the outside local
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for the sale of a westbourne terrace, 'Brookline, investment, an:
A~ong -a nuinber of good transactions reported
of a $13,800 Porter road, •Cambridge, estate were the most prOmb p<>Tutn·t was the 'sale to a well knowii real estate trust of th ' 111
-•sessed l)ro~e.rty on WiI;i~.er street, numbered 25 to 29, as well as
i_n the a~Jo1ning parcel number~d 21 to 23, all assessed at $889:
amount involved is, Of course, considerably over $1000 000 Th
recorded tn ·-th~ sale of a_ ~.00'.) Commonwealth aventie ~s~te : · . ,~:
~f' smaller properties in ,the Sou~h and West ends were conve;.ed~4I~~
r~cts _a number of transfers were recorded, and at the outside:100~.;
m43~t 1mporjant sale recorded was that o~ a tr?,ct of 1 d i
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YESTE'R'DAY.,
There was brisk trading in real estate in all sections of the city ye9t~l:i
with the Back Bay in the le"ad. Here three va'.lua'ble properties
new owners, the.. principal'! one being on ~oylston stree~, an $88,000 s~~c
occupied as_ the Back Bay postoffl.ce, opposite Copley square.
The , other,
eels were On Falmouth street, a .$22,000 aparti;nent house, and three lots Of.
on Commonwealth a Venue~ valued at $20,800: l?,eacon Hill had a go9p. ·.~a.le
Joy street dwelling carrying a v~Iuation of $36,000, while a No~;1:"1· ,en ,
involved over $12,000. I;n_the di~t~icts ~heje Wag .much~ac~:\;iJY, ai:i.a:-a·-:-:,
pro:I?erties conveyed RqxbuI"y .,l_l.a(i ·9ne of._$2~$~~--a~_g,.-~!:!:?_the~-·
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37. and 39 Fa,lmouth Street.
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W'hat •business there has been in the reai e~tate field for a few days has had
The activity shown in that section of late has been
';:J-~,!:LJ:>r-eced~nted, ,and still there is no let-up. Yesterday's transactions, particu:,:-,Iariy th9se in the city, were again led .'by the new section, where in one instance
t ~. St. Botolph street property, valued at $14.000, was conveye~ On Bay State
-'.±00:.d, too, another transfer has tak.en place, this time of a $22,500 estate Ipswich
.~\'Street also bad a sale of a land lot, valued· at $10,100, while a smaller property on
;,.~;:P?O,l.~c alley No. 444 was reported sold
The other sales in the city comprised a
;J(l.~ 1700 parcel on Albany street, .South end. and one of lesser value on Barton
'J~feet, in the 'West end, The tr':di1:g in the districts. v.ras o_f an a:verage charae::·:ter, the only one rising to the d1gn1ty of a large transaction be1ng a property
f~:h; ·Brunswick street, Dorchester, of $18,500 valuation Brookline had four ~rans.'."~.~Ctions, one of a $24,200 mercantile p:roperty on Washington street, and.3.nother
',;.'Of·~ a .residential. parcel on Linden street carrying a valuation of $22,000. Busi":l:t-.ness in oth'er sections ·was of about the ordinary character. ,
'.~:t~~ ~ack Bay for a leader.
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PROPERTY BOUGHT 3Y LEE, HJG:GJNSON & CO.
Union Building, 40 to 44 State Street.
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Ther';. was 01;e very important sale of ~e~l estate reported yester<;fay;- that/
Of the Union bu1lding property on State stre.et, purchased. by a well knoWn
b_anking fir~. for many. years a tenant. The property is asseEsed on a vallJ.a-f.
t~()_n of $1,150,000. and .the transaction is one of the largest on State street in
long u:~e. Outside of this deal there were few of importance repoi-ted.
Thei
o:p.If actual conveyance of city. pr9per Proper_ty was that of ~ $21 800 warwick1•
s.treet apartln~nt ho'!,]Se propertY,. Which .reall~ ·belongs in Rqxbu~.
In. Dor}
~~~t~r a:$~~·60? lot Qf-_land ~8:8 ·?~O.~~~e~, ,~I:td in other. di"."tr:icts .sever8.1 s~8..li
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NEW MERCANTILE BUILD/ NG F·OR COR'NER OF '80YL'STON AND GLOUC'ESTER STRE'ETS.
v:\Th€!n the sale ,vas announced by The Herald of April 2:l of the property at the northwesterly corner of
Boylston and Gloucester streets, and numbered 52, 54 and 56 on the latter $treet, i t was stated that the site would be
eventually occupied by a mercantile structure by the purchaser, well known trustees.
Those trustees are A. Lawrence LoWell. Ch.arles Lowell and R. :.\L Bradley, and they have plans ready, from designs by 1Guy Lowen, architect, for
the new building. The lot contains 4488 square feet. and the builcling will c·over the entire lot
The building, which
is shown as it will appear in the cut printed aboye, is a ha!ldsot'.ne structure, six atories high, of brick and stone. As
stated. it is intended to be occupied entirely for bu$.1ness purposes. and is so planned as to give the ma.."<imum
&.mount of light and air to the stores and offices. It is ex-Pected .that the new building will be finished and ready for
occupancy a;bout next October. The present old three-story houses on the corner are now being razed, preparatory
to the construction of the new building. The property will be under the rrnanagc.ment of Messrs. Bradley & Tyson of 60
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PHOP:ERTY WHER'E NEW TUNNEL STATION
672 to 580 Washington Street, Corner Hayward' Place.
Tho most important transaction reported yesterday was the takin~.
transit commission for tl-:.e Hayward place sta-tion of the new Wa'sh;i
street tunnel, and. contrary to the expectations of m·any, the COrlit
Washington street was selecte~. There is also interest in the .fa;ct
the first floor and basement- are to be taken.
Several other. imp~:n::_
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90 Mt. Vernon Street.
,,Yesterday was the best day, so far as real estate
,:Cer.r:i.ed, of the week. At the Suffolk registry deeds were rec01
i)i,ume:r;:ous properties, including an $87,000 Boylston street invei::
(()i'.)(f CO:(tlm9nwealth avenue residence, in the Back ~.aY; a $
\:_~tfeet property, on Beacon Hill, while in the West end a dw
}~1:reet~ a :::;16,600 Green street investment, and a number of s
"<th~ West and South ends were conveyed. In the district
··.ri,umerous properties were made, the most ilnportant being t
l~:~_:ro~erty purchased by Harvard Gollege for the new dentals
_:, ..-~1d~ localities two of the numerous sales reported were th
\" ,:bridge parcels assessed at $24,900 and a $10,500 Newtop: Centr,
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P'ROP,ERTY SOLD AT AUCTION YESTERDAY.
181-185 Fulton Street, Corner of Lewis Street.
Yesterday's trading, as -might have been expected with Saturday, so far as
most r;-eal esta.t_e brokers were coD:cerned, a holiday, ~ras r~ther light. Most of the
business that would have come yesterday was appq.rently clean~d up Friday,
and Saturd~y _there were but three ·conveyances recOr~ed at · the registry_ of,
deeds. Th6' most imi:>Ortant tranSP.l.CUon yesterday was the auction sale Of a $14,~ j)()O Fuito:ti stree't illVestirient,' · property :which. 'brought $16,500 under the ham-;
'. ..,~~r.. In the 'V\·f~t: e~-~ a· s~ah · pt~1:>el"tS Jw-a,s >cOn\feyep.-,' "~nd 1n·' th~· dist?:1Cts,,
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3'2 'St. Germaln Street.
While there was a fair number Of ,conveyances recorded
propeTtie~ Conveye.d were in a~l cases ~mall ones. and for the
1nOnths no tranSa.ction involving over •10,000 was reported. In
,a $7000 St. Germ~n street parCel was conveyed, agreements fo
street, West end, investment were signed, while in the South en•'
'.street Parcel W!as sold. In :the North end tw·o conveyances
both >Qf small parcels . . A number of small district pa.Tic-els
and three properties were sold .at auction, a $14,100 Ea.st Bost<
th.e flats, bringing b-t.1t '$8000. The fact ;that work on te~ing a ,
· Berkeley had been started was one of the O.ay's interesting ite
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PROPERTY SOLD TO JU'LIET F. LLOYD.
334 s,;.y State Road.
-.-·--~;---.' YesteirdaY de_velop~d unexp~cted .stren~th h"?- real estate trading, arid'·~if~.f;).-.'
sever~} days of· light ·busine-ss,. the da-.y looked quite Els though a_.b_oOtn 11..it;_dj\
· started. Iii' th~ ·Ba,ck Ba,Y a $28~~c~· B.:ty_ Sta·te r.oitd re.sid.ence, a·.,$19,EOl ~e)V:bµ:~,')'~~
street qne 3:-nd a $15,300 · Au_du·b9n~ r~b..~ estate were ' reJ?OrtE!d sold,. and. 1
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:5Q~tll end' two smap pit~ce1-:3·:,~ere c911,_ve:y-ed.; In :qorC:q.es~¢r many gC?o4~'/
ert1e~ were so~d~ ir~clud"iilg :a·,$-10,00~ ))IIarshfie:i.d street o:r:i~• a: Sl)·,8)~ ·Virgi~~a,.,.
estate ·and· a. $9500 D"ftson st:ree·t a.partmezit: house, sold twice i~ a week: . ·
.apartn.i~~t ·h~~;e.)_n .-~lls~on· ~~S Ori~
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PROPERTY SOLD YESTEIRD
25 and 27 Compton Street •
.AJ fair trading in real estate of various kinds was note
C'"esale' of an $88,000 Boylston street property. the second s;.le
nionth w-as the principal item. ln the South end a $14,000 ...._o
erty V:as reported sold, and in the North an_d West ends s!,1'1al
to new ownership.
In the districts a fair amoun: of :ra
·Several good Brookline estates were reported sold, 1nclud1ng
ave'nue l)rOperty. In the other subut'1bs the1;e were a n1:1mbe
:many of them being 1.itnd lots bought~ improvement.
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PROPERTY 'REPORTED UN DE'R AGREEMENT OF SALE.
147 Washington ·street,.Corne rs Cornhill and Bratte Street.
Several important real estate transactions were reported yesterday, although
as a whole the volume of busi·nesS was rather light.
The most in1portant
transaction reported 'was the $ignlng of agreements for the sale of a busines·s
p;_..op~rty on lowe~ Washing'ton street, aSsessed at $88,500. The announcement
that a $162,000 State streic!t property was to be sold at auction to settle an
estate wa-s 3.Iso an iml)ort&nt item Of interest. ln the districts a number of
valuable residen, ~~i.:tl p_rope,rti_es w~re repO!°ted" sold, aµd in tl?,e O\!tSide lO~~li-,
ties, also. ~onSider~bl~ bus~n~~s. ~~ reported. The 15ale at auc~ion ·o~ a smS:n
:~orth.en~ ,;p·I'"Qp0i~Y;°._f~r .a sµ,n ?On.s.ider.~91~:}.J:?.~ ~X,ce~-~ o~ its assessed valuation_
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North end properties bei:
ever. several good-sized
tCr estate and one in W€
r'esidential
parcels wer~
was the auction sale of
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BOWDOIN SQUA'RE PROPERTY CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
1 to 7 Green, Str<>et, Corner
o,f
Chardon Street.
Quite a number of good .properties, 'both in the city proper and in the districts, changed hands as a
yesterday's real estate trading'. The most important conveyan'Ce waS that of a $133,000 property at the corner
Green and Chardon streets. in Bowdoin square, which was bought last December by the present sellers. In::
South end a number of properties were conveyed, one ·being a $16,800 apartment house !P,roperty on •Hammond st ·
An $8500 Revere street parcel was the sole .Beacon Hill property conve:red. In the districts a fair trading
noticeab,e; the sale of two investment par9els in Jam~ca Plain, asses~ed' - together at $10,200, being reported,.
in Brig'h;ton three estates, assess.ed at $38,000, w~re conveyed~ In Charlestown~ inyestment propert.Y On ParkE:"f. ~-i
an~ ~..l~~- !?~· ,asse~13ed, at. ~f:.~,
<:(o~v.e~eg. Seyer~l. sales _t~ ~~o, as we~l .as;,,9fl}~. :~_n H
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37 Joy Street.
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ies in the -city and suburbs were rePorted sold
A ~umb~
s~:~r:rirop.~rty on J()y street~ Beacon Hill, assessed at
-;rest~r ay.
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d an Oneida street parcel was conveyed. The cream 9f
:·$~0.~~- In the Souf~~l
the districts. A Jamaica Plain investment property as, the <?1ty business .
Id and a sbnilar one in the same district, assesse.d at
~-~~ssed at $11,600 w:_s ~Ve~al good prOperUes in Rox.bury passed to new owners
·~~qo. was ~l:o .::,o~chester The advertised auction of a large tract of thnber
. a,~?- severa n ao ood a~t of t'i1e White mountains~ b~ought out many well
: l~p.?:, including . g
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Several very important . transactions are
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exPected to be made public today.
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Yesterday ·was the best day the real estate market has seen in a long time,
and -many valuable properties changed hands. The largest transaction was the
sale of a $194,000 dock and wharf property in East Boston. In the city proper the
sale of two Boylston street properties assess8d at $157,500 was announced~ while
on Beacon Rill three Chestnut street prOperties~ two assessed at $25,000 each and
one assessed at $12,000, w-ere turned over. Several South, West and North end
parcels were conveyed, and in some of the districts the trading was exceptionally 'l:leaVy.' As a rwhole, the day was an exce:P,t1onal one .:ror trading~ and if It
n1.igl]..t be t~ken as an.,ir.dic~tion of the bt;tf:ii:11.:~ \b~ing;: d:'?ne 1:t:,iw?~ld signify a
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There were more real estate transactions reported yesterday than on any
!?i.1onday in months, and this is except~onally true Of a Monday preceding a
holiday. Saturday, the short day. Was the second largest of the week at the
registry of deeds, and many ·good propei"tles ,vere conV'eyed.
The sale or' a
$113,0CO Boylston street property was conCtuded, and the transfer by Union
Club trustees to the corporation of the $372,COO quarters of the club was rec~rded
Two properties on 'Washington and Union st~eets, asse·ssed' at $161,000,
were conveyed, and a $19,000 St. James avenue, Back Bay, estate was sold. In
the V'"~est end and SOuth end several good parcels were sold, '~~hne a $12.000
An.... $13.400 North end property passed into neW hands. Good district trading
·was noticeable, a $.ZT,800 lot of" land in Brighton and a $13,000 estate and one
v8.lued at $18,800 in :R.ox1?ury being some of the more prominent ones sold.
~In tr1e outside localities ·the pu:;-chase by. Harvard College of a.. $34~000 Cambridge pr~perty was note~. 'La.st week's registry fl.gureS show one of ·the
weeks of the year so fS.r as:volllme. of...,~µsiness was concerned.
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BACK BAY PROPER·TY' CONVEYED
YE_STERDAY.
43 St. Botoli:,li Street.
The hjghest-priced parcels conveyed in yesterday's real e$tate
.
v ..·ere outside of the city proper. South Eo~t@n was the section, and he
properties on opposite sides of Mercer st ree~. aggr~_gating $38.~ in v~~Q.
were passed to new owners The clty sales ~:ncluded a resi_dential proper~
St. Botolph street, and one each of minor value (on H_a_rr.i~on. ~Y~~·l,1:€, J
South end-., and Billerica- street, ~-~st ~nd. There: wa~ ab?u~ ~11; -~u~f ~t ·
business .!."n all the distr~cts e~cep.t Ch.arlestow~ and,: ~ri~P.;otii '~V"l\eFe,
Wefe repc;,r~ed. ~est<I.es·, "t~ -~oi.lt~. 1:30~\0~ sal~ Q~--~~i_??-. '.~~µtiOI).:.h8:~.:
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HISTORlC PHOPERTY WHICH HAS CHANGED HANDS.
7,1 to 75 Court Street, Corner of Cornhill.
;,. .. , Yesterday proved productiVe of good real estate transactions. and several
iwere wortp.y of more than passing comment because ,6f the history ot the prop~1Tty -or~ the value. The rnost spectacular transaction was the conveyance of
(t.:he.~~ehold of a Court street and C'ornhill ·corner, with 412 years to run, the
. ·'" :perty being assessed at $152,000. A $119,000. Park street investment w.;:ts also
, and the ot~er end o:r_ this sale involved that of one ,of the be_st properties
.rookline, assessed at $46,000. The. price paid for the Park street property
, $150,000. A $24.000 Marlboro street estate was conve;yed, as well as an $11,000
.l~h park on_e, while smaller West _e11d and North end -transf'er_s were rel"t..~d. A fair district trading was noted. and in the outside localities, besides
:~ookline estate ment10;1ed abo,ve,_.a $12,400 one in that town .was sold.
WEST END PROPE,RTY RECENT'LY SOLD.
48 to 62 Phillips Street.
The effect of the hot weather was felt: p~rceptibly in yes{erday•a real estate
tradfn~. and compara,tively few transactions of more than medium size w~~e·
report~d: . In the city 1p,roper there was not a single conveyap:ce, ~nd the ol",\iy
transact~on b:ought to Iigiht was the giving ,of an optjon on a, North e:f.l:~ vi-PP~
erty, _on_ l:Dnd1cott str(;'!et. 1bµt Which has not ¥et :,:-~ached a definite sta.g.e · qf
ne~otia.tion. _<\. number of :;;ales ot fafr-sized property in the variou$ dist~i-ctS
w~r...e r'~o~ted •. and in Brookline a $111.,5-00 N;:ip1es road estate ,wal? reported ~.P'irl.
an~ resold, wlule i.n tbe s.a~e town, ~ Jl?,~.19 ·Q~ lap.d w~s ~onveye,4~ In
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PROPERTY AT 231 TO 237 HANOVER STREET CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
Quite ,an improvement in the" number of real estate transactions reported was yesterday over the previous day, as
several good properties were conveyed.
One was a. $42,900 Cornhill property, conveyed in the course of a. transaction
not yet fully completed
Another property passing to new hands was a $28,200 Hanover street investn?tci1.t, ·while a
Small parcel on ·Ela.stern a,renue Vv·as conveyed.
In the West end two mediu1n priced investment
..conveyed and in the South end a small parcel w-as turned over.
chester. !.Roxbury ana West Roxbury producing eight conv:eyances
tham property for $7450 was also announced. ln Newton a number
_4-n aucticn sale of a Medford manufacturing plant scheduled for
bids up to the upset price.
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SOUTH END PROPERTY SOLD YESTERDAY;
147 Worcester Street.
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Quite a brisk trading in South end-property w_as a notice.ible fEi8\u~~~terday•s, real estate mar'ket, that be~ng the only city sec~~on where m~·~-~'.
was nOted. ",rheX'e were seven tra:f1sactions in that section.,· one being·~p.
a half'.-dozen pr9perties on Harrison avenue, ~ore strictly on the ~ox
all assessed at $33,400. An $8000-.Worce'ster street property, two on Wes
iine street assessed at $1+,000~ and two on Compt~n street assess~4: .at.·
.1:n,clude~ in t?-e 11st. ".I'he. ~e~tia.ti~f for l?rope;-t! qn ...~ver.ett, .,st.~~e~~
ton- s_tr~e..t. a:ssesseq. at $16,100 ~.-- rep?_rt_e~.. t~. ~he ,~~~a.h. end s~.~~°?!'.'-
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PROF'ERTY AT AUCTION YESTERDAY.
111 to 117 State 'Street, -Corner of Broad Street.
,,/:,:·'4 a fairly good day of real estate trading, the principal transaction was
;~~.' ~ale a..t auction o·f a valuable State street ~property, which the pu!'chaser
:~-.as. able to obta..tn at a. :price that surprised even the :m.ost experienced real
:f:~'ta;te
m.en l)re:Sent.
The price can hardly be accepted as a criterion Of the Sell-
t:".,tii- value of land 9n the street. In other sections a number of good properties
\~~re reported sold, including parcels in the South and West ends and the dis,_:-me:ts. In the outside localities Brookline had the most i
rtant transa:
,
000 land lot on Bea.con street and two properties
~ s . a..ssessed at $70,000, !being subjects of conveyancE
, ··s auctioned and bid' in for $50,000.
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Hotel Saville, 2 to 6 Cambridge Street.
A new lease of life, was given the city proper yesterday from a real est&({~
staridpoint, 'because· of a slight revival of the ·activity Of the week prev) · ·
While there was no stupendous transactions. the feature of the da:V"s tr~was thP. announcement of ihe $:ale of th.e Hotel Saville in Bowdoin s
This is asse"ssed on a valuation. of $73,000
Another West end transfer
$16,700 property on Leverett· sti;eet, While a third was on South RuSsen'
where a $6000 parcel was. conveyed. T.wo in the _North end, one on ·P~inC.e
of $7~. ·:arid· a :D·o·ugla~s court property ,of $4500, ~nd one· in the ~quth:~
a
F~~t.~e.,s~re.et_·d~elli~.:Q.f;$J.:2.29{) -yB..biatJqn·.,.
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Home of." Ex-Mayor C. S. Baxter.
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1.:r:~•?.~gh ..,,._to keep it from going by default. ~h!r~er~es
,.ga1.~ and two transfers were . reported
es end c
'..1:;P~eet property taxed on a valuait1on of $11f~::Om that se~tion
_..,~f $8500 valuation·. ....4... South end , dw 111
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'.I'.n, the dist1;icts East Boston: repo~tede th:gfi1;:zued -~t $13,9?0, w
~tree~ of six v_roperties invo:lving, <YVer $20,000. g
1 deeds in a.
a~l the other districts except South Bosto
":1- es were z:-e
?t~-~ George B Loring estate in Salem
n. T,?e sale of the d
\~:r-n.v~ment Three good- s~es
on a ya~uation
'e;rty on Sacramento street. while tw
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Yesterday might pass fbr one of the dull days :In the summer trading. a
varcels transferred were of sma11 valu'es ·aJ?,d. in remote _sections. The cirproper had but three. the largest being a property in the North end ta.,d .n
on a valuation of $14,700. A sm3:!l€lr .~orth eD.9- pat;cel conveyed is valued .!!
$3300 and situated in Revere pla-ce... ~One in the South end pass.~d to a new o
er is; on Wnion Park street. and is .va.1ue~-.at $7000~ In South Boston an i
iD: /Our .g?~d· .-P!ol:leI'~tes wa.:s ,c-ollV~:fY~d._ th:e.---. tOtS:1 · valuation of the four.·
~.'; O_ther7::al.S:t,bict.;w(>rk~:.waS\w..e8.k -~
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HOME, WASHINGTON AND EAST SPR·ING FIELD STREETS.
·washing.ton Street
standpoint of prices this week's real e"State -busineS
it was we3.ker. Ip the. city prope'r the Sc
J;)·~J_nt of number of sales
418~600 residential property on the coi;ner of Colun1.blls avexiuc ar.
"~r&!J.l!i:fer·· in th~ North end, where a ·$4300. pa1:cel in Barttetf pl<:1,ce
·.-bl: Roxbury, on.eon Shawmut av:_enue.of $6700. valuation, one .~n C
;·$57,00.-: Dorchester\S · contribution· was a block of. apartn:ient houses
·.~OJl .of. ·$15,900. Dorchester and East Boston. were the only district:
!'evAr~ ·.was the making public of the plans f0r the People's Palace
·,4~y.
SOUTH
END JPROPERTY RE'CENTLY CONVEYED._
371 Columlbus Avenue.
Although devoid of sensational elements, there was a little trading. In, real
e.s:tate in nearly all of Boston's districts yesterda.y, while the city itself w~
credited with two transa·ctions. One 01 •these was the transfer fo the Boston
Lying-in Hospital on McLean :street of t'he property of the Good Samai:-itan ~
sociation adjoining, taxed on a valua.ti<'n of $19,000. The other con'veyanCe
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of. a South end 'prop~rty on t~e c~~er:.:of.,~awn;iut,a.venue atl.~·Bri~~. ~
~onv~yb:ig ,a valuation of;.,$8~.
one transt:.e:r ..... was reported from
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~~~.:,~nd several properties carrYin-? good valuations c
..WEre not c'onfined to the .city alone, either. Those in
the best parcel to be conveyed being one on the
·1 eo'oper streets, value_d at $36,000. '£he Back Bay becam
.-Jle:Jng reported of a property on Newbury street, carryi
O);:~er city sales were of a $5500 property on Ea~t Spring
90n'.veyed to the present grantor, and a Bradfq;rd stree
·tfOn~ District trading wae 'good, p~rticularlY ··1n . Roxb
s(anCe a brick structure on Dudley and Kenilworth stre
tiO::h of $21,000, was transferred, and another, an ·apart
s~reet, appraised at $18,100. Dorchestei:'s 'b-e~t Sale vv:a
.A.ii.ams street, while in West Roxbury a $-16,900 propert·
-~'oii 1.&lso came to the front with a. $30-;500 sa1e. Other
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.f: :«lf$ti-1cts average.d high in valuation.
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PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY BOSTON LYING-IN HOSPITAL.
Corner Cham<bers and McLean Streets.
N·otliing staxtling ebtered into the 'business repoT'ted in the real estate field
yesterday• .the properties conveyed being about the B;,Ve:rage as a rule, with
on,e or two good sales to vary the monot•ony. The highest priced parcel to
change owners was a land lot in the Back Bay Fens, assessed on a valuation
of $44,500. In tihe ci·ty proper there were few t•ransfers, two on Northampton
street, valued respect~'Vely at $6000 and. $5600. passing to the same grantee,
wUiile an a.u"cti·on s?,le of a $12,000 propel"ty .on B.;1.mm.~r street was reported .... In
the districts· there wa,o, l!ght trad!.ng. So.uth' Boston · leading With a group of
n~~e hoµs.~., va.lu~4 ~t \',$11,200, ~o~d ·a~, ,~ · .~~~~e~ ,, , ?t.·~er ...proJ?-erties were o·f abo1:1t,
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BACK BAY PROPERTY JUST CONVEYED.
No. 73 Newbury Street.
It is not often •that the transactions of a. day in real estate sh
,f the city and district properties conveYed were each of over $20,0
Jut such was the ,case yesterd•ay. It was a day -when quality far ex
.Ity.. Th'en. too, the ma)oritY of the big sales were iI; sections
)een rather quiet of late-the E:ack Bay and Beacon Hill Wllile e
;ales the 1,a.tter led from a financial stanctpoint, ~th a Beacon st
)f ~ $108,100 property, and .one on Pinckne:y street _taxed on a valuat
The contribution of the Back :Bay con$1sted of a N,ewbury stre
taxed on a valuration of $28,500 and a Bay State road house. carry
valuation. The districts vrere represented by Dorchester, which co
transfers of nine brick apartment .houses on Charles street, taxed
on a valuia'tion of $63,000, and another property. oh A..danis street of
tion. Other sales in city in dist:r-icts were few, and of ahout a.n av
ti9n.
BEACON HILL PROPERTY. BOUGHT FOR INVESTMENT.
31 Beacon .Street.
, The -week in r:e3.I estate op-ened with corisidCT'8.Jble 3.qtiyJtY in
th_e"' S0Uth end, where five parcels were'c9nveye-~
~ey -c·oni.l)rised ·one 0:n
~age~ street_ taxed on a valuation -Of $4SOO. one ~n Wilke$ st~·eet .o'f ,$2600 v~.
i,i?l.}• one on Spear pla-ce of $4900. a fouI"th on Medford cOµi:'t of $2800, an.d ~ 1~
on l~fa.
.St ·Lenox s•treet of '$2700. In the -'North end tl;iree p~·operties· were C
,~eyed~ - On E'ndicott stree~ a $11,500 l?roper.ty Pa~sed. . t:o new ciwner:s. , an~(
deal tn;c'1ud-ed a $2100 Parcel on Cross §'tt-eet..
ID:. this s~rne · se-C;~t,on_ a. - $1(?.~~:
pro.i:,ert,y on Charter ~treet was ,conveye·a ..Th·~ ,di'~tr,fots'· s'.p.p'~~ '_gcipc;l ~bu.st-.._:.;,
ness ,for this time of' the year. -while olltstde ,the b~ty~ tthere.:was.. s~ .
. inc.!Jtd!ng a $30,000 res.1aenua1 property' on , :#aM'ard'..'street:·,
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Site of the Hotel BerkeleyThe Boom in Real Estate on
Boylston Street.
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Not in many years h~S any Boston
street been the scene of· so many operation:;;;, in real , e~t~t:~ as_ .has · Bo~,:lston
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during the, P3'.st• six or eight
months. There, Was. 3..pparentll'". ev:ery
reason ,~rhy thfs str_eet should be one .Qf
the :foremost in the m·atter 'of prices
and business growth. but for ma'.ny
years it 1agged far" behind~ and' the gerieral expression heard abOut it was:
uBoylston street has had too many
black eyes to be much good for some
year$.•• The abandonment' of the Pai-k
square station was one severe blow to
that particular se-ction of the street.
and the placing of that part of'. the
street west of Park square in the SO-foot
lin1.it was another. hard knock.
That
handicap to progress seems quite likely
to be taken off", under the legislation
enacted last year. however.
- In spite of these ... black eyes~· the
overflow of business; :from Tremont
street and the ·cross streets from Washington. 'street. becam·e so great that the
lower part of Boylston street became
rapidly prominent, :and the demand for
rents and high prices began to be the
rule.
No one questioned that in a few years
there would be a dent'and for property
on this street for business purposes.
and that rents would advance, so When
in· the latter part of last year a number
of real esta, te experts began to talk of
Boylston street development beyond
~rlington s.treet they found ready listeners among operators and the more
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need reviewing. and the way available
property has been ·snapped up by investors,
many . piec~s
having
been
turned oYer two or. three times. and
the deman¢ that ·now exists -for such
property are thtn·gs the possibility of
Which happening within six months instead, of at least as many years would
a· ·y~ar ago have been poohpoohed by
nine in every -ten well i.nformed real estate meri
.
N<J end of argument has been raised
price was $12,000. .Mr. Hurd buys for investment.
All these sales were -made through the
~~-?~ of Silsbeep Baker, Geer & Ingalls,
as-- to whethe; ;he -Boylstonis sound. r ~ .
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oSiti'on as it stands to.day
but
evE"n if tl}ire comes ·a halt in the demand, and some of those who have
gone in to make a quick profit find
themselves .ol>liged
to
hold
o;n
for
a
time. it see1ns certain that the future
of the street is to Qe all that has ·been
suggested by the rec~nt boom.
A number of mercantile buildings artt
projected on the
street tha:t woulQ,
hardly have b~en considered a year ol!two ago.
Some of the more notablEJ
examples are· the proposed extension
of the Warren Chambers,
two btlildings to go up at the two corners of
Gloucester street, and an undertaking
on a much larger scale, the replaCing of
the, E:otel Berkeley, at the 6orner of
Berkeley street, with a ne·w mercantile
building, the old ·building, modern and
substanti~l as it v;.~as. "being torn _down
to. make way for an entirely new struc-
the
ture.
The
Herald is able to publish today
the description and a drawing of the
new Berkeley J)uilding, which in exterio-r, as. the cut shows~ is unique in
Bostop.'s varied ar_cll.itectural collection.
T·he Plans were: dritwn by Codmari &
~!ir~:e~:tr t~~f1Ti~ ~~~:tee;fthe at~~~hi:
tecture is the direct result of
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tenipt to, gP.t the gt'ea:t~st amount _ef
light · possible, and therefore the wa1.l
surfac~s. reduced to_ a minimun:i, are
treated as long- vertical lines. Glass is
the principal material, so far -as tbe
area o·f
sides ' of the 'building ar.e
concerned: Ther-e are not onlf three 'exceptionally well lighted sides, but ampl.\
interi•)r light courts, so that the stores
a.re lighted at both front and rear and
the centre as well. Even in the entrance,
to the staircases and elevators this idea
is carried out.
"£he entrance will be
through long exten.sions of the store
windows on either side of the door.
The building. which -will be k:hoWn as
the Berkeley. Gcallery. is to be 70 .feet
high* the· maximum height for secondclass construction, with steel frame,
and to .all intents and purposes ·
proof. The material will be glazed terra.
cotta, while owing to the great amount
of window surface there will be considerable metal work.
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From a'bove the effect is. rather that
of a Court, with a large central light
are.a on the Providence street sid'e above
the
fire-
the second floor.
On the first floor there 'Will be six
large stores, with basements. while the
second will contain offices and salesrooms of varying size. There are to be
five stories, and the thre~ upper 'Ones
will be practically duplicates of the second.
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Everything in the way of conveniences
will be of the mcst modern type, and
there will be speCial attention given to
vaults.
Those in charge of the building are
enthusiastic over the. prospects Of immediate success for it, as the dem~--nd
for space- is already very great, · -and ·
many refusals of rentals wer.e given
even before the plans were prepared.
It is· expected that the structure will
fireproof
~: ~~~~e1\e°t:-bi:tb!1:-Jn 1:'sf :o~x; ~1f{r
Aug. 1 as J)ractica.ble.
on York street of 66 feet, containing
57,400 square feet, upon which there a.re
about 40 apple trees in good bearing. con..
dition.
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SOUTH;.END PRO.PERTY BOUGHT
549· Columlbus Ave,
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ThGre ~.were several p,:COPer:ties of good- va~tiE
tate ..:business,. , the city -contributing se veralr to
e,s on Em.'IIl.et plac·e.. ill tlie west end. Carr3
,. , tt ~ , ·While_~· seoond ··1:rans~~: _in th~t sect~on
~~:."J!_et. _In the South end there were three prop,
_a.v~nue, a. re,Sidentlal parcel. carrying a v~~;.J~~'?;~, street of $6500. and ap._ot;_her on Oak stre,
r~rtment houses.. assessed on a valuation of $"
~;~e~ter_ ~-a~ several:,good tr~nsfers, amon:g them
:·., ~g '\"a.Iued at $1~800. Th6re were good co:riveyaI
::P.~,
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~0;ut_side of the:.clty Cainbridge had· one and N~wt
in the Teal es~ate realm was the finding by ·
f .,.. i:t Of a damage of $120,023.43 for _the Hotel I
,~aton Elevated ,:Railway Company to recover $3·
NORTH END PROPERTY TH AT HAS BEEN c'oNVEYED.
·Corner of' Hull Street and·Snelling Place.
Five More Properties There Have Passed to New
Owners~North and. West-En<:Is, Also,
Have Several Good Deals.
Once in a. while there w.ill be a d4:v•s trading in realty parcels when
i:ood prices prevail in more thall one section, aD.d such a day was Yesterds..-y.
No.t only were the properties conveyed of high value. but there was a sign
of reri.ewed aCtivity all alopg' the line, 1:as shown in the dem"a.nd fOr what
; :riiight be strictly termed investment patcels, a fea~ure th.at extend.ed even
-.:i·~-t~ _/t~E( dl~trict~~ · While the· ~i,t,h 1~nd le~ in tl;le number of city ss:les with
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,:w::as ~bove-: I?-. ave~ge value. po.t ~n the. W~f$t end, two brick b.109~~.
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47 Milk Street, Corner of Federal St~
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fhe Nichols an:d Shepard on the 1
and Weston Streets Sold-.Trac
Parcels in the City,_ Districts ar
There wa.c,; but little trading in real estate yes'ierdaYi
ao.me good, prices prevailed. AIXlong the ~ransfer&
fiOuses arid hOtels, the dema"nd for which haS,been f
Ia:tter· cla~s two .were conveYed in the South end, val
known as ithe Nichols and the Shepard and situated
al'l:~ Weston sti:e~ts. Anothe~ S9uth end tr8.1_1.sfer was
street. In the North end one conveyance was record
Endicott street valued at $9700. There were 'a:. nu
t~-~ districts, the, principal One being two brick apart
st;eet, RoXbUry,.' ca~rying a valuation Of: $18-,800. ,The :r
the'""sale of a va,.Iuable property at Point ,Allertoin. a
11ne and a land ·tract in Canto·n.
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WEST END PROPERTY R.ECENTLY CONVEYED.
Nos. 2 t<, 4* Parkman_,~treet.
rhere Were No Transfers in the City Proper and;
but Two in the Districts-.-Brookline Opened
the Week Fairly Well.
·Without exception. yesterday ~evelop;ed the smallest amount of business in
the transfer Ot real estate of any daY in tW~ year:s. except holidays. when the.
Suffolk r-egi.stry was open. There is no doubt that it is a. temporary lull, be-'!
ca1:1se there is alwa.Ys more or teSs tra.dli;ig 111. ~OVestment p~operties duri~g th0
summeh, atld ill. -addition there ~re de'als. ~eady fo·r closing involving Ia.rge?
amouri.ts. ·~ton's oilty ·tra.n~f'ers "ye,;Jtel:'d~Y were.of d~~trlct p~rC~ls, ·both')n,:
Dorchester, and, ot small:, VolUnie. J~t ·_ojitSide. how~ve.~ t~e~e, · w~re .· s0J1:l
~pop~rttes co_nveyed., ~~S... f~r·.1
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~itles _of the Many Bills That Were
· the Recent Session-Transfers i
Sections for a Day.
. Aln:.?~g the few
r~corded Sales o'f yestc-rd.a.y there wer
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s31ch proportions as to µiake the Sum. total o.f all pass for
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P~ncipal 1;.ra'Il:sactio.n, however, was the sate· ·of about an
th;e: ..'1-Iu:o:tington ave.::iue entran~·e: of J:he FenwaY, a tract
1Ya.luation ?f nearly $100,000. Th_~n 9n Francis street, just
'. Roxbury llne a,n $18,100 transfer took place, While there
-~ork 1~ Qther sections, although high prices .did not rule
S:8:les fl,nal papers were ~ssed, while Cambridge reported
of interest. was the _promulgation of the synop·sf.s of the
:Leg.isla,.tui:e of 1905, issued by the Real Estate. ~change. '
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PROPERTY CONVEYED ~N THE NEWER BACK BAY.
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212 Huntington .Avenue.
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East Boston Had an Unusual Day, While in Othd
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Sections There Was Activity-City Parcels :;,:,
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That Were Reported Conveyed.
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Trading in the district1 was a. feature o"t Ye?terday•s real estate busines~
although that was not all CYf the 'business transacted.
The Back Bay w.~ o
represented in the conveyance of a\llalf-interest .in a. $27,700 property, on Hun1
ington avenue, while in the South end was chronicled the sale of a . . ~ We~ Q
Dedham .street -property. and 1n the Wes:t,end one of $21.800 valuation.
Eal.<f
'°Boston ;i:n;$1P.ess was s'trong. 15 di~e:fen~ P.rop.~i:it~, ~ing . tnv~lved in· th~ · d9..y
also ,
rt_~ -~~r.ee_)~·-ra.n,sa<?tio~, Dor~heSter f(!':Ut"'~_~,_,. __ "2.
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PROPERTY IN SOUTH END RECENTLYC
149 West Concord Street.
No One Section Represented
One Tran~action-One Transfer
North End-.-Registry Fi
Whlle yesterday was not the dullest day of the su
was one in which there was but little business transacte
districts
The Monday of the week before Was the w
an_d yesterday was but littie better. All. toid there ~-ere
tions. one in the North end of the city, where an $11,200 p
an~ one· each in Charlestown, West Roxbury, South Bos
flgures from the Suf:!olk re?1stry showing last Week's w
ment ir::. T'he H.erald's review that there was a summer
property shown in the accompanying cut is one recent
Gulesian, and is assessed- on a v_?,luation of $9000.
NORTH END PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN CONVEYED. ·
87 to 89 Endicott Street.
Two Properties Conveyed Were in the South
End, and Orie Each in the Nprth and West
Ends and Back Bay-Other Sales.
There :was a little Inq,re life injected into the business of real estate trad,:~;/
ing yesterday, four of the city sections having transfers, while all of, the-.:
distritj.t.S but CharJestoWn re!)orted one -Or moz-e sales. With the amotint a1;:id\f
varie'tY, however, there was nothing that rose to the importance of a ·"big~:;'(
sale, ' the largest being a $9700 property on Endicott street, in the North end-.1}:~
There ~"ere two South end conveyances: one· of a property on ColUmbu.s ~:
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nue valued at $8300, and one on. West Spririgfleld street of $5·000.• qrie:, ·1µ
newer Back Bay, on Duridee. street, is taxed ._on a valua:tion of· $5200, arid·
transfer in the West en:d was. of·~ .$700'0 pr6perty on Pitts __ street.,
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were also recorded _in the. recent 5:ale, .at auclion, of a S:tate .st:r~~t
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Other ma
s that :made.
~e .record of. the· d~y we~e ,·,,t
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WEST END PROPERTY JUST CONVEY
22 Auburn Street.
tour Parcels Each in South and We
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Summer and Hawley Street
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Without anY disPiay of fireworks., the real es.tate busin
to_ne yest«:rday, and a~ unusual number of parcels Passed
"VYithsta?-du1:g the fa.:pt that _it was in the midd~e of ari ·
ev~r?7"th1ng_ 1s suppo~ed,to be at a s~andstill. The North a
~red1ted with four transactions each, although not a pare
t:1Je dignity ;>f five /igu~es It wa~ property of average valu
f./.~~stment.
rhe districts represented in the day's buSines
Ro;.~ufy• Roxbury and East Boston and h"ere too· p!"i
.::.<bu~Id~r o
n tehrest was the announcement' of a long:.terni le"
?{.·. 1 Ing on
e c9ri;ier. of Summer and Hawley. streets.
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NEWER BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY. CONVEYED.
50 and 52 St. Germain Street.
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Considerable Trading Going on in the Island Ward
in All Kinds of Parcels-Activity 1s
Continued in City Transfers.
Business in real estate yesterday 'indicated:. some quickening of activity.
with East Boston again the centre of the mo"vement. In tl,lat district. where
there bas been a strong tone of late in realty transactions, more properties
have been sofd at good figures over th~ taxable va:luation.
This has been
mostly land fo·r improvement, the latest sale •being o.f 33,000 feet for $11,550.
Other land in the same section has 8.Iso been bought. for imp.roVement. Yesterday's city transactions were of an average character, some being' retransf'ers
of properties recently purchased. for investment.
There ~ere four in' th'6
South end: An E.a.st Newto·n ·street property of $6500 valuation, one on Brad~
ford street <"!f $3500, another on EaSt Si:>rlngfi.eld street. of. $5600, and the follrth
on Seneca street of $6100; In rt.he We~t:ei:iA t~e ; conveyallces were of a ~
pa:rcel on the corner of Myrtle· and Andercotl streets, and olle on Lowell strfa.~t
valued at $7000~ In the Nor:th end -wa.S. th~ tr3.:nt;fer of a" $9700 lnv·esthieri.i
f:roperty that -w~s ··bo~ght !but· th?:"ee
·ag~ by the present g.rantor. whi
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fie newe~ -.~a9k·
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PROPERTY IN BUSINE~S DIS'TRICT.C:ON: ,',
Nos. 74 to 78 South ·,Market. Stree1 .·
This Was the Feature of Yest¢tc1~y,
in the Real Estate Field-.-Sev, ,·
District: Properties Were Cot
Wlth Monday usually ,a weak ,d,?-Y fQr real. estate tr
a. fa:irly good run of business. ·. WTiile the work Wa.s, as
the districts there was a gbod transfer of a.' mercantil
M~rket ·street, taxed on· a,va.luation of $52,000. This:is 1: ;~.
ol.ls deals scheduled ·for closing soon of =business or rest(
-with the return of ·'brokers and others interested, th~ fl:rs
parcels under agreement. for sale will be transferred. n·o
of di.strict trading yesterday. -with ·four "tranSfers, Whilt '~.
Brighton two and Charlestown and West Roxbury one e_a ~
$10,200 property ori Cass street. Other plaCes i--eI>resente'd
"We,re "W'"inthrop, Cambrid'ge, Salem. Brookline and Nahant.
w-eek's work at the Suffolk registry showed a. little fall
:with the !I)ireceding week.
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NORTH. END PROPERTY RECENTL.v' CONVEYED.
Nos. 4 ,and:5.South:Market,Street. , _
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All. Sections Represented' in - Yesterday,s Work;
,with the Feature Another Property on South
Market Street-. Other Deals.
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Trading in investment propertf~s was t:he featur.e of yesterday•s buslh~s_s
:In real eeytate~ all se·ct1ons of the :ctty- .having a. share. The feature of the, dEt:Y,.
however,. was the transfer of an interest in another South Market street prop. eriy,:, cirrying · a valuatIOn of $79,800.. '. the sec~n~ transfer on that street :ln a~.·>:
many da3:s. There were three parcels ill. the· ·SC)uth end conveyed, a DayiE(-i;'.
str"eet 'P_rop"e~y of $7700 1valuation~ one on Middlesex street of $7500 and a th!~~/~)'
ori Genesee. street o·f $5800. The Nort!). en.d's coiit,ribution wa13 a Thac}?.er stre¢-"ti\,"7i
parcel. taxed on a valuation of $6000,.' whlle one. in the 'West end is valued a:t;;::s:~
· $3800. The ·newer Ba~k Bay furriish.ed /ori.e., a Dundee street dwelllng,._.. carryf · <.'l:;,
a. val'18.tion of $579q. There wa,e som8\bus~ne~s ~n the d4stric~, ~~j: ·
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Noa.· 18 'an_d 2_0 Dook Square and 30 Fa,
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liiotber. Conveyance in Market
,:,, . of Boston's Old Business Bloc
Sections Good Sales Wei
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tiiee~ estate market 'seemed to tak:eis on aAmo'
variety
JI)lr(}perties coµveyed
considere
~~D.ces,· neither were they apartment
~hen:-
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hou~~s.
S::uibstan.tial business structures, !both bought for im
:xia.rket 6ection, Dock and Fanelli! · Hall squares. w
~Id. "While the other, just in the edge of -the West
1~f~ies a valuation of ~.ooo. Ano-th,~r West ena
M~a~i:J!ie:h:~eJsTl-;_;_13:,dw-~il~Ol~ih!n n1e~efort
rtreet house, valued: at $5200y .!Was transferred.
The
l;ther sections was one on Dorcheste a.venue, Dorch
~rookllne of $14.600.
BACK BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT BY F. A. WHITEWELL,
409 Marlboro Street,
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Wharf 'and Terminal Company to Fill 200,000
Feet and Then Erect Freight Sheds-Trading
in Real Estate Weak Yesterday.
Monday is not a very busy day, as a rule, in real estate~ and yesterday was
no exception. Trading was light everywhere :In city sections, the only conveyance in the city Proper being a sm~ll interest in a North end property
at the come~ of ,snow~ill and Shea~e streets~ The only districts to respond
.were Dorc~este~. w1~· ;t~o trans;ers and, Ea~ 'Boston _with one. Outside o't'
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city th";.1?'\1s·
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'SOUTH END PROPERTY THAT HAS CHANGE
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:112 "'net 1'14 Kencl;;,.11 Street.
One Is on the Consolidated Gas C01
in the North End-Valuable
That Have Been Transfei
Yesterday 1:"r~sactiotl$ in :real estate involved se.(,.eri
good v.alua:t.i.ons,,.. among tnezn ]being a. Roxbury la.nd 101
valued at $.ZZ,.500. One other conveyance in the same di
o~ houses in Conant street taxed: on a. valuation of $14:
had but three transfers; One ou. Allen street of $10,.000
the South end,. on ~ndaU street~ ot equal amo\lnt, whi
en9,. on Prince streeti,. wa.s of but $5800. Dorchester ha(
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lep~~~f~a~~~m;wgllf~~s~~s~1M~ibu
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Charlestown, in tl;>e la;;tter a land lot of 26,336 feet chan~
of inte1:est .in t.he .da.y"s wprk was the report of the la
on va:r1ous propertles·, within. a. short _t_im_e_._ _ _ _ _ _ _
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7 Asylum Street.
Several Good , ~arcels Conveyed in These SecJh:i
tions, One in Brighton Valued at $19,800-'· ·. ;
Two Leases Effected in City Proper.
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The •centre of the stage in real estate a-tr.airs was occupied yesterday by ·
"t!tstricfs~ where several transfers of properties' of good value were made~ ·__
:Bos-tan -had- three transactioris,.. Roxbury two. Dorchester two. and Brf ,
one.. the la-titer being of .a prOperty on Lincoln and _Market street.a;. taxeq ·
Valua.tion of $19-.800. There was ,also the division of an estate record~cf;. pr
ttes atl'eeted betng in the South end, Roxbury, 'West Roxbury anti South
,ton. This estaite fa a.ppra.ised as soniething over $30,000. In the city prop
oDly eonveya.nce was of an AsYltmn street property valued at,
...,..s, a:lso given oqt of t:he cl
ng term leases on .tW"
•tne properties. .gop,1,,J;us
o:,:-~~(l, 1;X:P,tn the N!1'.
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CAMBRIDGE PROPERiY JUST CONVEYED.
69 Dana Street.
{his Was in the Transfer of
e-rties Rather Than the
Several Good Sales in t
Yesterday was what might be termed a bus
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districts
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Prices. had a varied range, too, going from valu
·~~i,Strlct land lots of a few hundred dollars• valu
:.::ma.y. nu:r;nbered three. one a Bay State road resid
· on Bea.con street of $25 000. and a stable on Ne
~other citY transfer was in the South end. When
':Nta.ny district properties changed hands. Dorch
'four., East Boston three. West Roxbury, South B
th-e latter being nine parcels passed to the sa-me
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properties as compared with £he July figures.
PROPERTY CONVEYED IN iHE NEWER BACK BAY;'
56 Norway 'Street.
Among the District Transactions, Also, There
Were Several Properties of High Values
That Pa~sed to New Ownership.
A much stronger tone Wa5\ shown in yesterday's ~ansactions in real estate.
that is to sas, the properties conveyed were. as a rule, of higher value than on
the day previous. and again tQ.e Bi8..ck B:aY came strongly to the front. With two
conveyances, one was of a $28,000 Beaco, street residEince, while in the newer
section a $20,000 apartment house on Norway street was soltl •:there -were 3.:lsQ
two tran~fers in the South end, one of a S~n,eca st~eet prop~rtY. taxed on a val,l'.J.~tion oi $6300, and one on Dover street ot. $63-00. There was also one in the West
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et propertYf -v~lued a~ ~ - District
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MERCANTILE PROPERTY THAT HAS CHANGED (HANDS,
6'89 •and 591 Atlant_io Avenue. ·
Mercantile Parcel on Atlantic Avenue Has Been
Transferred-Other Good Conveyances in
the Day,s Transactions.
CA.rter a full holiday a.nd a. S'aturday afternoon, real estate busiiless took:
bn a. .strong tone for the opening of the week, ·and the city proper had its
share. The leading transfer was of a property on Atlantic avenue that came
.tnto the possession of the present grantor last June. It ts taxed on a valua1:lon o:f $31,100. In the North end there were transfers of four parcels, two
t,n Lathrop place valued in the aggregate at $5600, and two on Salem. street
-c,f •9500 a.nd $10,500 valuation respectively.. In the South end a $3500 property on
~ t Lenox street was sold. There was considerable trading in district properties, Dorcihester leading with seven conveyances. In S'outh Boston there was
:~X::ri~a:~~a.~~at1o~r9
$1~}~,us~hi~~
Brighton and Charlestown were of average values. There were also sales reported in Revere, Needham· and .Albington. The ,business at the Suffolk regist.ry showed a substantial gain over that of the previous week.
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NEW SUMMER STREET BUILDING OF THE BOSTON WHARF COMPANY
IN SOUTH BOSTO'N,
Three Floors of Which Have. Just Been Leased' to
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33 Anderson Street.
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836 Beacon Street.
~J'Old Corner ,Bookstore" Passes
to N;ew ·, han°tt~. ',anJ WHl'- Shin,, U11t1efgrf
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With the Old Corner bookstore doomed,
the. cllstomhouse spurned, big signs
St:ru?;i~g at t:qe Comm.on, an?- Park-st
Cb.Urch
barely escaping . destruction~
Bo.St-on
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threatened
with
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Gothamian commonplacene~s. Build ·
a Flatiron and be done with it.
OLD CORNEM
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l knowsWinthrop-Say no more; the cOurt
Gov
·wh~r4:;fore, and i~ satisfie~.
I ti~a~i: ~~l.i 1~n~;~ of the finest corners cei~b~~t~1~fi~ a1:.X~~%YlJ~::b.. ~~\;1arria.
/ in the city of Boston. 'l"'he. lot contains from the Massachusetts
colony and
Boston will soon lose another of fts
historic buildings-the structure known
the world over as the .. Old Co~ner
Bookstore" on the corner of Washi:igton and School sts. This famous building has been leased entire for a long
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ter!Il of years to t e
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Realty and I_mprovement
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York, the consideration being private.
It is understood that as soon as a few
floor,
such as
chall-ging the entrance
t? the store. The upper floors are prac1
1 4868 square feet, t&xed for $681,500,. about
; $140 per square ;fcot. Th,is represents the
land value placed on the property ·by
the- assessors, the ~uilding being taxed
for $4000
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The loc?-tion is 1 to 11 School st, and
:283 Washington st.
The history of the
where since stood the
.. Old Corner Bo0kstore" and went to the
Rhode Island colony.
. Soon after tJ?-e departure of thh;; fam1ly the follow1nC>" records were ·entered
upon the town °booli:s under the date
of July 1.
of the structure, which will be so
changed as to make it practically new.
Thus will paSs into history what was
built. The lana ~~as formerly the old
garde~ of Gov ~intl:ro~.
Prev1ou_s to this time, away back in
5 H\;f;i;in!~~~\h~
br~fii~~;
er, in behalf of h:ls father, Wm. Hutchinson, to sell his house in this to"V\rl'l
to Mi Richard t-£utchinson of London. ,
a Iyning draper.
o~ce one of the most -famous buil,dings
that the city of Bost?n ever had.
The passing of this fampus property
will follow quicklY" other notable buildings that have be.en raze.A to. meet .th_t\
i marc-4- of pro&"ress. such as~ the ·'Old Han· cock.. ~avern_, :'the Boston M~eum. the
old M~rchants• hotel and others.
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From time to time interests of du.ferent parties in this estate have been
sold and the property at present is :in
such state that it is practically co11._..
trolled by a feW. Francis c. "Welch et al
; represent some Of the own~rs, while
!~a:11 p~!~1ethir ~o~~~~n~t~gttt!:i1n:
houses, in_ 1'!$4. 'A~~e- _l-:IutchiI_1son, the
·vd.fe of W11I1am Hutc.h1nson, lived_ in a
~~iT-1\n~~Us'-ihi:
~h~hew1i~~srg!
_aJJ.c~stor of Gov 1'homas Hutehinson.and whose mother --wrus the. great~unt
of J-ohn ..qryden, W'_a_s ?f gre~t ~ddr:ess
and the highest abillty, and J.Or a~t1me
Rev
John
Cotton,
and
even
G_ov
"'\Vint.h~op, fell bene~~h the spell of her
preac,h1ngs and ,d9ct_r1nes. She_ wa~ the
leader of the sect of Antinom1ans,
whose creed held "the _law of :fyf.oses to
!Je ur:profit~ble~ and th.at there is no ~nn
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I new holder:3- on the P:operty r_ern,odelln° erected-30 year~ before.Faneuil hall was
short leases
expire ~h! ~~?J~ ~ft~r:,.er t:i~~~1~~~~ \~}fl~iii;-~kwl~
will beg1~ the
~~~er C~~\1~!st~. a~y~!~<;kty w~~'X. pu~:.
chased last December what' was owned
by Dr Charles E. Inches. and th:ey now
sell to. Mr. Welch et a.I;:· truS~ees.
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The property as. it__ .~tanQs toda_y 1s
valU"ed by the· asseS~Ors at $685,500:_ ,but
this does· not give· th~
. ~,l value_ ~::rf
the estate· as it is said•
,ffi~th1ng
more thari $1'
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niont· '
i- ·· ·.. '.l-"'h_e
xew.
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ini;!1"t!~r~1;;v1nd1ct. ve
.. tn_ 1~38,
carp.e her
qoy Winthrop be1
enemy a_nd after a
~ele(J;>r~te:d trial she was bf ~nh:shteq fro:;i
.the colony. At the end o t is r13:i-t e
I governor arose. and pronounce! Judg;m~nt as follo~s.
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.Mi:-s H1:1tchinson, _the ,sentepqe of. the
cou.~t._that;.yo\L ~ear _is that you ~!e ba.n- ·
Jshe4 ·.f~~~ our-.'jur1sdicti_o~ as ·Pein~ ~
W'9m~~\~?t flt,_for: ·our:soc1..e1;y, and-:y:01:J:
_are,:~<h,P~:-,-pn!~f~~n~~: _t~~--~~~-~??;u~.
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:from his home
J~;;';\J
~t~~1:i:Fa~
~°ou~':.-
t.!.~:
0 \~·c~! ~~;'i
bpundea. ori the east by the street leading to Roxbury, ori the south by the
a\1I:~~1;.1r10~:ei<!.s°en t~e
:-the ·tow-n in 1645, -anCf ·cauecf ''.1=he scg-Ool~
J house estate"," and now City Hall sq. · ·
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Richard Hut~hinson. ~ho was a very
wealthy man ~f L_ondon, sold this estate to a ~oston µierchant for the sum
of £75, and this man, Mr ·Evered, con-'
veyed a part of the land to another
merchant for £40 This "?,'as the portion
tfiat was recently occupied by the 014
Corner b<?oks_torc.
it ~girai\i1'e'°a
~~.;t lt;di11hJO
~g~~nit
a~rb~fi~1
t!:eg~;'~·i1~~·h1t1!.~4:dL~t!1;
his q.aughtE?r ereqted upon the spot a
dwellirig f<?r the sum of £300 left her. for
the. pux:pose by her father.
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The property late;r passed into t~e I
hand.s o{ her daughters in England aIJ.d
was so14-_by therµ to T"homas Creas~.. to;.,.-,,.
gethe.r -with, its buildings· and edifices~·.::}..··~
. Oct:- _1'711·, :a:.t.:the.'. e.a.t-tire ·
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,relieve'
.the
si\RE:T· BE~N'.:wxamr:roiroN~ND
muchsttiooted
t~g1:on street traffic cong~stion
r :F1tzgerald will call upo~ the
- , m·m· ,·ss,·oners to make .p"lans
C0 ,
:neW .street running from· Han'
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_to Boylston street,, between
jllgton 8rid Tremont.
It is
_sed to $eCUre legisl~tion to aU- .
·e·,, tlj·e::·c,·ty· to b<,>rro= $S,OOO,OOO.
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de ··.tne debt limit, ~ a
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h'":~.~e-latest plan.
. ,0 WIDEN ALLEYS
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All 'the 'mo~ey the 'city. -would. bJ• ah ~cj'ipol st.r;i><st. ;:FromiS~'\i.ool.. to\Bromfield tna:te .
lowed to borrow out~ide of·the delj>t limit s:treet th~!e,are, t~o pas~ges.. ,Ch~pm.3'.11· ,pense 1n .r.eb
would,. be :.dev~te~ · tq,,)s~ree.ts al).·d> would ,p~acet·:·an~.' ~royinC~. ~sveet;i·,i~n~- .tli"e i,,p.l~p.·l? City Hal~; :"'N'i.
•be spent ,froin- the-'rew,1ar amount--that j!Oa\l'.fOr•.the"wideni_n:g"of eLther:.o.f··_thqse 'of the.old C
the ·city annu~'J.Iy'-seitis'·~id¢, fOl".'':f:h:a,t: d~- two: or t.l).e_ C<?Il.S1-::r;1:1ct~on ,of ,an ,~:c9a<l:.~' an ~ a bridge •. yi,
';pal"'tm~nt.
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--~ thorou'ghf~~e . 5._f.?. feyt, :w;ide ·.w,!dc.h.:..~"\V'.'OU1
hybrid _ ~ff~
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The "pla..ns, as'l nq.w-' proposed~ call f'Qr ~.a.ke ,in a -sectio,~ ~f ··!>Oth ~-iig~wa:y_~.
-thp .. str:ee~,
the -widening of certain small alleys that
An . a~enue · rtj.¥~inp · ~-r?.1:11- .. , H~n?ver \~ff<?~d · th~·
~re sandvy'\ch~_d: 'Jn ·!be~e"¢.~ washit;igt9-n _stree'f: t9 Br.on:fleld ;sf!!3et 1:5 -a prop?s1tio~, n1~:1:1~e?- by·
and Trero.Qp.~ : ,stree.t$..,·
AlthQu~:P. .. they.; ~tl;l:?,t grf.?at.Iy. 1nt_er~s.t.s M3:-yor Fltzg~rald. ton an.d: T
:now serve _:as·."""'sh.or.:t.~cu~r,, '·for/tho15!e who Plan~ calling. fo~ th~s a.s· 8:- _part of the
frequent ·1t~e·":;;inQ-j:,piµ;g~)dtS;t,t:i.Ct-. they· do new thoroughfare fro~. ,:f!~n9:v,er str~et . ~·w.··
Only a s*1~)( P,-~t. 't0):v¥,d*,~ relieving the to . B~:.Vl~t~n are ~rnbo~ed iq. ~- . ~~n~r~l run the ·n:e
conges~ed'~ ~e<,::t;Ions. ··, - ! \. ; ~. .
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. pla~ ~:U~~~tted 1;;o. t1?~ Mayor by" Henry P.
From H_a~ov:er·.. str.~~t-·±o '.~9X!~~p. ~tre~~- _.¥~llo~s ~f 43 ri;-Y'.em,ont. street. ·~h~.~e .a:c-e west end ·o
thei-e.Js aI.r.p._oSt: ~:p.~uri:q~~~#e4.:~horo~gl).- -~ein~ Garefully .consi~e~~p. by ~.i:n~.
fare Creat~d :PY_-.t:1}.~~~·-..~~a~~ .al}:ey$;·.. :W-~!~h.. ~ Mr. -rellows in ~ c.om~~nicat1on to the ,'\vidth. of.
rang~ in ~i~tl~},f~w-:·~"~- 'f.e~t. t~ . a,Ef,'O~: ~o:.~, }~/Iayor s sec~~ta:r;y s~ys. / . . .
. 'th€:"''inai;
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t.1!;1~/i.\
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ift~eet roa~~~.
::f.J~ '.!'at ~~!.EJn '.ia ..!r, -l!;f!~~ . ··$~t.. is Plans D1Scuss.ed to,:af9aae.:·· 'Schooi s.
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the use 'of· tr,ying/
Of ovk:
Washing'ton, street? Why not·ruJ;i a,n1;:1w. thiS ·w\:i!J:l
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n canS for an avell.ue to run rthe Trem~r~t· 1.hJ~a~e"t1;>loc~t,'.·a.~~~:tj¥.fD.~ed
over .. street to ~.rom:field street. passage froUl:,~e.s-t;, :s-:tree:t ·.~·~~yi'.StOn. ·;
·widen the s~ries, of sm~ll alleys
Ai ,F.ranktiD. AvCnue :·~·
exist ·and woUtd rnake thein into
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thoroughfare.
The new_ 'tlioJ:otig1-:,l8-re. woUlci-:··st3..rt·- at,
:hor with Senator Francis .T.... Franklin ~V~:h:q.~~ -·. a~~ the ""'."!d'e:hing o:r
p~·ans to have more street im- that passag¢>w-<>ul~':·~ke a. broader way
ts in Boston this year than for 'into Courp:, f!!:f::"I;~et ·.trOm.. Hanca:v-er A3~:re.et.
'.'1_0 Year~ .past. and t·he· Washing.. That would'., lea.4 into
C~ur.t, .sq1,.1.are
, et m.atter will receiVe much con.: (south) ~nd·_. ~onti:n:ue on: :_. ...f.0:ugh./. City
!ln a~--~:'_e_p_Ia~~-a_r_e_o_u_t1_1_n_ed_._ _ _ _
F_I~a_n~a_venUe.. makin.g 'a dtl;"eCt'-P,~~Sag~ to
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·_str'eet i 50 feet_ wi~e frbtllf Cour.t:,.:...sqUab:( ·the D.~;ty- s,
to· :West: street an~ arcade this uew i,neSS blo
's:tr.e~t it~ entire~- _l"engt~;~,,: Such_ ~- :-~~ca:a~Q.>:r1
.Street will relieve for a,11~..cume the. :.con~~ :etr:uct~d .
stan_tly iri~r~as~pg evil of .:th~ cQ.llg-e:s.tib~~ f6f .'\Re ne·
on_ W"ashington and Tremont -streets; .and" :Chis le~ve ~;.~
you can't. relieve it in any ot-her 'Way;
(Sch_oo1.· Stl"~e
~ ~~If y~u :nn,1 a. new· strE;'~t,.·as"you· pro- ·Wide)' ~nd ~~
,pose,..· by Way of ,City :ga:;n avenue ,and_, titr.!-e.
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Prov.jnce street~ you :Would have' to: m"!].-·. "If you willc
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NARROW STREETS AND ALLEYS (from
D 'HEAD PLACE.
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";:he city, or up Province street Itself, you:+.avenue to" Hanover street .'and, '''this+ ..
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~ th.~e:-:-b.::.~t , will DJ)tice that the southe~ly ltne: of opens .UP South court. ·sqtl.ar0,. whi~e ·.at _ses~E:~ °".alu~tion~ and a c~ ,
re on the · site · Province street curves northwardly to · the same time you a1S·o give .. dir:"eict· ac;..: .,arch1.tects ~ou19- s?cure a '. ~~ .
tChed to it by Province cO.Yrt so that· beYond · Province c~ss to the new wide Central: st:re·et; f'rO~ . .' City ~all. ~~ keepi1;1g :wi.'~1! ._tP;"
other than a
court the souther!~ side of the riew 50- S~ollay_ square by way of, ~orth. d~rt dignity and impo_rta1;ce_ of the
'sf'actory; while foot ·?.ride central street would · follow , squ~re, . and you· relieve , absOitft.eiy ·Ute (ity. The s.~ntiment :J. 5 _1 n :ta.yor · o :,
. tpo narrow to practically the line of the street pro- . congestion on Wa.Bhirigton and 'Tl"eniont · City. Hall at )?ark s~ua~E:· , ~~~. ,'I~
e_,, ot ,._ relief
de- posed by -,:\ray ~f Province ·street.
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"This would give the P.:i.rker House'. a · ·
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,the.thing was put under way.and•
on
as ing- frontage on the new street (10Wer sto~y.
Sell Public _B~ildings·
~ign for a C;% Hall aqc~pted. ·_su_c'
~"'~-tta11"
arcade'd) -from School street fu"Boswor_th
··~11\he 9ity ~all 1.~ts~'~a'.~1). .. 52,:_bY;:,3:~s{' City Hall a d the new1··8.lr.ca9'e.
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street, while ·the Five Cent Sa--vin.gs Ba.ilk on. e'ther side of,, the ·.new .5A.~oo·t' s'tr'e· et·.,. ·wou,d rnake for the comm.on. n
e CitY Hall, and and' abutters on the side of PFOvince
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no"W" and all future time.'! · ,
·_ bppOsite the street could advance their holdings.':tO~the through the middle of." th_e.;·i~t/ sell fh!{
With. a ·broad avel'lue to~
K~*¥-~
~i;:;e!!e-t~~ {~; ;!~e
!i~~et;t;"e~! 01~
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cotlrt!10Use with t~1 buil~irig_~on -1t, in.1 ;~~e~t c~;l~u~t\1~a~~dt:.!1~to~1:,~'·
just about the could not Var·~ materially fro_m that·of th"e· any ~tage of construction (any syn-dl~te :Boylston street would .be mUC:
' leading up to street _pr_oposed by i:\-~ay of~ PrOvin~e . Which wants Young's Hotel for ~~~n~$S·_ \From Bromfield stree·t, -· there~:
ty Ha.11 from str:eet~ wt:iile the values of all .P~OP~;t'"tY offl,~e~ would t~e lt)'·,·an9-: s~~l'. .th¢- Old :half-W~y- stre~ts ,Whic~.- collld ,:
t has a front abutting on. the wide street W?U~d ·:b~ P:roba.t_e_~b':1il~~ng, ,and use th~/' pro,c.ee.~;?': ,be utilized in~_cotitinU.fn_g 'the.·ri
~ street,
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"either sideand . m:3-terially enhatl~e.?,_~ owing' to its gr._eat.,er· : at.·:-P~_rk:co_nstruction of Hall: I~t~~90:nt~n:3 .,n1.sh the ... Qeginn1ng, of place ,:·wo.
ot width and the a;c~es, over Y,alue~·,.oJ:J. for .t'b.e_._·. 1~(lµ~e. - City ~-.n~w_._·.· ..·.Ci·t.Y,_-__.·H····"' ;/l';lgh:fare, w.hile:-.~f.#ter a new·.!
Wide for bus- the much narrower~·st1:eet along.:the,.tlne .2~.915 ~~u.are·feet, while the Jq_~dan::.~~f- :throu:gh;to ·Tern,ple place._A sm,
p-usiness blocks of Prlovince street, with the a.dvantag~ ag~ h~s -47,362- square feet-ample· ~J.>ape, :running from Temple place to
buildings con- in the elld in !~V·?r of the brqad stra'.ik11,ti ,for a'~1,~~-Pltjr Hall iJ?, the m.-0~-~ .-~e:nt~~J:·.:~t:reet~ c'ould ·be U_tilizetI ·;t.s ,iil; ;o~
· along the line arcaded tho;rougfi.fare The extension of locati.01,1 .. in ·the_ city.,. Down-tow:n;, :v~~ue.s: .. -stances,, w-P,ile M~on·. stre~t, _w~
to WeSt st.feet
J?:rovince Court and.· ~~hirigton .street c~n. 11:e'.Ver ! be 1imihfsh~d by the r~~:<>V_8i~_"1 _the new thOroUih-rS:·re to:'~ii:e' w ·
.-56 feset wla~ and ,B(?~Worth s.treet and~.Ha~ilton .place. 'of tlie_'· City~ Hau~ Whi~e a C(i:Y)·_H.it:.11 '.al: Tremont. Theatr.e: .·The.w~'.ij,vt ..
s· only: 21 feet into the new street would .follow as a :Par-k square -i$. in line\_With tti.e present.··ab:t'Upt halt to."the s·treet·the
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all~ p.ro~p.ect~ve ~ow~h._of:, th '
-:~U.· ·-,ari?,tes Hettd ~lac,e, a snial;l
··~un . your ne'?.o- street,, however, ·~ ~s i, ca~.· undoub,tedly get a- fong:.
. . iO:tJ,_, 'J·ex.tends :from Boylston f;'t '·
;atlas of YOU·,have proposed, by -w:ay ·of :f'r~nk~iti on tl)e Jordan garage)fit or_tj
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GEO. W. DEEN, Bo;: 457, Waycross, Ga.
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l PARTNER WANT.rED-An old established.mac1J.ine build~r. manufacturiag a line of highmachfnes, to6iJs, wishes a · Jive·
Cam- grade.- standard n·ftb not JesR._t.h.a.n....._Sl_Q__ ±o
eeUve nar±ner
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Boston, profits $25 to $30 per week; price reasonable. N. 297. Globe oflic~.
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LODGI?i:!G HOUSE wanted, 16 or more room·s.
B, B preferred. · N 304, Globe office.
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or an.other is a. large · tick-et l~bb?'"•
reached from Tremont st;re-et .. Som¢;'-~.
arr:a!lgenient Will be · Worlt.ed out in-. Q
to ··relieve· ihe in Creased. tr~fflc : at;''·
present ticket booths on 'the, UP:p,e,:r\
Although the P~r~,c.·.. street ~.tati~~ .J::!3
~!~h 0
Over switClies hat ~'tlie we.Sterly'.:ezi~fc.,f-;the:
station. Alt this is9 of course. 'C~C,Ulaied
to db awa~.: .-w.it_J;t ~ qongeBtion '.Of. ti~ffl,C ()fl:.
:
the lower level.
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For example,~ when a. trai:a com'es in
from Cambridge the passengers will be
going, Out to the side platform ·while the
waitill.g passengers on the central plat-
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;ttltftt1ng·~-~~shiti'oi:r':\1111r~~-e-27 Yeee-·nenea~h~
tfle pav~TI?--~nt. This; lo~<;>r tun.~el stat!on
will consist of three platforms running
from the Tremont str~et .line westerly toward Beacon street for 350 fe_et~ and_ thus
the dire~tion of' the lower tunnel will be
at right angles to the platform-s ,and
tracks o·f _the upper, or p~esent,. station
of· the subway.
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A S,tub End <Termin8.l
:J::st~6~ '· As
,g
t,'~~
tii i:i,e:bp.;:rat;ng\~i,'the
ne~ ~tation,
to,· be' 'what· is ;~nown as_~- t•:satfunl,s
or:: real,,,.. termiilal; for tfi.e
:t~e;:>:th8:t. '9£~}. ?om_e~fij O!! ~ith~r. s~¢1.e .o"'f .·the:
~t8.i.I'Sr it js
~f
t~e
1
end,"
A
Centi".~' of
Tl".avel
-~;t~'#SiOµ:
· -Whatever th~ eveniu~l
subWay may be~--the Parli: street
will be one of the centres of· 1:,r~D,;
tion in Greater Boston. _Just ·
will be thrown open to the p~bJi
through trains running directl;r '
va.rd s(luare, in eight or nine 1n}
be dorie at the sa>t'ne"thne. But eVen more a reduction fro.tr;t. the present thn
important than this is the fact that when
inbound trains are running on short head ... an:. hour or f?O; i$' a. questio1_1. ?;'
'!ta_y dllring.. tbfl rush ~~s two trains. c·a-n report ot fh~ Tra~sit ~Q:rn.tnJ
Ok, unIOitded .a'n~· loa:J~d at the s3.m~ ·time~ h~s --:Just been ·~~suea- sel:.S"'
py means of the two:.tra:ck accomtnoda- work waS de1a·yed on the Carµl:5
tions, one on either' side of the centre nection for more than five mon:t
platform.
cause of the unsuccessful liti.ga;ti'c;,'
tuted by Edmund D. Codman a-µd
Naturally ~nough there are some de
tails which th~ Transit Board. and th~ to· restrain the commission :tz:-'!:,
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Boston EleVated officials have not yet StruCting the connection.
worked out suffici~ntly for definite descriptions. Among these are the form of :~0/~i:~1\;otl~eu\eo:0 ;-t~ce Ju_l? .:~
0
At that date there will rem
the Tremont st~et · ~nirances and exits.
three to six months~ work \
1
Camb:ridge connection, and the
fr:!~:~Iifsh~~
be IOw arid par"t:IY open, as ·in the type s~bway will hardly be mu.cP.,·
j~st b,egun "
~~r~ea~:arn.te£~df;;:x:;:eu~ri:~i!~ ~:;;
ter~Ilg the tWice ~s f8,~ below the _level of· th,~{ Mall
mp~ied on as is the p·~~ef1:t P~k &,treet ~t,~tion, for
hich. exit the trac~s: .~t.<tbe Tremont street: e~d of
exit ,p.lat.-.
.three ways
''stairways
r.l.evel .PlatblY, ·'rn8.inly
er to cars
·._
- -~_the Street,· · 'tof stail-·
io:~o~i.e~;:ii~:th!~e~:Yt:i~· ·
ity that the low~r· s:ub-vv:a.y ,ni.ay,··
tenclecl · to South st'at:ion and~-~:.
square Thus the :Park· str.e"et' Io-w:.~
station -Would be a .way ~t~tiO~~·
,speak. Th.e ~all:r-0,l),d Commt~sio
Rapid . Tl,""~~it C~tn!lli.ssio~ h,ar,v
mended/to. the Legislature ,the
of the slipway '·doWn. Win,te·r~_~n
streets to South station, and---- t..
w~Y:~ ·pf -r;>e__rch~.§~~r avenue, t'<;i,._·~
~qua'r~..
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~';.~e~t~el:::~ct~~! ~~e\~e~~
. }~;~~J~t~~ilii:~Jl~~1*;.iitJr:htuf,f<i;s~~
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. :of;'.R~p'orl"cjt 'Municipal
)~pt'oveme.rits Board to
the Legislature.
ON ELECTRIFICATION
truction of Two Bouievard
~;i:'.,ttJgtiways and Harbor 1111-
1~:~; ·~~;.;: "~~~~:; : :~:
;ip;g,·hfgh~vay between the sa1ne po!nts
arn<;>ng s~veral far-reaching
i>_'.r?_.·jeet_s_·: reco~mended to the Legis1a:.
t:U1t:e , y.esterday by the joint boar.a. on
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'P:~Jf~fCi~al i;nprove111e1~ts in its fin.a.I re-
~~f~':/e!,l.ief
R9J1~./L<;
, ,.~ •/-'.: ·
in the pend1ng ,~onstit\ltioll,al atjjend1nent could. be< carried into effect Jn the
case of thiS proposed, hi·gh\yay W*hout
serious and Jong-drawn-out liti~tJon,:
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V.""biCl1. migb\ b~. car.ried to the ~U:-~eme
<-report points out that about $2,-
-_<:;~n be saved t~
city if ~t.nc
_nd . surface hy;·hway are c..:onat the same tilne.
e-.:C.Qn1missio11ers· also ur<>"e the- con,,.-~: ., ·
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.:t1q~1 pf a boulevar~-l11ghway f!'vm
:nJ~1.a 1~~~ tq the metr~politan :'ligl~1
,
.in;- Q1.! 1T CY: t_o b~ kn°'Y; 11 as the ... ?~d
~}O~Y. -boul~'\aid-highwa~.
and .t.J.1e~
".~1S'_,?-~r:t:l~l:1-d• als. o, ~he constru1:tion or
~e. J?I"op.osed Cambr1<;1ge-S0me:i:v1lle bou.
-d;..~1ghway, to give Bost~n a direct
~et1op- .with the me~_r9pohtan parks
.an,d. north of Boston
QiVide~ ~n Etectrificatioi,
the suQ,ject of the electrification of
·Sim railroadS within a Prescribed
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fl"om the State House. the joint
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-w~ssion iS.4iVi;led. 'J;hree i-eports were;
~i:,tted.- The first. a ·majority report,
larf:~ -a~aii:tst electrificati-0n. Ti1e /:lee~,~~d/·:.q.ecla:res that 'electrificat1on shou~_d
be::o_id~r,-e\'l." .bY .the; L~gislatu,re, .but; wo-µld
(:lOt/·h~ve. the date for the completion of
tan:'e :Work. ~xed arbitrarily· at -this: time.
~:.t.-l~ird ,repOrt On this su~~e¢t deClares
.GJ;fii:t,.:: .the , su~ject · should be further
~~µi:<~re-~. b.Y an authoritative body.
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~.~;~;~~~ a~nth~·a{t~1;.!
ifi!g·:"-t,:O'·tt,i.e·harbor fr~o:nt and terminal iffittii:~¥eme_rits It u.nanimoy1sJy recomll1.eods
f:rft:proven1.ents· on ·the: Comn1onwealth
. " . and adv.ocates the im provem-ent o'f
~r. .:,'e·~sterl')"~ Shore front of East Boston.
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Je~ : ; e j ~ t J1~~~~
, White, <;omprisin_g the boa.rd of
road· ; com1nissioners;
Geo1:ge 1 E.
::th, .~an)µel M. M~n.s.fie:Id ~nd Heman
·,'A; \ Ha_rding, c0mprisfn'g . the 1;>oard o-f
-n'&~b--ol":-·:and land' con1,n)isSioners; George
' ,, ·· · 1~0cker, George F. s,v,a.in,· Horace G.
JOsiah Quincy a.n·d James. B:
· coml'.:frising the Boston transit
pn, -.. and William ,B . . de l~s
d,~in·. U. Curtis~. David
Skile:rton P Whi+ney and Everett
qOJ;i.::rp;i~ing ~ the metrOPolita1;1.
;ni.is~fi=>,n. · .
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· ·t, bo'.a.r:d.·. wa$ c~eated. by- the
r.e:'(?r_,.190~. and itS"fask was to
:the'·re,p~t made by the forinef
on': on 1n·etropolita,n. improve:-.
d' su"ch. add'ed c,,rF-ela.tive matlih:t· ,come Wit}1,in its 'Province.
,, ,. 'Q_ ue_.~rtlp,11' of.:a_ ;T,u/Onel.
court Of tbe United .Sta1;:e-S. .
"~:"In considering this matter, ft sltould
be born~ in piind that through the_ ·:.c:>1;1...
struction _of the highway fn·.connec~1on
'"'~ith the tU.nnel a saving of $2,009~000
. '\V(?Uld_ be. mad;e in the ab?ve fig~res,
covering the estim_ated' cost of land
takinc:>'"s under the offer of ~1:1.e railrqads
tO co~trlb~1te. thi~ sum. th~s redu~ing
t·he net cost of su<;.h taking~ undei~ P,lan
2 from $5,339,720 to .$3,339,,20.
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"'Pi~o.ba. biy the Jat te·r .su. :q.1. ___ ·coul~ ·1·u· r..
ther b·e saostantially reduced under,:the
$econd.' plan. tllrOugh the assessmene-of
betterm~nts upou ~ll esta:.t~s b~neft~:te~
by the. imp,.rov'ement, parucuiarly' i f ·p?,e
full· benefit .realized by such· eSta.~:es
were a~~essed 1:1pon th_em. in~tead op:5o
per c,ent~ of suc.h be11,eflt~ a:s .Prov1.d~d
by the g'enel"'al lavv- n-ow in "force in_ 1;:l;te
city of Boston ;,t:
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As to the proposed highV\t_'""ay, the bo~~d
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sa~:~:xamina~ion Of ~- fea:~ible/f<?ute :t;~r
such a high'way, in ·connec-tlon· with
the b'Uil:ding of a t;un·~el, -. !).~s been
made by Mr. Leslie c.· Wea~ for the
purPoSe of estimating. the ·Cost of th.O:
reat estate.
,
an·l~fssceus!!~1Tn~~~~Il!~:io~u,:;:r~~~~
sideration· or the projeCt for a; tt,tnnel•
bet,veen the North and South s~a;tions.
and the saving V\rhich mig)1.t p~ ·mad~
in such tunn'e-1,if it were built·in con-,
nection Wlth ·.this. highway."
~8..ctOry, ,var~l10use or structure built_.on
this land. -It is· ~-:ithin 3000 feet of t.he
Edis.on Electrh~ I1lumin3:ttng Company's
plant on the southerly side of the reserved channel. 1:ro1n which electricity
for h~ating. lighting and power can be
delivered at a reaso.nable price, without
the expep.se of.,bui.lding a large electr.ic
plant.
;
"Fro1n this area, it is an e~sy haul to
all parts of the oi.d busi;iess dis~ricts of
tl1.e city, both retallJ and ,vholesale.••
';!'he board does not approv~ of the
sug~estion· that the st~te c'onstruct .8;
e~rY dock. in Boston harbor.
'There 1.s
no demand from o,wners of v:-essels e11t.e.r1
··.ng t~1 e p6rt _o·f. Bo.ston fo. r aQ.ditlon. al
dry dock f,&cllities, 0 it declares,
Th¢ .Charl'es l--=tiver basin is· referred
to b~" t.h~- r_eport ~as '',The Court of
Honor of the· MetroPolitan District and
P,B.rks.'_' and-the. boar·~ in8.kes t"\Y"O sugg~stfons for its iinprov~ment •. namely,
the establishment, -0f a proper approach
to the d~h.iew'ay along the easterly
E-ide o{ the embankment and the, b~i:µ,
and. a further development to provide
I
~~~~~~tftn ut!~~in!n~~;;~~fr~~!~~s ~~
bas. in and emba.nlcment present.
~harles River· "~asln lmprovement.
Introducing its seqond sug'g'e~tion_ for\
the ·improvement of the C~arles river
basin.· the board says :
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'"The basin i~ at prese~t a. Wind-swept
la~e <?f 1nagnUicent distances, ~urrounded·, by a f0rmal embankment so narrovv:
that· ·abuttprs object to it·s be:lng occupied by bo·at hou~~s Qr other. facilities
for recreation' ".J'b~ inadequacy of ·m~ari'S
for µtili3ing the· opp.ortunlties for recreaMajOrfty Electc:-lfiCatJon Report.
t{on '' ,and ~njoymen.t which. both baSi11.
Messr6. Smith; Man'sfle1a. Ha_rding. and embankm-ent present has Peen di.~,cusSed - before .and" it has -been urged
Swain, NoYes. Curtis. ~k1_iUngs~ Whitney· tl1a't an expanse of water as great as
and. Ben.ton att~ch th~ir- names to the tJ1e ba.Sin in· the midst of a city. p0pula-\
majority_ report on the questi6n of eleC- tion is u:r;inece~sary arid tliat better uses
. trification. This majOrity report is very for some portiOn of it ought :to be
voluminous. and it col1cludes with th~ sought.
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foUOwing ~re some .of tl;ie p~inctpal rea.. To this· end it has been sugg'ested that
sons for the opinion of the tnaj.Ority:
an isl~nd"
consti-Ucted' in it~ of a for-,
"'The best method of electrUica.tion ,is 1n8:,1ity 'ill J:l?-:r'ipolly, ~ith'_'t"h8.t of ·the. constill undeterrrlined, and ~tandardizatio.n st~ucdtj-n already ~ade;:an,d argued th_ct,t
:rs-.
is much to· be desired before extensive it would break tli~ sweep of ·the wind
electrUication is undertaken.
and provide locaticons ror··boatho.uSes"'and
"The· electrification Of the termi.rials of for other conveniences for sport and i::esteam railroads under present conditions
e:i;:eatio:tt, an ..
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if. <l~S~red,. >tor rio. tabl.e
doeS not result in economy~
buildillgs ..and , .dwelhng.s. and leave _on
'"Electrification would in all, pro"pabil- the Sides .'streams wider · than
the
·1ty require ·an incr"ea..Se Of passepger Thanies in London-or the,Seine·1n Paris.
fares aud p.e1 hia.ps 'ot freight rates, , to
'-'".The coSt of such an. island might be
_pro~~ce_ ~he t;ey~n'll:~ req,u~red to pay 1n~teriaIJy· ~eauceq.. if, the' .work wer.e 1
for it.
un4ert;:ilten .,i\l dhei near fu~ur.e; by use
"Tb;e-re ·a.re other exPetiP:itures which of material ·. .fr.Om.· the subways being
sbOu!d be made by the railrOads, whib.h constructed, or about .to- be co'n$tl'"Ucted
"!!~1:trto·tt:aitiu~~rr~:t!-!~~~tl~~ are demanded b~- · ~onslderations of in the cUy, of-!Boston;·,-:and if ~it ·were
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necessity, to enable the-rn to lneet th~ Q.eemed w\se· to con·st1;-uC'f the island of
&nd , ~ol.lth statio~s. the boar,1 de"mar:t'd.$ of t:pc{~asir;tg tr~ffic, an9" whic~ a Size a~-eqµ:~te· to j:)rovi~e more·- SJ:>3.ce
h a.. tU'nnel s.hould be of sufficient sh~.uld l'.!-av~ precedeD:G~ of , elect:ritica:- ~an th~t: reqllired -'~pr recre8.ti~.lt and
sport, :.lt.,'Ultf;;hl: be·;'possil;>le· ·t.o··'/;elL a
t::/ fbr :_both 'pasSenie::r -and: freight' . tion.
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~<>rtj:Qn ,-e!'•<rv<;;.~-,,pi:'i'e..-- suffident:· -i:'O:
·_:·-'·•.a·tter· ·:rtS c,pen1titr ror:·,:rs~ -~ .' -..-)\1ess-r~~8:'H.-·-:-~!sh~p~--of-9,~er-·
b1e·
aSSep.o-er&~- both tl.1.r·6ugh ler, •and D~: las Ca~as -.~a.k:e a. dl'.5Sent:-· ray~ fOr- )ts co,st· tp ..some- su9-h .il)s~1t~to ~onti,n;e o'n through. and. , ing. repo,r~. ·and Me~sfs. Whit(' anci t!on as the Institut!' of Technology,
· either termini! station via : tu:e Q~i~oy another.
Which: ~-~s-'know'n ·to: 1'e< seelting".:8, ·new
location. and othe:r.wise wciu1d' have to I
to the other terminal statiori~ and
Harbor Improvements ..
ulU. tl1.us physically connect t.lie
Under the dlvisiOn of "'Harbor Im... ocCupy' ta~able'. larid where·ve·r it might
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·~8:i-~e transportation compa.1i~~~ provements in Dorchester Bay," the lo•cate."
$.E:r.ving the city of Boston and 1... .,, board -expresses the opinion that '"the
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Old COiony BoL:Jf.ev~rd.
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shores· of Dorchester bay• should be left
In re cornmending · .the- construction of J
~·o:u.I~- 8;-lso tend to the sp~ed1er as tli.-ey · are at -present, in the control the propos_.ed O~d . CO.Io. ny. B~ul~vard-1
t ~if_trelght, and w~uld to SOJ:?e of priva"t:e owner.ship .f<;>r. development highway .the boa:td says.:
,
ehe'":e the congestion of. city for manufacturin.,,.. and si;naUer wharfage
"From the; South: station ,in Boston a:
·· far as due to the ·trans~er of Purposes.••
t=highw:aY extends -i;o Q<;)lu.m.b;~ ro~d ove1>
s a..n? baggage. by yehicles.
The bo-ard does not. recommend the a part. of D~"¢ch~.s~t;r.: av~.zj.~e .and, qver ~
·1:1,_qw devo~ed t-0 pass~nger ear p,ublic improvement Of the -westerly the old location o·f:· the N~w. :X"prk, New:
t~e _beaTt ..?f t1:1,": city would shore 9.f East ~oston. but does racom- Haven. & Hartford r~ilroa(l, w.l}{~h. :wt·tJ,1:,j
from tJ:p~ · ;us.e, . a.n~. ~~es~ mend the _p"u'bli.c · deVelOpment of· the sri~ht Jniprovem~XI., ~ t~~ ci~,,
· D;e.;
·_p~.pQa.bly. }?'~ plp.~.ed.-.a.t .. _.su- e~sJerlY Sh.Ore..:_ Of tha;t, island as·"~~- in~d~- the . .be -iµn.1~~ ,·p"f. on~.
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".011~;,ep.''·BY:'.chap; 6 :~ ·ot_.,t.he acts. of r~q~~al : hi
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ree:1U!~.
t~~~~1!:
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be.
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.tliEt'·Co·mmon..:· O"V\?).\~ 3:~d. ·deve~o_p .µ1.i_s are;a. ~~r the )s~n-~
Y the· \ ci::n!lmbn-: eral i:h.ibfic adv~nta'ges Of c<;>m:i:p.erce· and:
6i";iby the city; of··BOston. ·
"'flirci:i~~-~; ·1:~~j:u!ri.
n~vigaf::ion ••
To~d~
· the· tUnnel by sori:1e public
y; and to_ .t~~t end a prOViston
"e made in Such act, in addf...
hat contained in 'general laws
g, the ter~s upon which th&
l'·may be so acquir.ed.
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the.,
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~l'., ot..,1i_er ·:.:b p¢ttn·g~ · ·of .'·nio:d-·;
er~:te '.va'l_ue, · 'fo:·1 ';t.Ii'e ··poi~·t ~J::tere ·'th·ej
oc'~'!~e-St~~~~r:~y re~irr::s1~;g::z_il1e~;
~k~ri~~ol'i.tan
and better·termin:a,:1 fti:cil~ties, ... says the
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report.
The new ChetF;ea· piers· J?uilt
by.~ the city of New. York on . .North
river at. about Twep.ty-third street accomIJlodate
the
Lusitania
class
of
steaip.shil)s, the l~rgest now afloat. Tliey
.'"'So m:uch of this region as U:es east of
the railroad in· Boston has · no direct
highway und electric car .connection
with the central part of Boston. and)
only inconvenient and indirect approach
by the main already overcrowded higll.-
Pii.rkway
~o
QUincy_ Shore,
~9!!; ~r!3:~~:~;i>
.'~ :~i.fl Annexed to Ffep~rt.
. ::;ear~~!i~e~~c;~::a_e~~ai~efo~et~~
0°/tJ!~;~~~:~11· open to make
.. · .. .Jeglslative !'esolve. ~i.rects
White S.tar steamships ·now undel". co. n- direct highway co.m:m.unication fro. m the.
to .report a bill P1:l?v 1 d.ing for the struetion and intended for the port of business part of the city with the unruct~o~
the sa_id t~nnel~ ~nd N~~· .YoI"k. ·and it is stated in the pub-! occupied lands and the residential sec1
·.1lh£0r~~t!t;!'i~t:f~r;0~~e !,ffh!~
lie prints that the. Cunard Company. is ti~n beyond Columbia road and east of
,allo~-ed to
b 111 tl . f t~ contr~ct for Still larger steamships the railroad, ~nd at the same time to
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O ·d i ·
' errilin:i.t1on P;f
Jo~ation of
to~. its ~ew York service. .
.
prov~de a r.oadway for rapidly, m.oving
'.Shall be left to so
· bl. b
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.N_ew York as .a port is 1n a class vehicles to this portion of the city and
dS ~
me pu 10 oar
by itself, yet the increasing conges- to all southern portions of the district
ur~uance of th~s direction a blll: tlo~ of ~~ers and .terminals and the a~:1· of the st3:te beyon.d Nepo!lset bridge.
~~ed to this report which makes dl~1culty 1n supply1ng the d~m<:nds at
Feyv buildings will have to be reov;i;s1ou for the determinatlciri' of this great port carry a suggestion for moved, t!1e total. assess.ed value of' .th.e
.~~ion of the tunnel. for a taking B~~t~n.
,
real estate ;required wil~ . ~e less th~n
_/ca:rp.nionwea.it·h, and for the other
It seems not to be generally known $400,000, and present fac1llt1e~ for. ra1le'i:; ···whtcn, Jn the opinion of the tl;la:t at South Boston are piers at road and }:larbor communication will be
'l;l.~-~. are es·sential to properly which. npt. only may the steamships of pr-eser':·ed for the remaining land. as
~~rd the public interest '
· the Lusitania class be berthed. but clearly they ought to be preserved up~n
1;eport .presents twQ estimates also tP.ose other Leyiathans Qf the an'y. plan which nray be adopt~d~ It_ ts
,d ·.~upon. action under the present· oc·ea1i now approaching completion a fort~:r:i,ate and remar~able opportunity
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~~·t!le first estimate .contemplatino- -and to be contracted for.
which, 1f not now ava1led of, may soon
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'..t.a~ing' 1 of the whole· of the. ,15
Jdeal :Conditions ~xlst.
1:>e :lost forever. Construc\ion, esti_n;iated
t~s; of Which any portio:µ ·. falis
•~The longe'st steamships now enterin.,. for both roadways t.o cost appr?ximate;~y}:1; · fn t;he lines of the proposed high·
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. 0 !Y $800,000, may wait. but ?elay 1~ secur- 1
way.- the second including th t k.·
tbe port of New Yo~k are about 800 1ng the necessary land will be most un _
:<?~ly.. ,such portions of sllcl~ e:ta\:~ f feet, and the new Chelseai .Piers are just fortunate."
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(?µ.,tSf4,~:0f the highway line as may 800 r-eet'in length.
The largest steamI~1. recom~nd1ng the construction of
P'!'PP~rly be classed as remnants, un- ships now propose~. by. marine arch!- the
Cambrictge-.s?merville
boulevarq:suitab,Ie for independent development. tects a.re about 900 feet, and the Con1,- highw.?-Y, the board <:;c1a:res that the
'~F.igures, based upOn the payment monwe~Ith_ p~er, just l~a.sed to the Old proposed boulevard is . the m~st needed
qr_,: .. 25 per cent. in .excess of· 'the ColQny, Railroad Company, is 1200 feet and the most desired highway 1n eastern
,~t~st a~Sesso.rs• valuations, show a Jong·.
Th~s pier .and the others of the Massachusetts. and w.ould be a gateway
to.t~l· estimated qost of $9,885,750 for New Haven
road alongside fl.lrnish to al! nort~erµ porti<;>ns of the comt·h e '·t·a·k.·ing, u.nde.r the first plan, of th.·e ample acco·m.~odation. for: thd.se largest mon~ealth and to the northern port. ions'
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t d. steamships which cannot now be berthed of the metropolitan park system.
EStimating' the saleab~! a els a ~c ti
at the port of New York
.. For the lack of this J.:iighway there is
reniainders of such estat va u~ fo 111 e
.. The ideal condition a~ recognized by pi-:actlcally no\ direct highway or park0
i ·-fv.1~~ln the highway_ at
fooat
experts_ for the construction and opera- way co~munlcation between the Mld1
ha."':e.· the total sum of $ 4 . 836 85 0 • th
tlon.
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and
Fells and the Revere
'~ deduction of which f
•th,
b e existso:thereat-er ..South railroad. terminals dlesexand. the ,parkways of ~each park- I
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Boston. There is w.aY,
the me;tr.o~8.-ip~d ·total cpst woul~o~duc: ~eo~:t a deep and wide main ship channel en- politan system north of Charles river.••
co.~~ O:f tI1e land required for the street tering .tlle 'Qpper har.bo.x·. AQout 700 feet
Route of the Boule,var:-d.
:t~-,$5i048,900.
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we~terly ls the pier-head line, along
As to the route of this proposed bou1
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Reduces Area Taken~
:;,~~~~e.f.ie~h!.~OOc~~!S ~'!:.~tg1e~-~ !~e~~~: le':'"ard, the boa.i.!d says:
... ,:;Qn .t.he ~a.~is of t3.king r;mainders of a wid-e traffi.c road On the gr3.de of the
"From Broadway Park in Somerville,
, ~~~t;ates only in t11;ose cases in which piers.
near Wellington bridge, over Mystic
.:.tfy.ese w.ould properly be classed as rem.. Still fat·tber west.erly is the large are,i river, toward the, north good
park
·,'..'F!t,l.µts, :z:iot large Einough tP ,be aVailabie of land between Northern av.enue and roads now exist or are assure:d by
'\fQ' :itµprovem:nt
by themselves. ·Mr. Summer street, on which railroad traCks Fellsway and the Mystic RiVer dr'ive, ~~~~ (an en.gi11eerlng expert consulted} may be ia:.id/ 8..~d freigl,l.t shedsi an~ w·are- way and Revere Beach ParkWay to all
' .J;'.~JJces. ~the area taken outside
tO houses- 0~ 1built~ and- the cars may be Parts of the northerly half of the m€t: ~-lf.~':11!ghW Y to 48,274 fe,et,, of which he run alo:r;ig~i9e , the steamships on the ropolitan district, and thei-eby to' the
~,.s!imate~. t e valuatiqn for resale. to be p!ers. ·or switched into the' Sheds and northern po:rtions of
the
common$};:~94.~70, making :the total net cost Of w.arehous~s from the- outlying fi·elght wealth.
i,>~P~h la~.d $_5,339·.720.
Y.ards of the' New Haven and other rail-.
"Fr.om Broadway Park toward the
f .•--:i ~·-t~:J;iile ·the. net cos't of -land required.
roB:~S; ·~nd ov:er. thfs area f'rom Suµimer south the C·ontoul'· oz Prospect Hill in
: .t:~.;rt:>t·he highwaY: under this'. secOnd plan street riia.Y ·.be extended the ,viaduct to Somerville makes it practically necest, j:~.,,.~~timated to amount to $290 820 more Northern avenue. g"ivirig easy access to ary that the route should- run to Cross
:.ith.:S.~-"-uild,el" t~e plan first ab~ve meri- the second stof'y Of the sh"'eds and ware- street bridge over the Southern Division
·t_iQ!le:~:t,'We believe tha~ .u:n.de!" the.:P:r;E!seo.t ho,'fBseses·,·.od~··.ththe _sp!teerrsmolrnain athreeayaarbdosv-e de- r.arla.ldro
.eandt'. if it ·1s to have a resonable·
l&W,,:.'ft is the better and safer plan Of the
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'tivi?,to·ad?"Pt. part.icularly in vieW of the scrib'ed, ·t'.ti'e cOrilmollwealth owns on the
Fr.on1 that point two routes suggest
"'f~<;:t:.that it Involves a gross iilVestrrient ~outheastE>rly.,.._'stde of Summer street an th.emselves; one by Medford street and
~J:~to.nly $?~507 ,450, . as against a ·gros.s are~ ,t;>f "$bo'u.t 43 acres. ~'This area, is Portland stree~ to Harvard bridge; t:Q.e
'P~:j,,·"":~t~ent' of ,9,885.750 under the flrst peculiarJy adapted fOr impr.oventent for other ,bY a curve ~round the· base of
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~anlifa9tti.ring and ·warehouse purposes. Prps·pect Hill to the new bridge over the
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.:::.;;:~/S~rio~s,. doubts ha~-e been .rai~ed a·s
:'Und4?I", tPe: l)fO:Visions· of law appli- Fitchburg i-airoad at Webster ave
",lh;e practical WQ1".kabili1:y of the 'e:xw .cabl~ 'thci-eto, chap. '877 of the acts· of ap.d thence by Webster avenue and pr:,~~~
-o~-,,tton· idea as formulated 19?2> i'~ilroa_d ~r-:3-clts can be laid ·to every land · street to Harvard bridge, or bY' l
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It iS now a.e:Sertea. that recen,:;- ouu ..... or tng' opel"ations have revealed that the
:,Elm. or Norfolk streets, or some combi- top of' pilin·gs have rotted.
It is
"nati_on of them, fron'l. \Vebster avenue claimed by the opponents of th·e ,sub-·
to Mas~achusetts avenue.
, way that a wa.ter-tight- tube along the
''The joint board deems the r-oute! river bank would make that condition
by
Medford
stI"t::et
and
p·or'tl3.nd; worse. Against these assert:ions is put
street. which is tbat suggested in th~j the declaration that· the ground water
~eport of the Metropolitan inJ.prove-j in the section reached a· point gen•
rnents commission, impr~cti9able."
j erally above grad·e 5.
Clearly Metropolitan P.rojec1:s.
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It is suggested that any danger
.. The Old
Colony
and .Cambridgej_ threatened by: the suh:»;a.Y· can be
Somerville
boulevard
highways
a rel .overcome by ~ ,where it wtf):~ld turn and pass under· the]'
clearly metrOP(llitan projects. ~hi_ch :win\ ,to carry wate. gr;a.nd jun~i~n freight Yards of the 'Bos/'"1
providu new radial highways~
with: it may .Percol. ton & Albany. the East Boston portal
P.~Fkv.•ay features. and ~_s~fulness, fro1n!. su.ch a. manne' 1 beillg' 1109ated on N~ptuile street, ne~ a-n /
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the very hear. t of Boston to connection· piling 1n the arm of ,the harbor. From the portal an
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w!th the
rpetropolitan park
system
incline would be built to carry the tracks t -- ~1
north and soi{th.
l ~ross the stretch of water and up to
"They are reCommended ~s additibns :
I e level of the Revere Beach & Lynn,
to. the .metropolitan. park system. tO be;
racks, and. to .a. location .a.longside of
provided fgr by aopropriations in addi-1
t11em.
tion to the metrOpolitan park loan.s,
The Plans call for a
large, double;
series. 2; and bUls to that effect are J
tr.a.eked tunn~t. which, including inclines, ,
submitte?- herewi~h."·
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will be l?,000,feet fu l~ngth ~nd will c ~ s t o · o
R~gard1ng certa·in BQston streets, the
about $12.000,000 and require about two ,
board. sugg.,ests t.hct:t the m uni_cipal au1..yeS.rs .to co,ini,Iet~- It is. 'to rtin all t~ai~:s ·
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tho..riti~s ta~e act~on regard1n_g :them
through .t~e:: t~nnel ·by elect":c power.
ana. tha.t t.he. Legislature. if 1.t. deem
~ This will mean that1 ·at least two lines
Wise, take il!-lmediate action to require
from Rea.dvilJe on the Providence dtvlthe in1provements.
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lj sion of the New Haven. two lines
The bo~rd s~gg~sts that Arllngton ;
the tunnel to :Lynn which will he con-T
stre.et be extended £'rom. B. oyl,ston.street .·
structed a!q"ngslde of the present Revere
t? Arlin~ton st,~eet by a .. -w-1dening of i
Bea.ch tracks, and the lines of the Re. ~) erdinan<;l street 'a1;1d e4tension across I
vere Beach road will all ha.ve to be aleethe vacant "land fo,rmerly occupied by
t !fled. This will also cost $12 000 OO<t. and
trin.Boston & Prov1dE';mce railroad sta-;
r:qulre two yea.rs:
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approach to the Charles river u~m· p:ej
m.ac;le from. Caus~way street
along/
the location· of th~
El,eva.ted com-;
pany's tracks to. E.ast Catiibridge.
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It is sug'gested that Pleasant street'
be widened and ·l?traightened.
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The boai-d suggests the construe-.,
tion of a ,new':111gh~ay between th•3!
North and Sou~h ·stations.
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Two stattons a~e planned for the tun-i:
nel. one'. at the $outh, ~tation.
which
would be located on the Atlan~ic. av:e.nue
side. and the other under the Junctioi:,; 1
ot 1\1:averi'?k and, Bremen stre~,ts.. This
.latter station would be but a .. short dls-,~-...· tai:ic.e from the Ma~erick station in t~e
Ea-st· Bosto~ tunnel of the Elevated .aric;l :'
would. be co~nected:, with it b:Y a subway. l
The· ~~yerick s.t?,tion
would also .b~ !
, equipped .with elevators to take passer..- ·
gers to th~
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FEAR BACK BAY DISASTER.
Opponents of TUJ>e Say Lack of
Wat~r Will Undermine Buildings.
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·reu:g: 6!-,'S, 'saa'.}:i,n.uutoo ·a
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<decision was that the sewers Would
do n,o h8.rm. 1 TheY ,do not ~ppear to
have made a~y trouble.
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When the ~harlel?: River basin pr:oj-,
;eCt was being· planne!=l.. the questlf_:)n
was again. ra}.se~L The daill ,was built
o.r· .the ·.maint~~~µce of th~ river level
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-:-' :,TP.e qUest~6h o~ ke~ping :11"1~ :lJ'i-+.i_ns
tillder Back Bay bul:ldings in proper
: conditioi:t by ~oisture fron1. the Ch~rles
i· riv.er has been discussed several times i
It first ca1ne I
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... ~\ uo praq aq [[J~ 'a:J:ep,:J~
Engineers have been engaged to see
wheth~r. the c~n's.1:ruction of the Riverb~rik subway will endanger Back Bay1b\.1.ildill.gs by deprivirig piling.S of rnoistu,re which is said to be neeessary fo:r
their preservation.
Property oWners ·oppoSea
to
the
.bll.Uding of the ,sub,var assel·t. that the
work . will have a disa~trous effect U.pon
.n_eS,rty all. of the Bae~ Bay. ,Those
'W.h'o. favor ·.the suh~,yay deny that.
It
· i~ lik~ly that th~ cpµ.trove-rs~ wi~l be
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Wyza.~ki ~ui1'.cfutg:in Proc~ ~f. C6nstruction at
· ·11.0 and 172 Washington St.
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THE WYZANSKI BUILDING,
In Process of Construction at 170~172 Washington St.
AT1other addition to Boston's mercantile buiJ.dings is in process of constru.ction ~t 170 and' 172 Washington s~_.
~etween State and Adams sq, that will
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town offices. Max E
and Charles E.
W~zanski, trustees · of· t,he Wyzanski
trust, are erecting the structure, the
plans. being by G. Henri Desmond. . It
will be k;nown as the Wyzanski building
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lo~ ~po~ Which the ·builaing
,~~.ing up 1;uns·throu.g,h fr_om Wash~ng. to.11-. to Devonshire sts, With an equal
·,front.age on bot~ streets. The old bulld.;trig' has 'long been weJl tenarited, but
;,w.ith the increase_d actl~~ty _in t?at sec::t.1.o. ~ o~ th.e cit~~~t wa. s.1.mp~ratiye ~hat
·~i:l. · ~8.i-ger and more mOderI,l · ~truct\lre'
··should be built upon the land._,·.
Because of its location it -will be
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~~~~ib;ire!is.
j five
'°'stOries and a basement, and the
·work: has be~n under Way .some ·Um~.
it will be fini:;;hed 1n the near
The entire Washingtori-st front is of
a
neW, elaborate, handsome design,
f?Onstructed of mat glazed white terra
Cotta~ with .highly,.. ornamental cornice,
~~wa~~~~!zfc~a.~;f
~i~g~wtm~~';;:n!
large elaborate marquise, extending the
width bf the buildiI?-g. This' m,arquise
"is constructed of highly ornamented
iron a;nd ~ire glass with large electric
entrances to the offices and the
.store ts' to have a marble dado wit}?.
··marble st~irs... ,The store front is to be
of µiahogany with large. plate glass
windows. T?,is ~tore is on first floc;,r,
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m,ent·o.r s.torage.· It is w.ir~d. f·o.r elec:-.:tricity.
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The offices are divided convenient!~
tor tenants. all having outside light
J :;!;~r ltilvt~;"Je~ffi.C:~th. hOt and cold
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[Sketch froni Plans by John A. Hasty, Architect ]
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The new buildirlg to be erected at the
~orner of Green and 'Chardon streets, in
the We~t end, by M. E. oand C. E. Wyzanski, who recently purchased the property, will be ;ct. handson1e · structure, according to the plans prepared by Architect John A. Hasty, -whO will have personal supervision of the ·work ..rhe present building· will not be altogether de-
molished, some parts of the walls and
brick· partitions being retained, but, so
far as appearance, both inside and outside, it will be entirely new.
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':Che entire front of the first and second stories will be renioved, to be replaced .by a new front of iron and plate
glass, whiie the upper stori~s w:ill be refinished outside with pressed l::rick and
red freestone trilnn1ings. The n1.ain cornice ·will be of ccipper. wjth a heavy balustrade, while ,over the 1nain entrance
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will be a canopy of copper and glass.
The first three stories will be refinished throughout in hardwood, with
front stairs of mar'b-le and iron inclosed
in fireproof partitions, with wide rear
stairs, also inclosed in fireproof partitions, makin.e: it one of t};;le safest buildings in the city. The fourth story -will
be fitted for use as an armory or hall.
The basen1ent will be excavated to 10
feet deep, and will contain, besides the
boiler roon1, a rathskeller, finished in
t ~ city is going to widen from
to, W11shington street-Looking from Tremont
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, froin, Washingtori, street to
u,9uar.;' already supp'orted by
:.. ·,j'fiflueriti8.l cihzens, "\vho have
1.~n(=d .May';i,r Jcitzger,ald and the
CJ11ncil to n~~ke th:is i~prove·, tl~ere is a fair pros})ect Of the
:na:tipn of several of Boston's
!a:ndln8.rks a11Jng. the street, that
n · toc!ay j s a lmo~t as crooked and
row!
it ,vas ,-. hen the fi:i;.st
erected there in the
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.. a:ncl th oqg h ·;. has, Jost tp ,~ $1 t:;a t
tltc appearan::..,e ,.,• a res1de:1t1al
fare, tl.c ~iln~e--v.--as, ,so:n1.e
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ago -v,-110;. 1t Vi,·as kno,vn as L1tn st..ret::-t
ing of the street is nov.r const a cer1:aint:,,: b:,,~ tl'J.ose ,vho
~ the great advantages that
atftecl by masking it a llnk in a
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~_:t~reen ,th~ -ttwo str~ts now, but it was a o~d 1:1.an, UVin:S.-,:i.1 •
fil.ct in th.Ose days
'"J:'here v,rere nice oia died ias~ S~pt~I~J>~
red brick· houses· with high stone stoop, I I suppo~e he ·"'.',_O_?).~
8:nd :.little lawns .,of gr~en grass protected had h ved t~. ~~e ..~'<;>J
by iro'h rences then.
1:ous.es ~u~ do~?~:'i
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A_n, Ari~_tQc;:1:-a~ic Se_ction
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"'I- used -to .!Jf:\ told tha,: the Lee Hig· 1 Pleasant. :stre~.t·.~]}. J
~nso,;is liv. ed here .in the days when I yea. rs he toOk.~~a;.~·
/W~s :='-" ve~y ..s"rn;all ~oy, but I. w3:-s nevei· coildition of th4'( 1
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_c~rta111 of.~that_. _and if _they did live here houses _alo:t;tg· th~·-Sl
tue'.\'.: ntoved away btore I was 01~1 of having· a'.?<..i~1~ffiti'il
Sad Over P. rospec::t o.f Chan. ge
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e11oug~1 to 'remember , 1?-ere their res1- tha:t ea_r~ea" hilm:.>"i-?\
_dence wat; .. I was told though by th,'?. nev ao"ctor ~- ·anat?.:
At preser_it 1\'.fr. _Selig liyes in th.e old Ia~e .James ,H. Page that the Higginson t1-~0uol~r1ti1 hi~ :cJJ:
Xewrnan block at the rear of 174 Pleas- q,_ouse ,vas on the north side of the street was td~all op. of-d- 1 ~
all.t street, and~ he 'recalls with a sigh j in the old row that '!sed to exis~ along the syanpto~. Tl"'
the departE::d glorie.C:; ot the neigQ.bor,hood. near Mr. Page's ho-ciee at what 1s now and ·his trea:tm ,;
He realizes that a ·vvidening of the thor- 1 No,. 213.~
l\.iany ls the c:hi~
ought'.are "\Vill be of immense advantage
"Yes~ the1e was Mr. Page, James Pagf>, cU-Ped of the sroekl
not onJ:.- to the other sect;ions u.r 13trston an,d l:iis b1~other. Charles Page, who liverl son of the R~olJ
l but to the Piea.s.ant street p,eople them- at 2.:!l. ~hey wert grandso~sr'"' of ~enen.1.L
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P,a.g~ v,~ho, served ;in the ~evolution and!
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I "It will qe a sad si~ht for 1ne when t11~1T ,,were ~the ol<lest fam1ly here I un- 1 "Vv-hen I was -a 1
I sowc- of these old bui1dings are ·cut "dOwn. :t~ez:s_tood fro1n wh3:t 'Ola Jim Page,· as different. I can tei
for -they stand for a great de.al. I- might ,11'"e used to c~ll l"l.lm, told me that thp lots of fun to be
say they e111body rnemori~~pI ~p~W, Pages'·~?- I_h-ed here eyer si1;-ce the l11ood
Aroulld
that the~: a;e not ""·ha~ they .useq to _pe., s~reqt \\8.s Ja1d .out,.., bf George Tilley on street lived Nat d
But even 1-r so1ne; ot:. t11e a;rti~°t;ic·· ol:-d: h:!.s tarm back 111 1,43-. It then ran f1om boy named 0h:a:clf
, fronts have been covered 'ov:er~wi-tb W-O&d-- ¥0.ra_ng:e street. now "called Washington use"d to play maibl
en one-story ex,tensions .!:>UUt, qut to;the st::eet~ up to Frog_ lan.e; now Boylston peditions oveir tQ, '-'
-side"·a.:.k:., and even though· sdm:e· o-f, t'l:,t~~ 's.P~~eJ; .. -?n t}1e ol(l ,T11ley f3i-rm. S"O-'"'i"t vvas ronize the litt:Ie• Olt
pleasant lawns and:sci.FdS'_ have c~3.::sed~ to ~~·-~str~E\!1 long, befor~. the· Revolution, but used to be jl..,l-St_
i"\Vhether this pla!'l is :CoUowed exact1:Y
or -~~rhether there are modifi.C':3.tions in .ft,
the residents o'f Pleasant·-'street feel: .tl1:a,rt:
very soon 1nany of their, olc:J.. '_]a,ilidinarks
are to be take:n R~·ay. To ~~' sure~ there_
are rev,,. residents at present,_on, 't,lie sti-ee,t
who ~·ere there rno1 e th~n .... s~ore '1:of.
years ago.
Yet one man i~ particular/
the- oldest· 1~eslde1i"t as far as is 1-cnow'n.. ·
AQraham Se1i~. has sp~nt;.~ear~ of 11.\S ..
ilife either 011 ·p1~.as9:nt str~t or arou11.d·
f the cOrner ~ ca·rver str'·e~t:
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h~._._ofif2f::;·. ,.qf.. tlrn ,dep8irtment !.~-';· ~e~c?n- s~r~~:t_. '; ~n9· . th~!~~.' :.;al>~t .. tl.'r~.:· .·.'.t ~;~µ~, P¢tg~s, ·~ ~~~~f<?;r~ ,were , ·oµr . hnl..::
1.g p-o.w:,t:b~ .st"t.ee~ -1uay b.e: .high,,.,st.~.~om.P1~P:~!1t ,a~~~~~y ,~pJ~~~~v'e~~~t ·,~1th, ·.tl?-.~-f·:ra:s~t •. ~!!~ ~atter Charles ,.,.Pat;""I?
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Nat :Gbodwin ~a,~. .J;
f1~r:~t ti':~l'C~~Jl? 1~;1ci~• ;~}~"6-t~~!:';{~,c :ft!f;;e1~w.::~i}~l~t~J-'e"a i;' ~~~~;:,;\i, :~!:.'e\ff'~.;_!i;f
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square:-;-loo,kil!g fro~
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towa, d=--~~:~ingt:~-~stree\.and entrance,.o~~leas:m\~~et ~t .. ·. ,~;
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,. ·ouse. at 213. He,, old tin1es.• and he eert'~inly n?1ncn1~ef~~ ·, a~~ w.Y1?-t ""·as before. that an QJ?e11.Iot. ·~ , t.ii..e gqod t~pie~ of ";\,"hie~. {h~_
a year ago, arnl,I the (la?~ we :-.~oan1e}] a oou::. Carv_el' <~nSt 1 :. TI:at- open lot -v.·?s the s_cene of s_ome remind m~.-· l
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i:?.1. th~ d~ys, of ,
T!1e pla:f! of '\\Tidenih,%":as- ~t~~
he o_}d 'Yiis.tor1.e_~J - ··~he1.·e are __ so: 11:{ln:y, o1.<-~ aiss?~1at~on? n:y ooyhood. I 1 emem~er that t.h?~E: ~~ pared' is ~ot ~nal: ~rl<l 1::nay..,
off ·t:llong the/,.here ·that.~h' 1s hard\ to .surrn:non an:;;., one. ~- n.1.a!-:: whon1 everyp~ay called Marc.1::1.s bilt,- as it :~rta-;rlds it .w.0~11µ
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aYs proud oL -~'hat _was the 01d Jynagog1;.e v;h_ere _we o~. nJone:-- . lll tlle :SouJh . Afr!-can ~'1am.o?CT in.stead a-; s~~eeping · qurve~
d -~n - his l&te} ·lhad at ,diffe1:ent tin1.es. t.he i"~ev. Solomon ffiin€s · t"I:e· 'h~d. a.,. hippodr.ome 'a.!]-d, dallc~ 't."t"etne1Y riar~W ~Vashingt?n
t.er.est in the·.·~. c_:_honegar an.d pr .S.ch~!ld:ler.. It~ wt:;,s atJlh'_a.ll .on. t.h· " ... or;,.·en. lo..t·~ nd bes_id.~s h~ 'bu.l.lt o !.Pleasa.n.J:..,..st'..'.re.et tl.1e plaz;.._"
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- in the old, first ~n amalgamuUon of the ~JeaSa,qt a :most h~~uttf1..:l /§Yn~gogue a:t Church. tl:Q.g a.wax.. -on·.:both sides~ bo,
e had,a 'Yay. ?Street· synagogue and the: -~-she ·st'reet au(i
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sq·eet:3.
He . lav~Sh.ed south; ·mat.n1y.;on tbe south
fo··r ·sm?. ki~g. -~·ol)grega.t. ion,_ b.ut .
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~_of· t~e ·chim-t .~~n s.t~eet. Yo,J can see now· the upper '[ I~tor· ;?~ be~r.: ,.ir.,~te~or- business reverse~. posite Hie? won.·.1,.i be prougth
anyone ha'. f·ttory and windov.•s of tbe . .synagogue N·o.t many:.- years ag-o he died on .Par.ton tr>...e' opj;)os1te s!de o~ ~~
1.e·thing to do
·oove. the or.·~-story wooden
ex.tension mouth_ street and was. reJ:>()rted to have rstreet. .
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". and tell. 11.11:1:1._ ·. ,:at has be. en. !>. u!lt out. !01· .a p8.irfti?lg , lo. $'t ~eax:-r_.".. au.· hfs ·f'ort?ne.
on th.e··:1'. ou~.h s. 1de of Pieasa:rit:,"
uld p.rescrio.~ _4nd a decorating fl?"n1.
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''I. w~~<'.!er how !na.oy people now ,-vou1d \ the tentat!,::...-e t?lan~ calls f-or n. cpt·. o
.a.lway__s right. l·~·?n the old days Pleasa.71t ...street ~as a
G~~e to, P1~a.sant s~reet to. find ~me of 10 to tU ;eet f;.O be rnade f'rcn1 ·~lJe:
....t.hat h. a~.-b'een 1· ac.·e of. fi.P e r:!s.'ider..ce.s •. The1e was the t.l1.e ~o_st· e~clu·s··1ve t_ailci:~s in .town_. Bad. .1. ngs bcgi~.ning .a.t 1.~o.s. 6 and:·,.·,.:S>.'
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~ the grand- ·rouse ort the corner o'! Pleasant ai-id FaY- rl.ght a:'ffer the ·Ci'.'vil war- the!'"e was Rid- ."corne 1~ of W4st"r-fngton street ~·t;il. e
gene:ital .
,- 1.~te. streets ·a. nd. n. u1nbered l on Fa ye. tte
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j~. y•s,. the custonJ tailor.· on the north s1de- l)ng ./alc.ng .• to M.<1lrose .stree"i.
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o~· if is t!?e Dorot];J.Y Rolf€' Holl?,e :f_pr Qf. the wi?·eet here n~ar /I'ennyson street, -\vpl 9ut ~pro!i:S Sfia~vn::ut !)l.>l.G-e;; .,
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,orb.en of U\e SalvaUQ_n -~r-my, but.yea;·s and 1nany a young u.u~e· of t~e old days-:, Street; Sl;a.w1n\1F.,-_ave11.ue, I-tirJ.:1-atF.l.·
e .~hings. vvere'. \ .: c1 y.earS ago Leop_ol.d :?.:Iorse gave. the caa1c o,rer Ji.ere :fo:r.. the' exactly proper Por. te::r sti·~et, '1~I emont st:::·-eet --~-st
a.n'd then1 ,va:s 1 :,_atlsion as a ~resent to his· si.ste1. Tb.at Cut in 1iis garn~entS~
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h1sto-r1c .appea1:a~c,e pf th~ st,:r~et 1s
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s5~;{!7Yfui°ar:_ }~-· , ~~~1~!:U~f h:::afs~~ --~~ig~it~:?~~!~ [
y Wti.o ·re·
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·ca:h.dy. th·at
g.tue-. $1~ stl"ee.t. sllop
ti'~e -~.saw
;:ffye;>Qr.~.tx: :y¢ars ago~
.b_ - ~ t ?t;_:~th"'e th:eatre
~hf~.:{';~~al~.e~. o~e5
~t>",~~·r~:t
i north st.de€ of\· Pleasant R~ s.·t
I Eegll}·.n..ln. g·. a.t as!l·i·n.gton
I-!1?31-1 posed cut }nto;, the 1.,Jld b_r.<!,~
not pass.
Pfaff, ,:Yh-o ranor ·the P.ast·.ov·er Major t. ~1e st.·reet- I mu. st
glorie_s or
Pfatr;s.;· J:Iotel,_ . no~· th~..... Park . Square
,a~ ~.her,!=L ~_here ~sed- to.· b~ sQme co.n·verE:d, :residE:.nces, nu1llbered 181. 183~and:i8i .-_~h~1i · -up -·on the. Jotd'an propertyyJ?fj ._een,' '. ~e!).IlY,"SOl~
street
aJlf}
Pa~k
~9-\1; +.e~ ;the, big· ~utOrnobHe b~ilding has·
d:·i\VhS.t · waS' -of.,_ late· years a· ,pl~ce
cif< )~ ·a'..,nd --two·~st6i·y 'Vl,·ood81i bu.i~dings,
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buildin""'s 'W,:OU!<l'--be froin
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, orables and. --w\l.:s one of the -..yeigh~ieSt iS n·unr:bereh 903 dri wasl:::J.
11:~ thi_n. ~ 't;ha:t. h.~~s d~stroye<lson:..e ~f men as, well· as one of the· bes_t 'fellows 'contihue,. :(~,a_ ·cresce_nt ~ha!
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When Busi"~ss DeclinCd
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tor:-µ down ;bus1ness--,ha8- ceased to pr,osper as 'it ollght 8.long hel'e and I sup~Ose
the.··~idetitng or_the street ~ill-.be 8- g'.oQdc
thing:. Al_l ot the n-ien with whom l. ha:-ye
t3:1~ed fav_or the wi<?-entng~ i;.ut e·v~n · S:t·
·tlia,f ~ car?~ ~help sig"hing ?v~r soffie of
p1ore than·-)."9 f~e;t at Its wides.
21Tr!~~!i:!f~it.at th_e Bai
rial there Wo1il,d· Pe n9 :;;.ha
buildings orl. tr1·e nOrth _s~d~
street . .- until ~..,,...Carver street,'·
K~r'a·,_t.he::\"_~t ~.to_ ...u.1e'·bu,·
north side·:\,r:'o_ul~f.l;5e'::,i::e;s_~fn-e , _,
8.nt'· street 8.Ild, Oontin1-~ec1~~'iii,.
Ne. 241 a't JJl.e...,,oorncr ~f ·El.fOt··
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\Highway ·Which Will Tap. All' the Im-.
JPb!tant A venues of Traffic and Greatly
ilJ11prove the Whole Neighborhood.
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__:ie~sant street i~ widened ac- , ting an issue· Of· b. on,ds fo,r 1
g to plans drawn up by Engl- proyement of Ple~~ant street
:~P.l.tn,eY of the street
fi~~i°n~ h.;~lla~;:!n ~a~!!\ers
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T'his
r'.. ~os.ton wll.l_ have practically
George B. Shattuck Frederick c
~)"'o.~.d .business thoroughfare run- tsh,t\tuck, Alexander "Whiteside,. trusast and west from South Bos-' ~ .s., Pet_er Bent Brigham Hospital by
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f E_c;l:i:nund C. Cadman~ treasurer; ~u:_· th~. ~est end, co!lnectlng the, n~c~:..pal Real l!:state Trust. by Moses
;s":b ._u_~_ In~~s interests of the harbor ~p~i~ms. ~ctuary; Pem?e:ton Build-,
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ct with thoSe at the other side lJl.1f:." Trust, by Moses "W1lllam.s. actue-~\~itY' in a manner expected to ~1y;.Ja_rrat1~rtcis tRh.eBaNnagts,otrulsteSe; Jo.htnl
1 na
ecur1 y
...~\ ,_l~~ediat~ rellef to prese·nt of:~ B;oston,
by
James
J.
Phelan:
g~$:,ion. The proposition is now Ola
Colony
Trust
Co.mpany
by
t;p\ the city council and the mayor I PJlilip st~ckton, president; A Shu1.,, ·'' · -·" ·
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lnan Co.; H Staples Potter, Laurence
,._ -bE:-hin d tt are powerful interests 1\Iinot,
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Alfr.~d .. Bo.wdi.tch . Shepherd
,f ;_South Boston and the City Brooks,
State 1 Street
Trust Com- J
• The cost, as estimated, will pa":ny
estate
·of
Patrick McAleer i
. 'j: a mill.ion do1lars.
Cyru~ Hapg·ood, 1 Arthur W. Kennard;-1
~i;li~ey s plans, the result · of Hi.ram Johnson, Samuel
Davis, Car.:.. I
s_. tudy o.f the situation, ca,P. f. o.r oline M. Roundy. Edward M. Currier, l
J;"ea.se of a.ibout 25 feet over the Max E. and Char1e·s I!} 'Wyzanski Jo- l
t averag.e width. Mr. vVhitney seph-. H. O'Neil, William J. ca:rlin, l
c1bring the old highway up t·o Houghton & DuttOn, William F. Fitz- II
dimensions.
·rt is now .a gerald Edward :E-I Eldredge Cabot
good ~xample of an antique 1 C&bot '& Forbes, Charles v'V Whittier: I
ghfare, having been lai~ out I LCs1ie c. Wead, Ha.rold K .. vVead F.
.. lY as a residential st:eet and H. Viaux, Frederick Viaui, Ho"rac~ s .
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e~rly a century us.ed ex::it1rely for Crowell, Alex s. Porter, J. G. R. -WU·?.ll:rpose. It has never been sub- lis &
co., Albert R. Whittier, Jr.,
1ally altered si-nce the character Hosf_ord & VVilliams, James vv. French. ,
e. South end changed from domes- Cod man & Street, ·Henry b. Bell'nett.
to commercial, a~d out of ~he He1 bert Nash, Joseph w
Dillworth,
lement of. reasons for the pol,cy r, rederick w
Hobbs, Henry F. Miller
,"'\.·N'A:R,R OW SC: CT1 ON Or' p L :E_ A_.'.·.· ,· .·, ·,·., ,·
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oing ,.nothing emerges most im- ~ Sons. Otto J Piehler, Inc:. Maynard
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·Uy that of.. cost.
& Co .• L. P :Hollande'r & Co., Hal~"et &
Sullivan .~ite.
BetWeen Porter and ern end, was bufl
be it will cost $800,000, mayb~ a De.vis. Henry Siegel, Boyle Bros. ·Na..:. Kirkl?-nd ~tr~~ts t)1~ L road will be u.r d .Mr. Tilley•$ \··re
:more to ge_t rid ~f so~e of _the vin &
Kelly, ;r. VV. McI:..augllliii, C. asi.ced to pai-t W.ith 1100. square feet. onghfare _w'as a.:.. &
oden buildings. with ~ove-tailed, Gately & Co., Edward Wormser, Burke A widening of the thor'Oughfare at this hi::::i properties an,'d/;
ards
that
still
preserv~
in I & Co, Jam.es F. Tw-iss. the ·c. E. Os- , point is a necessity · th.at is obV'ious
Ba,ck in thoSe:·'1
nt st~eet t~~ ~aJ 0 . [ oi:J a Boston g·oo,d Company, T. J Coughlin, - John at a glance. This is disfinctly one of t:ion of Washtng't'(ih
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ut what- J. Drake, M. P. Fahey, Charles H. the cramped, much travelled over sec- as Orange, in :~--:f.a'.:~
~ a°sost7ie t f e strebeth ~efa[~m~dnt, l Care·w, J. P. "Bullard, James E. Co- tions of the city, the junction of a '\VushinJ,?;ton.
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. oi alteratt~~~~ ar:ui:-that ~in~;; ~~~f«ii=a:.ohn, F
Fox and -Ja,mes L. ~xmber of street:3 all heavily burden- "\Vti.SC considered desi:
ange is inevitable it might as
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~ith teaming and pedestrians.
said Tilley, and "So
a~e place at· a' time whe'n the
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Mayor's Interest.
. B~tween Shawmut avenue and wash- kurs drive their istc
ilJ be comparatively small. It
Last spring, wheD:. RE;pre_sentati.ve 1,ngton streets one of the :bigges~ cut~ through his tab.~;'.
l~gislative enactment that the Refdy introduceil: his measu:ei the for the improy·_ement of Pl~asa:nt str~et r,cJges over a .lit())
pality may, if it so decides, go may~r was so interested in the. P.,roj- will be required on the property of Pleasant street.,,,T~
with an expenditure amounting e?t that he not o.nly went to the State R~presentative Martin M. Lomasney,
By 1773 busines,S :~
0,-000
House and talked· in fav.o.r 9f it, but the ward . S political chieftain.
L?- ciently in Bbsto,n· 'th/i
)are the interests actively co- asked the street . depa1 tment. to sur- D)asney's holdings are lo~t'ed on the believe his Ian~S. {yr;~
titig to induce the city council and V€Y and other ,vise make s:tudies of corner of Pleasant and Spear place. )le made his p-rivateff
ayor to bestir themse1ves: South the thoroug;hfare
The results of En- Engineer W1:t1tney has figured that v,ray in fact as
n: citizens' Association. the Boston gineer Whitney's work a~e in tJ::.t.e this in1porta11:t location 1§,J;lould give pP offer was accept~i:i /
e.,commisslon, the Boylston Street form of a tentative plan, _showi!l,.g: ex- a,bo,1t 1160 .square feet.
, passed. and . reGOI.'deo
an-ts'
Association,
the
Scollay actly how much land wi~l be require~
Bllt Mr. Lom~sney will not be allowed
·Tnley's Lahe" th-en)
:e and Tremont Street Merchant from each property holder to gtve the honor of making tl;t~ biggest con- !lame. So the rec~fr~
i_a;tions ,?,nd the various real estate F.leasant street a uniform width ·o'f 50 tr_i-bution to tli.e gener~,l improvement of ange street b:Y ~hev~rO~
~ti6ns of Boston. One and all foet. .
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His nE:igp.bors to the through what is .-<,la1_;\~
e?'pressed approval of this propoAs Mr. W~itney a,ppi::9aches the ·prob.- e~;st. George F. M-cGahey and Edward. the bottom· of the~Q.Q!
to iive the business interests· a lem of improving Pieasa::nt street, the L. BRrtlett, Iea,d him "qy comforta,,ble Lane."
The sa..idt.:::F
east and
wesf
thoroughfare o"pportunity for most etfectiye alter~- . margin~. Engineer w::t1i~ey•s red line known at a lateT:.;~;lJ
this part of the city.
tion comes in the section between TI"e- ·~ale.es 1330 square feet from the McGahey stre~t~
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~ final repo.rt to the Governor m.ont and Washington streets. _Here the property and 1460 from the Bartlett._ And
~uring the r~v ,
{the joint board of metropolitan greatest width 1s only 38 feet. the small- to the left of Mr Lomasrtey, the prQ'P- fsh occupied. B,
ements co:tpmission made this est a scant .30 feet. As compared to erty of Mariette E. Murphy will Ios.e couple of redou..f:!
,, Was recom'f'r).en-ded that Pleasant such,an average and satisfactory busi- 1450 square_ feet. Th1s parUcul~r section and the locali.tY:,.
Wideried and i-mproved. The ness thoroug~fare as Suminer street, of the street wilt be thus most ·gener- coats. Their,c~lJ
the; "Big Four"-the railroad
for instance, it fall~ short of being ade- 1 ously cut of all to make wS.y for the sy, however. t
11.d land Boston transit and th~ quate at the~Washini~on street end by I improvements tl)at a 60-foot uniform longer than the,
it&n park commissions - was fully 30 feet and at the junction with width will bring.
tew ye·ars after,
;the following paragraph;
Trem9nt str:eet .bY .~ ;feet'.. :>Tlie :t,est
·:rne et;ttting on the·rtght hand s~<ie ts ~ll evidenc~s b
~.,~"Bl.g Fottr'~" \lojce.
sho~!~g, . in· rE;E;.p~ct to wfdtl.l,
that. ·c.c,_nti°'uous frpm .-Ca:rv.er to., E~iQt, ·and disappeared:
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Pl~~s3:nt ·street~ alS .llpW~ Jaid'~ oitt,, m~l:t~~, tt:i~e ~he~_~s( l~.)?e:twe~; ~lea~tlt; '\Stre.et
:As-:..the.~Jty~ · ;_s,:tr~~t :m.-a.i}je.-;, -...;!?pn~.e~~on is at: the Park sctuil.te eitd, wtl'er"e tlie and M"odel .Ptaces.~ ...Here :the· Fr-ederi~k .:stre,et beca;ine:,'
ay at Wash.jngton street rri~8.surement from "b"u.ilding- tO buildl,:ig C. Bowditch estate is located. It Con- ,:ial(n~ighbor.P.6"
arl~s street, at Park ~qyare iis 48 feet. ·
tributes to the improvement· of the noµ5:es bega.ri ,t
t'narrow and crook:ed form
ThesectionbetweeliTremontandWash- tµoroughfare th£:: ~aximtim, six parcels ones of wood.
' to comrnuri.'icatio-n between fngton streets, notably the section between totalling 3985 sq·uax:-e feet, or more'.-than
nd Charles Street. If fm- Tremont street · and Sh8.Wmut avenue, C?ne-quarter of the total pS.rtng 6n the
Wld€lning and straightelling it is so narrow as to belong to the co·w- north side of the street AnotI1er heavy
'~c~:e~~1!~ b~t[;::~ 3cnh~r\~: path cla~siflcation. Here, indeed, is one contributor on this side ts the Cha1 - .
of the antique parts of B~~ton. a cur:v:-- lotte A. Baker property. . From four lots
~'.a..n,d Lowell street, a circum- in&: type of old street. lined: on e~ch side are taken sections aggregating 1610
~i~;ay clo:;;:e to the business by_ ~Id wooden buildi~~~- fr<Jo_1_Jin~-a~PS:c.L:s:::qa:u::a::r:.:e;..:.f:;:ee::::t·~----...,.,rT-_:._ _ _1 4
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1Ifuprovements Planned
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'Include Traffic, Har~or -.J
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Wor,ks of
Progress
BY .JOHN .J•• FITZPATRICK
:,, A. wave of development, tJie total cos;
'.15'£ . which will reach more than'
$7;5;0()0,000, and the complete results of
which win be. actually stupenclous, /is
s\veeping over the city.
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!Boston has reached the greatest: era,
of improvements in its history.
· Thousands of people will. be employed·.,
\n the ,vork, millions and millions of
dollars will be circulated, " very net.
work of underground transit structure_
Will spread its Jines under the city and
~nder the haj:b<rr; t:;rll, 1:>1.1r1<;liq~ll> ~;:ected,
·at gigantic expense, climb daily into the·
sky; schools are being . er~.t~' n(\w
places of amusement. and"1"e'Olt hospital
buildings and educational strvctures,
some of them to be the finest in the
world, will soon be actualities, and
n;~rra'w and crooked streets win give
'w.ay to broaq thoroughfares.
Dll"FICULTIES REMOVED'
, Every difficulty attending the proposed
tillilding of the Boston & Eastern Electric Railway tunnel under· th_e: harbor,,.
f-r-0~ the ,Very heart of the cuY· t.o East
-:sOston, .for a modern" electri(? railway,
";;~·::p-tch :Wil~ bring the cities a,.tiQ. t_owns of
}l~ -.~~r.tb . ~hore to within a ""brief ride
;-ii;;o•,the· c:ity,,-ha·v·-ey,:hf>en-swept. aw~y:. ,The:
o~7.Ea~~.t:~ ('.~nel fs_ to .b~,·~- real-tfy.
the 'worri: upon it
beli;lit the
will
BUSY BOSTON
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pla:n~ .are pract~Cally compl~ted:,
it a cost of probably more. ttiah'"
ooo. the turinel will be. built. the eled~
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;t,!J.).of_e With · Ma.rbleheaq and the well
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sation, ~ith Broadway .. and. Do este~, Jl..-Alr.eady worl't has been started on thG ave11ue, With the flna~ , t?pening ~, An?'.' $..D:
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-!Ptown , summe1& resorts , from 20 to 25 :tunnels to~ be 0:ccupied._ by the Bosto.n drew squ3:re.
Elevated railw~YTh.ese. in themselVes
't,tlles
the hub.
Will 'form a great ;.underground tr~nsit
Consume 'Several ·Y.4?&7 " ~;
system al1d will constitl,tte the greatest
.Thest; subterra~n works
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:;.~~i:~n~ed .:Jn ~a,:e 16--S~concl Col.
tra:.J?.sit ifnpro,tement the ~ity has ever froffi $12,000,0QO to $15,ooo •.ooo a
wi~i
experienced.
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c'""onSume several yea-rs in bu:flcrln
Tl~ey Will, include the e..xtension .of the ' soundings in . the Sdutl1. Channel, D.der
present Ea~t Boston tu. nnel to. cor_nect; which the south Boston-Dorche-ste tu.n-:-··
with, the west 1o0p o~ the aln;10st com- nel · will extend, ;ire now betng ade
pleted Cambridge tunnel, the C'a¥1bridge da.ny.
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turinel itself, which rfeeds but the finishThe sum', of $:50,000 has been ;a we'd,
ing t.Ql:lches to stations and the laying the "Transit Commission for tbe preof the rails in the remaining untracked liminary ~-ork · ~ri which the engi~~s eiit
spotS;_ the Riverbanl<. subvi,·ay, which will are now eµgaged.
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ext~nd from the Pa;rk ... street subway sta.FrOm the. other end cf Briston U1 Bo$".
tion· to the junation of Beacon stree~ ,and stretch the new J\1:alden ele,vated ne ,been.
Common·wealth avenue, and the tunnel from Sullivan sq..uare. Char~estown
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The American Building TI'ust,, behi
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.il~c:;~rfcal 'J"itHWay tunnel 'u,;..ierfhe harbor.;,
Boston ·,Efe¥ated' nnpr,ovements,. to inclu'de the almost ·finisJ-ie.d
Harvard square tunnel, the· R.iverbank subway, the Ea,;t Boston tunn~J.
ext'en,.:ion, the South Bost.on-Dorchester tunnel· and the Malden elevated
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:-The $9;000,000 general· 'harbor development b,.y city l!lnd State.
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Th~ Peter Brigh~ Hospitals· on Huntf:ngton avenue-.-to be the finest
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The Copley 'Plaza Hotel;
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·:The FHene department, store. .
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;.The' developtrient of ~ark square and vicinity, to .. incfµde t~e ex- 1
telisi_on of Ste.wart ,:;treet, tire,• .building of . office buildings, ·a hotel for 1
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,Municipal de'(e~oprn.:nts, tp ,includ<t .a new commercial high schopl
in_ the Fenway, new elern.eEttary sc:;hools iQ.Dorchester; R.o_jd:mry and"Eas.t
Boston, new municipal 'buifdi.ngs in EasCB.oston a.nd South Boston, new"'
playground in .Charle~tp:wn, the City Point Aq:uariu,m, .the Zoo at. Frank-/
Jin ·Park, the exten!"ion ·of. Dix ·,place, the widenfng of·. Pleasant street· and
the cerection of City Hall annex.
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The South terminal -atlqitions;
A· long list. of private. improvements, w/iicb iriclqq'e the .erecti~>'ri . of
· a TO-,story .office building .on Devonshre street· bi ihe ··Wi'Uiam ~ Gaston
tr,,stees. the e-,ectiori of' t"'-co ,great New England .Telephone t,uihling in
}fort .Hill square, '! v.ocatio11al schodl'by .t,he Y. M. c. A. 6n. St. B9tolph
s(reets, .new·. Huntington, a~enue _theatre, _:, great -wareho_Use o,:i N'ew 1
street, East Boston, by the. Bosto.n Term1l)al. Storage and Warehouse
Company and a large. warehou.s_e a11d lig:ht.m. anu_fa._cturin_g bu.iding'by:,tliel
Boston Wharf Company jn South .Boston.
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Boston· Will haYe a neW lnunicipal building" on the si.te. of. the old' high s9hool
f j ···c_oSt · $1~0.009: ·On "th_e site·· of t~e old
Blind ,A_S'Yl_um. in South Bosto:ri a IleW
fn_ullfcip:a:J '. bUilding will alSO" be~ erected
to~ cost $100,00Q. ,The ~cork. Qil all· t-hes~'
bu-ildings Will~- be started· "'·ithin two
mo·nths.
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t:tiis .purpose.
A "'\veek· ago
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Mayor F:itzgJrai_~ ·v,rrot'e to' the cou,nQff. ask_i~g · tha~t
,it be accepted .
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a:r:i:riex is, alre.ady w.··ell uriqer .. wiY ir,1: ~he
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'R:z:iv;ate · -~~rQ9ra.tions and ~ individuals
are' ·spell9tog, :n'lany mi,lion_s in . improve::-.
t?-len~s ..~ -~·:T'.].1e Cqpley-:-Pla'Zza, ~Otfl: daily
grow~ '*J).de,r :C1.e. hands pf th~, m;:isbns,
a.lld ."\v11e~: ~:rected w-ill ~be• a beautiful
eigll~~ory, l'i:Otel and ·will co;:;t· $4';0~0,0-?0.
,Th'e :~;vork• On. ·th1?' big F-~,iene~depa_rtille.nt
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take. n from ·i'.s. path. . W'ashingion '.str._:·e.·et. ·
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b~~n; ;s'
the City Council ac-
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'Valuables "·ere
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Places.
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~Pedie.nt to pla as dee.med,
in a safe at th ce ~luables
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e otr2ce or. ll,t
ill: ~'!f;'';,~d:~r~!.tnd :w'~siih1g•p!1jUn:c:l;i~.o'i.n:J.___-:---,-----:-----:::-=-=--:=-=~'::-:
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oh :r{ew str"eet* :Easti BOston,-> an' e ··
story 'Wareli_?lts,e~" is betrm· built,- py·"';i,_''• ;;;·._..,._ _ _ _ _ _..;.._ _ _ __,_ _ _ _ _..;..~..........- - - - - - - : - - - - - - : - ,
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Termlnal Sto1:;age
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O_ti: ,-b~vonsh'\i:re' ,strget ~~
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Wi1),to.-m Gaston, trustees are --butldi12~
.B.Pi>o.intil1.g of the new •10-story Office.,. bltilding;' and,- .fh S :~:
· 01i ..be.fore · it starts work Boston,~ on A ~ street~ the, B.osto~ W~~\
g and · d~ve~oping of the • Cpmp~ny ~re. erec~1n? .. a
li)t?._t_ ' .m1;-:
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f~_ct;~dng .h~U~'e. · ~~e~e·:';,.bun:a!:n:~s;-;._r:~~1
Wi~l .::~n~: .'l!lan::- ~il}iOilS Of. '~en_~fSr'._:,•bf:),i:~
in this vested .cap1tala
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~i:o-~k has . b~en start~·~ -, on.1,., the , P'.<).f
,, ~ite .~_e!'1'' ~arbor Com:- ~~n~~ Brigp~rp ·.-, :g<>:Sp_ita( on - ·_Hu~ftn\;~f
near·-·. the·, Ha:r:vard
Met:_..;::.:i
y these pl~ns Rnd while ~venue;·
lie'~-1'.QQd!,fij_d~ _.the :ge~W~i $cho0f· buf.ldings.-~ T.he. h9spit:~l. co:tn~J:: ,_
~p.t'::w·1l1 ,not be ch.an~e«J. WiH. 'ip.cl~de- "16. bea~tiful htJUdi~g.$.,,~x\ ,
vi.ill '·cost $1~225;ooQ.· , ' .
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At· ._the, ..corl)er ,' ot 1-Iµntin,iton a '
arbOr· deVelcipment by ,a~d ,.·_yan?y~e:'street~"' th~_,_',F,carva,ra.
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cal School·. addition iS · 1*ing built,
~h1ch. ~pl in~lude t~e 0 1'.!: st.. ~dtt;il:i:>J;i str~et~ the, p.ew:·'Y. · '
~especia;lly the ~East , A. · VocaUon'a:l School h?,~ b~er;(. _;;:;ta
·t-~':WhtCh - $9,oooo,ooo· has! ,xi:i· Park s.q~~e_ tli~_rn·o~t'ex.tensiV
-;.. will be a p()sftlve fact. v,elOPI:1-~.nt ~s- · beJng -pu,s}?.e<:1 ah!?'aCL
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~It~ the. appOi~t.~~:nt·. :a:artford railI'oa?,· ·- has .· built . _f:it~
. a. the yery creat,~J1~, St,reet, ·""frt?m; Co1_uriibµs a~f?Ilu.C _rie~r'·'
he resu:tts·of the idea. st:{uare. to Qlarendon .st:reet., and- will
th·· railroad and tei:.. t6nd'. 1t to irieet tp.~ old Ste.~~art St
is. the ehlarg-en:1ent: at Tdn,~tY ····pl~q~ a:s soo?J. as the ,~a
n tb a~~ornddate · -t~e-, 6"husitt.f;! ..Jn'S't;itute. uf '.I'~chnology; sel
York, Ne"w- Ha.ven. & the~ Site df -i,ts._n,e~ buildtn·gs ..
,.,·wltlch ~e to C~l"{le: ~--·I.ri:-.P3:Tk square·"a hPt~ :W11:iCh:.will
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1:1,1.elit ..Me,rcanti-le Property at 139 to
Merrimac,
_way streets, Purchased Last Week
Henr.y Wyzanski.
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way Streets, Purchased Last Week
Henry Wyzanski.
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Trust.ee;,s _of the;, _Estate
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IN THE BUSINESS DicTRICT
Mercantile Property at 68 to 72 South
S"!:reet, Sold Last Week by J. Murray
Howe to Max E. and Charles E. Wyza nski, Trustees of the Wyzansl:<i Trust.,
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LANS for the new mercantile building to be erected at 'No. 661 Boylston street, - Back. ·Bay, have been
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is bein~ razed.
ThtS .Pro:iu~rty, Which re-,
cently was'bougbt bY Her.bert F.,·Winslow,
for investment, embraces- 2464 square feet
Of laµd and building, and is one of the m.ost
valuib-le parcels in that block.
The new
~dltle#. wn~ be completed next July and wUl
be ocCupied- by w. C. Keen, milliner. now
at Berkeley and Boylston streets. It wUI
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be constructed of white marble throughout
the upper stories, and will be of Verdeantique · marble on the. ;first- floor, set in
bronze frames.
The first fl.Oor also · wi.11
h_ave a bronze mat-qQise which will exten_d
out over, the side.Walk ..about six feet. Thej
~t1t~~ii~e&1~!a!:u!1J.1s::; ~:i!:~t;;;d >th~'
first story will be plate-:-gla.ss laid in very
large sheets~ with butted and mitred joints.
Henry Bailey Ald·en, who has designed
many buildi:tlgs in Boylston street, is the
archi1tect
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DWELLINGS IN BRIGHTON
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~anquet of -Chamber
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_;Leader·. Hay;ood .
350 members , of
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Chafflber
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Of ¢om.merce· 'p.articip8.t~ iq
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t0-p1c assigned' for disc'u.ssion was "ImriJ.igraition.~·
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··Mitpy of the ~eecheS. w~X'P. devoted
to: ·praising the 'city;. autl;lfOrities~ espe:..
orally'.. the· police at La:Wi-ellce, and the
Militi~ for the ·waY, they have pre-·
se~ed law ~ , d 'OI'.d:eir. du.ring the strike.
d!!! ~~!-!~e:~~ a!~i::ete~! ~:1
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evening was Col E
Leroy Sweetser,
comIP,andipg tpe M~l_!tia· at Lawrence
ever since· the strike b0gah., When int:r:Qdueed everybodY roSe ·and ga'Ve him
thi::ee rousing chee:i;-s . .-Col Sweetser. _in,
hiS address. declar~9,. that thing~ are nOt
as black in LaWTence· aS described in
the newispa1;>,e~.
''Grl%at Und_fgested Lump."
The tvvo principal. speakers wei:-e
Marcus M. ··Marks: .member o! /the
±{.(,eseYelt
Corn1nit'te€: on
Indu-st:rial
-Peace, and Hon J"op.Il'-N
Cole, ex;speaker ·of the House: Wh<'.\, spOke warmly
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Woolen CO'Il'1J}anY; was present though
,..not conspicuoµs.
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N~rtfh_t~~r~r~;fC ~~:~t~n~o~f I~':_
THREE SMALL STRIKE' "VICTI
1nig~-ants, _presided and made a plea for
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immtgrants,on the docks of the vai'ious
ocean i,orts, ,protecting thern
shai.~pers and ,doing what can be froi:Q.
done
, la~re·J3~~:!~d: J.lRd.thwejl, ex'7pres1de~t
OF.FER WAGE RA]SE
-TO EN. D, r··:RIKE.
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to giye theni a knowledge of Amerie'!,n
inst1t,,tions and ideals, and to disperse
them tb_I"oughoU.t the Nation, instead ~
encouraging t.he"Ill 'to co:µ~gate in
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Con:tfn:a.ea ~m..ttte Fl~1: ~-w,e•.
·active inter.est in, .furtll.ering the sanre ·
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class of Wor~ b7 contributing to it?f ··, ~~..r~s-eqo:incr.--a-tff-.rot --palO~ ~support.
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_,I •.Su1pirna.a.11t(su0Aad •q:J..I0£U!CT i·m:_,qdasl
IYir Drewer, in. $-ta.rtUlg the speaking,1 -Pr· p-µ-e· ~s,;:,u:flU'"B.:i.2 .·.ag+ pa+~a~a..xda..1· oq.M. ·i
f~id that 90 p~rce:p.t of 'tbe populatipn oft, •is~ :.a:re,lS · 86 tsy1tfl :::, · p.I'B~P:'EI: · a.1_aA\. - is;.x~ '
-,~:l ~-l~a ?~~ SJt!7 JO
ian '\. peasants. or th~1r childrel!~ Mor0t-SlUatn~.Ac;>.1:dm1. aAJsua:ix,a a'l{'BUI Ol. uon.u~:,.
thap. one-half the· men Of voting age,1 -UJ .1Jat.n -~uJ.jq ll· ~uonoa3 ssa.u1~nq ~1.l'.J.
he said. in the same section of thei U" .:sai:a..iado.id '::1.u:at:a+sa.n.u1 :isaug: aq:r· ;,.o
country were born a.brOaQ.. '.'"WherEt~Y.OU: a.Uo -i;,.0µ113:Jqo · a.A1:fq P1.s·u'SZAM s.:issaw
find· a great ecap.omic disturbance,
he ai{;"tao...I"B.d,'SJql·.10 as~-q~-!ll,d, .0t{l -ur ,·oov
said, 40 YO.u find ia, ~;eat und,igested i1ump -•Stzi +13: ,.'S-I'O~sa-$s-e .,aq.'.). Aq pant'BA S! ·pu-e[
in·ti:ie·comtilunity.
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· .air~ ·p~1 ·10 ·1-aa:;i .a-.ren.bs 09LZ !:!Uf-~d~.>
~t?I~:tttll~~o:l
l1Ja;ir~tst~}~~!sa~~~i!~~~~1:c~~I[J~--~:?.1q
Must Not Go to Red--.&tCialism.
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·.-Owing
to dit.feren~e in lanj;uage U~e:re
~Jq~a·;·~
-1s no adequate _means of/ commun1ca- au'o p.3>.IapJSUC!<>-' SJ uon_o-esU'U.Il l~9+"BI:. ~1'111:
tioil., he ~aid, i. between that class of' .+n.C!. 'P,U{!{ J-IlJ~N aq:J. ;ptI.13 .I~do~d l(no
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population ,and the local.. offl,cialS\ Inl :'"}!Jdu!:..lJ~~~~~u~~J~!\.:ci!!~~saq~a-s:~~,:
the next generation, he _claim.~,d. up~ ;i:() -~ou ,u1-un,.paU'B_e12"
.Pl.fl~. a+1uY:~P
ward _of 40,00;.0.. 000. of .-that sort or im~...:Juµ.pou l,nq .'ares .1:91_ +uat:uaaa:.S13':..:.XaP,un
mi~ra_nts are• cording here. and ar S'!:?M'.,.·"l4'.+.i.I.a9co~d, ,st.-~n l'J?t{l ·.e.~n . at.~.t<,s'. :.lOiJ..'
going to settle in th~ East. It.i~ up t '.UA\.ottJt ·u~q ·s-eq :n ~ls m1~u1:?~· ;JO<..I~u·
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men like those he' Was
to, h -.10:;:. ~qa, ·.I~a-u .$1. uoq-eoo{'·aqJ. 1•000•88z:t -J:O 1
said; to se-f! that . they d~ not fall int anreA. 1?0'x13'l" 1-e:iOl _atn .Jo '.,sseoxa -ur. A1q-e i
th,e,.h~nds ·of lea..derS that will le~d thell':! j--.t~P1s~O~ ~n.S .. '13 :..ra;i:. ~~.M..:n.· ~all!.n -sJq:J.-lB .
~~~rct1£-im.ranks. ~( .red sociah~m o~ p~:J.::e·~~. +q~ .si:: PJ):1.d- . a.?f~d, .~"9"l .r auq~. , .:i
"-Ml:" Marks~ the next speak.,er, said h . •.
~.i~ 4~I.·~-e~ 0 l q..,,n~Jt,n ·.rBa.t.,~~n·:
would have, in every mill a•_"~l1ggesti~ .-;.~l·.. ~-:e~-e~s-~ .. ~apJ..M. 13' :Jo ?_g~l~+P:~.i
-box,.,,. where tp,e help-· cqulu depo~, a.Pp-e;'li)i{:). ,s'Btf~p_u;e' :J.S :Pl~ytllo.rff ~l.1SOddb :
w,ritten. co;niplain.ts ·OT
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'b'e·ic.cirisfdet'ed csei-1_ ous1_1r . . .
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[Wyzanski Trustees , Buy 150il58 ===
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Boylston=St2Corner Sold.
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VAJLUAB£..E PA)'lCEL 150 TO 158 BLACKSTONE ST, PURCHASED
M. E. AND C. E. WVZANSKI TRUSTEES.
One of the' m.ost Important transac;(.tio~s involving property in the North
/,:~.nd that has been closed in a long
~J.1·me, is that involving the parcel, 150 to
·il58 Blacktone st, situated between Han'bver st and Hayma~l{et sq
The pur,,chasers are M.. E and C. E. Wyzanski~
trustees und~r the will of Henry Wyzansld.
The sale of this property is of con~·siderable significance from the :ract that
,'.i't is the first time that it has been
,.:S.old since 1827. The title at this time
:'.·Coin.es from Howard K. Brown et al,
:trustees under the will of .James Chee;·ver. Previous to its purchase by Mr
:Cheever, it was owned and occupied bY
/JoL ~ j'4._
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[f;~1i~1s~Jie rg~~~ o~~~P1riJtg~
\·1~1';' wherein many meetings were n..:1<.1.
J/~d- ~~
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ofoliis!rei~i;. to
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do with the
,:.:· .While the pro1.>e1 ·.:..-, is only a-ssessed ·
'fO.p $50,800, it has a n1uch higher value,
r.-the Messrs Wyzanski paying a pr:r:co
i way in excess of this figure
It is one
i. of the 'Very few estates that has a large
i:~frontage, and with scch a depth that
/:'rnaltes it a valuable property
The
/'fro;ntage on Blackstone st, is 71 feet.
'_:· The property comprises a large :fi.vei:·s~ory briclc bui1ding, with stores on the
,tower floor, the upper' stories being used
for various kinds of business.
'l;he:r-e
dS 2240 square feet of lan.d, rated at
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$40.400
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,, The final papers in the above trans';o.ction have been placed to record at
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Suffolk Registry of Deeds, the brobeing Edw.ird H. Wiggin, 60 State
During the past
few ' weeks,
Wyzans ki have been identified.
...
he purchase -·of
valuable
,.in•' ·the::
tric_t, Bay ··l
th.· a
ck
er par-
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Mcrc~ntiie Property at 19 'to 23 Sot.~t.h
Murray H0We, Through -the Office
R.
DeB.
Street,
of
T.
UnC.:,ee"-""'A-gre~meflt of S<1le to J
Dennie
BoarCrrlan,
~eJinald
and
Boardman.
/~~ ,,ot2dy f-M- Wat_ ?'(1- 1f!Y.
1PUTS ST JAMES.- AV--PROJECT AT $100)00Qi;
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Mayor Explains Offsets That He Says Will Reduce
Damages. fo:t Widening Street Near Park Sq. .
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PROPOSED
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IMPROVEMENT
IN
BACK
BAY.
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i~i:fi~~~kc1F !=
required fol:". the purpose. The widen8
ing of the street is another link in the ~i~eJ;~!.y:i;nie~::;;e
ittn,provements suggested niore than a :fused to ·approve_, that which is slni~y,
year ago for the development of the potential. C·ouncilor Smith received the
Park-sq lands, owned by the New resolutions from Ex-Alderman Francis
Haven Railroad. '!'he gross cost, in- R. Bangs of- the Chamber of Commerce.
cluding
dam.ages,
is
estimated
art
The Mayor's l~t±er of approval
$1,25-0,000.
tains a table of initial cost to: th
It is intended to widen St James a.v "\"\,,~hich includes these items: .;-'Da
to i6 feet from Trinity pl tO Berkeley st, to 26 estates in' St Jam~s a.v.
and to 96 feet :from Berkeley st to Arl- at $385, 000, $550,000; <Iams.gee .t
ingfon st extended, merging at that Ludlow, $100,ooo;· damages to
point :With Providence st. The Mayor be- ster Champers, $300,000; takl
lieves... the offer · of land and the 'waiv- belonging to raHroad·, $250,00Q
ing of certain land damages bY; the rail- ti~,
~}kl
a· totai road company is extremely liberal.
Wh~n offering ;;.resolutions in favor pf ,,~!ll!s::, Dairiag~~
a bill to ;~e presented to the Legts_ISr
.la~'§.:· ~~e:n.Efi.o.n project~ clQSely fol- ture, authprizing the city to :m.a~e th''
lowl~g too···
· · ge o:f the Arlington-st widening, . and ·
o~.
Cou~
extension·
.1 is -figured on. a
ne1;'
. Ith , saf<l
'ii-, of the ·
·cost, Of
001 u1_10.~r the·, Exees$.
ell.' .11<1:
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J\'.Layor Fitz.geri.ld. sent co.pies of a
, letter to the Chamber of Commerce, the
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Massachusetts Real Estate Exchan•ge
and the Real Estate and Auction Board
yesterday
explaining the
plan
announced at the meeting of the City
Council Monday for the extens.lon and
widening · of St Ja.mes av from Copley
sq tO Park sq. T>he Mayor .said it ts
one · ot the most important improYements whiCh ·could• be m.ade in the city.
He signified his 'willingness to present
it
the :form of a bill to the Legis-
in .
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364-366 WASHINGTON STREET
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; So14 by ,vyzanski Trust to Harvard;
College, Jonat)J;i'J,ll w;. Dunlop and '
Stephen vV. Sleep.er, brokers
An iiriportant. tnl"nsacti~n has just beeRi
closed ill the d6wn.town r~tail distr~~t,
the signi~g of agreement papers by MaX'
E, and Charles E. Wyzanski trustees, for
tJ1e sale of' the investment parcel mimbered 364' and. 366 '\.Vashington street, to
the president and f.,"i1ows of Harvard.
Colle~.
By acquiring this estate, in
.conjun'ctioll. 1vith theii- present holdings,
the purchasers ·will have an advantageous
position in any combination for future,
development, such as recently took place
in tlie construction of the new l1~ilene
building. This property is located near
. the coiner of Franklin street, _and· is· di_:rectly opposite Bromfield .sti:eet, aJ.so l}a,i
'.an exi~ in the 1ear by n1'ean~ o{ a ''Vide
:paSsage'-vay tO Ha,vI.-.y..._;:Sti•e:et.· \
The estate consist~ of _1'.a large; .fi.Ve:·,tory stone_ ail.d bric~ stru.ctti:re, o~~-~py:
ing 2760 square feet of land with a total
assessment of $283,000, of whic\1 $248,400
is on the land. In this transaction the,
Me:3srs. Wyzanski ,vere represented by:
John W."Dunlop, and Harvard College by .
S.tephen vV. Sleeper.
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LA WRENOE ESTATE BUILDI.NG,
43 and 45 · Sumlll.er St, Sold ·to· I. A. · and _
A. C Ra tsJ:iesky~
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SALE ON SUMMER ST.
Another important. -tranSaC.tion in the;
heart of. the retail se~tion has just bee:Q.;
' effected in the plach;ig of final papers to·
record wh~reby" I. A. and A. C. Rift.s.
.:,:
ohesky purchase from John Lawrenc'e;'
00
r:r~r:~af::S tr llie ax<tb!ftg1t~~rf~~;~
estate. the valuable parcel 4~ to 45 Sum.:.:,
mer st. The property a<:3-joins the prem-~
ises numbered 47 and 49 Summe·r st. also.1
owned by the Ratscheskys, which was·,
recently improved, ~nd being 1,1nder ·a
long lease. In the ·~ purchase of the
Lawrence property, it now g-ives th~
Messrs Ratschesky a valuable property
having a large trontage on Summer st
and but two doors from. C
F. Hoyey
& Co. The parcel consists of a large\
four-stovy. brick building, - occc.upying \
2250,. .square fe"et of land. This ~is rated,
!!:tf6!:M·18£.~3o.as;I,1{!0 ;~~i_~:e t.i~i~~1rt;:
ts said, fiS"ured ahn-ost double this fig-:
ure. It is considered one of the finest~
purchases o"f,- any business _proj)erty· iti....
this section 't,hat . has: been' placed on ·
the market in, several years.· The ·brokers 1n the transaction were C. W .. Whittier & Bro, SC1:~wmut :Sank Building.
3-Iany~eal estate de8.ls "in husin~ss
p1operty have been reported lately, few
of which have been under agreement for
some time, while others -ate ne·VI.~, antl
sp"i ing u.P f1 om unexpected loca.itties,
showjng the activity of investors who
are studying conditions, then . pini1,ini
their faith to their good judgn:ient by
taking title to a parcel or sever~! parcels
for further improvemen~. · The ·market,
district, the North and So'Uth stati,,n
districts, especially, the city proper s.nd
the leather district are undergoing many
chang'es of ownership, and in some cases
p1operty
is being remodeled
bey:rn<l
tecognition
by
the old
inhabitants.
Surely. Bostpn is making history right
, '':.~VI:', and, t)!J, .real eS:tate;, b,u.sinel,,s is. a '
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Marked Activity in Real Estate Transactjoiis in Retaif
District, and Back Bay.
PROPERTY CORN.ER TREMONT ROW AND HOWARD ST, 'SOLD TQ
INVESTMENT~
ali't~~r=~t~,-t~~h~~ew~fi -~:~efli~~~~----
penditure. of 1over · $1,0(:>t\OOO in improverne:n ts.
The : propei,-ty oO!Illprises the.
valuable corner, 1, to 4 'Trecn.ont r,oW.
corner of Ho,va.r<l ·st, t•he grantors being C. E. cottil)g ,and .Philip Dexter;
trustees and the purchaser Edward C.
fr~~l:~tio~h~:~ub~fgJj~de\h~t~ih 1ii:
office of Burroughs & DeBioise, and
w.hile t•he consideration named iS not -sta!ted, the asking price has been~ $1,00
~·~Uaed in the cOnveyanGe tO
1 Br.adlee is· a. 4%-story building occupying 13,108 squa.re feet of -Iarid. TO:e total ~sses_sment. is $680,,000, of w-1.iich $'615./ 100 1s the assessors_' value of the land
' At t•he expir~tfon of the present leases,
the new ·owner will erect thereon an
eight-st:ory 'stone mercantile· building
for which leases have been negotiated
t·or the first three flOors
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BRADLEE
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HOTEL CL.UNY, 'COPLEY SQ, PURCHASED av J. SU,MNER
DRAPER
M!ARK _TEMPLE DOWLING.
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PROPE·RTY SOLD:
Susan· Sherry Purch·ases Buildings
7 and 9===0ther Transactions.
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Business Operations to Begin
TQmorrow in New Bank on
Devonshire Street.
LATEST TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
i~·l;:~~;;,::t.:::.!e~e~~ri:t':.:'!Whb~
and
a service grill of great
;:rut:'!:;~~~=~ ~ii~~t;::mik:;
0
.mezzanine floor runs around it, equipped ; tomorrow morning.
The;-~.Of(icers o~
with adQin:g ma.c~nes, book-keeping the bank are: President, ';·~las Piet"ce;
desks. tYPewriter~ etc4. A tels.utograph ·vice-president,_ Max MitcheH;-<treasurer,
system. is installed on the first and sec.;. .Arthur L. Potter; seeretan,:'"'~· Ho·:race E.
~!!t•!0~~:mfa;:ite di~~~~~~~!d ofr1f; ::;::~!!!; ptti:tc~ta6.;,ot,c~i1u~ J. ~:1~
· Lee M
Friedman, M.
H.
Gulesian:
upper floor spa.c~. A room is also .Provided for customers desiring an interTh€:
Cosl11opolitan Trust
Com.pany preter-...
opened its doors at 76 Devonshire street
The basenwnt is, devoted to the savyesterday :for private inspection and lings department.
The masslve vaults
hu. ndred•s of frtends of the of.fi'cials a.nd a.re also H.t. the basement, surraunded by
prospective customers visited the inst!- a network. o:f electric· protection. The:
tution, which occupies an entire build- doors a.re equipped with time locks in,
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er;he ~aln banking floor is lofty and a : i-t!:e
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Aaron Hailparn, H;orace E. Hqd!'eth,
. Patrick B. Magrane, Max Mitchell..
Francis
P.
oscennoJ;-,, Patrick
F.
O'Keefe, G. I. Peavy, Silas Pierce, Earn: est E. Smith, J. Ever-ett St;one, Charles
Weil, Parry C. Wiggin, Simon Vorenberg.
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.~y,;~'ati~if. ·.
From .·Boston
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Ts; ABOUT THE PROPosEo
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
·,Tt 'will start from Boston, with its
'. tl:~niiflus ir~ S;n Francisco.
! $';,,(
will be 2800 miles long.
,. 'f:;It will pass through Massa.-huJ ~~~~~~,:{
~ or~, Pe~h~ylv~tiia, Ohio,
Ii ef1;1~p(~}ana, . Ilhnofs, M1ssour1, Kansas~
' ~Cbforado, Utah, Nevada and Cali-
it
~ew
~J(fdirii~.-
, [;, It will requi,re the outlay of rnH. })ions, proportiot'le.d·,among the States
1{ti;:rough which It, will be constructed,
'(. Sponsors of ithe r.oad hope it. will
f·be ,compleJed ~n 1915, in time for
f\the exposition at San Fra:1~cisco.
{,,, .:Gov.ernor Fdss heartily indorses
f:qie;!prnject """
i j', ·,'!'he Rotary Club of Boston is be~
,< '
the movement.
sangu~n~ of the
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indorsed by t~e different
Franctiscd
to
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"A COnstder~ble portion. of this route ; nation.al government" wer~ to·' pay ~nealready is in first-class condition. Hence
half the ex.pense and the rest of the
1 th0 proposit~on, Whil~ a big one, has not
b~rden be shared p,roportionateJy by the
the gigantic proportions it appears to
different States
.
have a'b first glance.
"I a1!} P.eartily in favor 0:f the move1 ·~It will require an outlay o\f manY / ment _an. d believe that it will have ·o-re3.t
milllons Of dollars. J)ut whel;l proportioned
headwa"Y" '' ..
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off into the different States tb,e individ~hile the pl~ns are as Yet wholly tenual burdert will not be too heayy for anY
tative: the main idea · of the proposed
one State to carry.
ro_aa. rs that it be _suitab1e\ _for travel bsAppeal to Motorists
fitotrstts It is hQped by t!\e promoters
.
. a
i . can be constructed with a. min••Motorists will be ke.enly _iQ-terested in
1mum Width of 40 feet
It is recognized
the propose:d highway. Incidentally, the
that there will be places, where, owing
plan , undoubtedly will rective approbato certaln conditions, this width will ·be
tion .from the peqple of the far "West,
much less But such places it is hoped
and especially thoSe in California, for it ; -w~~l be few and far betwe~n
'
will be a big boom for the coming expo-1 ·
Su9-4 .a.. road as is planned " said Mal sition. -With the road completed in 1.915, : jo1~ O:I<:eefe, "would depend' ruateriaily
J thousands
of autoists from this section
on the form of construction for its cost.
iof the country will think no'thing _of goIt mu.st 1:>e reihe. mbered that the kind ot.
ling to the fair in their machines Just so
road ·which could be constructed most
· long as they know there wlll be a firsteconomically and k-ept in first class conclass road the entire distance of 2800 ~ition a~terwards vould not be the same
rnJies.n
j ~ all Sta~·es
It would vary according to '
Representative Prouty; of Iowa.. who is J th.~ location and the. material availaible.
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a strong advocat~ of good roads, is seek-.'
I!1_.~0~E:_ States a first clas~ .hi~a___y
ing to have Congress appropriate $80,000,- .. could be built at -a~man cost o-Wing -td-....,,__
000 for the betterment . of the highways. j the supplies of · gra_vel be-in,g near
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would apportiop_ this sum in various:. hand~ In other plaCes, the cost would
. amounts during th;e next five years, co- ! be greater because the supJ)lies Would'
, operating -with the States in road con- · have to ~ome from a considerable db,-
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on each road constructed will
T11.e entire me~bera:hip . of the Briston
of
America, \.a, be Hmited to one-half the total cost.
~otary Club is ell~hueiastic ov"er the na~fa:re_ 40 ·fee:t. wide, stretching; Mertl.bers of the Rotary Club~ hovveVer. t~o:r:ial high~.a,Y pro:l)Osi~on, and· gives the
l}'e'~ ac;ross tP,e continent from Bos- '{'--re not bankillg _heavily on fed eral aid civic comm·.lttee its .undivided su"pport.
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but . e".'"er I sin~e the wide expanse w_aY. It is 'understood . that Pre&ident'. are includ~~ i~ the me'inbe!"ship; it is exj:>+ th~ Rockies ~eoam.e an intep--al Taft is op'posed to the federal go"vern- pected that great impetus wfll be giyen
of "t:he: -United States, will be a real- ment9s paying out money for the con- the movement
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ithii(:tb:l'ee y·ears if the plails Of the struc.tion
and maintenance
of roads.
~he Nation3:1 Association o:r Rotary '
.'.n"·;~·ot~rY Clu~ are carried o~t~ '
Hence ~t is beHieved th.e road will be Clubs h~a . ~ ~I~~- in ...ne.~rly every I_~rge !
.~.-~!l~ l,Qca:1 organization. a. membe-r constructed by the co-operation o! the city of the country.\ '"The first object of j
·& 'N_~ti~nal _As15ocia~ion of Rotary different Sta~ea. through which i t ls to the club is business exchange.
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has weekly luncheons.:·where the n:i~m-j'
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transcontinental roadway
uThis movement -will get its greatest be.rs ~eet each other and. become better
l;l.as · Deen i~d~rsed enthusiastically headway/• . c?ntinued Major
O'Keefe, acquainted. Each perSo~ associated with 1
,the °f?-.ct- that but tientative plans .. through ::r,il-oper agitation. Once the 'dif"- the club ls a. proprietor. partner or cors'o: f'S.:r been foJ;"mulated
fe~ent States see -what a valuable asset pp,r~te officer of some ·1egitirnate business
pl~nned t<:' rnake °'the enterprise ~t will be, they will not hesitate to ald or J?rofessional pursuit
E,ach member
'a.tfve aff:;Lir, each State through in tbe work. Therefore I do not belleve accordinlr to officials of the club is ~
t.he ·.~iJ_ghway will pass completing it will be over difflci.ult to 'carry out the r ·hbooster ••
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"'We have, not re'ached the noint where
·' '· '617m: one perfect stre~~h. surpassing we can te~l what th~ cost ,of the plan i
'-the hiStoric Appian Way that Ap- .will be
But it will not be heavy on any:
ciaudilis started 1n 312 B. C.
one individual State, tor there are sece great highway from Boston to 'tions of" the road already completed
rancisco ls bound to. come,'' said ~Forge the Tew remaining links, and the
' ,P... _F. O'Kee'fe, chairman of the· entire affair will be completed.
'1 ·ct>1nmittee of the Boston Rotary '1
Credit to Bay State
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, ~;~as::~h~~=i~s t:n~t~;teth\~e ~~:_~itu~=
start dertaking, and to Boston -will fall the
and, honor of being the city from which the
~£,,,tb:oSe -of the entire State, stand road will start~••
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Mr. O'Kee:te, who ts cha.trman of the
,first class road from Bost._on a.I-' civic committee o~ the Boston Rotary
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Club. having thS project in hand. has
· o:ui; bel!e,f that vvit~ co-opera- these assi:3tants:
F. S. Locke. W. B.
te'• :Would. not be much trouble Wilcutt. S. C .Doana, ~- C_. Donnelly, J
g:·: this · national highway a W",. Newton, A. W. For!"J.. Lewis J. Bird
. }>' :·:'If··.· the -other States, through E. M. Manahan ~ d L. D Mullen· They
'h-ithe .. 'road will pass~ join in thelwill join with Mr. O'Keefe in agitati~g
{r,, 1~v-:em"eilt :.&s
he:a,rt1ly as Mass;:tchu~etts the . proposition and enga~ing the at:.{;:will~' there ·ts no question in t_P.e minds tentio°: of the different States in the
~'P~ ::.m.8.p_y e~perts that the thoroughfa:re proposition.
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\wilj.,Ji:t .:{:i. ..few years be com:pleted
There is no more enthusiastic advocate
·.,,.,.,,~F,r:om·· Boston to San Francisco~ over of a n~tional highway 1 from Boston to'.
~'·,ll:o:U~-:.Pla.nn~d. it is about 2800 miles. San Francisco t?an Governor Foss. The
·_i,,, ~Oes not mean tha.t there will c~v1c committee, of the Rot~ry Club has
tl'number of miles of road to be been assured by him. that they will have
t:iicted. Each of the different States his undivided support in carrying out i
;i, -~-!3:·,. ~:6uridr~s. ·or first class roadways. t1:?1r plan for the national highw9;r·
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It is only a auestion of time.
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~~t:~~i:~~l'.. a ContinuQi:ls one is the present tGovernor Foss, "when this question of a:
~'?P"r:?l)osftion, to be considered.
;national I highway will be taken un all
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· · ihe j~st what the · route wil~ be. ti4??1s throuJ;rh which it will pas~
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that it ba.
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otri 'Boston. across Massachusetts~'. a i::oad -was :J::n:o~erly agitated it ·would be
,Y6rk, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana,'/ completed from one en~ to the othe:,:- in
Mi souri Kansas Colorado Utahi ]time for 1;he ex.position in San Francisco.
:a, a::.d th;ough C;_lifornia fo sa/
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To ·ee- Known as the Robe.rt Dawson Eva~~ Memorial.
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Gr<j>und ha.s been broken and work begun :on what -will be the finest picture
gallery in the world. in the Fenwa.y,
to cost about $600,000.
Although the building is to. be rnonu-
men\al in size. in! itseJf. yet it is to be
only, a wing of the Museum of Fine
Arts', and an es~etltial part. of the general plan and design of that great
building.· In time ,this wing will undoubtedly be regarded by the public as
the front of th'e museum because of its
dignified- facade, picturesque surrollndings atjd approaches and its setting
near the-·water.
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The great picture gallery is to be
known as the Robert Dawson Evans
Memorial, in honor of Mr Evans, who
was for a number of years a ~rustee
and benefactor of the Museum of Fine
Arts,· and also because rt is the -gift to
the museum of Mrs· Robert Dawson
Evans in memory of her husband, and
to perpetuate the interest he took in
the institution. Mrs Evans gave the
necessary funds for the construction of
this Picture gallery to the trustees of
the museum early in the year, and
since that tim.e the architect of the
museum. Mr Grey Lowell, has been
busy preparing the designs and plans.
Since the existing sections of the mu-
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building was not_ intended for picture, galleries and in which the ideal condi-
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out.
ments col.ild be made by building gal"';
leries so de$igned as to actually embody all the features that years of investigation and of experimenting had
suggested.
To .se Fine$t in the' World.
It is this tllat Mrs Evans' gift ha;s
made possible, and the architect, Mr
Guy Lowell, has developed in the new
wing a series of galleries that will
pTove undoubtedly superior to any picture galleries so far
built,
either
l:>:road or in this country,. for nowhere
1.s the housing of a great art collec:,n been so carefully, So fully, or so
stemati,qally studied as here in Bos-
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;rtor to. arid during the construction of the existing .secti,ons of the
Mus um
So true · is this that h;1 the
few years since the present bui~ding
on
untingtori\ av was opened i t I?-as
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g,i~v
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deS1gtn,ed art· museums.
Th1. new picture building is to ....J::te._
~!ft 't{iJ_e i~!~if~ :~~gf1fliot~t ~;;:;:i't:;:1g .!
harmtnious ,.architectural part of the
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own ielltrance from the Fenway side
and -ftheir own monumental staircase
and tier.race.
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by means of a gallery, which in the
completed :;tcheme provides a larg~ hal_l\ t
foF'r~1:: "{hl'8Ji1;!f~b~i1~:P~!\l!et~ which
all visitors: .to the picture galleries . will
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the
Huntington-av
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across the connecting passage, 1 or hav-e
entered a..t the Fenway entrance and
come up the stairs, the circuit is crytn.....
plet'e and chrol)ologica.lly continuous
thr-ouig-1) a series of roo:Q1.s where the
wdrks of the differ1ent sc};l:ools of painti~g ·are grouped together.
Thes~i rooms wiH have their, walls
fJ1:'k~1;;11)~:'Dt~ 1 i>ha~kg;~~nd~1
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will ibe paneled with wood_ to,_ make
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the galleries more .
roo:m.s in
Greek-Ionic cotonnade,.50 feet high, com• which the~ pictureslike t,he o_rigina~ly
were
posey·o. f 22 ~uted granite columns, ,the hung generations ago. For the same,
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inscription This granite colondecorati,on of
nade and parapet, serv"e~ as a scree1;1 generO-usly used in thewill make poswall· tP the rofty, / top-lighted g8.ller1es the galleries and halls
behind· it
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The archJtectux-e is classic and quietly
On tbe._·exhibition .floor there are a.
dignified in feeling aild in mass,· to corsiderespond with the parklike chara~t~r of riU-mber of small rooms, some which
lighted, ~-o,:die, top-lighted;
its surroundings, .and expresses . out- will be hung th'e wiork,s of in
the
wardly the !orig series of galleries in- mast'ers in pai~ting. Then will early
come
side. The recessed eritrance behind the a serieS:- of·1arg9: 'top-lit galleries reach:-:
center of the colonnade is reached QY a
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Yar~~~i!:fg!~ ~~·
driveway and directly opposite what the riety in sh'ape, ·1n volume and in ela:bo.:./
Park Department proposes to ~ake the rati?Jl. o:f ,ar-chitectural treatment.
w~i:tbt~\:: fshio Fb'7enf~~e~f3f~~g and
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90 feet· deep.· In the inte;r1or plans the Department of Prints.
-On the gr<>u::p.d floor at one end is 1::Q'<'
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placing the: iinport~r,it exhibition ·galleries on the Inain floor and of reserving partm.ent of Prin~s. and here also ar:~:
the ground :floor for the study serles, the to be rooms for ·study, for adminstrasecondary collections and administr~tion "f;i:'on, for s1:.ora:ge~ ?-Dd for repairs At til~-.
purppses. Visitors entering from the oppo~ite end. ·are _to be ins_t~Il~ a :Serie~;:
Fenway, after passi~g through ~he
outer vestibule, Will ~nd I t;tiemselves of rooms . with s:P,ecial ~ecorative iJ?--,
teriors .lik;e ~e p;r-es~nt Bremgarten ~d':.'.i
~!.s!he;~yg~ o1~a~e 1fa°n~1;;;nt~laif!;tf!"; Lawrence '1'."00ID.S, and below are still,-:
above.
This stalrc8$6 Will form the m,ore storage roams and a resting room\.j
most interesting and decorative architectu.ral. feature of the in:ter~pt\ fofn "%~µilding' a sp ecial ventilating}
The stairc~se leads to a broad landing.
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At this point it divides into flights on ~sf~~~h~f~ ~I~aY1nif4~:-1f,~f
either side that curve back in a semi- be p:i;rDp~rly 'hU.mid!fied to avoid danger. . ;
circle and lead to a hall or distributir;ig to .the pict'-:lres ?f that too great dry-~
lobby in the very center of the building. nes·s of the air often present ~n .a~tificially heated' halls. '
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.Hall for Colle;etion of Tapestries.
to~,h~~ii1~~
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The semlclroular staircase cage is Evans,' :~ill have the ,!3:llOSt' m*1frcer,i.~
flanked by .fL ro°W of columns. This Will picture ,gallerie~ in the.: world.
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'-Greater Kennedy's" a,s it will a:Qp_ear after alterations are made.
\~.:~_ t.h ~· rece'nt mercantile. aw.a k~ning.
ummer st. is not yet at an end is made
f
ern equipment
There wiU be ap·proxi1
mately 25,000 squai-e feet ~f floor~ sp'ace
w}~io:;.vhse
;::. ·" hrough the announcement that ·The
~~~tr!~t:.u:r~in!o!ee~ei~~: ~~:ed
y po • ("Kerine.ay·~) men'.s cloth- l most modern fixtures· obt'ajnable.
o-a,. Occupying 'the t~o Stol"es n_uin- I The dust-:-proof,,. crystal glass ca~e idea.
.SO to 3~ SUmf:n~r •• s_t·..,;;,... hS..Y~! leased,
now used 'by this store' on its clothing
h t}1.e ,Office .of Bradley & Tylsoh, t~e
ng StOre num.bered .26 and ·23· S1.lm~~
. and ext~ri.dif?g 135 fee~ al?n~ ,Hayv::,
tensive a1te1.;.a~i~n_5: ,,,win · be. 'J?tgun ~~
as the Present ·tenants vacate.- spec1..;
J>ns·c::tlling·~~r. ~,;thoio-ugh !·ein"O~e1lrig
modernizing Of the w'hol~- ·structure
~n:iake 1t iri k~ePi_ng with· the P,teSerit
nedy store ~Thi:S:- 1neans late summer
ore T·h~ Kennedy Co. Will pe abl~ to ocy itS enlarged quarters.
is s. tatec1 on .good- authority that this !'
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-~ wi~Il~~=~d~~-a~:i~:r!:Jn:f
e- or four' men's stores in the...c'oun-,
'size~
~~nd_: t~-~~ne ~~ ·i-~~. ~od-
a~
flOor,
will
be extended to inclqde
every
c1epartm nt so that not a single box· nor
\:>pell sh:11:' of any kind will be found
t.h~oughOui· the entiw sto.re, everyth}:Ig~
:fron:1 collar buttons to overcoats, having
its own specially desigtled,p~ate glasS compartments. Whil.e this system for the displS.~~ and sale of gooda'i has been tis'ed to
some extent by a f4,w 9£ the newer stOl":eS
.in the Ceritral Statei, .;:,$to store, so far as
can be learned, has evet' ..C~i:-ried. it to the
extreme which The Kenri:€dY -co. expects
to. They. plan to m4°ke.- their enlarge·d
f~~!1~J!7
~uoa;::!s
a~~sta~~~c:t::n:~~d in
_The. __eVents leading up to this com:P"any's
:presellt underfaki.ng read- almo.St like a
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tale from the "A1ab1an Nigh.~:·f,.~~ The first
Kennedy S~ore was opened ;a._· lfft~e over 18
years ago. "in half. a store en· ·~(,side s.tre~t
in :E:Iyde P~k.· now VVard 26,.'?f_Bo~~~)l'~. Tli'e
monthly rental was $.8, the first -~ll-Y's s?,les,.
$1.29, and \tQ:~ first sa_turday·s ~ja:fli
From thiS humble beginning,··
six ~enri.ed-y · stores .o'f todii.y{. . .
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Lynn an~ · Worcester, wh.ei:e , :uµusually i,:effective adv€r.tlsing has made the Kennedy
catch phra~·e. "A Little Out' of the WaYBu~ It Pays to '\Valk," familiar to every
man, womtn and ch~id.
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The Boston store ls the - latest in ~ the
Kennedy chain and ;1s the fruition or a
long ~t3..nding ambition to have th~ largest
and finest clothing store and do the biggest clothing business in New England.
That The Kennedy /Co. finds it necessary
t~ nearly double the size o,f its.' store sb
soon after its advent in Boston speaks well
for the fav«')r, it has found with the pub.:.
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City Hall 4"llcllex;·Which Will Now B.e Built• to. the Heig~~ .P::esired by Mayor Fitzgerald.
FIGHT INCREASE.
IN FERRY TOLLS
East Boston Autoists Protest
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_ Aut.oi_sts who patronize the East Boston ferries are up in arms o'Ver Com, missioner Rourke's new plans increasing the ferry tolls from the present
rates of 6 cents for eacli car 'to 15
cen.ts for those 11 feet :in length and
~nder, and 18 cents for those over that
length, in addition to 1 cent for each
occupant other than the chauff~ut.
Under the old rate, a car and its
occupants are transported for 6 cents,
and the autoists contend
that
that
amount is sufficient They say they are
being in1posed upon by Commissionel"
Rourke, who is anxious to make th&
·1:erry division self supporting
The· revised schedule
provides
in ..
creases of fron1. 2 to 5 cents for teams.
Representative Benjamin Sulliva~ of
East Boston appeared at the mayor's
office yesterday with a petition signed
by many o.f the business men of his
district urging the mayor to make 'a
uniform rate of 1 cent for every team
The mayor took the new schedule and
·th~ protests under consideration.
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PROPOSED NEW BUILDING OF THE PAINE FURNITURE
TON ST. EXTENSION.
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One of the most momentous changes
iltnongst the landmarks
of
commercial
Bostot1 1s heralded by thB announcement
that the Paine Furni":.ure Co , the largest
furniture manufacturing company in the
world, has plans well under way for removiug their great establishment from its present Canal st · location, v•:here it ha.s been
estalJlished for more than three-quarters of
8. century, to' a splendid situation on the
r.ei..v Arlington st extension, in the very
heRrt of Bostpn·s fa& coming business
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The
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inYolve a location inconvenient
~~~i~g ~ifc!n~~
' 110t only
to many of its local custom~rs, but necessitate an investment that would make i t
mo1e difficult to preserve the lo\\i~ range of
pric("S for their hig'h quai'ity goods upon
which characteristic the firm has built up
its grc8. t business.
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But the agitation of the extension of
.Arlington. st
through from Boylston to
Columbus ave gave an 'inspiration, and
being convinced that that section is destined to become the great retail co2nt1e of
Greater .Boston, favorable options we1 e s ;ecul'cd upon a splendid tract of the nEnvly
opened land the moment that the extension
was ratified
'They we1 e able to obtain sufficient area.
with necessary light and air to accommo~
<late the manufacturing plant upon the
same premises, thus continuing the feature
of giving · their customers o·pportunity to
insp·ect the stock in every stage of 1nanufacture
· The new building is to be erected at the
corner of Arlington st I extension and St.
James ave. which later is to be improved
to be a splendid' boulevard, 80 feet in width
at this point.
The building will be 10
stories in height, of modern steel fireproof
construction. 'light brick exterior and. lirnestone trimmings
Its frontag·e upon Arlington st. extension
will be 271 feet with a depth of 100 feet. and
will contain 286,000 sciuare feet of floor
space, or approximately seven acres
There will be three large entrances on
Arlington st • which will be accessible and
convenient to the natural arteries of travel
w}?.ich_converge at this point, and the en-
trance of the new Brookline subway will
be less than one r:hinute distant.
The four top floors, an area of 100,000 feet,
will be given over to 1.nanufacturing and
warehousing, wbile the six lower floors
and baserr-.cnt. 175,000 feet, will be devoted
exclusively to the display of the firm'_s
witj.e1y, fa1nous and wonderfully extensive
stock of furniture. draperies, rµgs and
every description of interior decorations~
'I;'he building will have an immens~oWer plant of its own, including One of the
most improved vacuum equipments, and
every floor and department will be conveniently served by eight commodious elevators of the most approved type
This new home for the largest furniture
establishment in the world is to -cost $1,100.000, will be one of the finest business structures in the country,
the 18.,rgest ever
erected for the sole occupancy of one furniture firm, and not only an added value
but an ornament to the city. It .will dominate the new retail district which is developing in this section and its character,
together With that of the concern which it
Vitill shelter. will insure the future character of its €:nvirons
The pJans for this great furniture emporiun1. are being rapidly developed in the
hands of Densmore & LeClear, architects
and engineers, and construction ·vvill be
started in the early fall With the idea of
having it ready for occupancy by Janllary,
1914.
Tbe P&in~ Furniture Co. ·was established
77 years ago, occup'ying two floors in a
building on l\1a rket st , near the present
Canal st location, It rapidly expanded to
require that entire building, and after 35
years outgrew it altogether, and the present six-story building was erected
But the growth of the business, founded
upon the principles of high quality and
honest values, has never halted until the
175,000 square feet of floor ,space contained
in the- building Which was put 'Up to take
care of its demands for many years to
come, 'has become entirely inadequate. and
has forced the Paine Furniture Co. to
take its industry and its traditions into the
new retail centre of the city, and to raise ·
up for its home this colossus of a furni- :
ture establishment.
Houble neck J<'eri"yboat. Ct1Glsea, .Tuly 1~. -Boston is soon to have
:ts fi1 st -douhle deck. fer:ryboat
The City
of '!'via1.ce:1 ot t~e VVinnis_im1net Ferry Co.,·
•.vhkh. phei:::, bet.ween .r...::h-els1~a and the city.,
fs at present ,underg'oing alterations so thae
passengE>rs can. be accommodated on the
upp€:'r declcs as they rue· on n1any New,
York ferryboats
Eeginny-ig l\Ionda:v the City of .:\falde"ri
will· .re~urp.e he~ _service. arid Bostonians
~nd ~l::h~~senn~ w~U then, b~Ye. a:q. oppor~;
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'DOUBLE-DECK CHELSEA FERRY BOAT PUT lN
DAY FOR FIRST TIME
Boston had its fi.1. st double-Jeck\ ferry
boat
in
operation yesterday between
OPER->TION
YESTER-
i ~:~:~edangit~<?h~~se~ald~~:~ ::;: ~~at·w~! ~f~\e;v~!_~!t· a1~~ ;;:~in!5:H~~~it~nited
~xpected,
fiengers
it proved popular. many pastaking advantage of the upper
decks where
1:5C"'ene good
the
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cool and
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Company
whose entire floor space· was devoted tq
'passenge'rs, and no teams· were Carried,
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Compan:L decided , to make the boats thing and was the mecca of people on
running between Boston and Chelsea as J hot Oays. ,.vho rod·e back and forth enattractive as possible that visitors might I joying the cool sea b:;-eeze.
CHELSEA FERRYBOAT
HAS AN UPPER DECK
Renovated Craft Will Resume Her
Route Today.
The ferrvboat City of Malden of the
Chelsea fei-ry has been fitted wit.h an
upper deck for the accommodation of
passengers, and today will make _her
first public trip since her renovation.
This is ;he first double deck fer:,;yboa t
to ply .isn Bostoi:i harbor.
Several in;i- ,
provemerrts have been made by the new i
cqmpariY dui;ing the past few months,
and General Manager William E. Mc- 1
ClintoGk says that there will be other,
changes made for the convenience of 1
ithe pat1.ons in the near future.
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It is expected that the north draw of .
the Chelsea bridge will be closed to '.
travel some time this week, and the :
temporary ·bridge that has been con- '
structed will be opened
The new bridge
is s~mi-circular and extends about 150
feet to the east of the present bridge
There ·will be no inconvenience to the
public ?S double tracks have been laid
for the street cars.
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. appearan_ ce of Howard street w~thin the.
next few months.
has beI gun on the tearing AlreadY work building
down of the
at the corner of Howard and Court i
streets, to make room for a large modern
building.
The building at the corner of
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blocks back of it · On Somerset street
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have· ,_peen razed t0 inak'e way for a,
.lal:-ge \a.{ld{tio:,i .· .t<>, the corner blook. The i
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this vicinity, taking in the Kavy Yard '
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of Malden. Passenger T;_,j
day Sees Shipping Pano--;
ram.a Better Than. Before
BOAT SOCIAL CENTE~
Manager Jlopes That Neigh-:
borhood Groups Will UtilNewly arranged and equipped double-ender Malden· now
ize New Outing Method
furnishes upp,er-de ck accommodations
Daily When Rush Is Over
Little _ha:tbor excursions a·t three cents
each beca·m!' avaiJS:ble today when the'
re.modeled ~team.er City of Maklen, with'
its ne.~ upper d~ck, resumed service on·
the Boston:Chelsea ferry.
During the pa~t few weeks a flight of
stairs has been installed in the cabin arid'
th.e arrangements and fittings of .,t:/,k,
upper deck have been altered to seat lOQ,:
passengers.
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Warni ev~nings the company pla:ris to
permit. deserving
persons,
especia~Iy
women w:,ith children, to remain on the
new passenger deck of the City of Malden as tong as they wish, allowing them
to make a mar~ne outing of i:...n hour or
t'wo for the charge ·ot ~ single fare.
This ~.,nnouncement of the company
has met '\yith wide apprOval, both in
Chelsea and Boston, for the offer, is opeil
to people on both end; of the line and ;
will undoubtedly prove popular with residents·of·the North End
The 12-minute:
voyage across t:1e upper harbor is highly
.r7Vesl~i!lg, even if take~ onl,Y once.
Many business men livillg- within walking distance of the Chelsea·- end and doing bllsip_ess in the down town section
c< ntinue- to use the ferry as they have
for years past.
It is a fact that the fastest transportation from point to point in Boston and·
Chelsea is provide{i by the oldest service
; in the city. The ferry: has been in operation since 1631, and a regular dai1y'
schedule of several trips was established
in 1823.
In 1836 the Winnisinimet Ferry Company puNlias.ed the rights ztid.0 ' has o.p....
erat6d ever since. For years the profits
have been small, and :recently the company was reorganized.
The renovation
of the City of Malden is the first of a ,
series of im.provements and developments J
that the company has authorized, and.
which are llO'\V being actively pushed by :
William E. llfoClintock, treasurer and·
gene'ral m?,nager.
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''The Change was made in order to
make the ferry more useful ~nd comfortable to its patrons,' and also to do
a little good Qn the side to those who
cannot afford to make a.. 50 or a 75cent ocean trip," said J\1r. J\ticOiintock.
"I have hopes that the innovation '\Vill
result jll forming little morning and
" evening' clubs informa1ly among those
- ma.king regular trips.
This '\vill bring
people together socially. Why not? We
need to get back the feeling of a more
rgenial age and take time before an,d
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af:t~r the day's business rush to be sOciable."
A numher -0f ·business men toda made'
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climb stairway for view of docks and navy yard
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Firemen- "Fighting Stub,born Blaze on
India' Street That Menace"d Waterfront
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SAM.DEL'' WA.RD. co., TO
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NEW FACTORY FOR SAMUEL WARD
COMPANY,
MANUFACTURIN'Cl
STATIONERS,
51-63 Frankl in st;, Boston.
To Be Erected on Atlantic Ave., Storer St., India· St,,, and India Sq.
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goods next called for- additional space,
and in 1909 another floor at 53 and 55'
Franklin street was added to the n·ow
·good-sized factory.
tn 1910. 18 new
Factory Will Be Erected on
Atlantic Avenue by,Stationery Concern.
In 1-868. in the.';base1nent 'of 74 State
street, ,Boston, Mr. Samuel War.ef, now
the dean of the stationerY trade in New
Il.lngIS.nd, and one Of the most prominent
n-,.embers of thie' National As~.ociation of
Stationers and :rvianufacturE:-rs; started
in the stationery business in• a very
modest way. In a,. fe'V\.· months he had
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busy store, · The next step .in 1875 ~-as
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ta~no~~h~~V:i sta~ie,~~;;efi~oJis ot~amuel V\rard and Rich·arcl I. . Gay Shortly
after Ward & .Gay rem.oved to 180 Devonshire street
In 1'886· the firm dissolved and the present , cq,l'poration of
the Samuel Ward ~on1pany. formed. In
1887 1emoval was made to 49-51 FrankUn street, the entire buUding 0~ five
stori--es and basement being occupied
The deni.and for W~rd's goods wa,s
1 steadily increasing to s~ch proportions
that it "vas utterlY: impossible to manufacture !n suftlciep.t qu<;in:t.ities to meet
the calls :from all parts oI! t.lte couritry,
and in 1903 a radical step was taken.
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for tli.e co1npany moved to i.ts present
quarters, 57-63 Franklin street. a _building of fl.ye storief:, an~ b~~ement, j~st
twioe ·the size of .th~ ·0:td,one. 1 This·,r.e-:
! lieved the congested depart1!1ents ~nd
gave ample room for the time being.
In the latter part of 1903 the top floor
t.?f the adjoini·n· g building, Nos. 53 ..
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~e;~~s ad~ed f.or th~ en..
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The popularity of vVard's leather
stockholders were ..taken Into the ~on-.:
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cent!'e _and,
The··prelhniri~rY work of making, sUJ7 ... "
:~f~ u~~~~ng-!~Y~~~~;,.U~~ :~~~ris s~t;~
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~1~ time 'tb.e razit;ig of the old buildings ,vi~V
Collins constituting the board of direc- commence. ~ The illustration shows th~',
to:rs
new .building: in its complet~d conditio:rt. /
The engraving department oocup¥ing ,accor.dt11;g ~p -the dl.·awings of the archi~)
the top floor a.t 53 and 55 ~rankJ~n sfreet, tects,, Ke?d,all •. Taylor ~ C~ .• there be,:--~'·
being called upon to r.n.ake ·inCreased ing pra.,~ti.ca\l.y~·~ Gco~plete ellmi:~1ation... o.·f:..,
quantiti~s o_f box tops and ho~idq, g'?ods s~a<?,es betweer_,. w1ndo:Vs, w~1ch_ ~1th
for the Chr1~tmas tr~de, asked ~ more wide str~e~. on all sides ·will 1.n~-i.;i,1:~;space and in 1912 the third floor of the the Q,ast of hg~t. The latest rp.a.ch1ner.~,. ·
same ~uilding was added to the fa.Ct.orY'. appJ}ances and labor s~ving devices.~r,~,
Ward'~. stationery now seems tc( be ~o 1::Ha., installed and a syste~natic -'
in gre?,ter demand than ever. The busi- rang;eme.nt 9t dep_artments w1l~ ,re~uc_e:
ness has grown to such proportion$ that j the. c9st of h,an~U1ng goods to·~ rrii,n=i-1r'
the apparently. commodibu~ quart:ers in ·n1um, ~~.~ t~e h1ghe~t e~ficiency of ::t:h~
the two buildings 53-:63 Franklin street e~ploye~:.,~~~.l be ~a1nta1n~d.
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h.ave provep inadequate f9r Qoth .store
The .S_S:rn.U'el "Yara Com~any has sal~S.;-.~'.,
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factor'Y together, and having ab- rooms 1n New ·York~ . Chicago and $aµ;
sorbed all the ~':ailable vacant ~ace Francisco, and its travelling men cove_n;
in the imme.d.i9:te vicini.ty. the company. [ tb. e ·unt·t e.~ Sta. tes from the Atl.an.· tic .f.-?·.··?.·
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is now compelled to·.Iook tor new qua;r- the P~c1tlq.
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ters for the I_l'lanufacturing end of its
The pr~sent store at 57-63 'Frankl'tll'·~
busines-s::. ·FOl"'•tnJnrths·~,tb.e: ·compa.ny ..J:Iaa.:...:e-t!\'f:et!':iei .to. be, sOmewhat re:modelletii.if
pe1_-si:3ten~lY' searched for a
suitable I arid it is confidently expected that witµ':,'!
bu1ld1ng 1n a desirable locality :for ~hi'5 i the increased facilities for t'urning o~t:··
purpose, but without avail.
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1goods afforded by the new fac"tory J:,1;~
Bein. g unable to locate a
building will be ·possible1 to give still better se~y-.\
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proximity to the business
railroad stations. There being no va-,
ca.llt Ian(l~ the coro.v8.Ily had to look fo.r,
bulldings that could
torn down 'to':~
giye plai;:e to a. new str:ucture, and s.e.. i
cured the t.hr·ee·. bllildings Pounded· by 7]
the ·tour ~treet.s, Atlantic avenue, India:
squaie. Iildia. str~et an.d sl:orer str~et. /
v.ery cet?-tra.llY located, abotit seven :mJn-1
utes from tl:1.e south 1 station ana. ~~
minutes from their st.ore. w~icl;i.1 ,will <~e-.:
main ·at tts present location· at 57'-63
FranWin stre~t~_
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cern, all empl-oyes. many of tbem having'
been copnected with the company since
boyhood.
This action of the company
cemented th~ relations between emplOyers and employes, ·and relleved the offlcers of the ei;:,mpany of much detail, giving opportunity for a division of reSponsibilities.
The. officers of the company
have practically remained the s ~ e
sihce its ine:orporation with the excep'(;ion of SOlTie changes caused by dea.th 1
from its mernbersbip. The present offt-
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for the m.anufacture and systema4t1c·,
<liatribution of Ward's 'goods and specialtieS~.": lt was desirable to locate this
fcil,Ctory 1~ thl;!! 'city proper in. close'
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The. ~S.rd of
_dtre:ctors plan the
immedtate exp_enditure of $2.500.000 for
the d~'Velopment ot the Conimonwea.lth
·port
property in South BostOn. the money to
be· Used ~or the erection of a. sr:e'at
freight and passel)ger terminal. This
Plan is announced in the first public rePort ot the board since its creation mo~e
tha~- a year ago, and comes as a. resqlt
of the contract between the board and.
the New Haven syst.em, by which. the
control of the Commonwealth pier prop-.
erty reverts to the state~
T·he contract bei-tween the board. the
Old Colol'ly. New Haven and Boston &
Maine ranroa.ds ts now before tbe · Governor and council for approval. and 1n
anticipation of the favorable action of
the executive department ot- the state
the directors have set aside $2,500,000
of the $9,000,000 at their disposal for the
imm.edtate improvement of this terminal
to a standard equal to that of any port
in the world.
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business. .
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ta1n1:ng c1a.uses author1z1ng the deeP<>:ri'"
·Plans and specifications for the pur- ing of--ihe challne1 as stated.
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pose .of inviting tenders for the work of/· At th" 1·equest of CoJ. Abbot, United
development are now in the proCess of States engilleer ot'flcer in charge at Bo_s• ·
preparation bY Ch.ief Engineer Hodgdon! ton, the port, directors. have subinltte.d·
~or~ ~i:.~t;r ;i:o..~i~;.1;
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be !!ecured.: •
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·;.l...·--..a.1 canmodify the- ap'proacli~S .·ind1¢ateQ, .the
If it ts found upon thl!i'"}iiU.t:efey_ d~sir?,ble'
to
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passeng~r sheds, a. hig-h-iev:el a.pproach
to the second story of the sheds .from
Summer ·street for p~ssenger traffic.
grain elevator and necessary street and
rail .. connections.
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Thfs·terµ,iina.I w).11 be acce$$ible t9 the
Grand Trunk. r_•Uroad w~en it en~ers
Boston, a-nd und€r the agreement whereby the New Haven:.;and Bost()n ~Maine
plan fs readily c~pable or moditl¢a.tiqn,
and· on.'both sides of the1 harbor .tlle
a.ct~al , constru:ctton . ~ou.ld proceea.. ill:
unttS as· the demands of commerce: requlr~d~ .
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san1e rate to thls terµiinal as to others property" of" -the -ll"tate on th~ S'oUth BoSin the c.itY-, free ~of _sWitching- charges.
. ton !:!Ide. ltlail.f! this Stlmr.tt~.r by- the' ~rt
Ill the rt:lport submitting th~ pl2;1,n O! · dtr~ors ,has bee;n the · di$Closurf'{! -,.tl:fu.t'
develbpment of ·the. South Bo_ston .ter- l the state: p()ss<esses an' a.dmirS-.ble sit;'!)·,t
minal the board also indlca'f:es .the g~n- I tOr- tll~. co:llstruCtion ef the lar~e.st"· ~r:Y.
era! scheme of b.road 9,ev~lop:C:C-ent which' do<,k 't0: the: east o~ the Comlnonwealth_"
wll~ _maintain 1n the future grpwth~of Pie~ iJ). 'the_tla:~~immediately adj'Oiii.i-Jlg
the port.
. tb,e · ·filled · la.nd belonging to th~· state~·
'+'he plan includes the ~eve:Iopment of On this csite, the?"e' is an opportunity for
the Jeffries Point and Bird an.d Apple two qcy dOCkl!, one 1150 ;feet long ,and
Island-flats district; deepening the pres- one S.00 feet ..
ent main ship channel from Broad
One of the dit.f'ieult and expensixE":sound to the upper harbor from 35 to 40 ! features 'of 'the construction of a. drJ ,Jfeet at mean low water and deepening dock is the securing of a proper founda-'T
the Broad sound channel to 45 feet.
don for !t. 'l:lie b<>rings at South Boston
:Also. in the extension of the wharf have dtscl~sed , the presence' of ledges ·
,~~~~e;t;,e':' !~efo~r:b:~!';,1°{,, t:fa~:a.
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1li':~~rf"t~twlt1!_v~heb::J.
The G·rand Trunk railroad seeks ~- _ter- ln bac.k of Governor's Island, from Bi~d I hitherto'. suppOfred to be Pf?S_sible on -that·
n1inal at t_his _port, an~ negotiations Island flats to President' Ro.aqs. and f Water 'frOn~. -·but. 0~:· ~r· these very·
look~ng
w:ard J)ro.cu!lng the Hal_llburg- _quarantine b~sin. connecting thei'e with! ledges ,f-µrh1Shes =:i,.n a.dmirable··drY d0ck j\
American hne: service_ to.r Boston _haver the Broa_d Soun<;! channel to_sea.
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site ~nd ~h<:>-:tJ~d- materially reduce the.
been under ·W&Y for more th~n a. Y.ear, \ During the thn_e that they ..have been cost cit, cons·tru~tiqn of a: 1~1:ge_:dry doCJi.: j
making th. e d~velopment of this _property , in office t,he. p.ort directors, ac~ording-.to Tlie en.gt;neerlni; .. department. is · n. oW. _ at
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partieul~ly necessary. in order that t?e their report, have been instrun;iental ;'ifn work· on _th·. e.· .. p.~parati.;i,n ot plans . and
port d.ir~ctoxs _ may ha.ve som-e defl:r;.1te""...:-~btaining . pa-ssage of the rivers a-nd estimates f.;;;~t~~- ~:'~~ dock ob this· sit~- : 1
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EAST BOSTON FLATS AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR·WHICH INiTIALAPPlWPRIATION is ·MAI>E
The First Step in Utilizing Commonwealth's, Property ls t~ '.secure Land Affordfng R.ailway Connection, W.ith Water.
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Port System.
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g~eat dock system to
erected on
-l;tJ~st Boston flats off'·J~'tfri.es Polllt will
;,b,El started at once, $3,Q00,000 :(or this
. p~rp<:>se having been appropriate~ by
· the board ot port C:1-irectors frolll. their
·$9~00o,o0o fund at a session of the board
be
property or any rights therein as
be - nec.essary
for
raflroad
tl:'ac~:es, con:p.e9:tions, s-witc~ing yar~s
or' fretg~t: ·Y,a;1"'4«° or rights of W-a.y
extending, from the commonwealth's
property to the loCat1on· ot: i:.he HoSto:n & Maine· railr08.d in East Boston,
and for tb'e pUTPoSe · ot: laYing , ollt.
COnst;ruct;Jng · atid · ···su.1t3,bJy ~rading
such highways. bridges. railroads or
other structures as .may be ll.~Ces~
sary to· esta.bliSh : railroad~ cO.rin~ctions betwee~' any. ex~sti~ r~u~oad
and the property of ,.tlie cO:Iil.~onwealth off J-etti::-.ies P~1nt or ~htch
may be he,reafter, .secured a4J~:c;~nt
thereto, a~d . .to build piers :~-?\<I'
wharves thereon and· to do· su.c}i
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MaJne at Revere..
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Am~ri~an U-he :to. this·. port;. the tlllmea1.·. ate ~. e.'.reloPm'en..t ,,Of,"-t~i.~ .S.ec.Uon of , t. he
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'new argument to Pl"esent to:these compa'.nies in ~urging their a:Cceptance of the
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Directors
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Line Are fn··Ne,w Y<>rk.
I t is expeotea that w:tth.ln a few days
:yesterday.
~lbert BaUlri,.. di;~ctor~K"eneiai . of the
~-~~!J~~a1t~ on
· The molley is to be spent for the pur-, East Boston and, Bfrd !slai:ld flats; on 'H~m.b"Urg ., ·A1;11.erJCS:n . Steam.Ship· . COfill)ol!le of securing railroad" ai:i.4 highway ·which the 'termttlal: sYsteni· ls' ·t·o. be ·p~µy;. a~on;ip~i,.~ed ~y. ti>,fee- '?~ the C.On_l~~µ.y~s director~. W~ll e:<?.:tn:e to Bostoi·i to
c.onnectlons to the sta~ fi~ts rroper~3;" · erected, iS Separated froin existj.ng ra.u- qoµter "f'lth, the : dlreci:;;:,rs of · the Port
roadS' and other ·arteries O.f' tratflci by·
on which it ls planned to bulld the huge e~tensive , tra:Cts
of ·pr:1vate1y:.o_w~:ed' 9~ Bo~to~ ap.g_ qov~ '.F~s~ -:, . . ·~ . . : : .
lJrirent lnvltatton £o · , the Ger,nanc
I te2'.'1111Ila}s, ·Whiq.b in connection ~th the land. across wJijch lt .will ' ~ n.ecee_s:a.ry
st~aDlship otti~taiS;' whO arl"fVed in NeW'
, ,prOP,osE!d d~veJoptrtent of' Common-wealth to buy i-tghts of 'W'."aY .~nd approaches.
While· no definite· plans hav'e .beeh' de- Yo-r,k fro~ G~rinany ~este+d,8.y aboa"rd
: na.i~- South Boston, as , annoullced by teriniiled upon by the board and its tlje Kajserln- Auguste~ ·V~ctOrts. to come
t~e directors last yveek,. for which engineer$-,,; a · tentative ~.lah . h~s· b~~n
to.. B. o.~. ton has' b. een s.e·, tit . the.m .by Hugh·
$~.500,000 wa.~ set asl~~~ will niake Bos- drawn up giving railway connectfons B~ncrott. chat~n 9t the ,. port directo~ one o~ the foremost ports of the with the Grahd J~hction tr;acl;ts by a tors, and.by Gov. Fos.s.
'"Learning that tho·se steamship men
spur line crossing the . flats owned· by
World.
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The order pa.sse~ by the board at yes- tween, the First -Sect:ion ot East ~o$ton
th1!m~h!J~w;!i~s)
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Thts· l~d ls come . to Bo~ton;' :.said Mr. Bancroft !
000,.000 to start the East-Boston develop- at present undeveloped and crossed· only. l~st nJJit;ti.~. c':t recehf~· an· answer saY-:
Jllent l.s as follows:
by the tracks of the 'Narro~.· Gauge
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"For the purpose of constructing
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a :first-class modern water and railroad termtttal at East Boston, it is
'rhls line will loop Into the Grij,na :from them.: Gov. FO'Bs has written them
hereby ordered that the sum of
Junction Yards a~1J.nd :feffries point a tqrther 1nvitatioll.
$3,.000,000 be a,pprqpriated by the
and e~tend in spurs · al.ol)..g t.h~ dock
"T'~e .stories Which are current about.
directors of the port. of Boston to
system ·which ts to be' bUllt and ~will
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eventually reB.ch as ·far, as the Court
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Park section of _Wipt.hrbp,. run~ng from m_onwealth piers are absolutely,,....without··
East Bost~n. aµd for such additional
there through. the Belle Isle Inlet dis- foundation...
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f~.fp'ai tr;_nsactim.1 '\Vas the recording of _final papers in a Beach sireOt sale, in which a mercantile propertY. ,V'alu.
,2.o~..0.00_ was involved. Thea. too. on Lagrange street, another sale was rel)orted, that of a business property C3:,i~
' . Yi;L_ll.lat}on of $31,000. 1n the South en4, however. was where the. nu_mQer was made apparent 12 prope1,~ties, WhiC-0-."
T11t,.Ollght _about a n"lonth· ago, having ·been resold. They are located on Harri~on avep.ue, Maple place and Oak· s
E'la:J'.'ld, :µave a taxable valuation of $73,300~ -~ West end ~property conveyed was that Qf a portion bought re<?en\.l;r:
~1-,~}:ii~h the,.buildings had been removed and on w11ich..an ap.artmeilt house is to be b~lt;. In the distric!,s .u~.e'mo;st·v,_
'Pl" ~.1'.a.'bl~ .. pi;operty sold was a $125.~00 Brighton property,· while R.ox'bury had .four transfers, and East B·oston one In Bro
~in~ 'ari es.chati.ge of properties took place, effecting ·a $31,700 parcel on Harvard avenue, and a '$6400, one on OsbOi-il
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IN FORCE
ANO ALL OTHER LIABILITIES,
SURPLUS, HELD FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLIC"l'-HOLDERS,
CASH CAPITAL,
} VICE-PRESIDENTS.
J. E.. LOPE.Z,
E. L BALLARD,
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,GH,eo,004e,THeCO"-·""~-AC'"SDRAHCCCO
63 Court Street.
6,693,393.
$7,190,400.
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HENRY EVANS,
EDWARD LANNING}
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APRIL
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THE WYZANSKI BUILDING,
Washington St.
of Construction, at 170-172
Another addition to B6ston's mer- ) five stOi-ies and a basement, and the
~aIJ.t.ile buildings is in proces.f? of con- ·work., h~ been under ·V?'"a~ _some· tiµie.
struction at 170 and 172 · W~shingto~ st,
it w~ll :be . finis.h~ l~\ the ~ear
between State and Ad~'llls sq~ tha.t will
·The"· entire Washington-st front.,.ts _of
/make.; .a. convenient Io~ation.,for,.meJ:: a.- .neW, elabora:te, .handsOme· design,
chants and business ,men seeking d0Wn constructed of mat -glazed . white. terra
town offices. Max E. and Charles .E. cotta; with highly ornamental cor~ice,
WyzaD.ski, tru~tees of the Wy.Z~ns~i !!!iwa~~i~&~t;i
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-9:us~.. a.~e erecting the . struct~re, t_he lar~e elaborate marquise; exte:µqing t~e
plans being by G. Henri D~smo:r;id.. It wid_th of the ·buildin,g., · This ·ma:l'qul~e
;_Will be k_nown as the ·Wyzanski -buf:ld- ls ·constructed . of ·. hig.hly ornam·en'te(l
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iron ,arid wire glass 'With larg'e · electric
ri:~.~ ·1ot upon ~}¥ch the ·building: -is
entr"RnceS to· the offl.C~s ~nd ..t-;e
g9fng, ~P runs t?-rough froon. .~as~i~~- store 'is. t9 ·have . a ·Ta!'ble· dad9 wit~,
f::on to Devon&h1re sts, wi't:h · an . equal ~a1:"b~e st~~r~. The. store fr,ont-:-is .to-.1:)ce
.:f~onta~e on both streets. The· old b'µi-~d.- of . mahogany with. large,_ ~1ate ''glas~
)~g;.·, has ,long 1:)een well ten~nted, bi.it win.~9ws. ~~i~ ~tore i~ o~. \'Q.r:}t ._:trooi-;
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{Than 30 Hours-~-.Pi~~onitions ·of Danger.in,·tHe Vkinity of '. '
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folk Count;, Jail." Dist Atty Pelle' has· fixed · the ball at $2000 m the
e of Jilcobs.
'hen Riobard C. J a.cobs was ~rrested
had considerable difficulty In obtain. ball:. :He was afrested first on a
rge of larceny,· and later the Grand
Y Indicted hhn on a charge of ma1n1ing a bucket shop, Il:is ·ball was
:ed at $5000.
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RUMOR OF' MASS·ACRE.
~Gt~:nt$. h~~:v~la~ii'17dH'.tiie°'w~~*
Pupin, professor ..of electro-mechanics
of tlle Persian engineer$ in a manner·
hi Columbia University, spoke last
tha,t precluded renewal of .the attempt.
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When apprised of the fa!lure of his
night on the results that would foUow
schollle, the monarch could ·not con.
the triumph of the Balkan allies In Kurd Soldiers Reported to Be KIil· taln 'his fury. FJ:e ba<le his executioners
their present war with Ttlrkey. They
Ing Christians In Constantinople.- go and dellver 1000 lashes t<> toe waters
spo){e before the Patria Club In thu
that had defied his will.
Some Buildings Set Afire.
A stand whereon the monarch could I
b Ot h agreed 'h at
Il:ote! M;anhattan, and
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observe the· worll of his. minions was
PARIS, Nov 9~Serious disorders are liosttJy improvised; 11,nd tbe ludicrous
the trlllml)h of the allied ~alkan States
, was a toregope conclusion, and that report0d to have bro)rnn out in Oo.n· performance witnessed by all his Arcmy.
the 'day ot the Turk as a factor ln stantinople. where Kurd soldiers are Todf, at the very spot where, I.\C·
E.nrope•» •ffa.trs w•s nearing an end.
said to .be killing Chrlstla.ns In the corr mg to historians, the execution
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Dr·House, who has.Jived In the Near Galata quarter, according to a special I famous American, colle~e.
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mor That Labor Agltaticm Causes East for 40 years, said, according to dispatch from Bucharest, noumanla, I Later in the co11rse of cent11 r1es, dur·
the New York 'l'imes, tha't the war , bll h d ,b th p ls-Midi UQd
·e· 1ng th.e long 'fight between the Byzdn·
lood Plant's Shutdown In, Water- was due to tM"lack of wisdom on ,the PU 's e y e ar
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tines a)\d the Turks, ti)e shOtes of the
part of the.. great powers of J,mrope, .sen e.
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Bosphorus became 'again the battlelkl<l
own Denied by Offiqial,
who had failed., to make· the Turk ob- . Some bmldlngs of the Turlush cap!· .of o()ntending. armies. For two yeiws
TATERTOWN, Nov 9 _ The ~od serVf the prg_y}~t?Jl•,.?,f t~,e Tr,~,}tv ,:f,. taJ .~re said to have. been set on flre. b.efore /ts fall Constantinople was pracB.erl111, )ii \!ll~..,j5a,t:,tfc;ll;lp,\'
~.1n,: 'f.herl)anks and foreign embassies ~re t1~allr m a state of constant siege, The
~ber Worl{s at East Watertown ere disagreed w.lfa:,Dr :ftbu~e. anlt' saUl· he> ,guarded · by detachments. of Turkish 1 heroism of Its defenders was of no avail
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It down for an Indefinite per10d Jast wa.·s c. onvi.nc.ed it wa.s not .due to a, troops., who are stlJJ obed1.ent to dlsci· 1against the fury. of fresl\ Asiatic Jev.ies
ht, and today ·2000 employes found Jack Of wisdom, · but to greed and Pline.
that were steadily poured in to reinfot'ce
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heartlessn~ss.
---the ·Turkish Army, and th!) supreme aslnselves •without work. .
here wa:s rumoi· among the meh that
"I 1do not .wish to be t\nder.stood as
sa.ult .Insured t.he triumph of the· Cres'
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.saying Jh~re ar~ no fl tie, !Ilen i,n Turl<ey;
cent for a V.'blle.
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cause . t ~ ·Sh)1tdown · waij' ue to f-Or t)lilre .. are, ,and llk·ew1se there are .
The'·effects Of this l!'reat etruggJe ar.e
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actlvlts, of agents ! the L W; W.; ·gallant a~d. walorol)s sol<liers among , "tart F. rom 'Malta for. Near East still. apparent throug1Jout the town. The
Supt Glidden denied this and said them," sa.td Dr House. "Forty years "· 1
casual, stroller through its streets is
~ the closing of .. ti)~ y;or)ts was •go I went to Turkey, end even at', Within Two Hours of the Recel~t contronted, at almost ev'ery step, wlth
essary because· of repairs and the ~
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of Salling Orders.
~fth \ h~st :f hlsforfc~f':isog1
::lie~~~~rtments ~o facilitate tile
MALTA, No'V 9-The British battle· But, apart from these Incursions Into
r Glidden was unaib!e to say how "011t.come of 34 Years' Prayer.''
ships Hibernl~, . ~rltanQla, Common·
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a religious war, although I do not like British armored cruiser Black Prince,
No seaport ln the whole '\'!Orld can
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compare with. Consti,ntinople m cosmo0 re r
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·t H d, They salled within two hours of the polltan char11,oter. One need only stand
might have happened to prevent 1 · a I
'f O th B ltl h Ad on the famous bridge of Gala ta and obI t Of Ord
the tret1tY of San Stefano been carrleu , :;';fr~itY
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itY that wen;ds Its way upon the footpaths at either side. This spacious
~tate Cof(!mlttee Is "Subser\llent this struggle, The war is the outcome
structure connects with the Milham·
t,o Powers That Be" and "!noom- of a 34 years' prayer on the part or the
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Bulgarians and Macedomals for Justice. /
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petent/'
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Fort-End of the Turkish Retist· 1 w.Uderl.n,ll' . . uity.. i~ h.a.tdly. ,an.··
suit of TueSda)l's election ln his the 23d arncle hi the treaty of Berlln,
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~'i?-9':Pular of n1odern ap.ple women ~~as
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·and the CommOn.
\ , Spei 'was :r,io\~ordinary apple vvoman-tfl.o\lgh what PE:rson 11\--ho had aesthBtic
fE?:eling enough to .. Clect ~pple selling
fOul~ p_e_ 0:~a~,~a:;-y.?
A -:fund of 'hu.ihor,
kinali!lg ,;vit, a sturdy self-respect
v."er~ hers.
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Never an over-ripe ! of appl~blossoms.
The apples" gleamed h€r head. !-irhe
or an over-green sweeting or snow or I full in the ,varm sun, and all the corner vvherein, th~~se
Bc:tldwin or astral-d,an marred the per..,. ·was fragrant with their aroma.
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fection of her assembled ·~vares. Round,
Those were simple years. "rhere '\'\-as! t'rica'cies b~ ,W
s1nooth, shiny, her fruit was piled on no business competition -except when tur.ed ah.a ,
the tray like n rosy sacrifice to the god- n1.iscJ.1.ievous hoocllun;is-.' o~rturnecl
ingenuo_us
de~:--: of good digestion.
apple ca~t and :=:~;"the i:ttJple woman I of_ th~
On frpsty _mo1'nin~s she ,,..·ore a. wool-1 c~c~ling ~·ith d ~ Y . ~ Si:tp.ple times- , · :$ut·s,..
len hood pulled do-i,yn about ·.her ears. , those of the ap~~~rt.
.And yet .theY nized.
and her goods peeped put Jrom beneath i ,,. ere the fo'und3:-tio~t}1,~:e~~ 0:ne mi~'ht -:---;tlle ~f
a gunnysack. defying the -~hill.
The I say-:-of the ~1oc.lerrt_.:~oylsion street with :µess. to
apple won1an s nose .-and, clieel-ts were·1 its...._ wide-awake shpps.
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BUILDING RESTRICTIONS MAKES BACK BAY TRACT OF MORE THAN 27,000 SQUAR_E FEET. AVAILABLE FOR
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STARTING
WORK ON THE NEW CITY HALL ANNEX.
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Un ess the city go"Vern.ment. destdes ·
soon whether the new SS00,000 City Hall
annex ·shall ~1;)~ puµt of limesto~e or
granite, "V\-·ork upon that building is
likely t_o be halted.
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.The-~:x.cavat1on work on the '"annex"
lias been cQ:mplet.ed and the foun(la...
tlon work is under:way.
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By the tJn1e the foundation wOrk ls
co.mplet.ed the queStion
9f. mS.ter-i.a'll'
mµst be settied or· work uJ.)on the "an ...
neX,!• will stop. .
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Ori&"Inally ·1t was planned to construct the building. o~ Indta~a lim-e- ,
1 stone •. Tben the ~question ~-~s. ral?ed;
1. ~;;.. .~o, the strength, d.urabllity and ev.~n· 1
' the .appearance of that material.
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and others ·strongly urg~d granite con- f
slruction
Mari.y opposed., granite con- !
struction.
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Mercantile Buildings at. North End, Under Agreement of Sale to J. Sumner Draper and Mark Temple Downing, Through
the Office of Meredith & Grew.
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SKETCH OF PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE CRARLESG:ATE' ,S;EC'.rION.,
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The Plans Eliminate the Existing Curve in Commonwealth A~enue, :Between• Charle'Bgate East and Chariesgate'
and Provide for a New Boat Haven at the Mouth of the -Muildy, Rivet'.
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-commonwealth Av. Curve
Elimination and New
Boat Haven Wanted.
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Plans
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wlde~lng
Weit';
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brtd,re ove:t'" Muddy river, were for-w~With the Pl~;
l~An oY.Q>el" fhf/j
ed to the . city counc!l yest.erqay by $S5,000 '~.or the,, '·a,"-'I,.'¥_~e Imp,·.ro,,ie'rnents.'.I
Mayor Fitzgerald, :upon the ' ;.eeom- The ,,9rder · ~ 'i'e:t\oi;t:!'!d .t:~ ,he ·~1:1!:mtt•
mendatlon ot the parll; co.mm!saioner;1,,,
~r c'!,."etcle~tto.n )i.t _ tts'.'I
Tentative ttl~ans were also shown for ~
new boat J:laven at the point where
Muddy river empties into the Charles
river. For the W'J.dening of the avenue,
Commonwealth as well al":i for an extensive improve-
~"e~t"":tif:J~.
Thja widen_i:p:g ,of the -.v'9:nue. h...,_ be~1(11
Th~- .m.ayor· ~a.yS;:tJ
he belleves that tn~ bhproveme:rrt;-wntc.hO
will inciud~ the tllllnC in ",Qt a. POl'"tioi~
of Muddy riv:er. can be inade eoop:omf-
advocat'ed ~·ro'r · years._
~1~1;.J:sa:!f!w~!st~~111~~a~ou1f:s~li~t~ fu~~t·o~hisf.~~s c;~: fif'e1
a~~o~~se:f'e::;_t ~:~1!as:~t1ruu!;e::: :~m:ro~:.i;~·~1l~~
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~~I as~:,.-~:~~u:~:~~; .;;,~~~1::! ::: t1~:t $8o,~ ~~ton~~ci~fd ::r:eq~rr~~~ ~;:; ~~~lsi~~in~~:t c::i:~rs building!
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Foo,.
"'The-""": most_ wasteful
I 'WON'T BE READY
\is~:the, ' ,st,creet ' fi&;r,'
. )QCated the' - boilkr :ri,
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EJECTED JUNE
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allJL.:~01.~_g-~ '.f'Or~:COM.ec.tO'r} '. ·, _: ·: :.·.
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ut.~f1zed is abo~t. $00"' per. S(luar·e' fo0£{
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P~!(ns _of Mr_. '-Peabody is that the goVern-·,!
~~~nt 1s paying $2,000,000 tor only 20 ooo ~
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feet of flo(?1· space.
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~yf office S_Pa<?e.
The re~onstruCted. brint1-·f
~~!ce~ontams only\ ~+?',000 .. feet o:t oirtce:
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, _A Prominent a:tchitect h~s Prepared a
l>lan ~hich provides ifor
tower.
as
ta.-11 as Peabody'it but with 75 -000 feet- ot
.,floor fipace.
This tow~r is ~ot quite so!
.-::.~~:11.a111ent~l as Mr. Pea·body's · but tt is I
.. ~early ;_oo per .c~nt. mo;re useful from the
·standpoint of g-0vernment business
. "In the meantime the o~d part· of the
~ustom. House wil_l colltinue to settle and
a
just
~~~ckric~~;fed:Vh_en the tower is completed
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Diff~rences of Archrtects ,and
Builders Needlessly Cost Uncle
Sam at Least $250,000i
Must Get New' Local Quarters
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First Steel Beam Yet to Be
Placed of New Tower Which,
According to Agreement, Waf:,
to Be Finished Six Months Ago
Now Charged That Office Space
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Many Shifts in Move for a
Better Federal Building Here
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't ~he tower will rest upon bedrock but
h~. old wings upon a tftble ~ o-r.' . 'anit
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-~".!tlch )1as been disturbed by :the co~truc:
~t?-~ work and which has sagged and sunk
·'. ~he. archit~.cts _accused tue contractor;
()f.:·· .being responsible for the settlin
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but they deillOnst:a 0
that about- sl:x:ty stOnes had Ct'acked b t te_d
,'t,~e:v: ~ouc;he<l the building.
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h During the t'hree years that this bulldln
as been in a
condition of wrecks. e
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government has been obliged 't
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the
$100,000 per year, and the. :ro~~!~oo.rly
J>t1:,';,i'aii:g~1l be twdo fyears more before ::: ,
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or occupancy
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By F. ,J. M'ISAAC.
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'.P~~d for rent b::£' the goven;in:;ient, of :W-h:f~b}
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LAND ACQUIRED YESTERDA¥ BY SIMMONS COLLEGE.
of
Over 140,000
Square Feet. Is Acquired.
.Total
Simmons
College
yesterday
er Company, one ot the oldest and
largest land owning companies in the
City. This piece .contains 120,656 square
feet and is assessed for $159,700
It is
situated directly ba·ck of the college and
extends from Worthington street to AVie..:
nue Louis Pasteur and back to Tetlow
Street.
The other tract. containing 20,975 feet,
left a bequest of $1,000,000 to be a.pi:,lied
tO · the higher practical training. ot·
\\~omeri.
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Ten years ago the college began its
wbrk wi~h 11$ 'pupila: in a few i;;cat,ter~~
cl8,ssrooms.
In 1904 Its present home
in the Fen:way was first occupied.. The
student enr01mellt has grown to si.:,,
times its initial strength. and the need
:~·t }i1;f~l;l~:r: /::~e!~~nr. ::[gg1:::i:i:
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secur~d
~'!_t~;c;:~~g~~·~pa.py,
control of. S..11 · the land· in the Fenwa.Y and ~e:-. assessed for $Z6,200. It is located which in conjU~-ction with ·the }>oston -&.
bounded
by
Rivei-w~Y.
Worthington on Avenue touJs Pasteur and Riverway, Roxbury Mill Corporaticin arid the st~te
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The· purchase included two tor the j:>Urpose of giving Avenue Louis RoXbury, was chartered .In 182f. P~acti.:
tracts with an aggregate area ·or 140,975 :PaSteur to the city.
cally all the titl,.es of land on I--I"unttng-
it: ",l!!J
teet. and doubles t\,le former
of the college.
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LJt1es to hold the newly acquired land for
'tuiUr buildings~ in· connection with the
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college. The larger of the tracts was
purchased frorn the Boston Wt1,ter Pow1
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Boston Academy ot Notre Dame. and
the entire vicinity is rapidly developing
Into an important educational centre.
Simmons College, an institution for
the higher education of woznen, was
founded by John Simmons, a wealthy
Boston merchant~ who died in 1870. He
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time ownership ot the company.
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now holds more than 100,000 sqt1ar$ feet
er land. scfi,ttered in various spots~ of
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sa.les
were
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through the of.fices of John •C I-Cile'y of
the Kimball building.
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PROPOSED NEW HOME OF BOSTON CITY CLUB.
The Building Will Be Erected at Numbers 2 to 10 Ashburton Place.
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The main lounge will take • up
New
Bu1ld1ng
to
Be I nearly as to entire many nooks for quiet!!
one
flooe, being so arrange4
have
rected on Ashburton
conversation.
Nea. rby 4t is planrted to
have an ample library with cose,y al ..
Place.
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funds to build the
' city
The :dining requirements of the :tn.etn-
bers will be provided for; first. by a
large grill room two stories high; sec-
~~~t. b~c!p1;f;;; !~:~f: t1:e0 !n~~6 t:;a.1.i;
f1ub',s ne~ ~ome, which ls to be
lo11atq!:l betw:een numbers 2 and 10 Ash-_
b'urto~la. place, will begin Jan. 20 and will\
COl).tiutUe to Jan. 31.
During this time
$200,0
at 5 per cent. interest will be
raise ~ among the members of the club.
The :t'Ubscriptions will range from. $50 to
la.rge · sums which are to be rnult.1ples
of $5 ,', and will be collected bY 10 teams
Wf?rking hard in good-natured rivalry.
The\ new cluPhouse will have two or
and, third by 20 smallet" dini~g rooms I
seating fr~m 10 to 800 pt!ople.
There Will be a larg'e
a.uditorium
planned to seat about 1000·.
About 60
chambers will be provided tor the use
of c\ub members.
B11Uard and
pool
rooms will. be in a retired pa.rt of the
building, adjacent to the grill roo;pi. ,
Bowling alleys are also provided, and it
rs planned to have a swimming pool,
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place.
'I'he strangers• entran6e will be
entirely distinct from the others, giv1
lng a(:cess for the public to the aud1toriun'1. art gallery and Private dining
:~~~s=~~;:i·u~~~=~ing rooms and other,
Elevator service will also be installed.
It is expected that the buirb.ing will be
completed and ready- fOl"
occuJ)ancy
within a year~
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the handling of freight.
The railroads no..-J 1 water termmal which I have su~ges~ed~
doubt are doing the best they can to solve, di,;;ch";rge their passengers and the~ tou_ch
this problem~ but. gentlemen. the underlY- j at the Commonwealth p~operty a~_East BosIng distinction between the State ha~dling ton ·'\\he-re a larg:' fre1~h~ ter~nnal ~o:11~
ca re_ of
. reliev1n.,
Director Conry
Argues for this problem and a private corporation ls j takeccnge~tion their freig~t thus O}?j~'?!:ioi:i-this: that the State tries to accommodate 1 the
whi_ch is s1:1-ch an
the public, tries to promote the convenience I able featurf> of doing business on AW£nt1c
Improvement
and comfort of the public. the corpo:ation / a, enue.
on the other band is engaged solely 1n the 1
·'rn conclusion:
We ought to have ~n
problem or earning a dividend :ror its stock- ,' eng1neer1ng staff five time~. or at 1east
Have State Make
i holders.
Nothing could better illustrate
four times as large as the present stat.e,
the attitude of the railroads than the adcOnsisting of a chief engi:t1E?er with foµr
Appropriation
dress of Mr Hustis delivered here a. y;eek. j diviSi'on engi!leers, one of Whom would
or two ago on the matter of electrification
look after the South Boston side of the
Take Atlantic Avenue Front for of the railroads within the M,etropoUtan city, including _Fort Poii:it Channel and the
district.
South Bay problem; another to look Dtter
Passengers
.. Every man here believes that the rail- the East Boston side of the city, including
roads should be electrified, but Mr Hustis I Chelsea Cree~; another to look after. the
says with admirable logic from the stand- / Atlantic-avenue waterfront, meaning the
Develop freight Terminals on Large Scafe point of the Boston & Albany: •1 mustn·~ ; territory ·between the two great railroad
electrify my- roads because if l do I cannot / terminals, and the other to look after the
Elsewhere
pay mY stockholders that eight per cent ( Mystic River.
which we guaranteed; by the lease or the i
"There is work enough in contempJaJoseph A. Conry, one of the members or rOad to the New York Central.'
Observe ; tion ,. to require substantially all of the
the Directors of the Port of Boston, argued
the point, gentlemen, not the question o! i time of the Directors of the Po:rt, who
before the Committee on Metropolitan Af- the health or happiness or comfort or ser- / should devote at least one-halt ~ day of
fairs this morning for his bill asking fifty
vice of the patrons of the Boston & Albany] every· da·Y of the week. to the duties of the
million dollars for the development of Bos- Railroad or of the people living in the board, and who should be paid a 2ompensaton harbor.
Chairman Hugh Bancroft of vicinity of the tracks of this railroad,. not f tion accordiriglY~ But this is all predicated
the Commission was present and explained at all, simply _and first the railroad must / upon the assumption that the State is
that there is no triction in the Board of get :from you, the people, must take out or committed t,o a, polipy of extensive water-,
Port Directors over this matter.
He had
your earnings the eight per cent to pay 1 front improvemen~
On the other hand,: 1
advocated a larger expenditure last year
the stockholders of the Boston & Albany if it is decided that you do not desire to :
and told~ the Legislature and members of
Railroad~
Nothing could better illustrate spend any money in ad_dition to the nine
Chambers of Commerce that the money
the two theories of state control vs. p~imillions of dollars wluch you have al- :
appropriated was merely a. beginning and
vate oWnership_:_..the state ~eek.ing to tgive ready appropriated, then the staf'f _and the
that larger expenditures would be needed
the people maximum of service. the cor- :present ·organiz3:tion of. the Directors of
The Directors had made no recommenda.poration seeking to take from the people - the Port can without difficulty attend- to tion in their report, but M·r. Conry had
maximum cost to pay big dividenda
this problem.
But I bellev~ thaj?. the
made a minority report accompanied by a
.. By chapter 468 ot' the Acts of 1900 the ! growth of the business of the world fs such
bill making a specific appropriation.
Boston & Albany Railroad was leased to i as will inake an inve.stn1ent of fifty milMr. Conry, addressing the committee..
the New York Central and one of the con- , lions of dollars seem a very appropriate
spoke as :follows:
ditio:ns under which the consent and au- ; action for Massachusetts; that the g(\"'od:-"I believe that the Directors of the Port
th0riiy ot the Commonwealth was giv~n ! ·,~r.hic.b w.M.L g_Q!P.~ fro~ t};l.is_ ex,__p_~_Rditure-.~~
should l:·ave placed at -their disposal some
:for- that lease was that the New York iniOneYwill be ot inestimable value to the ]
substantial amount, say frotij.:::$25,000,000 to
Central would build approaches ~o the I community in :tuture years and will more,!
$3.),000,()00. which would eD.8.ble them to
property owned by the Common~ealth at I t:.1.an repay fourfold the original invest- ,,
work out a comprehensive plan for the de- East Boston. The New York Ce'1.tra~ has merit••
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ve101>ment of the harbor and the perfection
not -spent a dollar' towai:d "building \these
Woodward Hudson of the New ·York
of our rail and water terminals.
approaches.
'1~his, gentlemen. is not a. Central appeared in opposition to that
'jI believa it is necessary that the Legisquestion of theory, not a
question of
P¥t of the report which referred to the
1aturt'l should take positive action this year
opin.ion. not a question of law.. it is_ si~pl~,. New York Central
He thought there
to iudfr·ate the future policy of the State
a question of _feet and can be determined was no direction in the act to spend
on this n1atter of harbor improvements in.by any jui'y which may be empanelled . or money for approaches to ~he Commoneluding the question of rail and water terbY any. committee which may seek to 1n- wealtll.'s land
It was requ1red ~o spend
minals
Our nine millions of dollars approform itself· 011 the subject.
: $2,500,000 for improvements specified. In
priated by the Legislature of 1911 has been
.. Orie of the curi,,us and pleasantly in- · 189't: a plan was filed, however, for an
'allotted for three specific object,$ and the
consistent facts in 1 egard to tl\e attitude of , approach to the other side of the Boston
most important subject of all-the termf.th&- Boston &
Alba!lY is that when this · & Albany docks, which would reach the
nals-has been left untouched
It should
inatter is suggested they say: •we do not
proposed docks on the Commonwealth
be approached immediately and defitiite
want to spen'Cl the public money, because lands. From year to year acts presented
acti.on taken
For example, Mr. Hustts there is no ·demand for this improvement'
to the Legislature for deve~opment of
';c~rethetbBe odsltroenct&orsAltbbaenyotRhearilrdoaayd_, wHaes baes:
·~But returning to th.e suQ-j~ct .of con.gees_the Commonwealth lands :falled
ap..1.
tion the whole. At"lantic-avenu~ water-fr~~;t prova.l.
In September. 1909, the title to
st:reci the directors that the Albany needed
should be -ta.ken by tne Po1;~ Director~. an~ '. the East Bo~ton Co~pa~y•s land was setanother pier at its EaSt Boston terminal
a large part of it, say from No:rthern-av~- ~ tle<l, but the damag,es have not be~n set- ,
but was reluctant about spending $750,000
nue. bridge ·to State str:eet,· should be d~- t Ued yet.
He contended that, ow1!1g to I
In equJpping this new pier because they
v0:ted entirely to a water pa~sen.ger ter- ) th~ multiplicity of schemes and plans of- l
don't kn(~ what the Port Directors are
minal
at which no freight would be , fered, the road could not tell where the
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I:\ handl~d at all.
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approach should be ~uilt.
'The Boston & Maine has a splendid ter•·Mr. Austin, representing tlie_·, Eastern
Representative Bothf~ld-Do I unde:rminal ·over there in East Boston which they : Steamship Company,
came before our stand th_at you still consider yourself un- ,
leased to the Albany at a nominal rent~ i Board and said that he would rath~r pay . der an oblig~tion to build approaches?
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,less than 2 per cent.
The Maine won't rent at ·central Wharf on Atlanti.c avenue, i1
Mr. Hudson-No, sir; we do not admit J
spencl any mo-ney on that pier and, of ' 8 .mounting to about $150,09() p~r annu~ 1 any obligatio_n, but :_we would do it. in our
course. the Albany won't because neither
than to take a free berth. at tp.e Com1:0on- own selfish interest· We would ~~t~ra.lly
party knows what the Port Directors are
wealth property at South Bosto.n, and his / wi~h to be connected with the Com.mongoing to do.
· explana-tion to this was the convenience of · weal.th dock,s.
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"'The N.ational Dock people told me the
·his wharf for passenger traffic
The pasMr. Hudson then read Mr. Hustis's letother day that they would gladly take over
senger traffic of the coastwise steamers is ter stating that ·while he ·believed .. tl~e i
this Boston & Maine pier at East BoSton
a Very importa~t business and constantly road had :fulfilled it~ obligatio~s under \
ortly they didn't kp.oW what the Port Direcgrc-v\·in,g.
I would set a.side a large share
the act, lt w-ou'ld like a connection with
tors were gojng to ·cto. and, ~ course, gen- ; of this Atlantic-avenue property 'and build I the Commonv\-~ealth docks. and ~s TeadY to
tlemen, we have to depend on the Legis- '. a· first-class passenge:1:· t~rminal, at whi~h build the connection _as soo:-i. as ,there is
lature.
a.11 coasting steamers would touch and dis- t any business ready for it.
~'This is a great subject requiring time
charge their passengers and then proceed
"'William c. Brewer of the Chamber Of
for study and time .for construction work . to some othez:_ point in the. harbor whei:-e \ Coipmerce m8:-ritime c?mmittee said t~at
after a plan has been laid out. The State 1 they would discharge and take on their t most of the mi_nor measures before the
l]_as been Studyin~ ibis q~estion with varyfreight.
.
,' committee should come be:f'.or,e the Port
ing ·aegrees of enthusiasm f9r eight~en
"Much of the property on Atlantic ave- Director_s. . The _Chamber ~irect?rs
years. In 1898, fifteen y"ears a·go,. th~- State
nue is held by the t!ead hand.
Owners passed a r·es91\1tion t~ the effect. th_at
tot>k certaliii · 1anas by- eminen't-:->a:-oma.i-~·. ov..er
won't im:prove it
We learned that trus- ullliriO'r 'itllpr'ove:ine"rits
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the
w_atez:~
tn East Bostori and. repeated cOffin1lssions tees holding large parcels. of valuable wate~- l tr_ ibutary ~ 0- Boston· h&-'i-b-·o·r s_ hollld-b.e ,r_e·_-_,
have approved this action, pointing i;>Ut in
front property on Atlant1c avenu: w«:>uldn t
feTred ·--dir-ectTY to 'the Directors' Qf t:~e :
carefully · prepared plans how these flats
spend a cent on it to improve it.
They Port for con.:Sfdera tion and should not ~e :
·could . be developed~
The Legislatur:.e of were. perfectly willi;lg and in :fa_ct anxious ciad.e. the, subJec~ o~ special_ legislati9n ·1·
1910, by chapter 647, appropriated three
to have .the Port Directors ~uy it, and the until. they have been - referred to tl)at_
millions ·of dollars for a · development in
ste?-mship co~pa~y occupying the parcel I' Board, and that if in the opinion of /he 1
East Boston,. then. SUP~!:_~e-~_ed th?,t act_
which I ha':'"e in _mind ag~eed to take a Ion~. Legislature the improvements enum_,er.
t~rm. lease if the Port Directors would hu~
ated or any of theln, should be made,. the
1~'te d
19.1..Q by the act of 1911 which appropr
the property and rebuild.
I opposed that
xpe'nse thereof should be provided for
nirffl" millions of doflars .for a gen~ralb ard project and it fell through.
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g·ving th
DirectOrs of the Port an
bor development.
Ifk.~ ~n;;i:t~~ ;t~~e ·
.,Property on Atlantic avenue is assessed \ a~pr~priatione with which to make the J
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had developed that tf ;;,::, iorth five e times in the vicinity of Rowes Wharf and the : improvements, _n their discretion, in ·the 1·
would have to:ay t ~1.1
L · d can be re- Narrow Gauge Station $7 and $8 a square · smaller harbors within their jurisdicwhat it cost t e S a e.
an
d
foot.
Goin= down the avenue where the tion.P
claimed at a cost of 20 cents a foot ;,nst f.• eight is q~ite an important feature of the ,
Representative B .. F. Sullivan spoke" i~
made worth at least $ 1 50;_ a. foot in
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business it is about $5 a foot and it runs "favOr of the ilevelopinent of Chelsea
B<;;3ton
. .
eo le .are assembled in a:ong $4 a square. foot until we get dow-n '. Creek for manufacturing purposes.
a. cV::;:at:am!:";~:n :ert~in great problems., to C'cmn1e~cial street and. I believe the
Chairman l?ancroft of 'the Port Di- t
such as transportation. can be d<?ne better ~a.T'g~ parce,. owned by the New Have~ road rectors talked on the~ preliminary re ....
by the State than by private effort. . One l dvwll b;'" the Charles Street Bridge is as- port o:f the PortDlre::ctorS: on the acquisi., _ f th
b
den under which Boston labors 1 scssed ..or $3 a square foqt.
t-ion of water terminal~.-~, ,'~e.
~t!J.&."t
· ~ th:t 0~r trJN.g to do a vast business in i
"The land 1. :i,.ad in m~nC,. Vfhich wa~ - ~f- .' it had not been_ ~1;_actic~b~~ }'"f
'a cqngested space. Business Boston mightJ tei:~~ to-~·~_ by- t~e , trust:es _ is asses~ed, \f<?'r .this into ·s1:t~pe, ~as the,.~:
veil be compared to tJ::1-e neck of an hour abou~ $8.~0'.-~ ~~q_-p.ar.e_ 'foot. ~c_yos~ the -~'~1:'~ J· working day a~g. ,~~~.ht g~Jass, the thonsands of people flo~ki~g !nt_<;>., bor~·,.:_oy~~l::.,fr:l,_..:;_¥,3!~t,,~~s}~.~; ·9fl·.tf1-~; ~~~"'-9J.::-. mi:n~~- ready: ~or; '.'_.'t~~-- ~e-;_,
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.,:._}He~;,C'ou·1a'·~·s~·e rio '. ohj0Cti0n to
"-'.;..t.lie· matter, go· oV.evto next· y.e~l".
·tor W'illi~ffis ~ske~ the . Pll!'P~rt
Y~l.
·t8..king
the
of
E"ast
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5,000~060
Bostori.
to the directo.rs.'
feet
of
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company
"We
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have de-
to purchase it,'' Chairman Bansaid.
HThe State o-vvns some 25,,~",o.o.O~OOO feet of flats which can be im~~'P:r"O.ved. It -would be of value to have a
1 Srtlall portion
A few hundred thousand
'feet of East Boston land w-ould be suffl.Cient to give access to the State's
.,
iand.
. ..Was this the land appraised at six
'·-ce'.nts a foot by Mr. Kiley, the city's ex~ pert?" asked Mr. Williams.
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'·· "Y~s; 2,500,000 feet were offered at
,''thirty cents a foot and v.re dec1ineq. it."
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No one else was heard and the hear>t~:g was closed.
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J;~:::.c;.~eprese:p.~ative Buckley spoke 1n favcir of :
.;:::~ne bill calling upon the dir~ctors of the.port'
:;.~-0".f Bo·ston to report upon (he navigatioJl. of
f/i:Jie Neponset River. Gene1 al Bancroft said
'the directors are willing to make a report
··and will give any information in their
:power, but he believed the piovision requiring a report ·•on the cost of further im·:pr'oving said river for the purpose o_f nav!: g'ation" was rather indefinite.
There was
_ no opposition.
· ·Repres-eritative Brophy, the petitioner~
·:~s~o~e for a bill for dredging Boston Harbor
'tiear Jeffries Point.
CommoQ.ore Brooks of
~he Jeffries Point Yacht Club :favored the
)ifuProvement, as did Representative John J
~·pougl8.S of East Boston Joseph A Conry, one
! . ·of the pbrt directors,
pointed out to the
,. . ~colllmittee that the directors had asked an
i~·-'i,propri~tion of $25,000 to carry out simi"r projects and if this is granted there is
iittle· dpubt that the directors .would take
Care of this proposition with others of a
like character, as there is need of more
· public landings.
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, Senator McDevitt spoke for a bill to improve Weyn1outh Fore and Town rivers,
·which he said was put in a,t the request of
'one of the port directors
There was ::10
()pposition.
Senator Bagley,
Alexander
Neal
a1vl
ph Barry favored a bill for dredging.
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hannel to Crystal Cove. VVinthrop
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PHONE ROXBURY 79-1
GEORGE P. MacLELLAN,
288 Roxbury Street,
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AUCTIONEER,
Roxbury, Mass.
TO SETTLE ESTATES
WILL BE SOLD AT
PUBLIC AUCTION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913
First at 2 p. m.
The eight-room. frame house with modern 1mprovements and a.bout 4496
square feet of land located on and numbered
798 ion
PARKER ST., ROXBURY. ·MASS.,
almost
street, this
is
situated
In the
Church parish,
o!)posite Hillside
property
well
on
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f~n~~ the surrounding country and a high, healt:q.y location. IA desi~Secoi:td t 3 p. ni.. The five.room. frame house and a large brick stable, together with
about 35-06 square feet of land, located on and nu:mbered
it1e h~ome
f~te
80 CONANT STREET
Roxbury~ Mass, (Mission 'Church Parish).
This esta.te is especially suitable to a C9UtraGtor, as the hu·ge, conunodious stable has been
erected recently and is i~ ggod conditi<;m; 1t could with very little expense be converted into
a first-class garage.
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$300 deposit required at time and place of sale (your savings bankbook accepted as ca&li).
For :further particpl~rs and to ~ee the property, write, call or 'phone the auctioneer.
BE,'SURE TO ATTEND THESE SALES
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Mercitntile Property at ,l ]fa'neuil Ra:UI Square, Sold Yesterday by M. E. & C.
E. Wyzanski to the Massachusetts General Hospital, Through the Office
of Frederick Viaux.
New England Railroads' Decffne.
The week just eTI.-ded has been a db1-i
astrous one tor the old time New Eng~:
land railroad inv:estm.ents.
There are 11 railroads listed on the
Boston stoqk Exchange, whoise fluctuations are recorded by the Commercial
and Financial Chronicle.
These a.re:
Boston & Albany, Beston &
Lowell,
Boston & Maine, Bo8ton & Providenc~.
Connecticut
River,
Fitchburg,
pr.e- ·
ferred. Maine Central. New Haven.
Northern of New Hampshire, Old Col-~
ony and Vermont and Massachusetts. ~
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Here is what has bapitened i:.o these
i roads of late and particularly this last
!week:
Boston & Albany yesterday sold at
200, the lowest since the panic of 1907,
and with the exception of that time, the
, lowest this century.
The last sale of Boston & Lowell was
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on April 12, when a. quot~tion of ~ ,
was made, the lowest in a generatiOIJ.'. ,
Boston & Maine sold last Friday at
623h, the lowest for over ro years.
The last sale of Boston & Providence
was at 260, the lowest for many years.
', Connecticut River sold last Tuesday
·1at
2.30. the lowest in two decades at
least.
' On March 17 both Maine Central and
Fltcbburg preferred sold a..t 101. both.
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did IaSt Wednesday, when sales were
made at 109%,., since tbe company was
formed, over· 40 years ago~
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A search of the :records for a genera- :
tion defies the discovery of any quotation for the Northern railroad of NeW',
Hampshire lower than 120. which was'
made April 18; for Old Colony lower'
than 163, made April 25, or for Vermont·
and Massachusetts, made April 21.
It is a great commentary on the New
England :railroad situation when there'.
ts not now a man of middle age or\
younger who. unless he hapl)ened to 1
buy Boston & Alban'y in the panic ot:
1907 ever bought a. share of any New
Eniland railroad whose Investment does :
not show him ~ loss.
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q~-i'te ·unlikely· that it would be Corn,pleted before · the end· of next year and
the tenants of such a building, whoever they may be, will ha.ve a lease
with six years to run.
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[[)eclare'Lease on ()Id Filene Store
Says Noth,ing About Erection, of
Eleven~Sto:ry Offi~e ,Building
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'DEXTER TRUSTEES AND . I wblcll h.a,s., . 1Jeel} acq.uired by .. George
.. A W PERRY .DISAGREE .I,!,... aCarpente,;.•. th.rf)ugh the ·a.ss1gnment
of
~~se held by the Filenes.
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buif"ding
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which Pro.Pert?· fnclµdes· the· corner· pa·rcel of
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land with
th.? b'qildln~ owned .. by the
!(:Q.~~tituted ne~rly ~If of'- t'he city of Bost!)µ and the one next to it,
i store forrnerfy occupied by the which is o~ned by the Fllene.s.
: Williarn Filene Sons . C~nii>!lnY,
, Carpenter May Build
.will be razed and a ntodern office
Mr, Carpenter said yesterday: "The
building to cost $400,000
be
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~rected on it,;' sify."
State:.0.ent building on this· property
rt is true
by Alonzo W. Perry, lessee of the that I hold both parcels . under the
will
~l'"Operty.
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~\ '~The statement that an office
{!'1fJd!ng "Will re.'p1A~~ the De.-~tei-...
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,b~Jl4ing _is i~accurate, as the ex~
,.fif.i1;1~ )eases w.hic.h ~ermiO~tC
!\'!f:'~tbin a few ye~rs' do not: give any
-'tigftts to tur:n the property into
,f!l~ office buil.ding."
Statement of
::~ Murrajr Howe, confidential -.f:tdVisor of the ,trustees of the Dex·t~r property.
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w!~s
seven years~ le~se which· :tj~s been as-
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No Office Building R.ights
"It has beeri stated that a new building OI;l this site will contain offices
a hove the first . two . or three 'floors.
This statement ~ iii.accurate, as the
existing lease~ which, as before stated,
terminate withjn a
few years and
wh,i.ch are the , onlY ones that can be
taken over from the Filene CompariY
do not give ~ny rights to turn the
property into' an office buiDding.
"From
}nterView with G. ·A. Carpenter .1t· is leai;-ned that the st.ateme.n t that he has any connection with
8:,- joint sch~In~ of Perry and himselt'
in r~I3:tion to the pi:-operty
in
this
block 1s entirely untrue, either direct
or i1t-direct, 015 ally sort whateYer, 8.nd
further that he bas only taken - over
a ·1ease o:f t:i;_ie small~r part ibr the block
on the co!ner ~o; ; 8.n unexpii;-ed term
of l~ss. th~n eight years./' ·
The paragr:aphs in t;he or:Iginal lease
under which the P;roperfy '\Y~S turned
over to the William Filene Sons Company and which 'will figure ,conspiCu.
01.~sly in any liti~ation which may arise
between the Dexter heirs· and Perry.
according t<? the trustees, are as follows:
an
s~Ch a moder~ buildi~g: on. a ~cale with
the Blake buil.d41;1g on - Temple place~
w.hich :r now Ow~.:· I cann.ot, make any
C~nditions of Lease
oftici~l ann~unc~pient a~ yet~ '9,ecause
The proper:ty 1s to' be used, .. for the :
there a.re ·certain. things "that must be
purpq_se ·of .carrying 0~ a wholesale ~ d
~~t thrOugn·:b¢~9l'"e· I
am ·absolutely
!etaU business in the drygoods trade
certain.
or a 9"e~artrri.:ent store or other business
· '~I want to state posl~ively; however, not more injurious to the· premises.
that Mr. Perry and I haye no relation
to e~ch other in a business or any If the_ parties do not agr~e as t9
whether an,y business- would be more
other way. Whatever he may do and injurious, the controversy shall be de~ 1~::e~:~I oZ::~ai~u:·;:.~absolutely d)1
s- cided by the al'."bitrators." The arbitrators in ~his iiIStailce ar~ Louis D BranThe statement which appeared
ex- deis and James ·A Lowell.
morning's
:Anot~er
"The. lesi>A controversy in which s~veral Bos- clusively· iii yesterda,.y was quoted Post s_ors, agree ParagraJ)h reads: not · i-efuse
in which Mr. Perry
as
that they will
t6n millionaires a~e the principals has saying th8.-t the new office building permission to the -lessees to assign or'
was
Dexter
arisen over the assignment by the erty to b~ e~ected on theof his prop- sublet or. tp a,J.lo'\V ~ny other corpora- ,
Unde~ ~he terms
l~ase tion -or person to occupy the whole or
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'.\Villiam Filene S.OIJ.S Company to brought to light the fact that he and parts ol the premises, -except for
differen1. 1. easonably sufficient objections to Such
,Alonzo W. Perry of its lease on the th• · Dexter trustees have
01)ini(?n~ on t~~~ subject.
corpor~tiOn or pei-son.
In the event
Dexter property, which constituted
of anY,,:di~agreement as to whether any
Trustees Make Statement
such party is reasonably objectionable, '
half bf the Fileries'· former store on
The trustees, otl the strength of the the controversy shall be decided by 1
Washington street.
EOst's re1
po:tt, made this .statement:
the arbitrators u
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Mr. Perry says:
"I have the lease
~s~1t!
Ie~"!-e ~~ni~~vri!~te~a~u~~~~6; o~v~a;i~ m!ft~';esr~Ki: w.~;tn
r~!ti;i~!~e~~:
ington stre~t.
opposite the
Jordan, to me w-hat Mr Howe or the trU.stees
,,.::,ffice building will be erected there."
Marsh Company's ,store
TP.is property or anyone else says about the matter.
takes up about half of the area for- I said tha1: the building is going to
merly occupied by the William Filene be erect~d ahd erected it shall be.
DENY BU,ILDING . PLAN
Son$' Comp~~Y
~s stated ln some of 'l'hey cari't bluff me. I have as much
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trustees of. the Dext~r prOpertY~ thC morning" papers one
Alonzo W-. money as the.Y have and if it is a case
.:.{Ji:t_r9ugh J
Murray Howe, their confi- Perry has ·secured possession of_ this of fight, 1€:'t· them get· to it.
I don't
,~ntial advi~er, say that the new office 3.:ri'd. an adjoining.· building. It has fur- give a contin~ntal what they say or
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)'!?::Q.~ldirtg will not be erected if they the-I"~,., been stated that· this
Dexter don't say.
2~all help it. They also state that Mr. building' will be immedh:~.t~ly razed to
·:w-as the statement quoted as having
.4~.erry is undesirable' to them as a les- ffiake
way
for
a
modern
11-story ccme from YOU in the morning Post
<~$e·e. and that under the te~s .o:f the buildlll:_g,
which
must be cOmpleted correct?" Mr. Perry was asked
'.\l~se they cannot be forced to erect, :t.1n-der an agreement between the Dex-1 ·~Yes, it was correct in every par!~~-.oo~ice building pn the. propeity, as I ters, a.pd '¥r. Perry by April, 19~4~
ti?~~a'r.
'l;"he inference th3't Carpenter
:,_t.·~.'.~. le.·a. se ,specifl_es -~ bull.ding. ~·to.~ _the ' ~"I.'hese.. statem. ents are distinctlY mis- :and ~ are ~~rk,ing join\IY was not, cor,.p.~pose 'of carrying on a wholesale ! leading.
¥r. Perry has made an en- . rect. but ~ d.on t mind 1f he doesn t.
:j;t.nd _retail l:>"!-lsine~s in, the . c!ry goods! de~:yor· to .o'f?taiI:t from the Filene Cq.tll.;,.,1
-- ~ - ~t~.ilde or a departmerit store ··or . other I panY a P,rot,er assignment of its lease
;~µsines~ .not more; lnjurlous to the 'of the property for an expiring term
i:i?~emisef$."
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! of seven ye.ars and some odd months.
'.\;~hJs, cOntrover:5y does not affe6t that : The leg~l possibilities of this assfgn·spor:~on of the former
Filene
store me1:1t, however. are doubtf'!-11, the own- i
of the property and a new 11-story
73TO 81 BLACKSTONE ST.
BOSTON.
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City Club Banquet Guests., Left to :Right
:Efead .Tabl~Ex~Gov. Bates,. Ex-G~v, ~o:pg; Ed.w;n U. Curtis, Prof. Taft,
Samuel ·1; Elder, Gov. Foss; Geo,;ge ~:·s:inith, ,David ·F. Tilley, J\'hn _c. Crospy, Ed~ar,d 'A._File:pe.
Cheei·ed. fo1.· References te
Present Conditions in
Politics: .
b~t. of t~:e. ctt1zeiishiP of the city and. o:t'
the eomm0n"W.e8.1,th ...and it hS.:s mauY.
many Years Of· usefulness before it~
in '· p~~er shOuld ..he held , strictly accq,Ul)tabi~- Alld
if the people do
not-· a.PprOve. my ex.P"erience has been
then.
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~\f!r!!?r1t;~~d~~= et:?t~~ent o! Prest- asG!o;;;;!se~~~;~·~ ~~~i:f~e~a~~~~~~1:
dent 'Eld'Cr in his OI)enillg address that tlon which h~s done muc.h for the city i
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ot
~I:iis '.is · a ti~e fo,r.\ t,~-:exa·minat'.ion
ot Boston-the· Chamber of C?mmerc~;
things that ,were "QPce thought to oe 1 :5poke of the ea1:ly history o~ the CitY·
fixed . and,_ se_ttle..d p. OUC_1es •.he said tha.·t· 1 C. Iu_ b. He. enu~c. iated the pr-inc1ples. upon._.
, William Howard Tari~big. srllHing he hope"d whell · the'y ;.got through exam~:.:. which the -club w-as founded and upon;
and Dubbling.'oveT':"Wtth.·mtrth-w~s the ining the prtncJple,s .there would be wOich it has·w.orked
eiioug~ prin~i.~~e 1~,;t; to get ~lollg on. ·~
P:resident El~er'. then read J.elegrams ;
g'.uest 'of hot:3.or, at.1 th~ b?,nQuet of the
HI- am of~·tJi:!.:·~ '~P.ifllon;• h~ said, "t~at ot · co1;1gra~ula.ti?n, 1nclud1n,g . one from;
~Ost:on Cit:y·_ ..-Club uiSt_ evening at the things· will .'·g~t- a·: ·-'little wor~e ·b~fO.re the St. Louis C~ty Club, 'and introduced
.;fiote1. •Somerset.·
T:qe-, spr~ad :marked tliey,'get ~Uch better. but. ..,J:/"·)1.a:v,e'.~.r.~iJ- .Mr. Filene. one· 9:t the club~s founders.
''4:l)-,.-clo~e,Of-:the'Q.ig~~~t_d~y ~n t.h,e,~i~-, pre~e conriaence ~-iri ''the ~P:re~-:,:')1.'nd Mr. File~e s~~ke of the good work oft~ry .of 'th~s •. Boston,~ b1gge,st _clu~. t.pe I that, after a full discussion;' sOrp.e .'few. the club founaers, and t:rge?"~ them not
idaJ; C?( the -.laying ~f t!1e: qor.ners~one ofl mistakes, . yes. pe'1 haps some serious to be too proud of their p~st and to
;u~ ~~w house. · Mpre than 1200 members mistakes, ;the A"Q"lerican people -will forget that th<>re is wor-k. yet to do. He,
~nd. gu.es..~s ,att.~ncf-~d•.
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A_·_ m. lg~t.Y "_ri:er.,. 0r. _.se... when. P.resi~~nt the. y will' be willin~ 1:,Q retrace ?-_P_ y. step.s i ought ~to be _t;1 f~ster the ld~a.· that men
.~allluel J. _EJ,d:er introduced Mr. Ta!t. they hav,e taken which,~hey have found l ca.n ~e radicals or conservatiyes, and
T_.he ~tire body rose ~nd . t~e cheers not to be for the b·est and will do it still each can and should respect and
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'.had ;stopped t~ey began .ag~in and con-:1
Mr: Taft, in the· ·opening -_,Pertton of I the others.
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: .pis address~ paid graceful 1;,t):putes to J He referred to the club now. bet_ng
Mr., Taft was in_ his h~ppiest ~e1n. He .President Elder. to former 'G-ov. JOhn for:med ._ by wo_ !1:len _as a wom?,n s, city
g"ood .naturedly jabbed ·~P?OPl,e r1~ht . and D. Long,· to Gov. ~"oss~ t.o fotmer Go'v .. ~lub and urged that... the memb~rs do_
-'left and at the same ·1:lffl~ paid some I :aates, to Mr Filene and others, min- all i:µ. t}J.eir p9_wer to aid and assist the·
:-well~d~s~rved .comJ?lim~~ts . t? the Ci.ty gling fun with seriousl}ess in such. a women .
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to its. leadill;g sp1r1ts .. ~efer- way that he"kept the audience in. laugh-:
Ltst :of ·Guests.
trlng to the pr.esen~ political situa,~lon, ter. Refe.~ring t<? Gov. Foss, he.said:
Those.who sat at the guests" table.a,
~e said, af~er. e_?umer.a!ing, the vari,ous
"I thought I· was going to have hi'm of Whi,;h there were three, one in ea~h
shades .~f pohtical belief .held by the for ,company in my· little o:roup <"'f of the rooms were: Charles' H StrongL'.
m:;mbers._of_ the club:
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statesmen: following~ the . defi;ition of the Rev H8.ITy Levi, J~dge ·w1~1ia~·i
No one ~s so bou~d up in l?rejudice Tom Reed, whiCh was that 'a states- Bolster, GeQff.rey ·B. Lehy;_.' J<;>µn·, b';,)t
; of par:-tY as not to w~sh, heart. and so~l, m~n is a po.litician who is dead~'
But Ba.tes, John D .. Lon ....... Gll.arles S. ~am-:-J
:·J1:1 t~e ! success of the present adminis- I listened to. Gov.- JFoss:s sp'eeph this lin. Willia'.m· Howar1J'. Taft, Samu~.L J~:i
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of
t1.1,e ., governm~nt
of the afternoon and detected such ,l,lnmistak-1 Eld~r. GOv. Foss.. Qe1
o!"ge S. S.~i~h •. 1
\ U~l~ed Sta~~s for the benefit of all ot ~ble signs .~ft.~ bl~ f 9 r the i:p.depen4ent David F. Til~~y; the ~ev~ Dllloh Iii:-on-t
, 1th_¢ .People.
,!Uld ag:8'in there ,V{aS a vote th~t r:guess·r~,mad~ ~ ~is:ta.lt~-'"
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.A_.-.. Fi~ene,
Edw_ard M.J
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M.r; Taft -s.aid Ne_ sp~k-e. .. ~erhaps~ with
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ReV S H. ,Roblin, J~dge Marcus~q~-·,
mc;,r'e feeling' ,s:th~~ "0the1:":=J - W_ho h8.d
. ~r~id~_t' ~~~~1:°. '."1:'appe_d :f_~r order. at -toD, Ju~ge Jobµ B. Ratigan. Judg~ .;,;':}h,tf
~a~ked _his personal e*-peri'ence when he 9 .:1·5, and tP,e ·~peaking 1:>egan.;.
Assist- c. Crosby, JUdge J~bez Fox, J"uf~l!~.
.said he" thought· it weH tha.t there is a ant Secretary of the Treasury. ,Cha1~~es Rich.ard w ... Irwin. Judge P - M. Kea~J);g;,
. 'party leader who )s able to for~e Con- St!mn~r ;H~XIJlin___ ·w.as in~z:-o~uced,. ~nd in Edward Gilmore, William S. Gr~e~~
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: :hop~d that :the ,J>eO:ple baving .so ex/ pressed them~e-lves* · and the prir:i:clples
for which they -:voted :having, b~en put
into practice,, there wpuld be .-a~ple tfme
>gi.·ven to have them. tried,atld ,tested~
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l!_arty r~spo~.stbi~ltY. and . tha.t: the p&rty
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quoting f,1i9~,. SqGrates . a definltio1t c-f Lloyd .E: White, Judge J"ohn C. Brei~~. i
the rights :3i11_d d,uties of
as to ">o- Edw.frd · G. Graves. Ed.ward C. Mat;is- /
ci~ty.
He'_ ,said. he felt that this df?- field: LQuis Ba¢r, J. M. Martin* Hor~ce 1
~cription, ~lf.b,o.ugh; many centuries old. G. Pende:r,' R. L. O'Brien. Asa P. }
exactly fitted'': the Present situation. and Frei:ich, Carl Dreyfus. James
R.ol- ·
was full C!f~sqund <?Ommon sense for the lins. Guy Mu:7:c:hie. John R
Ainsley,
benefit of all Who might wish to take 1t. Timothy E. M..:Carthy. George B. Bab-,
The Bo_ston 9Jty . qlub repres~t~_ . .41~ 9ii,t.
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/~-:,';.t,_i~!~:~~:1i1:e~d leading men fro,n.
"It is.: a,:uni,que org~Il~~ation. and fur-:
n~Shes :·_to-· ~pSton tlie s3.ffie opportllnitY':
· for , its be~terment ··and for courisel,
: a.mo_ ng. itS· le.·ad~r:s of .all sbades of public
J opinion as dld the,Roman Forum. or t.he
j G:ree;:k_ .A:~a.- -It ·has _bee_n prol)erly calletl
j a clearing ho.use. for the, interchange or
~ a.11 ide4,B ·_Qf inunicipa_l progress and of 1
,. preservation . of the. public -weal.
'"The ·success o.f this club will lead. to
'the org~ni?&tiqp" · of other clubs of a
similar cll.a.ract'er -in many cities. AlI"¢ady the J)~blic-spirited men of the
re~t of tlie country are: closely watching
.it~ b~ne~ceht gl"9wth. wi"t:,h a view to
fpllowing. · a:s they·:ha..ve so of.ten f'olt ·~t~4;_? _it
bef~-~e! ·the Jeadership of Bosi_
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Gov. Foss~, the first speaker. said:.
"L am ·g1i,..a::· indeed to ! be here in my
official capa6ity ,to extend "the greetings
of the co.mmonwealth to the members of
tl+is. club, and also to jOin with you in
,exte:p.djng a ·hea.fty · greeting to _our , dls-
i{~~d~~eF:;:~ ~!ri!~1!f~ii1;'~~~asfot~
'"The City Club is more than an ordlnar-Y club. I like to thing that it is
an,. institution. an Institution that is
making .for. good citizenship. Its influence· extends beyond the city, It extends
through 'the state. it is felt throughout ,
the country. i
.. Its membership is tnade, up of all
classes, an nationalities, a.u shades of
political opinion, R6publicans. Demo-'/
cr_.~ts · ~nd Pro.gresslVes. and I hope some i
independents as well.
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enters Its new bome that extended influ ..
C:1-7-e _to wll,qh, it ls justly entitled."
, Mq.yOr F1tz_gera14 said:
i "Boston is PI:'OUd of its Oity-Club, and
iwhen its. ·splendfd bupding is erected,
j will' be still n.1ore· prOud ,<?f it as an in-,
stitution which - has many accomplish! ~~n'ts "to Its , cr~dit in its shoi-t eX:istence.
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the ··citizens of Boston for lenrlfng his;
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of duties and responsibilities.
If there
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has brought t1:lis message 'home to the
'million -and a · half of people in metropoU:~an Boston, it is this Boston City
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of the. organization and development of
the club. Referring, to the cornerstone
· Mayor Fib:geraid Speaking· During. Ceremonies- Attending Laying of City Club
C<>merstone. Qn ·:the Stand ,Are Seated Prof. Taft,. Cardinal O'Connell, Gov.
-ner -Efur~unaI:i:tg.S~~,n-;--e~a:tn?na~-s-ys~ h~.;~1:/e is no counterpart of it in t:tiis
tern, in provis~on ~or the c?~f~rt and· city or. in this country for that matt·er.
I health of ·au her dti'zens: Boston Is con- On. the occasion of raising the first
spicuous among our ci"tie.s.· In her in- : shovelful
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earth President Elder :
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her long .:nd honorable history, and lS 1 when he raised It It was filled with·.
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she Is easily first. ' She· has been caHe.d' find any place along the seashore. '.
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!~The shovel .;:was crowned and, tun,
l such a comparison,. for Bos~oh ,has n·, 1:!tn__W);len he cas~_Jt ;tt9m A!m-,Ji~l
character all her o~n tha.t 1s n.ot -ac- tergiated and fell Jnto thousands of
curately or properly set f_orth by· refe,:- golden, glistening partlclE'S with no ad! ence tQ other cities.
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"We are ·here .t?' celebr~te the ,13:-~tng i me how representative is this of the·
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of the cor~erston_ e .of a buildih_'g "that m.any bri,j;ht elements in this corn__
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; is to be another. evidenc~ of. ~oston•s.·1 munity, b:t"ight typical men that wera
practical, pro:gressive .public· .sPi~t~ _ Th~ j· not brought together, ~nd if brought
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~o · th~ ~:qos, of c;he~-~· 8 ,, -~~?m · a crr9~, - 11 be, ts a club , of uziique P1:1rpo~e•. ~nd: r.equested the builders to take this sand~
·that fll,~d .tb.e. stree_,:ts a._~,.:·wil1.d9ws_, 9lut:J.g ·; has had great. s_u_cces:5 · in itS, pu~u1t..
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·tO fire - escapes and stood silhouetted 1 "It aims to furnish an_ attract1ve, of particles and cement them together
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' ... ~inSt the. t~ilight on :,,neS.r,b-y, -1"oofe:;1meeting Plac,e to' w~~ch·. represe~t~tiv~s: into a solid niass and to mould this into
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W.ill.iaill J:io-w::,ard _T,a.t:~. form_er P~1~.0 !1t ·without regard to creed Or poli~~caJ vi~w be a -constant and substantial reminder,
9f'the United St;ates, yesterda.y,·~eld,ed ..:_may: come for assoclat.iQ.n. cqnfer~nce, · of What this club is, a solidificati~n of
the -5 1~V"er iroWel. _an~· sw_Ung· the ,h~.rr,,.er discus~ion a!J.d organizatio~ '<:>f. va'rious '. the bright, clean_ member_s of this com. · ' , ,, .~ '...s ("\ne municipal and public ac~ivities. ; to in-. munity into an organization substantial
that placed in_,P.~9:ition ~h~ ·':~-1"!1~ ~
crease the benefits wh!ch.the;clty may, and beneficial. 1Jound together even a.s
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its c,itizen body to lead in ~he gr~at making the cornersto~e of "Y'8ur home,
Foss and 'S~m~~l El~er.
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0 :J?~,n~~ 1:>Yl ~lubs it makes itse·l_f ~e~ponsi~le :for no copy of the club charter, list of mem1 building to ci~i~- ~se ~er~
Ca.rdinrtl o:conn~ll. who .. Pr~y.e_d . ~~at definite, reforms .. l;:mt .- it fUJ;".n.1Shes. by bers~ newspapers of tPe day, coins of
: Gocf ,should «strengthen th·l~. 'hoµs~ ·rby the ass.ocia~fon that it -induces. and the the day preserited by Charles E. and
'h~lJ)ing tow~t;"d, true fr~ter,nity.'"•
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W-yzanski
bulletins of the
'A_'<Idresses w,ei-e deliver,~_d by-Gov; FOS.'/3 •. m_er1:ts in thei body politic. and soc.la! _of club, a ·bronze tabl~t presented by E.
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·~ayor F~ftgerald, Geo~rey B., L~hY,· -the City, an opportunity· for sol~darity A. Filene, photographs of ·Club extlr~t presi.d~t of the e:lub; .tl)e ~~v·.f of movement amon~, all classes toward ecutives, a list. of ~11 men who have
:l)i~}on Bronson, the Rev. Geqrg~ : ~- '- "p-etter and high~:r- things.
served on the executive con;tmittee.
Gordon ',and . Rabbi H~rry Ley~-- - $E\~·}Jel f
wears off Prejud Ices.
. pictures of the clubhouse site, and
! _lpl~er:, president of the clu.b, ·Was ~~' uTh"s cl\lb alms to fu.se- the hard and pictures of. the excavation of the first
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th . Prior to the e~erci~es 'Prof. Taft,
, th_e Customary coins. tablets,, ~~d · dQd_lf~ · preju"dic_e and partisan ·enm.
bY ·. :': waS tendered a reception' at· the home'
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i·T~:rfdelivered··the c~,~ing~dar~S,of tf€~>. anionship ~d- comr:n.?:°"s~cial cc:'mfo~~..:; nue. · Tb.ere ·p;.of. Taft re·ce1v.ed ao·v/~
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There is promise of',;· n-~;·"~rder t~ the~ ii~hments;'}P.1~te giass- aµd ten storie~--:\
"West End, in ;the west End of,. vanished : these are i.he steps 1n the us~l P!ogression
aristocracy and depreciated
values.
Since~ of a
town into a
metropolis.
In any part
first the construction of the East Boston , of that Bosto~ which we might; Ii.ke Lontunnel began to be debated to the people o:f
aoners. term the old Gity, this has been ~uc-
that quarter i t seemed the logical course cessively the history, though from _a co:r;nto connect it -with the traffic across -West, plex:ity of causes the process has moved
Boston Bridge into Camfbridge. That proj- ', more quickly in some parts than ip. others.
ect was deferred. The removal of the eleThe west End* strategically though it lies,
vated trains from the Tremont-street subbetween one of the great terminal stations
~ay dealt the trade of Court street a blow
and the magnificent inland waterpark of
from which it is just now recovering. And,
the Charles River Basin, dividing it , from
at length. according to the authorization
the academic suburb, 1s half w~Y between
of the Legislature a year ago, it has been
the lodging-house period and the small
determined th~t the East Boston tunnel
shops.
For years
it
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been oddly
~ha.I~ be extended. through to Bowdoin
pockete~ in a manner for which, in part,
~q{iare to emerge on Cambridge street
the transportation systems were to blame
·few blocks beyond.
The welcome with
There were unexcelled. convenience$ f'or
which this project is viewed by tl;te busigetting around, or past, or throu~h tlre
:Oess men of the district may be guessed
west End without stopping. Than getting
from the circumstance that at the recent
into it there was only one journey more
hearing before the Transit Commission
inconvenient-getting out of it.
T~e n~w
there was not a disgruntled voice. To be
subwaY to Cambridge whisked past without
sure, the battles had been fought on the
a stop between Park street and the river.
floors of the twain branches of the LegisThe new viaduct sends its cars thundering
1ature, but unanimity appears to be the
across West End roofs without a stop beresult.
tw-een North Station and the river. This
There is probably not the slightest quesextension of the East Boston tunnel promtion but that this extension of the transpor- l ises, at length, to restore to 1ts importance
tation system will materially increase the
of three decades ago what was then the
business of the "\Vest End. Considered as a
main thoroughfare into Boston from the
means of access from Cambridge its terri<>rthwest-Cambridge street.
minus opens that tempting area bounded
It can be confidently predicted that th~s.
on one side bY Hanover street and includ- , is a piece of w-ise pul?:lic economy. Th1;ee,.
ing the w-hole market district. This serves
years agO, w-hen the p·roject of termina.t1n~.
not only that considerable army of people
the Beacon Hill tu.rin.el fn a West Erid loop
who ~re regularly employed in this zone,
was among the possibilities, there were'
but the vastlY larger army which comes in
merchants who wagged heads and said:
from the neighboi-ing suburbs to the north"The property owners in the neighborhood
west. market basket on arm, to buy. The
of Park street will learn that they a.re
effect of this on Bowdoin square and its
paying the taxes which the -west End does
environs. and. more indirectly, on most of
not pay." Right or wrong, here is a large
the west End, must be decidedly beneficial.
and valuable district which should logically
The newest extension provides the last or
be claimed by business, and though the certhree arterial and prompt means of transit
tainty that it will be is no excuse for deinto the heart of the city from the northlaying to improve the housing conditions in
west suburbs; the o.ther two beings the vithe tenement districts of the quarter, the
aduct to NOrth Station and the Cambridge
eviction of these tenement properties by
subw-ay.
business will be a. blessing to everybody.
This succor came to the West End none
The beginning of these better days is hertoo soon. For two ~ecades, and l?nger, that j aided by the extension of the East Boston
district had been 1n steady dechne.
From \ tunnel.
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Whitten-Gilmore to Occupy Ne.wi _ On'__!he fai!d floor the Whit:tfill__Gih
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cated on Commonwealth Av" . dows on all four sides and by large large
n.,oo. square te. ~.t. _llghte,;i by five w1:q~
skylights ln the roof, the company will i
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) in~tall a commodious machine shop , a'
. ~ore evidence of the ra-pid_ growth ol for?'=; . :tO(:)n'i, W-a'shstand and.~ ~~i 0th.er
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_ih.e Bostqn automobile tr~~de is co~-.,
.1[~~l~?nin t~:e··::~:s aiJ
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.;t,a,_~ed in the a~nouncement that an-, basement will be connected: by stairs·
. <?.(l{~er large building is to be erected on . bqth front and rear and t~ere will .be
~ommonwealth aven_ue this summer. It
't~otb;J1~ c~;;~ff;.s
will b~ located between the avenu.e and will be lighted throughout by electricity;
Cummington street, just beyond Blan- and will have daylight on all sid€:s I
':rord street, and .will be. occupied princi-1 there. being a space reserved between..
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agents for Chalmers cars, the Wood$ Whitten Gilmore Company will be in a
,"electric &nd the .Federal and Standard1· position to display its cars to much
:~rucks. The Whitten Gilmore Company bett~r advantage tha:n at present and
>!for the past siX: years has had its sales to give o'rners of the vehicles that it
:room at 907 Boylston street
with .;;, ·_represE:nts the. best . of attention, both ,
s~rv~ce department in
bridge.,
a~!~~\~~~nt1
f~~oco;c~f
;£ts business has outgro~n tnes~ quar- parts will be carried, and the fact that
_"ters and in the new building, _which will the service department. will b,e in the
~e r:ady for occupancy late in the fall, same building '\Vith t.he offices will pre·~t w;ill have all departme~ts under one vent ~elayS-.ythat are inevitable where
~~d ~:r~ctetter fac1.lities
:for these tw-~ d'e:P~me-nts are~separated•.
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tl~!ge
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both
; The new bu~lding of re-enforced con_,crete with briC'k trimmings, will be three
~tories high, wlt~ base~ent, and will
~have a fron.ta,.ge. of 130 feet on Com)no_:~nyealth avenue and a depth of' 90
;feet. -~h1e "Whitten ·Gilmore ComPany w;ill
~9~.·.I>Jf one-hal. f th·e· basement . and of, the
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entire
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(.l?hotograph by Chickering.)
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Gov€rnor, J\Iayor and Cardinal Among the Prominent Guests.
Ex.-Pr~ident Ta.tt will lay the cornerstone or the ne'W home for the Bost<.:,,n_
City Club, Oct. 9, at .e, o'clock P. M .
.,Gov. Foss • .Mayor Fitzgerald, Car~inal
,·p·Gonl',lell~ Bishop J1?hn w. HamiltQn.,;
tlie, Rev. George A. Gordon 9 the Rev:
.Harry Levi and Geotr\.ey. B. Lehy, first
J)reSident Qf the' club. will Pa.rticipate in
the ceremony.
The corner-sto.ne Is made of concrete,
nnd the sand used in the making ~;ras
taken from the sfte of the building. TI,ts,
,gtone was pre.sented to the club by M1.
Lehy.
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In the 1 box to J?e placed/ in tbe stor..e.
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Will be put a -copy of the charter of tbe
!,club, list of n1em.bers, new coins _prelffiented bs,~ Messrs MaX. E. and Ch~t ies
, ,E Wyzanskf, Boston newSpapers of the
d. ~ , 1J~~s: :·.o~:.,~~u:p bulle. tin, menus of tl:1e
[ .d~y;. a.ud· ,po'r.'ti"ELits o:r Samuel :r. Elder,
tieotrrey B._ LehY. David F. TUiey. pr~si- ·
i dents o:f the club; Jan:ies W. Rollins, ;
! 'Vice-president a.11-d chairman of the'
\ l;)uilQ.ing c9mt;n.ittee ; Carl . Dr-ey-fus~ viCe- '
~~.r~:s~=~t~~~dm~~~el~
!~s~1~r:~ro· ;=.n~!.
•,.the club at the beginnini. with Edward
}A. FUene. who presents a. bronze tablet.
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to be plaCed in the stone. bearing
t these words :
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BOSTON CITY CLUB. 1906-1918.
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'\Ve hope to bring togetber in. friendly
·association
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nuuiy men as we can. \o.f
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sbJp and ,rQo(1 cftfz.enshlp for the servt"Ce
' ·~fais!~,-~!/l:t~u!rJ~n':/8°ra!ia1d~:!J!dt~: :
which exist when men. do not know
,, r ,eU.eh' other.
and which a:re, used by
Kl"Sft.ers a.act ~e,t1.sh In.en to further their
R<-he.tn~ to tb,e, g~eat harm 9':f the cit7,
,- t~e state -and the n~tion.
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The silver trowel to be used by Mr.
'.Ta:(t · is engra.Ved as follows:
,~\rTtiis :tr6--wel 'was used by -Hon. "Will13..1.n 1--I.o:,;~tard Taft in laying tha-./.'corner,~to~e of. the Bostori City CJ_ubf Oct. 9,
I-Ion. Samuel Ji Elder•. ;<lJ'resident;
f ~ e s :W: Rollins; chairmari'; of build"~l}g 'col'Il~ittee.',
· \.:.The· house, ,vhen completed early naxt
ii~11n_eI' Win cost near}y '$900,000.
k;:'~!).:~he ~lub has a membersf!.ip of 4500,
'.1\•.itli .· a. w,aiting Jist ·of ov~r "600. The
~tu·1::f.istarted ~in 19(?,6 with a. membership
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~.J;'h,,e new home is planned for
,rij,000 ·members, and indications are that
'·.the ·club will ·enter its new home with a i
,waiting list .of over 1000.
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.; In spite of the announcement three·
·,~,a~ks ae;o_ that the entire Capacity w~s
l,:t'aken. more than 2000 have · applied, for
··ca.r:-ds to · th~ · Hotel Somerset d~riper.
'-l~He,ven hundre,d 1~nd ~f'ty i:riem~~rs:~Wi'lfl
'b.~ - proiride~ ·for.' The PrOgi-im q{ the
di~er. is as folloV(S-: Speake.rs. . ~resi. df?l.t ,~amuel J. Eld~r... ~residing'; Charles
/:·~"'. .,.IiaZ1:11ip;_ ~s,tst~tjt SeCi-et.arY, of _tb,.a,
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SUCCO'Zl FOR THE WE/ff' END
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There is Promise of a new -~rder in
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West End, in ;the vVest End of. vanished :
aristoeracy and depreciated values. Since:
first the construction of the East Boston ,
tunnel began to be debated to the people of'
that quarter it seemed the logical course
to connect it with the traffic across -West,
Boston Bridge into Camfbridge. That project was deferred
The removal of the eleV'ated trains from the Tremont-street sub~ay dealt the trade of Court street a blow
from which it is just now recovering. And,
at length, according to th·e authorization
of the Legislature a year ago, it has been
determined th~t the East Boston tunnel
.~hall be extended. through to Bowdoin
· ~-qtla~e to emerge on Cambridge street a
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-few blocks beyond.
The welcome with
which this project is viewed by fl.le busii;i.ess men of the district may be guessed
from the circumstance that at the recent
hearing before the Transit Commission
there w3.:s not a disgruntled voice. To be
sure, the battles had been fought on the
floors of the twain branches of the Legislature, but unanimity appears to be the
result.
There is probably not the slightest quesUon -but that this extension of the transportation system will materially increase the
business of the West End. Considered as a
means' of access from Cambridge its terminus opens that tempting area bounded
on'. one side by Hanover street and including the whole market district. This serves
not only that considerable army of people
who are regularly employed in this zone.
but the vastly larger army which comes in
from the neighboiing suburbs to the northwest, market basket on arm, to buy. The
effect of this on Bowdoin square and its
environs. and, more indirectly, on most of
the west End, must be decidedly benefici~I.
The newest extension provides the last o:1'
three arterial and prompt means of transit
into the heart of the city from the northwest suburbs; the o_ther two beings the viaduct to NOrth station and the Cambridge
subway.
This succor came to the 'West End none
too soon. For two decades~ and longer, that
district had been in steady decline
From
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ous-es-:to-:1;mail~S;:ti~P~(i
to Jarge business estab,.·
li~h~'ell.tS/_':~l;te glass , and ten stories- j
these are ihe steps in the US'l.UL~ P!'ogression.
of a town into a metrop01is. In any. part
of that Boston which We might; like Londoners, term the old qitY, this has been s_uccessively the history, though from .a co~- :
plexity of causes the process has _moved
more quickly in some parts than in others.
The "West End, strategically though it lies,
between one of the great terminal stations
and the magnificent inland waterpark o~
the Cha"l""les River Basin, dividing it from
the academic suburb, is half wa.Y between
the lodging-house period and the small
shops.
For years
it has
been oddly
pocketed in a manner for which, in ~art,
the transportation systems were to blame.
There were unexcelled convenience::;; fo.r
getting around, or past, or through the
West End without stopping. Than getting
into it there was only one journey moi:-e
inconvenient-getting out of it.
T~e new
subwaY to Cambridge whisked past without
a stop between Park street and the river.
The new viaduct sends its cars thunderin~
across vVest End roofs without a stop 'J?etween North Station and the river. This
extension of the East Boston tunnel promises, at length, to restore to its importance
of three decades ago what was then the
main thoroughfare into Boston from the
northwest-Cambridge street.
It can be confidently predicted that th!s,
is a piece of wise pulJ:Iic .economy. Thfee,.
years agO~ when the i>roject o"f termina~ing
the Beacon Hill tu.rinel ih a West Erid loop
was among the possibilities. there were'
merchants who wagged heads and said:
"The property owners in the neighborh~od
of Park street will learn that they are
paying the taxes which the West End. does
not pay." Right or wrong, here· ls a large
and valuable district which should l9gicaHy
1::ie claimed by business, and though the certainty that it will be is no excuse for delaying to improve the housing -conditions in
the tenement districts of the quarter, the
eviction of these tenement properties by
business will be a b16ssing to -everybody.
The beginning of these better days is her/ alded by the extension of the East Boston
tunnel.
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NEW BUILDING.t~~n
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~r.fpOrh-----.:,-urnmlng'ton -street, -w1i1-~e - 'th01
)$arage for demonstrating cars~ wash- . .
•stand, and charging' station for elecc;
1:rics. , The second floor front Will be l
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~·haserilent will be the truck department. r
· -~ :Wiith :every facility for handling Federal 1
!S;nd St~ndard trucks, including partS,
tand re~irs of all kinds.
On'' t~ fai!d floor the Wh!llifil___Gihmore Company plans one of the most
CO?olJ:)let!' and n:odern :3ervice departments 1n the city. With a space of
11.700 square foet. _1,ghted by 1arge win•
dows on all four sides and by five large
skylights In the roof. the company will,
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f in,\3tan. ~ c?1111'!°f~ious machine ~hop, a;
~ore evidence of the rapid growth of forge l"O?tn, washstand and_, a~~ · otbe"r 1
.th'f) Boston automobile tr<1..de is cc;n;i:--: ~~~1fi~~s ~ : : 1{~~li~~ini11 tr;e·'Wo~~:s~:J:
~.:t,aJped in the announcement that an-: basement will be connected· by ·stairs·
<?.~-~er large building is to be erected on! bqth front an<:- rear and there will be j
~-ommonwealth aven_ue this summer. It !:ih !F~~ot~;1~ c~~:.~it°;.s T~:istiil~~~~ !
will b~ loca't:ed between the avenu.e and will be lighted throughout by electricity 1
Cummington street. just beyond Blan- and will have daylight on all sidE!S I
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f'ord ~treet. and. will be occupied princi-1 there. .being a space reserved betwe·e~. '
pally by the Whitten Gilmo
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this anq. the next huilding to the west
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ompany,
With this new building available the
agents for Chalmers cars, the Woods Whitten Gilmore Company will be in a
~lectri.c ind the Federal and Standardf P osition to display its cars to much
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itrucks. The Whitten Gilmore Company bettE:_r advantage tha:.r1 at present and
4:or the past si:X: years has had its sales- to give o~ners of the vehicle:'3' that it
:X,oom at 907 Boylston street
with a ~represt:nts the. best . of attention, both,
~a!ge sE:rv~ce department in Cambridge.
11r;:~n°arida~!1:,,~~~~nt1 f:r!e f~~oc~t~~f
;Ets business has outgrown these quar- parts will he carried and the fact that
ters ~nd,in the new. building. which wiU. the service. departm~n_t. ·will b,.e. in the
4 e r~ady for occupancy late in the fa!l, same building with ·the offices will pre1. t
~111 have all departme~ts under one vent eelaySr. that !'l.re inevitable where
~nn~ ~~~~c~.etter .:(ac1lities both for· these tw~ d'e~ments are separated. ,
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Whitten-Gilmore to Occupy New1 _
' Home When Completed-Lo:. 1
·cated on Commonwe·alth Av
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.: The new building of re-enforced con·.-crete With bric-k trimmings, will be three
~tories high, with basement. and will
. .have a front~ge. __ ()f 130 feet on ComJno~wealth aVenU.e and a depth of· 90
~eet. ~~h1e ,Whitt-en ·Gilm,ore Comt>anY will
~9~P:Y _9!le-'.hal.:t; t~e basement and of,:t~e'
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No Commonwealth Av
Change, Says Expert.
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Part 'Never Owned by State Has Not
Been Under Limitations;
Widespread and persistent rumors ·1
that restr,ictions on t,he land on 99'in- :
monwealth av in the Back Bay had
ex~ired~ an?-. t. hat an. y .varfety of .build- ,•.
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Ing const:ruction would now be poss!·bl6 8.Iollg that thoroughfare •. have in
the last few days caused uneasiness "'
8.mong. property owners and residents
in that section· of Boston
That any restriCtions have been lift-·.;
ed was denied last evening by one of
the cit.y's largest real estate conveyancers. a man who has given minute1
attention to exarriining titles to par-.~
eels fronting_· on t11at particular part·
of ,Corrimonwealth av.
He said: "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts owned a't one time the land
·on ?<>:th si.des.·.af. CommonV{eaith av to a
point not fi.r -from He:reford st. at one
t:frne- known. as Parker st.
vVhenever
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tile purpose. ·
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"The Rosten Water Power Companiy j
owned the land on Commonwealth
from Miass~chusetts av to the interse€- 1
~h°en ~,e~~~~~·~ei~e~n
Massachusetts av, the land never be.:. ;
longed to~. either the State or the Boston ..
I Wat.er, Power Company toThis strip ot;I
~ land· was ·not
subject
restrictions
placed On that formerly own~d. by the ~
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State and the water power conct=?rn.
.. Later a . setback restriction waS'
placed 0:n. the land on· the south side of
the avenue. Unless the Park Commisi
sioners have _taken action at some time.
-and I cannot find that they have-any,
kind of building may be erected on the
south side of Commonwealth.' av;,- between Hereford st and Massachusetts
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"On the north side the land is still
subject, to re's.trictions put upon :i,t by
the water power company. These ar~
practically similar to the restrictions
on the property on NeWbury st owned
by Gov Foss; where he built a large
garage which becam.e the subject of
litigation.
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''There seems to be a general impression that all the land fronting on Coi;nmonwealth av in that vicinity belOnged
to the State and is restricted.
One'
reason why the question of restrictions
on·"this thoroughfare has never come up,
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Purchaser of Property Should
Scrutinize Title With
Utmost Care,
WHAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
By WILLIAM N. -SWAIN.
The rank and fl.le of the great Ai:pe~..
cfln publiq must, in order tO reach/ the
higbes:t· i.dea1 of true c;ttzenship, and b~
worthy of the right to live comfortably
and haPpily- in America, become ho~~
owners *and not horoe renters.
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What does a hundr~d rent receipts
: stand for? It stands for past shel~~ir:,'.
an ~ properiJ" owned by your ~and10.r~~._:
~nd covers a period of eight year~· aii:~p
f~ur months, and nothing lllO!~· _
this same period of eigbt years and fo~;"",;·
i:no~ths, if occupied by the Owner wit~
an equity,· no matter how smill, and •a
mortgage l~ a co-operative bank, on
which the monthly payments had been
kept up, it ~-ould represent almost tWQ:~:
thirds of the mortgage paid off..
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, Mn.ny ~f• the bo~·rowers in c°i:op~r~t·~~~
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banks ar~ withorit previous e~p~~ie~,~r
in ~l\e pu.rC"ho.se and mortgaging o:f -~~~.S
estate.
It is often the case , that_-~~~
borrower is obtaining bis ~ortg~~e· .y.:>~'µ.c:
:rr~n1 the h::u1k in connectio'n With,.~ .t,~,·
1 purclrnse of a home, and the
ls a part consideration :tor the PU;~ ·
-p_dce, anrt the borrower bas nev..~r
tore bought real estate.
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Scrutiny by Cank AttorrieY.,,.,\/:i~1
As he has to pa~" the bank's .~.ttci'.En:~~
for tlle ex::11ninntiCln of title in con:pe~~{
tiqn with the "ba.1~k'c 1nor.tgnge and th~;
drawing of the u <1.rtgag.e. papers and ;cost
of recording theut _nn_d the ,cost of·, ~.
A!P
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I:~;:;; a~~in~~f ~1e a;;~P::~:.ic~~a~a!s~~!fi Bl\r
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l often !.ave himself the e::xtr_3:,
I employing !:1n attorney to act
e:x:peus~ :,q:¢.~
for .hi'.Jl?. 'f}y-,:"_
arranging ,1,.·.ith the b4nk's attorne3'.'" ,'~O
pass on the title for .him and thris sa,:. e
the ex.pense of a dollble- title e:s:am~~a.r
tion~ b~·c:::!tfse· - ·t-ne - fiJl€reSis ~Of t1ie':v'pu1~.:t:haser find the hn1ll, are ideb.tical, iu
that they are 1,otll i:nterest~d in obtain- :
ing n good m:;11.:(table
title
to
the'
property. .-...l\ t the sam·e time there are
imany (]ncstions. n1•J§ipg' in conne':!tion
: with ownership that are
not · Ro
im:1 po1 taut to the mortgagee bank as' to the
owner,t::such as restrictions and r1ghts or
way, ea~em~nt.s, t.ewer rights, etc.
There are many important points which
should be given consideration before the
preliminary agreement to purchase reai,.,,,,
estate is signed, and these are enumerate<I
,below
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Attorney Should Be Consulted.
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U'8 'aJdµ'O:J.Xd 9:"-JlO'B U'8 SJ. :4'.E)
.a no..!: iunom'8 e,;n. lllt.M. aou'8
0.1d e.xul{s oi a;,i:u no..!: pJno.M._
' - 'US Qt{l llSHdmooou U'80 NV- ·,
' .IOJ ..S:Jt{lUOill PJ'Bd-_x:va V SJ.N
..i:aaom ~Ull{lilm ;i:o asod.Ind: .a_
mnu .'8 l'BtlJ+ -·no..!: oi .x:i.ooo .xa.&.Ef i
r:rrroa cr'Nvs
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Valuable Property on Summer St,
Best of Its Kind in City.
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HAYNES BUILDING, CORNER OF SUMMER AND HIGH STS.,
Pu,rchasect by Fred H;oJdsworth and Robert D. Farrington.
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O~e of the most important rea.t estate-·,
transactions in the vicinity of -the South ·
Station has just been closed, in the
placing to recor·d at the su·ffolk Regis- i
:try of Deeds final papers whereby the !
well-known Haynes Building, ·140 to 146 '
_sum.mer st. corner of and 1 to 13 High
;St, pass~s to the . ownership _of Fred
Holdsworth and Robert D. Farrington.
iThis pr.operty was owned by the John
C. Haynes estate, of which Mo::fes Wil11a:rns~ Hon John D. Long ··aD;d Charles·
F. Smith are trustees. It is a large six-,
story stone and brick structure ~tand:ing on ·3521 square feet of Ian.cl wit'.h a:
total rating of $386,200. While the ;t?rice
paid is not stated. it was for a figure·
way in excess of this amount.
The.
land has a taxed va.1ue of $211,200~
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It is one of the best fin~P~Oof build- ;
ings of.,its kind in. the city, contain,ing:
·every Known improv~ments~ the upper.
stories being used for offices, while the
lower floor contains sever'al stores. Its
location being near .t.he· South. Station~
. makes this. sale a most noteworthy one ..
; from the fact t~at'. the purchasers are::
! considere4;i among the 'leading real e:;:i.;;. :
, tate ope. rators in the city, 'having re- .j'
· cent!¥ ·b:oug-ht a numl>e~, o.f large par-,.
eels 1n the downtown s~tion and also -.
inN~e :n'i~ l3a~y. the :.~ayn·;;s litA,jlding 1
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been sold for a good figure, but-b1)J'apers ;
have also been signed wherein· another ;
large mercantil~ building' will als6.;
change ownership between now and,·
the; first of the new Yenr. This latter·.
transaction i:s also on Summer st, ~d
involves over.$500,000. The 'puyer of this·
1:;itter parcel is a well-known operator~
: who will make extensive in'iprovements
\ for investment. ·
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1~1: have obtained one of the_ best 1n.~!s~~~cifo\~i!o\~ ~~~n~a~:l~~:
ton
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:vesbnent properties in. the ":~ity, tp.e:
bl)qkf3r transacting t,he deal be1n1? "."1-1-·:
liarri F. ·~~ldwin 9f the AxneS Bu1ld1ng. ,
The final papers in this ·sale have . been '
Placed to record at the Suffolk Registry j
o'f De!2'dl;!..
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Niles Building, Facing on School St, Passes Into the~,;
Hands of J. Murray Howe.
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Oost of ~roperty to Be $1,250,000, and Part Will .B.e.-j
Fitted Up'as a Commercial Hotel.
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PROPOSED COMMERCIA!L HOTEL AT ,WASHINGTON AN];> AVERY STS
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The Commonwealth Associates. Inc, J oughlY fireproof .and practically no. woo~
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: w·ho on Sept 12 acquir~O. title .to t}'l.e l~nd
5 beT~:dfl~;;:P~r!
0 dtj~_i·~fa~ot~~i:~
, corner of Washington and Avery sts, with tile. and marble finishe'd flooring.
·1bave 'closed a contract with tµ.e Haynes ~he building_ ~~l~ be heated and· ':en1 COnstru':ti~n Compa~y- f~r
the erection
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1!;!at~~
! of a bU1ld1ng of 11 st<t:1e~ _t!:'-at, when exteripr -will be~of limestone itild briqk
\ completed, will involve .a total ex~~ndi- carried out in the. styl~ of. the. :F•rench
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1.ture. in the vic~ity of $1,250,000. A l~rge
t?r~tgihfhes~~~r:ifo ::6 :~~
I portion of the Avery-st trontage
the flniSh bf»:the princip~l r<Yoms.
! entire Upper part\ of the building 'Will On the ,gr9.und floor the ·~rashingtonoccupied
first-clas.s comm~rci~l 1;eir~~t1~eer~n~t
g~~;~
! I:io~el and has been lea:5·~-~ to Morse Leases have been arranged for long
,r~~
~~t1_~de
and
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aplti~!e~nJ°'~1£~~1;;.
i>~n:i~~~~d_·
il be
as a
r~r1g:
t:~¥-~r!:
9 a;~i~~fd20bie~~a1t~~~f! t~P~si!1r~ fJie t::b~~~{:s~er~ei¥-te ~~~;11
' :gg;h~fi/ {e room. large public dining- concluded leases for the· ·entire pro1>
office, reading
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room and buffet, the basement under the erty witli the exceptiQn of , one small
corner of Haymarket pl and Avery st store on the Avery-st side before con-·
by a rathskeller. A sub-basement will tracts were closed for the construction
: have storerooms, machinery, heating of the , building.
The Commonwealth
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s~~ey:i~g 1tfi~r!i~~~~sw~lJ~ ~cec;~~tt~fenrr:~~ea~~a~aa. s1. il~:e~:
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~.etc, and the remainder of the building
t:i;i;f;~s·w~~~orgrc::~rfea..
office of Codman & street, with George
t:.r~te~x~~;ti~~
:_will
contain specially fitted sample
'tooms.
,
: T:t:ie fl:oish will be of carefully selected
Mh;;spur,~· red gum, stained a rich ma· OgfLnY~ ;Dhe construction will be thor-
treasurer.
C. H. Blackall, architect,
repr.:esents the trust and Hurd & Gore;
architects...._ for the lem;;.ees .of h'otel. Watson G. - Cutter & Son represented David
H. Posner.
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NEW BU~EliiNG·· .' · '.. :1
FOR A VERY ST. COR~ER'{
A. Shuman Is Beginning Construction of Hand. some Store and Office Structm e at Downtown Washington St. End.
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[ New Building ~ t A..Shuman Is Erect.tng at Washington and Avery Streets;
C. H. Biaekall, Architect.
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The wide1i.ing O ~ Y street proJ'.tlises -in_g_w_i_lI_o-:-c-cu_p_y-th_e_r_e_l_n_a_i_n_d_e_r_o_f_t_h_e_lo-t-,
' t~ develop two very interesting corners
and
j
erection~
On
the oppo~ite COrner
Shuman is just beginning the c_onstructi.on Qt a very up-to-date commercial
: and office building. These two struct: ures. botJ.l of which are beiri.g erected
' from pl,e..ns by ArChitect C. H.. Blackall,
i will make the com.ner of Avery and
I Washington streets one of the most; interesting in the city and will add greatly
to the commercialy possibilities of this
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region.
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In the wi4ening. of Avery street the
Shuman estate lost a slice across the
-W:ashingt.oll street front. The new build-
provide
for
stores
on
the
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entirely of glass in the 1ovv·er story. the
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will
r;~~~!l'l~;~/~~~a it~~~~building will be
:bc~:~;e:l!~c=-~~
The exterioi· o~ the
of Washington sti'eet. On the corner of
the new street toward BoYlston street a
large hotel is now in the process of
:ir: ~iesr~\,~a~:c~~i:;
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a maximum of light and display sp'ace
in the show Windows.
The upper stories are designed on the
exterior as a co1nbination of lin1.estone
and btick~ with a. very open tre.?,tment.
so that each office' will have abundant
light. The second-story windows will
be virtually large show windows~ nea_rly
as valuable as the first story for displ_a;y
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purposes.
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Work is proceeding on this building
at once. and it is expected to have· it
ready f~r _occupancy in Februar,....,.'!E'!1;;.,s_.-....
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le Property iri North End, Purchased foT Investment bl'. A. C.
Ratshesky and Ferdinand Strauss, Trustees of the ·Mercantile Real
Estate Trust.
REAL ESTATE -A.llAfRS
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Wyzanski Trust Buys Sargent & Ham
Building
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Max E. and Charles E. Wyzanski. trus- '
tees of the Wyzanski Trust, have acquir.ed
from J.P. C. Marshall the_'brick mercantile
building at 26-30 Bowker street, near Sudbury street.
The property has a frontage -.
of nearly fifty feet, with light on all sides,
and the lot contains 2798 square feet. The
tax value is $41,000, of which $23,800 is on
the land. The six and one-hal:f story building which covers the lot was erected_ several years ago by the Sargent & Ham Company, the occupants.
The negot~a~ions In
1 the
sale were conducted b:v Wilham H.
\ Boardman,
representing
the
Wyzanskl
Trust and by George B. Elliot and Eugene
! P. Whittier representing Mr. Marshall.
l There seems to be ,conSidera.ble uiovernent
'. in West End realty, in anticipation of the
widening o:t: Court street and' the opening
: of :t.he s.ubway.
S~eral bnp.ortant agree-
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!_Jne~bl'. o:t Sa~~ ·~,~-·j'~J!~~
tSMOOTHES WAY FORTHE
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NEW CITY HALL ANNEX
'Agreement Reached on Providing
the $300,000 Needed.
Agreefflent was reached yesterQay, at
a conference in the mayor's office of
,those concerned, as to the apportion: ment of the expense of constructing on
, the site of the probate building on 'J:'re1 mont
street another City · Hall annex,
I to be occupied e:x:clusiv~ly by the police
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1and sc.Jiool departments. The estimated
: cost of the building is $300,000, accord! ing. to Plans drawn in Mayor Fitzgerald's administration.
The agreement is· that the school committee will appropriate $150,000, that the
mayor will ask the city council for a
$150,000 loan order, and that police station 2 On Cit.y Hall avnue. shall be sold
at pubuc auc.tion at an upset price of
$110,000, t9"e 'inoney de.rived from the sale
to be
treasury to offset as
J nearlyPlaced in the the loan order. The
as possible
on).y provision attached to the sale of
st~tion 2, which the police comn:iis~ioner
will advertise-within a week, is that the
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t:he completion Of the new building the
or lease
I school committee agrees to sell
. fts ]?_;:"operty on Mason street.
Witjli:n two week~ according to the
rnayO"r; th~_.contract for tea:rJng down
~1:i~ ~~:~ ~~!~}~~\h:'~n~:a:i~:~dte:;
~ew buil~ing will be signed.
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Old Stn1cture at 364 and 366 Washington St.
Will Be Razed-Six Story Office Building to
Be Completed !D About Four Mont' ·
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Proposei New Office Building.
A handsorpe slx.:..s~ory! and basem·ent
mer~aqtile ~ d Qff~c.e building is to be
erec:~ a.t once on the site of th~ structure :U~'tr standing on the lot at 36.4 and
a6.6 W~hington street. opposite Bi'..omfield str'eet. in the J"etail district. This
old bun.a.fng, owned by Harvard College,
is to be r..azed at· once, and i t is e~p~pted that ihe ne,v. structure, ;w-hich is to
I be
er"¢.cte.d :Crom Plan$ by' ArC.hitect
I Claredc~ ·H. Blackall~ ~-n1 be completed
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1 months.
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~.he pe-w:- building_. which will have a
: .rronta,g-e on. :Washington. street of 23.5
~.teeti ~nd ~ dep~ of 95 feet, will rest on
,!ti\.<> g{'.'l,nite .\blo"k f9undat!ons of the
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present - structure
The
front
will
largely of glass/,',and the remainder.
be!
wni
be of artificial ~tone and steel.
The
first floor '-and baseTnent -,,vill .be d~voted
to a large store, - with · the exception o.t
sufficie~1:t space for the sta:irwaYs an¢!.
elevator to the floors above, all of. which
will be devoted to offices and the entrance to which 1 """ill be at' 364.
The
stairways will be o.f iron ai1d the :ffnish
· o~ the halls of 1narble. Every floor will
be provided with toilet roo1ns and lava. tories. and all the; offices ~v111 be··: :iilra1;1ged with special attention to pro:
viding plenty of light and air.
The new 'building vvill cost about
$40,000 ~bove. the f0;und~tiofls~ a:f?.d witp..
the land, which is val~ed by the asseS:-;-,
sors at $270,000,, -w:nt represent an - in-:
veStm€nt "of upward ~~ $315~0.00~
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AMERICAN HOUSE, HANOVER ST.
AND· WAREHOUSE ·COMPANY·
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DO BUSINESS WITH BROKER
Buy real estate-NOW.
If You are hesitating about some
good real estate Investment close the
deal at once.
This, in eubsta_nce, is the advice of
one of the largest P.t'IOpert:v-ownerw
In Boston. Moreover, several tniportant purchl!,ses of real estate whloh.
this man has consummated 'Within the
Past~~few months, indicate that he fa
tak:lng his own advice.
Here's the line of reasoning on
which he bases hil!!I' ovtniori.
A great W"ave of prosperity fa commencing to sweep the country fr,orn
shore to shore.
One of the :factors
which is contributing to this general
prosperity is the enormous export.a,..
supp1ies
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Refrigerating Facilities to
the Market District of Boston, and Has
Been, an 'Important Factor in Lessening
Congestion in That Section.
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There
once
ti1i-e ~hen. hundreds
of icecarts brought thousands of tons of
ice daily into the m~at, vegetable and
fruit markets of Boston adding to .the
gr~at congestion of the· streets in :that
section. Today nearly all the storage
boxes of the stores in the central market district of Boston BJre coole.d by
brine forced through pipes laid below
the streets from. central plants situated
at 69 Eastern av and 9 to 13 Richmond
st. own~d by the Quincy Market Cold
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0 f:ids~~!ef:.t~Yfse ~~~:!ehouses
and in the approximately 800 boxes of
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pany's st,reet brine serv-i.ce is 12,400,000
ou~ic feet, the largest space, it is
l~~~i~!\.'-1:d
~hi
~h'!gf
J~fgcif
~{!~~~~· t~~o~~td?y It!%tr1~~~at~~~~!~ !h~fe.
Pa..otpty is equal to 3300 tons of·ice a·day.
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Corr,panY''s :.Gre~t Wa,~eh~~ses.
The company has three ~reat fl.reproof
Warehot,1ses at 271 t9 291 C~ffi:mercial st,
for butter exclusiyely,, of 1,500,000. cubic
feet capacity. at 23 to 33 Eastern av, of
1.,009,000 cubic fee4 eJG'clusively for stor:~.
~~. e~;~i~11!~
~·f~6.~~ ct::_~ a:g-cgi~~
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payable $201,789, the su:r:plus $170,42&.
.
The company was incorporated
1n
1881, · in Massachusetts, and acq.uired .~h.e
~~~~~tyanif ~a~e~~i;~isCo~pa~~-veJ1)
leases the property of the Quincy Market Realty Company, including poWer
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!~n;~fdre
,r~~l&.~~n~'iic'i9~~
and of $148,000 from' 1924 to the expiration of the lease in 1964.
- - ·- - -- Increase of CanitaJ,Stockw
On May 18, 191;, the stoCk~olders vot~d
to increase the common stocl-c from
$1,000,000 to $1,250,000 a~~ tO make ~- n_ew
issue of $750,000 5 percent c~mµlatn'."e
preferred stock. dividends payable qua,; ..
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it~~:~~1t!~so~fP';~t~~i w~y pi~ ·
t~~
had the privileg'e Of subscribing for. the
new stock at par.
Subscriptions must
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' b\.~:ide~1li~!; 11 i~ru!e~/·
f~rred stoclt
Was underwritten · by Blal{e Bros & Cb
ap.d arrangements ~ere ma?-e.. '!,ith tha~
0
g~raer\ .s!~:~r!~~~ct!:'f;i~~~nthe
CY Market, Realty C.orripany as t"he su~.:scribers might desire to apply on the~r
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~rz~t ai~s~ :&ts~!':~:
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0
0
beii~~rt~ri~erci~~~ie':i
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tion of food-stuffs, ammunition a.ntt
t3 f~ai~s.':ef:S1e~~o ~!~.~~~for eggs 5exclu1:ot.&.J& ~~1;.:
cubic feet capacity. are
supplies of one kind or another. due
to war ,orders.
SiA.1 ~33 to 147 Commercial st is another ~~ri~!!1e~f19ivt~~mf.alfu.6,toatcaJ~r~ntte~$66t
million-foot warehouse for poultry, game share8 of 6 percent preferred st_ock. of
A.a a result, factories o:f all klnc!e
a·nd in all sections of the country
are going ahead full bJast. The nun:iber of unemployed is decreasing. anti
Prosperity is on the increase.
PROSPERITY "WILL INCREASE.
According to the best intelllgenoe of the country this wave of prosperity is due to increase, particularly tr
the war is, over s~on, as seems likely.
This prosperity will re~ult fn an
increase in the saving.a ot the ma.esea
and the accumulation of surpluses b7'
.. business men, all ot which wU! seek
investment:.
And a large proportion of this aurpl us and savings w-111 seek investment
in real estate, particularly in view o:f
the ever-increasing tendency or 1n...
vestors to buy real estate ratlJ,er than
intangible property.
AU of which means that real estate
values will rise. in accordance with
the well-known economic principle
that
an
increased
demand si>ells
; c:-rising-. prices. •
Accordingly, persons who invest at
once in real estate will see their
property not only gain the benefit ot
the natural increase resulting from
greater congestion and development
but from the higher values which
will come within the course o:f another few months -with increased demand.
BUY THROUGH GOOD BROKER.
Incidentally~
in
purchasing real
estate. it · is good policy to buy
,through a reliable, experienced real
i:,,astate broker.
Or, at any rate. to
~~;:s;~!,l~ good broker before closing
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tal.
!td~~~a~. Fifc~~~~J ~rit:ze
fish and· gopds at extremely low tem0
~u~~~;r:r:~~ft\o~~a~~rk<r~;pc~I~
of 1;.h~~
. Upon .. th_~ .. cancellation
c~~~ s~~~~~:
!~if~ :,~~~Jr~i-e~g~~;y
~~H1a\1:i~ss;ft; !.°;p?esm~ir1~ir;
c~~;~;;y
for eggs of a total of 2~000,000 cubic feet. title and bec01ne the owner of the e(l~ity
AU the. above_ buildings are on the line in the rElal estate which it now occuof the Union Freight Railway, connect.:-. pies as tenant.
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ing- via Atlantic ·av with all l'ailroads
After the cancellation of the Realty
ehtering Boston.·
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Company's stock the Cold Storage _:Co~.Still · other warehouses in the cold pany will cease to pay rent, winch is
storage department of the company a.re now- a larger charge than will be the
at 73 to 79 Clint<;>n st, for butter. 260,000 dividend on the proposed 1 preferred
cubic feet; .61 to 71 Clinton st. for mis- !'.tock 9 so the issuance of· the Pr.eferr:e~
cellanebus goods, 400.000 cubic feet; 41 S:toclt: does not create . any increased obto 51 Mei-caritile st, for fruits and vege- ligation.
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t~bles. 640.000 c1:1hic ·:feet.
This me~ger of the t1¥0 companies on
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th i t ii;uit:r e:zr3r~e::se c°fni;::: s~~1!l~a1i»! if«:xfs 1 :;;l9c.xtb~ t~:ui;~n~;e;!1-e ~fu~;rtr;
~Ut in storage with other substances9 Company stock which h~ve taken place,
partiCularly fruits. and vegetables, and as th'°' stock of those not yet assenting
that varying deg!"ees of .chilling are can b0 called for cancellation on May 1.
needed for differen,,t ~oods.
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The stock is closely held and is quote~
In its general· storage department are cbieflY .a--t .auction sales. Froni time to
the Constitutio:p. ~stores,
Constituti~n time the capital stock has been f.nWharf, 409 Comm~rcial st,. of 540.0Dq .cubic .creased. In 1893 the dividend was 6 }?erfeet. on the Union Freight Railway; cent ·on $500,000 and the stock sold from
0.harles. River stores, 1.31 _Be,..erly .st9 at 95 to 102. I:!91911 the capitalization stoo~
the Boston & • Maine freight termi~us, at $1,000.000. In 1908 the dividend ra1=_e
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~1:i~~1a~e3t~t.A~~\~~Jocf~~i~ ; ; ;
percent, and. t~e next year 1t \
feet, and New Haven Terminal . .stores.
Fro.nt 1910 to the present time the an- i
314 Congress st, ,...of. ,~·500.000- .,cub.1~ f ~ . n-Ual rate- has been eight percent. . In;
the total ·spa-ce of ·:general storage bemg 1908 :the stoc]:{ had risen in value to 195. ,i
j 8,246,000 cubic fee_t___
Last year it s o l ~ d .
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,The com-pany O-wn.s the propefties
named on Comniercial st and Easte~
av. and !~as.es the others. The officers
of_ th~ Q,uincy Market (?old Storage and
"Warehouse Company are Charies H.
UtleY · presiden.t; George H. Stoddard,
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manager and treasurer: Charles H.
Farnsworth. vip:e pi-esident; Roland W.
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Realty Company's Property.
The Quincy Marke~ Realty Qompany,
whose P!Operty is leased :by ihe compally is a voluntary association estab- i
lished May 1, 19;14, in Massachusetts,'
under agreement and declaration of
trust. On June 22. 1914, it a·cquired the.
property of the Quincy Market Real
Estate Trust. which was · liquidated~
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~n°l~~nr~ ~k~i~~~y.t~~se~t
er.· Merrill K. Gree~. George B. Harris
and Frank L. Ripley. all of Boston, are
directors. The annua:l meetings are held
on the-third Tuesday in May. Its principal office is at 133 Commercial st.
At the end of the last fiscal year,
March 31, 1915, there were outstanding
:fcf~8vrY~ft;rtl26.0i1/st;qiir:eaie;fta!~
ground at Richmond and Commeroial
sts and Eastern av, IBoston, together
with cold storage 1buildings, power
plants etc.
The Price paid was $2,517,500 (in, addition to all the com~on shares of the
Realty Comp~ny), payable $67,500 in
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The ordinary man, when sick.
about to bring suit. consults a pby...
sician Or lawyer.
But the same man
is willing to back his own Judgment
in buying property.'where equally expert trained judgment is necessary.
Many of the larg"est Investors la
re~! estate have their own real esta't"
brokers, whom.J? they consult before
i they
complete any purchase.
And
: these are men of large experience an<2:
f-unu,sually sc;>und judgment.
Yet they
eel that expert advice is necessary. ,
If it pays the man who has hundreds of thousands of dollar's to tn~s~. ,ip.,,real estate to secure the eer:lP ~&.-.. of a real 4:state expert,. i t ough*
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J~<?:b~~·.aound Polley for th4.~"e~J-,es~te
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'.~~~:'!~,;1::0_:_~_°.derate mea~~~~;ro1_l'ow.·s·_, _\
P¥h!n~b1!~~d~1jdfllcreasing the capit~lization "'"'ras to secure funds which woetd
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t\f:~~1~re~!;;t: ~te a~::rs.. ~~b ~bi11u.es P!s°u~) pr;~;re~o'.iii~!n<ths8iii~~-1 \n{t~tJ·
of that date in 19~4 and 1915 follow:
ASSETS
Real estate account........
1915
$70,121.
Supplies ...••.. · • · • · • ·.• · · ·
Cash and debts receivable..
Insurance, interest,. et'c. •. · ·
Stocks~ Maes. trusts and
11i.~~i
30,840
479,189
27,981,
135,110
:!~ed"i,i-.;perty:::
655;394
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I~~or
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I :r;~k~xtco~pi~0 ~:i1~!fe~:crt di~t:i1~ir~;i
1May 1 1916. ·
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iiti!t o-~n o\hec~~~~!.,\\~o~.oft~~isc~fJti~{oTae:;,
23,378
be under ob~iga_tions to
4.~3•iia j Company will of the and.sinking fund 1
iueet tµe_bon~ interest
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riquiremeilts
Quincy Marke:t
182,510
616,394
Realty Compa1iy. , Thes.e bonds are' dUe
Ni~: lTl~' :r~n~ali~h~e5 'fn d~.::i1e~~r.i~'
Total. •••••.••••.••...• $1,612;741 1,432,503t
pe~~lo~nth:r:i~1~n{q~':ngr a1Ji5 ~~~r~~t
LI.ABILITIES 1915
1914
date .thereafter. A sinking, fund of $15.$1 ooo ooo 1 ooo ooo ooo per · year beglns May 1, 1924, which
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ritle' to Nine Pa~cels of Real Estate on Nashua i
and Billerica Sts Passed-Up-to-9a~ \~ ~!
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'Amo:ng thEl :sales ofi city proJ)erties
reported ·.yesterchiY was one that gives
added· e:V.i'Q,_,g.nee ot .the rapid g,roWth of
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have. juSt been signed whereby S. Pres:·ton 'MoSes conveys to Max E
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· Chaif:l~s E Wyz~1;,ski 79,963 square fee:t
of lRLnd on Brookhne avenue and Jersey·
," stree.~. Back Bay. This estate h~s a
frontage on Brookline ayenue of nearly
,t,OtY feet and about 370 fev., on Jersey
atreet directly opposite ·the ·-ntrance· to
the-grand staiJ.d of the BOEl,ton American
league baseball club at Fen.way Park. It
lB assessed OH $75,000.
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The m~l'.'rvellous development of this
section of tiie city will be better appreCiated when one considers that 16° buildings in this immediate vicinity, rang·ing
from one'to eight stories ,in height, each
covering· 1:rom 6000 to 17,000 square feet
of land, are now in course of erection,
--and plans are under way for several
other~. Nearly all _of this construction
ls designed especially for the automomile trade. being strictly fireproof, and
rented in advance to prominent firms.
Never before in the history of Boston
has there bec11 such a congregating of
allied interests as is now in process in .
this dis.trict. The fact that practically :
'1.11 of these buildings are to be entire,ly '
of re-enforced concrete from '&.seinellt ·
t.o roof reduCes the fire hazard to a.
rninimum.
Plans are being rushed by the 1\1:essrs.
VVyzanski and ·work will soon begin on a
block of six stores. construction tq be
pushed night and day
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building is well under ,ray a .1$econd ·and
third section, des&,ned especially as ser- .
vice stations. \Vill be erected. It is the
Intent of the new owners to cover the,
entire tract during the ,coming season.
Negotiations in this transaction were
conducted through the office of Coffin
[.l. & Taber, Penn l\.Iutual buildin~.
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NORTH STATION POSTAL STATION.
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Controversy over th~ location for the i260 square feet of land, the total as- ;
l'\ew postal station near the North Union sessrilent being-$7000, $5700 being on the'
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Sta~on has at la~t been settled in the a~~n~~s!:~n
Tinkham i
p.l~c1ng of final p. a.pers t!? record. at the et al, trustees. , gave. the title to the par~uffolk Registry of Deeds late yesterday. ~I at 20 Nash~a st, which is taxed for
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transferring tHie. t9 ~everal. properties on/ la~~:
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Nashua st and Billerica st, directly op- house, taxed for $22-00.
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posite the old Boston & Lowell station.
At 22 ~ashua st is a three and a half0
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There are six p3..rcels incl~ded in the ~~
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'P~rchase on Nashua st, giving a front- on the land and $2000 on the building.
a;ge of about 120 feet. The fro:t'ltage on ~he grantor. is Ralph Zola; 24 and 26
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Billerica st
about 65 f~~t, th'ere. being
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tpree parcels. Th.e f.orme7 p~operties are ls $13,000, $4600 on the building, and $8400
·~umbered 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 .and 28 Nashu_a ~eing the taxed value of the 2400 square
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The transaction will ha:~"e an import~nt ~as ovrned by Sarah J: Lambert. and
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~~:;~f tg~ J~~uiuiJ~~n°~t~i~n. es~~! t~~Yfl~~!axed for $420:(), the total assess~~~r~OOa~~u~r~a1/;!i
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·brokers were the EdwB..rd T. Harring'- 'I"his is
li~ C~~J>t:l ~~~el¥"fuiitl~i.:!tpi::,~;:1 ~~ ; ~ : being $6200. The house is rated at
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which -Wm. H. Haywood is treasurer, a
Massachuset1ts corporation, whicp. is to
begin razi.n'g the present brick buildings
at once and erecting a brick fir'eproof
~~~~!:~~~n\~ be leased by the _Federal
, This building will be the vei-y latest
thing in modern ¢onstruction, it.nd ~-ill
contain every facility for the rapid,
:'economical handling .and. distribution of
ail. Especial attention iS to be paid.
o the convenience of emploYes in locker
ooms. shower baths, drying rooms and
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or occupancy on July 1.
The Property at No. 18 Nashua st was
ow~ed by Frederick Lambrecht. It is
a. 3%-story brick 4welling, occupying
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On Billerica st, extending back of the
above parcels, are thre~ other estates,
one at 22 Billerica st, beloriging to Pa-trick Donahu~. being assessed for $4800.
'fJI,f~~u1:r: fJ~o~~tf!iid,bih~k 1~~;;:eta~~~
f'or $2800, thfi'> house being valued at $2000.
James I. Segol owned 24 Billerica st,
there being a four-story brick dwelling
house and 1000 square feet of land. The
assessors! value is $7800, land $2800 and
b(uilding $5000.
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Hym·an Davis owned 26 Billerica st,
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While the consideration paid is not
stated, it is said that the total a.mount
involved;in the purchase of the property,
was· more than $100,000.
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Genei.~al Vehicle Co.,
Truck Co., Henshaw
Motor Co., Qodge Cars, 716-22 Beacon St.
New Buildings for C01e I\ll.otor Co., Lewis Motor Co., Prentisa
Motor Co., Stutz- Motor Co., Pennsylvania Tire Co., Oakland
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Motor Co., 65!:;-58 Beacon St.
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\in addit~on to completing and ha':ing under constructio. n the abov_e bu~ldin'?s for t_.he_ va ri_;_ ~s
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i ompames as noted, plans are bemg drawn for and leases made with the Willard B~ttery C· 1
L rest-0-Lite Co. and Portage Tire Co. About 50,000 sq. ft. of land is still ayailab}e:.
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Tenants wanted for the finest Automobile. Building in Boston, consisting of six stores, beautiful show rooms
and.~~:a.:vice station, Will be ready about .July 15. Special buildings erected to order at .moderate rental.
<;~OFFIN & TABER,
~· Briag~ Over -the. R~il:r:oad · 1
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·t. at, this spot was urged in a pe- 1
'n ,:received ·by the mayor yesterday ,
- ·the·.Hamrtlond Real EState Trust.
,e N.: ¥oss, Richard Bishop and
E~ Wyzanski.
'asserted that if the bridge_ is
d a. ':million-dollar structure will
--~·ereCf.ed beside it
The mayor re.f+erfbi- the._ mat.ter t<? tl:e street com·:1:ri:'i:i-S~o~er.s··.fo~ 1nvest1gat1on and imme-
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24 · MILK ST,.,
MAIN 5753:
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Tenants wanted for t.,_e finest Automobile Building in Boston, consisting of six stores, beautiful show room
'and service station. Will be ready ~bout .July 15. Special buildings erected to order at moderate rentals.
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Another Sale 1n Albert Gieger, Jr.'s, $1,000,000 Auto Building Development
Near Cross Roads
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APE.RS went to 1ecord today whereby
Albert Geiger, Jr , sold to Francis H.
Swift of New Bedford, the new auto
.sur•ply building at 608
Beacon
street,
west of the Hotel Beaconsfield, with 4311
square feet of land.
This building is. a
three-story brick, stone and concrete struc-
ture with a ·broad frontage, and is leased
for ten years to the Kelly-Springfield Tire
Coinpany
The land is valued at $6 a foot,
but the building' is :not yet assessed. Poole
& Bigelow .negotiated the sale - Mr. Swift
was_ represented in the tx-ansaction by
Hayes & Welch.
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MaX E. and Charles E. Wyz3.nski have
removed from the Kimball Building to
their new offices in the Sears Building at
19~- Vy"ashlng-1;:~n .stree_!.. __
WE WILL PURCHASE FOR
CASH DOWN-TOWN BUSINESS
PROPERTY; AND ARE PREPARED -TO
ERECT MODERN
BUILDINGS, ON LEASES,
ADAPTED TO YOUR IN DIVIDUAL N~EDS.
M. E. & C. E. WYZANSKI
REAL ESTATE OPERATORS
SEARS BUILDING
199 WASHINGTON STREET
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C~NDLER CO'S BUILDING AND ADDITION
Chandler & Co will more than double
the floor space of their ""rremont-st ary·
goods specialty store by the acquisition
of the eight-story Oliver Ditson Building, adjoining their present site, which
they have just taken over for a term
of years.
This paves the way for a fitting centennial ·celebration of the founding of the
business, for the firm of Chandler & Co
will be 100 years old next year. To be
exact, the firm Will have one and onehalf times more room than their present
~1!;~~~n! :~rg.e~tu~~-h which to com'I'he newly acquired styucture 'Wiill bf;!
alte~ed to meet the ~requ1rell)ents of the
decade has beer: such as to enforce a
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wh1le no new <lepartments will be added,
much better sP-rVice will be possible in :
th6se clepartT!leuts in which they now 1
spe...::::talize su0h as ready-to-wear gar- ·
ments. suits, coats, dresses, waists and
millinery.
Fvr ·neariy 100 years the aim of this
firm has heen to maintain a high standard of qu""lity,. supply the best styles
f~r°~rtt~e~~fl;:ru:.trictly accountaAlthough founded in 1817, the business
did not take its present name until the
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cessive location:::; on Summer st' and, for
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·rhe firm built up the 'best of foreign
connections m&ny years ago.
Jt is und~rstoc,d that Oliver Ditson
Co:r-.apany will build on the site 178 tp 179
Tremont ~t.
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the rapidly 1ncreas1ng business.
Vice Pres Charles F. Bacon, commel'lting or. the ~i< quisition of the J?itson
Building.,. point:::; out that the increase in
the C ~ l e r business during the past
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dn the case .0-f a. shipment itron::X Lynn to
QuincY. 'Wo~ld prorbably ·ib~ five or six days.
Says Chairman Cavanagh of Terminal
O.ommission
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Problems
· He Spoke at a Legislative Committee
Hearing
State
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Behind
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!'he Co1nmittee on Metropolitan Affairs
held the first hearing on the recommendations of the Terminal Commission for improved transportation facilities in Greater
Boston.
A State-ow·ned $10!000,0(H) beltline connecting with. the Boston & Maine
Railroad at .Saugus ':l:.nd :running through
Malden, Everett. Ch-else:a, Medford, Somerville,
Arlington,
<.."'ambrid,ge,
Belmont,
W"aJthan1, Watertown, Newton, Weston,
Wellesley, Need.ha.Ill, Jsoston and Dedham,
to the New I-Iaven at Readville, is one of'
the recon1mendations of the commission.
Extension of the Union Freight Railway
over Northern avenue. Bridge, the estab-lishment of a flat &witching charge on all
railroads in Boston. the use o:f the Atlantic
avenue elevated for "freight transfer, and
cooperation between st.earn and electric
roads in the carrying of freight are sugges1 ed in c:he report.
S•~nator James F
Cavanagh, cha.ir1nan
of the Terminal Conunission~ said in part:
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'URGE $10.000.000BELT-' · LINE TO JOIN RAILROADS .
·.Public
Belt-Line Is the Re.ti-.Need
HA belt-line as recommended by the
commi,ssion Will be a boom to the manu~act1:rer and to the workman alike, for
it ~rll mean a better opportunity to do
"The conditions in Boston are exceedingly
business for the manufacturer~ and more
zrra.ve both fro:rri the standpoint of the adi.vork and naturally better wages for the
vancement of Metropolitan Boston and of
workingman.
In turn tl-.is will mean
the railroads themseIVes
The commiswhat it has always meant, greater- prossion's investigation shows a lack of proper
perity for the storekeeper and the re ...
cooperation between railroads, steamship
duction in
for the real estat-= owner.
companies and street railways. MetropolLo.ver taxes mean also lower rent
itan Boston is divided 1by the railroads into
"'The officials, the traffic exp~rts and
three zones with artificial .barriers that
the business men of most of the 'other
practically dismember th-e district commerlarge cities in this country realize that
cially.
Each railroad has secured control
the . solutio!l of the terminal problem
of sections of the Metropolitan District and
must be reached if their respective ~cities
are to advance in a normal way.
In all
ea.ch road zealously guards the territory
of the largest cities of the country the
which it controls and endeavors to exclude
belt line is regarded as one of the greatits rivals fror;n participation in the profits
est :factors by -which a solution of this
from the business of its territory
The ·barproblem may be arrived at.
New Orriers are erected through the medium of
leans. San ~ranciaco, Ba"ltimore, Monnon-uniform~ unfair and extraordinarily
treal a~d-.other cities now have public
high switching charges.
belt ra1lr01R~s! while New York, Seattle,
"Not only is the shipper forced to conand other c1t1es are taking steps to setend with this high switching charge, ·but
cure such roads.
he faces apparently an unnecessary delay
'"The ~xestlgation of the commission
which materially affects his 1business
This
showed · qO'?i.cl.usively that the operation
is also true with reference to freight
of a pttb~ic belt railroad has :meant a
shipped out of Boston. If frei,ght is loaded
red~ction in the interchange charges and
in Boston at a terminal or siding of one
an improvement in the railroad termiroad, and is to be shipped out over another
nal service.
A :Properly laid -out and
road. the railroad on the line on which the
managed belt road need not cost the
freight originates 'makes a heavy switching
State of Massachusetts a dollar
The
charge for the transfer.
Through these
high l:l:witching charges and this delay ea.ch ,public belt roads of New Orlea~s San
Fra.ncisco and Montreal are on a ~aying
railroad endeavors to keep on its own rails.
basia. All that the T~rminal Commission
All freight which originates on its lines and
has :r:eco1:1mended 1n connection with the
any freight which escapes it and is directed
construction of the proposed belt
d
to
other
lines~
is
he.avtly
penalized.
about Metropolitan Boston is that r~~e 1
Through these switching chargeB there is
State shall lend its credit to that prodiscrimination against the New England
ject. There is plenty of precedent for the
shipper in favor of the western shipper.
lending of the credit of the State to pro
As a general rute the switching charges on
jects for the transportration develop=
freight originating on points w.est of the
ment o~ t~e Commonwealth; in fact, from
Hudson River and north Of the Canadian
the 'beginning of the history of railroads in
lines is a..bsorOed in the through rate. The
this Commonwealth the, lending of State
roads, however, do nOt a;bsor.b the switchto the development of tra.n.sportation
ing .charges on freight ori.ginating at NeW'i~es .has been the practice. Q;ther States
England points for delivery in New Engand in Canada -the Federal Govern,ment ha~
land or points east 9f the Hudson River~
::~i~;:i!i!. for the development of ter"::
The New England local shipper is thus
penalized and the shippers in other sections
What Other Ports Have n,one
are favored.
"The situation with reference to the
, .,.~t the Po:r:t of San Francisco $51,000,00n
switching charges is one which most of' the,
has ·been expended in terminal development
large cities -have had to :face, and one
N~t .one doUair of this has come out of the
which many are now facing
The commts ..
p.uibhc trea.sury, and all tha.t the state has
sion's investigation rwill reveal .:to them the
d~ne has .~~n to lend its credit. The tersolution in other cities which the commlsminal :fac1hties have been so operated' that
sion recommE>nds for ),:tetropolitan Bosto:c
they ~ave ·been made to :Pay for themselves !
a;1d for their op:ration.
In New Orlean~
Figures Show Boston's Plight
$27.000,0.'10 are being expended in the sa
~-An analysis of the table of exports and
way, tp.e State loaning its CTe-dit to
i':tniports :presented in the report of the
extenrt of $25,000,000 for the development of
com:mlssion, com;p.aring the cities of New
the .water front and the city loaning its
Y•ork. New Orleans, Galveston, P,hiladelcredit to. the extent, of $2~000,000 for the i
,pihia, BaJ.timo,re iam.d Boston, sho-ws that
construction of a public belt railroad
Of /'
. ;f}'.'om. 1861, with one exception~ Bost:0:n has
this amount only $500,000, the initiai ex- ·-·be.en in second pla-ce up to 1911,. ·b~t in the
penditure fior th~ pufbUc_ tbelt railroad h
·.:i;e:fio(I ,fr= 1911 tQ 1915 Soston dro:i>ped
been tak:e.n out of the ~ levy
In 'M as
.'t<>.·'t-91¥':th ~ e .
New York :ha.$ always
trt~~. $26~000,000 h~s been
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out ~~-t~~ i:~·1.J!b1tc I
taxes
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The iiznportance Olf the /belt-line to the in,;.
Street Congestion One Result dustrial development, of Grea;ter Boston
W'a,s -ernhpasized lby J"ohn N. Cole.
··The,
"The desire on the part of the shipper t4?
tinie 1 'has passed,'' he sai:d. ''when Massasave time forces a large part of this busiiehusetts can get along without 'intensive,
ness through Boston with the tea.in transindustrial development. 0
he said. "The
fer across the city which results in street
:$9,000,(X)() spent for port development will
congestion and the wearing out of the pavebe o:t no use to the public unless the imments.
The solution offered by the comi)r-overnents are ,connected w•ith railroads
mission is a belt line around Boston conand raiLwaY'S. 1Boston is ,always studying
meeting all o:C the railroads, the belt line
and never ac·cOmplishing anything. B,osto:q.
to begin at a point in the eastern division
,capital practically built so.me -Western cities
of t'he Boston & Maine, south of the SaugUs
that are now years ahead of us in tr~ ':"~7~.
River, and passing through the cities and
portatton. Trolley :freight is unheard -o~ in
towns of Saugus, Revere, Malden, Everthis vicinity. but Boston cap~tal is carrying
ett,: Chelsea, Medford, Somerville, Arlingon this 'business su,ccessfully in Los Anton, Cambridge, Belmont~ Waltham, Water1geles.
Thousands of tons are teamed
town, Newton, ~eston~ 'Wellesley, Needthrough the streets of Boston unnece.:;ham, Boston and Dedham to a point south
sar1ly. "The ,city has to pay dearly :for the
of the city of Boston near Readville on the
,maintenaDJce of the streets and the :rnanuNew Haven.
•facturers have to suffer expense and delay
'~The plan su,bmit.t4?d contemplates the
on t'his account. The ,committee shot.i:ld n9t
construction of a riew line ·which provides
go into details~ but should accept the
for. z.-unning over some of the existing lines
reco,m.mendations of the Terminal Com:m.iswhich would include a connection between
siona and 'foity other commissions' that
the Shawmut branch o:t the New Haven
have studied 1:'he matter. u
Fred P. Greenwood, an-other me:m.'ber of
road at l\1attapan, and the Midland division
the lcom'!nission, spoke briefly in ifavor a!
of that road to a P.oint just west of the
present Shawmut branch terminal in Mat- - the report.
The 'hearing will b-e continued on Montal?an. This belt line will offer an easy and
chief means of interchange between rail- , day, at 10.30 A. !M:.
roads and between industrieS and railroads
The :Proposed belt line will not only do this
but will develop 1the {netropoUtan district
industrially in the development of her industries and com.rnerce; in this lies Massachu_setts' only hope 1 for growth and prosperity~ She .:ls far :£:rom the great-natural
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produ?ing country and has in the pa5t and
must in the i'.uture thrive on her industr'ies
and comme1 Cf'<.
Condittons in Boston "Grave"
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ProjectRa_ilroad Men , •pose.
Assist3.:nt Corpo~~ti0:n ., ·~nsel Jar,nes
H. Devlin, Jr., and p:'
Cliarlea .M
_Spofford of M. I. T. and t member of~he termi~a~ cominlssion Stoke ill favoi- .
9f the latt~r·s recommell1at1on for a
: $10,000,000 state-owned belt line connectI -~~g -- the
~oston & Maine :railroad 8.t
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augus with the NeW H::ven ro3.d at
Readyille, before the leg,alative committe~ on metropolitan a.rair.s yester~ay. Mr. Devlin also fav-.red the proposed extensipn of the UUon Freight
r~ilr~ad over Northern avEnue bridge.
SP.e.ak:Jng :for the mayo~. Mr. Devlin'
said that he ottered no objl.iction to the
financi~g. of the pra:posed ~It lipe, if. it
will remo~e from the stre(fts of Bost.Oz;i
traffic which does not belo:ii,g there. He
added that this importaut ]patter should
not be turned over to thEf next LegisIa~ure fo~ determip.ation. l
While ~.o opposition to !the propose.d
extension/ ot the Union
eight railroad was voi£ed, F. A. Fa ham. a 91/ tector of the line, said that;
Cotlld. Dot
I afl9rd to pay tor such an e:x sion and
urged th~t it be not asked tO.~.. :i ke
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substantial contribution. ,_ ,. The representatives o,t the:
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Maine and .~e-w H~ven rc1:il
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prospective business. Ch8.rles · s-~?Pierce:
for t~e Boston & Maine, said that· the.
belt bne· would not hurt the rai\*-'oaq.. a::f
i a carrier.
As a ta?(payer how~:v.er th~
Boston & Mai.nE; was oP~o~ed·· ·'to· the
. needless expenditure. of such a._ Jark-e
s~m Of tno~ey.
..Not a sing~e: practical railro3:-d
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or shipper 8.Ppeared in favor of the belt line 'when
the_ tern1tnal commission was sltti · .,
Atty. Piez:ce said. "Engineers.
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and theor1sta ~re the orily Pio "
George~ Fernald for the N
Central, said t~at in. his opi
prop~sed bett----Zi_ne ~ I : d -not' i?ti> · for
itse~~.. . The he~r~~g ?'Will be coiitf~u.ed
: at a ~t-~!:!--~~--'!_~~!~e_<:1 _~~~-~... late·r.__
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,SOUTHERbY CORNER STATE AND WASHINGTON STS PURCHASED BY J. MURRAY,HOWE, FOR
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REAL ESTATE AFFAIRS
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Max E. And Charles E. Wyzanski have
negotiated a lease through the office of
Coffin & Ta.'ber · tor a firepl"OO'f 'l>u!ldling to
be erected a.t once rfroon plans niad.e for
the ten.ant. the PhUadelPb:ia. ,Storage Battery Conlipany, on a site adjoining the
block of stores 'Which the 'Messrs.. "Wyzanski a.re oom,pleting at the corner O'f :Brookline a.venru_e a.nd Jerse_ y street -ror_ the ,
motors and a.ooessory trades. The Messrs.
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pla:ting 1;ll>& erection .. <>_f ;;ip,ore buildings ·_to
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Boston Business
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New Business District on Beacon
St. and Commonwealth Ave.
Growing Rapidly
By C. B. BUTLER
Ten yea1 s ago if you walked along.
Commonwealth ave. and B.eacon st:'\.
from Go.vernors sq. you would find \
only vacant lots covered with rtibbish 1
or an unkempt growth of grass· and i
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has.been improved and upon it stands
bome of. ~the most formidable buildings
to be 'f~Un<,l in the whole city.
It is n6W .Called Automobile Row,
for about all the automQbi~e firm~
have left the ~,Id scene ot: :ae. ti.v-i.ties
among· the auto traae. on Co1uinbus
aVe., on Massachusetts ave, and .on
Boylston st., and have taken quarters,
in these new ftreproot buildings that
now have transformed Commonwealth
and Beacon st. into business dis1 aVe
tricts.
That the automobile buein~ss is going to grow is proven by the fact that
more than a doze!l, ·fl.rrns have }eased!
la:rger quarters for a term of y:ears. i
Se'Veral dealers have even leased!
wh0le buildings, showing thit these
dea1ers are opttmistic and expect that
the motor car business will be gocd
for years to dome..
This pa.St seasoh has been c=,i.., most
t prosperous~..one. for the trad€..: Few
dealers in the city have had a complaining word despite the fact that
it has been an excep'tionally wet;
spring and summer. The only complaint most dealers haV.e is that they
cannot get enough cars ·to furnish
prospective purchasers.
several months ago building Ol)erations started on a long brick block
on Beacon ~t .• just above Governors
sq. This block is now finished and·
is the fiorrte of severai well known
auto firl'Ils.
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The Oakland company was the first
to move· fro1n MasSachusetts ave.
and Newbury st. to fine new quar- 1
ters on ~eacvn st., running back to 1
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BrookU-ne_ ave. Then the Cole company. tj;e:J..t door neighbors on Massachusetts,.· ave., moved up within a
door .,of-; tn;e O;i.kland on Beacon st.
The ::Secker-Stutz Co., which has-done a: _record business this year, has,
taken _Jt whole building on Beacon st.
as n~~t door neighbor to the Cole and
Oakland. John L. Judd, distributer
for the Auburn and the Allen cars
and the Smith-Ford A. T. truck, has
taken larger quarters at 683 Beacon
st., haveing- moved trorn his Massachusetts quarters a few days ago.
The General Vehicle Co. has moved
from Cambridge to u. handsome ne'\-v
brick building on Commonwealth ave.
The AnthOily-Piilings Co., agents for
Marion. have secur-ea l.7,000 square
feet of a'Vailable space f:or showing .
off their, car
on
Washington st.,
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Brighton. next to Police Station 14.
The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. has
occupied i1:.s new headquarters on
Beacon st., A new building is bein;;
Constructed for Connell & McKone,
distributerE;: of the Overland Car.
Their neW .'building will be located on
J;3eaooi:i"-..,.~:~ next door to the Maxweil salesl'Ooms.
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I t is , p,:-obab!e that several other
a:uto firms 2now on Co!Urnbus ave. and
Boylston st. will wend their way upto .Autol'l)bbile Rqw before the crisp
i_~ll niornings have set in.
FOR SALE
City Properties paying
net in locations that
are steadily , increasing
in value.
JOSEPH D. DlllWORTH
60 -state St
MEMBER BOSTON REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
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The new automob!le centre of New England, at the juncture or Bea·
con, Commonwealth and Brookline avenues, opens this week to the public
with the occupation of the recently constructed buildings between 655 and
685 Be<3,con street by six of the leading motor sales or~amzations of this
territory. These large.r quarters, situated in the very heart of the automo,
bile district, afford the firms Increased facilities for caring for their grow·
ing· patronage.
The advance of the lndustrv h New England has been marked by the
change in location from Co!uIU!ms' avenue of the old bicycle days to Massachusetts, and later to new motor district. Constant demand for more
cars and for better service has ,compelled this move, until now most of
the leading firms of the city may be found near the junction of the three
avenues.
An epoch in the growth of the automobile business In New England
Is marked with this opening, and it will be observed with exhibits of the
latest· models of. machines which· the parent companies are putting out.
The .new. buildings will be occupied by the Bishop Motor Sales Company,
: handling the Westcott.and H. A. L., Twelve, Harry A. Lozier's new car;
John L. Judd, with the Allen, Auburn and Smith Form-A-Truck line; L. B.1
Sanders with the Oakland; Bryant G. Smith & Sons Company, with the
Cole;' the Becker Stutz-Automobile Company, with th'e Stutz, and A. T. Hart
with the National car.
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Heart of the ~c,for D,istrict.
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Saxon, Reo, Maxwell,\Hudson, Autoqar, .Palil'e, Marmon,, Pathfinder, Loco· I
mobile, Winton, Peerless; Cadillac; cliafofers, Jeffery; Stud~bltker,' Scripps- I
Booth, Ffanklin, ?eneral .Vehicle, qesides the United• States ,Tire 'Company, ,
F'lrestone Tire. & Rubber Company, Kelly Springfield Tires, W!llard Stor- 1
age Battery, Overland, Attwood Lamp Co. and others. '
The growth of these ,combanjes necesstt~ted th~ir ~eeklng large~ quar-1
ters and also room for future expansion. With the. apundance of land In
this section, It prqved an· Ideal· location, and their choice· has been rewarded
with the most pr~ep~rounears the Industry, has kno~n. This past sea- 1
son, In particular, has been a bonanza. ·.
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person of moderate means,· a lo:w· cost· of .maintenance and a varied use
to which they can·be put, they are.well nigh indispensable. The ease with
which they can be operated by women ls .attested by the great number of
drivers among the fair sex, and has had mµch to do With popularizing them.
In fact, the Boston dealers have found a fine field for their salesmen with
'women patrons, and today there are··thousands of women drivers in this'
section.
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week, to which the publlo is cordially invited. · The 1917 mod~is will be
on hand, as well as the current series, and no motorist can consider himself well informed who does not take in th'is excellent display of motor
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The Devonshire Building as It Will Appear When the
Drawing, Respectively, Are Shown the Washington and
on the Corner Lot, Fills the Space Between Tnese Wings
Merchants' National Bank Building Is Shown at the Right.
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State Street Fronts 6f the Present ·Building. The New Part,
and Conforms to Them in General Design. A Corner of the
Arthur H Bowditch is Ure Architect of the Devonl!hire Addition.·
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Structure Being Erected by M. E. and C.
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E-EDS ,v;,rere re_ corded tod-ay whereby
Anna L. Beckwith sells to Geor~e W.
Johnston and Frederick El.
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Jpposite the ,grandstand entrance to ::trenY Park.
I.t also adjoins the building, of
-i.ch the above picture is an illustration,
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c. E. Wyzanski fo:r the Philadelphia,
<'~e B~ttery Company, and tQe s.truc1 which the Messrs
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and Jersey- $treet, tO. contain :saJ~s room~
an~ service apa.ce to~ th(! a.ui;qJnol>ile and
accessories trade.
The land pµrchase4 :Py the ¥e$srs.
.Tolmston is as<11i>sse4 at $115,009, l'IeP-I'Y w.
Savage, Inc.,. .r.ie,gg.tµ;t.ted tlie sale. "rhe new
owners will erect $eve,~1 firewroot me:r-ca.1\-
tile buildings, some for te:p.a,.nts whQ desire
to make advance arrangements for ~pace,.
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be one o~ tlle most convenie~t
s~~eci:r!i~;~t
proved to
and economical loe~:t;.~ans .for the p:iotof' ati.cl
accessories people.
ill.fl ~o_rntu: J?t il;lr_ookline 11,venue _ :;L'!:\<l ~!>~111:!9nl t!,1-'.~ ~O!llllln'Y.lJY~ l1,1, n,.j;;i~
v;.t,Iuattons to keep' pace with rapid ,cp.an,ges-'
such as have recently 1;:alten pla,.~ iti. that
P8i-+t ot the Back ·J;Jay, where ~ev~ra.l :mu...
llo11 ('lollars' wort!> o:t bu!ld!ng's, bot)> for ·.
ousin~:;," 11,nd apartment J:i.omae pun;,os1>11,
have i:n a $hart time sprung UP Qn w-lla.t
had been for thirty ye.a.rs an u:nusec;i dis•
trict. -&evera.l prominent concerna are negotia.ti:n.g :to+ ne·w 1buildin~s, bo--t-b on a. pur-
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of ~ J.arg_e hotel to Pe e,J;"E}Cted nea.i:- FenWay /
Pa.rk, ~veral ne:rso11a beiµg inte-resteq in !
such a project,. i:(. suita..blo arr:a-na-,menU
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Propos~d City Hail zn New 'Civic; Centre
(Study b7 Cram &
Ferguson.)
Municipal Building Would Be Part of Group Situated Near Colum!>us Avenue and· Dartmouth Streets.
~ses~ed v~IuatiOri~the pr~Pet~f s· 1 be very c0St1y It would requlre three
~ore than. $4,0Q0,000.
.,A.mory ~llot. is ( blocks of la~d between Dartm._outh and
~~irJ!l~n o:f the t:rustee:,.
U~larendon streets along Columbus itveW ill D_ on, ate L.and to
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;~t a ... o per- cent. increase in valuation
One .9'!- ~ first things the trustees in- . ·1::aY for it out Of the money received
• 1 fo:r the site of the present City Hall
tend doing is to donate to the city land land st:111 have $1,500,00o left over.
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vahted at $400,000 "!or the purpose of
front of the proposed City I-Iall would'
widening Stuart street~ and extend it
be a fine site for the· bronze column
thron..io:h to Dartmouth street, thus pro:;nd statue of Sarmiento. the ~oted Ar.~·
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=entine educator, ""'·hich the citizens of
· Viding another outlet from the bu-s1ne:::.s
our sister republic in south America
centre of the city and also cut Clarendon I "!1ave given us, a1;1d which is only a"vait1
atreet through to Columbus avenue, with J 1 ~1:-!c~o~~itt~~e: t~uffai~!s
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f a 'b.!i~ge ~cross th'? railroad tracks there ; 1 centre··ln.ight be a new railroad station,
pevelopment work along those ·lines. it 1 • a publiC :niarket, buildings for public
"W"as .said, v.~iu be carried on to provide inO · service c~rporations like a gas company
the· ~ture an auxiliary retail business
and electric company, a new Masonic
dls.tl'i9't and thus provide :for 1:.he busiT~~~~ie e~~-·~mith. former president of\
tiess gl·owth of the city.
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.. the Boston Chamber of Commerce said '.
RatPh 4,.dams, Cram of" Cratn & Fergu- the promd'{ers of the plan for th'e de- (
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was t1:3-~ first speaker intrpd~ced
by\ clislodging any of the Institutions exist- (
Charles Francis Adams. trea~urer of ing today in the downtown- business dis-;
Harvar'd College, who presided at the trist.
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Mr. cram. with 'the aid of i "Washington street is today ~ inenace j
l&:nte.rn Slides. ou~Un~d to the gathering)/ };gthoen
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a plan to reliE:Ve the present conges_t~on said, "'and a menace that is increasing
in the downtown business sections of every day. The Stua:r-t street that we
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b~i~}mf~~ea~~~tl~}
n~ss streei; through the l_1ea~ of the\ 1 growth ot the Present. re"t~l busi!J-eSs
aectfon which. is to be developed.
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He atsO spoke at . sorrie len-gth on the
W" ~L. Shearer of the Paine Furniture
Col1:)pany told of the s-u_ccesa that
possib-1lities of, planning for creati-on -o- t
cotrie to the store since its removal to
a civic centz:-e at Dartmouth stree~ and Arlington street and ~olumb-us aVenue.
Columbus avenue. with a new City H~n. i;
Considered Foll~ bY Many.
combined stati?':!: <!! !:!?,_~ r~_ilr~a.d~_ in t]l2-_t, !1 He said in part:
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P3.rt of th~ city, municipal mar~et and,
··This undertaking was considered th~
other public and semi-public buildings
extreme of folly by many. an9,. at_ least
: As projected. a 90 feet wide ~tuart
a very. radical 1:1-~ve fpr a:. furniture
str~et would be made, running from
store, but the w1s-ao111.. of the venture
Huil.'tington avenue to Columbus avenue . was shown a~ the very opening of ,the
and then in a straight line to a point ;·new st~e.
Si~ce then the store has
on v.rashington street between Eliot and
reco_rded steadily increasing business,
cuhninatin&:_.. d1:1rtng the l~st 19 months
,!>, :vast r!'>al estate project which Boylston streets.·
.. I ike every other civilized city in the in altogethe:r tne largest l::>tistness in the
- lncl~-il:es -plans for a civic centre at
worla·. Boston can't keep ahest-"1 of the st~re's 81 years• history.
advances made in -building, r vld tranThe prospec~s are equallY b,rlght :tor
~olumJ>Ul1! avenue and Dartmouth, sit, etc.~·· he said. "In the :.c1.st genera- any of ~o~ busa1ess ,neH (1! 0 f Is who
tion so many thing:,s have been tnvented wi_l~.build on\t'1,is undevelopefi-.J:ancl, adcreation ·of new streets and· like elevators and subways, that the jo1n1ng ou~ . property, recently taken
conditions of the .,,..rowth
:~-tienlng of others to p:r:ovide room : have been ch8.nged :ntirely. of the city over by the,t.!1l'ark Square Real Estate
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"'I am s~e· -f'?,'at the impfoving of this
the: downto~l'.l ~~1:ii;riess growth
seems to solve many ?f the maj0;p.,,-prob- 1 p:operty '\Y,11, .be ~f. great value to the
of, BostoI),. was discloi!:e"d last ntght
Jems that arise in city planning, and mty of ~oston, re~ulting in increased
'':' '·,200. business Il'.lell' -~·spe;..kers' at: piobably would be part of a possible! 1 taxes on -buildings. rather than on
scheme' tO gradually brlng about: still' vacant land. Furthermore. it will in- - - er given in i:ii.e_"Copley:p1a.za.
greater development of the citY.
crease the property value of this whole
ijinh":t ;.<is g1v,
- -Amory us Jot, :
Boylston Street I na~equate.
B<;~~ !~~ ~~~~;n.increased business to
,'F;},"an_clS A~~1rge s. Sn1ith,
HBoylston street has not proved the the merchants, a.n/i •. last but not least,
•,;,';rnpl!n ,
Fted-erlGJ, J
outl~t for the grow~h of the downtown will be of decided;.benefit to the Public,
retall business section that was hoped because it will develop and ,improve the
Sf~S of_ Jli'e Park ~al"~ ·
it.
too many
'r,rti:p,t•. -WhiCh Cont.rot!! -tIJe; 1 "J:oris a There are street for places where city o!· Boston.
it
one-sided
bus._iness pur"'.'"
;-.~cCUfi~f by· TfC~ ~et\W.~en·
, poses. The widening of. Stuart street
Is Ea11Uy Accessible.
·: and its extension through to Washing••Th.ts .:valuable land has many -advan~4 ~l.~tl~~~ f~r:~t,~-.. ~hd
ton street would provide .the outlet that tages .. ,_ ,
easUy T'_e4Ched by automo ..
,N.~w:.~:l,fa:v:~
: is so. badly need~rl:_
_.at- the pr~sent, time.
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..The CitY. ~ai~·~.w:liich ,could be pla~ed bile an~
e\1.1~1.a,~·-.t~~.:ffic and is imJ!!._3~roPOS¢.(l~d.Nic<Celltre\·;would ~ot n1.ed1;Iteif
·:qerii.:·~!?Jthe,.Bo.ylstt?n street
"!PLAN BIG REAL
ESTATE PROJECT
IN BACK B,AY
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P:;irk Square Real Estate Trust
Outlint}$ Scheme for Reliev-1
Ing Business Congestion and
P17oviding Additional Outlet~
:.Jrrim Crowded Downtown
:::- Sections.
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WILL DONATE TO CITY LAND
VALUED AT $400,000
·Propesal Includes Widening of
Stuart Street and'. Extension
_ Clarendon Street - Civic
of
Centre to Be Built at Colum-.
bus Avenue and Dartmouth,
S.treet.
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has!
~~9waY.; C~lum1A~s av~~ue· and Ber1'.eI~y
s~reet car liries. It . is Cint-y a fe'W. -mm'..
·u~es•
walk
from
Copl~ square,
Park
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i !ii~ar;,re~:t ~~~~~~~/:1tI~ie'a ~1t~~t~~ l
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ab-1.~nda,nce of sunlight an,1 fresh air, and
ent1rely free :from the many· objections
of the congested 'bu.$iness district.
\ -·But r c~not discuss this importan~
tsubject of ~he devel~pment of this ne-w
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one that would bring even greater pros-
TRUST COMPANY
. way station at Arlington. street.·~
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, Other speakers were Edg'ar"R.. Cli..amplin
Announces the opening of its new banking
rooms at 35 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
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I perlty to this section. namely, a ~sub-!
and
Louis
K.
Liggett. · Mayor
:_~a~ une:1.?_~~~ 1:>e pr!:-:3~Et~
Curley
OFFICERS
Charles B. Strecker, President,
Joseph M. Herman, Vice President,
J_ohn E. Thayer Jr., Vice President,
James H. Turnbull, Secretary,
Wallace H. Pratt, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS
Chas. F. Adams,
Lewis I. Prouty,
Pres. John T. Connor Co.,
Grocers.
Wm- H. Burgess,
Burgess, Lang & Co., Bankers.
Ralph C. Emery,
Treas. John S. Emery & Co.,
Inc., Ship Brokers.
Sidney E. Farwell,
Treas. Arn. Zinc,
Smelting Co.
Lead
&
E. W. Clark & Co., Bankers.
Jos. M. Herman,
Pres. Jo·s: M. Herman & Co.,"
Shoes
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.Albert \V. Kaffenburgh,
Tobacco.
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Frank H. Purington,
Pres. Henry W. Savage, Inc.,
Real Estate.
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Geo. Putnam,
Rich_ardson,
Bankers.
Hill
&
Co.,
Chas. B. Strecker,
President.
R. M. H. Harper,
I. Kaffenburgh &
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Sons, Leaf
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John E. Thayer Jr.,
Secy. P'11nta Alegre Svgar Co
Jas. H. Turnbull,
Secretary.
Chas. E. Wyzanski,
M., E. & C. E. Wyzanski, ,Real
Estate.
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ator:ir. 65x62 ·
labor8.torY.
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J>..~iglit ail.d havfn
a.t,dtiti-4-00 students
theSe
are
fhe
t~~~~.1..or~c:;;,_st10orr.:th~'·
f.·.!.-~
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The, m"ailli
td ,al'
.· .- ...
ecture
ro~ms,.:f'~.J" ph.a.;#("
·¥;spect(ve'.lf,· .each~:
tions·
for l!OO'>~µd·e~ts,, aV~•<,,itti_r1.g; wLt~'·.ad- !
iace!lt~e[Iice~ 2 f.~R ~?ii.~~~-~uctin&r · '$\aff,
an.d in··a4dit1or.i, a..~ol)Umental mai.n rotunda, vestibule-·: ~.and· staircase with
floor of honed li:rnestqne and -walls of
Roman travertine. in -which are· placed
tablets of purple Lepanto marble for"
re.~
inscriptions.
From this corridor are the general
ottrees, with the dean's offit;:!e adjoining.
(Kilham
&
the library, a homelike room su.,ited f<;>r
comforta:ble study and free from any institutional appearat;tce,
the trus-tees'
room, panelled to the ceiling in quartered
oak with architraves and c:6.imney piece
of,v~:r-de antique marble, and large ~nd,
,,:, pl.~ n t quarters for the young women
~a
-'·. J --~~nts.
Check rooms, store ' rooms,
,,'O? ,·'~lie telephone booths and all other
Hopkins, Archite-cts )
Gift of Head of Potter Drug & Chemical Company. ;
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The main staircase leads to the-Georg~
Robert White hall, a- beautiful assembly
roOm with
seating capacity for 500, fin-
a:
·To· 'C o· LLEG ~~;~;~ '°:t~
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ished and panelled in chestnut :With a.
.
a : ! ; :~eies~::.'.tr;=~
a. capacious foye.;, for the conit.(lbieJ:Nl!O
of the audience during lntermiss i o n · ·
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President George 'R. Wh
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Potter Drug & Ch e. mical Coin-c
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p any Makes $500,000 Pre's..'.'
connection with George Robef,t ;.chall there are prov~ded a'. buffet.~ a~ r = .
for storing seats. ante rooms;. fa¢i,tiu1es..__1
for, Hi'ustratlon by films, etc. "I'i;!,l,· 'top
floor' also contains the mater1a .:m.edica
and
biological laboratories,
ari:'fl~mni
room, three .class rooms and amPJ-e stor-
age facilities.
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Concrete exit stairways in towers run
from top to bottom of the building~
The
ent to Massachusetts lnsti- :~~~~\~~~:.::~:!~~e~s ;:~db~e~;:p;it~;,':,~~
steel floor construction. The equipment
tution-Will Be Near Harvard includes an air washer, a fan Ventilating
system with thermostatic control, com'
pl~te telephone system, inditeet lig:_h ting
Medical School.
and site will represent an outlay of over
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'500,~0.
The architects are Kilham & !
Hopkins of 9 Park street, and contracts i
George R. White, largest indi'Vid- have been assigned for the constr~~t1o_µ~
ual taxpayer in Boston and president work with the Stone & Webster Enof the Potter Drug and Ch<a>micaJ • g!neerlng Corporation.
Company, has given the Massachu-·
setts C'ollege ' of Pharmacy a
new
building, the finest of its kind in th,;3
country, which will cost $500,000. It
wfll be in Longwood avenue on the:
corner of WQrthington street,'• near
the Harvard :inedical school.
The
building is to be C'Ompleted Dec. 1,
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1917.
.
be renaissance In
character, With an imposing central 1
Ionic portico- ot six columns of lime'~
stone, each· 28:·teet high, approached by
a m.onuinenta.i flight of gr3..nite st~ps.
Th~. !owe.st story · will be constructed
entirely of heavy rusticated limestone,
and· will carry,.two stories of red brick
laid in broad )i?Jtits with cornices. windo* fi-a.znes •. ··etc.. of limestone. The
front wa:11 wilf be set back 80 feet from
the line ~of ,Longweod avenue, giving an
opportunity for an approach by an esplanade pav~d '\ylth large slabs of
etone. ·
The
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exterior will
.~tudy · of
Requirements.
'L'he° lntel"io't' aITangeni.ent' is the outcome of three or four years~ study of
the college's requirements :fhade by the
teaching staff, in conjunction with the
architects, and the result a}?pears in!
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"The Name Insures the Quality"
"BIGGER, BETTER,
MORE POWER''
$1085-Nine _Body Styles-$1550
HService and Satisfaction,,
At Our New Home
80 Brookline Ave.
Tel. Back Bay 1100.
New Englan·d ·velie· Co.
Now Occupy Big Building
of Their Own
The New England Velie Company nowhas one of the finest and tnost up-to. date salesrooms, In the corner fronting
l on Jersey street and Brook11ne avenue,
·with five big show windows, This salesroom has 6-000 square feet of floor space,
so that c3.rs of all models m~y be
shown to the best pOssible advantage.
They occupy one entire floor as ":a.
( garage, repair shop and p~rtS departf?ment. The work shop is equipped w-ith
all modern appliances especially de- ,
riigned for the purpose and is run on a
regular factory system, so. that all work 1
will be accomplished in the quickest 1
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possible time a,nd most satisfactory:
manner.
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The stock department, where all part,;,
of . Velie
cars will be · carried, is 1
equipped in the same high-grade man-:
net and a. regular factory
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system in-1
:~a.!.\1dv~l~~e~~r~~:-a:l1
~1in;~r~ ~~r;;!~:
throughout the six New E:ngland States.
The garage is also, ,equipped to meet ,
the requirements of the most fastidious
l users of auto.mobiles and will be run
on ,a. different principle than heretofore
employed in this part of the country
v'Villiam F. Aldrich, formerly of Provi-dence. R. I, treasurer of the Ne-w England Velie ComP~ny, is extremely ·-well
pleased to have eyecu:i:ed this building,
J:1;!l:::Sa f::e
0
t~n;f!!;
::p!:n~~s:ri:
N~fw
which has already outgro-wn their o).d
1
quarters at 1123 Commonwealth avenue·
1n
the short period of about .four
months, and· states that the Velie factory is working to its capacity to fill
orders, and New England is taking
more than their share of cars~
The New England Velie ComJl.i!.lly bids ,
, fair to be one of' the largest auto- I
I mobile organizations in the Ea.stern
States~ It 1s well worth the time of all ,
autoinobile dealers and the public a.s:.
well to visit the. new building and look ,
over
their
equipment and business
meth.:.>ds.
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Retail and Wholesale
NEW VELIE BUILDING
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bOq.nd cars up into daylight:..._---in Gov- I
ernOr•S ' square., as tlie signboards /
have it, but ill older naming, the Fiv~ 1
Corners-there diverge at equal an·gle~,c~e.e- main thoroughfares. Bea:con·. §t".~~t, ·]aid out some sixty-five
~$";_~7 ,0az-ries west the old line ot
bain, that first pledga·· o"l" a!
:ti!ll'!a·•,Back. Bay. The seci'.fB.d wii:i'er
~;c:f~·,:_th~a.n , ,1r.he1: ope1:ed ill i82f!,.:as
.~~Will·
(hJ~. ne.w_road 1.,0 Brighton," carries
with a
the lines
rnorlh~rest,have longs,verve, the~shad.of C~monwealth avenue.
These
't,vo Wa,is:.known
'.1:ng'a't• l:li·~--"defi's'~-':c:f"oss':i:tittt1ti:!at,,~;1i
Isac;husetts,. a'>·enue... ,The:· saving Jxfl
: :;;cli.<l'al}l'!;-t/1:'ne--fi"pin· A'!d.'til:,on roact;' t'O f
f ~ k ·~·r'*t:~":Ill n9.t oe Jess than two •
,--D?"n1.1te:,, ~,J)!<l(or4i:\i"arfly Jll-iich more in
i l;pe· actnal run.· .This quicker transit
[~&re passep.ge!"~ ~week o·y week~ will
welcome;
for
Brookline
avenue
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,s.erves not only the northwest quadrant of our Latin quarter with older
Brookline, but Chestnut Hill Allston
Newton and r,oints beyond.' In th~
last twelvemonth the Elevated has
had to increase the Ipswich st1'1!!et
service, outside of rush hours, by a
full two-thirds.
.
To watch Boston grow-even within the broad circlet of its growing
suburbs-is to watch our history, iii
the mak~ng.
ows of taJl buildings and the scurry
swift tr:affi,:,
But until now, the
third straight highway, Brookline
avenue, has been hardly more t~an a
speedway for the chance automobile.
I On the city maps it has lain like an
i artifice for symmet~y, not a psed way·
i for travel.
It brings the Chestnut
,
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of
nue
was
Road,'>
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When Brookline ave-
lhe
rt1nnirig
o!cl
from
"Punch
the
Bowl
western
end of , the Mill Dam across the
·.farther 'Back Bay mar.shes on a
1
causeway of its own, paralleled on J
the left for more than half a mile I
by a can.al-like strip of open salt 1
water; when it climbed the low, clay '
hill just beyond the present Longwood avenue and dro11ped again to .
the marsh level and seven separate :
11-Iill cars inwapd only as far as Audu-
i bon road; there they swing eastward
'into Boylston street. From Audubon
road to the Boston & Albany bridge,
Brookline avenue Jias been· as lonely
as an Ol\tSkirt boulevard in one of
those .far western towns for which
bridgings of Muddy river, and then I
I
by a grassy corner entered Punch
Bowl village-but for one pathetic I
old house, r:ehqilt as Village.sq.uare-
surveyors have dOne more than set-
the whole popul::ttion of Brookline
tlers.
counted fewer souls than: one ~i~ur-:
-, this third inland avenue
-t .-Overnor's square is changing
,_
>'' 'if~; y.Qu like to r~gi~ter in memory tmportant pieces of the vanishing
ance company 9{:,,this present .. ifuae /
will bring to vvorit .. i!,: its new bui_Idillg
on the Fens.
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old:~ Boston, look soon at this open
land remaining.
I-!ad Be'acon sireet
and Commonwealth avenue kept
their ,promise of lengthening wes-tward the_ 1 esidential Back Bay, the
'Buckminster would have set Brook-.1
1 line avenue t.·he keynote for its archi-1
f lecture.
But when th~ automobile
: busi:µess at first crept in and later l
swept through a11 the region beyond I
the Charlesgates; a modest sales-
I
room,
a
garage>
a
service, station>
took sites near the down-town end of
the avenue. Then the Goodyear company bought a large piece of land on·r
the westerly side beyond the railroad !I
bridge and built itself a massive
structure. A little farther out the
Overland company 1s now finishing
behind itt! earlier buildings a huge
.:five-story warehouse, at a cost of half !
a million.
Across the avenue the !
ha,.ndsome service stations, barelr '
finished, are tenanted already; the
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orange-peel dredger
basements for more,
is
digging the
And this qnly begins the new story
of the avenue's nearest half-mile. For
the John 'Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company has surprised the city
by announcing purchase of a tract of
more than seven acres at the corner
of Brookline avenue and Audubon'
road, as the site of a, builni,ng for its!
I
own use.
Just :p.ow m.u,.,.,
may come
, of such an outpost two miles and a
half from Milk street, the wisest obI servers of developments in real estate can only gu<ess; but at the le'!-st
it will colonize another thousand
workers,0 from m~nagers to office
boys, among the students, automobile men and apartment-house dwellers already swelling the daily tides
to and from the district. ·
~Vhat is more, the long desired new
br:1dge over the Albany tracks ap/ pears at last to be , assured.
The
structure now dividing the roadway
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into two passages
Imains exposed to and carrying water
weather and mis1
hap, was .built lightly.
The new
br~dge will be fitted to carry the
forty-ton cars now used by the Elevated_ As soon as the p1 esent bri<'lge
· h'ii-s been replaced, through cars from
! "Villaie
square,
B.rookline, can
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run
;Jhe ~ull_ ..Ie~gth of the avenue straight
,;j,o the e~ira,n··.c_.:,, ·o.·f. the Boy. ls ton st. reet
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~_u_bway, ·• wit,hqut gl/iinding through
t!J-"::!':'1:11;S ot:,1~:lcwiclij 'street or,.chaf-
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--NOTICE--.......,.
Miller Carburetor
Sales Co .
NOW LOCATF;D AND RE.'\.DY
:FOR BUSINESS AT '.£HE
NEW VELIE BUU.. DiNG
80 Brookli.na Av~nue, Boston
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ANNOIJNCING
The Six (6) Cylifitter Worm :o·~ive
man
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EQUIPPED WITH WESTINGHOUSE
STARTING AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS
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The Sm,oothest Opera,.t{.1!,_g_,,J);y~~ in Americq,;,
· ~- "Hen:ce 'l1ie Longest Lived
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Capable of most any conceivable performance with a degree of flexibility
herstofore unknown in large motor trucks, made possible by the use of
6-cylinder motors (equipped with electric starter), the smoothest possible
power application by virtue of the worm drive and a disc clutch.
To Introduce You to the
Stegeman 6 Cylinder Worm Drive Trucks
'
~LL HAVE STEGEMAN'S SIX "TRUCK SHOW'~ ALL THIS WEEK
(EVENINGS INCLUDED) AT OUR SHOWROOM, 15'JERSEY ST.
(OPP. "RED SOX" B. B. PARK)
.
We challenge anyone to show petter built trucks or better values. ,
l~'fon
2 Ton
2~ Ton
3 Ton
3~ Ton.
5 Ton
7 Ton
1900
,2250
2500
2700
3000
4000
4600
Starting and Lighting Regular Equipment at Above Price$
~tegeman "'{$ix" ~ruck ~o. of
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ARTHUR G. JOHNSON, CHESTER D. CALDWELL, ALVAH BUCKMAN,
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lli~\~F~!1S ··~~~·~;-~~~~~~4, ~;e•~;fs'- !!:~~.:
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~ach fl.at; n~ds. -0.oi:ng ov~; oak· floors.
hOUSe<FOO ·ren,··--;~c.fJ.~>~<;3, ~:.:,:"-.:-:.
R~x:bU6._.ftJl.d:p°Q~hes(er:_:,S.-S·Ji's'te(l iti ~;ij.r~Olri'Ce".•t
~~~~-~~~•.~~~~~5~.l'.,~i>~n~~~O~~~~~'~·e ,
ele~t .. - ~he ?3-rd~ in our windows, Wllj.Ch cont.ain f'i.111
~ootn·s
and gas ligl\t~ coal un~ gB;s r!:l,~ges, p.g!, water
details.,
-(See KEENE'.)
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ftmthlY, 'without int., or payment until May
$CT,rii>~,17to 'iu?;r' mir A~~ils~ ;'3il'1-vs'S'N:
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on 1Wa:c.~i~,!t 71~R. Exchange st. Boston, room 49. T~l.
101 rl'r!'>rnont Rt .• Roston..
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DORCHEW..rER-Believe me, this is some
I suite for only $18, 5 rooms, bath, all bnprove\ men ts open plnmb:i.ng, gas and coal ru.ng:eR,
! extra fine condition; g-ood location, near steam
j and Talbot. av ele<'trics
Call today, adults
only, 117 W\watlnnd av.
Hl'~AU'.CIFUL
suite
in
cCment:
apartm<'n'::
24 HA1{~10ND ST., Hotel Qreelv -2 blocks
f'roru N"ertharnpton st.; suites 3-4 r.ID;., rent 32
and 42 cents a day,., amounting to $10-$13
m<_;mtb;
tubs, gas, heated halls, prflvate
toil~t~J clean~st apartment bOuse in Bo::;.tou.
~1l1se~v~h:
water lwatcr, fireplace, halls lighted, bal<'on1cs;
reasona~le. At ·42 .Juniper
'1'0 L.El'l' at 8 Fairbury st., near Grov~Hnli
~eaJ{n ~o[a:!leha~~O<:t:~.
.
,ROXBURY--$22,
ROO~S .with some iqiprovements,
0
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0
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.JA~I.ol_,O:.,R.;,··7"S,::,n;,t0c•..:2:.:·_ _cc-------'---TO LET-8-ro~m suite, all hnprovements,
steam heat furnished, electric lighting, con.
~r-~
";-:,°o~~eia_;;: :fii~~~ t~~e·dri:[h.B~~~
. t~!·rren"'!'f;Y ,':-~. ~;'.;'.' :.-"s'li. c:.: m;~;,E'\tis ~:'
DORC~-!ES'J.'ER-SnitP
of
4
ronrnR,
1-o;;~,1,'.:u',;'i,i\,.\'R ro;r:x.c'ifi':0M'.'"·
corn<>r
av.;
rr20. ~nd onP for $19
Apply· 101 Tonnwanf1n
st., tP;.. Dor, 5132-,V. Tnk<' GPnPva a ~ I-lA~l)SO:\fEJ 5-r i;;:uite, ev<>-1-y 1mprov .. I.-fnm
i:;nite, $22 month; near everything.
~f ~.rALHO'l' T,ANiiJ, _15 School st., Boston, or tel.
4~21-M RroQklJne.
APAU'T:\lE~TS of 7 ~n<l 8 roomK, s01ne heated; also 6-room .flats, $18 and $19; so1ne- with
.fnr:nnf f>.
w A 1..~soN, 017 Dor, lH~::-tt"r av.
TO LET-7-room 2-familY house; nll im-
2,1',"~,,"{~e',:~~;
]~~§z.;- :mos I
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u"o<:;-J-U;:>~I loo~
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light sunny rooms.
Apply
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3-ROO:'.I APT., all improvPmcnts,
tO
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l)ath, all improvements, steam heater; Austin
st , S0n1ervi1le, near Broadway Park; rent $:23.
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32 i\lall st., Roxbnr;v.
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;:;u1t!:\.'"~ll share san~e wlth one or two ladies.
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all. second floor, toilet, :_-:, t.a th, f'lean nh-;;o: 1
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3 4 Howard av .• near Dudley st. $16.
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J;)~Oblein·s th3-t men engaged in that Profession are earnestly studying· no~a-
,~~ys!: :'!.. Murray How·e, one o:f t]J.e le~d'ing '.operators·in: Boston; pr~sents the fol16'"o/'i!lg. stat~~e~t rega:rdit?-g _C1tY realt!:
. Let us: aSsume. that. before the War.
/ one owned a: city investrilent property a?1 se:s_sed
on $·200,000, that paid a gross
l r·ental of a1:Jout $16,500; that ti::ie cos_t o.f
l Ul:a;inter1ance was abo.ut. 4Q. per ce~t of
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~-rental,. ot,
$l~.00o
Sa'.Y,
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income loss as f'ollows:
Mortg~ge rate
~·~s. be~ri' !'8.iSe9,. to & pei-.. cenf., .all ~n,:··cr·ease of J2000 per annum; taxes_ 11:ave
be'en increased $5 on a thousa~d. f''urther
;·eduCing the income by ,.1004; the- items
of expense, e·xclusive of taxes '(laboI'.
~ Coal, light. power, repairs, etc.)
w~re.
':before the war, about $3000.
Coal has
. :doubled in price; the class of' labor used
ln.·. buil.dings through the substitution
. Women, and conditions peculiar to rea!'.
,~~sta..te., ..has: not a.ttained s_o large .an a~!. ,:"v:'an.p.e .a~
in :niany. fields,, of e.;n_ploy,;nen~.
:So tnat. there· is but 30 per cent to 40 per'
· qent" increase on that item; the general
·..a.:avance in tllese last expe'nses, as a
'.wh.ole. is orily about 40. per.. ce~t. or
~·$1200. To recapitll.late, the 10sSes are a~ .
so'
or
'i follows:
~~bugh m. or tgage interest, inc~ease .. : .•.. 2 .$2000
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Through tax rate increase. .
........ ; . 1000
Thr?~~? g~ne-ral. expense_ ~ncreas~. . . . . . . . 1200
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$42~
T!ie incoine .thus has been reduced~
:from $6000_ to $1800, but _as the cost ol
living has increased a.t least 60 per ,cent;
ah ·indiVi'dual owner '. would need 60 per
cent more than the $6000 a year ;""•b.ie·n
he had_ to live. on at the oiltset.
I-le thuSshould need .$9600~ but finds himS~lf yvith
$1800,,
Let us see what would be needed to
restore to hiin what he previously had.
It, is most likely that vvithin a few11:iOnths mortgage interest must come
down .fron1, the 6 per cent level to, let us
aseume. 5 per cent; he will thus have e.
saving of $1000, and $3200 of his in!".
:creased cOst of mai'i1te~ance r~mains to ·
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.f~a!a~~;~ ~~:erso~o ~oew g;~:s
-,,$10;50-o is about 20 pet' cent.· The reme~
dies· :thµs are 9nes Vl,fhiCli shOuld be· ob- '
.:tained without difficnltY. The interest mat-·
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'continue steadily, "but the real estate own, 'er is entitled to mor~ than 20 per' cent in' :-crease in ':rentals. :If he is to obtain his:
, $~are
in the general a.dyance his inCQme'
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; c:ent/ like the income of the laboring
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'QOO at 4 per C~:nt., so th.at·. ha.yiI'lg tO·'pay
1.;on· th-is a.Cco:uni $4000,· there, was an anfiuRI •net· ·1ncOme of $6-000..
Since that time .it ~-outd. p.ave. suffered
l.
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atl.nual . incoine..
\??here was. _a.
m·ortgage ·<?-n th_e prope!tY of, say. $~00,-
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forced.to ·bu;e.·only tax-{ree S/'lCUl'ltleB:
Our Office.Bu:ildi:ngs? thei·e was fair; if. restricted, :!Dar-?
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l<et. 'l'oday, in the flo,od of ~overn,)
Most of tJie·modern ,office buildings ,nent bonds and of high 1nt':'rest. /
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and' m'any other large structures in! yielding securit~es of. man~ lnJ?.dS,,
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this city liave been finan,ced and; the mat ket for ·the real estate n ust,
erected by voluntary associations,.~ stocks has become exceed.i~gly poor. j
commonly kn.own as real estate\
These factors noted above apply to!
trusts. The Jow prices at which. the the securities and not to Llie real es· i
shares of many of these trusts have fate Hsc!f. A failure to realiz.c this\
been recently quoted have attracted .ancl to tlifferentili.t" .between.Jh<cl,two
the atten~ion of .those not vsually in- has le.d to mistaken .conclusions as t_o \
terested 1n such matters, and have iu,e realty. For example, one hea1s
led to some erronElOUS _conclusion.s. la 1emar-k lilrn this:
and such
In order to understand the present j an office building can be bought for
situation and t-0differentiatte between j 50 cents on the dollar," the basis for
the trust shares·and-the rea~·.e,s:t,ate \this. being that a quotation on the
they re?resen<t, o~e m;1.st understa1:d stock at that ratipmay<have·been seen.,
.something of their hi~tory, the cir- Of course it does not follow tlu;,,t, a,
·c,ums~nces under wlnch th':'y "'.ere forced sale of a few shares is 3:1,1Y
organized, the J;a,ctors entering into criterion of the price of a controllu;ig,
their market value and the conditions interest much less of what the ass0c
under which the realty itself has ciation 'would sell its real estate for\•
been 01rnrated the last few years..
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With the rise in land value~ and
But the earning power O
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the increase in -l,Jze and cost of mod-. I building itself, for example, has bee_n
ern office bufdtingis, the investment) lessened since the war began and this
fn one of these structures became
of couise has ~ffected t1:e value of
great tllat few individuals could meet., the stock. The tro·~ble :'1th the real
· it and fewer still were willing to put) est':"te has been that. it 1;a:3 &be;:.::.
so many eggs in one bae,ket. Ther-e;j obhged to meet rapidly ris1;10
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fore, some method of co-operation bade penses out of an income wh1c~ re
to be dev1'sed, and, as the generali mained stationary or rose but little
laws of ,the st,a:te did not, until coml In this respect the office buil<':i':'g has
parratfvely recentiy, permit the organ-; pe~n in much the same pos1t1on as
ization of corporations to deal in real have the Boston Elevated and other
estate, resort was had to voluntary public service corporations.
While
associations, under which the title rents were not fiXed by public cont;
iind management of the prope{-ty was missions, they were by l10ases in very !
lodged in the hands of trustees, and many cases.
The less vacancy al
the association was known as a -real bniiding had the worse off it was in
estate trust. The trustees issued cer- . this respect. It takes time to replace
tificates of beneficial interest, trans- 1 old leases with new, commensurate
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ferrable, as are the shares of corpor- with new conditions.
ation stock. 'rhis form of organizaThe actual experience of one of the
tion had also certain advantages of best office buildings in. Boston will
simplicity and continuity of ma:tia¥"e· be illuminating. we have purposely
ment _whi~h commended it to con- selected as an example a successful
s':'rvative mvestors. _TI;rough the me- I building, with a low capitalization I
chum of th.ese associations the lar~e j compared with Yalue and earning
~nvesrtor v,as enabled to spread his
power and one whose shares in norinvestment among a number of p':'r· I mal times i;,ommanded a prem!nm.
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eels of real estate, and ~he small 111- · Comparing the results, for 1918 with
vestor to _have a share 111 a class. of I those for 1914 , we find that rents had
r~~lt_Y which he could not ci.therw,se: risen less than 3 ,per cent.; the cost
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of generai , operation) exclustVe of
l\Iost of these trusts "Te::.~e orgal1.-. taxes and' repairs7 had increased
ized under. -.~o.n~lttie:t;t·~ J.:'<~,.::1.i~~l_ly: dif•\
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ferent from· those of tod 3 y.
U!ltil ·more tp.an 41, per ce~t. ·and ta':es
·u1e Massachusetts state income tax alone. nearly' 35 p~i"'cent.
Repa1;s,
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improvements had doubled 111
la:" freed intangibles fro11:11ocal taxcost. . nv"r&.~ult was'
decrease in
at!on a trustee was practically com- : ! net earlilngs o'f.' 23 per cent. The depeHed to invest in ,.., tax-f_ree se'?uri· .' tailed figure~, for another &,,uilding'
ty, for he had to reveal lus holdings . show a rise 'rn fuel cost of 1'17 per,
and_could not afford to pay the props; cent and
wages, without i11c.,:-ease
erty tax on others. The real estate
of staff and '1n spite of the- snbstitcutrust s'hares were 'tax free.
Money
tion of women. for men on .the ele'
was cheav and a tax fi:-ee incon1.e ot 1,
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th
: 4 to 4% per cent. was attractive, be·· va or;'!, 0 . ovei;_ "
per cen · 111
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fc,ur years, .
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tax-free bonds or mortgages. In 1:eBut this situation is righting itself,
cent years conditions have changed,
to a degree at least. Office rents are
in several ways, all tending to lessen;
rising and new leases .are being made
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.at substantially higher rates. Good
the maJJket value of these sihare.~.1
buildings are unusually well occupie.d,
rl"'hey bave fost, to a large ~egree~
' the benefit of the tax-free feature, beand there is a scarcity of space fn ,\
ca'use the removal of the pro,pertY: , modem structures. The peak of the
tax on intangibles ge!lerally opened:
expense lpa. d, except in taxes, has
to tnistees and large investors a neYl
apparently )Jeen reached.
As new
, and broad field. A more potent fa·C~
buildings · will not be built in any
, tor bas been the rise in interest(; 1 number until ,the cost of constru.crates, which has lessened the market:
t.io:.n, of moµey. and of oper:3-tion. fa.HI
value of all securities having a· fixed'
materially or rents hav.e risen to a
.J;ioin t .¢\'>' ·offset· the,se high costs,' it
income. Thirdly, the income front
\ may· bEh~;itpeccted tl:lat the net income
the shares are taxable under the'
'from. .modern office buiidings will
federal income tax, so that they are
show a gain from now on.
no longer on a par ,vith. muiiic1i,a1
ancl state bonds as to t'hc tax-free·
There
remains
one
condition, I
feature.
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·which does not apply to office build- 1
sings or to property o,wned. by .the
An inherent weakness of these
[real estate trusts alone, which calls
trust $-hares, marketv.rise~ also ha$
".for comment. That is the ma,tter of
!Jeen aggravated !JY present condi-,
·taxation. All real estate. in Boston'
tionis .. They are unlisted and t{te"
d.~· seriously affected by the increase
market for them has always bee1111a.1~-!
:in .the tax rate, whfch in some cases
1 ow Few people knew about them a1id[
is coupled with a boost of the valuathose that did had less knowledi(i,'
. tlon. This larger direct charge upc,:a
of the. real ···estate :back of thE\1'.>lf,
'-'the earnings of the property is µpt
The1'ef•o1,e execn.1ciiors' it1 settling. ·.es\;l
' 'the only trop.ole. The. ,greater t_ax\
tatc.s have ot;ten. 'been obliged to s,eiJj
ch~~ re_d~ea.c._.
'ri:9.t inco11¥',l
,a~ less -;t~1irn ·._th~ •jntr,insic>· :~~~1
the~~,a,~~i:J;ti~J~1:i.t Y<.'lll-mJ'.l\l ·Of ~9.';
:fj_,bcn Ill.O~~x:.>YIJ:I!'·iill'ehtY_a~<'Li:u~.J
parcEit l\l,Ii<l re<i.t'leing,.<t1fe eqmtY.; ab9cve
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'·. ;a~·O'perato:r'in Di>wn~TC>w~ Property:
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~~rita0ifie9 ~~\~~C:i~s~n~:g~~c;~a;:d~~:rii~:
corri~. say 60 per cent. he should have
$9000 a year instead of. $0000. a·nd the
·$.3QbO. increin~nt woll.'Id ne~d to be a".dded
t'o the rent.
The total rent advance
would thus be increas€:d to $6200, or
about 38 per Cent.Qn the original $16,500.:
It will cause no gr_eat financial convulsion for rents to itl.creas-~· tCr fully this
percentage. A°Iready ·adVances are being 1
made varying
generally from
10 per '\
cent _to 35 per · ce·ri.1:.
Office buildings.
apartment houses. stOres and salesroomS
in all the more desirable sectiOns .are'.
crowded to ov.erflo-winK. Short ieaS6s at 1
{o pfc:l;" c:0;nt tO 15 per 'Cent advance made
th1s year will be r.epeated with another
10 per cent to 15 per cent in an.other year
or so. ·The movement is not only a logical one and is, theoretically correct. but
it i"s already underway with irresistible \
momentun1.. . In a_ g~neral. rise in values i
one great necessary con11nodity cannot \
permanently be neglected
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bui1din,g 1.s cut down ·and rates
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the net for the holder of the equity.
Eventual]y the public
occupies
Ithe buildings muftpaywh1chincreased
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the
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real estate shO\V in the long run an
incren;1.e~t ·while fortunes put solely
into personal property are often whit-/!
tlecl down by successive market
losses.
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tend to rise; thus ft,1:rllier reducirig
t?-xes and highel" interest' charges Out•
during the period of a1ftustment the
real estate suffers, new construction
is discouraged, the whole city is the
poorer and the less well equipped to
do its business.
. ' We have been <;,onsidering the e>ffect on real es•tate stocks of present 1
conditions. But this short view is
r '?-ot that of men accustomed.to.inve_sti
1 m reai esta,te, tor their ·experience'
I has been that over a period or year1
I good Boston real estate; has not only
j held its own but has, ·advanced ir
~aJ~e- ,. ;r1~e:i:e.,.a,re".f~J'Vf.,.f::!:gt.ilfes whc
.';4iave had wealth · ~neration r.fte
; gene_ration ";"hieli · have not thei
I roois ii1 the -s-on and~C<5un t an1ong
! their solid, dcpendal>Ie assets tlieii·
' ~~ea~_ esta.te. rrhe very diffictiltY of
disposing, 'of real Property in tin1cs
<>f depression ,fa a protection for the
.family fortune, "hile the ease with
V(hich stocks mid bonds may tJe solr.l
. often leads to their sacrifice. The
net result is that investments in
A.
--?}~n3:,tor: Ch&r-l~s._ t;.,.. ~··o:,
j~.us;t ·. ·~old . :tli~' ;property." 't'o .
Y
.. lie'amount of money .loaned!
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OPPOSE GARAGE-:i'.N
BRIGHTON DISTRICT
Owners of Neighboring ProperJy Pro.
test to Street Board
The· peti tlon of Isaac Shapiro for permission to erect a garage, capable of
accommodating 60 or 70 , cars on the
property at Cambridge, Elko and Hens_haw streets, Brighton, caused considerable/ opposition ,vhen the 1natter
fAmazing .Lure-;~'\~
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of the ~~~-~
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Motor ~ar
More Than 6,000,000 in Use Daily-Country Estates Sought More an:1 More
by Auto Enthusiasts-Great In~
crease in Garages and Service
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Suburban Wards
By J. Murray Howe
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was
but
st=ven
years
ago
that
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wh<? :lia;s,
r. ShaPiro~
,~p.peared to lndorse the·. petition of the
ilattel", while Mrs. Nora. F. Jennett and
~a. fa.rge numb~r Of other property hold;ers of the Vicinity appe,a,red in opposiLfilon. A petition bearing the names of'
fi8 additional remonstrants was introduced.
Mrs Jennett charged that the fonner
se:na tor had Ceased to care for the
conservation of the neighborhood, now
that he has moved ·away. Other ·op.:
position came from Dr Slattery of St.
B:lizabeth 1-Iospital, Capt. F
A ..- Hall
of Police Station ~~o. 14, Dr. F. W.
Rice, n. S. Driscoll, James McMurtry,
H. T. Kelley. Dr. L. :B""". Gahm and
others.
The co1nmissioner took the matter
under advisement.
the
~~~~~0~~~11o~f ~~~ c~tn!~s n~:::res~i:
then that they had essentially reach.Ad;
their limit
Today there are. s~x millions I
An automobile is a bulky affair and re- i
quires room :i..lOt only in the streets, but :
for housing and repairing
It cannot a:'.ford the occupancy 0~ very expens:ve ]and r'
but it has easily fitted in:o a natural res:ing place. a sort of «no man's land" be- '
tween the thickly-settled and the near
suburban districts. not only of Boston, but
of prettY -much all the cities of size in the
country
Boston has long boasted the .attractiv~ness and relative
impor_tance
of
her :
suburbs.
The auto has taken them in i
hand and given them an impetus in part:
by reducing the strictly urnan population \
The :r:flenomenon of the Back Bay ultra. \
fashionable section having become almost
paralyzed and' its residential building !'€:duced to almost nil in the past few years,
i.s largely attributable to the ,automobile.
The individual who can afford a Back Bay
house can afford a comfortable motor ca-:.
and in four cases out of five he 'Will prefer
half an hour's driving or being driven ::;:1
one. to ten to fifteen minutes in a crow de ::I. \
trolley. and half an hour will take hlrr ~
ten or more miles into the country, to, sa)'.",
\-Vayland or Dover
From the ne·iarer· sub-·
, urbs such as Broo·kline, Newton, Milton
or West Roxbury, the motor ride is on,Y
too mOrt\ for the auto enthusiasts who
make up more than half the population.
As a consequence of this the motor car
has lured the surplus prosperous out into
the suburbs,
and,
while checking the
normal growth of the Back Bay. has set- 1
tled itse.lf into the void it has preserved,
All through the stagnant period of the
great war ·when no building was going on
elsewhere,
garages
and
auto
service.
storage and sales btti.ldings were going up
in the outer Back Bay section
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Ten years ago, when there was less than
ten per ct~nt of the present number uf au·
tomobi1e:=; in the country, a line or ~ales- i
roorns on the ,vesterly half of "8oylston
street was all that -seemed necessary. The
auto tar ·was still r.a.rdly c-onsi.dered .s~riously by many peovle. Those wh0 pi-e~licted
its loss of popularity as had been the case
with the bicyC'le in earlier years ~Tere cornmo"l
1t had already o,utgro"\vn its contractec"J (lnarte,:s and e~:pansion be~an~
At first ill a "spo.tty"' sort of way several
buildings for "3alesrooros sprang up a:ound
tl'ie C'roi:;~ Roads, near the junction of
Boa.con street and Common-wealth avenu,;
ff'l1e :-mportant Par:ka1d Comp3,ny took a
jump a n1i!e beyond 1nto Brighton Gn.rages
""·~re built here a.nd there. on Park S'<]UaI e,
on Lfl!..~>lowne street, near the Oaseba.11
1 fiBicl
etc
The work went steadily on,
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The 1ang va·~ant stretches of Be~con street,
Common)'lealth avenue and Broo,kline avenue were ip.vaded. and~ regardless of a pe.riOd: of Seve~a.l yee.r-5: :<>f relatiY!}... depression
in re'::il ~ij~'te b_efoi:e 'the wa-fif'\;:l.nd - of· the
War'"its~~f~ Work: .1'aa continued st~di-lY uµ ... ,
til now P.1:"~Cti.call_y .. all of" the rnain str~~~
frOnt.,a.~<-'S:...0~ ~~ ·'fb:ree ·a~teFies :¥e-1:a-~~~(,
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For \ong term, fwe-storY
ouna.1ng
ori.ck
-gav\ng cxccotion::cl frontage of over
,O feet, situate,1 ,-ear ,-1e,»over st, i»
t\-i.e rnarRet distl.·1.c"-
eRo~ERS pao"i"Ec-rEO
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While talkillg with an old resident of
·iaa.ns UOli>U!l{SllM
lll i>ll!PJ!Uq oston the other day he spoke of havLg read with much interest in the
uaaq -"llU.l:>a>.l Slll{ 'l!"!L[M. "l!S S.l.>20<'[
'Little "Walks About Bost_on" about Sir
·,I.LIS S<I'.3:DO<I G'.3:Idfl;);)O N"illiam Phips, one of the Colonial gov3rnors, whose residence was at the ,
orth End. '"There was one interest- 1 1
g story about Governo.r Phips that I
emember reading about when a boy
nd I think it was in the reading books
sed in the schools," he said.
"This
nz:-soc
to the effect that when his daugh-
got married Phips made her wedng dowry the weight of the young
oman in silver. As she was of sub- r : \
tantial build this amounted to a coniderable sum for those days~ according . J
o the story. While I cannot vouch for : /
ts truth /the yarn was a good onej ,
nyway,.
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Dear Observant Citizen-. One d. ay this
eek while riding in from Haverhill it
as my misfortune to ride in some
had been ch~nged over
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re tp.l"W u! pauado aq ll!M. pull L\2!'! s.>!.1ois n aq !!!"' .>Jnpn.1,s pasod
-0.ld -"l\J, ·pazll.l M.OU i>U!Pl!nq s.1.>llO<'[ PIO "l!l JO "•!S "l\l uo ll!nq aq !!!"' H
'NOOS Q'.E[J,;)'.El<l'.El '.3:H OJ, DNIG'UflH :>.r:NVH G3:S0d0<Id
dl!S zJu!Pl!"8 s1d80"8 uo
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building boom ~ in progress in
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in
that section
the vicinity
ton,
tract
I large which f~r · .e
nue. PlanS· ··
Great Building Activity in the Commonwealth
A venue Sectio~ to Provide Sales, Service, Garage
and Warehouse Accommodations for the Rapid
Development in the Car and Truck BusinessSeveral Long-Established Concerns to Have New
Houses and Others Are Planning to Build
O rapidly expanding motor for the
provide accommodations vehicle
trade in
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of the city, along
of Commonwealth
.&:v~nue, west of Massa.ch:usetts ~~'"enu-e, of
\~hich the motor trade. virtually took
'l)OSsessiOn several yea.rs aigo.
Sales and
·i~r:vtce · quarters, warehouse& a.nd garages
· Ot, an estimated alue of $3.~.000 are now
lDr process of p-on.::.truCtion, or hSJVe just
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b·een com,ple.ted, a.nd still other buildings
B·y O.HARLES
MARDEN
' lire projected and will be started soon.
The bulk of the new construction is ~ni
·Commonwealth avenue beyonn the Cottage
Farms bridge, whic'h seems destined to .shipping of vehicles can be <Con,duoted with this section represent
become the motor vehicle centre of the -ec-ononiy and despatch and these things fuay $500,000.
1h'ave been incorpora.ted in the plans.
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ing that in'"
'Will rival
Just when c·
not been ·Po
Company is··
pansion c3.ntl.ot:/i..C·
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Cousens Wha.if/;J:l,
Bui!dJng
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for seVera~. ,6.ih'e~{t
and only. ti,&.!.\liel
ated Pro!)·. , - . -: -,
F.
an
investment
doubtedl:Y
motor ye·hfC~-',t
property 10118'..
the Couser1s .- .</oof
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wealt~ aV:8nue/J'.;t'
sex:: street al'rd· ·tiv.
A Model Service Station
tains 100,000\:~ciU?
This building activity. a.t a. time when Noyes-Buick the Largest
A!so in th('\ vicinity of Rraves Field is frontage
: fE
,qiosts are so high as to deter many from
The largest structure that is in process the new ~rvice atatton of the Boston Buiclk excellently.
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"tlndertak.ing exipa.n:sion. is forced upon the' of' erecti~n is the big building on the north •Company, which will cost uprwards of $200.- poses, both~:,,.
Jnotor vehicle trade by necessity and. for side of COilnmonwealth avenue jus-t beyond OOU-. This is to be .finished in about a month property has'.
'the most part, the occupants are to be t~e Cottage Farms bridge that is beip.g and will be r:'fevotE'id ex.elusively to service
of Which i
-old concerns wbic:i have outgrown their erected by the Noyes-_Buick Com·pany, t~e The arrangement of the interio·r has been.... the ~bea.d~
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wholesale distributor in New England of rr...:::t.de ~o that, a very large num'ber of cars
P.,resent quarte.r-s and who are compelled! Bu!nk cars and G. u . c. truck~.
This can be hendled quf<"k.ly and with th?. 2-reat·
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:t\Vhich their businesses can be carried on comprehensive study of motor vehicle to the Buick stati-on is a. large field that ·will
"\"\ tii1c the
1-"ttl:ore advantageously
There also is a I buildings throughout the country. It will r include a test track and an athletic lleld constrµct!on
~onsiderable demand for quarters by new include large and attractive show roo-ms : for tne employees.
ave,nue Sf!-<!ti:
: ··,¢pmpanies,
~ny of which are entering for both cars and trucks, offices · and re-other lOf'.a,Jj
.-.th~ business with agen·1.. ies for ca.rs and ceivJng and shipping quart~rs. but the bulk For Chalmers and Maxwell
haye lately
-,~rucks, which have not heretofore been ! of the space will be devoted to the storage
Am-0ng
the
other new buildings
in :;;.~:~ei.na~e
~~Presented in Boston.
of new vehicles for the· New ~ngland re- process of conS"truction is the large future inot,-.r car sa.~~~
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tail trade.
The
Noyes-Buick Comp;ny home of th~ C
E. Fiay-Allen Oompany, hou:tes
There·\~(
Best in the Country
buys in .lar,ge quantities from the factory d;str.iibutor o'f Chalmers and Maxwell cars,
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In the constructioil of these new build- and distributes
to
the various dealers Which is to be on Commonwealth -avenue, ~ ~ ~
t.ngs every advanced idea in m'Otor vehicle throughout its territory#
When the new at St_ Mary's S'treet, alb-0ut two blocks fur- age on Char.les Sti
tsales rooms, serviee stations e.nd garages building is ready there will be space. for ther out of town than the presen-t Chai- C'arnbrfr!gP hl"~dg~_'
'lh"al:.\ Oeen ln:oorporated and Boston will the storage of hundreds of vehicles,. which mer$-Maxwell salesroom. The new build- tu.re in tli~: Soutll/
(have some of the finest structure-a of the will assure speedy supply of the needs of ing wUl house the ~les and service, as
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the United States. Much attention the trade.
wen, as the storage and delivery depart- A _Greater ''A#t~
n. ln
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ments of this company
There will be a
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~:a,s been paid in the designs to the vrooommodious sales and show room on the
So ra"pid,1Y. i$'}t;
vision of sales rooms in w•hich cars and New Houses for Dodge and H~pp
Comm,onwealth avenue
front
a d
th
growing in BostOJ
t ~rucks c-aan be displayed to the best ad..
The vicinity of Braves 1Ne'd is the scene upper floors will be largely t-0/ .se~fce.
possible for th~::.:;
:vantage in ia:ttra-cti.....-e surr,o.undings, the· of great building activity, and •mOTe than a
the rear of ,the c E. Fay-Allen Company quarter$ large ix¥~
.iJ;r-ade having learned that there Ls much m!.1lion dollars' worth of ,bu"ildings are is another large structure, whi..ch is shortly now doing buSi~E
, ~9-vant~ge to be obtained in ,s·aies in hav- '. going up there or have just -been finished. to be occu:pi€'cl in part by an annex to ferent places, Wi:i"l
.:.:Jng the goods d'lsplayed ih a setting that! The new home of the Hensh~·w Motor 1\1"erry_;.s gar~ge and in part fdr sales and cality, used ca;r::;~.'.
·:.a few yeans a.go wou.ld have been con- r Company ls in this locality~ and it has P,l"'l- service purposes There will be several ~ivery quarters 'so'
,sidered e.ritirely superfluous.
\ gressed so fa,r that it will be occupied with- show rooms on the Commonwealth avenue houses scattered-~
;: ;: Ful:ly · as II1UC.h attention also has been : in a. few weeks
This •building will he de- side of thi•s building.
room can b~_ ob~;
·. devoted t0: the plan~ing of the service 1 vote~ entirely to sales, del'.rvery and wareStill anothel" ne'W building that has j"Ust ~ . a. wast~tul ...-·WJ
1St8.Jtions. with two ideas pri,ma.rily in mind.: hous.1ng of Dodge Bro~hers' vehicles, th~ been started is on Common,weait.a, avenue
u11ding tha:t .~';.~
~;One ls to rovid-e the utm-c.s-t ot fe.cilities · service station remaining in its pr~sent at A'Itlory street_ The foundations and very g~neral 3:f}f,
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location ln Allston.
the flt-st floor are in and when it is com-· that will ho_use-~1
~~~d equipment tor rt.he proper. and .speed3:"
Near at hand is the new :hom-e o-f the 'Pleted it will house motor vehicle agencies, ! roof
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~;,'J:t!andllng , o-t.. w<>rk upon cuis-tomeTs cars? Hall Motor Company, which handles the 1 a pro1bable occupant being the -~tlantic
_It is apparent ..t~
-.~. e ot.b-er. to otter to customers easy a..ccess Hupmobi:e? and is_ now located on Com- I A. uto Company, the local distributor of the J h1cle trade. ou:t~:!.
-·)t.:> tl)e service st.ation and the as~urance of moriwealth a-yenue, near ,Bea.con street. Liberty car.
~umbus avenue ,-~~
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~~rk to .be. done
In the design ot the I other, which has not
ye;t
been
finally Cadiilac to Build Later
and then: expa~~;~
·_,warehouse portions of these new s~ructures I leased, and next to that a large building
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''.~:x:pe:r1ence has tnr 11 t numerous methods is to be started right away
Several srores wo ~ W;l ~ s tort ;ime it 18 hkely that and gr0.a.ter ''A~i'f."
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the
receiving.
storage
ain~d and service. stations rece;tly occupied in I t h : Caa\na e
e ~lponca new home for ess of ~o~stl"U ..·
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ompany of Bos- avenue to:W~
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Acquires Building at 95 Milk Street From Federal Reserve ,Bank,
Which at First Intended to Use the Property Itself
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Massachusetts Trust Company Associates Buy the Valuable Office ·and Banking Property at
F rankliri., Devonshire and Federal Streets
I-IE n;iost imp6rtailt real _estate trans-! mand tor property in this particular lo-Han~ock: Building without fear Of having
action f :9 the week is the sa1e by the eality has been ex_-ceedingly active ~uring J it confused with the downtq_w,n building
Park Square Real Es-f:atu Trust-"\V J. 1 the last f'ew months..
Part of the main I now bearing the same n3..me•.
McDonald, J.~ Sumner DraPer and Mark I floor will be remode1led to faCilitate the
With t.t1e change 1n the dWnership of the
Ten1Ple Dowl!ng, sales rnanage_rs-of the\ handling of the increasing business of the John Hancock Building, every piece o
n~w John Hancock _;uilding at 120 Frank- '. Mass3..chusetts Trust Company.
property in the l:'lock hounded by Milk
lill str~et,. 186-200 Dev~nshilc"e street and /
The M~ssac~µsetts Trust ,Company was F7anklin, Devonsh~ire an~ Federal street:::;
43 to 5o Fede!"al stree,t, to The Massachu- ; or°"an.ized about five years aO"o ,with assets will haye been so . . d during the last four,
setts Trust Company Associates,. Edgar R. ( of~three and .a half million d~liars.
Today rnonthS-the F~rst National Bank having
C'p-3:mplin, W. J
~icDonald and Fre.i .P \ their total assets are more than fifteen mil-! purchased the E-qutta·ble Building, the MasI-.I"ay:ward, tr~stees._ This tr1:1st. h~ been· lion dollars, showing a net increase of 400 I t~r builders• Building and th~ ~ldest por-,
formed on a basis of cap1tahzat1on ~f: per cE.nt. The directors recently voted 10 t10n o~ tho John Hancock Bu_1ld1ng, which
$~.~.000.
j incl'ease their ca ital stock from five hun- co_mpr1ses all ~h_e property in the . block
. The prop-erty P,.a~ large frontage on ~rank- : dred thousand d~Uars tO one million dol- with th-e exception of th~ newer portion 0-f1
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~·:1~~ le.rs
th;h~o~~t~:nb~~~t
55,235 feet-of
of $3,095,000.
It consists of a ten-story '
It has been dtcided to change the name \'\-'"hich 33,251 square. feet are owned by the
.general office bq.ilding, one of the finest· of the building to the Mas,s'achusetts Trust F"irst National Bank .and the balance by
of · Boston'13 office structures
The 1nain Coni.pany Building, · which will enable the the Massachusetts Trust Company Assofl_QOr. ·;s occut?_ied by th~· .banking rooms John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Com- ciates. A~cOrding to the reports made at
of the Massachu$etts _Trust Company E
p,any to 'n.am~ its neW building' the John the time of the pt.1 rchase the First NaH~ Rollins & Sons~ ?an~~rs-; Standard Santional Bank has plans to construct an
itary Manufactul'ing Company, and the
eleven-story building whi.ch wi!I occupy the
Library Bureau., Parts of-,the upper floors
entire a,rea of their purchase. It can be
a:.re uti~ized by the John Hancock Mutual :
readily understood just what.. such activity
Life Insurance Company.
,11,..:11 mean to real estate values in this vi.. The .purchase was mad-e not only as an
cinity. The Massachusetts Trust Compau~
-·tn-yest~e,nt. but as a means of protecting
Associates was organized throug'h the office
the bank's location inasmuch as the deo~ w. J. McDonald.
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-In This New feden1l R~erve B~k Bu~dine. :to .Be E~ecled on, Peat!, fanklin_ and Olive~ S1reet~. the Archjtect, R. Clipaton Sturgis, Has Wroutht:£u11AA1D~ntal& That Depart From,,
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ports the following increaees in living"
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.. ~ears,
of Amet'lcan f'arriUies 1?1 \he la.st
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,t~~~he.t' finds th~t, food cost _is 4?.- per
'.:of ~h~ .. fimi(y budget, clothing,~ 13
-e,.nt a~l-d rent. 18 'i.,~r -cent.' As· tbe.se
' ,.~:or~ ou;t. if ·a fa~_i1Y spe~t $2900:
t.h,;, !zforea.;e would 1:>e $1!)44. : ·or i
"a,n!l, · $'.i'Dl'.20 l.s .·rent;.f. OOd, $35.1 for
.• ifije $136 for tor
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ther items):
One is itllffiedie.-tc.ly
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:,vitlf.the facl!l>not only that rent
lvefy:· small item; .bu,f; also. that .
. .. 'l?•Ui(: ,-;•:short· Way. to:w.ard pa;r~ty
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·mo·d-itt~s.
Vol:9gt~ ,.for;_ ren~ 6d.V'a.\he"es .lie,pE, 1
.Print wtth: .argument ba.s&d on
-.. co,~t Of l-.bor9',1t;~ .1-nsuran~,.,
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. d, ~t>i:>iles, WJ,lle ·tMse·~1ngs a':"·
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·~.:ter4l,r factor. th~y ~ ' J
.. ~o~. the. tna. in~
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-e•. to( wlt/ that the lari~rd musrt live
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a.~
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e'\r~rybody else!:_, a.'nd W:~th h·~,,
{?W,n 'food ·and clo,thh.1r: up- a.bout 100-_ per
'.ffE!'nt. : ~"":, ~s '='n.t:itled to as ni~ch· ~d-vQ!ee:
''.ln'iprlce. ~s the. ·butcher, baker.end •ta!lo.:,,,,
.:~hile ·so·· far 'he. ·has got less, than ha.:lf
(!~61:r- !1-dV~~~ce.,:-. ",r~_ R'?,t it in a.ri9i~~J" ;-~~?:;~;
::1)~,.; ~s get:ting ·l,esa. tha.n 40 per- .c~.t .rnore ·
;}}?'an· former1y, · a,nd. aJ.l. tJj_a.t lle do~.tet lsi
}n/.doUars \'l'<>rth ha!~ a• ·mucq,~~~rly,;
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a,n.n.~~n~~h
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~tl;l:e .~ity ha.s .•advan~e(l the re-ntl!I ·in, t'Pa. t;.
,;Ei'i!.neuil Hall n;:,a.t-kets ll> per cent, .g\ylng,
:t"¢~-ye'ar l-€aseS all around. , 'Mos-t· Of ''the:
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t··~#alla. .&r.e. used as. ,accessories to a whol8-;
L§.!=ll~~- ~s, \Vie-11. ~ for a r~tail. busin~s,; "·~~Q
t°?,t~-. !Qr the l\,.rmer an 'invaI1:1able
acl~-¢·r-,
,'ti'aing;: ... ag~ncy '. with tlle many thoul"3n.ds
::ef~·' .P<)ople passing through the mark6ts
< 'itY}'
-The ·notdel"~ mUSt thu~ lui.ve:. a
\itiie· share of the Profits ·With th<,, 92
··.c.t=nt atlvan.Ce . in
jna~ly this margin
~r
food
prj~es.
P:t"e-
of profit is at· mos<t
· ~ '"Ie<s~ P:e·rce~tage on the. P;·r~seri_t·· $i~92
th ot' -prodU:ce than on the former d'ol-
}:1<"'orth.
~i.~. ~~!;~~ i!1:!!~e~.0b~~~e!r.::U~t~:t tt!t;
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i'oofls ma.n e,nd clothi-er. ~e tatµi-~r:.J
sb«;:>emaker., the· jeweiet' and ~~e,.: ~tir 1·
'the movte man and the autoin.obfle- 1
and m~ny ot~ers are r.eceiv.m. g.·.•. s9m~.·j
·,simUar- to th<>Se of the ma.rket.:m~J\.
most i~te.resting' · f~ct in . re·t'ia.tloh. ](.():',
city ma.rt:ce:t re·nts iS that ~he,'.
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\t~: J.}ave. no _p~rtlcular relation t~- Ef\lr
d- i
ll'.J.lt;"·ones in the market ~ctio_n ... '-1:l~:,.,
h.~
t.~. very· ;few e?'cepttons, wl1e~1.ea8e .
. v~f
ut lately. the advan~_fl!$;'"hav"e been· at.
~n~:.~
thi~ty-fiv'e l)er ~ ~ o r fOrty:.Per
, ·m,-a:.t"ka-t !:i-ta11$ even at the .fifteen per
~d~a11,ce ~ ?P:.lY bring',;. ~<>~ethh.1.g like
a.... year for a si.~gl~ 1,
or,,·ii20«?. for
uble. one. :Eve~ ln; ,
ngle' stau,·.a:
~~fr ,l~rge ·b~~fn~ss
. Jntq, , hu:ndreds ·9J' th0:u
&·t is obtained for
)°#me~~ ol"l pubi~·c~,
oµe ~uhnJ..Ilg."
qJlars, and'
'wonderful
·1~ appears\
~~~o·~~n:;:m:ti-1
p:q~·~1:i1:~:r~.
estate men ,W;
. c;>yed to .:ret!ort
. ese rentals and a:·dvls,ed .the fifteen per
· ~·dy~n9e in ~ re}lb~t mia.de ·&ix lllon~hS
Jbut . only jUS.t · acted ) upol'l.
nuring
. six mOnths a Sharp ,ridvRnce iri ·com..:·,
ial. rents has been realized: all over the
-.8..s ·~~lt:." as .~~!3e,:\V.h~~e •..qne :that_ p~iv8-t~,
~.rs hav-e taken.til:-..a~va:-ntage,,. ot.
With,'
. 'ay· an atf:
'a,~cit~ government:
;'~.,!-i~p·s lt was l
le to d<>, the same ..
~~;--~~·,this as . it
,,· these: to<S,.h,"ea::d:Y" low
'e~11-t~al. ll'.'lwrket rents have ,tindo\l.btedty ba<l,
i.££:~.~:~:~ngk:~!c~ o:s t~~:~~~l\~tu~:~t1~!:·
~e~rt~_e-le~s.
the , section be-h$~·-:crow-ded.
~re rapi.dly ~ii~tiill;ig_ t~_e;;~~n~ th~
during. the ·.Pl$t y
in - numbe
d
be~.!
f()r i
er
:. years p,B,St; ·
Qaies :
~:nee in ,:furthe
a
The ·
t :.alm9st all
maii°y.·.Jffl.1eS .:itt ~
~ have ·been
a tors,:"' the: tji~n ~
e. best in:fpi;med a:;. t.o con:ilnir, i:'.ent~'
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Y:.,a:j
es.,j:urt,h<>r . .;!se, in, i:;;t .. ~o a lri Jbls' sec.a
ind·. !?3.:f~s a ln;io ~Q.t$
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.n~where ~ls~ •. and a fur.th;er _rlf;le in
ot course" ·means a :~urth~r 1·rlse ln
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Building to Be Erected by Miss Martha C. Codman at
250 Washington Street
f'\fc Well~Known Property m Wholesale Shoe District Bought, by Alonzo W. Perry
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~<. ·-:. . · '. ~E}D 'HOLDSWORTH and Robert D. , covered by a six:-story office building., with I lars. The build'.ng is Occupied by £nan!
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Farrington have sold to Alonzo \V. passenger, elevators and:. modern conven- i pro1n.tnent shoe ooncerns and ot_her affi.11·..,-,;~ - · .P.·e.1··..ry.· .of Rockla.nd the Bedford Build- iences. The .dim. ens1ons. of th.is parcel are ated line1s. of business·. The p.urchaser _will
~.i{g at sn-105 Bedford street, and 3-17 Lin- as follows: 14·{.fi.9 feet front on Bed- ;make extensive alterations to the bui.l'ding
I\ .s.treet. This ,property,· one of the ford street, 124.84: feet on Lincoln street, and is to hold the Property for inve stment.'
· St ifuproved parcels in the wholesale 110 feet on cO~ :.imbia street. It is .assessed C vy. Whittier & ~rother were the Orok-··, ';!~r·ic~,_ comprised 16,4$,9 feet of la~d l a.t about three-quarter_. ot a million dol- , ers irl the trapsaction
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A~chitects)
.. •en: Years From Now It Is Expected That the Growth of the Business Will Make Necessary the Completion of the Entire Bui
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trtli~ main build-] Oering about 1400:
a law library, conhave been ferenc0 room~- and ofli<?es for the execuas the main\ tives.
The most striki'ng feature of the
·.~i§t:J(, P!ubiic exhibi- I interior o:f the great building will be an
'":·l.Jte1~: this afternoon ! immense ••workroom" on the main floor.
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...·.·:g.· ;·.:.;a...·.,,·.t···he · (?ld 'T~ch. \ 250 --feet square and
containing nearly an
~t·,7'.7:C-1?,'rofesaor Emer- acre and a half of floor space. It will be
t-:ri'&0/nieasures 250 by far larger than any office room now in
:i'i-'i>f:s :Sixty by ninety use in· New England
It will accommo...Jo.-fi~n4niark in that· l date from 800 to ~OOu en1ployees.
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In the basement will be the company's
\'y.: features o.f the large printing plant and supply depart-
large pillars at each side
Along the bui1ding and to clear the remaii
fa(;ade are flat pilasters, and on .c:i 11 sides compan:i•s land in the block, t1
every inch of space possible has been de,.Jck dwe1ling-~ extending all thE
voted to windows. Without sac:i:Ific1"1g beau- St .Tame~ avenue irom B~rkele~
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ty of design.
The building wHI set back \ d,Jn street are to be removed. Aft
twenty-two feet on the Clarendon street ing is built it 1s planned to ha
side. twenty-five feet on St James avenue,, street built across the lot fro1
and fifteen feet on Stuart street. to pro- \ avenue to Stuart .street directly
vide for possible widenings by the city\ with a ramp going down to t
and a fair margin of setback afterwa.rds I frorn ep.ch side
'\Vhat the <:"
Seven thousand wooden piles will be d'!.':ven ; do wit.l:; the remainder of tbf
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for t~e _foundation, on account of the land 1 218 feet back to Berkeley st
~i·.i··.s····· t.h.3.t so that it buildingAt presen~ these are. housed in a having teen a part of the filled-in section ! feet V\o•ide between St. Jame~
·-¢,:ttoui?;h. the foun-1ment.
on Atlant.c avenue.
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of the Back BaY.
Careful preliminary stual't stre~t-has not been d
!tied up
to
ten
-borings were m.itde Jong ago and it was may be sold, 8...S it is consldf
,rge the to;,,er with Will Front on Clarendon Street
found that the piles ~vould. make a very lent and eas'.ly marketable
··e_\t~a::t: of t~e sh uc- ) The building "Vil'. front on Cla1·endon s~cure foundation even for so large a erty The whole block co
'Z·A ,.~;:11-l serve 'fer_ a 1 street. with an attractive entrance having structure and th~ expected completion later
~'S! acres.
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~eight Of th-e entire!
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q.-f the v.>hole up to the building lin1it
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The tower wiH be banked by four light
eJ;l.1..plates furnishing J
wells. about sixty feet square each, and
,C>_d.a.:tion of t,.he ~omthese will be lined with white glazed
'~t t;en year~ or so.
brick
The wells will go down to t~e top
pt_er~ted hi~her all
of the main floor, where there "'~in be roofs
of glass · letting in a flood of light from ·
i
i!;rhead
When - the building is carried i
a 'Half
uo to 12.5 feet eventually, the Jight wells
~ill continue up v.rith it, thus giving the
I h;:,st ot' l_ight an around in the offices wh:ch.
ow all of the ,vay around the outs c1e
the- building
These o:eiC"'es ~vil! co!1n~ct
, \\~ith the < cnt1aJ
tower portion of the
n•ltl3ng- Qy !neans of p:3ss.ageways l,)etween
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room
for
the
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(Designed by Parke.r..;·:T_li
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The Company Will Immediately Build This Unit, with the Central Portion Carried Up to the Legal Limit of 125 Feet
workings" to be the 'most efficient possi- and without knowledge of the architects' cause of t~e ?l;'~ii.,¥1,\i
COU<Se has been foUo'"ved by
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the ..Tqhn Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ble, it also d•esired to cover the working n::unes. and ihey, too, picked the same de- ing, and for\g1JS-,\~
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a:nce Com'Q.any in s~ttling upon the slceleton with a· skin of beauty and for sign.
The contract for the new building treated in th6.( $3.'l";l
· afchitect for the large "home office" bullding this purpose set abou::. the sele'ction of the has been awarded io L. P. Soule & Son building in the
-'-'t~t)t is tb bui14 on the larid that the com- archi:tects in the most c.1reful manner and Co., the sam:" firm that is to ~upervise tion of which_,.jg_l:)81
'.J)U.ny acquired in the Back Bay more than one for which the corppany is being com- the building of the new Federal Reserve in the Rogers~;-B~:@
,·1,~::·.year 3.~o~-the block ~01.;nded by Claren- mended bY all of the leading architects
Bank Building, and work on the excava- under supei:Visioh~
son.
The main b~j
:r:~esB=:~~1::-:. a1ld Stuart streets and St. The architects were faced with rigid re- tion was under way tpda.y
quirements to furnish all possib!e light and
230 feet and the to:i
'~,::,·.;·Ab~,ut a year ag•> the company had a
yet to confine themselves to merely cov- Tower Will Be a Landmark
feet and will makE
'.,~tuQy made to asct•1 tain bow long the pres- ering with the «outer skin" the work laid
~rhe successful design contemplates a seetion of the citY)
; :iiht build)n:~ bo1J11df-tl by Franklin. Devon- Out by Mr VValdron.
building of four stories with a hbth baseOne of the ;.note~
:~Shi.re and ,:"•-·deral st.rtets would s0;3rve to
The committee interviewed twenty-two ment, having a central towe::: ri~jng ten building a-bout f~;h~
,•house the co1npany's hon1.e office provided architects. selected iive from v..-hom they stories to the full legal buildjng limit of nations are to,~%~
:a:11 of it "'as occupied by the company and sough:: plans to be sub'miti:ed in compe- 123 feet. The main building will rise about! may eventuaJ:Iy·· ;b,e:
growth continued at abo·ut the current titian. , T11e plans wer.e submitted under sixty feet above the sidewalk and, with I stories, 125 f~et:, 'ai;t<:J
, :r'ate.· Th•.; inqu ry showe-d that the presf>nt keys
aJ.ltl ,, ithout
names,
in
accord- the tower, will be constructed ot. Indiana it as an indisdh·gul's)
:.:q:Uarters ,, o:1ld be entirE-ly in.adequ ..ite, and a nee
w~th
the
rules
of
the
_.\.1neri- limestone, probably of the buff ccj_or used tt1re.
The ·t.oW.er. ;·rl-J
>ei d'eclslon '\\las qu'.ckly n,ao.e to ~o ahea<l. can Instit.ute uf Archit~cts, so that it was\ in the R. H Stearns Company's £;tore and fey/ ye'.ars to'm~i-kj.~~
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a new building
The build:ng pro- imposs:ble for the "jury" to know from : other well-k;nO\oVIl business buildings
The . b·uilding.
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,gra.1nn1e: wa~ placed ln th€" hands of a com
who1n they came
The committee had en1- architecture is of renaissance and 'is very I
The fir"st ub:{t··"',cic
Tbittee 9omp1 isiJlg \,\~alton L. Crocker, chair._ ployed
Professor \oY;-illia.rn
E,merson
of attractive without being too ornate
It is room for the ~cc;o~
'fn.1.n; •";harL::.s F
Ayling. Geo:r"ge 3 Smith, Technology to serve as profession·::1.l ad- , worthy of note that the three uppe:.... stories pany only for .·the•<
ifred E. N"as<Jn. secret~ry of the ,comp.any~ viser in connection with the plans by the : of the tower are the only ones that can then the builQ,-ing· y.r·,
i~clward F. vv,.)ods and J. Albert Cole, secre- architects, and the jury which judged the ! be seen from the neighboring st'!"E.ets be- around. '
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, Lary of the cGmmittee. This committee se- designs comprised: Stephen Codman, for- I!
ltlred tth~ services of :F'rederick _<\. Waldron inerly of Cod man & Despradelle; Profesr-: ,
bf New Yorl~ -as engineer-in-charge to plan .John H~ Humphreys, professor of de.Si'i~~
One Room of an 1~~
"for the most effi,cient l\se of the interior ar- in the Har\j'ard Architectural School, and
vangements
Robert P. Bellows of Bello-.7s & Aldrich,
"'Vhile the company ~vanted the "inner archite.cts.
--x· .lnusual.
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Rice of Boston-,-w .1.s unan,:n1ously selected.
'£'hen the directors looked the deslgns over, ;
wHhout knowing of the judges' decision. '
the
others
Dulcling
n1eeting
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a
,kitchen
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hail~
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l!Wil·I··· Incr!'~~i;;J!~f~liiess ~f., C.·.¥·~.,',, lffe .....gen'.:'.
ire ·t.h,i;td:h<i'c,Cc.b:iiii'r~ei\ti
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; shl>u1d··-11ave 'n·ew
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there. ~·h&s.-
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"Of suCl:i'', &""bara:c..:;
a4
i:Sftuattiid ~s to make- t.h':em
fittipg and. convenier;t home for uie busi-4
ness men· of Boston and New England who/
constitute our membership.
As long as i
'·1 ter . and
four yea.rs ago a special committee of the
' Chamber rtported that they were •convinced that a new building, centrally located and equipped with a lunch room and
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club facilities, would increase the usefuln~ss of the Chamber to Boston and New
England, and to ~ts members.•
The entrance of the United States into the world
war, the scarcity oI materials, and the
great need of st.eel for war purposes, led
the. commit:.ee td conclude that it ~ s in1adv1sable for the Charniber to proceed~with
the construcLon of the building at that
time.
"The chamber needs a building 'Which 1
will in fact :9..S ,vcll a~ in theory, be the !
11.on1e of its mem,bers
The distance to the I
present Cullding from the office of the l
av~rage .member, and the lack of iranspoi:- j
t..~t10!1 fac!lities
het\'veen their offices and l
the p:eser.t; 'hnilding re~•ult in only a. cornp~ro.t1vely fe,v members of the charrl.'ber
ever ccming to it
It is a good building
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for the ,p,urpose f,)r ,.,·hich it was built; but,it is not ~ ..sat:~~factory home for the members of t!" E> chamher
· ~our committee believes it advisable to{.
construct a modern office buildin= to thetfull height P(trmitted by law, th:': Cham-1·
?er occupying so much of the upper stoI'~ ·
1es as may be necessary, and renting· the
To- -l{ave Large Asse:nbly Ruom
remainder of the
building to businesa1··
"l:-pe Chamber of Co1nn'le::·ce offices and i
firms
!here are some. advantages. o ·;
quarters will be on the upper floor vf the j course, tn ,a Chamber of Commerce being
puilding
'l~her-e will be 1:1. Jarge cornb1na-. the sole occupant of a building, but it is
t~on lunch and assembly -room of p_bout i enorm':,usiy expensive, .and Wt bel:nve th~1:.(
the size of the Copley-Plaza ballroom, cap- l the disadvantages outweigh the ad-v~·n·sr··=
able of seat:ng at 1€ast 600 persons at! tages.
The Chamber of Commerce is a
.tables and more than 1000 perso...-is ""~hen it. bllSiness organization, and the !"nOst fit.is used as an auditorium
In addition,
ting home for it is in our ooinion the be~
there will be a large nu1nber of private
type of a modern business blcck that can
dining rooms for com~ttee m.eetings, ·and l be designed. A building of this charact~11. ?
a smoking and lounge room
:' if skilfully planned and executen wouid
The building -vv-n1 be in. the shape or an l attract tenants of the 1nost desirabi~ class.
· r.., with 18G feet frDntage on Federal stre-:>t., for in addition to the facilities ..vhich it
and 18-!- feet on Franklin ~treet.
It ,vi11
itself furnishes, it would be the best known
have a deptt'h of approxin1ately 6'1) fee• on the
\ !1' n:d.~est advertised building in New Eng...
Fcd1:.ra1 strt-et sidle and a
little great:et·
depth on :B~rankl!n st-::-eet. All the fiooT8'
After describing the site i t has e.gre~d
except that oc,cu,pied 1.,y the C1la.n1per ofon as the most suitrable 'for t.he ne•w
fic ...""s and assembly re-om~ ,vill be 1~ntc:.l
build•ing, ·tti.e committee state: "We do
as bus:ness offices. It Ls expected th';l.t
not beli£ve that the Chamber could selc~t
ea.ch flocr, with the exception of the groun:1.
a :site w-hich would -better meet its needs,
floor 9 \'Yill have about forty offices. The
or that would yield as good a fin:ancial
first floor Oflic-es will be larger. and: ·will
return
The purchase of the site and the
prolbably be occupied: by banking or inerection of a suital11e .'building upon .:t
surance firms. Exclusive of the basement,
looks to us like a fc1asible a.nd reasonable
'there will be 1f""JO,{JII.)() feet of rentable space
proposit~on, and in our opinion it can ho::
in the building.
financed
It is the best proposition WA
It is -p'Ointed' out in the report of the
have seen, and we •believe the ChambPI
bll'ildi-ng ,commi>t.tee that the .shape of th-e
should either take advunta.ge of it rH
proposed site will pern1it the constructi-on
rnake up its m•ind to wait for five yea.";3
1 of
a bnildin..,.. with practically no sp,a.ee
before getting a new building-and 1n our
1 :ost
i1l1. a·riea~ways or light
wells.
The
opinion it cannot afford to wait for tha.. t
dept'h of each si-de of the L. •is said to i length of Ume "
be ,ideal fo-r an office building
Building J
experts declare that few
buildings in ·
B~ton utilize as great a proportion of their ~
s:<tes a·nd at the ,same time comma.n.1 as ,
great an amou,nt of Hght as will be the.
case i•n ,the proposed Chamber bu-ilding. \
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I Finish Building by September, 1921
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Th-e Tefe•r,e.ndum on the build·ing sub- :
mitted to Chambe,r members will close i
1''eb. 20.
At that t,ime the ballots will be
counted
If the Cha·mber members approve of the projec-t ,it -is intended to proceed with the eonstruction of the buildi,ng
as speedily as possi.'ble. It is the hope of the i
(drectors of lhe Cha,rniber that the 'building i
...,...·ill be re-ady for occupancy one yeai;- from !
n,e,xt September.
Negotiations for the sale of the pr?perty
were conducted through the real estate
firm of· Hayes & Welch, representing the
owners of the land.
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In tts report to the directors, the spe- J
cial building committee states that the new I
building' would make the Chamber of Com- 1
merce a. more effective agency for accom- \'
plishing the purposes for which it exists,
and that the structure v~rould be ,1. beautiful ,and enduring-n1.onumeni commem-0ratin.g'
the fundamental importance of tt:e busi- 1
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'"The present Chai:nber of C-omm~rce ·
Building," the report says. "was completed
in 18H2, primarily for the purpose of furnishing a suitable trade room, with <;>ffice
conveniently adjacent thereto, for firms
dealing in grain, flour, hay and alliea
products.
The trade room, we are informed, is the best grain exchange tradB
room in the United States.
lt · and the
building in which it is situated ~re well
adapted to the purpo5es for wh:ch the:,,
were erected; but they were :not designed
with a. view to meeting the peeds of the
p.resent.-daY commercial organization, and
do· not; ·either with respect to locati-on,
"cha1;a:cter ~~ •building or arrangem6n.t -of
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Gray & Davis
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The Property Just Acquired by the University Is of Even Greater Proportions Than Is Here Indicated. It Begins at Granby Street - at the Extreme Right-Takes in th,
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of the Land Now Occupied by the John E: Cousens Coal Yards. It Takes m Everything Between Commonwealth Avenue and Bay State Road
Have Also. Been Purchased by the University But Will Not Be Disturbed for the Present. Ultimately, However, the Entire '. ·--·
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Brita~n & Ireland reports for the year end/\ ed Oct. 31. 1021, net after deprec1~tion, re\
]serve and other charges of fo,827,641,
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iMI I5,459,701 ln 1920.
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aJmost wiping. out its surplus. In '1021 it
:lime bacl, with a .s~rplus for lhe year
after charges and d1v1dends of $1,046,000.
At the sam,: time the company put its
hfUse m better order by reducing inve}\tories o.ver $6,000;000 to $8,595,000, and accounts receivable about $1,400,000 to $3,52!,00?· ·Notes payable were cut down from
$lv,29o,!)OO to $4,900,000. These fi~ures are
IIl<llc_at1ve of the sever!_tr__of_ readJ:1§1@~
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Minneapo Huntington and E. V, ·R, Thayer:\.
ceed:·;fis.a•directOr of ·the Rock Island"
Mr. ed d eneral counsel of,both roads,
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Two more Toledo men, W. W. Knight.
,hat the final settleme,nt of all claims gro;·
d Charles i,;. Bunting. have.been elected
mg out of I>'ede;al conio~ b~ be;;ai~~a; ~~ectors of Willys-Overland,_ I.n.c:_, .to. suewith the Wheelmg & a e ne
ceed G. W, Spencer and· Jas.
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be~n s~!de m' Ne'w York at 12~ cents per
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Structure to Have Frontages on High and Matthews Street~
NE of the impo.rt~Xlt bulldinis w~~ch
will be· co'mpleted during the year is
the store and office building. to. be
erected by LOi-eil D TOWle Oii his lot ·of
land fronting on Congress, High and Matthews strc:et, con:t,aining 7~92 ~~et . .,It is
Mr
Towle's irite"ntion·:to rerit''SpaCe to·
whole-floor tenants atld not to divide it
into sm~ll offices. 4Pplications have already been made by concerns requiritlg one
.to four floors e~ch. The tnain entra,.nce
of tlre building will be on Congress street.
This will I~ad di'reCtJy to a gr-oup of three
electric· e1eVatOrs, whiCh will be a vaila.ble
fo-.. pa~!"len,e-er se:i;-vice. and one connecting
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street which Can be used, if desired, for
f.reight and express 1.)-Uri;:tOSeS: · · · ·
The building will be ele'V:en stories high,
steel frame, fireproof construction, with
the exterior, o:f selected gray brf.ck and
Indiana limestone. Each floor will bave a
fton.t~6~ Q.Il tP,i-ee w.iP.~ etreets. with unusually large window space
The upper
floors wiil have light and air from four
.sideg. It will be known ·as the Congress
Building.
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The interlor of the building will be finished throughout in oak. with marble and
.mosaic f!.96:rs in th~ publLc. portiotis. ln
the b~sement~ besides the boiler room and
storage rooms, will be lar'ge areas lig}:1.ted
by overhead light which will be available
!.or add'ltional sales rooms in connection
with the ·ftrst-fl6o·r Stores. In the neighborhood of this building wll1 be the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Chamber of ,I
Commerce. whose activities are attracting
tlie best grade of commercial tenants to
tllis part of the city
Demolition of t}le
present building will begin on the first day
of April, and the new structure wHl b<:!
under way by May 1. It is expected that
~~J):;;~Y b~ll~ c~i;.1Pi,ttto~e a~:n.retd:ex~~r ;{:.;
arChitect ls Arthur I-I. Bow~:litch of Boston
and the C'ontract has been awarded to the
Evatt Construction Company. The investment in land and bupding will represent
about $1,200.000.
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whe-th'e\
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coUldfl~t ·-ftl"lcl tt
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in the big league raceei9 t~e ~ankees ar
selected to lead ~he Anierica.n le~gu,
Procession and the Giants to top th
senior organi~ation ·and ~aturaUy th,
~~orld :series coriceded again to the Pol,
Grounds, bti t baseball · is a
pe~Ulia
game. Often.ti~es the well ~n<?wn do~!
ia b_9Pted for a flock of goals ~n_d a~
ready there are the. familiar signs o
re:voluqon -in the Yankee cam1:3· anc
over-confidence in both outfits.
I di
not figure the Giants were $trengthenec
by the s-w8.p of George Burns and 1-:eint
.Groh, so there may be ma,ny surprisef
by the first week of October.
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I would like t ~Larry Bro'.vn o
Penn fighting Stallard, the Cambridgt
mile champion. at "thi Que._enS Club to
I <lay
Stallard is a ireat runner, but hE
will J'.!eed all he has to whip Bro,w~.- ·
BoRton Latin is the jlri.x outfit it
school athletic circles this year. Footb;:ill hadn't started 1:ist fall when Free
O'Brien,
its ·co8.ch,
suffered
a · broker
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AT BOWIE:
FIRS1" R.A!OE--Four -furlOngg:
- , KewPi-e S., 112' {Lang), $6 20, 3.40 2 50 ••
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.Jean F., 112: fStirlin-g). $3.50, 3 ·10._ •.•••••
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Pinkie-. ~Jargaret Loreitta, J"cnnle C .• 'Dent.aria
Our Tel'lie, Lady lionm.outb and ~dy Bretten
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{ I ba;E~~~n·~.QE--.Six and :a $55.:,30. 18.60,
h.a,lf :furlong~:
Lucky Girl
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Feigned Zeal, 100 (Gantner), $1.60. 6 80 .. .
Bill's L,uCk. 103 (Rowan), $.11.80 ...• , •.•.
T:ime--1 :'22 4 ..5. Night Boat. Bni,llet~ Clin·cl
field, LLttle Ammle,. M.ax Go1d, Dal'e. Herrni
Kemble, ~lidnight Stories and Little P'atsy· als
ran.
THIRD RAOE---<'Sl1:x rut-longs:
The Lamb. 1·1·7 (S'OhWa't"tz). $5 -90, 3.5-0-. 2.60
t.,1:_-tra Gold, 1'12 (Morris), _$4.90. 3 30.
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FOUR:'".I."H RAOF,..........&lx and a ha,lf furlongs:
Excuse )le, 100 (Lang), $29.10, ·4..4-0 3.00
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George W. Harvey Will Erect Nine-Story Office Structure at
Kilby and Doane Streets
EORGE W- HARVEY has . bought of will build on the_ lot in c ~ '
ecUon with the
·Fr:ed~rick E~ and George W. Johns~o:ri adjoining. property at ~q.
Kilby street.
·.;the brick ·.aitd stone bUilding at 14 recently P:u,rchased by ... , a nine-story
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office building. This wn~: 1;10 oon~ect with
IQ.lt:'M str. eet,,. , cor~er .' of ' D~an. e.,, str·te_t.. t_he b. u~ldin~ · at 5-:-23. n"' .
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street_, . purthrouglJ. the office of · Frank J. Hallora · chased a short tlrne' a
:by Mr. Harvey
·The .ta:x. "\l"alue is $_85,000~ of which .$73,00ff 'Of HOldsforth & Fal"ringtl3b. Seve:ral floors
1~1 ,o~~ :the- lot 'o'f landf contal~ing :~21 ·.te:et._ j,. i_~" _!tie_ p:toposed Yle:o/ b~lldtng :i1.ave al1:ea:dy
Mr., Harvey wi11 ra~e the old structure and been leased to large tn:suranee interests.
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Eight Hundred Roo~s in the Longwood District
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for the construction of a ten-story
Hpartment hotel, to be known as The
Cha~t1am. in the Longwood disirict or
BrookHne. facing on Chap~! street
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n'lore t'1~1an four acres.
Pa1li'.er-, Thomas & Rice are the architects
'1f th? hotel. which ·will have nearly 800
roo·rns
The ba1iroom will be in a semi~
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handled t'he tra:rtSfer of the real estate , op.
beha.lf of the purchasers. and Watson q.
Cutte-:"' & Sons represent!,:'d th0 gra;itors.
The _4..merican Bond & Mortgage Co. ~t
Chicago and Nevt York has ur.i.derwritten a
$2~700.000 first n1ortgage sedal bond i.ssue;
:-ost of the land, building an.j equipment i,t detache,d building at the 12ft facing th.-~
to be: secured by the land and buil<.:fiiig .. · .·I
~sum:1.iecl at nearly $;') 000,00U.
Tlie site! front cf the hotel.. ,,,.., The building contract
On the grounds there also \Vill be a one-,{
s bounded by Longwood avenu2: and Cha ..::el 111as be~n let to the Longacre Construction story garag'e large enough to aooo_ ' · ~d Colchester pt.reets, wlth the Sears Company 9-f Ne~ York=. Henderson & ;a.osa ;L5v automobiles;
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NEW FLATTERY BUILDING ON STUART STREET 1/V/LL BE READY FOR,OCCUPANCY ABOUT FEB. 1. THIS
HANDSOME STRUCTURE WILL CON.TAIN 14 STORES ON STUART STREET, 10 STORES ON THE .RAILROAD
SECTION AND 180 OFFICES. THE ANNEX WILL CONTAIN FOUR STORES ANO 12 OFFICES
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Another a.pot hi; the ~1,ty's real estate
developi:ne-rit _IS th6 n~ew· Fi.a1:,tery building on· St_'q~ ·,s,tVe~t bet-ween Dartmouth
~*:~-~~ ·_;~~~lh~h_; Et.venue,. ;now
hPT.b.cess·~,ot·"'-·cbns"triiOtiGll.·
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This,-'~
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Boston, .Is ot a structural steel 1'raine,
with brick and ornamental cast stone
trimmings, and ls.~being ·, sponsored "by
1\1:. D. Flattery,
llagfng di:i"e.ctor o'f
the Loew.> Theatr·• ~ of ;-~ostt?D, · whose
holly ce·n of, tl,o
p.erts, .ls one ~f th~ biggest real ~ a t e
developments of recent years.
The new Flattery buildll_l.U will oori-.
t~in 14 !;!,tores on Stuart street, 1-0 -..01;f
th~ ,rallr~. s~ct19n · ~d· 18~· ·6ff1
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w1111:_·,~y,~. a~ .arµie~ conta1;n.1~
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A TH,1;;:ATRE T@ SEAT 42
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LOCAL SYNDICAT~N- T,f:j,)c SITE. SUR"~)UNolNG THE
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THE
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has leased the four-story and bas~
uilding at 169-17;( Pur~ha~. atreeU
headquarters tor its ~astern s~les;
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The building is heing remod...;_·i
all . the departments involved in l
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.. ·'~~\ng ·converse rubber footwear an~-\
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and cen. cyn.verse . tires, in New Englandhere a'fter \
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York, will be ho1:1sed
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strict sales ·office of tb:e coml)anY..
tbS.s been located at' 2~ Lincoln
~ill be discontinued, and all ma.t-',st.ock~ sales, shipping, etc., will be
Care of iil the neW' headqu~ers.
direction .of C. B. Pearson.
nly will thiS Boston branch greatly
ie dealings with local dealers. arid
··ho con:ie to Boston Periodically to
their business, but tl\e floor Space
uired permits the Converse RubOe· Company to ,carry adequate ~t
,.'.~µ}it inS.ke 'pr0:mpt shipments,_ as well as t
'.bOUs.e· the ne<:essary cleric~l :fore~ for betbe
', oftdtict of :their business ln the terr1.to
~~tto]!ed.
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Waldorf System Irie. A<id~
New Restaurantt~ Chairi'<
at 225 Tremont Street
ALL APPOINTMENTS
_OF LATEST DESIGNi
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Reaching .the century mark)in
'.l'Umber of restaurants it op.er_·
the Waldorf System, Inc., yesi;e
opened its new store at 225
street.
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The new restaurant ls a testiITI.On{a.~
to the rapid advances that have be.en:
made in the art of feeding pedi,Ie C{t,il.Ok~
lY, and' its a!).pointm~nts
reflect ...:.tlt~
-modern tendency to extreme care·,:·irij
the matter of· cleanliness combitied Wl:tbl
beauty arid convenience.
c' •.;:!
ARTISTIC DECORATIONS
The
construction
and
decorative!
scheme of the ne'\V Waldorf mak~s ':t-1~~.
\esta.u:t:'ants of .fqrmer days seem ..
away.
The trolli'· Is pastel tlnted "t.11~2
··A wainscot of mahogany, relieved ·h~r-~
alld there: by plate glass mirr9rs, runs
about half-Way to. th.e high ceiling~ The:
remainder of the wall is finished in'.
warm mottled tints brokel). by arttStiu'
b~"t:~ of color in the form of mural deco,1
rations
The furriiture i:ll in :parmon· i
with 1:,he room, being also of mahogan~J
~ and the clock, which is set into the wall\
ha'S: a n:.ahogany dial.
Behind the scenes, where the fopd 1S
prepared, the·. same care has been ex·eri'i
cised. Here~ there is no color~ not~in.il
but the da,.zzling white of : glazed· t~l~
and g11.stening nickel.
·Much· thOug'}ii
,"f!a,;
fo::~!,~~h a~~:i~~
:~~t:i~~~te:a:J:::d
· cleanliness.
'· · ,j'
A,$ a wA,o_l~. the new Waldorf re.Pr.f:.{i
sen:ts. _the best ot all that is new (.;\
: rest3:.:~;t~_de:Sign .It is t~e :'7"0rk··of
W-ald"~ ·System's own:., '.arch1tec:t;., .T¢tjt
: ]4. G.,Q~~- No· detail has been, omittea;
ana.. re~a· complete from the snowy wh~te
of the patrons' washroom to 'the im~
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:tx>t'tant detail of
ventilation, .whiCl:
1e.av~s no trace_ of the odOrs o'f c~Okini'
asf~res a
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The l)o~Sib
the t'rain · Of
mind keenly ,
decided to ~
_fine qu~l:;.ty f
of the best d
not only the
also the gui'd
constantly m
Cession of • :fl
0
6en'f:;: ·
~f ~
In 1815' Th
nershi:p With
later the ·two
,goods busil1,
washillgto:ri
tired.
H-e
Th0mas·
LYll.'
conducted ·fo
Of Johnson.~&>··
withdrew~ and
partnership .~.itp.::·
-name of Mayo:·s£:
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Seyen-Story Co-operative Apartment Building for Back Bay
.N the site of the j~seph G. Minot havo thirteen ~ooms.~-_ith four bathroO:rn~· 1SC· p}a:p.ned that there will be no in~ide
properties at 41 Marlboro street and inpluding four servants' 'f-ooms.
On the rooms. There v.rill be fireplaces in all liv301 Berkeley street will be erected ground floor the tvvo apartments each have ing rooms and dining rooms.· and Ur.ere
a cooperative apartment house~ from plans six rooins and tvvo bathrooms
~dll be two elevators, one passenger and
i by Parker~ Thomas & Ri~e of Boston. It
'The design ·will be Italian, modified by one service
,
Will·. be seven stories
high~
-with broad .Adam influence in' order
to
break
1;.he
The_ property will be owned and ,controlltag'es on both streets, arid will con..: ei~Dlicity. , The
entr~nce
on
Berkeley trolled solely by its tenants under a cotain eight suites, two of the _suites to oc- =:,treet wl!l be of carved stone v;.1ith wr6ugh~-1 operative plan . that Ii.as ],)rove?- s:,iccess-,
cupy the ground floor. It w1ll be kno\vn '.l.ron and glass doors
The entrance v~stz- ful and economical.
Each appl1cat1on for
as 301 . ~~rkeley street and is an enter- bule will. b'e in keepirig wit}?. the character O"\vnership is subject to the approval of
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pri_se of· Goggin & Ril?.ley, . Inc, ~f New of t.he b. uilding, ·with floo. r a_ud s~eps < f
those wh::"J are al.ready o ...vri.ers
The coYork w1;10 ha~·e ~een identified ~1th t~e ma:_'ble.
Glazed French doors will 1<:a.d op~rative O"\-V.nership idea has come to Bo$coOperat1ve ap~rtrnent _movel?ent 1n .that to_ l-he entra1_1.ce lobby? the wal~s of wh1~h
nder t:-:e auspices of Richard de B .
.city
· The building Will be fireproof. "\vell w..:11 be of su1table and substantial material ton u
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·co~;tructed and modern in every :respect. with vna·st.c·rs and p;:nels and an ornariien- Boardman, 0
ennie Boar man,
egl-,
·The ~ ~ H l ~ ~ . J m . ~ s t o n e .. ~nd. ta_l _.cor_n,ice ancf Ada:~n ceiling.
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nald · and .R: de B. Boa:c~n1an,. which 01:1-ce
,:.;e,rtch red br'i-ck.
Each a p a r t . m e ~
The suites thro1:1ghout the building are will conduct the enterprise until con1.plet1on
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BOSTON EVENING- TRANSCRIPT, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1923
First Boston• Building With '""Step ""
HE contract has been let for the new
building on Cornhill which is to serve
as an addition to the main building
of the Old Colony Trust Company.
The
T
bank will occupy all the floors and basen1.ent and will connect its present building
·with the corresponding; floors in the new
..
building.
Arthur C. Whitney, who built the pres-
ent building in Court street, has been given.
the contract t'or the building in Cornhill.
and the cost is estimated at about $800,000
above the 1aifd':
One featur0 of the new building, planned
by Coolidge & Shattuck, will be a setb3.C"J{.
at the ninth :floor with additional stori-es
rising behind and back of the street line.
This is made necessary because Cornhill ls
a narrow street and the law does not permit
a greater height than two and one-half
times the ,vidth of the street, unless there is
a "step...
The building will be considerably high<,r
than adjoining buildings and thus will assume an almost tower-like appearance,
especially when viewed from the vicinit!"
of Dock square.
The design is largely determined by the
harmonious size and grouping of the ·win-
dow
openings,
which
indicate
uses of the various floors -
also
the
the ground
floor having strongly barred windows expressing the location of the saf-ety deposit
vaults, higher windows at the first floor denoting the main banking room, and the
\'\>indows above coming in the offices and
various departments.
The main cornice is unusual,
being
crowned with a balustrad,e which permits
the light to enter the windows of the oftset
stories behind.
The high parapet
above the main cornice encloses the tenth
floor.
The character ot the architecture will be
1nodern, inspired by classical and Renaissance precedents. The material will be light
brick and limestone.
On the first floor will be the offic~s.
the banking and bond departments and th-e
1nessengers• quarters, with the bond trad-e-rs
and bond department clerical force · in the
me-zzanine. The trust. transfer, real estate,
foreign, auditors', interest, bookkeepers ,
publicity, new business, commission an'.!
charge, library, statistical. mruiling and
stencil departments will occupy o·ther floors
and there will be a large assembly hall,
rest and luncheon rooms on the top :ftoor.
New vaults are to be built in the basement and they will be somewhat larger
than the present vaults.
This will make
available for rental to the public one of
the largest vaults in New England.
A
well-equipped first-aid room will be a feature of one of the upper floors.
(Coolidge & Shattuck, Architects)
Old Colony Trust Company's Addition in Cornhill. to Cost $800,000,
Will Have Setback at Ninth Floor
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,Real Estate Man Says. Huntington
-'Avenue Location "Will Supplant
North and South Stations
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- n1 am willing -to wager a considerable sum of riioney," said a '
prominent real estate man yesterday, "thal within 15 years a'
striking change will take place in the railroad terminal system of
Boston. This will undoubtedly have a profound 'influe.!)-ce upon
real estate development of the city.
"Without any question, there have been for years deep.,.laid
plans for a new terminal station on the land bounded by Hunting ...
ton avenue, E:iceter street and Boylston street. All the development that has taken place in the Park square distl"ict has p,ointed
' directly toward this end. Certainly, the widening of Stuart
street and the putting ,through of the Clarendon stt"eet bridge, and
other impl"ovements, are dit"ected toward that end. ·
, ••Mayor Fitzget"ald was in ,favor of placing a terminal station
here; Mayor Peters indorsed -that plan; and Mayor Curley is also
in_ favor. Th~ big real estate interests of the city have been quietly pushing this idea for several years.
,
"It would mean the abandonment of the South Station and
the North Station, and the routing of traffic through from New
:York and the West to northern New England without a change
of cars.
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. "The opposition to this idea is very strong, and for that rea- :
son the proponents have made but slow progt"ess, Still, powerful i
' factors are at work to bring this about, and there is no question
- in my mind but wh,at they will-succeed in the en«r.
••1 t would mean, of course, the taking down of the Hotel
~enox and the Mechanics Building, and ·the clearing qut of property in back of the Mechanks Building Pt"act:ically up to Massa-'
chusett~ avenue. It would mean the beginning: of !l new 'business
centre for Boston. Naturally, the real estate people are strongly
in. favor, because it would mean a great boo.ii it:1 the real eltate
bus~ess. It would cause. great 'change in t~~o;Si,~1aracter gf -~e I
section near the old terminals, and· a great ~h1ft. pfi&bu~.,''s:>:"':t;,
It w-ill be inter~~J'litll"to_ s.ee P,o~ ~f tbu:.n"~~ict~i>n is veri~~)
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Back Bay Apartment· House Boyght by,, Herbert G. Summers
·A:~
1\.i:ONG
erty consists <!tf a severi-sio.·y brick apartment
building,
containing
seventy-five
.suites, and 19,603 feet of land.
It bas
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attracted tlie best..:. type 'of patronage and
of Beacon and Mar.lb6ro
streets and has always bee'n owned by the grantur,
Charlesgate East, -to Herbert G. Summers of H. P. fi:ayden. tru:::;tee, of New York.. The.
.B<?~ton. m~nag~r of the hotel.
Papers in hotel has an a-ssessed v8.Iuation of $520,tiie, s.ile have gone. to record. The prep-~ 000, -o'.:' which $180,500 is ~n the lot of i3.nd.
ihe ~ote :~pO~t.ant ~-~.:~ -~y
transfers of the year is the sal"e of
i.h~ .Uot.ei' Cha~lesgit1:e, a"t th~ :'j~~ction
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Webster & Co.
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1-:i:enrJ;:::
ln tr..., transaction the brokers were
~ . Sav3.ge, Inc.~ representing the grantors,·,~
and A. Dudley Dowd, representing the./"
grantee.
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Mr~ Summers, who has been the· owllei:-•s t
agent for fifteen years, ·purposes to conduct/
the hotel ln the samo high-class m,nneit , ·
as in the past.
. . . . sl,
,R~~~~itn i~o{(
o~~ai·~~bf,
.. as moner !;tad Q./''t~,;;:/:>«;ceptecj J:il'.'
lieu~ of· lro~ -the· c·qurtt·l}~I~ tt,~t ~he
m.;·ney
ml.1st
be
these strange.ly
s·ome '~f
he\((, i~
pa,r'ts: :of
dlffere:'nt
Bosten
a~ce~'t.1c:I~
:m'al;·..~\ea~es
are
the ·01cf" ,se.~tion'\~f
~Orth·. fortunes ·-to the
holders., Th~re' ~r~ _, 1··nstan9e~ wh~~e
'the r!9a(<o~ne~s-. h·ave'. offered
·hi,gh
as
as $1Q();i:100 'to~· ~.b,~ l~~Se and b~erl\ ie~
fused.
It 'is' only these; odd leasei!.
that pre~~nt'. th~. erect'i~n Of'. ·a
hotel on the,!'Jt!':bi:'cuple!'l l?Y t.he blo~k
bourdell ~y Cornhlll ~~A Court .styecijt
~,tg
In
when. J:.oh~ Li'f-ii\be.g~n. th~ e~~c~
tlon of. a. busines:3., blocl-i at , th~.• c,o:rn~r·
of what is ~o~ ~or:q~ill. and Co1..u~t _Stfeet,
wHh t}:le a:vow~d intention of construct-ing a fl~e-_~.t~~ hf.ic~ S'tr,µcbu:e,.
:t~J:' ·
papers of '_th'e. 'city <:~me out wt~_' ,ecu-:
tori8.Is reg:ai-4.~ng _this tfe~~ndo'l.ls u~dt{v,; ·
ta1t1ng, ana one' sbE!~t>/a~Cial'ed ,:·1t ·.wAs'
high time _t1:tat the city put a stJiip to 1:he
1s4~:
a,~
erection of such high buildings Perhap~
what gaVe the new. building an a_ddedappearance -0f· 'stupendousness 'was: '.th.~
fact :that .the 'next, ~tru-?ture th it , od·\ti~
street was a. 10-foot woode,n buildi!l-$'·
The Lilly building still stand~ on the
left h.a~Q. sid_¢ Con:i1ng u~ ~o~nhil~. ,~1?:d the-<'
history· ?f its le~se and exil':'t~nce sin~'; ~8~~
~d ~~!!~~~i:~·:~.~;:ha~~~tn!1!~: ::!.\.e~1~·
"and:
;t~-~:
Wish
,t·p.tS
hii
·:J:l~·':
ing .'0~ · the-· i~~~.
the ~:r~C·ti9~..~~
building stfll hold.today, a~d d,id tli({preSent o~net"-O'f the.J)rope1:tY
t9 enforce'
t~e teT~s of
l,~s~ w~tb
he!rS,
could ~old ·. t~e1r ,. ,ri~_h;t;;~ ·\to t'.pi~ valu3:bl€r. :::
spot ~ol"' ,_-o~~r.
:·.t9, ·cp'rne ·at 8:
ren~.~J :~!'.. ~~~s ;,1;h~h,~·u009'::y:e.arl2.
·
,-·~9t;~~~'~s
:, . ~:FU:nt:Y- ~.11-\WJi:·· .. ,· '·""'
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-/;' '~~:. ~1r~~
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.
."
n ..,.j'fol"nJed:1
themselves. into an ·organization known R:?jl.
the Fifty As.§'~lcJa,\e~. .- The ~e.ml?e:rs~-:OJ!
-~~~~9~~~1:;at.\JJ~~
holders_ o~:
~ut ti,.e ,t;p,
to.~
it
t~S:~~·~;e~~--~J~;· '
-,t~·~O:~¥~~::.'.:.
of: ~an,d-_
it. was ·tpetr·OU_s,..,
tom, when
_
.e~.1~e<t a. :Pie-c~ ·-Q~
land to ~hreh. ~d· ,C .
, '' QUl~ l.:!,e .to~:~d;'
to erect ~ _fence~ ·abo:ut: tt tin~, ·~4·:y(,cl~-
to i t ~ ~ .Pa~t·.o:f .~e ru1:soclat\i:t~.)1\:la.~,'
!.~:i:b~: 1~!~i=ri~,~~fttl11~eQ~:i,f/1;,~~'~7.
~~o;~~~:1:i~e··~~~~'.;~;ii(h~~.;\~,e;i ~~~ tn~::
theS'-':' ·1and ·.n0Jdt\l'S '.:-~a~, DaV:~4\$'~.~r§f
{oun~er Ot t~e ·s~irS. ~:i~~intty fol!'-1:1,lit~ ;:Of
toaaY: and t~e_.8,'l'a,l),~~1~Jp~x -of ::P.S/v'id:·aii<l
Harry SeS:.rs · 0~ .~ @9 .B.e~COlJ. 13tr.~et:. · . . - · , ·. ,
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~~i~,~~ ~-,:!}r~~~~e ~~~!~!fai~~ de~~~
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\~ND:· (;ORNHILL; LOOKING WEST, THE LEASE. OF
0
9ff}~ti .:f1.1, tl},e co'9·rt~01J~.e t-?<;i~Y. shp~~:.
;J;?E ~OU~DER OF. THE SEAR~ FORTUNE'. /DA,VID hoo/ , one ,.p~t J.:t~te~ .-an,otb~ ' alon~:·(t:_h.~:, ·
s.tr~et wa~ ,Ie:aseil- fQJ;',·,~909-year periqQ.:;i:.. ··to:
<T,ToS:FOR, A 1rn!ARI:,Y RENTJ\.L OF "TWENTY-THREE BUSH1
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George u ~ Co.tttn~ \ ~~d'. i.h~ _:: 1{r,?:~l_9"fkth/n~;'
,:.;..~•'>;-.
o.f George . ~ ..: · QO.ttihg, .of itoQay. U1•lal\'
~gent for
· ,;:.;~iii, that fore the hidden wealth of P,,nnsyl- Catting w~s ..Praqt:iCa-iJy the 1817 held. the
Fi(ty' .Associate~. and in
th-a
,......,.·\.rea.,- ·.v~nl.i ~flS. ".".·.~~r~,h~~ .b.)( 111a_n an~:.~,~~ ea;ses 0~ ri,.early every block of l~n.d :Witf~
.•
ing;s {roIJ1 · 38'. Ma;rket $treet _.Q:p to 70.
" fore thio. g~~a,'t.·t..p;l;frns ' of the We,if
ese- leasea were to l"Un for 1000; yeii',rS
:~ilfOM
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~~::~=~~~.~~f!h '{~.~:ft~f~~-t. tii:1'Qf~\i~::
b;,;gun · t6 ·feed th.; w,irld. The·
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Of a 1oo0~year ~eaae l;ias prac~ yearly~~ ~d 1~;';«!:~~~~Yi~gfolii~f:t:o~,'
and every year. <tuflng ·.£!al-d' term
year1y··.re1;~\a1. 'o
-~~s· of .t¥~· ;f]:i:~t.'
q\lality Qt :R,;(:i_~~i)l, .-Q
:i,eS ir~~·, ~~_:·1,fe'·:
.. Is .alol'le t.~_oUsands· of delivered ori. t'U~"-.
ln. four· ~e~.rly
~eJ~ _for:, a _,~1~rh l~ss equal (iuarteJJir)J)~~~:ijn;.ts.''. ·
. ,,· ..
own.ership, and. property the
•i,.~ · pv,i,tl·eni; of
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The t:easQn., ~t'.'.)tti.e:\fl'tt-~.Ulation ~1\ t~.f~
~ n~
"
, . if~R ~t< the ..
.;'eUrren.:g-y f.'?llO~ing'. t,he
w~e~·,~~~~~fx:c:~~?: ..c:'!):'.: '.U:'nJtab~~;' a.nd th~
~staio ,fh:~~\~er~~.
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l!~rf:;,t.
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THE. RIGHT-HANI> CORNER o~ .co:FtN·sTREE'l', GOING 'PO.WN COJitNHILL, WHICH TOA LEASE. WHICH CALLS FOR '£HE UNIQUE
ip.F. T·· E:N' TON. S.. OF •. l;t.USSIA .... OL.D. SABL~ , :µtON-;
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!!'HAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
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'.£e:~-·prqduct;+c:f R,µ~151a: Jr:9n would toa,a:y ~mount tel,
iable In prtc<i;
Consen thes.~ l~aSed.·
d. i'n value to
b,;,.rel:v $\00' p;er year rental, but the pref-:,
en.t 9wr:iet- Q:f the~ I?roperty has by voluntary a,tj;a,:~geement. with the heirs pf the
g-ra.n,,~o\'.'. 'agr,e,e_d ,to an annual r~n:tal of
. .
$86(), 9r• $:?()Q more u,,;m the original . an•Wi th the ex- 111,1e.\ .S:P1cn1nt o! the lease would have been
the . Lilly it paJd In Russian iron ...
:r ·ton.
ng
.e;:,. ·o:n~~f:; a~f;}£g ~:!~~~ew:!t;~~O~~e; ~iu:1~t!o~:
0
ls .for pay...
-~a~~~~i;o::f
'tOday; · owns
,- battle 'with
_··e,,l)ayments
a.lEln t . o'( the
·1e· irQn. be·
; an,cl
Dayld
·· good..tiµie
li>d .the :tia.y-
terl;'l'l)~S$~es, from wl?-om 1
"he atte.nip;e!I _to
~!n1;::. or~glnal mat~r~~I;_
Mr. ·Se3:rs was- one of the richest il.'nd
most promtp:ent men c;>f th~ town ard·
liv~(l in t~~ ~a.gnificent ·1?1;1ildi;ng o.n ~a~·
can stl"eet, Wb,icb is now the ·somer~et
~,:~j~ -bf%S:~f
C!ulj. .
·s
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·-A, '.shrewq le$,see on Bratt'Ie ·street go:f
;~ri!a':fJ.tf~~ !~:~.p~~~e~td~r~r::·le~~:-J:~
the :,.o tons of iron. W~ich·' Was·· 1tt· t!J:at'
time almost unQ-btainable. After. 'CO~~t«.:.·: ·.
ol;)tain the erable difficulty he secured the stipul~t.ed;. ,·.'
Q.so.~ Con_. metal. '~ri4 ·whel'l the wealthy old lanq;;.. ·
a;y his rerit owner, _Mr. S'ea:rs, deman'ded · payriteilt Ill
tl?,e leas-~ iron, not. suspeC1=ing that his, lessee cOut.d,
s taken to obtain it, the Jessee loaded the me'tal
that since wh1.ch he h~d s~cured Into carts, artd~
¢pted casf!- driving :l!P ~eacon Htu. ~lurµped·· the" whol~; ·
,·rental th.e lot On the ·.sidewalk in front ot Mr;. :sea·~·:_
·ccCpted a.s imposJn~ .r~.~jdence. After that" 'U-o· mor;&.
·¢ le.as~ ~O dem.a.nds, were made by, Mi-. Sears·. for·
'1\1,[i,; Lllly'a 1:F~ r.~.nt,a.r P~?7~ent~ in tro~ .. , ~-- ··-~
!,
,~:f:.~d. to ,b_A
:A,.µ, ipterestip.:~ story ts tol~ in c9nne.~..:
.t'dly $10 a
t, · Mr. Lilly
f~~ici.:~~~o:~:hrct~1~~ 0 ·remodell~·d fo.r·
J~!0
~\0~~S:~ti?t
wh,~D: '~l~ hO~_e ·was being
the·, ..(?Cp:1v~;n)¢,:r;i9e.· · of
the
S0,merse,t . Olu:b-.
'J!Vhile.',th<;> wbi:')l:men were busy 'digging !rt
th'3~ .Cellar of: .,,tl;t~, Sears _mal'l.13ion theY
, ~e ·~P:_ros.~> a;P, )?l.d_· brick Wall ,witho~~
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real estate transacti~lls which developed yester~Y ther~
:r,-:t:nore or less importance, ·being the conveyance of a. half-interest 1n
efrt~hotel property at No. ;395 Northampton street. The place ls
t?ie:"'.Ea,.ld--win; and is taxed o~ a. valuatioil. of $72,500. The land in the
'Ch ·rs-~ on the Corner of Wat.Son ;$tre.et, extends to Camden street,
'ed: at $33,200; Fiye lots of land in Br~okliI).e, aggregating 544.841 f~t~
.hands. The sale o.f No-. 41 .Monument square in Chai:;:,Iestown was
tfte~ 'purChaser intending to Use the property for a rec_tory-. Several
:·(J~"Oµ.t.:.Of"7t6wn property are reported .
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The realty deve16prnents in the city proper" yesterday affected ~holly propiertie:s in the South end. Estates in that section of the city have been little ,in
demarrJ. for same Y,ears. bu't in the past few motlths the transfers made there
)la'\l'e been sO f'i;-~quent as j:o call ?,ttention. to the dist,rict a,-a good field for
moderate investm~nta
Most of \.he properties coJJ.veyed have been oid-fas"q. iOned ·houses. -I+tany ·of_ which have bee~ remodelled, .stores bein,g COnst~cted
·'. ':l':i( th·e,- ~tre~t: ttoor:sa The, 1nost,_ ~p.oi-t~~t,,.cu~r~:D,·t .tr;:tnSl
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recenrtly.
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m.~t.,1mporit.ant developm.ent -was <the sale of it'he hand.so-me residence a.it ·No.
Nf~ury street; tlhe purchaser buying for occuPancy. Property on .Aitlantic av•
'n'Ue~ ·:corner of Oot:ton plac~ Including- twio coillilnerclal buildings, was tram·
ie·I:'·r~d:;.,an...d a.parc~l at N·oa. 9_a.nd 11 Li~~JJ. pla~. West end. changed hand
~~e:r West end·,transfer affected the Propei,ty -a:t No. 64 Myr,tle street. A nu11
~r·.'of 1 Roxb\lry and Dorchester parcels were rconveyed:
:!~~:..:favorable lig,ht, as co'lllpared with others 'thait have passed
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;.1~:roqklin~. -Wbi1h is ge:iae~ally very productive of real estate dealings. has 1
b:~~..v:'. :"·!a'.ckirig• in t\iis respect for some time, but. yesterday, two transactions of)
1~~ .. iID:P~!tance there. we~~e reported to The Herald. One aff~cted the 1
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1~·: ·s2,841 feet of Iarid taxed o:h. $38,500, the total valu_ation of the propertyj
·$,4!3:,900. No. 82 "Gree~ street, c6rner of Dwig"Ilt street,, valued at $18,300,:
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M assachusetts avenue,'.
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~:.}.~J:>ri.Ck'.·'.hous-e and 1955 feet of land, changed hands. A p~rcel at No. 71 Bri.gh-:
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,~~ .. :t~~the 1?os~on & Albany rail road, formerIY the site of the pO~:q.mbu
,. Ue '.station, has been leased for im.provement.
R·oxBURY
HOTEL PROPERTIES WHICH
HAVE BEEN SOLD. '
1:8.u.~1n~~!3 i!t r~al ~tat~. was of rather restricted volume during tpe: hOudl-Y
ipe~1Q~~ no<~ale_ of great important?.~ having gone to· record in -the city·prq.Pi;:.~
~n .~e ,districts Roxbury came to the front, w.ith a deal iny-olving over ;ss;~~
':~~ thz:~e _ho~~l~.Argu.s, G!egg. a.n~. ~te~.ar~adj_oinin~. _,each . other on· W · · ·1
~ic;~.'.~d Ste;!.~i:t~ ·~~ee:t_;s, ;h~vJ~g _":b,e~~~-·~.~nye~~d. . ~a-n<l: :~n..d:- other p
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RECENTLY
SOLD.
'\, ,~·.~~e was some activity rn realty transactions in yesterday's record, and
:~'hat ~as- ca:rried to a. conclusion in~the city proper represented the North and
ends. In the 1atter. two parcels o-r the na.v1d Gorfinkte estaste were
'i~oid 'to Josiah Bon. totaling In amount .$21,000. A tra.n~c_tion also took place in
newer Ba.ck Bay, H. C. Birtwell buying a Montfort· street dwelling from.
1'·/~-:/E.:. .<Marks. A North end property on Ferry_street. sold to Helen Gi-a.y. ts as, ;\SeSSed.,on $10,900. Pa.."""Cels 1n, Charlestown. Dorchester and R o x ~ represented
':it~~ district transactions, wbile Newton sa.l~ nu~bered three.: , In C:helsea, the
'fW9lDµ1; Street Methodist Ch"µrch and parsonage were sold to a. Hebrew society,
Ltiie'prtoe pa.Id being ·over $13,000.
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Trading :In i-00.I e.state was rather lig~t yesterday, in rega~d to 'the
of conveyances •. but the total amount involved reached fairly 'go_od figu~es.
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principal deal in the ~y•s sunimary Was tbe __sale of fou;r brick.-··sW°e"ll,~f'··
dwellitigs on Mountfort street.. having ~n ass~ssed va~uatiO~ of ~5,Q~~ ·.;.
,•.Charles R. Mars_h. This: is the .~eC~nd transact_i~n on this stre·et wi'thih a. wee:it~.:_:'
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a. tr.an·.s.fer a.ff.·.ected
A_ South.
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Lockhai-t c,0:ffi.n.·factory,· a;sses~ed- ·on $20,00(i,. -wast,sold~ . and. the:buY.el". Wfll occuP.y<·..
The .first. .arch.t-t.ect·S contract to be ·-awarded in} rB'altt-·;'·:,
~ol'~~ sin~~ the/:fir~~ ·was ~~--1:~~-<:-i't~~--· ~-· . ,_. ·, _-,.. ·./.·. '_;_ : -.·. - ·: i: ··.':'
it as a. ·manufacturer.
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BOYLST>ON: STREET" PURCHASE.
· ~Eik. ill. real_ estate opened With several -city: sales,
but the feature d
was-. that ···by which the business: bloick · .at 314. ,Boylston). street> Wal
"qSSeSsed 0 ~ $so.coo. ·A'South end sale ~as.ori Apl)I0t'Op..street•. 'whi~
at;~he West end w-ent to record. The orily'dtStrict.. trarisfei-s of no1!
~3.;t:l¢stown ~ d 'Wef?t Roxbury. ibut 'Ilote/ts,mRde o:r,'a·ealings ;:
~. ~n.<:I,,' Newt~!!-. ~_he-record "for the rri.oqt~. _of :_February;.. ls ,presente.l!
,'-)~~~-·an aP,preC'iab~ gain over t.h'e.moveme~ts,in reS.1ty~as_'compa.r•i
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real estate yesterday wa.s li~ht. as
with the
previ,~
and this applies to the -nuniber Of transactions: 8.s .wel~ as th~ amoµnts iI
.~Pi;i~id_er,a.'tiOn. The only tranSactions that re~cp.e~ anywhere. near subs.tantia
;~~~S.~corii:i;>rised one on ~harles street, w·here a do_uble est.4te, assessed on $23)
~ . · ::~~s ~old, and in Sou~ Bos.ton, where a machine shop property, ass.essed ol
'·.$_eo,OO():. ·was conveyed. The outer Back Bay h8.d' one sale of :fair conSideratioJ
;li"rid-A:h0 West end also had one. District sales Were noted in R0xb·ury,·-:norche
~~J~i:i-~".'•~hai"lestown, in .the latter place land· ,b!3il}g taken: to -. widen :' a • stree
:Chj.lst:a, .Brookline, Cambridge and Newton also reported dealings.
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.;sterday gave ii; quite a sc:tiback, there being b,;_t little of recor&, an'd t-hat
.; ai~,l proportions. The South end came to the rescue of the city proJ):6r,
'a dwelling on Dartmouth ,street assessed on $10,000 was conveyed. Ot.her \
CtiOns that went to record comi.>rise,d the saie of land in BroOkline, a
Somervi11~ an•d twO houses in D•orchester.
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HOUSE' SOLD TO S. D. WHITTEMORE.
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'~\>BuSfness of consid-erable interest was reported in yesterday's real estat~
arid in ·the city iproper the South end again Stood at the f'ront. Three
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\ r~.'c~{"~W,.elli,ngs in that section were conveyed~. while ancither parcel of land
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·:rnpte-ted, the list. In - the North end a valua.,ble property on - Prince street,
·~¢_:S;:s-~ ~on $23,600, was the subject of a. trari.sfer, while one .ordinary,~well°'.;;:;tiicl: :t:wo· parcels of land in Dorcheste~, an~ a Roxbµry block of a:p~rtment
(:, . ~~ ·Se~ling for $50,000, covered the dis~_ricts. A brick apartment house in
\~·..~:,~):~~{,' taxed on $46.'".00, was sold, and other· dealings were reported in Cam~~.-'~~~~ton-and Everett.
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Real estate business. reported yesterday -was ·quite. satis'factory,· ~n~
ed a V:ariety of SaJes and in a varied territory.
In the 1 city p·rope,r. '~e.
Whitney bought a !1arcel on Comm.erQial street! to add tp·•the Union :w;h8.r:
erty. and a building_ on Wl.r.i:.chester street, 'Sout-h end? .wa~ . ~~so·. cO.ri:V.e
was consiQ.~rable activity i~ the distri~ts, partiCuJ.a:.T{Y.i.·1·~- ·.·R~~u~.
R?~~ury a~d Cha~l~~town reported s:;\.IeS.: ·~1*~:c_8:nil,~~g'.e :':and ·:~ti\N_ew-
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1¥rket in real estate Yesterday was far\from being dull, and all s e c · - - = = = = = = = = = - - - - - - - - - - - - ~:··~f ·the cUy we.re represented in c.onveya:nces (?"f more than ordinary i m - · - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - ' - - - . . . c . - . .
~t.;:t.p.9e. In the immediate business section the chief transfer was that of:
,:\P,;:,i~~ eight-story busine.Ss and office building on Essex street assessed on
-to the Fred L. ~~mes estate. The North end' reported the sale of a
de'rn~ brick stable for an amount ·exCeeding $32,000, wl1ile in the West end
:,'¥£'.dWelling, assessed on. $11,700. ·changed owner-~hip. The South end had i
tjtt~~~.le i_n a 'brlck dwelling on \'Vest Springfield street, assessed ·on $
\i~J,'. cl¢alingi;: were in East Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Chelsea.. Cambridg
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· T.her6 Was,an u~usuaJ. movement in, r~a1ty yesterday, >·conside?:ed ,_fro:µi· a.
ffriancial standpoint. one tr~sact~on · for~shado'Yi~g ; ~~~~erection ~f - a~ol.h.~J,"
lb~stness ·:block.. This ,was· the· sale of the -t11ree . ol~-til!le. ~ av\<~enin~s, ~39~ t9' 4P7
!Boyls,tOn et:eet, .ass·~ssE:d as. a.·. ~hole on $11?,500:,. S~Jl~/~eYpnd ~hat- seCtion ~- t.h~
pa.rcel!numbered·;l()91 Boylsto.n st.reet,· near the,.ent:r~nce· to the Fens. 'a· hand:
, .isOmec-.8.P~t:m,ent house,: a~s~sseci .. on: $75,000,.;W:4.$.. "sO"ld 'bYvthe'F;· L •. Aµi_es/~·st~"'
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, The reat esta>t:e n1arket yestel'.'day was somewhat sluggish. Despite an un
uS.ual .ci-op of rumors of big deals, actual business was ve,ry much restricted in
cha:.~aCte·r. ·being confined to small parcels. The larger amounts in yesterday's
t:r~~Ct,1.ons were in deals in vacaht land, Brighton leading "Mth a sale of
18):.~ f,eet, assessed on $32,000, and Cambridge following with 30.000 fe·et. assesse~..,..n------,--,---,-..,...=a-.--..,...-----------on; a.pout $12,000, while fai-away Lincoln had a 20-acre sale rn the city proper,
~he Sbuth end reported a transaction, Roxbury had two, Newton two and Cam1
bridg'e ·an $18,000 residence.
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WORCESTER STREET
HOUSE BOUGHT BY HENRY F. HA
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B"R.TG-HTON
AVENUE HOUSE BOUGHT
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SWIFT.
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proper was not very prolific in real estate transactions yesterday,
511'::;.street furnishing the only one, the assessment on the pa.reel be'>$.everal good (leals are pending in the ·business sections howeVer
J..s!tn<LtE,ri,~•IlY sweill the financial column of the ffionth's re.,;iew. Par~
~y~d i~ the districts y~sterday were of good value, a Brighton p r o p - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~· assessed· on $20,900, one in :!:> orchester. on $17,000 and one in CharleS-<':';?~'':::·,::-=::.:
i~~OOO.. Two ot}J.~rs ;n Dorchester a.nd one each in CambriQge ana?·'···':·.'·=.-.-:
- ..?-de tQ.e day's record of direct sri.les. The documents reqorded'at·t
=t.~~sJr¥ f~U :;i:~ort of the usual nuniber. which accounts, in a meas-ur
,:~art:t:i of bu.$iness: in the count;t~..
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Co11sidera·ble activity -vras. shown 1n. al, dlrectio.ns in the. real estate ",!
yesterday, the city proper.having three goqd transfers, 1nclud1ng a Pearl
business block. on which the assessed valu.ation is $37,600. While West Ro:
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n.ot. had··· m.a;.ny_'.sa;1e·s· to recof4. of l.ate, the~e .w a. s a. ch.an~e yest~rdai \.i
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day's t~adi~s in realty reveals the fact that business conJ
_.,.,.A review o ye~::t buyers are looking Ior valuable parcels as investmentf?.
-thiues good, and .
f this cha~act€r the assessed valuation on those
Two·1n the West.end we:i9 o700 '.A Hanson,street deal a. part of one of those
~.ori::vey~d being $~~e::U :mo~nt of abo~t $8000. -A b~s~ness structu1:e. on At-:,
1]?. the Wes,t end~ c is assessed on $48,000, was also sold from the Nagle estate. In1
.Ia.nttc a.v_~nue that
, West Roxbury reported two each, and Roxbury,
tbe.,_distr1c~s~ Dorch:~~~r ;:s~on ·one each.
~n nearby places ~ v3:1uable estate
~¥lestown an~ 8
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One or two ~r~nsactions of interest came as ~a result of yester·day's~n':~i';
ti.a,uo-ns h). real_ estate, but there was ·no sale of great impo~tance. Of the'~;r"ti:;
corded transfers, the South end led_. -~vith three, tbut the assessment on· the ·J.!l.d&;,
yalu_able one reached oi:ily $8300. These three, in_ f3..ct, were the 03:1~~ o~e::f~Jn
.a.11.e citY: proper.
A -paicel, in Roxbury, tw? three-story - swell _~_fTop.t · ·h~.tis~S;
. ~ed to r.iew ownership. These are a~sessed oit $12,000. Sm:all ·dealing'~_:\ft~r,
,rted in West Roxbury, Dorchester and Brighton, Broo_kline and. S.Qme
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{8.~~m.\ _ hOwe_v~r, the: _sis~ers of, ;Nptr~ 1 ?a~e re~eiv.ed_ a·'gift ~~ ~ '.'
:Oii-:~w:~i~h· th~!. ~·ill es~_~bUsh ~~~J:1.m.ipe~.., _};tom~.• ;_ -'~~e- ~p.pro3.c-hi~-g;;/··
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·.'.:t:~d,ing: in large parcels was the rule in real estate transactions yester\VWit:Ji,,a., ma~i~um. of·.$18:6,600. which sum was the assessed yaluation _of!,
ock tn~the ·m3.rket district,· "Which was conveyed. Another large transfer
~-.:pr(?.perties in East _Bo$ton, S«}uth Boston and the city proper. ·the ~g-!
}:~_-,a~.!jJ~ssed, valuation being aOout $100,000, the title p~ssing to Augustus!
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"i1;rg arid another. , Other. city deals included the recordlng of final paj~e;~/tll>. ~~e tra~sfer ·of '8. business block on Washington street, assessed ,on a.
{~~aii;ui.tlon-o:t-$52,600.. and a South end·parcel on-Fairweather street. In ·East
~~SJ~.q.·. the 'Boston & ,. Albany, Railroad Company too_k full ·title to a portion
~~~{,;~~:, Cu~~~d'; wh~rf on: a. release deed of $}-8,600. In the d1stricts 91 Roxbury
~~~~·!:·W~ · repre~ented,~ but dealings V:,:~e_reported from other nea:r;-by pla~es.
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There was but little movement i:q. real estate yesterday, a few moderate
l)rlced parcels a ..nd several smaller ones- having been conveyed. In the Back
Bay, an interest was sold in ~ Westland avenue parcel which has an assessed
valuation of $20,000.
In Brighton an apartment house was sold, on which
the assessed valuation is $25,700, and e:even frame houses, valued at $44,000.
Other dist'rict transactions were i.n Roxbury. Dor?he~ter, . Cha~lestown an~
west Roxbury, while Winthrop had two sale:3. The con,veyance of a larg~
prope;rty in Newton Upper Falls was also repo1~tea.. together with a large list
of petitions fl.led in the court of land _,.~egistration.
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or the Provi·dence station in Parik
squ3.re. As Soon as the location was
determined upon there was a.· h;ustle
to Secure leases"' ~r, if poss1ble,. buy
Summer street before and after the
erection of the South terminal. or.,
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At the time the location o:t the l).eW
union sta'.tion was under discussion it was
not knoWn, excePt ~Y the chief promoters, whether · the great new struct,
ure · would be erected on its present
A cOmparison o-f the owners of property on both sides of Su:qimer s'tree~
as far as Atlantic avenue in the years
site o,: on the site of the Old Colon.,:
1800 and ~03 shows that th~ ownera
esta.tes.
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STREET
DWELLING
B9UGHT BY AGNES S. HOLDER.
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was, a fairly active market yesterday for the first day of the week\
'pi"dper. ha'Vihi three good Sales. representing extreme sectiorus.. of ·th~
the North end, a b~siness b10ck ' W ~ the subject of conveyance t_o,
Estat,e AssoCia.tes. It has an asses~ed vall..latio.n of $10,800. In ~h~'
, an e51::a.te on Marlboro street, -assessed on a valuatiori of .$17.90(),
noted as having been sold. while in the South end, an East Brookt_ dw:elling · pasSed to new o_wnership.
In the districts, Dorchester
. three sales and Roxbury one" while in the nearby t'owns C<?-1_1,~i4~r-j
~vity was , shown. From the Middlesex registry came the report :of. the:
).:-· _of the Charles River Park~ Cambridge, from the Mass~chusetts Atl;l-:
lub :·'to Alb~rt A. Pope and others, who comprise a trust.
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P~,CE DWELLING RECENTLY CONVEYED.,:{
Transfers of real estate yesterday affected parcels only of a
and of all.conveyed the South end led with three, two on Gray
on Col-uni-bus avenue, the latter being the top in price, assessed
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here were two sales in the West end, but both were
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HOME BOUGHT
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MARY
J.
RUSSELL.
:'~,--·In the list or conveyances of real estate reco~ded yesterday there were signs
o.f· movement in city parcels, five in diff ::!rent sections making the total
The
prinCipal property was one on Portland st:re3t, assessed on ,:}. valuation of $36,000~ which passed to the 0wn€rship of ~-'\.gnes E. Burk.e.
In the Wes~ end, Chief
;Inspector VVilliam B. "\Vatts bought a dwelling on Bowdoin street. assessed on a
::v:alUation Of $18,000, and another smaller parcel in that section was t1 an Sferred.
Tpere, waS one sale in the Back Bay and an·other in the South end ~rhere were
,~e:\.·eral sales in the districts, Roxbury recording four, Dorchester three, ( East
;,Boston two and Charlestown and South Bc.ston one each.-- Other good business
'.!;?.{:as reported from Brookline and Cambridge, and an important lease of a
· '.'_;fen;iple place parcel was alSo noted.
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tf)~HESTNUT STREET DWELLING BOUGHT BY 8. T, MORRISON.
}/~} .~e3:con Hill had ih.e call. yesterday, when the Summary of' city transfel's was
i'~~- µp; Several estates have been sold in that section of late. but not two in
~~y.; 8.$ was recorded yesterday. The sales were of pRrcels on Chestnut
d Mt. \l....ernon place and are assessed on valuations of $11.500 and $32.500.
tV'ely. Other city sales were in the South and West ends. In the districts
er had a day of great activity. eight sales from there going to record,
the assessed valuation of the largest p~rcel is onlY $5700.
Roxbury's
·; "W'S.s t~ree,, West RoxburY two. and ql).arlestown and Brighton one each.
~)~ri~ came to the fiont again with four sales, Winthrop had two,' Newton a
}!(S:3.l~. and Cambridge the convevance of a dwelling.
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SIMON
HIRSHBERG.
:;-,, .sales of yesterday in real eState- were of a varied character, '\'Y·ith land
~:.P.._a;TCe1s strong. In fa,ct, the leading figures of the day were in a transacti~n
t~ts sort. CitY. proPerty continue?, in g"o'?d demand, and sever~! parCe1s
·,:/Were ;Conveyed, with agreements signed for another. In these sales a Beacon
~~n·,,~rcel led, haying an -:ts.sessed valua'tion of $16,<?00. Others were in the
isQµth 8.nd West ends, and of fair values. District sales were confined to _Dor:;~'):i'~t-~, Rox~ury, East Boston_ and Charlestown. Two good sales in Brookline
&~-~-ere. recorded. one parcel havjng a taxable valuation of $22,500, while Cain-,
;J>tidge had two sales of property taxed on valuations of $13,000 and $40;000. re-
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,PROPOSED PUBLIC BUILDING AT C-ONCORD JUN,CTION,
Thet"e was a TI1arked falling off yesterday in dealin s
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The city' proper had but a few, and the liisti'icts :fail!d ~~ a;~ kinds of'. realtr .
.usual volume. Even those in the city, and they represented the
with the
~nds, .w:ere. far. belqw tl)e av~rage in atn'ount, not rising even too~ 1 3:.nd '\Vest
a. su~urban transfer. Dorchester led the districts with t
e ~~gn.ity of
cons.i~eration of $30,000, the amount being unusual for th two, one carrying a
tri~~ transfers were in East Boston BrightOn a d W
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section. Other- disBrookline two conveyances went to rticord
Pl~
f' es
Ro~bury, while in
at ~oncord Junction, were made public.
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LUCY A.
JACKSON,
. ou;nt of trading iri, real .e~ta.Je y~~erday wae quite up to. what has be.en
Cif-la:..t:e. and the Back Bay led off with the sale of a double lot dwe'l~in'g
-"' rq .street, asSe~_sed on a. valu~tion of $36,000, while a ·sm3.ller parcel on
.,__tr~~t, in the newer sectiOn of the Bac:it bay, on _wJiich" the ass:eS~ed
i~ $12,700, was also conV'eyed. Two South end _sales wer~ ~lso recorde~
on a. valuation of ·$22.000." In the districts land parC~ts predorilinated'
eS:-"reported, several large: tractS being transferred. The secttonS re·~Qllv-ey.inces of .all k.tnC:t-~ we~e ~orC~.ester; Roxbury. West Roxbury, East
·-,~d .)3rlg.b,ton. In Cambridge and NeWton ·several sale$ were concluded,
:~~~..9.~vey~nces of country proper~ieS .were q_uite numerous.
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PROPERTY JUST SOLD BY DWIGHT PROUTY.
Yesterday was a fairly active day in transactions in realty, although not
What should be expected at this tim·e of the year In th~ business section on
Atlantic avenue property was acquired by the Metropolitan Steamship Company, and in the Back Bay..-ta valuable estate on Boylston street was conveyed.
Its assessed valuation is $75,000. Another Back Bay parcel sold i.s valued at
$12,000. Prices shown in the transactions in the districts were above the average With but one or two exceptions, While in Brookline there were three sales
where the valuations -were $13,000. $12,000 and ·$10,000, respectively. In Cambridge
two adjoining parcels, sold to one person, have an aggregate valuation of $17,200.
Conveyances were also reported from more remote points.
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RESIDENCE JUST SOLD
BY HENRY C. WILEY.
i~eS:tfrday, as _s.... whole, was one of the best days, both in number of sales and i
.~. the amount of money invo~ved, so far as city property dealings were conthat the real est?'"te m~rket has experienced for some time. Of three
~~~es of b:Usiness properties, which aggregated over $100 ooo one was a purchase
;:'?. ~ufts College of a $56,500 par~el on Purchase street: a~other- was a .stora e
~d. w,harf pro:Perty on Albany street, involving $33,900, while a Long wharf prog _
:alued at $10,900, made the third, and thus included the business district
;fe_o~t . end_ and the North end in the dealings. In the West ~nd, a $3S,000 t;ans:_partment hou~e on Hancock street, put th~t section"in the running, and
,.~-,.:., ac bay, where mo.st of the acUvity has been noticed was th
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st~;
.. _~kh. r~gistry was the largest in a long time, and the districts came in f
, :s . are of the buz.ine.ss.
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a.ctl.l,~l · a~~! bona ride J'.mrc11 ase'.s. fpr ".:"aiue(_ w~r"e .· ~6hc~rned, it was rather dull and uninteresting.
-re~.. if 8.11Y, d~aliri,~j:, :i::"e.acliltig the· dignify Qt. 1arge;ti-a:ris.ac~lonS. :Of courr;:;:_e.: .while the transfer'ring of all the city holdings
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~9Sto_n·~·l:?~OV.id~_~Ce r·aur68:~ to the_;New-.Yor~ New »c;\,V~n.&. Hartford-rail~o~d involved. on paper at least, seveff;L~~ ri1t11~ins· Of_..~?l°i?ti~';{iiif;~1,1 h:~~dly :(l~q~e 'i'VJ th~ ,~~ii,. e!$:t~.~~- :i iri~I\ -· 8.S~: ~ '. i!-~5;1. t .. r~~l !~ _" ~.ransaction, b~ t will, ra th_~r, be
lo9ke~ ~-poh., a.s_... :a
-~·e)'l.1:~n~\J?etween two inte~,e_~t~~,parties~~q1: more_~cpnven1ent, method o"f: :handling the property.
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tµre_-.O't. t2e.,-Par:\C _s(lji_~fe: St~tiot;lf~h4' tbe·..val~l?.I.e_~)a.~.(ld. C~l}n-e.~_~if: ·. with it, ~nd. rumor 1:,a~ been
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sale
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WEST STREET BLOCK SOLD TO GEORGE
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';, SeVera"l transacpons aff~cting ·vaiual;>le city prOpel'.'ties became public yeste;rd-~;!/ :the- largest sum involved in ~ny bleing on five· South end parcels, in vr~ich
81): interest was conveyed. The total assessep. valuation of -the propertfes is $62,400. • A'greements .have also been signed, for the conveyance of a Marlboro street
d,~elline-, c~rrying an assessed valuation of $22,500, and !or tvvo adj0ining pa:i-cels
q:p. Chestnut street and Mt. Vernon ,sti:eet, assessed on a total valuation of $24:2~. "l".ra._di1:1g in the districts waS rather light, tl:.e cnly ~ection.s rePresented being
~C?~b_.ury_ and E, st Bos tori. A long term li;ase of a valuable pr~Perty nurµberE!:d
~~d 288 Tremont, street,. is noted, as is also the problem of grade crossings ln
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Not in a. long time ha$- there been such an active day ~n high-valued reaf ~~
tate ;pa.reels as yesterday, and they were not vrholly confined to one sectio:;t....,..A!>
down-town business structure on Hayv1rard place, assessed on a. valuS..tio~ ··'q ·
$48,000, -was conveyed, two dwelling.9 on Commonwealth avenue. assessed·
valuations of: $56,000 and $45,000. respectively; a We:3t Newton st.reet propertY
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ooo;! a holding on Harrison a.Venue representing about $10,000, and a retransfet- "?:f!j·:
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Northampton street pr:oper~Y, represent~ ~p.a,t was dol;le in the1 city.
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HOTEL, AUBURNDALE, JUST SOLD.
·Summary of what took place in the line of transfers in yesterday's busi. real estate 8. great vari~ty of tra:r:i.sactions is shown. While all were
·e parcels involved were, in a measure, out of the ordinary. In the Back
-sale of five more Properties j.s nOted, carrying assessed valuations of $70,. , $21,000, $22,500 and $18,500. In the South end a property reported sold in
idus- day's record was retransferred; the Hotel Landor, on Yarmouth
a.ving a total value of $71,500, was conveyed, a Milford street parcel carValuation o'f $8900, and three parcels on Union Park street, having a total
n · Of $61,500, were also transferred. The safe of a $34,000 North end prop.also reported. The banner sale ot the day was th~t of the Woodland
tel prqperty~ Aubtirnda.le, having a valua,Uon oi about °'"lQ0,000.
Two
es of importance comprised a tract of land in Dorchester td be used as
ouse site~ an'.d
large tract ln Allston aCquired by the;''BOston E1e:Railway Company. Other transfers were in· the districts •. but none was of
uai linportance.
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BOUGHT BY L. L. WELLINGTON.
In the business of the real estate field yesterday_one of the inl'8-reSting tr-ari
actions was the passing of the title to a portion of the .Arioch Wentworth esta··
from Mrs. Susan M. Stuart to Robert M. ·Morse. It was a Sudbllry str·eet parcEc
valued at $244,500
Other city -conveYances include·d two meditim Priced propi
ties in the North end, one each in the South and WeSt ends, One, on -BeEi.c
Hi~l; having a~xable valuation of $24,500, one on St. Paul str1::et, .of $'.7000, ·and. t,
""e:tran.s~e:z:-,_ot:. a. ,Massachusetts avenue ho!di:n:g va.~_u.ed. a,t. $18,~. Dist:ri"ct
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decided change in the registry record of re~lty transfers yes-
~.i.iay-,- ~whell ·an unusual number of d9cuments was fi)ed.
"'£he city proper
· · - n the list with several and a. long-term leaSe was negotiated on a High
t , J:!'TO{)erty. A land parcel in the Back Bay was a1s·o conveyed:~ In the
lets Dorchester led by a ·large maj9rity with six s8Ies. Beyoild Boston,
,k:Iine came to the front with three good conveyances and an agreeme.nt
·::th-e s.a:le of a_ fourtp. carrying a valu3:,tion of $40,000. Newton had two big
'd Sales and Cambridge a tranS_fer of a dwelling. Reports of sales of more
:.:1~ss ~mpo_rtan~e from more rempte places made a fail'ty good daY after a
er.f.od of inactivity.
'TAKINGS MADE BY TRANSIT COMMISSION FOR NEW WASHINGTON STREET TUNNEL.
Black Space Indicates Recent New Takings; Shaded Space a Former Taking.
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··-~lng of South end property as a site for the entrance to the' W"ashingtoll street subway. The estates affeqted
----.A.Sh street or run through from Washington street, Ute total assessed valuation on the whole being· $315,000. of
000 is on the land. As ollly a.bout half the' property is afferited. the amount covering the total taking would
sotn.ethiiig over $150,000. Whenever a week has opened with a trarisfer pf property in the real business sec:°'the busiries,s.· of that week has been good. Yesterday (!Pened with such a conveyance, a business block on Oliver
t;·. ·assessed oll
valuation of $23,500, having passed to new oWnership. In addition to this, other minor pareels
transferred, and trading in the district ran to prices a trifle above the average.
Dorchester had four sales,
f whic;ti. was of property valued at a price rising $15,000. and an Elm Hill district, Roxbury, parcel, carryin1' a
,, .. t;ion o:r- $10,000, while negotiations are in progress for the sale of two other valuable estates on Elm Hill avenue.
' r: tr~saetions in the district and suburbs made up a good day for tl}e week's ope~ing.
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BOUGHT BY CHARLE$ F. WRIGHT.
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DWELLING BOUGHT BY E. N, WHITCOMB.
Of late there has been considerable trading in land lots in the districfs.
s6.il.rCe1y a d8..y passing t'hat these do not show well in the trailsfers at the regYesterdaY Ia:nd lot and dwelling sales were about equally divided. Busin~S's in the cfty was small, consisting of South and West end an~ Back Bay parcels of a medium prfce. On the contrary, t~e distric~s dev~l9ped well in transaCi.tons, all but Brighton being represen~ed in the day's work. Nothing of gl"eat
val'!Je, hoWever, was transferred· in any of the places. Just now there; is considlstr'y.
erable activity In Cambridge and Brookline, and in both places medium priced
p~fc~Is are in demand.
busJness reported.
Outside of the se~tions menti9ned there ~as but litqe
,~ ','· .DWELLING ~OUGHT BY ARTHUR LITTLE.·
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:~ng UP the buslness'of yesterday in :real esta,.te it m;ay be said that
The
ii.th and -west ends were represente.d, as well as the Back Bay. In the
fio:n:a N0wb:urY' street _pare.el, was conveyed to Frank R. Kimball, ad,:«i'ne·re~elltiy purqhased by _him. It's vaiuaticin is placed at $2i:-QOQ, ~µd
;eommonwealth: avenue assessed on a valuatio:q of $36.500. Another :sale
·. · AbOut· the_ same ainount was of a ·Le·V"7r'ett st'reet: bulldihg. A S:oUtp.
'i,erty on Tremo~t street· brought over $13~000. and there were otQ.e:r. .small
Athe other sections.. The disU:-i'cts developed a few sales, the largest in
)-1:~· whe-X-e a. section, o'f -the land on which the old Faneuil hoµse once
~~s s.<.)Id· for ,improvement.
Other tI'ansactions of moderate amounts
li.';:Brookline, Cambridge, Newton_a_nd Hamilton.
·.\a .fairly· good· day's work, so: far· as the city w-as concerned.
DWELLING RECENTLY BOUGHT BY CHARLES S. EATON.
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Included in yesterday.'::,;.., ~eal estate transfers was the reconveyari.ce of.
business structu~e on "Washington street northi,·corrier of Cross street, title to
Wliich pa~ed to William T. Thorp, w-ho now dispose~ Q_f it. The propei::'ty has
s.n assessed :valuation of"- $69,000.
AnO:"'t.her city· pr-qperty conVeyed is in tp..e
-So~th · eri?~ Wbei'-e ~ix ~1.""i~ 'dwe1;1ngs pass. to· n_~w.\;-~~n~iSh~~-.· -~hiS de:it.~_~inV~lVed
.<:iver: $25,000. D:i~tr.ict b1,1sin~Ss.this b0en '.fairl.l-'." :.;g·oqa,(~f.~~~i'~ a~d. no·w R:o.x}:}u,~: .18
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~· ~ 'Vf~ile the real estate :market may not be exactly termed -a:;; on the ebb, it
-certainly is not on the flow. Brokers who have been 'buoyed up by the l:iope that
~·he first of May vvould bring better bus!ness are beginning to feel discouraged.
:.".['he time of the harvest is passing, and yet the wealth which real estate
ehould show at' this period has not become a tangible factor. Yesterday's
sal~s were few and of nQt great moment.
Three South end· properties were
-cOnveyed, and other city proper transactions were the sales ,at two sections
o-1: land in the Back ,Bay. One parcel carries a Valuation of about $40,000, and
the other of $50,000. District Conv~yances were not numeious, and of nearby
places Brookline led With two sales of over $10,000 ~ach.
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PROPERTY BOUGHT .BY JOHN BECK.
;~.~~~-. ci~tte · a.. r_ift· yest~rday 1n the cloud of inactlvity in city real ·es-
.~:s .. ·-·wQ.~n s_ale_s wei.-e reported from every section. Leading off with a.
!t~·~s~lll~ton · strE:et prppeTty. asse'.3Sed on a valuation of· $94,000. there
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N!=>rth epd, carrying va.Iuations of $10,700 and $7800; two in
!<t..BaY:~ :~Jl~re· t~o adjoining briclc dWellings on Mount1:ort street were
).i~.g,'..a~ tQ_~al _assessed _va:1uiti~n of $34,000.
Another was on Dundee
~~-e.~--~~ -~?• ar;id one each in t}?.e Soutq. and We.et _ends, assessed on
.,~_?:'!r$3poo. a~_d $7500, :r~spectively., District business was light, West
-~~~16!'1~.:b~v:fng' more .th:an a single s~le. In Carµbridge and Newton bustcc.::~_~I; ·a~,it _h~s:of IS.te. _and Brookline reported ·a Naplies road conc~;Yln~.; ~· sum· o:f oVer $11,000.
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'One of the featui-e§:l. of the real estate market yesterday was .the handing down of the releases
the
.quired for the. Construction of Northern avenue and a bridge to the Con,,monwealth doc~s in South Boston. This: iii,:.:,
·n~·ar Ol~ver street.
City proper· ~les were Ugtit,.. ~U:t three going. to record~ tb}e.
:cqrner -of Columbus avenu~ an~ Chandler str:eet;. · Qt11Ji~s .. were On Greenwich street.:
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BLOCK SOLD TO TUFTS COLLEGE.
SAtthough there was absolutely ·nothing d0ing i.n the way of realtY trading in
ihe dowri town or business sec~ion of ~e city. yesterday, yet the close of the
day~s business showed that in· the Back Bay ·and South. end residential districts
,t.~_ere had been an unusu§l;llY large number of sales recorded In no c2 -, did the
tI'ansactions, involve a large enough amount to be denominated large (.._._a.ls, and
the noticeable features were the transfer of iriterest in
$150,000 ·propeI'ty on Bay
State road and a sale of three parcels on Warren avenue and Appleton street,
ihvQ.lying valuation of $23,300.
The transfer of an $8500 property on Rutland
s.Quare and a $4000 one on Leno:x: street ompleted the South end record, while a
Staniford street transfer was tll~ only West end transaction. Five small ti-8.ns..;
actions in Dorchester, two in East Boston and one each in Charlestown and.
~:o.slindale furnished the bulk of district trading, and in outside localities
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For an exceedinglY warm day:·there was a large number of documen
corded d.t the Suffolk regiStry· yesterday, with a fair proportion in the'·tl
Of transfers~ Am.01:1--g" .the lot ·sev~l"al p~etty go~d tr~des ~ere note<l;. ,-,
th~~ -~~ing th,_e· ~on.v:.~ance .of:·a Broad.stre~t .business 1:5tructtlre. ThiS
a'.n a~&e§Saj y;a.ll.la~o~- ~F /over :$47,~0: :-?;h~n\.1~ _:the :a:~ck, Bay_ thr,ef:'L adjQ.!)f
,~;;eels· conv'::Y:!'<i .. t<>::,t~,:,
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'-"._Sile of a business property 1numbered. 65-69. 'Wareham· street, South
,-.~~s essen~ially a day of the districts, ho_weVer, and by fiir th0: greater
of transfers were of property in the various suburbs and ou·uy~ng seCthe city. The sale of \i West Cedar street parcel and one ·ori Cherry
the West an~ Sout~ end contributions~ while in Roxbury four
, were noted, and in "V\,"'"est Roxbury, South.BostOn and Brighton ·one
ecorded.
Of the out of town transactions VYinthrOp had the i.nost
_, irt the sale of the o~d ~a~t property at Point Shirley;·1nvolving a
a1ua:t1on of $33,900.
Cam.bridge, Newton, Milton and MelrOse were,
:uf!~9" in -th~ list.
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HILL PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
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Yesterday s real estate business was better than could reasonably have been
Sunday and a holiday, and inThis section,.. of
late, has always produced one or two good deals when the other sections have
been noticeable for mediocre transactlonB~ and in this inst.a.nee a $41,000 Commonwealth avenue property~ and ~ne involviµg a. ta~able valu~tfonog$25,~. cha~ged
hands•. Ca.t:llbrid "!::.l:li;td t_wo good e,ales, ;onj> c;,f
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cluded in the list of" transactions were several Back Bay sales.:
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1-t'- the business of the first day of June is to be a sample of the month's
c1.eaungs in real estate, it would seem that the long hoped for boom had~:ar,~rJVed, for not in many months bas there been so great a volume of business
ti-8.1isacted as that of yesterday. Both as to 11.umber of conveyances and as to
Q:l.1:aUty, this is true, and three Back Bay transactions involved an aggregat~ of
'$1'44,000 taxable- valuation, while a Beacon Hill $48,000 transfer al'l:d a $36,400. prope~iY on c·entral street, in the business district, pa:ssing to new ownership, increased the total considerably. Tlie West and South ends also :figured Well in_
the day•s business, as did nearly all the districts. In Brookline, the transfeir ot
·~/$4.0;0oo apartment bbuse gave that section an interest in t-?-e d8.Y's doing~.
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'.A.not?-et:" good day for real estat.e dealings was yesterday and thei ·
busir~.e~s of .the Suffolk registry shiowed ·a ·g6od number of tr;_nsactions'
with s~:vera.l _arl!ong the~ that helped ~he .districts t;o take on an a_ppeai"
having a. ~1ttle boom. One of the most· interesting tranhactions Vi-·:is ·'t
.which Simmons C?llege acqti.ir7d ~ome 60,000 feet o·f land on Brooklitle .,~¥.
fo_r_ e';~ntual. build1,ng of dorm1tor1e-:'3, the property being valued at $5~.600.
th,.e_ ;Back Bay a $21,500 Bay $tate roa·d. property, a $7700 parcel on Durhaf
street a.n~ a -$5300 ?ne ·on Dunde~ street_ c:h~g~d ~ands. __4... ·Wareham street m,,:
ufactu~1ng property ~n the ~ou~h end -~!19"r~W.? :W.E:~.t €:nd transfe~s b_roug'1:1:t··ui
dlstr~(!t~_ t::1to t~e 4a:v:'s_ ~e.al~~gS. T~~;,~#..~~1:~-'..',P.'~~~r o.f t!~:J.?.~f~rs, hQ~:
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··· ··..flou~h <'Onii <Olahned the greatqst share or yesterday'" real estate tt·ans- ':
'And the dOcuments r"ecorded at the Suffolk cou11.ty registry shoW con·~ business: in that sectiori. although none of the transactions involved
e~d parcels
The principal conveyance was of a property on Pleasant
djoining the Barnard Memorial, valued at $20,500, while among the
ones. an $8700 Milford :::;treet pro'l)erty was recorded aS ·pa.SS'ing to riew
', Among the distriCt sales. Dorchester had two, of pl"Op~rties valued at
~-<( $1000 respectively; West Roxbury had two. one of vacant land, and
"'B:tlst~n had one. In the outside localities, Wil1throp, Somerville, Com-~·nd. Chelsea had one each.
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PROPER"T'Y BOUGHT BY EBEN S. DRA:PER.
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e ~outh end wa~ the scene of the principal part of_ y~s.terday's light. real
and here th.ree transfers of property W~1e' noted~ a-$10,000 parcel
~broke stree.t and two smaller ones, on Can1den .s~~cet ·and-Harrison a.ve:·being included. There has not been so small a nU.ml:'er of· dOcUm.ents· rEicord;_tn the Su:,;'folk registry for: some time. For once. the BaCk ·BaY'tS:iled to pro¢e ~1ts usual quota, althol.lgh negotiations are utidel'" v:ay for a;nll~ber.of iood
',t-eTties i:i. that section, aiid the brokers have many· hollses scheduled for
1.y.. Sa.Ie .. The ·district trading wa·s confined to small ·properties,· one Dorches~-"dWelllng, an East Boston aPartment hou:Se and a $11,000 'NeVVtOn esta;te mak·...UP the bulk of that busines$.
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PROPERTY PURCHASED
BY GRACIE L. NELSON.
-----+---Residential properties in the North, West and South ends forn1.ed the bulk of
the trading in realty yesterday. In the South secti:.:..n of the city, an Appleton
street dwell,lng, valued at $8500, · and a Pein broke street estate, v~lue? at $11,~,
were tr~nsferred. In the West end a South Russell str7et dwelhng O:~ "'5o00,
:va~u~tion~ ~ $3300 Kennard avenue parc~l and an -~200_ M~rtle ,~-~r.e~t proper;~,.·.,C!1,an_g~1d ~~n1s~ T-11:e Nor_th ~~d. tr.ah~f~r ·
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PURCHASED BY GEORGE H. ME'TCALF.
-.~re:were m.ore signs -of activity in the real, estate market yesterday than
een noticeable for several days, and the -r'esult was a lively day -in city
tr~~t restdenti_al property trading. Two Val~able Back Bay proper.des were
;~ose to chap.ge hands, one a $30,09() Beacon street estate, the other a. Falstreet dwelling. Two South end transactions were recorded, one of them
, . g. a $17:,000 Massachusetts avenue parcel. I~ the districts, the West Rox'· ~sactions numbered ,four, the Rdxbury. tli~~e. Charlestown three. while
-:,':~3:C:~_ston. Dorche.ster and Brighton had 0"1e e;~fh.
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PROPERTY PURCHASED BY OL9 COLOl)IY: TRUST COMPANY.
T-here was enough, doing in the
real
estate field yesterday to make up for
many poor days. and -,not f.or a long time ha.5 so much valuable property
c~Q.%tged ha-n&s. Tl;ie business s.ectlon, ·the Back·Bay-a.nd, in "fact. all the ditferen.t.::di~j;µ~s ;:t;.,~d ,~ sp.ar.e ·of ':the business. The largest -transaction was ,the purchase of a "J:enlple place prop<erty involviag valuation of $l.6.3i)OO, and, the next
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-PO MARGARITE SAFFORD.
While-yesterday was a holiday :for n.eit.rly all the, real estate .brokers. con. ~der'able realty bu~iness came to li_ght. The chief trartsactii:>n, which Will be of
interest to all property owners on the line of the -proposed new -Washington
street siunnel, was. the· settle~ent with. the City for one ·of ·the. recent Ash street
~kings b:Y the Traz:tSit cdmmission, 8.nd for whlc!l $S5,opo was p~id' by ~he city•
.W~iie t_he Suffolk registry was o~en as ~sual, few docum.ents actually tra~sfer:,--j.ii.g •property :w_ere filed. The p,l."evious day. }.:lo_wev~r, was o:n~ of· th~ 13:r_g~st in
Many months. with -the total nu~ber of docu1:11ents file·a· r·eacb,irig 166, Which· is 28
better than on June 1, · the best day for several years ~P to that time.
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BOUGHT
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WILLIAM· E. MERRILL.
~hat realty bus~ness there was yesterday was confined .mostly· to th
irlcte;;"and the only tran·sfeI' of city property hqldi~~s record~d at the
:riegis~y was that of the Te~ple plac~ pro~rty 'recentlY purcha~<;t _by,
~-~to~_Y Trust C.~~pany.
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di.~tr_ict .transaction inoSt worthy ··of note··'
:pJ~C~~g o·t.a.~.so;OOO<mor:tgage .o~· f?Otne:of the. B<:"st'on Wharf Con:ipany"s:·, ,..
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HOTEL - R ECENTl:'.v' SOLD.
e:.r:~alty
niarket appeared yester~ay 'to .h8.ye recov~i"ed .,.trd.m. the .eft:~ct Q!
··~ek~~ hojiday, or ~hat.ever els.e, has k~Pt it Ieih·arg1c fo.r ~ -c~~p!E! ·_of:d~~.s.
-"e:' re,sult was sev'erai int~re'sting tran~actions: The r:etail buSi~ess BectiOn
fu_r,niShed material for a
tr'ansf"er. a $30.500 JaCk.~on' place· ,paI'cel beJt:i~
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w.hile ·a long ter.m Ie8.se or Washingtoh street _property :wa.~ ·a1.s.O r.ecord..:.valuable piece of Beacon street land was ~old. and :final papers in· the
~eac6n street ·prOpertY:, near Dartmouth street. jr~IUed ~t ·.$2~.4?00'; _we~t·
.d· - In the districts. the dealings were moStly in sma{1 ·resid_eti1:ial pr~p- ·
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RESIDENCE PURCHASED BY
DR.
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A.
CODMAN.
A veI'Y fair day's business in real estate marked the closing of the Suffolk
registry, where m.any documents were recorded, although not so many as on
Tuesday, when 159 of all kinds were filed. The West and South end$ had the
bulk of th~ transfers, and in the first nam..ed s,ections a $10,300 Irving street parcel, a ~9300 Causeway street prqperty, and one valued at $7800 on Leverett street
were conVeYed. In_ the South end, an $85-00 West R~tland sciuare estate ·and. a
$4800 ,parcel -on Carver st;re~t were transferred~ 'In_ the districts th~re was a fair
-b~in-e~S,· R~~~ry l~adh.;1~ -W'it.11. the tr3:nsfer: of fi:Ye' r~sj~enti~l p_r~perties. The·
J).l_lrch"~. :..'¥+"; ~ ··~ai-g'9 ::~:i_riouht :·~f I.ai:id on -the. shore":.:.gf·~S~y ;Pon·d, :,.;Ai:-Itngton; w·a:s
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There was enough doing in the real estate field Yesterday to make the
hopeful think a boom was on, and i.nvestm-ent property had the call in all sections of the city. The largest transaction was the sale of a Staniford street
group, valued at $43,000, and next came a Friend street transaction. where a
$29,000 property changed hands.
In t1:Je Back Bay a $15,000 Ivy street property
was sold and· a $5000 Dundee street parcel transferred. The dis-t;rict tradin_g was
somewhat lively, and in the out of town sections the sale of a $11,()(1() Brookline,.
estate w~s the noticeable feature.
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TRANSFERRED
RECENTLY TO EDNA R. MITCHELL.
~;i:c;, yesterday's real estate transactions the most noticeable features were the
;}\:)~ri
-~em:ents for the sale of another Beacon street residential property. between
· · · ·r ~ d Fairfield streets. valued at $33,000. and the sale of a Marlboro street
ty valued at $24,000. Transfers recorded of several Durham street properas made because of the resignation of one of the trustees of. the Durham
Trust. In the districts there v1ras some litHe activity, severS..l tJ:"ansfers
of vacant land, for improvement. In the outlying districts the aa;r~ement
e sale of a large Brush Hill road (Milton) eetate was the most i,1_'.'ominent
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CHURCH· OF THE DISCIPLES ON PETERBORO STRJ;:ET, BA:CK BAY, ,
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not·transferred, but for the sale of -which agreements were signed by the par(ies, and the other a re.siidentlar ProPerty on Bay State road, in the n
~·· Bay, purchased by the Hon. A ..E. :E:'lllsbury for occupancy. Outside of these .tWo tr~nsaction·s. the bulk of t11e day's business was in, the di~tric
· (,'Ollsi~era.ble _activity~ was. noti~eable. Dorches\er, as has been the case for se~etal days past, l~d in tl;le ~1..p;:q.ber of transac=:tion~. with six, aJI o
'ptoi>ei:"ty~ valued at ' f r o m ~ to $9000. A Roxb\iry transfer of a $13,600 propert¥,on _Blue Hill a:venue and the conveyanc~ of a $22,300 property on-B
. ,· ~oo~llne. were .the two most notewortQy transactions outside of the city proper deS:.;lings. Several_ N~_wton pri?periies, one of them an estate .· cci
': ..~,cf.~s Of land, were_.also ·J:."9<?0rded af! passing to new ownership. T..be picture OJ t~e new ediflc-e·
·be built for' the Ch?rch of the Disciples on ~et
Printed above, is the fiI'st publicS.tion_ of any cut of this hands<?me buil~ing, an?, g·1ves a verY adeql.late idea of ~ow the new church will look.
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E9TATE. BOUGHT BY ALBERT E., PILLSBURY.
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~n<l;an $18,000 Boylston street-parcel were conveye_d. In t:i,.e Beacon Hill section
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· - al_ :?::i.P~r:s '. we~e p~Ssed in the sa-le of a ~35,000 Chestnut s'tl"eet apartment
''S.Ild t'ri 'the, South elld a $13;ooo EdinbO-ro street property ·was ·conveyed,
'\East~ BrOokliile .Stre'et pa~cel was. p'ut u11:der agr~~ment of sale. In. the
-· , ·.:a very- fair buSinesS · was done, Dor"chester leading in ·the number. of
, t10),1s,. ·while· in Roxl:niry sever8.l transfers of valuable property were ·ree'_d~ .The m.onth's business, a::; shown in The Hera1a•s list of properties val-$2<f~OOO or over, Shows that the busines·s has held its own remarkably
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Presbyterian·,Church-·-.Several :Sales: of: Smail Sized
Propert~es ih':the ~outh · End-.-Other DealiJilgs.
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TAKINGS FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS ON WORTHINGTON STREET.
Shaded Spaces Show Lahd Not Ta_k!n:
Biack Space Shows 33-'f'oot ·Parcel, Taken.
real estate dealings of yesterday were ell.U'¢-~ned by the sale of the Church of the Disciples.. at the corner of
r~n avenue ~nd West -Brookline street;~ the pr'ice' paid betl\g- $35~000.. Tbla w.is $15,000 less than the assessed
tion of.the property~· This was the i:it"tnclpal·f08.ture of the.'day's business ~:·fat'.' as the city proper was 'con, although a nU.mbe"r of transfer~: of~srna.11 South end .. propertles w.e"~e recor,d~d., The districts showed a very
uslness, and in the outside sections the sale
a Bro9.l;line ),ot, on Beacon s:tre.e~. v~lu~d at $il,50Q, - _was th,e
J?:i"l ~ransactlon. There is a very J:?,_quCeable increase in the sale of v~ant la~d throughout the· suburbs to puI"~ .who are buying fOr improvemeht~ ·
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):ie semi-annual statement of the condition of the inactive reai estate
,t· stocks, i.and · an~ wha~f. COIQ.,panies Wh~ch Burro\lghs & DeBI~ls 11:Eue is
t_ed _herewith. The publishers have used. every effort to haVe the Usts exact
,..;_correct in every particular, 8.nd In cas0 of any errors: will :be glad of
· Catio·n from a?_l.Y one 1Ilte.reste9.. The ac'Uve. trust:s _do ~Ot appear in t~is
s they are quoted in the monthly ctrCrilar ~ issued by the , .firm. The vales
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[Copyright, 1904, by Bun"o~gh_s & D~ ~3lols.]
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BY WILLIAM H. AMES.
yesterday's real estate dealings the most notew-orthy transa-ctlon was
nveyance of three dwelling houses on Northampton street, near Shawa11 assessed on a $1s,ooo va:1uation. The 'business transacted at the
registery was necessarily .of a light character. fOllowing the Fourth,
ui:nber of suburban properties were · recorded as changing hands.. Chief
'these w-as a. Brookline estate, next that of Eben D. Jordan, valued at
,,' ·several smaller'- suburban estates also changed hands. Settlerrients
31'' t~e city with owner;, of property taken on Scotia street were also
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THE CITY IN "REGARD TO HIGH BUILDINGS.
All Other Sections of tlie City Are "Districts
NEW FHONT OF STATE Y. M. C. A, BUILDING.
\:i.'1:he real estate dealings of yesterday the district~ ·had all there were of
s:1.ze·:1n
the way of transfers, although there was a· fairly good,number
Oi-tgages affecting the -city proper· flied at the Suffolk r~g'istry.. Th.e dis,'conVeyances were. in many cases. of vacan1:- la:p.d •. for improvement by
r.gS, ·and the rest were of residential propertieS. This- W'as the -fir.st day
-·-. ·mer that the city proper has failed to ~'.>'rodUCe a ·t~anster of· sorite soi:;t
perty~ which is a very good i:-ecord for !his t\zp.~ of year._
10':I .E..BROOK.LINE BT.
PROPERTY
RECENTLY
SOUGHT
BY LOUIS POKROISKY.
Yesterday~s realty trading de~eloped several good P1j9POS1tions in the way
of_ conveyances? the most important being that of an apartment hotel at the
corner of Washington and West Concord s·treets, South end, assessed on a
v:Rhiation of $72,500. Two of ·the other transfers of city property also involved
So~th end pare.els, one ort Camden str~~t and one on Oswego. Beacon H~U also
.;lijit.4,q,tle, a. ~2~00Q prpperty l.n Ashburton PlaGe. The extent of present d~lil)ge"
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PROPERTY CONVEYED TO. ELLEN
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Y:e'ster.day•s realty transactions Included quit8 a goodly number of conveyances of residential property in the city proper ' and in the suburbs
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.eitY pl'operties tra:ii£1ferred, a St. Germain street. Back Bay, parcel, two South
parcels: one on Hudson street and one on Seneca street, and one Wes~ ,e.nd
PrOperty, on Spring street. Were included. The district dealings were largely
iri th·e parcels in which there has been considerable activity of late. medium
:~r1Ced re.sideritial properties.
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SOUTH END PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
Hotel Chatha';", 1641 Washington Street.
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Iri yesterday•s realty transactions several valuable properties in the subur,S-·
ban lo~alities changed hands~ tincluding sever3:l acres of vacant land 1n. A:rung:;
ton, ~hlch ts bought for Jmprovement, and, a.. twp-acre parcel at Marb'l._~b.~EITi
N~k,:~'f?ought f9r !~Pr~ve~7nt,.~~s ~. 'su
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Hotels Richelieu and Wedgemoir, Beacon and Winchester Streets.
The fea.ture of yesterday's business in real (j§tate was· the conveyance of high-priced parcels, and in this re-~pect Brookline led, where over $200,000 worth of property changed hands. These sales were conveyed in three parcels~
all on ·Beacon street. o.ne was on .the corner of Carlton street, and bad an asSessed valuation of $73,500, and the otliers
were the apartment houses Richelieu and Wedgemoir, on the corner of Beacon and VV""inchester streets, near Coolidge
Corner. The former structure has a valution· cf $65,CX)(), and the latter $75,000, and together with the land have a total
'of $i62,000. ·1n the ci'ty proper, a Newbu"ry street prope'rty, having a taxable valuation of $15,000, -changed hands,
and in the districts, a Roxbury parcel conveyed is assessed on a valuation of $19,900. Other distr-ict transactions car~~l'ed about an 3..veraie valllation for residential properties.
BACK BAY PROJ:'JERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
(269 Newbury Street, the House on the Left of the Picture).
In the realty fi~ld there has not been a day so proiillc in good transactions
as yesterday for some weeks. The principal sale was of a $35.000 investment
pr~perty on Beach street, in the business district, the first in this locality f'ot"
quite a :Whil~. In the newer Back Bay, a
$29,900 property--; on Vancouver
street. changed hands, and in the "West end, ah old chUl,"'ch property 9,n Smith
C~'!,lrt, yalued at ~0,000, was conveyed. The district business Was considerable in
ypltl..me! '.8-nd included th~. tra~~fer of a $12,300 estate on Ben'ton. str~et, Roxbury.
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.,.. Yesterday's real estate trading involved three pro.perties in the city properone a $33,000 Newbury street estate. th_e other parcels on Kinnard court and
Grove street, in the West end. ":fhere ~as also ql.l}te· a deai-th of district tradttlg. two Roxbury properties, two Dorchester and ·:one South Boston parcels
being the only ones reported as conveyed. This is only what an August :v.Ionay would be expected to produce. however, and the week will undoubtedly
how up to better advantage as it advanc~s. The busin~s of last week at the
utfolk registry was remarkably good. and the.:mi,st_·mont:q.•s larger dealings, as
1shown 1n the list printed below, were of a. much better o:rder '~han in the cor:rersponding month for a long time.
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15everal goo~ sized city Properties were tn?1u<f~d- ·1n Yesterday•s real ·eo:ta~e(i/jl
transfers, three of them In the West :ehd, o~~- 8,::$2~9"00 p~fCel, on Lym~n ,..,.,..,,t.:,,,·c:,
another a. $15,000 Lowell street proper~y, an~;.still B.nbthel; · on Leverett
valued at ~00. A $6200 Dundee str~et ,·proper~y.!~.R'S·i,at-S:9·.;"c9hveyed and a
South end pa.reel. located on Meandertstre~t:;~-;~e':.'d1~},rict,·.dealings inclu
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veral vafluable ,,city properties were included in yesterday's list ,,of real
te transfers the most import~nt being a~ i11:ve~tment property on Court
· ~ va1µed~
$144,000. sold for a.'bou t $,~0,00?. ~ Ca~al street block, v~lued
(~:ooo; _ C!a,mde:n street dwelling. a?:1d ~n interest in a Hawk.ins stree:
a
'e:rty. Val'Ue4 at $4~.ooo. w_ere 3:Iso con~eyo_d. In the districts, q~11te a num
·· 't residential. pttopertlea; :vvere coi:iveyed. The. taking by the city .~f a large
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ll'O:~:rtY on'Perrin. s~reet, RoxburY, for a scI:tool site was of interest ~o peo1
·that .~0:ca.Uty. In the out~of-tow-n section:s, two medium. pric~~ Cam~~~dce _properties -we,re con-veyed.
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Mostly tn the districts were yesterday's sales of real estate, in the city
thet·e' being but one, a slllall West end parcel. The city's business was enlivened, 'however, in the fact that a settlement wae made with Harriett E.
Lillie for the taking of property on Ash st?"eet as part of the neW tunnel entrance. This settlement affected proper-t,y valued at $42,000. Then, too, it was
given out that the contract for the new Siegel building on Washington street
had been awarded the George A. Fuller Company of New York, and that work
of_ construction would begin right away. In the districts, the property involve'd_ by cOnveyance was in rrios~ cases of only medium value, but one transfer was of an $18,600 estate in Dorchester. In the districts outside of Boston
the conveyance of a large farm property- in Dedham, an $8300 Newton estate
an. $8:000 Malden residence; and two medtum priced. residential properties in Cam.:
brl~g~ were t~e prinGi~al transactions.. ·
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136 to 146 Court Street.
The transfer of interest in several properties making up a large estate and
of several medium priced properties in the North and South ends furnished
the bulk of yesterday's real estate transactions. so far as dealings in the
city proper were concerned. The South end transfers ,vere of a $4600 Oswego
street parcel and a $4300 one on Sawyer street. The North end parcel· conveyed was a small property on Snelling place, off Hull street. The interest
transferred was in a $58,9'JO property on Washington street. a $9200 Pine -street
parcel and a $10,500 Roxbury estate
In the districts, two medium priced Dor-
chester parcels, two in Roxbury and one in EJas:t Boston were conveyed. From
outside districts was reported the sale of a ~ewton property. for the building of a new block. Leases of two stores in a Columbus avenue building,
now being erected, were also reported.
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BA~K BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY TRANSFERRED.
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market_. and sales_ of any niagnitude or nuniber ~e~' conspicuous by theslJnce.
What took place in the city:prOpe~,, however, w..as in the Wes
or that. vic11:1ity-. One sale was that- o~ ~n e~f~te; · oh Telllple street~.Hill. · asse~sed o~ a.. v~l:i,iatfon- -~f . $~.~r. ~,h_i\e ~.n -~opJa_r: ~treet .a.,;parcel
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(ii/Yesterday's real estate dealings involved several valuable properties, and,
the number of transactiOns -was by no means large, these dealings pre'ed the falling out of the bottom of the real estate market that would
;" , rwl'se have been noted. The most important city proper sale was of a
'.;:~~!lf()O Commonwealth avenue property, and next came_ quite a group of South
;_,;~P:d ·parcels, including an $18,000 property on Northampt-'n street. The prin~
-' :·cipa.I district transaction was the sale of a $9000 estate in west Roxbury.
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Included in the List Were Land in Brighton Valued at $82,500 and a $21,800
Roxbury Apartment Hotel-City Settles Peterboro Street
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. Ill Yesterday•s real estate dealings. the city prOPe:rties involved were not numerous, or high priced. the principal
inteni of inte'rest· being the· settiem...ent by tP.e .city for land taken in 1896 for t'he laying out of PeterborO. street. In
t~e Back Bay. ..A Van~o"llyer ~reet apartm.en·t ,house was also sold, and these were the only city transactions. re.ported~ In the districts there was cohsiderable - · trading,
and included
in the property transferred was land in
B~lghton~ valued'at $8.2.~. a.. ~.oxbury apar~;ment 'hotel. valued at $21,800, and numerous smaller parcels in the various
localities. In the O·l:itside· localities.· the sale of an $18,000 Cambridge estate was the most Iloticeable feature.
The
pla:11-s for a new building to be· erected oq. Broad street are al.So of interest. and show a structure that will be a great
addition to the list o:f tall, office buildings.
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PROPERTY BOUGHT BY EBEN D. JORDAN,
178 and 180 Beacon Street.
estate trading Was, in the main, conspicuous by its absence,
i?-ctlcally every office was closed, afid. but' for the fact that the Suffolk
'·trY,k~pt open, there would have b~en 11.0 signs of 11:fe ,at all
Some few
· er,s _were recorc1-ed, and others that were filed late the afternoon bE'!fore
¢d city property, one a Beacon street residence, another a Westland
··e apartment house, still another n. property on Parkman street, and an
!>AU:J:>ul"n ;street property. No transfers in the districts were recorded, and the
!O_j.ft~ide loc8.lit1es also seemed to make holiday of it, as well as the city.
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,323 Beacon Street.
- : The sale of a num_ber of adjoining properties on un:;.y street and v\1'."ebis.ter
ave;i.ue •.1??- the North end, was the featU.re·of the real e{ltate trading y~Sterday.
The pr.
.Operties sOld carried a valuation ol $19,400, and a nUmber of large tenement
, bcn..1ses- a~~ to be b':li~t·.on the si~e. W~ich w·n1 col)--sider~bly. change conditibnS.Jn
. .t.hf1',
y. 'An~ther impor'f:.an:t, sale was· that of. a 1'.'e$i~E:'nc.e on Beacon street,.
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Several valuable properties in the city and districts changed hand~.
the
course of yesterday's real estate transactions, and the most important was the
sale of several parcels on Meridian and Eutaw streets, East Boston, the largest
sale in that district for several years. The properties -~ere valued at $28,000 and
sold for .$31,700. In the city, the transfer of a $12,800 property on Massachusetts
avenue and smaller ones in the Sotlth and West ends -were recorded. while in
Roxbury· the= settlement by the city for t.he recent 'Worthington street takings
for s~hool purposes was reported.
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'·t~rdS..y's real ~state ~11:lg cons~s!ed~
-tf3.n~3..c{t'.io~S;"ill: the city. The
tial properties in tl}'e ~~t.:~c~ .;.:s
th·~ South end. where
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dall street r1:si~el\ce was. th:i:~e.te:f;~ sit6:".foi'" :3;--. p~'pos~d new ~rimary ,
!house cq.mm1ss1tn <;>n tl:J.e
t to rope.F:ty; n,014eis:- in, that district-, and r ~
l 1~ Dorchester was of intere:s
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WEST EN.D PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
69-698 -Lowe'll, Street, Corner Minot Street.
The scene of yesterday's real estate t·rading sh,ifted .from the West end. where there has been an active wee~... to
the North end and the: buSiness district. Ill the former locality. two· new- ·bri<;k stores and ~partment house struct,ul'"es, jus:t e:rected, were conv.eyed. The land on ·whiCb th.eY .stand is .assEisSed· on a $7500 yalu~q:Jon. The i;,usiness blOck~
d.· on a· $~,300 . p~st~?
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WASHINGTON STREET.
~~{it.e'al estate .dealings of yesterday had to do m·ostly with medium priced properties in the districtB an~ out-of-town sections.
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~:--t.: 'ding. the only actual trans.fer reported was of a residenti&l property on Holyoke street, near Columbus avenue, assessed on a /valuation,,
(S~·stricts. Dorchester dealings were the ~ost·numerous, and included o~e property valued at $5700. A .Shawmut avenue~ Ro:Xbury, ,parcel:
~~ ;:-000 Or $12,000, although the houses being new ar~ not assessed, was also reported soJ9,. The transte·r of several lots of vacant land in BI_"ig~t
~ West ·Roxbl:lrY. as well as Brookline was reported. In the outside pla,ces, a '$15,000 Newton estate- was the most rvaluable ~roperty transfer
IPYat.district. but .in the whole day's reported business. A $7300 Brookline resid_eitce Wal?, also .conve:yed.
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rs of some small district properties. a
few mortgages and · several
There was no transfer re'C:orded of city prpperty, a fact that is rather
a:_:r_ka:ble_ this mon_th, when ne~rly every day has produced some good sale in
'e part of the city Pr'oper.. The annual repo!t of"the •Bosto11. -building' 'departt .. S.J?.Ows SOIJ?,e interesting figure~ regarding the building in the city for s~ven
··n.ths past, and t~e. 'Period correspondi--~ for several years .previou.~.
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PROPERTY
RECENTLY SOLD.
It would ~lmost seem as if the bottom ·had dropped out of th
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marke~. judging fro~ the results of yesterO.ay. Dull days come e0
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eyen when busitless rs good, and yesterday was one of them. T)lere 15 eno,)Y•
1-n si~ht. however, to ca~se such a day to be overlooked becaUs ·t 1
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,deilt~! whe~ th~~ re9or?-s show but one sal~ W1ih11:1 the ·ai.strict 0 i::ost~n~n~:::; :",
/W~ c;,ne ~outh .. .end ,PTOJ?~-~ty, valueg at .$3890; conveyed and th"
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692 Tremont Street.
In summarizing the realty transactions of yesterday there is shown something of an improvement over the previous day's business. The_ feature of the
;recorded transfers was the conveyance of a Tremont street prri!)erty on which
there is an assessed valuation of $14,500. District work took on something of
a brace, and Dprchester showed four good conveyances, one of land carrying
a .valuation of $30,000, while three other parcels conveyed have vaJuations of
;:11,000, $8500 and $6300, respectively. Other district trading was shown in Brrghton,
which reported two sales, and South Boston, Roxbury and
eaCh. There was also one conveyance i.n Cambridge.
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Was the rule and the Back Bay ~ad its share. In the
css disf~~f~~=s the sale or'"·a 'North stre~t property, carrying, a vfl'luation;
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in the Back B"ay a Beacon street parcel, valued at $37,500, was
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C mmortwealth avenue dwelling under power of mortgag~e.
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Agreements were also signed
trope~ty
!~o~e~n 0 ~~~wealth av~n;e dWelling, in which ~th~re ,is aU
· e s..:,a~u~'tion of $?4,000. On Beacon Hill a $39,.,.000 p·roperty also changed
Brookline fotIOwed Boston with_ the conveyance of a gr~~P of s1:::i~=~
1· s road and Fuller street, carrying a valuation of $60,000
A
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a1ueci at $4800 passed to new ownership, w~ile the
Y . . ~~ot!:dv::s:s~:~a;le business. ~he work at the Suffolk registry also
' one 9f the best'da:ys inalo~~-time.
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C. PERCIVAL.
A miscellaneous business of seasonable volume and subSta}J.tial character
marked yesterday's business in real estate, and this business varied from manufacturing properties to residences, with here and there a land parcel
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high-priced parcels ruled, and in the West end, where the sales are seldom.
above an average, a block of 11 brick buildings, abutting on three streets
and aggregating $98,700, waS conveyed. Two other sales were also reported
from this city section.. Charlestown also came to the front wit~ the transfer
of a. property valued at $106,000, while the South end had two goOd sales, one
of' fi,J'e houses, agg'regatJng $21,000, and one of a single house of $13,500 A small
reconveyance in the North ·end was also noted.
The Back Bay contributed
its transaction in the line of a land parcel on the Fenway valued at about
~$25,000.
The districts showed considerable business with two each in Dorches:.
ter and RoxburY, .w-J;iere fa~rly good P.r.ices rulec"!; A :Brooklirie ·estate 'was _als9"',
r~eported. sold~~:_:~thile(N,ew:tOri. con~ribu"t;ed · tw~. <:.Ar 1Clie.Striu'.t/HfJ.1 sa1e. · inv-OJ'VAtf
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F,or a day following a holiday, and a Monday at that, yesterday's real estate
lings showed up in a very favorabl.e light. · The ~ack Bay continues the
ne of s~me gOod transactions, and y.esterday•s contribu.tions were the trans'.of a· $10,000 parcel on St. Stephen street and agreements for the sale of a
500 residence on Bay State road. A small South end parcel on Northampstreet was also conveyed. In the districts there were a number of sales
k,S:gtall resid~ntia1 property recorded, and a conveyance ~f an interest in an
w;OQO Dorchester apartment hotel\
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Sevel'al ~ity p~opel'ti~s w~r~. i~:lude·a in the list of yesterday's
transfers, the most valuable being 1n the Baclc Bay, a $21-~000 Newbur
• t~t~. ,;In the. S.o.~th __ ~~';'-. ,a"'~~,.~l.l,.lfe~?~s street parcel w:a~ qonv~Y.· ·
West end. a $700-0 Mc,Le?,n stre~t property .Passed into n~w ha:~ds.·
t~e;~s'. several valu~bl~ p~op~rt.i~.$,}Wei;e:.?o~v:ey,¢<'.l, irtcludi~g }(·$1(,. ··
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103 Francis Street, Brookline.
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The real estate trading _yesterday was ma,de up, in the main, of transfers pf
.:.$;iria1i prOper'ties in the city proper -and in the districts.
Two South end par~~"k.'Js, one -Q:n St. CharleS street. the at.her on Osw~go street, an<\ a parcel of
tia:Ild on South Russell street. West end, made up the city proper tranSactions,
?~hi10 in th.C -d~stricts a Il:umber of pro»erties, valued at from $2000 to $8000 were
f&,~nveyed.
Noticeable among \these latter co&Veyanices were •everal lots of
!j".v<f!.C'l,nt land, one of them located in Brighton, containing 15,000 feet, the others
~ a l l ihouse 10~~- in rlifferent d i s t r i c t s . ~ - - - - - ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - - -
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BACK SAY APARTMENT HOUSE CONVEYED TO
EMMA F.
PERKINS.
Several properties located in vario_us sections of the ci~y proper were. includ:d..Jn the list of y~sterday•s r_eal est~te
conveyances, one of them a $12,500 residence on Chestnut street, Beacon I-I1ll. This 1s the first p~operty in this locality
to change hands for some weeks, and tbe transfer is of interest, as showing that there is still a demand for good prop~rty in t'his section
In the oth,er sections of the city, the transfers were, for the most part, of small properties,· one in
the North end and one in the West end heing recorded. The property in the districts included in the list of transfers
-was, in most cases, of the residential variety and generally of assessed value under $5000. One of the documents filed
at the Suffolk registry was a petition, by various owners of property on Commonwealth avenue, Cummlrigton street,
Hinsdale street, etc, llew Back Bay, :for the removal of certain restrictions on .. the land bounded by those streets.
BUSINESS
PROPERTY
CONVEYED TO
CHARLES
S.
COOK.
Yesterday's real estate trans~actions were of the varied cb,a.r'a~ter tb~t. ~su,.kt~
Iy obtains when the .busines$ is in a thriving condition. and about every .~i~.d ·O
property was involved in the day's dealings The busi1.1-ess district, after .a sp
of inactivity, was represented in the transfer of a $36;000 Hawley street pr.
ertY. and in the West end a $11,500 Kennard parcel, a new apartment ~?u~e..
south Russell street and a Parkman street investment property were conve~
The Back Bay was represented in the transfer of a $9500 Mour:;_t.fort street ·
tate. In the districts some good properties were .c-~nveyed, incl':1:<i~ng an
apa;rtm~nt h~use on Circuit. s!I'eet, R;-oxbu~y, a $1~.100 .west Roxb~_ry_· ~~·F.
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:cP,:ropert~es lt:i .t?:~ v~r19us. ~t-hei: 4~~r.i·<;t~ :an~ .Qu~~Y!ng,
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ACQUIRED BY ANNA K. SHAW.
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to light yeste!'ldaY included the sale of
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Beacon street. a.nd in that part
:'1'inotP.e1." ,Back Bay residence, a $33,000 p,arce f on ite locality for ;purchasers of
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Bay that -seerns1 of 1a:e to be
a number of transfers o:t
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several lots of.:-.-(and in Dorchesterdand
Z}>rop~rty of medium va ua l
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sale of an $11,000 piece of lan
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~W~t .~oxb'Ury. The _agre~~:n!1!~r r:~rted, and from Cambridge and Newton
??Beacon street, Brook~1ne, w
eCorded as passing to new hands.
}~l'SeVera.1 small properties were r
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Back
occupancy.
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a·ROOKLINE PROPERTYY CONVEYED YESTERDAY TO HARRY E. HASTY.
56 to 62 Greenough Street, Brookline.
"'"·, '.-~he:c;r~dit; for produqing the prin~ipal .real estate transaction of yesterday must be accorded to B,rookline. Where
8. ·b;;,nd-~eW b1o·c¥,: of apartment house_s, not yet assessed. b.ut valued at about $100.~o. at tb,e corner of Greenough
~t,r.E!:e:t.. nd <;:i-<;?';"·h}uh ayep.ue, was .conveY~·
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Ih the c_ity ~i-oper. there w~re also a ~um1?er of v:ery go-pd transact1f)ns
v~l~~~ at,-. $4~~009, a ~ass~cl;lusetts
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• the" -c9;n::V,ey~r;a,_ce of" ,a ~_arg~ ·bu;:;ine~s :blo.ck O!! W~eha~ s~re_et,
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305 BEACON • ..ST.
PROPERTY
RECENTLY
PURCHASED
BY
W.
K.
RICHARDSON.
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.PROPERTY
There were a number of transfers of good property l"ecorded yest~rd~r~
.. l'Clading a $19,000 estate on Beacon street, near Glouce-ster street. a,~.ot~~l:"
...,of Back Bay property purcha.Bed for occupancy;. Another valuable
· veyed was on Unity street and Web,ster avenue_ North en4~
:"';piece with an aggregate v3:1.ue of $19,~0 we:r,,e \tra~f~rred.
•district pr9perties. w~r~· 1 tr~11;s.:ferred,
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SOUTH END PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
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~~.,~\~~sterday's developments in real estate were not of a remarka_;bly encouragfiifl:~:· ,character. The city proper failed to show a sale of even the average
.,~ount~ the only ones recorded bei11:g a block in the Soutn end carrying a val;jµi,tlon of $8400 and two parcels in the North ~nd aggregating $4700. Of the two
:1~>RoX:bury the higher priced one Was only of $4500, while Dorchester reported
jbut one, and that a $5800 parcel. The other diGtricts making up the: day's total
::-w~re Brighton and East Boston, 'With one transfer each. The week;. at the Suf~bl~ registry showed something of a falling off as compared with the preceding'
week.
SOUTH END PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
=A number of valuable pr.operues in the city proper and the districts changed
hands in the course of yesterday's real estate transactions. The most valuable
property sold was in the Back BaY, a $66,000 residehce on Commonwealth avenue,, near Hereford street. In. th~ North. end, interest in a $26,600 investment
property was conveyed, and in the' South end~ two small parce.ls were transferred~ :In the. d~stricts, a $25~000°'~.~
~~J. J:!puse prqperty in Allston was con-.···- - ,
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. $2?,400 w.~ --~~~nsferred. ,~ri·~
COMMONWEALTH
AVE
BACK BAY PROPERTY PURCHASED BY LA. CROSSETT.
A good trading in city /and district properties was noted yesterday, the
largest transaction involving eight parcels in the South end, on Hammond and
"Wind.sor streets~ carrying a total valuation of $57,100. In the North end, an Enq.icott sti-eet property was sold, the purchaser buying for improvem.ent.
In the
districts, a..,.large number of properties of medium value were transferred, and
in East Boston one of tbe properties, involved was the Cunard wharf and dock,
part interest in which was conveyed. A long term lease of a valuable 'l.""remont
str~et business property was also report:d.
BACK BAY .PROPERTY'SOLD YESTERDAY TO GEORG£
309-315 Huntington Avenue.
order of the day in real
BY J. SUMNER DRAPER.
192 . Be~con Street.
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rday was one of the liveliest days of the season in the number of con.,r'eCo.rded an·d a good ,propOrtion of the properties which C·ha:nged hands
d · PriceQ.. investment :p8.rcels. In the -city proper a $32. 700 Con1mercial
ercantile ;property and: a $24,200. S11ow Hill street parcel were among
aluable-. to change hands, ·while niaily· South and West erid properr value· were transfer1~ed. In the districts there was notice8.ble ac·most valuable parcel CQnVeyed being a $13,900 Centre street (West
!,es'f:ate. In th_e ,outs~de lo~lities the!e was also a big list of convey ...
okline having two'eaCh of $12,000 value, while in Cambridg'e a $66,000
:sille. valued at $19,000,\.. and :auOther a..t $10,'500, were inCluded in the
nsfers recorded. In \\ altham the old ·'Gen: Banks homestead was sold
_i_?ri.huslness m~n.
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RESIDENCE ,soUGHT BY HENRY F. HURLBURT.
621 _;__
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, . The best of the 1 eal estat~ trading ·yester~ay w::,ts_ in di.strict .Prope_rty, and
tWJiile: there was··a 1arge numb£:i::. o~, conveyances of this sort, there was not
::\i:ii··actu·a1 sale of city prol)erty recorded. 'The mosevaluable dls_trlct pioperties
::,~-~·ported sold :vvere a group of apar.tm~nt h6uses on Lamartine Street: JamaiCa
-.~\Pl_~in. ·valued at $15,100, .and ·a Tremorit street (Roxbu~~) investment parcel,
~{va1u~·d ·at·$15,500. Besides the transactions i_n· the ·way of sales, - a number or
tfe.~Se:5 _\vei'e reported: The report· O_f. last we~k' s- work at . the Suffolk_ registry
.t_i~~'-irite.res_t_i1:-g• ,in. that it was the fir~t week of t_he year th~t ·has go
'":·t:h,~ · coi:respOnding weel-ts for' several - y;ar~ bacli:.
SOUTH END !PROPERTY JUST SOLD.
207 West Canton Street.
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The usual day-after-election dulness did not fall on the real estate m8:f
yesterday. for while the list of sales was not remarka;bly long, there-' enough good properties conveyed to make the day's business a fair one.'.·
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:most valuable parcel sold was an investm.ent property on Washingtori -~t
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~ou~h end, valued at $31,000. Several other south: end parcels wbr~ 1h.IS0 _.Cbn;\:J
veyed, and in the districts a fair amount of trading vvas ob3e"rved.,
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-~irie . several properties were so~d~ on~ Qf i~e !properties tran-$.fi:t;T.e ·'•' .
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PROPERTY PURCHASED _BY J. W.
?0-72 Commercial S~reet.
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g_ ood n_um_'.~er ?f ":-'Ocalucah·~\:e
business section investments.
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arcel turned over in less than. al
:tw:ei-e an $89,500 Com1n~t('.1al s,.,1ee. P 800 • r ~ , also on Commerc1~ ~
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Well -known operator., ~nd a $28,
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was also conveyed, ~h1le 1n the
~},~ ·interest i,n. a $164,500 Park str~et_ pr~~e:7sta.le and a $33,200 1and parcel on
:;·~~k B'nY a. $<00,000 Co1nn1.onwealth ave Small properties in the south ~nd We~t
:~.f';_J\.·
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u-Ty street v.,:erc reported soldt·
1n the districts were aiso included in
·and a good nun-iber of proper ies
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PROPERTY PURCHASED YESTEHDAY BY MRS. C. C. JACKSON.
462 Beacon Street.
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'.A, good number of_ pr~perties . in the city were reported sol~ yesterdaf, ~~
most valuable being a '$40,000 Beacon street estate, purchased for occupancy.
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the West end' a $23~500 investment parcel was conveyed, while in the North e ai
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an. $U,500 property of th~ same sort was :the sµbje~t of ~ransfer. Several So u ·
en?-:. ~5ope~-~e~ .and ~ ·long li~t of di~tz_-j.~t -~~o~e~tie~ ~:re re~o~ded ~s :pass.ing ih~
~:new"
_ers, a~.d"'-.the _fact _tl:µi:~. _ther:e·._ 1;9 >a_~lo~ .o.f\_bus1~~ss g?1n~ on at the · - ·
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END PROPE'RTY R.ECENTL Y
·so Green Street.
CONVEYED.
A. big list of transfers yesterday included investment o.f all kinds in nearly
~very section of the city. In the South end a $71,500 a.partmep.t hotel qn Yartil;Oµth ~treet and a $16,000 property ~t Perch and Pike streets were the most
V:fl.tia'.ble conveyed, ·while in the We~t end a $22,100 Lyman street parcel and a
JlS,500 C~arles street estate were transferred~
In the districts.. there were
conveyances, including a $12,000 Forest street, RoxbUI"Y, investment.
Tb¢ i:i'ale was also reported of a $10,200 Winthrop hotel· prqperty.
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9 Bromfield St, and
Will Improve.
PROPERTY
BOUGHT ,gy BOSTON REAL ESTATE TRUST.
25 to 31 West Street.
Yesterday was the big.gest real estate day in some ~-eeks, and a number of
verY-. valuable prope.J"tieS Changed hands. One transaction of interest was the
sale at auction of two properties at the corner of Bromfield and Washington
streets. for $220.000. "Whfc}l! are assessed at $134,500, and another was the sale
Of a.-neW' building on 'Westfstreet, the land alone being valued at $291,500 A lot
of va~ant land on CommOµw~alth avenue,, valued at $29,600, was also reported
S,914~. the purchaser to iµlprove with a fine residene-3. In the South end, a $15,000 est~t~ "fas~report~d sold, and in t~e districts _a gc;iod number of sales: were
recO~d~d. Thr;, "910sin,i of tW'o leases of Valuable down-town properties. was als9
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PROPERTY 18,0U,GHT AT
A,UCTION BY I. A. A:ND A. C.
RATS:HESKY.
1 to 9 ,Bromfield Street, Corner of Washington Street.
,~'. . 'A number of important sales of pr'operty and other transa-ctions relating to real estate were illcluded ill th~ list
:e'.t,dealings ycsterd,3.y. One of the ·most interesting features was the recor<';l.ing of a 75-y.ear lease of the property at
".th-e_. -corner of VVashington street and Temple place, at an annual rental of $70,000. v\-¥ith. other stipulations that Illake
it a most significant transaction. The s.'l.les of property included those of a $120,000 Comrnonwealth avenue apartment
\h0:tel. a $50.400 group. of Blue Hill avenue, Roxbu!·y, buildings, and two apartri..1.ent hou.se properties in Brighton,
j~ued at $25,700 and $15,300 reSpec.tively A large number of transfers of small er properties ~n the districts was re~rted, and in the outside localities an important sale was that of a $12,9C-O tract o:f lian,d in Winchester.
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PUijCH.Ai~:ED. V:EST.E'.RDAY':sv M. ;;:; AND
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th.~~f :~~~~fu~.~ 1~f!ai :~_t3.}e. dE:ai$ Pn. lia~d to'. ri1o~e ~t:'1e~ up before the openi~ of
:_?-~~1i:·.~-~~ :-respO~~~~l~ f?.r~ ~- bilf~d.ay',.s.}:.e.*1 e~t~t.e~, ~~in~~ .Y~~!~r(;l~y. :As _regar<ls ~he :business section -o~
~ ~!~~. paSs;p.g o~ ,;· tt1.~,' final P8:P~t:~ .. in ;ttr~ ,S~_le ,~:t: a;.~€;(?,) ~_pr.Ing_ I~;qe Pr?Pe;'tY: w.as-noted, and in _the Vilest end
f:.a ..$,1.33,00Q Bowdoh-l, s~1;13:te _p~op~~f~~ n:~d.-_of '.~- $1Q,0091 c.1:i.urc_h ~~~'e. o~e Wfs ~eco,rded'. A S~.~o ~~1?-~~1:f~ton av'.bn,~t-.p.ousc wa~_the.~~_ck B~~;:'con.11,:~y.ri.nc~. i:ep.on~:- w;Pil~ ~tr~~he N9rth end_ .. a $16,.200 group of houses
. -~zj;. t.he: distr_ict~._s~vel"~l .'~?O:d:J)i":.,pe~:ti~S ~(?r<e c0n:\t~y~ep/·incl_U.4!P~ a $16,~ Dcu;C~~ster. e~~~te,. whi.Ie in the
c_a.iiticS ·_a;· $11),000 ,C~fx:'br~dg,-~ P,a,-c.el .was the _'mes~ 'va.lucfble -one t6·,._~. transferred.' . T,he · cony,t:yance of a large
~ ;br.icl~y:ir<ls ~? ._~, n.e-w: ·,¢?'m~a~y-., w~s~·a~$~> ;""eq.~rd~.d ;a;t.:U}e .:\114diesex. ~~iisfry. 'lhe. reView of the Novem'g$ · ~.r·nt~hes :s9me;: !nt~e~'ti::~:f~C~S:f.re'g.i..r.di~g ti1e co~ition Of ·the-'real estate business at the p1~esent time.
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BOUGHT BY M.
E.
AND
C.
E.
WYZANSKI.
Corner of Howard and Bulfinch Streets.
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al estate trading noticeable yesterday. and somt'
":~flere was a ?oo~ line o~tre.and ln the suburb.s changed hands-. In t11e city
;:~l*nt properties in th~ c c:me into notice with four _conveyances, one of a
P.~.r,. :the ~a.ck Bay aga ~
another of a $10.~ 'Mo-untfort street estat_e, and a
~~9n..:st;c-eet P!ope:r, .Y~ t -resideri.ce ,' Ill tlie districts a good trad1ng was
··a $~:500 Marlb.oro ~1::!ci:ions incl~ded, /W",hile in Bi-ooklill';- a. number of
11, with about ~11 t. eluding that o:f a. $40,900 apaTtment l'iotel p~perty,
Jes were repor.ted,.1n
d a 1q,,-t· of vacant land. In Cam'brldge tb,e
~,B~a:.con street est~:;o;:rty .was ; anno~nc~d. . T_~_e_ z:eco~~ ?f '. t:n..e., I?,ast.
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·try -~~c:rw!5,_ ~-- g,pod ,bµ~p.~S~"· ~.1?.?t~ in convey-
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BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD TO DR. W. A.
583 Beacon Street.
MORRISON.
The brisk tTading in real estate that opened the rnonth of October on Saturday was continued yesterday, and, while there were no transfers of remarkable
size, the number of good properties to change hands was large enough to lift
the day's total from the ordinary run of busine.ss
Two good mercantile prop' ertles -were conveyed-one a $45,600 one at Broadway extension and Lehigh street,
.the other a $35,900 parcel on Commercial street In the Back BaY a $16,500 Newbury. street estate was transferred. and in the south end several properties
passed to new ownership. In Brookline a $7v,OOO Bea<:on street investment prop·
ertY was reported sold; ·and a number of sr,1aller properties in· other outlying
towns and cities. The record for the week at the Suffolk registry shows.a good
business, especially in the amount of mortgages.
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RELIEVING TEAMING CONGESTION.
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interesting feature ip. the real estate news .of yesterday, so far a.s its effect on property in the city is concerned. should it result in
presentation of a plan to the Associated Board of Trade, at the annual -meeting, for a new street, 80 feet wide, running directly through ~: ·P~
~ end, now .given up principally to tenement houses, and which, in the way of expense and practicab-ility, Seems to 'b-e the rrtost S3:'.tisfacto;;Y;:::\
'proposed, of the traffic congestion problem, which 'has 'had the attention of Boston business men for son1.e years. and for. which some rem~:<Iil
ound. That the latest plan, which is fully explained below, would furnish complete relief, cannot be gainsaid, 1but whether it will be dee
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, and careful consideration by business men and city officials will :have to determine. In the matter of actual real estate transactions yes •:.{Pl
:produced conveyance of two parcels on Norway and Falmouth s~reets, valued at $19,800; the •South end was responsible for two sm
_,. n5:fers, while RoxburY, and Porc.hester ha~ .a number of transfers ofJ1.ValuaQle property, including an estate valued at $172,000, a portion ,ERg,.,;i.
~~tionS!. Another 'Rox'bury property conveyed was a $10,700 Humboldt avenue estate. Smaller properties of different value made up th Jfi;(v'.e\.,
'tricts.
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Robert W. Lord
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TRU5Tl::ES
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CHANDLER'S
POND
--;-PLAN
SHOWING PROPERTY IN
BRIGHTON
SOL:D 'BY ROBERT W. LORD
TO
WILBUR
P.
RICE-.
There was enou·gh doing in the real estate field yesterday to make up for several dull days, and the transactions
land in 'Brighton almost openedclassfor property. Thefm~o~s~t~im~p~o~r~t§an~t~s~a~le~o§f§t~h~e~a~a§v~w~a~s~tb~a§t~o~f~o~v~e~r~l~,5~.o~o~,ooo~~f~e~e~t§o~f~§-~~S~~
included sales of to be every up of development a:
part of Nonantum Hill, is practically assessed as f~
satisfactorily, it means an addition of some hundreds
eluded the conveyance of interest in a $35,600 North E
sale of a $13,000 H:;:t.rrison avenue par.eel, and the recoi:
fer of a small West end property. In the districts, a
erties was recorded.
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.BACK 'BAY PROPERTY
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CONVEYED T'O SUSAN
923 Beacon Street.
P.
:',:,' Yesterday was by far tbe busiest day the real estate field has known for
i:aa'.ny weeks, and property in every section of the city and in about every district
..W¥ conveyed. The most important sales recorded were Of two properties in
,:fth~ business district, one an $83,100 South street parcel, the other a $36,000 HawtieJf·,street piece. In the Back Bay, a $20,500 Huntington avenue estate changed
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s, anp in the South end four parcels were conveyed, while one West end
·te and a $10,000 North end property were also sold. The districts bristled
-sales, and Dorchester ied with 10 transactions, while Roxbury had folV,
-st Ro:X.bury three and East ,Boston and South Boston one each.
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19 to 23 Sol'th Street.
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JLYest~rday",11 real estate trans~ctions v. :~re fair in number and ra 11.~-r above
s., average in qualft.y. A South·. end investment pr-operty, a $90,000 Tremont
'F)~et store and apartment block. the most va_Iuable conveyed in -that section
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ra. long time, was sold, and two Beacon Hill estates, one valued at $16,200
.l one at $11,0<X), were sold, while a $GSOO Vlest
end property was also
l.uded in t. he list of transfers. In the distric~s a~ brisk trading' was ·noticee.' Dorchester leading with seven parcels going to new owners, w.hile in the
v_ ....
~ ti er districte the normal number of .coneyances was recorded.
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END
STRUCTURE
BOUGHT
BY
ALVIN
D.
PUFFER.
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565 to 569 Tremont Screet.
Vv"'."hile the number of pi:trcels transferred yesterday in the real estate.ma~~~
ket "?.-·a.s not larg~. ·the amounts involved were of such figures as to inake. · -·«e
aay of more than all average. In the day's business the South end.
h~tl the call with five conveyano.es. Two Were Washington street pro· ,
c.arl~ing valuations of $72,900. respectively; one oil.·Tremont street of $12;
o\h~:1". ~~ .·~arren_ion street of $13,600~ and; the. fl~:t.1?- _on Milford, stre~:t;-~
.9,~p\j~l.,',st~,~~tu.re. o~ ~60.'?· T1?-e :.<!f~~:,~y,t~ ?-~::o .., d(:r\:e;I~J?.~~·: /a~:vera}_.f-gqb:
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NEWBURY irREET.
93
BACK ;BAY P'RO\PERTY- RECENTLY
sol'.:o
Hotel ";:ricsson, 373 Commonwealth Avenue.
, Plenty of trading in good property was noticeable yesterday, and t11e n1ost
va}uable was a South street business pr0perty, about one-third of an estate
\ ,~alued at $197,800 being included in the sal~. In the South end the trading was
} v~ry lively, and a $12',000 Columbus avenue property, with others amounting in
\'~}I to $37,600, were conveyed in one sale
A $9500 Greenwich park estate was
\a1so conveyed
Three West end properties, one an $11,500 Leverett street parcel,
\were conveyed, and final. papers were reco::.ded in the sale of a $34,000 Joy street
rs~ate to the Twentieth Century Club. A number of good district and suburban
properties were sold, including a $100,~- V\'"inthrop parcel.
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.street, to East Dedham street, to Harrison avenue, to Troy street, to Albany street again, to Broadway, to Pleasant street, to Piedmont street;;to
,then from this poit1t to a coq:esp9nding point on Boylstort street, to Tremont street.
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915 ·Boylston Street.
T.
WETHERALD;,
The real estate trading yesterday was of considerably better character, ~1'~~.
for several days previous, and some .good investment parcels changed han..d~
during the day's dealings.
The most valuable Property sold was a pair' Qt~
~part:ment houses on Batavia street, Back Bay, valued at $45,000, while it. $10,70<r
business parcel at the corner of Washington street North and TraverS st;re~t:'
was conveyed. Several North and South end 1)roperties of fair value wer_"e SQII'~.:
ve;-'~ and the same was true of the districts and the localities j'!3:st"· ··ooJ~
side· of Boston.
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:creed by the old o~aer:=- The ne,;; line -~-~ms- along Albany
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\:..:number of tra.n,sactlons of importance 11:4 the real estate ~Id were _recorded yesterday:_. ~ne of them 1being: the settlement by the city f0r proper~.40
~~ ,.by th.e transit com~ission, for the incline to the entrance to the new Washington street tunnel. This taking was one of the largest, and th1Ples
'·""'·~*1-out re~?rt· to the _C<?urts,_cleans up the -majority· of the Ctaj.ins. T}?.e ~Q.ole property, fr.om which over half was taken was valu,~d at $104,100.
o( a $12,700 residential .property on Kes~ick stre_et, Back Bay, was aiso reco~ed_. as well as th.~t of a ~18,000 parcel on West Newton street,nea.rHur.t. 554
";rhe reconveyance of a $7800 Dover street property and the transfer of a $14,400 North Anderson street invest:rr..e.nt were other transactions J!Ota..:
,;:stricts. a $30,900 manufacturing plant Was conveyed, as ,we_ll as a $11,000 Geo!g_ia street reside"ntia~ property. In East Boston, Charlestown
.-:aales of medium priced property were reported. ln Broo.l{.llne the sale of a:valuable lot of land on Powell street was reported, and in Sa1en{..1.ftneC
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125 Warren Avenue •
.' Yesterday's real estate t;ransactio.ns were fairly numerous, -and invOlved sevef-.9..I good properties. The most valt.18.ble City property sold was a $21,800 vVaren.,am· Street investment. A settlement ·with ovirners of land ori Albany street
·~.en,-by the cit.y fo'r the ~outh ei1d.playg~ound in 19C3, the basis of :-ettlerp.ent
1ng $35,000, was also recorded. In the districts a number of properties of fair
hie were conveyed, and in the outside localities a $52,400 Brookline apartment
tel was reported sold. The commencement of work on the new Ford l\1emol, at the corner of Bowdoin street and .Ashburton place, was also a matter
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Hotel Algoma°;- 1589 Beacon Street .
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estate dealings, the moSt impOrtant being the. sale of a $1~3.00) business;'
erty -on 'Washington street. toge~he~ with th·e .P~Si.tig'_ of papers ~n :the ea;the_ adjoining prOp~rty a"t the ~or1ie'.~ ?f:~_r0~fle1d - street, _Whic_-h giYes the''
chasers one of the h'.fghest priced_ cor11ers.1n .the" retail section. The sale
s1s:ooo Marlboro street esta~e was: ~lso r~qord,ed, and the. ·t:ratJ.Sf~~ of ~~, .dQ:Ck property jµ _Ea~t BoS~?~· ya:,ri~_us Pl;'Opetf~e~·- o_f d~-~~re~t ~~al~~ : in.-.'?
aections of the ·cit";y:, ?,nd., jn 1:he. dl~t-r~c~s- :Wer.e~ :~Is~· reported, ·r_nakin.g. t,he ·
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T<HE MlARTIN
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63 to 67 Northampton Street.
ile the number .of transactions in rea:J. estate recorded yes~erday was by
Pafticularly ill the city proper, passed to ne,v
:~~ '.-con.!..rey~~ tO the recent purchaser of ,rrn adjoining
:Oi~P-er was a $10,.000 St. Botolph street dwellin.g. . ~ _sm
~ ·e ·dfsttictS: Were .also recorded as passing to new hand
'Wa8 that of an $11,600 Brookline propc-rty
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k was much heavier tha.i,:i for the same rerlod tri two pr
hich iS interesting as show!Ilg tha'.t business Iha§ kept
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BACK SAY PRO.PERT'( BOUGHT
BY J. AiLlBERT
232 <Massachusetts Avenue.
WALKER.
A fair number of properties were conveyed yesterday~ includi.ng a $108,090
commonwealth avenue, extending from Cummington street
Thi_s was :th:~ most important tra_ns:'?1.<~tion of the daY, ~ut
'se.Yetal. i}·:r:_t~~ _.f?~iu~~ end, wer~_ 9011:~~:ye-~~'-:c
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ELEVATION OF ?·RO.POSED NEW HOTEL, A$ SEEN FROM BOYLSTON STREET.
real es:tate news ot interest yesterday was the 2..nnouncement ithat a new ·hotel is to be erected on La Grange ,street, running'
p square. This comes close on the announcement of the location 01' several -0f the ent...·ar.tces to the new tunnel stationG in this immediate
- ns are to be selected, two of them pro-bably very close to the location of the new hotel, it shows that property just south of Boylston Si
,,. gton~ and Tremont streets, is assuming a value in
,eyes, of rea:J. estate and business men t'hat only such a propoi:.tition as the new
eh to it, for years to come at any rate. It is an interesting fact that the land -on· which the hotel is to be built has been leased for -:a.:
··.A'. number of sales of good prbperty were also reported, including an $86,000 'Massachusetts avenue apartment hotel, a $29,200 Sudbury ,.:. _,
',a $58,200 busines~ pr_operty on Washington street, near Dover street_ Several other properties of smaller value in other parts of th'e -city,,'
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p~~c.e1S were transferred, on~· a $2~500 ·wh?,~f property ~n condor street. the
i9-0~.~er~ s1:1aller properties. , The balance of the tra~l:ag :was in n\e~iuni. p~i~:ed
~~~dential _parce~s in Roxbury. Dorchest~r a~d Charlestown. a.nd the general
{'lQn~ of the m:arket was such as genefrally obtains just
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BOUGHT
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284 Commonwealth Avenue.
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·,:Medium })riced properties iwere about the only ones In the city proper which
_in.vo1ved in real estate transactions of any sort yesterday, and the only
'P~e:~c·tu.~lly reported sold wa,s a $6800 Clarendon street, South end. parcel. In
/~~~· 't:11:s~ricts better conditions obtained. The conveyance of a $21,400 apartment
'li,.tft~se property on -VValpole .street, Roxbury. ,was recorded, while in East Bos!'tp,.xi· intei':~~t- in the $437,500 Cunard wharf proper:tY was transferred In Cam'.'..b{~dg~, a $10,100 Massachusetts avenue estate was sold, and in Dedham a fine
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REOENTL Y
CONVEYE::>.
Hotel Kingsley, 15-19 Walpole Street.
, A good number of sales of higri grade prOJ?erty \\·ere reported Yesterday.
ir:tCluding .a. big' busin~ss property on Beach street and several fine Back Bay
residenfial properties. The Bea.ah str.eet property is numbered 24 to 40, and is
a.SsesSed: on a val~ation of $200,ooo, One -of the Ba-ck Bay estates wa.s a $35,000
Coinni6nwe·alth avenue one, another, valued at $30,000, is located on Beac9n
street;· whne a third was a $1~,500 Fali;nouth street apartment house. Several
-~<?tith·.and West end properties were also conveyed, and a fair nuinber of dis·~f,Ct .:Pr~p,el'1J~s. TI:e. n.ece.mber tr~d~ng, as ~ho.wn by t·he .monthly rev~e.w, was
. ~;~~-,go~d~ o~.er~ ~~d ~tter than th~t.. ~.:.:I?r~lding months.
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BOUGHT YESTERDAY •BY M. E. AlN.D •C. ~. WYZ'A:NSKI.
573 and 575. Coiumbus Ave;nue and 426 Massachusetts' Avenue. ~ ,
ElNI!:> <PROPERTY
business ill · real estate opene~ up yesterday with the sale of a number of valuable properueS in
~U:S ~ections _ of" th~ . <'.,ity. The, most. proin.inent tr;h,ns~ction was the sa~e o_t property at _the porner of Massachu-· avenue and 'C'oluinbu~avenue, va1uea. ~t $103,700. This is o~e of a number of sales along Massa"chusetts avenue
e last;. few months, a?d investors ap_)?areiltly are ~giv~ng a:· ~eat d~al of attention to i_his, ~treet, with its growth §~~~§~~~§~~
n artery of travel. Another property conveyed was an $8-7,700 Merrimac street factory, w-hile twO Lincoln street
ls, valued at_ $42,700,, were also :i-epor.ted as sold. In the Bapk Bay. a $23,000 Marl:boro Street estate was rep·orted
;~and ill the dis.tricts a number of valua:ble properties challged 'hands, including a $40,000 -Eas't Boston manufactur>Pian_t, on l\1ill street, 'a1~d a $10,900 i:gv~Stment parcel on Blue Hill avenue. Roxbury.
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189 to 195 St. Boto1ph Street.
·.here was trading enough in'high-pr:ced re·alty properties yesterday to make a fairly good recocd for one day,
-it is considerec1 that none of the- parcels conveyed was in the business district, where high prices, as ,,.. rule,
. - The 11ewer Back Bay led in num·b~r and amount of tbe city transfers recorded.
the
principal.
sale
being ~a
iof, .four apartment l>ouses on St. Botolpl, street valued at $66,000
Then, near by, a tract of bnd bounded by
gto1i. :CLVC'nuc, Bryant street an-d Fencour:t. assessed on· a valuation of $40,700. was •conveyed, and another lot on
i:-ner of Belvidere and balton streets,- appraised •at $9000, passed to the buyer of the tract already mentioned.
h <md. sale wa,: of a parcel on. Harrison avenue, valued at $9300 Beacon Hill was also represented in the day's
tfo.ns, a Ohestnut street estate, taxed on $14,000, ·having passed to new ownership. Another city transfer was
· 'dwellings on Snelling place, North end, having a vah:ation of $4600. The districts had seve:-a1 good transactions,
.:.';~· ,:\f·sn th"e suburbs, Cambridge reporting a conveyance on =Cambridge street, valued at $83,000.
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J.;<ly proper transactions and as a mat,ter o.f fact tl~e only p.ropert_y affected 1~
!at 'Part of the citY was a Pi11~kn€y street par eel, n1~crest 1n wh1c1_1 w_as con
bred bY three p-eople to a fourth h?lder of an in~erest. _In the d1~r1cts the
i Iajority of the paicels _conveyed we_re of only med_1um valu~. the Iarc,,est being
.~r$33800 South Boston factory Property. The last week's registry ~gures show
J: ·at 'the opening we'ek of the new year, so far as number of documents was
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BY ISAAC H. LEARNED.
4 St. Paul Street.
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The sale of 12 residential properties in the South end yestei-day to Fred~e:r:ick 11.• Kennett saved the day's business from being devoid of ~ny feature.
purchases were of parcels ranging in value from $12.QOO to $3500, the
t:tOtal taxable valuation being $73.300. In the business section a $56,000 Wash.~-~on st~eet property was sold, and in the West end a retransfer was re;;:eorded of the property 79 and 81 Brighton street. two brick houses carrying a
~fa.hiation of $17,500. There was a dea:tth of trading in the districts, Dorchester
f:~,qoWing but twO and West Roxbury one. Outside sales were also Iew, Somer;~-V.U~e and Winthrop being the only suburban places in ""'·hich any activity was
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. T~e.'.f.o-µ.~di_l).g of ·th:e Ba;_ston'.mus~um..
by: ~o.seS .·,R::1~ba'.U ,. h·a:vi~g" '"'. k~lletl ,~~:ii~,\
older ·est:8.bUih'ni~ht; -"M:r ·-Ki~Qa.11- v{S:s::
'a:bie t.9"$"7t ~he;·c.Uti~si1:fes·_at···a•barg~inl
~or .. h~S n~w. ~ Co1_1~~)o~··.;
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of. ttie ·b'uildirig· ne"'~t a.:dj9intng on .,..corll;:-: :]
h~ll ·was. _for ,·a··t1m:~ ,,k.I!Own,'.fJ,S.·:~roQ~h:;..
·am···& ,1?Ia1:ld~S °!-'th_eS.tre,.~.haying- suCb:
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pro;f~ssibnkl~ ,as John ~Brou~tham, ~ BtIIY:
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·1ate ;·_ FannY. Davenport,. · in ·.~the . '. stOC_k
·comp8.ny.
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w·ay. 'on.' CO't!tt"'. st. &till, exiSts ..·· as a'.1~0;
the a~dttori"µm_~ Wliich 'h~s:the .l1tiiht~·of.
tw-0 .stOrjes "stllL::··..~.n arch~te~tura.:I, pe-·
.c.ulial"_i~y~ in thi~: P\<;!t~re: is seen:tn;the
-oblong rece:..csses · betleath each .. of ( th.e
upp·e·r :win~O'Ws.
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ProbablY the .. q~ly. ~ other .· b~il-~irig -~ t_n
Bo-?to~ of., ~he. :sa-~e.· period · ~~ying:., __th~
_S'hine ·:reature,· is._-:t:t;te_· old house.~at·:-~h.e
east cortl."er· of·_'Hbwa/q..;. all.d,··:;;om~:r;Set,
sts, Where the · recesses co.p.tain· art~S-':
tipally _s'r.n.1Ip~u!'E'"d' n.1Srbie '. ~B:blets. ·. It'--1~:
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last survivors of the Gov Wjnthrop coi-:
o·n3--~. -··who. tried iri ~.v.:a:tn. ·1n 16Q6- 'to·. si\ve
Mrs ,'.Ann Hibbins.'fi-Offi coP.V,""ict)o;n .aS:·)i.
witch, an'd wri.:S · s9 t-E/z::r?riZed (n con$e.;.
he·
quenCe .bY the .cour.t. ,.that.
aft'?rv1a:rd
cuR·clain~~q. his· deten~e~~.df, hl:fr, 1_eS~ \.P.e:
~~~:tiiesr~are a )ike fate, to .,,that whl~h
. Tl1.e, pi-esen t . buhc11rig , -vyas , erec'tc,d , 1:tj,
181'6~' when Cornl:',ill, ,Vas .Iatq.. ()ut· by Da"'id G1eenough, op.e of the 1eaa1ng real
Few, Bostonians would recognize tu'/ the dual trade in umbrellas and mu- estate cperators of 100 years ago.
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::2'7'iihts yicture ~of 1843 the building still sica:I- instruments 'down to - about 26 ::-:old it two years laiel,"" for" !f:90:)0 'tO Da'\>id
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zi.:,:~ding at the north corner of Corn- ) years ago, whe:p. he died. Mr f Clap.1:fs ~ca.rs, who built the house ri,:,.,v occupied
!_:'i...a-01 aud_ Court sq~ facing the Scollay Rq chief cha:tacteristic is safd to have been bv the Somerset --clap, on Beacon st.
ntrance.
that "he- never k'new when to go s;ars then te·asect {(19:r 500 years to John
·th, the music~ and umbrella
home," a customer usually being able· Bellov1s, preiscr,ibi•ng .....that· {be' 1 ,y-ert:r.1:Y,•
O' then~ occupied the building,
to find him behind the counter anx rent shauld b'e ·a ce'rta.iTl number of tons
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e, any d~ep· impress on posterity. blc fa.Ct that.ScOii~y··sq has be.en the years ·to fun, is.held by 35 Bellows heirs;
s:e:veT..ati B'ost:o~ia?;1$ 'Whose memory loca.t:ion of tl.11 utll.bi-,ena.-. shop continu- wl1o,· by a court a.ec-ision, n·ow couecL
e: t'lian -60 years havf! ~ ou_~ly si_nCe the i-e_-':".oll.i~ion. )f not ·since their r~nt 1 in,g-old coi!l:instead·of ·Whe8.t·
·_j:hat,.. they ever knew It the inti-6du.crio~-.·:Oj.-tlJ.~~. :u~-e.fui article .The·su~lf:l~Se~. about-_25..y.ear.s-ago •.'patd:
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into New Eniand •. Which..?{a,$ not Ioµg ,;1500.foi;- the:enMre- building. JTo:day- it"
suo- .pri<?r, to ,t}?.e fev_o1µtJP1:1·.:; ':po~ay ;a:sigp. ;af{or~I$ g::p..Jnconie·-or at;.least.-flVe .t.lnles
'.of U,.e. trad<!, w.lllch is 60 ;years old, .la J;.Wo.J;_;.,..rnoun.t, _ _. ---~ _
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174 to 178 Congress Street.
"In yesterday's real csta te busines.s there was considerable activity apparent,
p:;i,rticularly in the newer 13ack Bay, ··~vhere seven residential properti~s passed
to'.th.e ownership of E. :Koyes VVbitcomb
They were on Falmouth, Norway
and St. Paul streets, and aggregated i ;1. ta:..::able yzJnation $5-1,000.
On Stan11,0~ street a half ir:. terest in a mE!rcan'lile structure, having a valuation of
$32 600 was also conveyed. In the business district a Congress street blo·ck
~oe~~e the subje,ct of transfer
Th.is i3. assessed on' a ,·aluailon of $97,200. The
South end was represented in the co_nvcyru.1.ce of a $13,000 brick building on
Wheeler ,street.
'l'tie districts were fairly well represented.
Dorcheste!" especially having five recorded tran<:Jfe_-rs.
In tJ.?.e suburbs an $18.000 estate on
Chestnut Hill was reported sold. 't'li-h1le Brookllne had two. botl• on Beacon
stree't,. carrying valuations of $15,000 and ~31;:500
The latter was la1d tract.
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Hotel Torrington, 384 Commonwealth Avenue.
(Property sold is designated by a cross ]
Yesterday's real estate transactions included the sale o:( two city
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and a n~mber of good ones. in the diStrlcts, as w:ell as a g'oodt ];3:roOldin- '
.In ~he city a $57,000 Commox:iwealth av~nue apaI°tment hotel ~·as repO'rt"
while the othe_r c~nve~ance was of a $7000 Shawmllt avenue (South ..: - ·erty. In th~ districts tne most valuable J?rope;rty ~old was
$1~ 000 El·.,
nue (Roxbu~y) est~te. :While in Do.~ch,e~t_~f,•. ~.st, Boston !nc{'Westf _:'
, num.~er of P~rcels of: Ii:1-edip.~ _v~l~~"-~~B~f:'tj,~~:vey_¢,~~ Tlie~~roo~llµ.e:,i;>i-:··~
;9,'?P.S~s_ted of two double. ]J.ot;taes. op.( Eim.-s"'tr,ie·-.e' a.It·va1Ued2 ,t $19::QOO .-, . -~r
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CAMBRIDGE, RECENTLY SOLD- AT AUCTION.
,transactions in real e:=;.t:at1' yeS!terday "Were given quite a substantial backing, so far as value was c,pncer.1led,
of four mercantile strue.tures on Tremont i;,pw, a section 1',ut little invaded by 'brokers or operators
ties cob.veyed·-have long been' in the hands of thoset1:ra:n.1_3ferring. The,aggrega}e taxa~le
valuation of the
$429,000 Other city properties t'hat were 'included in the day's business w::..s one on Commercial stre_et, conrelease deed in the sum 4:)f $~,500, while an cirieida street pr()perty, in the 'Soutp. end, taxed on a valtiation of
to l?,E!w oWnership. This· was in the li~e of an exchange for a property on W"illow ,Park;. Ruxbury, ·which is
:t:$15,000 Outside of Dorchester·district, there Was -but little business reported/...-South
Boston .. having, three
s,·.,East Boston and West· Rox:ibury one eac'h. The fadt was alse noted of ·a land tract sold ·in- .Waltham to the
~- Thompson l\!Ianufacturing C_om~any, which will extend its plant.
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SOU'FH~EI\JD: PROPERTY CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
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:~t~k.ers·:~nd ~p~rat:<:>rs haV~- ~~d-. ~.day_· of resf:. so .far as. sales. ~f real estate
·W:e.re-~·C0.1:1-'Cel'ned;. the-.bii~za.~·d. th~O~t~g a 1;>1anket-o.ver~the field in a d00ided manne~·,,:::::AS a· fesUlt
the C:t,"Op" ifa·_sn,iall',o~e. :·I~ h~S· to ·.d·o wi~h, but few sectlons
a~d}~~t;:i1~.f~'W -t~;ll~fe:i-~: in ,~a~J:l: .:·;:i;Jie 1C1ty proper·- had 1 bu( three· transactions. all
i)itttie,'Sout;fi..enc,:-on~ a~N~rtbab)})to~ street dwe_lli.ng ,carr.y_i:Q.g a valuation of
.~$~5~:(:;J'n(f..: a\~i. · · -·µ,l:op"e:r . · o.~"
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
254 Commonwealth Avenue.
Considerable trading in valuable property all over the city an.a in the distric~s was noticeable ye~terday, one o~ the most important :being the conveyance of four Newbury street properties~ recently sold at auctiOn~ and all valued
at $31,900. A $12,500 Chestnut street, Beacon Hill. estate was, also conveyed. and
an interest in a n'Umber of bu~ine.ss p:-oper1,:ies on 'Summer street. Temple· P,lace
and other streets, all ·yalued at $490,500. In the districts. the properties conveyed
were mostly small residential properties.
BACK
BA.Y, PRQ~ER,TY BOUGHT
BY
WHITE S_c.WING
MACHINE
COMPANY.
, 320 Newbury Street, Corner o.f Hereford Street.
The real estate buziness :had ~quite a l:J.oom yesterday, and· fufihy valua,bte properties in various. section~.
city, as well as in the suburbs •. were 'reporte¢i' as passin&, to neW' ownership In the Back :Say the :Qnal 'pa~r·
i'ecord·ed in the· sale of a $49,0i)o ·Newhut;Ystreet stable property. p~~hased by -an aU.to·mobile company for a'·,
w)J.ile 'three St. Botolph storeet house's~, recently purchased by a wel'l ,known operator, Were reported. sold by
;th-tee· b'.eing 3.ssesse&: on a valuation. of $49/500. Another one on the,. same street, v:liued at $16,500, Was 'a
_A, lot,. ~f land on Lansdowne $._:treet..,.'_cq~pleteS the list..._of 'l)rOI)erties in this disttict to ~ha~gG ~hands. Jn the.
t3ec.ti~n. of \the -c.ity. t\'\l·o Lincolnf~t-~et P}:."o~rties!_ valued' at- $42,70-0. w~re, so~d Jfor 41t.h'e ~~c~n.¢1 ti~e w~thin. -~
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END. PROPERTY E!O'UG,HT YESTERDAY BY CORNELIUS KEEFE.
·ss5: ,Columbus; A~enue, Corner of Dartmouth Street.
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in the m?--tter of sales of valuable re·al -estate,. in all sections of the citY,r,-.
been seen in ~ lo~g time. Many valuable- Parcel$ in the ,business section. the Sou.th cil.1.d and the Back Bai. ·
as in the distJ;t.cts, v.rere sold,' and Others 'Put. unde:i" agrE..e-m.enL In the city proper a $146,000 High street
"W.~.s reportecr··so1d~ ~nd th~ slgping; of a~eem-e~ts for a $119,000 Park stree't:-. estate 8.nn_our:<:-ed. · The recon~! ..,~ _$93,-000 Com'm~r~ial street pro,Perty was also anµo_unCe<;l, while twO.PortlaL!:d street properties, valued at
~~-'Sold. In the~Back Bay _t~o lots of land, v'"al~ed a.t.$33,000, wer.:e reported sol~, v.-..hi;e:' in the .di$tricts. the·
,oJ:"tant prol)erty so~d yvas a $24,300 Ced.ar :_3~reet-prOp~rty, whi~e three ID~st Bos_ton house~ were sold for '$24,000
, ::t=t,o:s::b'"J.ry ·~ $16,~ group of :iiouses ~ras sold, and yarious otb.er g6od priced p-arcels ln; the diffe1~ent districts
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!:t-~-~sterday's real e$ta:te tI'ans·B..ctioriS! we~e by . no rr.ieans as nume~?1:1S · _as
)!:Sing most of last week, ·b_µt some good transac.i.1ons w~,re recorded. The most
' · ble pro,perty to change hands was an estate OY!- Audubo~__ road,. value~. at.
. T_wo iP~rcels in s.o·uth 'Boston, one in Dorchester. two in West R~xb:µ~
oile in Revere. all of medium ..valltle, rwere among t11.?se recorded as pa~sto "heW hand~, while in Cambridge t!::e properties were cqnveyed.
PROPERTY
R6CENTLY BOUGHT BY BOSTO'N REAL
336 to 340 Boylsto.n Street.
ESTATE-TR,UST
There was son~ething of a dearth of business in the field of real estate jr:esterdaY. but occasionally such a day c1cvelops. In evE;ry section there appeared
'to' ]?e a- cessation. but it may be a te1n:9orary let-up in order to g~t a ·be tie.I"
hold. The lull was more noticeable in the -city, where a
$10,600 Albemarl~{
street. Back Bay, apartn1,ent house an_ct- a ·$3600 property on SaWyer st:r;-eet." we~.~'
t.h~ only pr?perties 1eportcd sold.
In th~ d~str~cts _Ro:Xbury ~~q Dorch~St~ij~
ib.ad two transactions each, all of
_go.pd-:_priced ptoperties, VY"":hil'e ~
JRoxOury had one parcel convewE?1·. .
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·,~·T*1,.€:·.:z:-ea,l cState transactions of .~-e~terday in comparison With that of t-he day bef'ore showed a mar~ed increase,
o· mUCh in quantity as in quality, although the number rwas"enough to make··more than an ayerag'c day
The prin1 tran.Saction was the recording of :final papers in a Beach street sale, in which a mercantile property valued at
.'Oo was invcil,;;ed. Then 1 too. on La.gra'n.gc stre.et, another sale was reporj:ed, ihat of a business property cab·ying a
'ai.iop. of $31,000
In the South end, however. was Where the number ~·as ma:de apparent 12 properties, which w·erl:!
li~p'~~h~ about· a month aio, llaving been rc~ol?- The.Y a:re loc3.ted on I-Iarrison avetiue, Maple place. and _oak street,
'./~ii.cl.· .h.;,tve a. .ta.x..ahlc valuation of $73'~300.. A ~est end property conveyed. was tb~t of a portion bought recently fron1.
il~U:'iC.Ii>t-li~ 1:ni~Idings hatj. been ~emoyed ai1.d on 1fhich an apartm~nt house is to Qe b~It.. In the distriG.ts th~- most val'.':{~·~bJe. Property sold ,was a $125,000 Brig?~on propert:v, while Rox'bury 11ad four transfers, and East ~oston one In Brook~j;4i~ •a:n exchange of prope!'ties took-place, effecting a $3-;t,700 parcel on Harvard avenue, and a $6400, one on oSborne
}!~~.J~:~';.; w~ile a· iarge tra~t of land on Corey Hill was sold
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~o one could find faµlt'.with.,yeste.rday•s real,;'esi~te. t1;:"a~in.g~ .uhJe.ss~_ it:be _those wllo were not in on t'he nun1.er;r~s _transactions~. for lt ~~8 the liveliest f?~ so~~- i~-t.'tl~ ti~e~ -~ri~·.. _a ·~u~~er_ ~f, big: pr<?pel'."tfes were sold. In the c~t~
_b1~ property at the corner of Wasl?-ln.~ton s~r~ef a:nd,D1x place· was, .bo~~h~ 'by ,a well known gentleman. who 1nL"1.1nds to build a mod~rn business structure__'there; -t:J?.e prOp~I"tY being va:IuQU. at. $~_10/1~. Ih the Back Bay an apart~Qnt house property on· Comhl~nwealth ~veri.ue:, valu~d a't ··$240~000 •. ·was· sold, {while in the saffie transaction a $70,000
; 'a.ct of land on Peterboi'"ough street 'W"a.S conv..Ved A1i $18,000 Ba.'y ·State roii.d was iiso conveyed. while two on
Yry stree~. vaiued at $12,000 each, were also tra::q.Sferred. SeVer_ai South_ end p3..rcels of m·edium va1ue were conve~~ed,
nd on Beacon Hill a $14,300 Mt \rernori. 'street -estiite"P.8..ssed ·:to riew oWrierShip. A ·_."$10,000 West elid proper·ty, on
'~ambers street, was conVeY.~d. whil,? in t~e districis
l~t_ Of _V~IU.3.i~le pY'<:3~erti-es were transferred.
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TWO BACK BAY APARTMENT HOUSES JUST SOLD.
362 and 366 Commonwealth Avenue.
fj~~e~ne!~1 J::i~i:~ :~~;t::ct~~!~t~~:Yr~~r~:!n~=~~ ~~ ~~~~\ ~~t!t: t~:ti;~r:
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In the city there were nine record~d trans·rers. Which was an unusual number.
They were apportioned as fol-c}<Jb~~: In the South end a lot of land on Worcester stree~. valued at $23,300; a retransf~r of two properties on Tennyson
~~}~Street. carrying a valuation. of $12,500, and a $5100 parcel on Shawmµt avenue. The West end had three: A land lot on
' , corner of :1\1yrtle_and Anderson streets. taxed on about $6000; a dwelling on Millot street. valued at $5500, and one
:C'han1.bers street, $5400. Beacon Hill had two. adjoining properties on Joy street. taxed together on a valuation of
. In the Back Bay a $16,600 residence o'n Marlboro street was also conveyed. In district trading ·Roxbury was
trr~Presented by three g9od tra~sfers. and East Boston and Bl".ig:hton ·one each. In the subux'hs Newton reported the
of a $17.000 estate. . At the Suffolk re~istry the final papers were fl.led in the sale of the Hotel Plaza. on Colum~~pu·s 'avenue. the story of the sale of which a pea - -,.
em-ber.
t0-·S'~i~
PROPERTY
wiek did
_a prolific :m~nner in t~~ real e~ta.to field.
not opeµ .. in
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103 to. 111 Chauncy Street,
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although
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avera~e
Ye·st~:f?aY.~s,_l?pS~ness in
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BACK BAY PROPERTY, INTEREST IN WHICH
IS SOLD.
Hotel Hamilton, 260 Clarendon Street.
Several valuable properties changed ha"nds as the result of the real estate
transactions reported yesterday. one of the most ilnportant being the sale of an
interest in the $215,000 ap,.:;trtment hotel prope'rty at the corner of Con1monwealt~1
avenue anc1 Clarendon ~treet. A lot of land on Dover street, near Albany, was
a RCcond city })roper parcel t.o pass to new hands. In the districts the most
valuable property reported sold was a block of apartment houses on Parkview
street, VVest Roxbury, valued at $25,7CO. \rarious parcels in other districts ·were
reported sold, ai1.d in Milton a tract of 205,000 feet of land on Brush Hill,
bought for ilnproven1ent as a gentleman's estate. was reported as sold
~"'CatnbridgE:. ~esidence and a l\!Iagnolia hotel property were among the other parcels conveyed.
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BE ·ERECTED
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STREET
TRUST
COMPANY ON
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BO'YLSTON
STREET.
There was Plenty of trading in real estate yesterday, and a number of valuaible properties in all sectlcins of the
were conveyed.· Included in the list were a $48,400 Collgress street investment, a $36,000 commonwealth a.venue es· .. a $10,800. Leverett ·street apartment house, and several medium-priced properties in the South and West ends and
_e:8,con Hin. A go0d Ust of :d~strict properties was also reported as conveyed, the most val~able being 3..lblock of
tril~~ut hoUSes on _Biu_e Rill avenue,. valued at $80,100. In the out.Side localities a $32,000 farm in Arlington was the
'_s('property reported sold. An announcement of much interest was that of the plans for a new 'hank building at
:i;~orner of BOylston street.and ·Ma-ssa-chusetts avenue, particulars. regarding which are printed below.
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NEW STYLE OF STRUCTURE FOK THE
ELEVATED
EXTENSION
TO FOREST HILLS,
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.Several good district pro.perties changed hands yesterday, including _a lot of a artment houses on Elbert street,
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. Rox!)ury, valued "'at $32,400; a tract of land _on . Coxnmo_nwe~lth. avenue, .B;lg~h~n
part of 1:he' day's business, but
strt~ller properties i.n other districts. The d1str1ct trad1°:g, in fact, made P tt
g f
eat interest to ·prope~ty owners
c/ne' ci~y pr~ii_er parcel, a Dartmouth street property, ~e1ng conveyed. bA ma.tu!~ oforgrthe first section of the Forest
i.Il Orie section of. Roxlbury was the \anpouncernent that plans had een
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soon The announcement was
.:H"liis· extenSibn o,r the el~Vated ~tructure and that wo~k would p~o'ba~\vh b=g~~-e~:;:I'y mO.dern building~ The hear• a.IS() .>fnade 'that a new building w~s to go- up on Washington street no
' a· "ding the city in districts with limita:ifig ~t., the State, .Ho,us.e fe~t are~pect.ively for the of the law bu1 1ngs,last ye~r, ~;1much interest to all property owners.
on
_bill for the repeal
e~l~<::ted
:tiO~s· of 125 feef~.~~~ 80
height of
was a so
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END
PROPERTY RECENTLY
42 Dartmouth Street.
. A very fair day's trading was i.ricluded in yesterday's re:
tlons. residential Property having the call. ln th~ "!ity,' a $5·6.
,property was the most valuable s;old, and the sale was the se
crty within a weelr
Three I...ansdowne street apartment hou
ported sold
A $12,000 Endicott street :Property. and a small
were also sold~ In Roxbury ,and W·est RoXbury, valuable lan.d
vcyed. In the outside localities, the most valuable" propertY ,
$~8.00Q ~ewton estate.
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234 Beacon Street.
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The districts had the call in the matter of the r.eal estate trading ye9te-r
and s£everal goocl parcels were reported sold. In the city proper. one
p~operty was ~old, a $16,600: Gree~ .~:treet <brisine..ss parcel. In· Dorchester~
Morse street apatt~~t. 9'0.""f!--d.~ ~:5 soIPJ}>f-$20,000. A $12,00Q ;East Bo~to
n,eSs.·p:coPerty
gb.~on·:t;W9 ,_10-ts ,of' :Ian¢! ;val1~ed~- -··
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1 ccorded yesarid soine good properties were conveyed.
A $12,000 End.icott · street
parcel was orte of the two in the North end section to be transferred,
the Back Bay a $12,500 Bla~kwood street sale was iecorded.
In the
d a $16,800 Tremont street property Wns sold. In the di~tri~ts auitA a
f properties passed to new ownership, Dorchester leading wlth. five~
I of them were of small value~ Two in Roxbury, a like number in
i.ROXbury and one in East Boston made up the balance of the list. A
g lq. regard to the abolition of a Brookline grade crossing was ot interest
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:·.Qpert~ owners in that sectior_i.
ROXBURY
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PROPERTY SOL~ YESTERDAY.
7 to 13 Linden ·Par!< Stre·et.
The transfer of se.veral valuable .pro,PertieS in the city and the districts was
notiCea".Jle among yest:·erda'y's real' estate transactions. In. the business section a $35,000 South street prOperty Was soid, ahd. itl. DoI'Cheste1~ sOm'e 'apartment
houSes on 1\1:agnolia, Leb~non ·ap~.. ~le~an~er._street~. ~l V.alued 8:t $~7\500, w;ere
a~so. sol~. I'n Ro~b-q_ry .<\ $15,000. blo,ck. of ?;'P.ar.tnJ.ent' : hOuses~. On ·Linden P3.rk,
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TO
lt-07 BOYLSTON
ST.
BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT BY WILLIAM
far the most important real eState tra~saction re,ported '.YE
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$lS5 000 BoYlston street property, with !he ·. 3:nhou:1
the sa e u~haaser 'to et"ect a mode:1"n. mer~antile buildi?g ~n the sit
of the P I
a0tive trading in other: ·sections. p~o~ert1es in. the E
~ g:;1.~:a ~ou'th ends and the districts be.ing con:veied. although
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involved. -There are enough
but med~u_m uiries on tl,le part of 110th buyers and sellers, regar,
f:Y:~:Pn u~ni.he spirits of ·the brokers, and,~he inquiries are, b_ecoJ
qucnt as the signs of spr;ng are more_ noticeable
BRIMMER
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RESIDENCE. R~'ENT!_Y SOLD.
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Gradu~.lly that section of the ,Baick B8.y near the Fens is assuming a.
dential appearance. New blocks of brick house.<S" are building and more·
contemplated. A lot sold in this vicini~y nowadays means a new str"U,;c;.t;f1~~·ur~. In Sunda.Y's Herald was noted the sale of quite an area on Au~UJ:,:9'aj~1
road. and now another parcel has chaliged hands on Ivy street, the n-ew owne;i:-~(·;::·
to 'begin improvements imm.ediately; The valuation of the tract just conVeyed.,3:.·
is $11,000. In other sections of the citY · trading was light yesterday, exce"pt t~.: ,:
South end, where three transactions were recorQ.ed-a parc·et on Brad-f ' · ~
stree~ valued at $5300; one on Wheeler street of $6400, and· one on n··
street of $4500. A ~a.rles street Sal~ :was also r~ord~ of a $7700 ,prop~_rty...,
th~-- ~stri~ts, R o ~ ~... Dor.~~t~r-,> " th ,~oston,_·. West. Roxt?-urY~,an_d. ·~ · · ~ q ,
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~ruthful1y-: said that there were strong: s~gns
in real t~tate, of wh~Ch the brokers ha:d · a :
• kid..it.y"s trading was the'passing·of the title on a manuf<
-~_Stieet, South en.d, cari-:Ying a t8.x3.ble va1ua'.tion o'f
:S ·ousiness
.. tWo properties wer-e·recorded• as ha.vlnging, b.een co.
te- TOad: valued. at '$~900. artd .one on _M_ar1boI'o .street
;Y;~et a $9000 parcel pas~d· to ne_w ow:nersJ:?,.ip, whil~ in t
i,X-}bers ··street.,.property, assessed on a valuation of $6800, an
- ,500~ were.conveyed. ·.Be~con ~~11. was al~o rep,re~en
ing, ta~ed on $12,000. In the distriqts; West· Rox.bur
ces, one valued· at $15,600 w:hile ~ii; other sections;
i~"tb'Wn,. Brigl{ton, Roxoul."Y' and East Bos tOn· h8.d
-~~l?°ii~ed from· Salem atld Peafu.ody.
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:WEST END PROPE:RTY RECENT'LV CONVEYED.
33 a.:id 33'h Green Street.
More valuable properties in various sections of the city changed ownership
3·€sterday, bearing out the statement made- in la..st Sunday's Herald that there
WOuld be a good spring buS~ness in realty .prOpertieS
In the city proper the
chief news of interest cent~~d around th~ sale or the site of the Harcourt studt.o· ll'u.ilding on Irvington. street •
which ,will be ereCted an up-to-date garage
This :parcel is assessed on a valuation of $82,000~ 0.ther transfers in the city included an auction sale' of ·a $4'1,000 estate :ozi · MaTiporo stre'et, the transfer of
.on
a· $22,000 residence on Newbury street, a. business block in the North end carry.1ng a. va1U&tion of· $17,'5oo: :~d ~ .reslderiCe ~cf '· ··. _µuan~. street taxed on $9000.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT
FOR
GARDNER M.
LAN!c:.
53 Marlboro Street.
In yest~rday's transactions in real estate the business section was invaded
again and a
Water street property, carrying a
valuation of $42,500,
conveyed.
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This was the only conveyance "in the downtown section, but in the South end
the transfer of a block of six apartment houses kept that portion of the city
from going by default. T'he parcel in question is on Perch street and assessed
c:>-n a valuation of $15,600. In the Back· Bay a land lot on Boylston street,
valued at $5000, changed owners. There was but little trading in the districts.
two transfers Qeing reported from Dorc)l.ester, and one each from East Boston
and West Roxbury. In Somerville a $14,700 estate was reported as having been
.sold ..
PROPERTY BOUGHT BY WILLIAM
115 and 117 Water Street.
"While there was but little activity evidenced in the sale of city proper p
eels yesterday, there was enough trading in district s~ctions to make the
a fairly good..,....one. The only city sale reported was of a dwelling on Ke
street, in the ~outh end, on which the taxab!e valuation i~ $3600. Properti
a much highe'.r' figure were sold outside the city limits, all of Dorc~este'r"
going above that figure, and the same can be s::tid o_f West Roxbu~·s three
Charlestown an in'terest in five properties carrying a total valuation of
was .conveyed, while in other districts South Boston had two transfers and .. "
BostOn one. In Malden the sale of a land lot as a site for a brick rouildillj~:
the telephone exchange was reported, 3:s w:a,s that of five brick houses in,'cQ/
sea valued at~$1.5,000.
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The _week in real estate ope1;1ed with something
actions, 'among them bei11g two ·!high-priced mercantil
transfer of this nature •was of a Beech and Knapp
in the :South end the resale of a :business property w
-trarisfers were recorded, one of a property -on Washi
...... =vru.uation. In the Back Bay a '$6000 parcel on 1Commo
~f.:.,/}(,:p()F-o st.r~et was conveyed, while in the West end a :'
4~'.-:.;?d!Stricts Dorchester and WeSt Ro:x:bury were the on
in Salem and Malden. The plans for ~he builj
(i::r.IJ.0ted
:-:?',4'(f:,:,.~so IJ?,ade public.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY CONVEYED.
111
Commonwealth
Avenue.
The eyes of investors have for a long time been turned in the dire,ction µf,
the South e-nd, and the activity in thiS section of the city in all kinds Of real
Estate, whether ·higl"?- or low priced. has held well Yester¢lay the bu.Ik or th~
. City trading was in that direction. ti...11-ree pQ.rcels having been recorded as chang·ing hands. One was a $7700 res.idence on West Canton street. another a parcel of three frame btiildings on the corner, of Norwich and 1\1:eander streets,
valued at $3900, and the third a Terinyson Rtreet pl'Opert~ •. that has recelltly
changed ownership twice. arid taxed on,, a ·valuation ,o{· $+2,500
Beacon Hill
also hl?l,d :.a Conveyanc~ of a pl"operty on.:~ R.eyere Street Piac~· v_alued .at $2900.
and a. 'Green street prope~y- in the West end. assess~d
a~ vahiatiori of $23:?oo..
w~s._a_ lsg~rep()rt~d so~d. There·.·w~s ni,u~,i?, .,fcti:Vi.ti: d
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PHO'PERT·Y RECENTLY SOLD TO GEORGE R. WHITE.
154-155 Trernont Street.
Y·eSte"rday lllay -~e considered~ a go<:~ day in re_al estate transactions. with
a varied· chara~ter of business reported. The city proper had its share. in fact
rilore th.an, the districts· ~evelo'Ped. _Then, too, as a rule, the pr:ices .were ·above
the ave'i-age. In tha Back Bay a '$30,600 Newbury street Property was sold, and
two lots.of land, valued ·1,t $11,900, were transferred, having been passed to
the present. grantor bl.lt a short time ago.
On Beacon Hill a Reuen streP.t
property; carrying a valuation of $14,300, vvas conveyed, while to ·the -same
gra.ntee::..went a residential parcel on Charles street, taxed on a valuation of
$15,000. The WeSt end had one transfer, an $8200 i:,r6perty on Spring street.
There Were two conv~yances in the South end, both residential structures, an
$11.:ooo Prop~rty on Massachusetts avenue, and one of $5900 on Asylum street.
In the diS:tricts West Roxbury reported two sales. Roxbury, DOTchester and
East.Boston one each. In more remote sections several sales were noted in
Milton, one in Needham, a factory in Pea~body, a summer home in Onset, three
parcels in Newton and one in Cambridge, while agreements were signed
for the sale of a Brookline property valued at $22.000. A matter of great inter,est tq pr,operty owners was the legislative hearing On the report of the
building _law commission, which is fully reported beloW,.
18 Newbury Street.
Yesterday's real estate trading, while not of great volume, had a::
of good prope"rties included among the sales. The mo~t important W"3{_S. ,
land on Boylston street, near Fairfield street, assessed o_n a valua:ti~,!1;,\
000. In the South end the most valuable parcel reported sold
prop¢rtY: a.t .:~he corher ~f Harris<;)n ,
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END
PROPERTY RECENTL V ACQUIRED SY MARY R. E.. TUCKER.
656, Harrison Avenue, Corner East Dedham Street.
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/'-t'.-· ~-.p-u~ber of sales of high pri,q~d pa:i-cels in the city prop.er and in the_ outside .. -localities were i:ocluded in yesterid.~Y'fi·..real estate transactions, the districts being the places in which only small conveyances were the order of the
.i4~Y- /The most valuable property reported sold was on Boylston street, where a $135;000 group of three proPerties was=::=:§::==:§§~~j.
-,,-:f"GSOt~·.fpr- the second time within three. weeks In the South end the sale of t'\\"o. Columbus avenU.e p~rcels, Yalued at_$S~.,9(~t;Wa$ an.nounced, and in the West end a $12,500 Hancoc"k street estate waS conveyed. In Brook_lin.e the sale of··
/t~o -~Ob.mouth street properties valued at $24,000, the conveyance of a big $162,..500 Woodland road estate and the trans-{~:,~·-~~:v.eral smaller:_ properties to new owners were recorded Tlle rev:iew o~ March real est~te dealings, P'rinted be-;/~:?~~~·~J:io~~~ a very fair condition of the market for t_::e time of
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WATER FRONT PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
473 to 481 Atlantic Avenue.
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B'ACK B'AY PROPERTY RECENT'L Y
BOUGHT
BY
C.
C.
WALKER.
No. 7 Arlington Street_
It cannot be said that yesterday was a day pr/olific in real estate trading,
and the majority o..f what little developed was replOrted from tl1e district_s. In
the c:ity, there was bui one sale recorded that of a.·.Reed street property, 1n the
extren 1 c South end. carrying a valuation of $3400. 1Papers were recorded,_ however, in the sale of the Rotch property on BoylsU:on, Church and .Prov1de7:ce
stre~ts to the Park Square Trust
This parcel has.a taxable valuation of $2?3,!)('A)
Of the district trading, two tran.sfers were in Roxbury, one a $12,400 dwel11rlg
Mayfair street, while West Roxbury contributed two. Dorches~erandCharles011
town one each, whil
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PROPERTY IN BUSINESS
35 to 49 Batte.rymarClh Street.
,::: .S~v:eral inte..re.Stlng ·transactions dev~~(:._ped iri the:...Course of yesterday's real estate trading.
One was the" Sate..
a: '$12$,000 Batterymarch street" business property.· the ·1~rgest sale of property iri that section "C)f the city in a: !ci,
·~~~~- .. T.Q.en there ~ s to.he sale of a lot 9~ l}:1.ni:'f.',)>n .,IPsw!ch street. valued at. about $18,000. for t.h~ e;rcct.i~n .~t_ · ·'
Q{"'a ,ne:w studi.o buildin~. a m~tter w~iCh .:ha·s, b~en, ~itat~d since the d~tru~ti9.n by fire of the Ha~C?}.I1:~~· ~
rn the .. df'$~ricts,, a f8.ir .i.tul'D;~e:r of sates Wel"e ~FeOOr-~ed~ som~ :0:f .tJ-1~. ia · g.er _-p
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SOLD.
225 Newbury Street.•
, , : A brisl-c trading in real estate was noUceatble y~st'e-rday~ and· all sections of
e city were indluded in the liSt of the day's transactibns.
A
numbe~ of
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Were filed which closed salt"-.s previously anl:l,Oµnded~ and a number of
qnes were reported.. The 1ease of a prominent Washington street estaie
a long te~m by a well known ope:ra,tor was a.nnoullced a.s well. Among the
k BaY properties conveyed were 'a. $25,500 Commonwealth avenue lone,, -an}:" on Hunt_i_ngton avenue assessed at $23,500, and ·a. third on _BaJr State· road
· d by the assessors at $17,000. In the Sorith end a $30,000 Pem'brok;e Street
· ent parcel was transferred~ w:hile several smaller pro:perti'es in this and
ctions p3.ssed to new owners. The districts had a fair •businesS. . The
'of business at th~ Suffolk:. registry last w-eek was a rec0rd one tor' \.:
ary conditions, and the monthlY reView shows an increase in trading in
grade property.
BACK BAY
PROPERTY BOUGHT BY HELENA
354 Commonwealth Avenue.
In yesterday's real estate business the Back Bay see!ll-eq
cream of the transactions recorded. A lot of va~f1,nt land ob l?,Y St·
valued at $10,400. bought for improvement. a
~~4,000 gr9up
a
houses on Huntington avenue. a $61,000 HuntingtJ:?,.Q.\~Lvenue_ in,vet~ent 1
Commonwealth avenue estate and ~ne On t·h~.
aven:ue. V ue~..
v,.·ere some of the propertie9: in ~hi~ ._se~tion eon.~?~d. A $10,000 rav~
investme·nt proper~y; an $1.1.~ one_ o_~, ·:Leve·re .
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD AT AUCTION.
31 Commonwealth Avenue.
The real estate business transacted ,Yesterday was not remarkably large, although several good proriJrties in different parts of 1 he city ~ere repo.rted sold.
The r~sale of a Boylston and Gloucester street c.orner was announced, also the
conveyanc~ of several S"11r,,ll pieces in ·the South en~. A small Cooper street prop~rty and one of the olde~t rE:sidences on Bei:..con Hill, a Myrt~e Street Pr~perty,
w'ere sold. rn the districts a fair'ly lively trading was n·oticeable,. espeC~ally in
Dorchester and Roxbury. In CamP-ridge- three conveyances .-w-ere re:Ported,
Of a $12.800 narcel and in Quincy a $10,4400 shore estate rw.8.s repor.ted s<;>Id.
OLD WEST END PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLO.
23 Temple Street.
Several good transactions in real estate
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,
there were no sales inVolving vast amounts c;~e to llght yesterday, altha;
was the sale by agreement of pro ert
ne~
e most prominent tr~nsa<(
Warrenton streets valued at $22 4:
rl the corner of Washington... '
was concluded by, the recording• of. dee
s: et o:l several Back Bay prop~
avenue estate and one of the Sa.me asse~e o a Y a . $28,000 Commo~ ...
num.1ber of South end properties were convey!a value on Beacon street.
a parcel recent~y s~Id at auction. I~. other
of th~m, valued at .
ber of convey~nc~s were recorded, and. in : the.
and districts a sma~l
noti?eab~e J~ck of activitY.. · '.·, · . :.:. :_
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PROPERTY BOUGHT BY, T. G. WASHSURN.
869 'to 871 W'~shington ,street.
, " There were sorne good prOperties conve ed
.I'..em~rkable features in the day's buslnes:
~t:terday, tho~h there were
a $228,700 investment a.t the corner of B.
largest property conve:ved
P. bf a trust Which sold ·u several yea.:r each ,street and Atlantip avenue,_
West, en~ a $12,000 investment propertys o8::oB to tll.e Present g:rantor. In
m street paPcel were conveyed, and in . h >:ighton street and .,a $7200
.l:r?,perty and ~ ,..$6800 cOrtes street one
South end a $9000 Rutland
property .was the one· North end
sold.
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$16,8~ Hano\"P.r
ert1es in the d1stricts a.zid oi.ztside loC:~ticel tran~ferred. A -fai:r n~m.ber of
es were reported sold
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AT 276 COMMONWEAL TH AVENUE, SOLD :YESTERDAY.
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number of good sales ~ere· reported yes~erday, one being that of a $38,000
Onwealth avenue estate; bou_ght for oCcu:pancy by a prominent business
:s:m An auction. ~ale of .a busl°:p78:s. · property on CoJ?1!1er,cial street at nOOn
ftt::. t out a crowd, and the propert~. -assessed at $21;800; brought $29,265, a
~~ g?od pri~e ~veri for thi~ Sec'tior;. whei'e' values are iri.creasing r-ather
~- · he reverse
Iri the South. and W~st ends a number of fair priced parcels
;fl:?,~ conveyed. and in the d·istriCts a :numbe.r., of go9d . res~d~nti?,l pr:operties
e_portea sold . The exclusiv_e 'story ~n ;y:_e.stercJ.E!-Y:s :Ererald :r:egardiri~ the
ier se of a big C'-1Iuinbus a\.~enue pr.oper-ty by· the Boston lodge of Elks
l.ll reconsiderable com'ment, alld dii:-e~ted attention to Columbus avenue as
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t~ading centre.
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PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH END RECENTLY PURCHASED FOR.INVESTMENT.
700,to 704 Columbus ·Avem:.e 'and 26.Jo' 28 Davenport .Str~et•.
'r.;/:1 ;, Several- valuable Back Bay prpperties, one in the business Section :and ~Bntinibe.r of smaller.-ones in·lhe South and
\,~st. e1:1d~ and the V?,~io:us districts, were .included in yesterday's s3:les of ,.:real 'estRte. :1'"h-e:.Back .Bay parcels" were
S)~cith .i?ca'.tcd on Marlboro·, street. one a $60,000 ·e~ta.te near C~anen1on st.r~.et, 1:.h~ · · o~h~I" . <\- $16,600 residellce near
1:~hi.rle8gate west: The business propert;y was On Pearl street. a '$52,300 eState.· T,.":J.e S.Outh- .end parcels -were small
1'P~~d: ·one:s on West DedJl~m. and Bradford streets, while the West :end :pr-Opcrty :Wa~ 01).e .Situate:d On All~n stre~t.
~;rif'::·~the district cOnveYances Roxbury had· three," .Dorchest~r five. :a~d. Brig"p.ton tbree, o~~ ·a $2:4,100 08.rdner stree~ E:Srtti"te., -In South Boston One of the three tI'ansactions inc_lu~ed_ .& $;3~200 ~~t .Th1r51_: St~e~t"lnyestment.. Twb ,{?~mbri~ge
,:J?r.6-pe-rt1~.S. ~wo~ in -Wlnt~rop, one in E.verett and~ Milfor_d far:m:-prOpert~ -rwere als<?,repor~e.d.:a_old. Th0 tS:king effect
;!~(:·~· ainendment.to the IaW in rE:gard tO n_iq:rtgag~ pro~eedings dn '~e~is-,t'3r~d I~Il~ ~ll
b~,«?_f int~r~s_t.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY BOUGHT BY! ..TUCKER BURR.
90 Marllboro. Street.
~;nu1n.be-r of good transactions in real est~te were reported yester.d~y. one
ot. t11:·em · of consid~rable size, taking place in ·Dedham; ·where a. $12,500 tract or
· l&J:1.d_ Was ·repo:i-ted sold to be cut <Up and PUt. On the. market. In tQ.~ cttY' prop~r
: S:; '$17·~500 Marlboro street estate. the th~rd on tp.e street. to. pe sold this weP.k,
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:·~.as:conv:eyed; a",ri_d in the ~outh_.-~orth and .:west _-_ends 'tlufilero\ls sniallei:- _par.-~)~-·~~e ~onv~yed4 ._' J;n. the disttictS a 'fair.: tr~i~g_ Was _re))or.te«;J., no_n\3. of .the ·
el~g ~sessed'a($i:0,000 'or •ov;er.: Tll::;.;~"' ~.,I~ '.
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END PROPERTY RECENTLY SOLD.
29 Dover Stre~t;
.'F,irg_ost inter<::stirig transa:c.tioil in yesterd2!,:y.·•. $ real estate d~al;.ng~ ~as the
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irig of deeds conveying to the reorganized Metropolitan Steamship Comf- Maine all the _property of the old. Massachusetts comipanY, ShO'Wing the
~aine corporation; A $3,000,000 mortgage on the property
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·'b so been arranged, $1,000,000 having bee~ r~~~re!-~d. The leas.~ <;>-~ a 1-arge
~ic avenue estate- to a well known mercantile firm was also announced,
f:11 as the conveyance Of lluroerous smaller properties in various sections
15i:j1s,tricts. 'TheI'e Were also a number of properties in the outlying localities
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ompany to be a
1);/Yed.
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BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD YESTERD•AY:
&2 Commonwealth Avenue.
A number of valuable properties in the City proper were conveyed or. "·p
under agreement of sale yeste.rday. Of the latte?'" class t~e most valµa~l~.":.;.
a $43,000 Commonwealth av.en:ue estat~, sold. and resold. Two properti~s .hi··/
business section "'~ere conveyed, ,o,ne a $50,5~ Batt~rymarch street p~r-c¢1/
other a;. $15;500 La Grange street·.estate. In the S:0:uth end the deeds We:re·re
ed in the sale of a $2~,400 pl'9-P,e!t-Y' at the . C:°<.J:rll.er of Washington and
·-~
~treets. In th.e. d~stric~s ther~-..,'.\yJtS .. 3. gooc( ~].lmbe.r: of transfer~. an $i&..
-cis street, _Roxbury, inv.eE$triJ,e1:1t,: ~J;l~· one.. (·.q-n,. ~~I_"d. avenue, Brig.J.lt;
s.e-11sed, at $58,100
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NE'WEJ;l. BACK BAY PROPERTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
619 C.ommonwealth Avenue.
Yesterday9 s real estate tra.ding involv8d no remarkably large p;roperties. although severz.l good Sales were reported. Two of these 'Were in the Back Bay,
,,611.e being a· $25,300 1CoffimonWealth avenue estate, the other a $20,000 MaSsachuSetts avenue one. In the South end a half interest in a $32,600 Stanhope street
business pa.reel was. ,conveyed, also several small properties in the North
and :-West ends.
In the districts; one important sale reported was that
O~. a.. $19,400 estate on Train street, Dorchester
An $11,000 Hawthorn 'street •
. RCiXbury property was :conveyed, and numerous ~maller Properties in the other
1
di8trictS. The sale of· a $10,700 estate on Fisher Hill. Brookline, was also
ri.pµnced.
SOUTH END .PRQPElRTY CONVEYED TO M.
~3 Columibus Aven·ue,
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BUSINESS PRO?E'.RTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
48 Sudbury Street. ·
,'} A f~ir number of gbod properties a.II over th8 city were reported. sold
terday. In the busine~s section a $28,400 Sudbury street loft Property was
eyed~ and: on !Beacon (Hill a $13,000 Mt. Vernon street estate Went to a
owner. A $9000 North street investment. with a. $900{) -west Brookline
t l)r0perty. and one on Pleasant street assessed at $8700. were the only
and South end conveyances. while in the West end· 8, re-transfer of a
parcel vvas recorded. In Por~hester a $13,300 ·Glenway street apartment
was on~ of the properties conveyed. while a $24,000 South Boston pro.l)W'!-S tran.sferred. Sev~ra:.l residential properties in Brool~line~ •Cambridgei.
rv1lle and 'Melrose Were also reported sold.
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PROPOSED BAY STATE RO·AD APARTMENT HO,;EL.
To Be Erected' at Con, er of Deerfi,eld Street.
The most interesting real· -estate ·transaction recorded yesterday was·
sale of a large lot of vacant land ·at the corner of Bay State road and
field street. with the intention of the purchaser announced, to be the ·er~
of a 1arge steel-construction ap•a..Ttment. hoteI
This become~ si&rniflca'h,t
the fact that on no other lot on _J3ay .St.ate road. w-est of ·Raleigh_' street;
any other structures than single, houses be erected until 1950. In the dis
the princi})al sale reported w~s -that of a $26;000 es~ate on Sellci'rk:. 1"oa:<})
.Aiberdeen district .of Bri'ghto~ .. · In the o~t~ide locc;1.li.tie1?. .th~_ mos( :V: ·,
property conveye?- ~~s _a ~7.600· ~a.l_isbury _roa_d. (~rooklip.e); PfOJ?e'r.~·y.:,;'
$55~ :qa:m.bridi~ illV:estm·e:p.t ~~,,.:._a!~.? >r..ep~ted ·s.o~"· ) ·
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Good trading. in all parts o.f the city was noticeable yesterday. and many of
~he properti8.s v·ere of considerable size. The most valuable sold was an "$8!,0'.:0
~Cha.up.cy street. inveshnent. w:hile in the Back Bay a $17,500 MarlbOTo street
\~St'a,te 'Was sold. In the South .end two Dartmouth .street properties, both valfµed at $19,000, w-ere, rePorted as under agreement. In Roxbury a number of valu)l,ble p·arcelis were, sold, including a $32 600 Tremont street investment. In West
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.-~'?x-bury, Bast Boston, Ch1:3-rlestown and south Boston a number of propertie3
~;,~~re sold.. ~J-.tile in the outside loca!ities a $2,000 Brookline estate and a $12,350
.£~llerton P~-y;perty. the latter. bringing $15,000 at auction, were among the more
:;;.J~portan~. 'ones to ,change hands Tlle taking on of a $15,000 Chelsea investment
:\.~~~s. al.<S9 reported.
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FINE BACK BAY PROP·ERTY SOLD VESTER.DAY.
Hctel Canterbury, Charlesgate West and Newbury Street.
, Yesterday was one of the liveliest days in the way of real estate trading that has been observed in some time,
nUd good-sized properties were the rule in the sales reported in all sections. The Baclt Bay was t'he scene of a little
b6oni1et, a:.nd the- new Hotel Canterbury, valued at soffiething like $350,000; a $51,000 BeaCon street estate. two on Marl'bQ~P. street assessed 3.t $59,000 and one on Commonwealth avenue yalued at $34,00J) were rep~rted sold. In the.South
e11-~ a lot of properties assessed at $51,500 were sold, while several other South end and a numJ?er of .west. end parcels
~~ei cOn~eyed.
In Brookline a n:umber of fine_ propert16s were soi<l;, including"or:e on -Beacon 9treet as~essed at $40,.-~~~':, ·a,_ $14,200_; El1.~lewood: av~nue estate. anq one as~essed at $15~5()0 on Wafnut sui:-eet. Th'e ~-«:>~~~1 .. ~ell).b.e~totj. p~operty
: ')'.1'~}3:>;tl\~s,t~~ti"4!tJlJ;},/~<\ "2"~,-~~so _rep()~!~~-~!~ _while_i_Yi__<>_ther ~~alities a
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There were no startling developments in the real estate m::
although a long list of conveyances was reported. The m<;:,st
conveyed was a $22,700 Eliot street investment, while another
was in the Back Bay, where an $18,000 Massachusetts a,venue t
new hands. In the South end a $17,200 group of houses on Hunn
PROPERTY IN THE RETAIL SECTION SOLD YESTERDAY ..
con\·eyed, while in the West end one conveyance was that of ~
street property. In the districts the ·most valuable pal"cel tra1
. 2'1 to 29 Winter Street.
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$18,000 Willow Park street investm-ent, while in the other distric~
of parcels of varying <value were conveyed. In the outside local
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for the sale of a westbourne terrace, 'Brookline, investment, an:
A~ong -a nuinber of good transactions reported
of a $13,800 Porter road, •Cambridge, estate were the most prOmb p<>Tutn·t was the 'sale to a well knowii real estate trust of th ' 111
-•sessed l)ro~e.rty on WiI;i~.er street, numbered 25 to 29, as well as
i_n the a~Jo1ning parcel number~d 21 to 23, all assessed at $889:
amount involved is, Of course, considerably over $1000 000 Th
recorded tn ·-th~ sale of a_ ~.00'.) Commonwealth aventie ~s~te : · . ,~:
~f' smaller properties in ,the Sou~h and West ends were conve;.ed~4I~~
r~cts _a number of transfers were recorded, and at the outside:100~.;
m43~t 1mporjant sale recorded was that o~ a tr?,ct of 1 d i
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YESTE'R'DAY.,
There was brisk trading in real estate in all sections of the city ye9t~l:i
with the Back Bay in the le"ad. Here three va'.lua'ble properties
new owners, the.. principal'! one being on ~oylston stree~, an $88,000 s~~c
occupied as_ the Back Bay postoffl.ce, opposite Copley square.
The , other,
eels were On Falmouth street, a .$22,000 aparti;nent house, and three lots Of.
on Commonwealth a Venue~ valued at $20,800: l?,eacon Hill had a go9p. ·.~a.le
Joy street dwelling carrying a v~Iuation of $36,000, while a No~;1:"1· ,en ,
involved over $12,000. I;n_the di~t~icts ~heje Wag .much~ac~:\;iJY, ai:i.a:-a·-:-:,
pro:I?erties conveyed RqxbuI"y .,l_l.a(i ·9ne of._$2~$~~--a~_g,.-~!:!:?_the~-·
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37. and 39 Fa,lmouth Street.
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W'hat •business there has been in the reai e~tate field for a few days has had
The activity shown in that section of late has been
';:J-~,!:LJ:>r-eced~nted, ,and still there is no let-up. Yesterday's transactions, particu:,:-,Iariy th9se in the city, were again led .'by the new section, where in one instance
t ~. St. Botolph street property, valued at $14.000, was conveye~ On Bay State
-'.±00:.d, too, another transfer has tak.en place, this time of a $22,500 estate Ipswich
.~\'Street also bad a sale of a land lot, valued· at $10,100, while a smaller property on
;,.~;:P?O,l.~c alley No. 444 was reported sold
The other sales in the city comprised a
;J(l.~ 1700 parcel on Albany street, .South end. and one of lesser value on Barton
'J~feet, in the 'West end, The tr':di1:g in the districts. v.ras o_f an a:verage charae::·:ter, the only one rising to the d1gn1ty of a large transaction be1ng a property
f~:h; ·Brunswick street, Dorchester, of $18,500 valuation Brookline had four ~rans.'."~.~Ctions, one of a $24,200 mercantile p:roperty on Washington street, and.3.nother
',;.'Of·~ a .residential. parcel on Linden street carrying a valuation of $22,000. Busi":l:t-.ness in oth'er sections ·was of about the ordinary character. ,
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PROPERTY BOUGHT 3Y LEE, HJG:GJNSON & CO.
Union Building, 40 to 44 State Street.
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Ther';. was 01;e very important sale of ~e~l estate reported yester<;fay;- that/
Of the Union bu1lding property on State stre.et, purchased. by a well knoWn
b_anking fir~. for many. years a tenant. The property is asseEsed on a vallJ.a-f.
t~()_n of $1,150,000. and .the transaction is one of the largest on State street in
long u:~e. Outside of this deal there were few of importance repoi-ted.
Thei
o:p.If actual conveyance of city. pr9per Proper_ty was that of ~ $21 800 warwick1•
s.treet apartln~nt ho'!,]Se propertY,. Which .reall~ ·belongs in Rqxbu~.
In. Dor}
~~~t~r a:$~~·60? lot Qf-_land ~8:8 ·?~O.~~~e~, ,~I:td in other. di"."tr:icts .sever8.1 s~8..li
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NEW MERCANTILE BUILD/ NG F·OR COR'NER OF '80YL'STON AND GLOUC'ESTER STRE'ETS.
v:\Th€!n the sale ,vas announced by The Herald of April 2:l of the property at the northwesterly corner of
Boylston and Gloucester streets, and numbered 52, 54 and 56 on the latter $treet, i t was stated that the site would be
eventually occupied by a mercantile structure by the purchaser, well known trustees.
Those trustees are A. Lawrence LoWell. Ch.arles Lowell and R. :.\L Bradley, and they have plans ready, from designs by 1Guy Lowen, architect, for
the new building. The lot contains 4488 square feet. and the builcling will c·over the entire lot
The building, which
is shown as it will appear in the cut printed aboye, is a ha!ldsot'.ne structure, six atories high, of brick and stone. As
stated. it is intended to be occupied entirely for bu$.1ness purposes. and is so planned as to give the ma.."<imum
&.mount of light and air to the stores and offices. It is ex-Pected .that the new building will be finished and ready for
occupancy a;bout next October. The present old three-story houses on the corner are now being razed, preparatory
to the construction of the new building. The property will be under the rrnanagc.ment of Messrs. Bradley & Tyson of 60
•State street.
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PHOP:ERTY WHER'E NEW TUNNEL STATION
672 to 580 Washington Street, Corner Hayward' Place.
Tho most important transaction reported yesterday was the takin~.
transit commission for tl-:.e Hayward place sta-tion of the new Wa'sh;i
street tunnel, and. contrary to the expectations of m·any, the COrlit
Washington street was selecte~. There is also interest in the .fa;ct
the first floor and basement- are to be taken.
Several other. imp~:n::_
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BEACON HILL PROPERTY BOUGHT BY C. F. BRJ
90 Mt. Vernon Street.
,,Yesterday was the best day, so far as real estate
,:Cer.r:i.ed, of the week. At the Suffolk registry deeds were rec01
i)i,ume:r;:ous properties, including an $87,000 Boylston street invei::
(()i'.)(f CO:(tlm9nwealth avenue residence, in the Back ~.aY; a $
\:_~tfeet property, on Beacon Hill, while in the West end a dw
}~1:reet~ a :::;16,600 Green street investment, and a number of s
"<th~ West and South ends were conveyed. In the district
··.ri,umerous properties were made, the most ilnportant being t
l~:~_:ro~erty purchased by Harvard Gollege for the new dentals
_:, ..-~1d~ localities two of the numerous sales reported were th
\" ,:bridge parcels assessed at $24,900 and a $10,500 Newtop: Centr,
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P'ROP,ERTY SOLD AT AUCTION YESTERDAY.
181-185 Fulton Street, Corner of Lewis Street.
Yesterday's trading, as -might have been expected with Saturday, so far as
most r;-eal esta.t_e brokers were coD:cerned, a holiday, ~ras r~ther light. Most of the
business that would have come yesterday was appq.rently clean~d up Friday,
and Saturd~y _there were but three ·conveyances recOr~ed at · the registry_ of,
deeds. Th6' most imi:>Ortant tranSP.l.CUon yesterday was the auction sale Of a $14,~ j)()O Fuito:ti stree't illVestirient,' · property :which. 'brought $16,500 under the ham-;
'. ..,~~r.. In the 'V\·f~t: e~-~ a· s~ah · pt~1:>el"tS Jw-a,s >cOn\feyep.-,' "~nd 1n·' th~· dist?:1Cts,,
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3'2 'St. Germaln Street.
While there was a fair number Of ,conveyances recorded
propeTtie~ Conveye.d were in a~l cases ~mall ones. and for the
1nOnths no tranSa.ction involving over •10,000 was reported. In
,a $7000 St. Germ~n street parCel was conveyed, agreements fo
street, West end, investment were signed, while in the South en•'
'.street Parcel W!as sold. In :the North end tw·o conveyances
both >Qf small parcels . . A number of small district pa.Tic-els
and three properties were sold .at auction, a $14,100 Ea.st Bost<
th.e flats, bringing b-t.1t '$8000. The fact ;that work on te~ing a ,
· Berkeley had been started was one of the O.ay's interesting ite
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PROPERTY SOLD TO JU'LIET F. LLOYD.
334 s,;.y State Road.
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sever~} days of· light ·busine-ss,. the da-.y looked quite Els though a_.b_oOtn 11..it;_dj\
· started. Iii' th~ ·Ba,ck Ba,Y a $28~~c~· B.:ty_ Sta·te r.oitd re.sid.ence, a·.,$19,EOl ~e)V:bµ:~,')'~~
street qne 3:-nd a $15,300 · Au_du·b9n~ r~b..~ estate were ' reJ?OrtE!d sold,. and. 1
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:5Q~tll end' two smap pit~ce1-:3·:,~ere c911,_ve:y-ed.; In :qorC:q.es~¢r many gC?o4~'/
ert1e~ were so~d~ ir~clud"iilg :a·,$-10,00~ ))IIarshfie:i.d street o:r:i~• a: Sl)·,8)~ ·Virgi~~a,.,.
estate ·and· a. $9500 D"ftson st:ree·t a.partmezit: house, sold twice i~ a week: . ·
.apartn.i~~t ·h~~;e.)_n .-~lls~on· ~~S Ori~
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PROPERTY SOLD YESTEIRD
25 and 27 Compton Street •
.AJ fair trading in real estate of various kinds was note
C'"esale' of an $88,000 Boylston street property. the second s;.le
nionth w-as the principal item. ln the South end a $14,000 ...._o
erty V:as reported sold, and in the North an_d West ends s!,1'1al
to new ownership.
In the districts a fair amoun: of :ra
·Several good Brookline estates were reported sold, 1nclud1ng
ave'nue l)rOperty. In the other subut'1bs the1;e were a n1:1mbe
:many of them being 1.itnd lots bought~ improvement.
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PROPERTY 'REPORTED UN DE'R AGREEMENT OF SALE.
147 Washington ·street,.Corne rs Cornhill and Bratte Street.
Several important real estate transactions were reported yesterday, although
as a whole the volume of busi·nesS was rather light.
The most in1portant
transaction reported 'was the $ignlng of agreements for the sale of a busines·s
p;_..op~rty on lowe~ Washing'ton street, aSsessed at $88,500. The announcement
that a $162,000 State streic!t property was to be sold at auction to settle an
estate wa-s 3.Iso an iml)ort&nt item Of interest. ln the districts a number of
valuable residen, ~~i.:tl p_rope,rti_es w~re repO!°ted" sold, aµd in tl?,e O\!tSide lO~~li-,
ties, also. ~onSider~bl~ bus~n~~s. ~~ reported. The 15ale at auc~ion ·o~ a smS:n
:~orth.en~ ,;p·I'"Qp0i~Y;°._f~r .a sµ,n ?On.s.ider.~91~:}.J:?.~ ~X,ce~-~ o~ its assessed valuation_
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North end properties bei:
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tCr estate and one in W€
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parcels wer~
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BOWDOIN SQUA'RE PROPERTY CONVEYED YESTERDAY.
1 to 7 Green, Str<>et, Corner
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Chardon Street.
Quite a number of good .properties, 'both in the city proper and in the districts, changed hands as a
yesterday's real estate trading'. The most important conveyan'Ce waS that of a $133,000 property at the corner
Green and Chardon streets. in Bowdoin square, which was bought last December by the present sellers. In::
South end a number of properties were conveyed, one ·being a $16,800 apartment house !P,roperty on •Hammond st ·
An $8500 Revere street parcel was the sole .Beacon Hill property conve:red. In the districts a fair trading
noticeab,e; the sale of two investment par9els in Jam~ca Plain, asses~ed' - together at $10,200, being reported,.
in Brig'h;ton three estates, assess.ed at $38,000, w~re conveyed~ In Charlestown~ inyestment propert.Y On ParkE:"f. ~-i
an~ ~..l~~- !?~· ,asse~13ed, at. ~f:.~,
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BEACON HILL PROPERTY SOLD YESTERDAY.
37 Joy Street.
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A ~umb~
s~:~r:rirop.~rty on J()y street~ Beacon Hill, assessed at
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d an Oneida street parcel was conveyed. The cream 9f
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the districts. A Jamaica Plain investment property as, the <?1ty business .
Id and a sbnilar one in the same district, assesse.d at
~-~~ssed at $11,600 w:_s ~Ve~al good prOperUes in Rox.bury passed to new owners
·~~qo. was ~l:o .::,o~chester The advertised auction of a large tract of thnber
. a,~?- severa n ao ood a~t of t'i1e White mountains~ b~ought out many well
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Several very important . transactions are
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Yesterday ·was the best day the real estate market has seen in a long time,
and -many valuable properties changed hands. The largest transaction was the
sale of a $194,000 dock and wharf property in East Boston. In the city proper the
sale of two Boylston street properties assess8d at $157,500 was announced~ while
on Beacon Rill three Chestnut street prOperties~ two assessed at $25,000 each and
one assessed at $12,000, w-ere turned over. Several South, West and North end
parcels were conveyed, and in some of the districts the trading was exceptionally 'l:leaVy.' As a rwhole, the day was an exce:P,t1onal one .:ror trading~ and if It
n1.igl]..t be t~ken as an.,ir.dic~tion of the bt;tf:ii:11.:~ \b~ing;: d:'?ne 1:t:,iw?~ld signify a
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There were more real estate transactions reported yesterday than on any
!?i.1onday in months, and this is except~onally true Of a Monday preceding a
holiday. Saturday, the short day. Was the second largest of the week at the
registry of deeds, and many ·good propei"tles ,vere conV'eyed.
The sale or' a
$113,0CO Boylston street property was conCtuded, and the transfer by Union
Club trustees to the corporation of the $372,COO quarters of the club was rec~rded
Two properties on 'Washington and Union st~eets, asse·ssed' at $161,000,
were conveyed, and a $19,000 St. James avenue, Back Bay, estate was sold. In
the V'"~est end and SOuth end several good parcels were sold, '~~hne a $12.000
An.... $13.400 North end property passed into neW hands. Good district trading
·was noticeable, a $.ZT,800 lot of" land in Brighton and a $13,000 estate and one
v8.lued at $18,800 in :R.ox1?ury being some of the more prominent ones sold.
~In tr1e outside localities ·the pu:;-chase by. Harvard College of a.. $34~000 Cambridge pr~perty was note~. 'La.st week's registry fl.gureS show one of ·the
weeks of the year so fS.r as:volllme. of...,~µsiness was concerned.
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BACK BAY PROPER·TY' CONVEYED
YE_STERDAY.
43 St. Botoli:,li Street.
The hjghest-priced parcels conveyed in yesterday's real e$tate
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v ..·ere outside of the city proper. South Eo~t@n was the section, and he
properties on opposite sides of Mercer st ree~. aggr~_gating $38.~ in v~~Q.
were passed to new owners The clty sales ~:ncluded a resi_dential proper~
St. Botolph street, and one each of minor value (on H_a_rr.i~on. ~Y~~·l,1:€, J
South end-., and Billerica- street, ~-~st ~nd. There: wa~ ab?u~ ~11; -~u~f ~t ·
business .!."n all the distr~cts e~cep.t Ch.arlestow~ and,: ~ri~P.;otii '~V"l\eFe,
Wefe repc;,r~ed. ~est<I.es·, "t~ -~oi.lt~. 1:30~\0~ sal~ Q~--~~i_??-. '.~~µtiOI).:.h8:~.:
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HISTORlC PHOPERTY WHICH HAS CHANGED HANDS.
7,1 to 75 Court Street, Corner of Cornhill.
;,. .. , Yesterday proved productiVe of good real estate transactions. and several
iwere wortp.y of more than passing comment because ,6f the history ot the prop~1Tty -or~ the value. The rnost spectacular transaction was the conveyance of
(t.:he.~~ehold of a Court street and C'ornhill ·corner, with 412 years to run, the
. ·'" :perty being assessed at $152,000. A $119,000. Park street investment w.;:ts also
, and the ot~er end o:r_ this sale involved that of one ,of the be_st properties
.rookline, assessed at $46,000. The. price paid for the Park street property
, $150,000. A $24.000 Marlboro street estate was conve;yed, as well as an $11,000
.l~h park on_e, while smaller West _e11d and North end -transf'er_s were rel"t..~d. A fair district trading was noted. and in the outside localities, besides
:~ookline estate ment10;1ed abo,ve,_.a $12,400 one in that town .was sold.
WEST END PROPE,RTY RECENT'LY SOLD.
48 to 62 Phillips Street.
The effect of the hot weather was felt: p~rceptibly in yes{erday•a real estate
tradfn~. and compara,tively few transactions of more than medium size w~~e·
report~d: . In the city 1p,roper there was not a single conveyap:ce, ~nd the ol",\iy
transact~on b:ought to Iigiht was the giving ,of an optjon on a, North e:f.l:~ vi-PP~
erty, _on_ l:Dnd1cott str(;'!et. 1bµt Which has not ¥et :,:-~ached a definite sta.g.e · qf
ne~otia.tion. _<\. number of :;;ales ot fafr-sized property in the variou$ dist~i-ctS
w~r...e r'~o~ted •. and in Brookline a $111.,5-00 N;:ip1es road estate ,wal? reported ~.P'irl.
an~ resold, wlule i.n tbe s.a~e town, ~ Jl?,~.19 ·Q~ lap.d w~s ~onveye,4~ In
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Quite ,an improvement in the" number of real estate transactions reported was yesterday over the previous day, as
several good properties were conveyed.
One was a. $42,900 Cornhill property, conveyed in the course of a. transaction
not yet fully completed
Another property passing to new hands was a $28,200 Hanover street investn?tci1.t, ·while a
Small parcel on ·Ela.stern a,renue Vv·as conveyed.
In the West end two mediu1n priced investment
..conveyed and in the South end a small parcel w-as turned over.
chester. !.Roxbury ana West Roxbury producing eight conv:eyances
tham property for $7450 was also announced. ln Newton a number
_4-n aucticn sale of a Medford manufacturing plant scheduled for
bids up to the upset price.
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SOUTH END PROPERTY SOLD YESTERDAY;
147 Worcester Street.
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Quite a brisk trading in South end-property w_as a notice.ible fEi8\u~~~terday•s, real estate mar'ket, that be~ng the only city sec~~on where m~·~-~'.
was nOted. ",rheX'e were seven tra:f1sactions in that section.,· one being·~p.
a half'.-dozen pr9perties on Harrison avenue, ~ore strictly on the ~ox
all assessed at $33,400. An $8000-.Worce'ster street property, two on Wes
iine street assessed at $1+,000~ and two on Compt~n street assess~4: .at.·
.1:n,clude~ in t?-e 11st. ".I'he. ~e~tia.ti~f for l?rope;-t! qn ...~ver.ett, .,st.~~e~~
ton- s_tr~e..t. a:ssesseq. at $16,100 ~.-- rep?_rt_e~.. t~. ~he ,~~~a.h. end s~.~~°?!'.'-
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PROF'ERTY AT AUCTION YESTERDAY.
111 to 117 State 'Street, -Corner of Broad Street.
,,/:,:·'4 a fairly good day of real estate trading, the principal transaction was
;~~.' ~ale a..t auction o·f a valuable State street ~property, which the pu!'chaser
:~-.as. able to obta..tn at a. :price that surprised even the :m.ost experienced real
:f:~'ta;te
m.en l)re:Sent.
The price can hardly be accepted as a criterion Of the Sell-
t:".,tii- value of land 9n the street. In other sections a number of good properties
\~~re reported sold, including parcels in the South and West ends and the dis,_:-me:ts. In the outside localities Brookline had the most i
rtant transa:
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000 land lot on Bea.con street and two properties
~ s . a..ssessed at $70,000, !being subjects of conveyancE
, ··s auctioned and bid' in for $50,000.
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Hotel Saville, 2 to 6 Cambridge Street.
A new lease of life, was given the city proper yesterday from a real est&({~
staridpoint, 'because· of a slight revival of the ·activity Of the week prev) · ·
While there was no stupendous transactions. the feature of the da:V"s tr~was thP. announcement of ihe $:ale of th.e Hotel Saville in Bowdoin s
This is asse"ssed on a valuation. of $73,000
Another West end transfer
$16,700 property on Leverett· sti;eet, While a third was on South RuSsen'
where a $6000 parcel was. conveyed. T.wo in the _North end, one on ·P~inC.e
of $7~. ·:arid· a :D·o·ugla~s court property ,of $4500, ~nd one· in the ~quth:~
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F~~t.~e.,s~re.et_·d~elli~.:Q.f;$J.:2.29{) -yB..biatJqn·.,.
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Home of." Ex-Mayor C. S. Baxter.
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1.:r:~•?.~gh ..,,._to keep it from going by default. ~h!r~er~es
,.ga1.~ and two transfers were . reported
es end c
'..1:;P~eet property taxed on a valuait1on of $11f~::Om that se~tion
_..,~f $8500 valuation·. ....4... South end , dw 111
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'.I'.n, the dist1;icts East Boston: repo~tede th:gfi1;:zued -~t $13,9?0, w
~tree~ of six v_roperties invo:lving, <YVer $20,000. g
1 deeds in a.
a~l the other districts except South Bosto
":1- es were z:-e
?t~-~ George B Loring estate in Salem
n. T,?e sale of the d
\~:r-n.v~ment Three good- s~es
on a ya~uation
'e;rty on Sacramento street. while tw
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Yesterday might pass fbr one of the dull days :In the summer trading. a
varcels transferred were of sma11 valu'es ·aJ?,d. in remote _sections. The cirproper had but three. the largest being a property in the North end ta.,d .n
on a valuation of $14,700. A sm3:!l€lr .~orth eD.9- pat;cel conveyed is valued .!!
$3300 and situated in Revere pla-ce... ~One in the South end pass.~d to a new o
er is; on Wnion Park street. and is .va.1ue~-.at $7000~ In South Boston an i
iD: /Our .g?~d· .-P!ol:leI'~tes wa.:s ,c-ollV~:fY~d._ th:e.---. tOtS:1 · valuation of the four.·
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HOME, WASHINGTON AND EAST SPR·ING FIELD STREETS.
·washing.ton Street
standpoint of prices this week's real e"State -busineS
it was we3.ker. Ip the. city prope'r the Sc
J;)·~J_nt of number of sales
418~600 residential property on the coi;ner of Colun1.blls avexiuc ar.
"~r&!J.l!i:fer·· in th~ North end, where a ·$4300. pa1:cel in Barttetf pl<:1,ce
·.-bl: Roxbury, on.eon Shawmut av:_enue.of $6700. valuation, one .~n C
;·$57,00.-: Dorchester\S · contribution· was a block of. apartn:ient houses
·.~OJl .of. ·$15,900. Dorchester and East Boston. were the only district:
!'evAr~ ·.was the making public of the plans f0r the People's Palace
·,4~y.
SOUTH
END JPROPERTY RE'CENTLY CONVEYED._
371 Columlbus Avenue.
Although devoid of sensational elements, there was a little trading. In, real
e.s:tate in nearly all of Boston's districts yesterda.y, while the city itself w~
credited with two transa·ctions. One 01 •these was the transfer fo the Boston
Lying-in Hospital on McLean :street of t'he property of the Good Samai:-itan ~
sociation adjoining, taxed on a valua.ti<'n of $19,000. The other con'veyanCe
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of. a South end 'prop~rty on t~e c~~er:.:of.,~awn;iut,a.venue atl.~·Bri~~. ~
~onv~yb:ig ,a valuation of;.,$8~.
one transt:.e:r ..... was reported from
.ihe.
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~~~.:,~nd several properties carrYin-? good valuations c
..WEre not c'onfined to the .city alone, either. Those in
the best parcel to be conveyed being one on the
·1 eo'oper streets, value_d at $36,000. '£he Back Bay becam
.-Jle:Jng reported of a property on Newbury street, carryi
O);:~er city sales were of a $5500 property on Ea~t Spring
90n'.veyed to the present grantor, and a Bradfq;rd stree
·tfOn~ District trading wae 'good, p~rticularlY ··1n . Roxb
s(anCe a brick structure on Dudley and Kenilworth stre
tiO::h of $21,000, was transferred, and another, an ·apart
s~reet, appraised at $18,100. Dorchestei:'s 'b-e~t Sale vv:a
.A.ii.ams street, while in West Roxbury a $-16,900 propert·
-~'oii 1.&lso came to the front with a. $30-;500 sa1e. Other
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.f: :«lf$ti-1cts average.d high in valuation.
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PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY BOSTON LYING-IN HOSPITAL.
Corner Cham<bers and McLean Streets.
N·otliing staxtling ebtered into the 'business repoT'ted in the real estate field
yesterday• .the properties conveyed being about the B;,Ve:rage as a rule, with
on,e or two good sales to vary the monot•ony. The highest priced parcel to
change owners was a land lot in the Back Bay Fens, assessed on a valuation
of $44,500. In tihe ci·ty proper there were few t•ransfers, two on Northampton
street, valued respect~'Vely at $6000 and. $5600. passing to the same grantee,
wUiile an a.u"cti·on s?,le of a $12,000 propel"ty .on B.;1.mm.~r street was reported .... In
the districts· there wa,o, l!ght trad!.ng. So.uth' Boston · leading With a group of
n~~e hoµs.~., va.lu~4 ~t \',$11,200, ~o~d ·a~, ,~ · .~~~~e~ ,, , ?t.·~er ...proJ?-erties were o·f abo1:1t,
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BACK BAY PROPERTY JUST CONVEYED.
No. 73 Newbury Street.
It is not often •that the transactions of a. day in real estate sh
,f the city and district properties conveYed were each of over $20,0
Jut such was the ,case yesterd•ay. It was a day -when quality far ex
.Ity.. Th'en. too, the ma)oritY of the big sales were iI; sections
)een rather quiet of late-the E:ack Bay and Beacon Hill Wllile e
;ales the 1,a.tter led from a financial stanctpoint, ~th a Beacon st
)f ~ $108,100 property, and .one on Pinckne:y street _taxed on a valuat
The contribution of the Back :Bay con$1sted of a N,ewbury stre
taxed on a valuration of $28,500 and a Bay State road house. carry
valuation. The districts vrere represented by Dorchester, which co
transfers of nine brick apartment .houses on Charles street, taxed
on a valuia'tion of $63,000, and another property. oh A..danis street of
tion. Other sales in city in dist:r-icts were few, and of ahout a.n av
ti9n.
BEACON HILL PROPERTY. BOUGHT FOR INVESTMENT.
31 Beacon .Street.
, The -week in r:e3.I estate op-ened with corisidCT'8.Jble 3.qtiyJtY in
th_e"' S0Uth end, where five parcels were'c9nveye-~
~ey -c·oni.l)rised ·one 0:n
~age~ street_ taxed on a valuation -Of $4SOO. one ~n Wilke$ st~·eet .o'f ,$2600 v~.
i,i?l.}• one on Spear pla-ce of $4900. a fouI"th on Medford cOµi:'t of $2800, an.d ~ 1~
on l~fa.
.St ·Lenox s•treet of '$2700. In the -'North end tl;iree p~·operties· were C
,~eyed~ - On E'ndicott stree~ a $11,500 l?roper.ty Pa~sed. . t:o new ciwner:s. , an~(
deal tn;c'1ud-ed a $2100 Parcel on Cross §'tt-eet..
ID:. this s~rne · se-C;~t,on_ a. - $1(?.~~:
pro.i:,ert,y on Charter ~treet was ,conveye·a ..Th·~ ,di'~tr,fots'· s'.p.p'~~ '_gcipc;l ~bu.st-.._:.;,
ness ,for this time of' the year. -while olltstde ,the b~ty~ tthere.:was.. s~ .
. inc.!Jtd!ng a $30,000 res.1aenua1 property' on , :#aM'ard'..'street:·,
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Berkeley, at the Corner of Boy/st
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Site of the Hotel BerkeleyThe Boom in Real Estate on
Boylston Street.
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Not in many years h~S any Boston
street been the scene of· so many operation:;;;, in real , e~t~t:~ as_ .has · Bo~,:lston
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during the, P3'.st• six or eight
months. There, Was. 3..pparentll'". ev:ery
reason ,~rhy thfs str_eet should be one .Qf
the :foremost in the m·atter 'of prices
and business growth. but for ma'.ny
years it 1agged far" behind~ and' the gerieral expression heard abOut it was:
uBoylston street has had too many
black eyes to be much good for some
year$.•• The abandonment' of the Pai-k
square station was one severe blow to
that particular se-ction of the street.
and the placing of that part of'. the
street west of Park square in the SO-foot
lin1.it was another. hard knock.
That
handicap to progress seems quite likely
to be taken off", under the legislation
enacted last year. however.
- In spite of these ... black eyes~· the
overflow of business; :from Tremont
street and the ·cross streets from Washington. 'street. becam·e so great that the
lower part of Boylston street became
rapidly prominent, :and the demand for
rents and high prices began to be the
rule.
No one questioned that in a few years
there would be a dent'and for property
on this street for business purposes.
and that rents would advance, so When
in· the latter part of last year a number
of real esta, te experts began to talk of
Boylston street development beyond
~rlington s.treet they found ready listeners among operators and the more
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need reviewing. and the way available
property has been ·snapped up by investors,
many . piec~s
having
been
turned oYer two or. three times. and
the deman¢ that ·now exists -for such
property are thtn·gs the possibility of
Which happening within six months instead, of at least as many years would
a· ·y~ar ago have been poohpoohed by
nine in every -ten well i.nformed real estate meri
.
N<J end of argument has been raised
price was $12,000. .Mr. Hurd buys for investment.
All these sales were -made through the
~~-?~ of Silsbeep Baker, Geer & Ingalls,
as-- to whethe; ;he -Boylstonis sound. r ~ .
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oSiti'on as it stands to.day
but
evE"n if tl}ire comes ·a halt in the demand, and some of those who have
gone in to make a quick profit find
themselves .ol>liged
to
hold
o;n
for
a
time. it see1ns certain that the future
of the street is to Qe all that has ·been
suggested by the rec~nt boom.
A number of mercantile buildings artt
projected on the
street tha:t woulQ,
hardly have b~en considered a year ol!two ago.
Some of the more notablEJ
examples are· the proposed extension
of the Warren Chambers,
two btlildings to go up at the two corners of
Gloucester street, and an undertaking
on a much larger scale, the replaCing of
the, E:otel Berkeley, at the 6orner of
Berkeley street, with a ne·w mercantile
building, the old ·building, modern and
substanti~l as it v;.~as. "being torn _down
to. make way for an entirely new struc-
the
ture.
The
Herald is able to publish today
the description and a drawing of the
new Berkeley J)uilding, which in exterio-r, as. the cut shows~ is unique in
Bostop.'s varied ar_cll.itectural collection.
T·he Plans were: dritwn by Codmari &
~!ir~:e~:tr t~~f1Ti~ ~~~:tee;fthe at~~~hi:
tecture is the direct result of
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tenipt to, gP.t the gt'ea:t~st amount _ef
light · possible, and therefore the wa1.l
surfac~s. reduced to_ a minimun:i, are
treated as long- vertical lines. Glass is
the principal material, so far -as tbe
area o·f
sides ' of the 'building ar.e
concerned: Ther-e are not onlf three 'exceptionally well lighted sides, but ampl.\
interi•)r light courts, so that the stores
a.re lighted at both front and rear and
the centre as well. Even in the entrance,
to the staircases and elevators this idea
is carried out.
"£he entrance will be
through long exten.sions of the store
windows on either side of the door.
The building. which -will be k:hoWn as
the Berkeley. Gcallery. is to be 70 .feet
high* the· maximum height for secondclass construction, with steel frame,
and to .all intents and purposes ·
proof. The material will be glazed terra.
cotta, while owing to the great amount
of window surface there will be considerable metal work.
.
From a'bove the effect is. rather that
of a Court, with a large central light
are.a on the Providence street sid'e above
the
fire-
the second floor.
On the first floor there 'Will be six
large stores, with basements. while the
second will contain offices and salesrooms of varying size. There are to be
five stories, and the thre~ upper 'Ones
will be practically duplicates of the second.
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Everything in the way of conveniences
will be of the mcst modern type, and
there will be speCial attention given to
vaults.
Those in charge of the building are
enthusiastic over the. prospects Of immediate success for it, as the dem~--nd
for space- is already very great, · -and ·
many refusals of rentals wer.e given
even before the plans were prepared.
It is· expected that the structure will
fireproof
~: ~~~~e1\e°t:-bi:tb!1:-Jn 1:'sf :o~x; ~1f{r
Aug. 1 as J)ractica.ble.
on York street of 66 feet, containing
57,400 square feet, upon which there a.re
about 40 apple trees in good bearing. con..
dition.
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SOUTH;.END PRO.PERTY BOUGHT
549· Columlbus Ave,
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ThGre ~.were several p,:COPer:ties of good- va~tiE
tate ..:business,. , the city -contributing se veralr to
e,s on Em.'IIl.et plac·e.. ill tlie west end. Carr3
,. , tt ~ , ·While_~· seoond ··1:rans~~: _in th~t sect~on
~~:."J!_et. _In the South end there were three prop,
_a.v~nue, a. re,Sidentlal parcel. carrying a v~~;.J~~'?;~, street of $6500. and ap._ot;_her on Oak stre,
r~rtment houses.. assessed on a valuation of $"
~;~e~ter_ ~-a~ several:,good tr~nsfers, amon:g them
:·., ~g '\"a.Iued at $1~800. Th6re were good co:riveyaI
::P.~,
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~0;ut_side of the:.clty Cainbridge had· one and N~wt
in the Teal es~ate realm was the finding by ·
f .,.. i:t Of a damage of $120,023.43 for _the Hotel I
,~aton Elevated ,:Railway Company to recover $3·
NORTH END PROPERTY TH AT HAS BEEN c'oNVEYED.
·Corner of' Hull Street and·Snelling Place.
Five More Properties There Have Passed to New
Owners~North and. West-En<:Is, Also,
Have Several Good Deals.
Once in a. while there w.ill be a d4:v•s trading in realty parcels when
i:ood prices prevail in more thall one section, aD.d such a day was Yesterds..-y.
No.t only were the properties conveyed of high value. but there was a sign
of reri.ewed aCtivity all alopg' the line, 1:as shown in the dem"a.nd fOr what
; :riiight be strictly termed investment patcels, a fea~ure th.at extend.ed even
-.:i·~-t~ _/t~E( dl~trict~~ · While the· ~i,t,h 1~nd le~ in tl;le number of city ss:les with
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,:w::as ~bove-: I?-. ave~ge value. po.t ~n the. W~f$t end, two brick b.109~~.
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·BOSTON PROPERTY OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE
47 Milk Street, Corner of Federal St~
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fhe Nichols an:d Shepard on the 1
and Weston Streets Sold-.Trac
Parcels in the City,_ Districts ar
There wa.c,; but little trading in real estate yes'ierdaYi
ao.me good, prices prevailed. AIXlong the ~ransfer&
fiOuses arid hOtels, the dema"nd for which haS,been f
Ia:tter· cla~s two .were conveYed in the South end, val
known as ithe Nichols and the Shepard and situated
al'l:~ Weston sti:e~ts. Anothe~ S9uth end tr8.1_1.sfer was
street. In the North end one conveyance was record
Endicott street valued at $9700. There were 'a:. nu
t~-~ districts, the, principal One being two brick apart
st;eet, RoXbUry,.' ca~rying a valuation Of: $18-,800. ,The :r
the'""sale of a va,.Iuable property at Point ,Allertoin. a
11ne and a land ·tract in Canto·n.
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WEST END PROPERTY R.ECENTLY CONVEYED.
Nos. 2 t<, 4* Parkman_,~treet.
rhere Were No Transfers in the City Proper and;
but Two in the Districts-.-Brookline Opened
the Week Fairly Well.
·Without exception. yesterday ~evelop;ed the smallest amount of business in
the transfer Ot real estate of any daY in tW~ year:s. except holidays. when the.
Suffolk r-egi.stry was open. There is no doubt that it is a. temporary lull, be-'!
ca1:1se there is alwa.Ys more or teSs tra.dli;ig 111. ~OVestment p~operties duri~g th0
summeh, atld ill. -addition there ~re de'als. ~eady fo·r closing involving Ia.rge?
amouri.ts. ·~ton's oilty ·tra.n~f'ers "ye,;Jtel:'d~Y were.of d~~trlct p~rC~ls, ·both')n,:
Dorchester, and, ot small:, VolUnie. J~t ·_ojitSide. how~ve.~ t~e~e, · w~re .· s0J1:l
~pop~rttes co_nveyed., ~~S... f~r·.1
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~itles _of the Many Bills That Were
· the Recent Session-Transfers i
Sections for a Day.
. Aln:.?~g the few
r~corded Sales o'f yestc-rd.a.y there wer
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s31ch proportions as to µiake the Sum. total o.f all pass for
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P~ncipal 1;.ra'Il:sactio.n, however, was the sate· ·of about an
th;e: ..'1-Iu:o:tington ave.::iue entran~·e: of J:he FenwaY, a tract
1Ya.luation ?f nearly $100,000. Th_~n 9n Francis street, just
'. Roxbury llne a,n $18,100 transfer took place, While there
-~ork 1~ Qther sections, although high prices .did not rule
S:8:les fl,nal papers were ~ssed, while Cambridge reported
of interest. was the _promulgation of the synop·sf.s of the
:Leg.isla,.tui:e of 1905, issued by the Real Estate. ~change. '
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PROPERTY CONVEYED ~N THE NEWER BACK BAY.
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East Boston Had an Unusual Day, While in Othd
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Sections There Was Activity-City Parcels :;,:,
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Trading in the district1 was a. feature o"t Ye?terday•s real estate busines~
although that was not all CYf the 'business transacted.
The Back Bay w.~ o
represented in the conveyance of a\llalf-interest .in a. $27,700 property, on Hun1
ington avenue, while in the South end was chronicled the sale of a . . ~ We~ Q
Dedham .street -property. and 1n the Wes:t,end one of $21.800 valuation.
Eal.<f
'°Boston ;i:n;$1P.ess was s'trong. 15 di~e:fen~ P.rop.~i:it~, ~ing . tnv~lved in· th~ · d9..y
also ,
rt_~ -~~r.ee_)~·-ra.n,sa<?tio~, Dor~heSter f(!':Ut"'~_~,_,. __ "2.
·-1n~:_the, UD:ex.p~c~ed q~a.J;.'t ,.
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PROPERTY IN SOUTH END RECENTLYC
149 West Concord Street.
No One Section Represented
One Tran~action-One Transfer
North End-.-Registry Fi
Whlle yesterday was not the dullest day of the su
was one in which there was but little business transacte
districts
The Monday of the week before Was the w
an_d yesterday was but littie better. All. toid there ~-ere
tions. one in the North end of the city, where an $11,200 p
an~ one· each in Charlestown, West Roxbury, South Bos
flgures from the Suf:!olk re?1stry showing last Week's w
ment ir::. T'he H.erald's review that there was a summer
property shown in the accompanying cut is one recent
Gulesian, and is assessed- on a v_?,luation of $9000.
NORTH END PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN CONVEYED. ·
87 to 89 Endicott Street.
Two Properties Conveyed Were in the South
End, and Orie Each in the Nprth and West
Ends and Back Bay-Other Sales.
There :was a little Inq,re life injected into the business of real estate trad,:~;/
ing yesterday, four of the city sections having transfers, while all of, the-.:
distritj.t.S but CharJestoWn re!)orted one -Or moz-e sales. With the amotint a1;:id\f
varie'tY, however, there was nothing that rose to the importance of a ·"big~:;'(
sale, ' the largest being a $9700 property on Endicott street, in the North end-.1}:~
There ~"ere two South end conveyances: one· of a property on ColUmbu.s ~:
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nue valued at $8300, and one on. West Spririgfleld street of $5·000.• qrie:, ·1µ
newer Back Bay, on Duridee. street, is taxed ._on a valua:tion of· $5200, arid·
transfer in the West en:d was. of·~ .$700'0 pr6perty on Pitts __ street.,
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were also recorded _in the. recent 5:ale, .at auclion, of a S:tate .st:r~~t
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s that :made.
~e .record of. the· d~y we~e ,·,,t
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22 Auburn Street.
tour Parcels Each in South and We
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to New Owners-Lease Close
Summer and Hawley Street
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Without anY disPiay of fireworks., the real es.tate busin
to_ne yest«:rday, and a~ unusual number of parcels Passed
"VYithsta?-du1:g the fa.:pt that _it was in the midd~e of ari ·
ev~r?7"th1ng_ 1s suppo~ed,to be at a s~andstill. The North a
~red1ted with four transactions each, although not a pare
t:1Je dignity ;>f five /igu~es It wa~ property of average valu
f./.~~stment.
rhe districts represented in the day's buSines
Ro;.~ufy• Roxbury and East Boston and h"ere too· p!"i
.::.<bu~Id~r o
n tehrest was the announcement' of a long:.terni le"
?{.·. 1 Ing on
e c9ri;ier. of Summer and Hawley. streets.
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NEWER BACK BAY PROPERTY RECENTLY. CONVEYED.
50 and 52 St. Germain Street.
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Considerable Trading Going on in the Island Ward
in All Kinds of Parcels-Activity 1s
Continued in City Transfers.
Business in real estate yesterday 'indicated:. some quickening of activity.
with East Boston again the centre of the mo"vement. In tl,lat district. where
there bas been a strong tone of late in realty transactions, more properties
have been sofd at good figures over th~ taxable va:luation.
This has been
mostly land fo·r improvement, the latest sale •being o.f 33,000 feet for $11,550.
Other land in the same section has 8.Iso been bought. for imp.roVement. Yesterday's city transactions were of an average character, some being' retransf'ers
of properties recently purchased. for investment.
There ~ere four in' th'6
South end: An E.a.st Newto·n ·street property of $6500 valuation, one on Brad~
ford street <"!f $3500, another on EaSt Si:>rlngfi.eld street. of. $5600, and the follrth
on Seneca street of $6100; In rt.he We~t:ei:iA t~e ; conveyallces were of a ~
pa:rcel on the corner of Myrtle· and Andercotl streets, and olle on Lowell strfa.~t
valued at $7000~ In the Nor:th end -wa.S. th~ tr3.:nt;fer of a" $9700 lnv·esthieri.i
f:roperty that -w~s ··bo~ght !but· th?:"ee
·ag~ by the present g.rantor. whi
·,
fie newe~ -.~a9k·
~:~ .$14,2J)O restµ
P.~t:c~~c..
nv:.y~d.; :;tn :t;
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PROPERTY IN BUSINE~S DIS'TRICT.C:ON: ,',
Nos. 74 to 78 South ·,Market. Stree1 .·
This Was the Feature of Yest¢tc1~y,
in the Real Estate Field-.-Sev, ,·
District: Properties Were Cot
Wlth Monday usually ,a weak ,d,?-Y fQr real. estate tr
a. fa:irly good run of business. ·. WTiile the work Wa.s, as
the districts there was a gbod transfer of a.' mercantil
M~rket ·street, taxed on· a,va.luation of $52,000. This:is 1: ;~.
ol.ls deals scheduled ·for closing soon of =business or rest(
-with the return of ·'brokers and others interested, th~ fl:rs
parcels under agreement. for sale will be transferred. n·o
of di.strict trading yesterday. -with ·four "tranSfers, Whilt '~.
Brighton two and Charlestown and West Roxbury one e_a ~
$10,200 property ori Cass street. Other plaCes i--eI>resente'd
"We,re "W'"inthrop, Cambrid'ge, Salem. Brookline and Nahant.
w-eek's work at the Suffolk registry showed a. little fall
:with the !I)ireceding week.
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NORTH. END PROPERTY RECENTL.v' CONVEYED.
Nos. 4 ,and:5.South:Market,Street. , _
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All. Sections Represented' in - Yesterday,s Work;
,with the Feature Another Property on South
Market Street-. Other Deals.
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Trading in investment propertf~s was t:he featur.e of yesterday•s buslh~s_s
:In real eeytate~ all se·ct1ons of the :ctty- .having a. share. The feature of the, dEt:Y,.
however,. was the transfer of an interest in another South Market street prop. eriy,:, cirrying · a valuatIOn of $79,800.. '. the sec~n~ transfer on that street :ln a~.·>:
many da3:s. There were three parcels ill. the· ·SC)uth end conveyed, a DayiE(-i;'.
str"eet 'P_rop"e~y of $7700 1valuation~ one on Middlesex street of $7500 and a th!~~/~)'
ori Genesee. street o·f $5800. The Nort!). en.d's coiit,ribution wa13 a Thac}?.er stre¢-"ti\,"7i
parcel. taxed on a valuation of $6000,.' whlle one. in the 'West end is valued a:t;;::s:~
· $3800. The ·newer Ba~k Bay furriish.ed /ori.e., a Dundee street dwelllng,._.. carryf · <.'l:;,
a. val'18.tion of $579q. There wa,e som8\bus~ne~s ~n the d4stric~, ~~j: ·
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.l~~il;l~x~~.t~,~.~~'.~·~e._of a.~~~~~.
.Yaj_µed
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c.t~ dfY ya:d
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MARKET DISTRICT PROPERTY THAT
Noa.· 18 'an_d 2_0 Dook Square and 30 Fa,
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liiotber. Conveyance in Market
,:,, . of Boston's Old Business Bloc
Sections Good Sales Wei
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The
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tiiee~ estate market 'seemed to tak:eis on aAmo'
variety
JI)lr(}perties coµveyed
considere
~~D.ces,· neither were they apartment
~hen:-
~f
hou~~s.
S::uibstan.tial business structures, !both bought for im
:xia.rket 6ection, Dock and Fanelli! · Hall squares. w
~Id. "While the other, just in the edge of -the West
1~f~ies a valuation of ~.ooo. Ano-th,~r West ena
M~a~i:J!ie:h:~eJsTl-;_;_13:,dw-~il~Ol~ih!n n1e~efort
rtreet house, valued: at $5200y .!Was transferred.
The
l;ther sections was one on Dorcheste a.venue, Dorch
~rookllne of $14.600.
BACK BAY PROPERTY BOUGHT BY F. A. WHITEWELL,
409 Marlboro Street,
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Wharf 'and Terminal Company to Fill 200,000
Feet and Then Erect Freight Sheds-Trading
in Real Estate Weak Yesterday.
Monday is not a very busy day, as a rule, in real estate~ and yesterday was
no exception. Trading was light everywhere :In city sections, the only conveyance in the city Proper being a sm~ll interest in a North end property
at the come~ of ,snow~ill and Shea~e streets~ The only districts to respond
.were Dorc~este~. w1~· ;t~o trans;ers and, Ea~ 'Boston _with one. Outside o't'
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city th";.1?'\1s·
also
I~ht, A:t;
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th" t:r.;rn!Sfer- of a tract
'SOUTH END PROPERTY THAT HAS CHANGE
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:112 "'net 1'14 Kencl;;,.11 Street.
One Is on the Consolidated Gas C01
in the North End-Valuable
That Have Been Transfei
Yesterday 1:"r~sactiotl$ in :real estate involved se.(,.eri
good v.alua:t.i.ons,,.. among tnezn ]being a. Roxbury la.nd 101
valued at $.ZZ,.500. One other conveyance in the same di
o~ houses in Conant street taxed: on a. valuation of $14:
had but three transfers; One ou. Allen street of $10,.000
the South end,. on ~ndaU street~ ot equal amo\lnt, whi
en9,. on Prince streeti,. wa.s of but $5800. Dorchester ha(
00
lep~~~f~a~~~m;wgllf~~s~~s~1M~ibu
8
~itet;ei~~e~;
Charlestown, in tl;>e la;;tter a land lot of 26,336 feet chan~
of inte1:est .in t.he .da.y"s wprk was the report of the la
on va:r1ous propertles·, within. a. short _t_im_e_._ _ _ _ _ _ _
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7 Asylum Street.
Several Good , ~arcels Conveyed in These SecJh:i
tions, One in Brighton Valued at $19,800-'· ·. ;
Two Leases Effected in City Proper.
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The •centre of the stage in real estate a-tr.airs was occupied yesterday by ·
"t!tstricfs~ where several transfers of properties' of good value were made~ ·__
:Bos-tan -had- three transactioris,.. Roxbury two. Dorchester two. and Brf ,
one.. the la-titer being of .a prOperty on Lincoln and _Market street.a;. taxeq ·
Valua.tion of $19-.800. There was ,also the division of an estate record~cf;. pr
ttes atl'eeted betng in the South end, Roxbury, 'West Roxbury anti South
,ton. This estaite fa a.ppra.ised as soniething over $30,000. In the city prop
oDly eonveya.nce was of an AsYltmn street property valued at,
...,..s, a:lso given oqt of t:he cl
ng term leases on .tW"
•tne properties. .gop,1,,J;us
o:,:-~~(l, 1;X:P,tn the N!1'.
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CAMBRIDGE PROPERiY JUST CONVEYED.
69 Dana Street.
{his Was in the Transfer of
e-rties Rather Than the
Several Good Sales in t
Yesterday was what might be termed a bus
· ;1v1ih
bt,lh
city
and
districts
-well
repres
Prices. had a varied range, too, going from valu
·~~i,Strlct land lots of a few hundred dollars• valu
:.::ma.y. nu:r;nbered three. one a Bay State road resid
· on Bea.con street of $25 000. and a stable on Ne
~other citY transfer was in the South end. When
':Nta.ny district properties changed hands. Dorch
'four., East Boston three. West Roxbury, South B
th-e latter being nine parcels passed to the sa-me
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l~~t bi~i,i~~thu!nmo\?nei~ se;~~0 :a;:rli::r~ ,
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properties as compared with £he July figures.
PROPERTY CONVEYED IN iHE NEWER BACK BAY;'
56 Norway 'Street.
Among the District Transactions, Also, There
Were Several Properties of High Values
That Pa~sed to New Ownership.
A much stronger tone Wa5\ shown in yesterday's ~ansactions in real estate.
that is to sas, the properties conveyed were. as a rule, of higher value than on
the day previous. and again tQ.e Bi8..ck B:aY came strongly to the front. With two
conveyances, one was of a $28,000 Beaco, street residEince, while in the newer
section a $20,000 apartment house on Norway street was soltl •:there -were 3.:lsQ
two tran~fers in the South end, one of a S~n,eca st~eet prop~rtY. taxed on a val,l'.J.~tion oi $6300, and one on Dover street ot. $63-00. There was also one in the West
·
a -Pitts s
et propertYf -v~lued a~ ~ - District
l~i-.-~a~ ~tr0:n ·
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MERCANTILE PROPERTY THAT HAS CHANGED (HANDS,
6'89 •and 591 Atlant_io Avenue. ·
Mercantile Parcel on Atlantic Avenue Has Been
Transferred-Other Good Conveyances in
the Day,s Transactions.
CA.rter a full holiday a.nd a. S'aturday afternoon, real estate busiiless took:
bn a. .strong tone for the opening of the week, ·and the city proper had its
share. The leading transfer was of a property on Atlantic avenue that came
.tnto the possession of the present grantor last June. It ts taxed on a valua1:lon o:f $31,100. In the North end there were transfers of four parcels, two
t,n Lathrop place valued in the aggregate at $5600, and two on Salem. street
-c,f •9500 a.nd $10,500 valuation respectively.. In the South end a $3500 property on
~ t Lenox street was sold. There was considerable trading in district properties, Dorcihester leading with seven conveyances. In S'outh Boston there was
:~X::ri~a:~~a.~~at1o~r9
$1~}~,us~hi~~
Brighton and Charlestown were of average values. There were also sales reported in Revere, Needham· and .Albington. The ,business at the Suffolk regist.ry showed a substantial gain over that of the previous week.
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38 West Newton Street.
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BUSINESS BLOCK !,OLD
TO
GEORGE
26 and 28 West Street.
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NEW SUMMER STREET BUILDING OF THE BOSTON WHARF COMPANY
IN SOUTH BOSTO'N,
Three Floors of Which Have. Just Been Leased' to
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,.- ao_,Hu-li Re~..;,."':t-.
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171.
33 Anderson Street.
-\ Hanover Street Block
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Deeded Yeste,;day to
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the Wyzanski Trust
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836 Beacon Street.
~J'Old Corner ,Bookstore" Passes
to N;ew ·, han°tt~. ',anJ WHl'- Shin,, U11t1efgrf
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a, ·Remod~Ung.
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With the Old Corner bookstore doomed,
the. cllstomhouse spurned, big signs
St:ru?;i~g at t:qe Comm.on, an?- Park-st
Cb.Urch
barely escaping . destruction~
Bo.St-on
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threatened
with
alm0$t
Gothamian commonplacene~s. Build ·
a Flatiron and be done with it.
OLD CORNEM
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BOOKSTOR~
l knowsWinthrop-Say no more; the cOurt
Gov
·wh~r4:;fore, and i~ satisfie~.
I ti~a~i: ~~l.i 1~n~;~ of the finest corners cei~b~~t~1~fi~ a1:.X~~%YlJ~::b.. ~~\;1arria.
/ in the city of Boston. 'l"'he. lot contains from the Massachusetts
colony and
Boston will soon lose another of fts
historic buildings-the structure known
the world over as the .. Old Co~ner
Bookstore" on the corner of Washi:igton and School sts. This famous building has been leased entire for a long
h
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ter!Il of years to t e
e C ercf ~ s
Realty and I_mprovement
o O
ew
York, the consideration being private.
It is understood that as soon as a few
floor,
such as
chall-ging the entrance
t? the store. The upper floors are prac1
1 4868 square feet, t&xed for $681,500,. about
; $140 per square ;fcot. Th,is represents the
land value placed on the property ·by
the- assessors, the ~uilding being taxed
for $4000
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The loc?-tion is 1 to 11 School st, and
:283 Washington st.
The history of the
where since stood the
.. Old Corner Bo0kstore" and went to the
Rhode Island colony.
. Soon after tJ?-e departure of thh;; fam1ly the follow1nC>" records were ·entered
upon the town °booli:s under the date
of July 1.
of the structure, which will be so
changed as to make it practically new.
Thus will paSs into history what was
built. The lana ~~as formerly the old
garde~ of Gov ~intl:ro~.
Prev1ou_s to this time, away back in
5 H\;f;i;in!~~~\h~
br~fii~~;
er, in behalf of h:ls father, Wm. Hutchinson, to sell his house in this to"V\rl'l
to Mi Richard t-£utchinson of London. ,
a Iyning draper.
o~ce one of the most -famous buil,dings
that the city of Bost?n ever had.
The passing of this fampus property
will follow quicklY" other notable buildings that have be.en raze.A to. meet .th_t\
i marc-4- of pro&"ress. such as~ the ·'Old Han· cock.. ~avern_, :'the Boston M~eum. the
old M~rchants• hotel and others.
. :.
From time to time interests of du.ferent parties in this estate have been
sold and the property at present is :in
such state that it is practically co11._..
trolled by a feW. Francis c. "Welch et al
; represent some Of the own~rs, while
!~a:11 p~!~1ethir ~o~~~~n~t~gttt!:i1n:
houses, in_ 1'!$4. 'A~~e- _l-:IutchiI_1son, the
·vd.fe of W11I1am Hutc.h1nson, lived_ in a
~~iT-1\n~~Us'-ihi:
~h~hew1i~~srg!
_aJJ.c~stor of Gov 1'homas Hutehinson.and whose mother --wrus the. great~unt
of J-ohn ..qryden, W'_a_s ?f gre~t ~ddr:ess
and the highest abillty, and J.Or a~t1me
Rev
John
Cotton,
and
even
G_ov
"'\Vint.h~op, fell bene~~h the spell of her
preac,h1ngs and ,d9ct_r1nes. She_ wa~ the
leader of the sect of Antinom1ans,
whose creed held "the _law of :fyf.oses to
!Je ur:profit~ble~ and th.at there is no ~nn
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I new holder:3- on the P:operty r_ern,odelln° erected-30 year~ before.Faneuil hall was
short leases
expire ~h! ~~?J~ ~ft~r:,.er t:i~~~1~~~~ \~}fl~iii;-~kwl~
will beg1~ the
~~~er C~~\1~!st~. a~y~!~<;kty w~~'X. pu~:.
chased last December what' was owned
by Dr Charles E. Inches. and th:ey now
sell to. Mr. Welch et a.I;:· truS~ees.
.
The property as. it__ .~tanQs toda_y 1s
valU"ed by the· asseS~Ors at $685,500:_ ,but
this does· not give· th~
. ~,l value_ ~::rf
the estate· as it is said•
,ffi~th1ng
more thari $1'
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,for ·1t :':l
niont· '
i- ·· ·.. '.l-"'h_e
xew.
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~tm:~~
ini;!1"t!~r~1;;v1nd1ct. ve
.. tn_ 1~38,
carp.e her
qoy Winthrop be1
enemy a_nd after a
~ele(J;>r~te:d trial she was bf ~nh:shteq fro:;i
.the colony. At the end o t is r13:i-t e
I governor arose. and pronounce! Judg;m~nt as follo~s.
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.Mi:-s H1:1tchinson, _the ,sentepqe of. the
cou.~t._that;.yo\L ~ear _is that you ~!e ba.n- ·
Jshe4 ·.f~~~ our-.'jur1sdicti_o~ as ·Pein~ ~
W'9m~~\~?t flt,_for: ·our:soc1..e1;y, and-:y:01:J:
_are,:~<h,P~:-,-pn!~f~~n~~: _t~~--~~~-~??;u~.
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:from his home
J~;;';\J
~t~~1:i:Fa~
~°ou~':.-
t.!.~:
0 \~·c~! ~~;'i
bpundea. ori the east by the street leading to Roxbury, ori the south by the
a\1I:~~1;.1r10~:ei<!.s°en t~e
:-the ·tow-n in 1645, -anCf ·cauecf ''.1=he scg-Ool~
J house estate"," and now City Hall sq. · ·
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Richard Hut~hinson. ~ho was a very
wealthy man ~f L_ondon, sold this estate to a ~oston µierchant for the sum
of £75, and this man, Mr ·Evered, con-'
veyed a part of the land to another
merchant for £40 This "?,'as the portion
tfiat was recently occupied by the 014
Corner b<?oks_torc.
it ~girai\i1'e'°a
~~.;t lt;di11hJO
~g~~nit
a~rb~fi~1
t!:eg~;'~·i1~~·h1t1!.~4:dL~t!1;
his q.aughtE?r ereqted upon the spot a
dwellirig f<?r the sum of £300 left her. for
the. pux:pose by her father.
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The property late;r passed into t~e I
hand.s o{ her daughters in England aIJ.d
was so14-_by therµ to T"homas Creas~.. to;.,.-,,.
gethe.r -with, its buildings· and edifices~·.::}..··~
. Oct:- _1'711·, :a:.t.:the.'. e.a.t-tire ·
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PROPOSED Nmw ·
,relieve'
.the
si\RE:T· BE~N'.:wxamr:roiroN~ND
muchsttiooted
t~g1:on street traffic cong~stion
r :F1tzgerald will call upo~ the
- , m·m· ,·ss,·oners to make .p"lans
C0 ,
:neW .street running from· Han'
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_to Boylston street,, between
jllgton 8rid Tremont.
It is
_sed to $eCUre legisl~tion to aU- .
·e·,, tlj·e::·c,·ty· to b<,>rro= $S,OOO,OOO.
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de ··.tne debt limit, ~ a
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part
of
· ·.\n· to be used in carrying,
h'":~.~e-latest plan.
. ,0 WIDEN ALLEYS
-T:a:M.ONT
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All 'the 'mo~ey the 'city. -would. bJ• ah ~cj'ipol st.r;i><st. ;:FromiS~'\i.ool.. to\Bromfield tna:te .
lowed to borrow out~ide of·the delj>t limit s:treet th~!e,are, t~o pas~ges.. ,Ch~pm.3'.11· ,pense 1n .r.eb
would,. be :.dev~te~ · tq,,)s~ree.ts al).·d> would ,p~acet·:·an~.' ~royinC~. ~sveet;i·,i~n~- .tli"e i,,p.l~p.·l? City Hal~; :"'N'i.
•be spent ,froin- the-'rew,1ar amount--that j!Oa\l'.fOr•.the"wideni_n:g"of eLther:.o.f··_thqse 'of the.old C
the ·city annu~'J.Iy'-seitis'·~id¢, fOl".'':f:h:a,t: d~- two: or t.l).e_ C<?Il.S1-::r;1:1ct~on ,of ,an ,~:c9a<l:.~' an ~ a bridge •. yi,
';pal"'tm~nt.
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--~ thorou'ghf~~e . 5._f.?. feyt, :w;ide ·.w,!dc.h.:..~"\V'.'OU1
hybrid _ ~ff~
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The "pla..ns, as'l nq.w-' proposed~ call f'Qr ~.a.ke ,in a -sectio,~ ~f ··!>Oth ~-iig~wa:y_~.
-thp .. str:ee~,
the -widening of certain small alleys that
An . a~enue · rtj.¥~inp · ~-r?.1:11- .. , H~n?ver \~ff<?~d · th~·
~re sandvy'\ch~_d: 'Jn ·!be~e"¢.~ washit;igt9-n _stree'f: t9 Br.on:fleld ;sf!!3et 1:5 -a prop?s1tio~, n1~:1:1~e?- by·
and Trero.Qp.~ : ,stree.t$..,·
AlthQu~:P. .. they.; ~tl;l:?,t grf.?at.Iy. 1nt_er~s.t.s M3:-yor Fltzg~rald. ton an.d: T
:now serve _:as·."""'sh.or.:t.~cu~r,, '·for/tho15!e who Plan~ calling. fo~ th~s a.s· 8:- _part of the
frequent ·1t~e·":;;inQ-j:,piµ;g~)dtS;t,t:i.Ct-. they· do new thoroughfare fro~. ,:f!~n9:v,er str~et . ~·w.··
Only a s*1~)( P,-~t. 't0):v¥,d*,~ relieving the to . B~:.Vl~t~n are ~rnbo~ed iq. ~- . ~~n~r~l run the ·n:e
conges~ed'~ ~e<,::t;Ions. ··, - ! \. ; ~. .
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. pla~ ~:U~~~tted 1;;o. t1?~ Mayor by" Henry P.
From H_a~ov:er·.. str.~~t-·±o '.~9X!~~p. ~tre~~- _.¥~llo~s ~f 43 ri;-Y'.em,ont. street. ·~h~.~e .a:c-e west end ·o
thei-e.Js aI.r.p._oSt: ~:p.~uri:q~~~#e4.:~horo~gl).- -~ein~ Garefully .consi~e~~p. by ~.i:n~.
fare Creat~d :PY_-.t:1}.~~~·-..~~a~~ .al}:ey$;·.. :W-~!~h.. ~ Mr. -rellows in ~ c.om~~nicat1on to the ,'\vidth. of.
rang~ in ~i~tl~},f~w-:·~"~- 'f.e~t. t~ . a,Ef,'O~: ~o:.~, }~/Iayor s sec~~ta:r;y s~ys. / . . .
. 'th€:"''inai;
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hy ~b·.
t.1!;1~/i.\
6
ift~eet roa~~~.
::f.J~ '.!'at ~~!.EJn '.ia ..!r, -l!;f!~~ . ··$~t.. is Plans D1Scuss.ed to,:af9aae.:·· 'Schooi s.
. _st,
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the use 'of· tr,ying/
Of ovk:
Washing'ton, street? Why not·ruJ;i a,n1;:1w. thiS ·w\:i!J:l
0
n canS for an avell.ue to run rthe Trem~r~t· 1.hJ~a~e"t1;>loc~t,'.·a.~~~:tj¥.fD.~ed
over .. street to ~.rom:field street. passage froUl:,~e.s-t;, :s-:tree:t ·.~·~~yi'.StOn. ·;
·widen the s~ries, of sm~ll alleys
Ai ,F.ranktiD. AvCnue :·~·
exist ·and woUtd rnake thein into
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thoroughfare.
The new_ 'tlioJ:otig1-:,l8-re. woUlci-:··st3..rt·- at,
:hor with Senator Francis .T.... Franklin ~V~:h:q.~~ -·. a~~ the ""'."!d'e:hing o:r
p~·ans to have more street im- that passag¢>w-<>ul~':·~ke a. broader way
ts in Boston this year than for 'into Courp:, f!!:f::"I;~et ·.trOm.. Hanca:v-er A3~:re.et.
'.'1_0 Year~ .past. and t·he· Washing.. That would'., lea.4 into
C~ur.t, .sq1,.1.are
, et m.atter will receiVe much con.: (south) ~nd·_. ~onti:n:ue on: :_. ...f.0:ugh./. City
!ln a~--~:'_e_p_Ia~~-a_r_e_o_u_t1_1_n_ed_._ _ _ _
F_I~a_n~a_venUe.. makin.g 'a dtl;"eCt'-P,~~Sag~ to
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to· :West: street an~ arcade this uew i,neSS blo
's:tr.e~t it~ entire~- _l"engt~;~,,: Such_ ~- :-~~ca:a~Q.>:r1
.Street will relieve for a,11~..cume the. :.con~~ :etr:uct~d .
stan_tly iri~r~as~pg evil of .:th~ cQ.llg-e:s.tib~~ f6f .'\Re ne·
on_ W"ashington and Tremont -streets; .and" :Chis le~ve ~;.~
you can't. relieve it in any ot-her 'Way;
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,pose,..· by Way of ,City :ga:;n avenue ,and_, titr.!-e.
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re on the · site · Province street curves northwardly to · the same time you a1S·o give .. dir:"eict· ac;..: .,arch1.tects ~ou19- s?cure a '. ~~ .
tChed to it by Province cO.Yrt so that· beYond · Province c~ss to the new wide Central: st:re·et; f'rO~ . .' City ~all. ~~ keepi1;1g :wi.'~1! ._tP;"
other than a
court the souther!~ side of the riew 50- S~ollay_ square by way of, ~orth. d~rt dignity and impo_rta1;ce_ of the
'sf'actory; while foot ·?.ride central street would · follow , squ~re, . and you· relieve , absOitft.eiy ·Ute (ity. The s.~ntiment :J. 5 _1 n :ta.yor · o :,
. tpo narrow to practically the line of the street pro- . congestion on Wa.Bhirigton and 'Tl"eniont · City. Hall at )?ark s~ua~E:· , ~~~. ,'I~
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de- posed by -,:\ray ~f Province ·street.
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"This would give the P.:i.rker House'. a · ·
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as ing- frontage on the new street (10Wer sto~y.
Sell Public _B~ildings·
~ign for a C;% Hall aqc~pted. ·_su_c'
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arcade'd) -from School street fu"Boswor_th
··~11\he 9ity ~all 1.~ts~'~a'.~1). .. 52,:_bY;:,3:~s{' City Hall a d the new1··8.lr.ca9'e.
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e CitY Hall, and and' abutters on the side of PFOvince
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·_ bppOsite the street could advance their holdings.':tO~the through the middle of." th_e.;·i~t/ sell fh!{
With. a ·broad avel'lue to~
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cotlrt!10Use with t~1 buil~irig_~on -1t, in.1 ;~~e~t c~;l~u~t\1~a~~dt:.!1~to~1:,~'·
just about the could not Var·~ materially fro_m that·of th"e· any ~tage of construction (any syn-dl~te :Boylston street would .be mUC:
' leading up to street _pr_oposed by i:\-~ay of~ PrOvin~e . Which wants Young's Hotel for ~~~n~$S·_ \From Bromfield stree·t, -· there~:
ty Ha.11 from str:eet~ wt:iile the values of all .P~OP~;t'"tY offl,~e~ would t~e lt)'·,·an9-: s~~l'. .th¢- Old :half-W~y- stre~ts ,Whic~.- collld ,:
t has a front abutting on. the wide street W?U~d ·:b~ P:roba.t_e_~b':1il~~ng, ,and use th~/' pro,c.ee.~;?': ,be utilized in~_cotitinU.fn_g 'the.·ri
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"either sideand . m:3-terially enhatl~e.?,_~ owing' to its gr._eat.,er· : at.·:-P~_rk:co_nstruction of Hall: I~t~~90:nt~n:3 .,n1.sh the ... Qeginn1ng, of place ,:·wo.
ot width and the a;c~es, over Y,alue~·,.oJ:J. for .t'b.e_._·. 1~(lµ~e. - City ~-.n~w_._·.· ..·.Ci·t.Y,_-__.·H····"' ;/l';lgh:fare, w.hile:-.~f.#ter a new·.!
Wide for bus- the much narrower~·st1:eet along.:the,.tlne .2~.915 ~~u.are·feet, while the Jq_~dan::.~~f- :throu:gh;to ·Tern,ple place._A sm,
p-usiness blocks of Prlovince street, with the a.dvantag~ ag~ h~s -47,362- square feet-ample· ~J.>ape, :running from Temple place to
buildings con- in the elld in !~V·?r of the brqad stra'.ik11,ti ,for a'~1,~~-Pltjr Hall iJ?, the m.-0~-~ .-~e:nt~~J:·.:~t:reet~ c'ould ·be U_tilizetI ·;t.s ,iil; ;o~
· along the line arcaded tho;rougfi.fare The extension of locati.01,1 .. in ·the_ city.,. Down-tow:n;, :v~~ue.s: .. -stances,, w-P,ile M~on·. stre~t, _w~
to WeSt st.feet
J?:rovince Court and.· ~~hirigton .street c~n. 11:e'.Ver ! be 1imihfsh~d by the r~~:<>V_8i~_"1 _the new thOroUih-rS:·re to:'~ii:e' w ·
.-56 feset wla~ and ,B(?~Worth s.treet and~.Ha~ilton .place. 'of tlie_'· City~ Hau~ Whi~e a C(i:Y)·_H.it:.11 '.al: Tremont. Theatr.e: .·The.w~'.ij,vt ..
s· only: 21 feet into the new street would .follow as a :Par-k square -i$. in line\_With tti.e present.··ab:t'Upt halt to."the s·treet·the
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··~un . your ne'?.o- street,, however, ·~ ~s i, ca~.· undoub,tedly get a- fong:.
. . iO:tJ,_, 'J·ex.tends :from Boylston f;'t '·
;atlas of YOU·,have proposed, by -w:ay ·of :f'r~nk~iti on tl)e Jordan garage)fit or_tj
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GEO. W. DEEN, Bo;: 457, Waycross, Ga.
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l PARTNER WANT.rED-An old established.mac1J.ine build~r. manufacturiag a line of highmachfnes, to6iJs, wishes a · Jive·
Cam- grade.- standard n·ftb not JesR._t.h.a.n....._Sl_Q__ ±o
eeUve nar±ner
: ·W.A,NT~mall cotta_((~ at.b~a<;h, handy ·to
: Boston;. state lowest cash figure. : P · 305,
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LODGI?i:!G HOUSE wanted, 16 or more room·s.
B, B preferred. · N 304, Globe office.
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M:xLLINERY and dressmakiil~ school for
sale, est ~several years in large city; can ndd ·1
millinery parlors. N 24.1, Globe·offlce. WSu*mh27
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aide line •. H 316.· Globe office.
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or an.other is a. large · tick-et l~bb?'"•
reached from Tremont st;re-et .. Som¢;'-~.
arr:a!lgenient Will be · Worlt.ed out in-. Q
to ··relieve· ihe in Creased. tr~fflc : at;''·
present ticket booths on 'the, UP:p,e,:r\
Although the P~r~,c.·.. street ~.tati~~ .J::!3
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Over switClies hat ~'tlie we.Sterly'.:ezi~fc.,f-;the:
station. Alt this is9 of course. 'C~C,Ulaied
to db awa~.: .-w.it_J;t ~ qongeBtion '.Of. ti~ffl,C ()fl:.
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For example,~ when a. trai:a com'es in
from Cambridge the passengers will be
going, Out to the side platform ·while the
waitill.g passengers on the central plat-
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tfle pav~TI?--~nt. This; lo~<;>r tun.~el stat!on
will consist of three platforms running
from the Tremont str~et .line westerly toward Beacon street for 350 fe_et~ and_ thus
the dire~tion of' the lower tunnel will be
at right angles to the platform-s ,and
tracks o·f _the upper, or p~esent,. station
of· the subway.
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ne~ ~tation,
to,· be' 'what· is ;~nown as_~- t•:satfunl,s
or:: real,,,.. termiilal; for tfi.e
:t~e;:>:th8:t. '9£~}. ?om_e~fij O!! ~ith~r. s~¢1.e .o"'f .·the:
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subWay may be~--the Parli: street
will be one of the centres of· 1:,r~D,;
tion in Greater Boston. _Just ·
will be thrown open to the p~bJi
through trains running directl;r '
va.rd s(luare, in eight or nine 1n}
be dorie at the sa>t'ne"thne. But eVen more a reduction fro.tr;t. the present thn
important than this is the fact that when
inbound trains are running on short head ... an:. hour or f?O; i$' a. questio1_1. ?;'
'!ta_y dllring.. tbfl rush ~~s two trains. c·a-n report ot fh~ Tra~sit ~Q:rn.tnJ
Ok, unIOitded .a'n~· loa:J~d at the s3.m~ ·time~ h~s --:Just been ·~~suea- sel:.S"'
py means of the two:.tra:ck accomtnoda- work waS de1a·yed on the Carµl:5
tions, one on either' side of the centre nection for more than five mon:t
platform.
cause of the unsuccessful liti.ga;ti'c;,'
tuted by Edmund D. Codman a-µd
Naturally ~nough there are some de
tails which th~ Transit Board. and th~ to· restrain the commission :tz:-'!:,
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Boston EleVated officials have not yet StruCting the connection.
worked out suffici~ntly for definite descriptions. Among these are the form of :~0/~i:~1\;otl~eu\eo:0 ;-t~ce Ju_l? .:~
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At that date there will rem
the Tremont st~et · ~nirances and exits.
three to six months~ work \
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fr:!~:~Iifsh~~
be IOw arid par"t:IY open, as ·in the type s~bway will hardly be mu.cP.,·
j~st b,egun "
~~r~ea~:arn.te£~df;;:x:;:eu~ri:~i!~ ~:;;
ter~Ilg the tWice ~s f8,~ below the _level of· th,~{ Mall
mp~ied on as is the p·~~ef1:t P~k &,treet ~t,~tion, for
hich. exit the trac~s: .~t.<tbe Tremont street: e~d of
exit ,p.lat.-.
.three ways
''stairways
r.l.evel .PlatblY, ·'rn8.inly
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io:~o~i.e~;:ii~:th!~e~:Yt:i~· ·
ity that the low~r· s:ub-vv:a.y ,ni.ay,··
tenclecl · to South st'at:ion and~-~:.
square Thus the :Park· str.e"et' Io-w:.~
station -Would be a .way ~t~tiO~~·
,speak. Th.e ~all:r-0,l),d Commt~sio
Rapid . Tl,""~~it C~tn!lli.ssio~ h,ar,v
mended/to. the Legislature ,the
of the slipway '·doWn. Win,te·r~_~n
streets to South station, and---- t..
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)~pt'oveme.rits Board to
the Legislature.
ON ELECTRIFICATION
truction of Two Bouievard
~;i:'.,ttJgtiways and Harbor 1111-
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;ip;g,·hfgh~vay between the sa1ne po!nts
arn<;>ng s~veral far-reaching
i>_'.r?_.·jeet_s_·: reco~mended to the Legis1a:.
t:U1t:e , y.esterday by the joint boar.a. on
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'P:~Jf~fCi~al i;nprove111e1~ts in its fin.a.I re-
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in the pend1ng ,~onstit\ltioll,al atjjend1nent could. be< carried into effect Jn the
case of thiS proposed, hi·gh\yay W*hout
serious and Jong-drawn-out liti~tJon,:
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V.""biCl1. migb\ b~. car.ried to the ~U:-~eme
<-report points out that about $2,-
-_<:;~n be saved t~
city if ~t.nc
_nd . surface hy;·hway are c..:onat the same tilne.
e-.:C.Qn1missio11ers· also ur<>"e the- con,,.-~: ., ·
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.:t1q~1 pf a boulevar~-l11ghway f!'vm
:nJ~1.a 1~~~ tq the metr~politan :'ligl~1
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.in;- Q1.! 1T CY: t_o b~ kn°'Y; 11 as the ... ?~d
~}O~Y. -boul~'\aid-highwa~.
and .t.J.1e~
".~1S'_,?-~r:t:l~l:1-d• als. o, ~he constru1:tion or
~e. J?I"op.osed Cambr1<;1ge-S0me:i:v1lle bou.
-d;..~1ghway, to give Bost~n a direct
~et1op- .with the me~_r9pohtan parks
.an,d. north of Boston
QiVide~ ~n Etectrificatioi,
the suQ,ject of the electrification of
·Sim railroadS within a Prescribed
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fl"om the State House. the joint
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~i:,tted.- The first. a ·majority report,
larf:~ -a~aii:tst electrificati-0n. Ti1e /:lee~,~~d/·:.q.ecla:res that 'electrificat1on shou~_d
be::o_id~r,-e\'l." .bY .the; L~gislatu,re, .but; wo-µld
(:lOt/·h~ve. the date for the completion of
tan:'e :Work. ~xed arbitrarily· at -this: time.
~:.t.-l~ird ,repOrt On this su~~e¢t deClares
.GJ;fii:t,.:: .the , su~ject · should be further
~~µi:<~re-~. b.Y an authoritative body.
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ifi!g·:"-t,:O'·tt,i.e·harbor fr~o:nt and terminal iffittii:~¥eme_rits It u.nanimoy1sJy recomll1.eods
f:rft:proven1.ents· on ·the: Comn1onwealth
. " . and adv.ocates the im provem-ent o'f
~r. .:,'e·~sterl')"~ Shore front of East Boston.
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, White, <;omprisin_g the boa.rd of
road· ; com1nissioners;
Geo1:ge 1 E.
::th, .~an)µel M. M~n.s.fie:Id ~nd Heman
·,'A; \ Ha_rding, c0mprisfn'g . the 1;>oard o-f
-n'&~b--ol":-·:and land' con1,n)isSioners; George
' ,, ·· · 1~0cker, George F. s,v,a.in,· Horace G.
JOsiah Quincy a.n·d James. B:
· coml'.:frising the Boston transit
pn, -.. and William ,B . . de l~s
d,~in·. U. Curtis~. David
Skile:rton P Whi+ney and Everett
qOJ;i.::rp;i~ing ~ the metrOPolita1;1.
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· ·t, bo'.a.r:d.·. wa$ c~eated. by- the
r.e:'(?r_,.190~. and itS"fask was to
:the'·re,p~t made by the forinef
on': on 1n·etropolita,n. improve:-.
d' su"ch. add'ed c,,rF-ela.tive matlih:t· ,come Wit}1,in its 'Province.
,, ,. 'Q_ ue_.~rtlp,11' of.:a_ ;T,u/Onel.
court Of tbe United .Sta1;:e-S. .
"~:"In considering this matter, ft sltould
be born~ in piind that through the_ ·:.c:>1;1...
struction _of the highway fn·.connec~1on
'"'~ith the tU.nnel a saving of $2,009~000
. '\V(?Uld_ be. mad;e in the ab?ve fig~res,
covering the estim_ated' cost of land
takinc:>'"s under the offer of ~1:1.e railrqads
tO co~trlb~1te. thi~ sum. th~s redu~ing
t·he net cost of su<;.h taking~ undei~ P,lan
2 from $5,339,720 to .$3,339,,20.
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"'Pi~o.ba. biy the Jat te·r .su. :q.1. ___ ·coul~ ·1·u· r..
ther b·e saostantially reduced under,:the
$econd.' plan. tllrOugh the assessmene-of
betterm~nts upou ~ll esta:.t~s b~neft~:te~
by the. imp,.rov'ement, parucuiarly' i f ·p?,e
full· benefit .realized by such· eSta.~:es
were a~~essed 1:1pon th_em. in~tead op:5o
per c,ent~ of suc.h be11,eflt~ a:s .Prov1.d~d
by the g'enel"'al lavv- n-ow in "force in_ 1;:l;te
city of Boston ;,t:
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such a high'way, in ·connec-tlon· with
the b'Uil:ding of a t;un·~el, -. !).~s been
made by Mr. Leslie c.· Wea~ for the
purPoSe of estimating. the ·Cost of th.O:
reat estate.
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an·l~fssceus!!~1Tn~~~~Il!~:io~u,:;:r~~~~
sideration· or the projeCt for a; tt,tnnel•
bet,veen the North and South s~a;tions.
and the saving V\rhich mig)1.t p~ ·mad~
in such tunn'e-1,if it were built·in con-,
nection Wlth ·.this. highway."
~8..ctOry, ,var~l10use or structure built_.on
this land. -It is· ~-:ithin 3000 feet of t.he
Edis.on Electrh~ I1lumin3:ttng Company's
plant on the southerly side of the reserved channel. 1:ro1n which electricity
for h~ating. lighting and power can be
delivered at a reaso.nable price, without
the expep.se of.,bui.lding a large electr.ic
plant.
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"Fro1n this area, it is an e~sy haul to
all parts of the oi.d busi;iess dis~ricts of
tl1.e city, both retallJ and ,vholesale.••
';!'he board does not approv~ of the
sug~estion· that the st~te c'onstruct .8;
e~rY dock. in Boston harbor.
'There 1.s
no demand from o,wners of v:-essels e11t.e.r1
··.ng t~1 e p6rt _o·f. Bo.ston fo. r aQ.ditlon. al
dry dock f,&cllities, 0 it declares,
Th¢ .Charl'es l--=tiver basin is· referred
to b~" t.h~- r_eport ~as '',The Court of
Honor of the· MetroPolitan District and
P,B.rks.'_' and-the. boar·~ in8.kes t"\Y"O sugg~stfons for its iinprov~ment •. namely,
the establishment, -0f a proper approach
to the d~h.iew'ay along the easterly
E-ide o{ the embankment and the, b~i:µ,
and. a further development to provide
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~~~~~~tftn ut!~~in!n~~;;~~fr~~!~~s ~~
bas. in and emba.nlcment present.
~harles River· "~asln lmprovement.
Introducing its seqond sug'g'e~tion_ for\
the ·improvement of the C~arles river
basin.· the board says :
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'"The basin i~ at prese~t a. Wind-swept
la~e <?f 1nagnUicent distances, ~urrounded·, by a f0rmal embankment so narrovv:
that· ·abuttprs object to it·s be:lng occupied by bo·at hou~~s Qr other. facilities
for recreation' ".J'b~ inadequacy of ·m~ari'S
for µtili3ing the· opp.ortunlties for recreaMajOrfty Electc:-lfiCatJon Report.
t{on '' ,and ~njoymen.t which. both baSi11.
Messr6. Smith; Man'sfle1a. Ha_rding. and embankm-ent present has Peen di.~,cusSed - before .and" it has -been urged
Swain, NoYes. Curtis. ~k1_iUngs~ Whitney· tl1a't an expanse of water as great as
and. Ben.ton att~ch th~ir- names to the tJ1e ba.Sin in· the midst of a city. p0pula-\
majority_ report on the questi6n of eleC- tion is u:r;inece~sary arid tliat better uses
. trification. This majOrity report is very for some portiOn of it ought :to be
voluminous. and it col1cludes with th~ sought.
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foUOwing ~re some .of tl;ie p~inctpal rea.. To this· end it has been sugg'ested that
sons for the opinion of the tnaj.Ority:
an isl~nd"
consti-Ucted' in it~ of a for-,
"'The best method of electrUica.tion ,is 1n8:,1ity 'ill J:l?-:r'ipolly, ~ith'_'t"h8.t of ·the. constill undeterrrlined, and ~tandardizatio.n st~ucdtj-n already ~ade;:an,d argued th_ct,t
:rs-.
is much to· be desired before extensive it would break tli~ sweep of ·the wind
electrUication is undertaken.
and provide locaticons ror··boatho.uSes"'and
"The· electrification Of the termi.rials of for other conveniences for sport and i::esteam railroads under present conditions
e:i;:eatio:tt, an ..
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if. <l~S~red,. >tor rio. tabl.e
doeS not result in economy~
buildillgs ..and , .dwelhng.s. and leave _on
'"Electrification would in all, pro"pabil- the Sides .'streams wider · than
the
·1ty require ·an incr"ea..Se Of passepger Thanies in London-or the,Seine·1n Paris.
fares aud p.e1 hia.ps 'ot freight rates, , to
'-'".The coSt of such an. island might be
_pro~~ce_ ~he t;ey~n'll:~ req,u~red to pay 1n~teriaIJy· ~eauceq.. if, the' .work wer.e 1
for it.
un4ert;:ilten .,i\l dhei near fu~ur.e; by use
"Tb;e-re ·a.re other exPetiP:itures which of material ·. .fr.Om.· the subways being
sbOu!d be made by the railrOads, whib.h constructed, or about .to- be co'n$tl'"Ucted
"!!~1:trto·tt:aitiu~~rr~:t!-!~~~tl~~ are demanded b~- · ~onslderations of in the cUy, of-!Boston;·,-:and if ~it ·were
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necessity, to enable the-rn to lneet th~ Q.eemed w\se· to con·st1;-uC'f the island of
&nd , ~ol.lth statio~s. the boar,1 de"mar:t'd.$ of t:pc{~asir;tg tr~ffic, an9" whic~ a Size a~-eqµ:~te· to j:)rovi~e more·- SJ:>3.ce
h a.. tU'nnel s.hould be of sufficient sh~.uld l'.!-av~ precedeD:G~ of , elect:ritica:- ~an th~t: reqllired -'~pr recre8.ti~.lt and
sport, :.lt.,'Ultf;;hl: be·;'possil;>le· ·t.o··'/;elL a
t::/ fbr :_both 'pasSenie::r -and: freight' . tion.
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~<>rtj:Qn ,-e!'•<rv<;;.~-,,pi:'i'e..-- suffident:· -i:'O:
·_:·-'·•.a·tter· ·:rtS c,pen1titr ror:·,:rs~ -~ .' -..-)\1ess-r~~8:'H.-·-:-~!sh~p~--of-9,~er-·
b1e·
aSSep.o-er&~- both tl.1.r·6ugh ler, •and D~: las Ca~as -.~a.k:e a. dl'.5Sent:-· ray~ fOr- )ts co,st· tp ..some- su9-h .il)s~1t~to ~onti,n;e o'n through. and. , ing. repo,r~. ·and Me~sfs. Whit(' anci t!on as the Institut!' of Technology,
· either termini! station via : tu:e Q~i~oy another.
Which: ~-~s-'know'n ·to: 1'e< seelting".:8, ·new
location. and othe:r.wise wciu1d' have to I
to the other terminal statiori~ and
Harbor Improvements ..
ulU. tl1.us physically connect t.lie
Under the dlvisiOn of "'Harbor Im... ocCupy' ta~able'. larid where·ve·r it might
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$.E:r.ving the city of Boston and 1... .,, board -expresses the opinion that '"the
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Old COiony BoL:Jf.ev~rd.
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shores· of Dorchester bay• should be left
In re cornmending · .the- construction of J
~·o:u.I~- 8;-lso tend to the sp~ed1er as tli.-ey · are at -present, in the control the propos_.ed O~d . CO.Io. ny. B~ul~vard-1
t ~if_trelght, and w~uld to SOJ:?e of priva"t:e owner.ship .f<;>r. development highway .the boa:td says.:
,
ehe'":e the congestion of. city for manufacturin.,,.. and si;naUer wharfage
"From the; South: station ,in Boston a:
·· far as due to the ·trans~er of Purposes.••
t=highw:aY extends -i;o Q<;)lu.m.b;~ ro~d ove1>
s a..n? baggage. by yehicles.
The bo-ard does not. recommend the a part. of D~"¢ch~.s~t;r.: av~.zj.~e .and, qver ~
·1:1,_qw devo~ed t-0 pass~nger ear p,ublic improvement Of the -westerly the old location o·f:· the N~w. :X"prk, New:
t~e _beaTt ..?f t1:1,": city would shore 9.f East ~oston. but does racom- Haven. & Hartford r~ilroa(l, w.l}{~h. :wt·tJ,1:,j
from tJ:p~ · ;us.e, . a.n~. ~~es~ mend the _p"u'bli.c · deVelOpment of· the sri~ht Jniprovem~XI., ~ t~~ ci~,,
· D;e.;
·_p~.pQa.bly. }?'~ plp.~.ed.-.a.t .. _.su- e~sJerlY Sh.Ore..:_ Of tha;t, island as·"~~- in~d~- the . .be -iµn.1~~ ,·p"f. on~.
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".011~;,ep.''·BY:'.chap; 6 :~ ·ot_.,t.he acts. of r~q~~al : hi
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.tliEt'·Co·mmon..:· O"V\?).\~ 3:~d. ·deve~o_p .µ1.i_s are;a. ~~r the )s~n-~
Y the· \ ci::n!lmbn-: eral i:h.ibfic adv~nta'ges Of c<;>m:i:p.erce· and:
6i";iby the city; of··BOston. ·
"'flirci:i~~-~; ·1:~~j:u!ri.
n~vigaf::ion ••
To~d~
· the· tUnnel by sori:1e public
y; and to_ .t~~t end a prOViston
"e made in Such act, in addf...
hat contained in 'general laws
g, the ter~s upon which th&
l'·may be so acquir.ed.
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~l'., ot..,1i_er ·:.:b p¢ttn·g~ · ·of .'·nio:d-·;
er~:te '.va'l_ue, · 'fo:·1 ';t.Ii'e ··poi~·t ~J::tere ·'th·ej
oc'~'!~e-St~~~~r:~y re~irr::s1~;g::z_il1e~;
~k~ri~~ol'i.tan
and better·termin:a,:1 fti:cil~ties, ... says the
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report.
The new ChetF;ea· piers· J?uilt
by.~ the city of New. York on . .North
river at. about Twep.ty-third street accomIJlodate
the
Lusitania
class
of
steaip.shil)s, the l~rgest now afloat. Tliey
.'"'So m:uch of this region as U:es east of
the railroad in· Boston has · no direct
highway und electric car .connection
with the central part of Boston. and)
only inconvenient and indirect approach
by the main already overcrowded higll.-
Pii.rkway
~o
QUincy_ Shore,
~9!!; ~r!3:~~:~;i>
.'~ :~i.fl Annexed to Ffep~rt.
. ::;ear~~!i~e~~c;~::a_e~~ai~efo~et~~
0°/tJ!~;~~~:~11· open to make
.. · .. .Jeglslative !'esolve. ~i.rects
White S.tar steamships ·now undel". co. n- direct highway co.m:m.unication fro. m the.
to .report a bill P1:l?v 1 d.ing for the struetion and intended for the port of business part of the city with the unruct~o~
the sa_id t~nnel~ ~nd N~~· .YoI"k. ·and it is stated in the pub-! occupied lands and the residential sec1
·.1lh£0r~~t!t;!'i~t:f~r;0~~e !,ffh!~
lie prints that the. Cunard Company. is ti~n beyond Columbia road and east of
,allo~-ed to
b 111 tl . f t~ contr~ct for Still larger steamships the railroad, ~nd at the same time to
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O ·d i ·
' errilin:i.t1on P;f
Jo~ation of
to~. its ~ew York service. .
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prov~de a r.oadway for rapidly, m.oving
'.Shall be left to so
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.N_ew York as .a port is 1n a class vehicles to this portion of the city and
dS ~
me pu 10 oar
by itself, yet the increasing conges- to all southern portions of the district
ur~uance of th~s direction a blll: tlo~ of ~~ers and .terminals and the a~:1· of the st3:te beyon.d Nepo!lset bridge.
~~ed to this report which makes dl~1culty 1n supply1ng the d~m<:nds at
Feyv buildings will have to be reov;i;s1ou for the determinatlciri' of this great port carry a suggestion for moved, t!1e total. assess.ed value of' .th.e
.~~ion of the tunnel. for a taking B~~t~n.
,
real estate ;required wil~ . ~e less th~n
_/ca:rp.nionwea.it·h, and for the other
It seems not to be generally known $400,000, and present fac1llt1e~ for. ra1le'i:; ···whtcn, Jn the opinion of the tl;la:t at South Boston are piers at road and }:larbor communication will be
'l;l.~-~. are es·sential to properly which. npt. only may the steamships of pr-eser':·ed for the remaining land. as
~~rd the public interest '
· the Lusitania class be berthed. but clearly they ought to be preserved up~n
1;eport .presents twQ estimates also tP.ose other Leyiathans Qf the an'y. plan which nray be adopt~d~ It_ ts
,d ·.~upon. action under the present· oc·ea1i now approaching completion a fort~:r:i,ate and remar~able opportunity
.
~~·t!le first estimate .contemplatino- -and to be contracted for.
which, 1f not now ava1led of, may soon
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'..t.a~ing' 1 of the whole· of the. ,15
Jdeal :Conditions ~xlst.
1:>e :lost forever. Construc\ion, esti_n;iated
t~s; of Which any portio:µ ·. falis
•~The longe'st steamships now enterin.,. for both roadways t.o cost appr?ximate;~y}:1; · fn t;he lines of the proposed high·
.
. 0 !Y $800,000, may wait. but ?elay 1~ secur- 1
way.- the second including th t k.·
tbe port of New Yo~k are about 800 1ng the necessary land will be most un _
:<?~ly.. ,such portions of sllcl~ e:ta\:~ f feet, and the new Chelseai .Piers are just fortunate."
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(?µ.,tSf4,~:0f the highway line as may 800 r-eet'in length.
The largest steamI~1. recom~nd1ng the construction of
P'!'PP~rly be classed as remnants, un- ships now propose~. by. marine arch!- the
Cambrictge-.s?merville
boulevarq:suitab,Ie for independent development. tects a.re about 900 feet, and the Con1,- highw.?-Y, the board <:;c1a:res that the
'~F.igures, based upOn the payment monwe~Ith_ p~er, just l~a.sed to the Old proposed boulevard is . the m~st needed
qr_,: .. 25 per cent. in .excess of· 'the ColQny, Railroad Company, is 1200 feet and the most desired highway 1n eastern
,~t~st a~Sesso.rs• valuations, show a Jong·.
Th~s pier .and the others of the Massachusetts. and w.ould be a gateway
to.t~l· estimated qost of $9,885,750 for New Haven
road alongside fl.lrnish to al! nort~erµ porti<;>ns of the comt·h e '·t·a·k.·ing, u.nde.r the first plan, of th.·e ample acco·m.~odation. for: thd.se largest mon~ealth and to the northern port. ions'
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Whole area of tlle 1ss·
t t
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t d. steamships which cannot now be berthed of the metropolitan park system.
EStimating' the saleab~! a els a ~c ti
at the port of New York
.. For the lack of this J.:iighway there is
reniainders of such estat va u~ fo 111 e
.. The ideal condition a~ recognized by pi-:actlcally no\ direct highway or park0
i ·-fv.1~~ln the highway_ at
fooat
experts_ for the construction and opera- way co~munlcation between the Mld1
ha."':e.· the total sum of $ 4 . 836 85 0 • th
tlon.
w.
and
Fells and the Revere
'~ deduction of which f
•th,
b e existso:thereat-er ..South railroad. terminals dlesexand. the ,parkways of ~each park- I
at
Boston. There is w.aY,
the me;tr.o~8.-ip~d ·total cpst woul~o~duc: ~eo~:t a deep and wide main ship channel en- politan system north of Charles river.••
co.~~ O:f tI1e land required for the street tering .tlle 'Qpper har.bo.x·. AQout 700 feet
Route of the Boule,var:-d.
:t~-,$5i048,900.
,
we~terly ls the pier-head line, along
As to the route of this proposed bou1
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Reduces Area Taken~
:;,~~~~e.f.ie~h!.~OOc~~!S ~'!:.~tg1e~-~ !~e~~~: le':'"ard, the boa.i.!d says:
... ,:;Qn .t.he ~a.~is of t3.king r;mainders of a wid-e traffi.c road On the gr3.de of the
"From Broadway Park in Somerville,
, ~~~t;ates only in t11;ose cases in which piers.
near Wellington bridge, over Mystic
.:.tfy.ese w.ould properly be classed as rem.. Still fat·tber west.erly is the large are,i river, toward the, north good
park
·,'..'F!t,l.µts, :z:iot large Einough tP ,be aVailabie of land between Northern av.enue and roads now exist or are assure:d by
'\fQ' :itµprovem:nt
by themselves. ·Mr. Summer street, on which railroad traCks Fellsway and the Mystic RiVer dr'ive, ~~~~ (an en.gi11eerlng expert consulted} may be ia:.id/ 8..~d freigl,l.t shedsi an~ w·are- way and Revere Beach ParkWay to all
' .J;'.~JJces. ~the area taken outside
tO houses- 0~ 1built~ and- the cars may be Parts of the northerly half of the m€t: ~-lf.~':11!ghW Y to 48,274 fe,et,, of which he run alo:r;ig~i9e , the steamships on the ropolitan district, and thei-eby to' the
~,.s!imate~. t e valuatiqn for resale. to be p!ers. ·or switched into the' Sheds and northern po:rtions of
the
common$};:~94.~70, making :the total net cost Of w.arehous~s from the- outlying fi·elght wealth.
i,>~P~h la~.d $_5,339·.720.
Y.ards of the' New Haven and other rail-.
"Fr.om Broadway Park toward the
f .•--:i ~·-t~:J;iile ·the. net cos't of -land required.
roB:~S; ·~nd ov:er. thfs area f'rom Suµimer south the C·ontoul'· oz Prospect Hill in
: .t:~.;rt:>t·he highwaY: under this'. secOnd plan street riia.Y ·.be extended the ,viaduct to Somerville makes it practically necest, j:~.,,.~~timated to amount to $290 820 more Northern avenue. g"ivirig easy access to ary that the route should- run to Cross
:.ith.:S.~-"-uild,el" t~e plan first ab~ve meri- the second stof'y Of the sh"'eds and ware- street bridge over the Southern Division
·t_iQ!le:~:t,'We believe tha~ .u:n.de!" the.:P:r;E!seo.t ho,'fBseses·,·.od~··.ththe _sp!teerrsmolrnain athreeayaarbdosv-e de- r.arla.ldro
.eandt'. if it ·1s to have a resonable·
l&W,,:.'ft is the better and safer plan Of the
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'tivi?,to·ad?"Pt. part.icularly in vieW of the scrib'ed, ·t'.ti'e cOrilmollwealth owns on the
Fr.on1 that point two routes suggest
"'f~<;:t:.that it Involves a gross iilVestrrient ~outheastE>rly.,.._'stde of Summer street an th.emselves; one by Medford street and
~J:~to.nly $?~507 ,450, . as against a ·gros.s are~ ,t;>f "$bo'u.t 43 acres. ~'This area, is Portland stree~ to Harvard bridge; t:Q.e
'P~:j,,·"":~t~ent' of ,9,885.750 under the flrst peculiarJy adapted fOr impr.oventent for other ,bY a curve ~round the· base of
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~anlifa9tti.ring and ·warehouse purposes. Prps·pect Hill to the new bridge over the
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.:::.;;:~/S~rio~s,. doubts ha~-e been .rai~ed a·s
:'Und4?I", tPe: l)fO:Visions· of law appli- Fitchburg i-airoad at Webster ave
",lh;e practical WQ1".kabili1:y of the 'e:xw .cabl~ 'thci-eto, chap. '877 of the acts· of ap.d thence by Webster avenue and pr:,~~~
-o~-,,tton· idea as formulated 19?2> i'~ilroa_d ~r-:3-clts can be laid ·to every land · street to Harvard bridge, or bY' l
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It iS now a.e:Sertea. that recen,:;- ouu ..... or tng' opel"ations have revealed that the
:,Elm. or Norfolk streets, or some combi- top of' pilin·gs have rotted.
It is
"nati_on of them, fron'l. \Vebster avenue claimed by the opponents of th·e ,sub-·
to Mas~achusetts avenue.
, way that a wa.ter-tight- tube along the
''The joint board deems the r-oute! river bank would make that condition
by
Medford
stI"t::et
and
p·or'tl3.nd; worse. Against these assert:ions is put
street. which is tbat suggested in th~j the declaration that· the ground water
~eport of the Metropolitan inJ.prove-j in the section reached a· point gen•
rnents commission, impr~cti9able."
j erally above grad·e 5.
Clearly Metropolitan P.rojec1:s.
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It is suggested that any danger
.. The Old
Colony
and .Cambridgej_ threatened by: the suh:»;a.Y· can be
Somerville
boulevard
highways
a rel .overcome by ~ ,where it wtf):~ld turn and pass under· the]'
clearly metrOP(llitan projects. ~hi_ch :win\ ,to carry wate. gr;a.nd jun~i~n freight Yards of the 'Bos/'"1
providu new radial highways~
with: it may .Percol. ton & Albany. the East Boston portal
P.~Fkv.•ay features. and ~_s~fulness, fro1n!. su.ch a. manne' 1 beillg' 1109ated on N~ptuile street, ne~ a-n /
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the very hear. t of Boston to connection· piling 1n the arm of ,the harbor. From the portal an
l'fO...i',
w!th the
rpetropolitan park
system
incline would be built to carry the tracks t -- ~1
north and soi{th.
l ~ross the stretch of water and up to
"They are reCommended ~s additibns :
I e level of the Revere Beach & Lynn,
to. the .metropolitan. park system. tO be;
racks, and. to .a. location .a.longside of
provided fgr by aopropriations in addi-1
t11em.
tion to the metrOpolitan park loan.s,
The Plans call for a
large, double;
series. 2; and bUls to that effect are J
tr.a.eked tunn~t. which, including inclines, ,
submitte?- herewi~h."·
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will be l?,000,feet fu l~ngth ~nd will c ~ s t o · o
R~gard1ng certa·in BQston streets, the
about $12.000,000 and require about two ,
board. sugg.,ests t.hct:t the m uni_cipal au1..yeS.rs .to co,ini,Iet~- It is. 'to rtin all t~ai~:s ·
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tho..riti~s ta~e act~on regard1n_g :them
through .t~e:: t~nnel ·by elect":c power.
ana. tha.t t.he. Legislature. if 1.t. deem
~ This will mean that1 ·at least two lines
Wise, take il!-lmediate action to require
from Rea.dvilJe on the Providence dtvlthe in1provements.
,
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lj sion of the New Haven. two lines
The bo~rd s~gg~sts that Arllngton ;
the tunnel to :Lynn which will he con-T
stre.et be extended £'rom. B. oyl,ston.street .·
structed a!q"ngslde of the present Revere
t? Arlin~ton st,~eet by a .. -w-1dening of i
Bea.ch tracks, and the lines of the Re. ~) erdinan<;l street 'a1;1d e4tension across I
vere Beach road will all ha.ve to be aleethe vacant "land fo,rmerly occupied by
t !fled. This will also cost $12 000 OO<t. and
trin.Boston & Prov1dE';mce railroad sta-;
r:qulre two yea.rs:
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· The board stl,ggests that a hia-hway
approach to the Charles river u~m· p:ej
m.ac;le from. Caus~way street
along/
the location· of th~
El,eva.ted com-;
pany's tracks to. E.ast Catiibridge.
!
It is sug'gested that Pleasant street'
be widened and ·l?traightened.
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The boai-d suggests the construe-.,
tion of a ,new':111gh~ay between th•3!
North and Sou~h ·stations.
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Two stattons a~e planned for the tun-i:
nel. one'. at the $outh, ~tation.
which
would be located on the Atlan~ic. av:e.nue
side. and the other under the Junctioi:,; 1
ot 1\1:averi'?k and, Bremen stre~,ts.. This
.latter station would be but a .. short dls-,~-...· tai:ic.e from the Ma~erick station in t~e
Ea-st· Bosto~ tunnel of the Elevated .aric;l :'
would. be co~nected:, with it b:Y a subway. l
The· ~~yerick s.t?,tion
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, equipped .with elevators to take passer..- ·
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Opponents of TUJ>e Say Lack of
Wat~r Will Undermine Buildings.
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do n,o h8.rm. 1 TheY ,do not ~ppear to
have made a~y trouble.
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When the ~harlel?: River basin pr:oj-,
;eCt was being· planne!=l.. the questlf_:)n
was again. ra}.se~L The daill ,was built
o.r· .the ·.maint~~~µce of th~ river level
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-:-' :,TP.e qUest~6h o~ ke~ping :11"1~ :lJ'i-+.i_ns
tillder Back Bay bul:ldings in proper
: conditioi:t by ~oisture fron1. the Ch~rles
i· riv.er has been discussed several times i
It first ca1ne I
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Engineers have been engaged to see
wheth~r. the c~n's.1:ruction of the Riverb~rik subway will endanger Back Bay1b\.1.ildill.gs by deprivirig piling.S of rnoistu,re which is said to be neeessary fo:r
their preservation.
Property oWners ·oppoSea
to
the
.bll.Uding of the ,sub,var assel·t. that the
work . will have a disa~trous effect U.pon
.n_eS,rty all. of the Bae~ Bay. ,Those
'W.h'o. favor ·.the suh~,yay deny that.
It
· i~ lik~ly that th~ cpµ.trove-rs~ wi~l be
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Wyza.~ki ~ui1'.cfutg:in Proc~ ~f. C6nstruction at
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THE WYZANSKI BUILDING,
In Process of Construction at 170~172 Washington St.
AT1other addition to Boston's mercantile buiJ.dings is in process of constru.ction ~t 170 and' 172 Washington s~_.
~etween State and Adams sq, that will
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town offices. Max E
and Charles E.
W~zanski, trustees · of· t,he Wyzanski
trust, are erecting the structure, the
plans. being by G. Henri Desmond. . It
will be k;nown as the Wyzanski building
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lo~ ~po~ Which the ·builaing
,~~.ing up 1;uns·throu.g,h fr_om Wash~ng. to.11-. to Devonshire sts, With an equal
·,front.age on bot~ streets. The old bulld.;trig' has 'long been weJl tenarited, but
;,w.ith the increase_d actl~~ty _in t?at sec::t.1.o. ~ o~ th.e cit~~~t wa. s.1.mp~ratiye ~hat
·~i:l. · ~8.i-ger and more mOderI,l · ~truct\lre'
··should be built upon the land._,·.
Because of its location it -will be
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j five
'°'stOries and a basement, and the
·work: has be~n under Way .some ·Um~.
it will be fini:;;hed 1n the near
The entire Washingtori-st front is of
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neW, elaborate, handsome design,
f?Onstructed of mat glazed white terra
Cotta~ with .highly,.. ornamental cornice,
~~wa~~~~!zfc~a.~;f
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large elaborate marquise, extending the
width bf the buildiI?-g. This' m,arquise
"is constructed of highly ornamented
iron a;nd ~ire glass with large electric
entrances to the offices and the
.store ts' to have a marble dado wit}?.
··marble st~irs... ,The store front is to be
of µiahogany with large. plate glass
windows. T?,is ~tore is on first floc;,r,
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De~~K°fht~~e 5 £:nW-fth le:g!~aJft,~ 5Ugbhas~~
m,ent·o.r s.torage.· It is w.ir~d. f·o.r elec:-.:tricity.
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The offices are divided convenient!~
tor tenants. all having outside light
J :;!;~r ltilvt~;"Je~ffi.C:~th. hOt and cold
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[Sketch froni Plans by John A. Hasty, Architect ]
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The new buildirlg to be erected at the
~orner of Green and 'Chardon streets, in
the We~t end, by M. E. oand C. E. Wyzanski, who recently purchased the property, will be ;ct. handson1e · structure, according to the plans prepared by Architect John A. Hasty, -whO will have personal supervision of the ·work ..rhe present building· will not be altogether de-
molished, some parts of the walls and
brick· partitions being retained, but, so
far as appearance, both inside and outside, it will be entirely new.
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':Che entire front of the first and second stories will be renioved, to be replaced .by a new front of iron and plate
glass, whiie the upper stori~s w:ill be refinished outside with pressed l::rick and
red freestone trilnn1ings. The n1.ain cornice ·will be of ccipper. wjth a heavy balustrade, while ,over the 1nain entrance
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will be a canopy of copper and glass.
The first three stories will be refinished throughout in hardwood, with
front stairs of mar'b-le and iron inclosed
in fireproof partitions, with wide rear
stairs, also inclosed in fireproof partitions, makin.e: it one of t};;le safest buildings in the city. The fourth story -will
be fitted for use as an armory or hall.
The basen1ent will be excavated to 10
feet deep, and will contain, besides the
boiler roon1, a rathskeller, finished in
t ~ city is going to widen from
to, W11shington street-Looking from Tremont
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, froin, Washingtori, street to
u,9uar.;' already supp'orted by
:.. ·,j'fiflueriti8.l cihzens, "\vho have
1.~n(=d .May';i,r Jcitzger,ald and the
CJ11ncil to n~~ke th:is i~prove·, tl~ere is a fair pros})ect Of the
:na:tipn of several of Boston's
!a:ndln8.rks a11Jng. the street, that
n · toc!ay j s a lmo~t as crooked and
row!
it ,vas ,-. hen the fi:i;.st
erected there in the
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tltc appearan::..,e ,.,• a res1de:1t1al
fare, tl.c ~iln~e--v.--as, ,so:n1.e
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ago -v,-110;. 1t Vi,·as kno,vn as L1tn st..ret::-t
ing of the street is nov.r const a cer1:aint:,,: b:,,~ tl'J.ose ,vho
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atftecl by masking it a llnk in a
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~_:t~reen ,th~ -ttwo str~ts now, but it was a o~d 1:1.an, UVin:S.-,:i.1 •
fil.ct in th.Ose days
'"J:'here v,rere nice oia died ias~ S~pt~I~J>~
red brick· houses· with high stone stoop, I I suppo~e he ·"'.',_O_?).~
8:nd :.little lawns .,of gr~en grass protected had h ved t~. ~~e ..~'<;>J
by iro'h rences then.
1:ous.es ~u~ do~?~:'i
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A_n, Ari~_tQc;:1:-a~ic Se_ction
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"'I- used -to .!Jf:\ told tha,: the Lee Hig· 1 Pleasant. :stre~.t·.~]}. J
~nso,;is liv. ed here .in the days when I yea. rs he toOk.~~a;.~·
/W~s :='-" ve~y ..s"rn;all ~oy, but I. w3:-s nevei· coildition of th4'( 1
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tue'.\'.: ntoved away btore I was 01~1 of having· a'.?<..i~1~ffiti'il
Sad Over P. rospec::t o.f Chan. ge
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e11oug~1 to 'remember , 1?-ere their res1- tha:t ea_r~ea" hilm:.>"i-?\
_dence wat; .. I was told though by th,'?. nev ao"ctor ~- ·anat?.:
At preser_it 1\'.fr. _Selig liyes in th.e old Ia~e .James ,H. Page that the Higginson t1-~0uol~r1ti1 hi~ :cJJ:
Xewrnan block at the rear of 174 Pleas- q,_ouse ,vas on the north side of the street was td~all op. of-d- 1 ~
all.t street, and~ he 'recalls with a sigh j in the old row that '!sed to exis~ along the syanpto~. Tl"'
the departE::d glorie.C:; ot the neigQ.bor,hood. near Mr. Page's ho-ciee at what 1s now and ·his trea:tm ,;
He realizes that a ·vvidening of the thor- 1 No,. 213.~
l\.iany ls the c:hi~
ought'.are "\Vill be of immense advantage
"Yes~ the1e was Mr. Page, James Pagf>, cU-Ped of the sroekl
not onJ:.- to the other sect;ions u.r 13trston an,d l:iis b1~other. Charles Page, who liverl son of the R~olJ
l but to the Piea.s.ant street p,eople them- at 2.:!l. ~hey wert grandso~sr'"' of ~enen.1.L
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P,a.g~ v,~ho, served ;in the ~evolution and!
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I "It will qe a sad si~ht for 1ne when t11~1T ,,were ~the ol<lest fam1ly here I un- 1 "Vv-hen I was -a 1
I sowc- of these old bui1dings are ·cut "dOwn. :t~ez:s_tood fro1n wh3:t 'Ola Jim Page,· as different. I can tei
for -they stand for a great de.al. I- might ,11'"e used to c~ll l"l.lm, told me that thp lots of fun to be
say they e111body rnemori~~pI ~p~W, Pages'·~?- I_h-ed here eyer si1;-ce the l11ood
Aroulld
that the~: a;e not ""·ha~ they .useq to _pe., s~reqt \\8.s Ja1d .out,.., bf George Tilley on street lived Nat d
But even 1-r so1ne; ot:. t11e a;rti~°t;ic·· ol:-d: h:!.s tarm back 111 1,43-. It then ran f1om boy named 0h:a:clf
, fronts have been covered 'ov:er~wi-tb W-O&d-- ¥0.ra_ng:e street. now "called Washington use"d to play maibl
en one-story ex,tensions .!:>UUt, qut to;the st::eet~ up to Frog_ lan.e; now Boylston peditions oveir tQ, '-'
-side"·a.:.k:., and even though· sdm:e· o-f, t'l:,t~~ 's.P~~eJ; .. -?n t}1e ol(l ,T11ley f3i-rm. S"O-'"'i"t vvas ronize the litt:Ie• Olt
pleasant lawns and:sci.FdS'_ have c~3.::sed~ to ~~·-~str~E\!1 long, befor~. the· Revolution, but used to be jl..,l-St_
i"\Vhether this pla!'l is :CoUowed exact1:Y
or -~~rhether there are modifi.C':3.tions in .ft,
the residents o'f Pleasant·-'street feel: .tl1:a,rt:
very soon 1nany of their, olc:J.. '_]a,ilidinarks
are to be take:n R~·ay. To ~~' sure~ there_
are rev,,. residents at present,_on, 't,lie sti-ee,t
who ~·ere there rno1 e th~n .... s~ore '1:of.
years ago.
Yet one man i~ particular/
the- oldest· 1~eslde1i"t as far as is 1-cnow'n.. ·
AQraham Se1i~. has sp~nt;.~ear~ of 11.\S ..
ilife either 011 ·p1~.as9:nt str~t or arou11.d·
f the cOrner ~ ca·rver str'·e~t:
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h~._._ofif2f::;·. ,.qf.. tlrn ,dep8irtment !.~-';· ~e~c?n- s~r~~:t_. '; ~n9· . th~!~~.' :.;al>~t .. tl.'r~.:· .·.'.t ~;~µ~, P¢tg~s, ·~ ~~~~f<?;r~ ,were , ·oµr . hnl..::
1.g p-o.w:,t:b~ .st"t.ee~ -1uay b.e: .high,,.,st.~.~om.P1~P:~!1t ,a~~~~~y ,~pJ~~~~v'e~~~t ·,~1th, ·.tl?-.~-f·:ra:s~t •. ~!!~ ~atter Charles ,.,.Pat;""I?
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f1~r:~t ti':~l'C~~Jl? 1~;1ci~• ;~}~"6-t~~!:';{~,c :ft!f;;e1~w.::~i}~l~t~J-'e"a i;' ~~~~;:,;\i, :~!:.'e\ff'~.;_!i;f
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,. ·ouse. at 213. He,, old tin1es.• and he eert'~inly n?1ncn1~ef~~ ·, a~~ w.Y1?-t ""·as before. that an QJ?e11.Iot. ·~ , t.ii..e gqod t~pie~ of ";\,"hie~. {h~_
a year ago, arnl,I the (la?~ we :-.~oan1e}] a oou::. Carv_el' <~nSt 1 :. TI:at- open lot -v.·?s the s_cene of s_ome remind m~.-· l
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i:?.1. th~ d~ys, of ,
T!1e pla:f! of '\\Tidenih,%":as- ~t~~
he o_}d 'Yiis.tor1.e_~J - ··~he1.·e are __ so: 11:{ln:y, o1.<-~ aiss?~1at~on? n:y ooyhood. I 1 emem~er that t.h?~E: ~~ pared' is ~ot ~nal: ~rl<l 1::nay..,
off ·t:llong the/,.here ·that.~h' 1s hard\ to .surrn:non an:;;., one. ~- n.1.a!-:: whon1 everyp~ay called Marc.1::1.s bilt,- as it :~rta-;rlds it .w.0~11µ
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aYs proud oL -~'hat _was the 01d Jynagog1;.e v;h_ere _we o~. nJone:-- . lll tlle :SouJh . Afr!-can ~'1am.o?CT in.stead a-; s~~eeping · qurve~
d -~n - his l&te} ·lhad at ,diffe1:ent tin1.es. t.he i"~ev. Solomon ffiin€s · t"I:e· 'h~d. a.,. hippodr.ome 'a.!]-d, dallc~ 't."t"etne1Y riar~W ~Vashingt?n
t.er.est in the·.·~. c_:_honegar an.d pr .S.ch~!ld:ler.. It~ wt:;,s atJlh'_a.ll .on. t.h· " ... or;,.·en. lo..t·~ nd bes_id.~s h~ 'bu.l.lt o !.Pleasa.n.J:..,..st'..'.re.et tl.1e plaz;.._"
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- in the old, first ~n amalgamuUon of the ~JeaSa,qt a :most h~~uttf1..:l /§Yn~gogue a:t Church. tl:Q.g a.wax.. -on·.:both sides~ bo,
e had,a 'Yay. ?Street· synagogue and the: -~-she ·st'reet au(i
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He . lav~Sh.ed south; ·mat.n1y.;on tbe south
fo··r ·sm?. ki~g. -~·ol)grega.t. ion,_ b.ut .
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~_of· t~e ·chim-t .~~n s.t~eet. Yo,J can see now· the upper '[ I~tor· ;?~ be~r.: ,.ir.,~te~or- business reverse~. posite Hie? won.·.1,.i be prougth
anyone ha'. f·ttory and windov.•s of tbe . .synagogue N·o.t many:.- years ag-o he died on .Par.ton tr>...e' opj;)os1te s!de o~ ~~
1.e·thing to do
·oove. the or.·~-story wooden
ex.tension mouth_ street and was. reJ:>()rted to have rstreet. .
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on th.e··:1'. ou~.h s. 1de of Pieasa:rit:,"
uld p.rescrio.~ _4nd a decorating fl?"n1.
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.a.lway__s right. l·~·?n the old days Pleasa.71t ...street ~as a
G~~e to, P1~a.sant s~reet to. find ~me of 10 to tU ;eet f;.O be rnade f'rcn1 ·~lJe:
....t.hat h. a~.-b'een 1· ac.·e of. fi.P e r:!s.'ider..ce.s •. The1e was the t.l1.e ~o_st· e~clu·s··1ve t_ailci:~s in .town_. Bad. .1. ngs bcgi~.ning .a.t 1.~o.s. 6 and:·,.·,.:S>.'
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gene:ital .
,- 1.~te. streets ·a. nd. n. u1nbered l on Fa ye. tte
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j~. y•s,. the custonJ tailor.· on the north s1de- l)ng ./alc.ng .• to M.<1lrose .stree"i.
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o~· if is t!?e Dorot];J.Y Rolf€' Holl?,e :f_pr Qf. the wi?·eet here n~ar /I'ennyson street, -\vpl 9ut ~pro!i:S Sfia~vn::ut !)l.>l.G-e;; .,
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,orb.en of U\e SalvaUQ_n -~r-my, but.yea;·s and 1nany a young u.u~e· of t~e old days-:, Street; Sl;a.w1n\1F.,-_ave11.ue, I-tirJ.:1-atF.l.·
e .~hings. vvere'. \ .: c1 y.earS ago Leop_ol.d :?.:Iorse gave. the caa1c o,rer Ji.ere :fo:r.. the' exactly proper Por. te::r sti·~et, '1~I emont st:::·-eet --~-st
a.n'd then1 ,va:s 1 :,_atlsion as a ~resent to his· si.ste1. Tb.at Cut in 1iis garn~entS~
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y Wti.o ·re·
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·ca:h.dy. th·at
g.tue-. $1~ stl"ee.t. sllop
ti'~e -~.saw
;:ffye;>Qr.~.tx: :y¢ars ago~
.b_ - ~ t ?t;_:~th"'e th:eatre
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i north st.de€ of\· Pleasant R~ s.·t
I Eegll}·.n..ln. g·. a.t as!l·i·n.gton
I-!1?31-1 posed cut }nto;, the 1.,Jld b_r.<!,~
not pass.
Pfaff, ,:Yh-o ranor ·the P.ast·.ov·er Major t. ~1e st.·reet- I mu. st
glorie_s or
Pfatr;s.;· J:Iotel,_ . no~· th~..... Park . Square
,a~ ~.her,!=L ~_here ~sed- to.· b~ sQme co.n·verE:d, :residE:.nces, nu1llbered 181. 183~and:i8i .-_~h~1i · -up -·on the. Jotd'an propertyyJ?fj ._een,' '. ~e!).IlY,"SOl~
street
aJlf}
Pa~k
~9-\1; +.e~ ;the, big· ~utOrnobHe b~ilding has·
d:·i\VhS.t · waS' -of.,_ late· years a· ,pl~ce
cif< )~ ·a'..,nd --two·~st6i·y 'Vl,·ood81i bu.i~dings,
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buildin""'s 'W,:OU!<l'--be froin
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, orables and. --w\l.:s one of the -..yeigh~ieSt iS n·unr:bereh 903 dri wasl:::J.
11:~ thi_n. ~ 't;ha:t. h.~~s d~stroye<lson:..e ~f men as, well· as one of the· bes_t 'fellows 'contihue,. :(~,a_ ·cresce_nt ~ha!
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When Busi"~ss DeclinCd
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tor:-µ down ;bus1ness--,ha8- ceased to pr,osper as 'it ollght 8.long hel'e and I sup~Ose
the.··~idetitng or_the street ~ill-.be 8- g'.oQdc
thing:. Al_l ot the n-ien with whom l. ha:-ye
t3:1~ed fav_or the wi<?-entng~ i;.ut e·v~n · S:t·
·tlia,f ~ car?~ ~help sig"hing ?v~r soffie of
p1ore than·-)."9 f~e;t at Its wides.
21Tr!~~!i:!f~it.at th_e Bai
rial there Wo1il,d· Pe n9 :;;.ha
buildings orl. tr1·e nOrth _s~d~
street . .- until ~..,,...Carver street,'·
K~r'a·,_t.he::\"_~t ~.to_ ...u.1e'·bu,·
north side·:\,r:'o_ul~f.l;5e'::,i::e;s_~fn-e , _,
8.nt'· street 8.Ild, Oontin1-~ec1~~'iii,.
Ne. 241 a't JJl.e...,,oorncr ~f ·El.fOt··
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JPb!tant A venues of Traffic and Greatly
ilJ11prove the Whole Neighborhood.
P_·
__:ie~sant street i~ widened ac- , ting an issue· Of· b. on,ds fo,r 1
g to plans drawn up by Engl- proyement of Ple~~ant street
:~P.l.tn,eY of the street
fi~~i°n~ h.;~lla~;:!n ~a~!!\ers
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T'his
r'.. ~os.ton wll.l_ have practically
George B. Shattuck Frederick c
~)"'o.~.d .business thoroughfare run- tsh,t\tuck, Alexander "Whiteside,. trusast and west from South Bos-' ~ .s., Pet_er Bent Brigham Hospital by
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f E_c;l:i:nund C. Cadman~ treasurer; ~u:_· th~. ~est end, co!lnectlng the, n~c~:..pal Real l!:state Trust. by Moses
;s":b ._u_~_ In~~s interests of the harbor ~p~i~ms. ~ctuary; Pem?e:ton Build-,
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ct with thoSe at the other side lJl.1f:." Trust, by Moses "W1lllam.s. actue-~\~itY' in a manner expected to ~1y;.Ja_rrat1~rtcis tRh.eBaNnagts,otrulsteSe; Jo.htnl
1 na
ecur1 y
...~\ ,_l~~ediat~ rellef to prese·nt of:~ B;oston,
by
James
J.
Phelan:
g~$:,ion. The proposition is now Ola
Colony
Trust
Co.mpany
by
t;p\ the city council and the mayor I PJlilip st~ckton, president; A Shu1.,, ·'' · -·" ·
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lnan Co.; H Staples Potter, Laurence
,._ -bE:-hin d tt are powerful interests 1\Iinot,
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Alfr.~d .. Bo.wdi.tch . Shepherd
,f ;_South Boston and the City Brooks,
State 1 Street
Trust Com- J
• The cost, as estimated, will pa":ny
estate
·of
Patrick McAleer i
. 'j: a mill.ion do1lars.
Cyru~ Hapg·ood, 1 Arthur W. Kennard;-1
~i;li~ey s plans, the result · of Hi.ram Johnson, Samuel
Davis, Car.:.. I
s_. tudy o.f the situation, ca,P. f. o.r oline M. Roundy. Edward M. Currier, l
J;"ea.se of a.ibout 25 feet over the Max E. and Char1e·s I!} 'Wyzanski Jo- l
t averag.e width. Mr. vVhitney seph-. H. O'Neil, William J. ca:rlin, l
c1bring the old highway up t·o Houghton & DuttOn, William F. Fitz- II
dimensions.
·rt is now .a gerald Edward :E-I Eldredge Cabot
good ~xample of an antique 1 C&bot '& Forbes, Charles v'V Whittier: I
ghfare, having been lai~ out I LCs1ie c. Wead, Ha.rold K .. vVead F.
.. lY as a residential st:eet and H. Viaux, Frederick Viaui, Ho"rac~ s .
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e~rly a century us.ed ex::it1rely for Crowell, Alex s. Porter, J. G. R. -WU·?.ll:rpose. It has never been sub- lis &
co., Albert R. Whittier, Jr.,
1ally altered si-nce the character Hosf_ord & VVilliams, James vv. French. ,
e. South end changed from domes- Cod man & Street, ·Henry b. Bell'nett.
to commercial, a~d out of ~he He1 bert Nash, Joseph w
Dillworth,
lement of. reasons for the pol,cy r, rederick w
Hobbs, Henry F. Miller
,"'\.·N'A:R,R OW SC: CT1 ON Or' p L :E_ A_.'.·.· ,· .·, ·,·., ,·
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oing ,.nothing emerges most im- ~ Sons. Otto J Piehler, Inc:. Maynard
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·Uy that of.. cost.
& Co .• L. P :Hollande'r & Co., Hal~"et &
Sullivan .~ite.
BetWeen Porter and ern end, was bufl
be it will cost $800,000, mayb~ a De.vis. Henry Siegel, Boyle Bros. ·Na..:. Kirkl?-nd ~tr~~ts t)1~ L road will be u.r d .Mr. Tilley•$ \··re
:more to ge_t rid ~f so~e of _the vin &
Kelly, ;r. VV. McI:..augllliii, C. asi.ced to pai-t W.ith 1100. square feet. onghfare _w'as a.:.. &
oden buildings. with ~ove-tailed, Gately & Co., Edward Wormser, Burke A widening of the thor'Oughfare at this hi::::i properties an,'d/;
ards
that
still
preserv~
in I & Co, Jam.es F. Tw-iss. the ·c. E. Os- , point is a necessity · th.at is obV'ious
Ba,ck in thoSe:·'1
nt st~eet t~~ ~aJ 0 . [ oi:J a Boston g·oo,d Company, T. J Coughlin, - John at a glance. This is disfinctly one of t:ion of Washtng't'(ih
0
:.s gone 0 ~
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ut what- J. Drake, M. P. Fahey, Charles H. the cramped, much travelled over sec- as Orange, in :~--:f.a'.:~
~ a°sost7ie t f e strebeth ~efa[~m~dnt, l Care·w, J. P. "Bullard, James E. Co- tions of the city, the junction of a '\VushinJ,?;ton.
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Fox and -Ja,mes L. ~xmber of street:3 all heavily burden- "\Vti.SC considered desi:
ange is inevitable it might as
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~ith teaming and pedestrians.
said Tilley, and "So
a~e place at· a' time whe'n the
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Mayor's Interest.
. B~tween Shawmut avenue and wash- kurs drive their istc
ilJ be comparatively small. It
Last spring, wheD:. RE;pre_sentati.ve 1,ngton streets one of the :bigges~ cut~ through his tab.~;'.
l~gislative enactment that the Refdy introduceil: his measu:ei the for the improy·_ement of Pl~asa:nt str~et r,cJges over a .lit())
pality may, if it so decides, go may~r was so interested in the. P.,roj- will be required on the property of Pleasant street.,,,T~
with an expenditure amounting e?t that he not o.nly went to the State R~presentative Martin M. Lomasney,
By 1773 busines,S :~
0,-000
House and talked· in fav.o.r 9f it, but the ward . S political chieftain.
L?- ciently in Bbsto,n· 'th/i
)are the interests actively co- asked the street . depa1 tment. to sur- D)asney's holdings are lo~t'ed on the believe his Ian~S. {yr;~
titig to induce the city council and V€Y and other ,vise make s:tudies of corner of Pleasant and Spear place. )le made his p-rivateff
ayor to bestir themse1ves: South the thoroug;hfare
The results of En- Engineer W1:t1tney has figured that v,ray in fact as
n: citizens' Association. the Boston gineer Whitney's work a~e in tJ::.t.e this in1porta11:t location 1§,J;lould give pP offer was accept~i:i /
e.,commisslon, the Boylston Street form of a tentative plan, _showi!l,.g: ex- a,bo,1t 1160 .square feet.
, passed. and . reGOI.'deo
an-ts'
Association,
the
Scollay actly how much land wi~l be require~
Bllt Mr. Lom~sney will not be allowed
·Tnley's Lahe" th-en)
:e and Tremont Street Merchant from each property holder to gtve the honor of making tl;t~ biggest con- !lame. So the rec~fr~
i_a;tions ,?,nd the various real estate F.leasant street a uniform width ·o'f 50 tr_i-bution to tli.e gener~,l improvement of ange street b:Y ~hev~rO~
~ti6ns of Boston. One and all foet. .
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His nE:igp.bors to the through what is .-<,la1_;\~
e?'pressed approval of this propoAs Mr. W~itney a,ppi::9aches the ·prob.- e~;st. George F. M-cGahey and Edward. the bottom· of the~Q.Q!
to iive the business interests· a lem of improving Pieasa::nt street, the L. BRrtlett, Iea,d him "qy comforta,,ble Lane."
The sa..idt.:::F
east and
wesf
thoroughfare o"pportunity for most etfectiye alter~- . margin~. Engineer w::t1i~ey•s red line known at a lateT:.;~;lJ
this part of the city.
tion comes in the section between TI"e- ·~ale.es 1330 square feet from the McGahey stre~t~
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~ final repo.rt to the Governor m.ont and Washington streets. _Here the property and 1460 from the Bartlett._ And
~uring the r~v ,
{the joint board of metropolitan greatest width 1s only 38 feet. the small- to the left of Mr Lomasrtey, the prQ'P- fsh occupied. B,
ements co:tpmission made this est a scant .30 feet. As compared to erty of Mariette E. Murphy will Ios.e couple of redou..f:!
,, Was recom'f'r).en-ded that Pleasant such,an average and satisfactory busi- 1450 square_ feet. Th1s parUcul~r section and the locali.tY:,.
Wideried and i-mproved. The ness thoroug~fare as Suminer street, of the street wilt be thus most ·gener- coats. Their,c~lJ
the; "Big Four"-the railroad
for instance, it fall~ short of being ade- 1 ously cut of all to make wS.y for the sy, however. t
11.d land Boston transit and th~ quate at the~Washini~on street end by I improvements tl)at a 60-foot uniform longer than the,
it&n park commissions - was fully 30 feet and at the junction with width will bring.
tew ye·ars after,
;the following paragraph;
Trem9nt str:eet .bY .~ ;feet'.. :>Tlie :t,est
·:rne et;ttting on the·rtght hand s~<ie ts ~ll evidenc~s b
~.,~"Bl.g Fottr'~" \lojce.
sho~!~g, . in· rE;E;.p~ct to wfdtl.l,
that. ·c.c,_nti°'uous frpm .-Ca:rv.er to., E~iQt, ·and disappeared:
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Pl~~s3:nt ·street~ alS .llpW~ Jaid'~ oitt,, m~l:t~~, tt:i~e ~he~_~s( l~.)?e:twe~; ~lea~tlt; '\Stre.et
:As-:..the.~Jty~ · ;_s,:tr~~t :m.-a.i}je.-;, -...;!?pn~.e~~on is at: the Park sctuil.te eitd, wtl'er"e tlie and M"odel .Ptaces.~ ...Here :the· Fr-ederi~k .:stre,et beca;ine:,'
ay at Wash.jngton street rri~8.surement from "b"u.ilding- tO buildl,:ig C. Bowditch estate is located. It Con- ,:ial(n~ighbor.P.6"
arl~s street, at Park ~qyare iis 48 feet. ·
tributes to the improvement· of the noµ5:es bega.ri ,t
t'narrow and crook:ed form
ThesectionbetweeliTremontandWash- tµoroughfare th£:: ~aximtim, six parcels ones of wood.
' to comrnuri.'icatio-n between fngton streets, notably the section between totalling 3985 sq·uax:-e feet, or more'.-than
nd Charles Street. If fm- Tremont street · and Sh8.Wmut avenue, C?ne-quarter of the total pS.rtng 6n the
Wld€lning and straightelling it is so narrow as to belong to the co·w- north side of the street AnotI1er heavy
'~c~:e~~1!~ b~t[;::~ 3cnh~r\~: path cla~siflcation. Here, indeed, is one contributor on this side ts the Cha1 - .
of the antique parts of B~~ton. a cur:v:-- lotte A. Baker property. . From four lots
~'.a..n,d Lowell street, a circum- in&: type of old street. lined: on e~ch side are taken sections aggregating 1610
~i~;ay clo:;;:e to the business by_ ~Id wooden buildi~~~- fr<Jo_1_Jin~-a~PS:c.L:s:::qa:u::a::r:.:e;..:.f:;:ee::::t·~----...,.,rT-_:._ _ _1 4
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eveloped suffiMr. Tilley to
:profit better tr
a public highin name. His
the deed ~,vas
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May s. 1J73
on its presenc'
ys: .,From Or.Writing ·school
i!Iey• s Land to
n 'and to Frog
:Lane becarnt::'
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bile the Brit- /
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d''(Ilot last much
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Os~. 0{ ~e .-conflict'.
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-\, ,. UPBUltDING
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1Ifuprovements Planned
for the City Are
Stupendous
'Include Traffic, Har~or -.J
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And Many Buildings:
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:€::ify and State Active
1n
Wor,ks of
Progress
BY .JOHN .J•• FITZPATRICK
:,, A. wave of development, tJie total cos;
'.15'£ . which will reach more than'
$7;5;0()0,000, and the complete results of
which win be. actually stupenclous, /is
s\veeping over the city.
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!Boston has reached the greatest: era,
of improvements in its history.
· Thousands of people will. be employed·.,
\n the ,vork, millions and millions of
dollars will be circulated, " very net.
work of underground transit structure_
Will spread its Jines under the city and
~nder the haj:b<rr; t:;rll, 1:>1.1r1<;liq~ll> ~;:ected,
·at gigantic expense, climb daily into the·
sky; schools are being . er~.t~' n(\w
places of amusement. and"1"e'Olt hospital
buildings and educational strvctures,
some of them to be the finest in the
world, will soon be actualities, and
n;~rra'w and crooked streets win give
'w.ay to broaq thoroughfares.
Dll"FICULTIES REMOVED'
, Every difficulty attending the proposed
tillilding of the Boston & Eastern Electric Railway tunnel under· th_e: harbor,,.
f-r-0~ the ,Very heart of the cuY· t.o East
-:sOston, .for a modern" electri(? railway,
";;~·::p-tch :Wil~ bring the cities a,.tiQ. t_owns of
}l~ -.~~r.tb . ~hore to within a ""brief ride
;-ii;;o•,the· c:ity,,-ha·v·-ey,:hf>en-swept. aw~y:. ,The:
o~7.Ea~~.t:~ ('.~nel fs_ to .b~,·~- real-tfy.
the 'worri: upon it
beli;lit the
will
BUSY BOSTON
·or"the_;year.
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pla:n~ .are pract~Cally compl~ted:,
it a cost of probably more. ttiah'"
ooo. the turinel will be. built. the eled~
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li~~s , to run "'to ,Salem~ conriectlng
;t,!J.).of_e With · Ma.rbleheaq and the well
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~oiri.t riear Summ.~- str_e~t ~Tit}? .th_.S~ii!~ .-a,V:i(·:,.
sation, ~ith Broadway .. and. Do este~, Jl..-Alr.eady worl't has been started on thG ave11ue, With the flna~ , t?pening ~, An?'.' $..D:
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-!Ptown , summe1& resorts , from 20 to 25 :tunnels to~ be 0:ccupied._ by the Bosto.n drew squ3:re.
Elevated railw~YTh.ese. in themselVes
't,tlles
the hub.
Will 'form a great ;.underground tr~nsit
Consume 'Several ·Y.4?&7 " ~;
system al1d will constitl,tte the greatest
.Thest; subterra~n works
, COst.
:;.~~i:~n~ed .:Jn ~a,:e 16--S~concl Col.
tra:.J?.sit ifnpro,tement the ~ity has ever froffi $12,000,0QO to $15,ooo •.ooo a
wi~i
experienced.
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c'""onSume several yea-rs in bu:flcrln
Tl~ey Will, include the e..xtension .of the ' soundings in . the Sdutl1. Channel, D.der
present Ea~t Boston tu. nnel to. cor_nect; which the south Boston-Dorche-ste tu.n-:-··
with, the west 1o0p o~ the aln;10st com- nel · will extend, ;ire now betng ade
pleted Cambridge tunnel, the C'a¥1bridge da.ny.
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turinel itself, which rfeeds but the finishThe sum', of $:50,000 has been ;a we'd,
ing t.Ql:lches to stations and the laying the "Transit Commission for tbe preof the rails in the remaining untracked liminary ~-ork · ~ri which the engi~~s eiit
spotS;_ the Riverbanl<. subvi,·ay, which will are now eµgaged.
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ext~nd from the Pa;rk ... street subway sta.FrOm the. other end cf Briston U1 Bo$".
tion· to the junation of Beacon stree~ ,and stretch the new J\1:alden ele,vated ne ,been.
Common·wealth avenue, and the tunnel from Sullivan sq..uare. Char~estown
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last tube will extend from 4he
Washington-- street tunnel. at a
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The American Building TI'ust,, behi
which is milli~ns of foreign 'cap!t
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B(rl\'ton,.'csi
.il~c:;~rfcal 'J"itHWay tunnel 'u,;..ierfhe harbor.;,
Boston ·,Efe¥ated' nnpr,ovements,. to inclu'de the almost ·finisJ-ie.d
Harvard square tunnel, the· R.iverbank subway, the Ea,;t Boston tunn~J.
ext'en,.:ion, the South Bost.on-Dorchester tunnel· and the Malden elevated
line ·from Charlestown..
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:-The $9;000,000 general· 'harbor development b,.y city l!lnd State.
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Th~ Peter Brigh~ Hospitals· on Huntf:ngton avenue-.-to be the finest
in 'the'' world.
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· ,'.J'he: new Institute 0£ Technology.
The Copley 'Plaza Hotel;
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·:The FHene department, store. .
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;.The' developtrient of ~ark square and vicinity, to .. incfµde t~e ex- 1
telisi_on of Ste.wart ,:;treet, tire,• .building of . office buildings, ·a hotel for 1
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,Municipal de'(e~oprn.:nts, tp ,includ<t .a new commercial high schopl
in_ the Fenway, new elern.eEttary sc:;hools iQ.Dorchester; R.o_jd:mry and"Eas.t
Boston, new municipal 'buifdi.ngs in EasCB.oston a.nd South Boston, new"'
playground in .Charle~tp:wn, the City Point Aq:uariu,m, .the Zoo at. Frank-/
Jin ·Park, the exten!"ion ·of. Dix ·,place, the widenfng of·. Pleasant street· and
the cerection of City Hall annex.
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The South terminal -atlqitions;
A· long list. of private. improvements, w/iicb iriclqq'e the .erecti~>'ri . of
· a TO-,story .office building .on Devonshre street· bi ihe ··Wi'Uiam ~ Gaston
tr,,stees. the e-,ectiori of' t"'-co ,great New England .Telephone t,uihling in
}fort .Hill square, '! v.ocatio11al schodl'by .t,he Y. M. c. A. 6n. St. B9tolph
s(reets, .new·. Huntington, a~enue _theatre, _:, great -wareho_Use o,:i N'ew 1
street, East Boston, by the. Bosto.n Term1l)al. Storage and Warehouse
Company and a large. warehou.s_e a11d lig:ht.m. anu_fa._cturin_g bu.iding'by:,tliel
Boston Wharf Company jn South .Boston.
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, · The. Mrs_., Larz Anderson ~tadium bri~gco, Brig~fo~ ~-~
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~e",.· ~layg~ound at a cost or $5~,.ooo. Ea:t I
Boston· Will haYe a neW lnunicipal building" on the si.te. of. the old' high s9hool
f j ···c_oSt · $1~0.009: ·On "th_e site·· of t~e old
Blind ,A_S'Yl_um. in South Bosto:ri a IleW
fn_ullfcip:a:J '. bUilding will alSO" be~ erected
to~ cost $100,00Q. ,The ~cork. Qil all· t-hes~'
bu-ildings Will~- be started· "'·ithin two
mo·nths.
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Street, E'!'tins)on . ·• ,,
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:The e>!Ctensioi(, of, Dix' place wlil
begin
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t:tiis .purpose.
A "'\veek· ago
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th·e..:LeiiS-1
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Mayor F:itzgJrai_~ ·v,rrot'e to' the cou,nQff. ask_i~g · tha~t
,it be accepted .
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a:r:i:riex is, alre.ady w.··ell uriqer .. wiY ir,1: ~he
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building :\Vilr·_cOst $890.000.
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'R:z:iv;ate · -~~rQ9ra.tions and ~ individuals
are' ·spell9tog, :n'lany mi,lion_s in . improve::-.
t?-len~s ..~ -~·:T'.].1e Cqpley-:-Pla'Zza, ~Otfl: daily
grow~ '*J).de,r :C1.e. hands pf th~, m;:isbns,
a.lld ."\v11e~: ~:rected w-ill ~be• a beautiful
eigll~~ory, l'i:Otel and ·will co;:;t· $4';0~0,0-?0.
,Th'e :~;vork• On. ·th1?' big F-~,iene~depa_rtille.nt
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take. n from ·i'.s. path. . W'ashingion '.str._:·e.·et. ·
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and Tremont. street will· then be c.onn~qted.
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.:The widening of '.PIJasant .street w.ill
b~~n; ;s'
the City Council ac-
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'Valuables "·ere
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concealed .
o cted When '
in secret
l':.E.S7'.E.Rn A , •
Places.
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~Pedie.nt to pla as dee.med,
in a safe at th ce ~luables
,_ h·o.me.
e otr2ce or. ll,t
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IN. TH·E' w·'EST. EN_on1s'
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st?r-!e.·-:.·fP: 'oecupy a_ blo·~k;~·~t :t:tie.-
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oh :r{ew str"eet* :Easti BOston,-> an' e ··
story 'Wareli_?lts,e~" is betrm· built,- py·"';i,_''• ;;;·._..,._ _ _ _ _ _..;.._ _ _ __,_ _ _ _ _..;..~..........- - - - - - - : - - - - - - : - ,
Bosten
Termlnal Sto1:;age
Wareh,~ ~.
Company;
O_ti: ,-b~vonsh'\i:re' ,strget ~~
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Wi1),to.-m Gaston, trustees are --butldi12~
.B.Pi>o.intil1.g of the new •10-story Office.,. bltilding;' and,- .fh S :~:
· 01i ..be.fore · it starts work Boston,~ on A ~ street~ the, B.osto~ W~~\
g and · d~ve~oping of the • Cpmp~ny ~re. erec~1n? .. a
li)t?._t_ ' .m1;-:
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f~_ct;~dng .h~U~'e. · ~~e~e·:';,.bun:a!:n:~s;-;._r:~~1
Wi~l .::~n~: .'l!lan::- ~il}iOilS Of. '~en_~fSr'._:,•bf:),i:~
in this vested .cap1tala
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~i:o-~k has . b~en start~·~ -, on.1,., the , P'.<).f
,, ~ite .~_e!'1'' ~arbor Com:- ~~n~~ Brigp~rp ·.-, :g<>:Sp_ita( on - ·_Hu~ftn\;~f
near·-·. the·, Ha:r:vard
Met:_..;::.:i
y these pl~ns Rnd while ~venue;·
lie'~-1'.QQd!,fij_d~ _.the :ge~W~i $cho0f· buf.ldings.-~ T.he. h9spit:~l. co:tn~J:: ,_
~p.t'::w·1l1 ,not be ch.an~e«J. WiH. 'ip.cl~de- "16. bea~tiful htJUdi~g.$.,,~x\ ,
vi.ill '·cost $1~225;ooQ.· , ' .
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At· ._the, ..corl)er ,' ot 1-Iµntin,iton a '
arbOr· deVelcipment by ,a~d ,.·_yan?y~e:'street~"' th~_,_',F,carva,ra.
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cal School·. addition iS · 1*ing built,
~h1ch. ~pl in~lude t~e 0 1'.!: st.. ~dtt;il:i:>J;i str~et~ the, p.ew:·'Y. · '
~especia;lly the ~East , A. · VocaUon'a:l School h?,~ b~er;(. _;;:;ta
·t-~':WhtCh - $9,oooo,ooo· has! ,xi:i· Park s.q~~e_ tli~_rn·o~t'ex.tensiV
-;.. will be a p()sftlve fact. v,elOPI:1-~.nt ~s- · beJng -pu,s}?.e<:1 ah!?'aCL
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. t-:eady the _~e~. Yo~k. NE,-yv ___Hay_
~It~ the. appOi~t.~~:nt·. :a:artford railI'oa?,· ·- has .· built . _f:it~
. a. the yery creat,~J1~, St,reet, ·""frt?m; Co1_uriibµs a~f?Ilu.C _rie~r'·'
he resu:tts·of the idea. st:{uare. to Qlarendon .st:reet., and- will
th·· railroad and tei:.. t6nd'. 1t to irieet tp.~ old Ste.~~art St
is. the ehlarg-en:1ent: at Tdn,~tY ····pl~q~ a:s soo?J. as the ,~a
n tb a~~ornddate · -t~e-, 6"husitt.f;! ..Jn'S't;itute. uf '.I'~chnology; sel
York, Ne"w- Ha.ven. & the~ Site df -i,ts._n,e~ buildtn·gs ..
,.,·wltlch ~e to C~l"{le: ~--·I.ri:-.P3:Tk square·"a hPt~ :W11:iCh:.will
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1:1,1.elit ..Me,rcanti-le Property at 139 to
Merrimac,
_way streets, Purchased Last Week
Henr.y Wyzanski.
by
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,, M~rcantile Property at,...139. to 143 IVlerr1mac, 149 Stanifor'ci ·and 49 CauSe-
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way Streets, Purchased Last Week
Henry Wyzanski.
by
Trust.ee;,s _of the;, _Estate
of
IN THE BUSINESS DicTRICT
Mercantile Property at 68 to 72 South
S"!:reet, Sold Last Week by J. Murray
Howe to Max E. and Charles E. Wyza nski, Trustees of the Wyzansl:<i Trust.,
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LANS for the new mercantile building to be erected at 'No. 661 Boylston street, - Back. ·Bay, have been
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accept~q, and.. the present structure
is bein~ razed.
ThtS .Pro:iu~rty, Which re-,
cently was'bougbt bY Her.bert F.,·Winslow,
for investment, embraces- 2464 square feet
Of laµd and building, and is one of the m.ost
valuib-le parcels in that block.
The new
~dltle#. wn~ be completed next July and wUl
be ocCupied- by w. C. Keen, milliner. now
at Berkeley and Boylston streets. It wUI
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be constructed of white marble throughout
the upper stories, and will be of Verdeantique · marble on the. ;first- floor, set in
bronze frames.
The first fl.Oor also · wi.11
h_ave a bronze mat-qQise which will exten_d
out over, the side.Walk ..about six feet. Thej
~t1t~~ii~e&1~!a!:u!1J.1s::; ~:i!:~t;;;d >th~'
first story will be plate-:-gla.ss laid in very
large sheets~ with butted and mitred joints.
Henry Bailey Ald·en, who has designed
many buildi:tlgs in Boylston street, is the
archi1tect
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DWELLINGS IN BRIGHTON
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AJtractive House _Being Built for F.~ J. Taylor Near
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i-t~ritlngton A vcnL;e, Purc:,a~'Sd Y<!:.Stercla:,, h'y Aro.llr.e C
W.ells
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TAYLOR.
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COL SWEETSER
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SANDWICHIS ANtlJ
~anquet of -Chamber
of 'Commerce.
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Lawrence Officials Praised for
Keeping Peac&.
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x~Sp.eaker Cole ~_Attacks
_;Leader·. Hay;ood .
350 members , of
.Albout
Chafflber
the
Boston
Of ¢om.merce· 'p.articip8.t~ iq
~~!:11:~ a:h!;o~~~;~e8 1
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t0-p1c assigned' for disc'u.ssion was "ImriJ.igraition.~·
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··Mitpy of the ~eecheS. w~X'P. devoted
to: ·praising the 'city;. autl;lfOrities~ espe:..
orally'.. the· police at La:Wi-ellce, and the
Militi~ for the ·waY, they have pre-·
se~ed law ~ , d 'OI'.d:eir. du.ring the strike.
d!!! ~~!-!~e:~~ a!~i::ete~! ~:1
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evening was Col E
Leroy Sweetser,
comIP,andipg tpe M~l_!tia· at Lawrence
ever since· the strike b0gah., When int:r:Qdueed everybodY roSe ·and ga'Ve him
thi::ee rousing chee:i;-s . .-Col Sweetser. _in,
hiS address. declar~9,. that thing~ are nOt
as black in LaWTence· aS described in
the newispa1;>,e~.
''Grl%at Und_fgested Lump."
The tvvo principal. speakers wei:-e
Marcus M. ··Marks: .member o! /the
±{.(,eseYelt
Corn1nit'te€: on
Indu-st:rial
-Peace, and Hon J"op.Il'-N
Cole, ex;speaker ·of the House: Wh<'.\, spOke warmly
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Woolen CO'Il'1J}anY; was present though
,..not conspicuoµs.
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N~rtfh_t~~r~r~;fC ~~:~t~n~o~f I~':_
THREE SMALL STRIKE' "VICTI
1nig~-ants, _presided and made a plea for
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immtgrants,on the docks of the vai'ious
ocean i,orts, ,protecting thern
shai.~pers and ,doing what can be froi:Q.
done
, la~re·J3~~:!~d: J.lRd.thwejl, ex'7pres1de~t
OF.FER WAGE RA]SE
-TO EN. D, r··:RIKE.
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to giye theni a knowledge of Amerie'!,n
inst1t,,tions and ideals, and to disperse
them tb_I"oughoU.t the Nation, instead ~
encouraging t.he"Ill 'to co:µ~gate in
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Con:tfn:a.ea ~m..ttte Fl~1: ~-w,e•.
·active inter.est in, .furtll.ering the sanre ·
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class of Wor~ b7 contributing to it?f ··, ~~..r~s-eqo:incr.--a-tff-.rot --palO~ ~support.
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IYir Drewer, in. $-ta.rtUlg the speaking,1 -Pr· p-µ-e· ~s,;:,u:flU'"B.:i.2 .·.ag+ pa+~a~a..xda..1· oq.M. ·i
f~id that 90 p~rce:p.t of 'tbe populatipn oft, •is~ :.a:re,lS · 86 tsy1tfl :::, · p.I'B~P:'EI: · a.1_aA\. - is;.x~ '
-,~:l ~-l~a ?~~ SJt!7 JO
ian '\. peasants. or th~1r childrel!~ Mor0t-SlUatn~.Ac;>.1:dm1. aAJsua:ix,a a'l{'BUI Ol. uon.u~:,.
thap. one-half the· men Of voting age,1 -UJ .1Jat.n -~uJ.jq ll· ~uonoa3 ssa.u1~nq ~1.l'.J.
he said. in the same section of thei U" .:sai:a..iado.id '::1.u:at:a+sa.n.u1 :isaug: aq:r· ;,.o
country were born a.brOaQ.. '.'"WherEt~Y.OU: a.Uo -i;,.0µ113:Jqo · a.A1:fq P1.s·u'SZAM s.:issaw
find· a great ecap.omic disturbance,
he ai{;"tao...I"B.d,'SJql·.10 as~-q~-!ll,d, .0t{l -ur ,·oov
said, 40 YO.u find ia, ~;eat und,igested i1ump -•Stzi +13: ,.'S-I'O~sa-$s-e .,aq.'.). Aq pant'BA S! ·pu-e[
in·ti:ie·comtilunity.
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· .air~ ·p~1 ·10 ·1-aa:;i .a-.ren.bs 09LZ !:!Uf-~d~.>
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l1Ja;ir~tst~}~~!sa~~~i!~~~~1:c~~I[J~--~:?.1q
Must Not Go to Red--.&tCialism.
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to dit.feren~e in lanj;uage U~e:re
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-1s no adequate _means of/ commun1ca- au'o p.3>.IapJSUC!<>-' SJ uon_o-esU'U.Il l~9+"BI:. ~1'111:
tioil., he ~aid, i. between that class of' .+n.C!. 'P,U{!{ J-IlJ~N aq:J. ;ptI.13 .I~do~d l(no
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population ,and the local.. offl,cialS\ Inl :'"}!Jdu!:..lJ~~~~~u~~J~!\.:ci!!~~saq~a-s:~~,:
the next generation, he _claim.~,d. up~ ;i:() -~ou ,u1-un,.paU'B_e12"
.Pl.fl~. a+1uY:~P
ward _of 40,00;.0.. 000. of .-that sort or im~...:Juµ.pou l,nq .'ares .1:91_ +uat:uaaa:.S13':..:.XaP,un
mi~ra_nts are• cording here. and ar S'!:?M'.,.·"l4'.+.i.I.a9co~d, ,st.-~n l'J?t{l ·.e.~n . at.~.t<,s'. :.lOiJ..'
going to settle in th~ East. It.i~ up t '.UA\.ottJt ·u~q ·s-eq :n ~ls m1~u1:?~· ;JO<..I~u·
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men like those he' Was
to, h -.10:;:. ~qa, ·.I~a-u .$1. uoq-eoo{'·aqJ. 1•000•88z:t -J:O 1
said; to se-f! that . they d~ not fall int anreA. 1?0'x13'l" 1-e:iOl _atn .Jo '.,sseoxa -ur. A1q-e i
th,e,.h~nds ·of lea..derS that will le~d thell':! j--.t~P1s~O~ ~n.S .. '13 :..ra;i:. ~~.M..:n.· ~all!.n -sJq:J.-lB .
~~~rct1£-im.ranks. ~( .red sociah~m o~ p~:J.::e·~~. +q~ .si:: PJ):1.d- . a.?f~d, .~"9"l .r auq~. , .:i
"-Ml:" Marks~ the next speak.,er, said h . •.
~.i~ 4~I.·~-e~ 0 l q..,,n~Jt,n ·.rBa.t.,~~n·:
would have, in every mill a•_"~l1ggesti~ .-;.~l·.. ~-:e~-e~s-~ .. ~apJ..M. 13' :Jo ?_g~l~+P:~.i
-box,.,,. where tp,e help-· cqulu depo~, a.Pp-e;'li)i{:). ,s'Btf~p_u;e' :J.S :Pl~ytllo.rff ~l.1SOddb :
w,ritten. co;niplain.ts ·OT
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Boylston=St2Corner Sold.
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VAJLUAB£..E PA)'lCEL 150 TO 158 BLACKSTONE ST, PURCHASED
M. E. AND C. E. WVZANSKI TRUSTEES.
One of the' m.ost Important transac;(.tio~s involving property in the North
/,:~.nd that has been closed in a long
~J.1·me, is that involving the parcel, 150 to
·il58 Blacktone st, situated between Han'bver st and Hayma~l{et sq
The pur,,chasers are M.. E and C. E. Wyzanski~
trustees und~r the will of Henry Wyzansld.
The sale of this property is of con~·siderable significance from the :ract that
,'.i't is the first time that it has been
,.:S.old since 1827. The title at this time
:'.·Coin.es from Howard K. Brown et al,
:trustees under the will of .James Chee;·ver. Previous to its purchase by Mr
:Cheever, it was owned and occupied bY
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[f;~1i~1s~Jie rg~~~ o~~~P1riJtg~
\·1~1';' wherein many meetings were n..:1<.1.
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ofoliis!rei~i;. to
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do with the
,:.:· .While the pro1.>e1 ·.:..-, is only a-ssessed ·
'fO.p $50,800, it has a n1uch higher value,
r.-the Messrs Wyzanski paying a pr:r:co
i way in excess of this figure
It is one
i. of the 'Very few estates that has a large
i:~frontage, and with scch a depth that
/:'rnaltes it a valuable property
The
/'fro;ntage on Blackstone st, is 71 feet.
'_:· The property comprises a large :fi.vei:·s~ory briclc bui1ding, with stores on the
,tower floor, the upper' stories being used
for various kinds of business.
'l;he:r-e
dS 2240 square feet of lan.d, rated at
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$40.400
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,, The final papers in the above trans';o.ction have been placed to record at
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Suffolk Registry of Deeds, the brobeing Edw.ird H. Wiggin, 60 State
During the past
few ' weeks,
Wyzans ki have been identified.
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he purchase -·of
valuable
,.in•' ·the::
tric_t, Bay ··l
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Mcrc~ntiie Property at 19 'to 23 Sot.~t.h
Murray H0We, Through -the Office
R.
DeB.
Street,
of
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UnC.:,ee"-""'A-gre~meflt of S<1le to J
Dennie
BoarCrrlan,
~eJinald
and
Boardman.
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1PUTS ST JAMES.- AV--PROJECT AT $100)00Qi;
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Mayor Explains Offsets That He Says Will Reduce
Damages. fo:t Widening Street Near Park Sq. .
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IN
BACK
BAY.
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required fol:". the purpose. The widen8
ing of the street is another link in the ~i~eJ;~!.y:i;nie~::;;e
ittn,provements suggested niore than a :fused to ·approve_, that which is slni~y,
year ago for the development of the potential. C·ouncilor Smith received the
Park-sq lands, owned by the New resolutions from Ex-Alderman Francis
Haven Railroad. '!'he gross cost, in- R. Bangs of- the Chamber of Commerce.
cluding
dam.ages,
is
estimated
art
The Mayor's l~t±er of approval
$1,25-0,000.
tains a table of initial cost to: th
It is intended to widen St James a.v "\"\,,~hich includes these items: .;-'Da
to i6 feet from Trinity pl tO Berkeley st, to 26 estates in' St Jam~s a.v.
and to 96 feet :from Berkeley st to Arl- at $385, 000, $550,000; <Iams.gee .t
ingfon st extended, merging at that Ludlow, $100,ooo;· damages to
point :With Providence st. The Mayor be- ster Champers, $300,000; takl
lieves... the offer · of land and the 'waiv- belonging to raHroad·, $250,00Q
ing of certain land damages bY; the rail- ti~,
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a· totai road company is extremely liberal.
Wh~n offering ;;.resolutions in favor pf ,,~!ll!s::, Dairiag~~
a bill to ;~e presented to the Legts_ISr
.la~'§.:· ~~e:n.Efi.o.n project~ clQSely fol- ture, authprizing the city to :m.a~e th''
lowl~g too···
· · ge o:f the Arlington-st widening, . and ·
o~.
Cou~
extension·
.1 is -figured on. a
ne1;'
. Ith , saf<l
'ii-, of the ·
·cost, Of
001 u1_10.~r the·, Exees$.
ell.' .11<1:
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J\'.Layor Fitz.geri.ld. sent co.pies of a
, letter to the Chamber of Commerce, the
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Massachusetts Real Estate Exchan•ge
and the Real Estate and Auction Board
yesterday
explaining the
plan
announced at the meeting of the City
Council Monday for the extens.lon and
widening · of St Ja.mes av from Copley
sq tO Park sq. T>he Mayor .said it ts
one · ot the most important improYements whiCh ·could• be m.ade in the city.
He signified his 'willingness to present
it
the :form of a bill to the Legis-
in .
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364-366 WASHINGTON STREET
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College, Jonat)J;i'J,ll w;. Dunlop and '
Stephen vV. Sleep.er, brokers
An iiriportant. tnl"nsacti~n has just beeRi
closed ill the d6wn.town r~tail distr~~t,
the signi~g of agreement papers by MaX'
E, and Charles E. Wyzanski trustees, for
tJ1e sale of' the investment parcel mimbered 364' and. 366 '\.Vashington street, to
the president and f.,"i1ows of Harvard.
Colle~.
By acquiring this estate, in
.conjun'ctioll. 1vith theii- present holdings,
the purchasers ·will have an advantageous
position in any combination for future,
development, such as recently took place
in tlie construction of the new l1~ilene
building. This property is located near
. the coiner of Franklin street, _and· is· di_:rectly opposite Bromfield .sti:eet, aJ.so l}a,i
'.an exi~ in the 1ear by n1'ean~ o{ a ''Vide
:paSsage'-vay tO Ha,vI.-.y..._;:Sti•e:et.· \
The estate consist~ of _1'.a large; .fi.Ve:·,tory stone_ ail.d bric~ stru.ctti:re, o~~-~py:
ing 2760 square feet of land with a total
assessment of $283,000, of whic\1 $248,400
is on the land. In this transaction the,
Me:3srs. Wyzanski ,vere represented by:
John W."Dunlop, and Harvard College by .
S.tephen vV. Sleeper.
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LA WRENOE ESTATE BUILDI.NG,
43 and 45 · Sumlll.er St, Sold ·to· I. A. · and _
A. C Ra tsJ:iesky~
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SALE ON SUMMER ST.
Another important. -tranSaC.tion in the;
heart of. the retail se~tion has just bee:Q.;
' effected in the plach;ig of final papers to·
record wh~reby" I. A. and A. C. Rift.s.
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ohesky purchase from John Lawrenc'e;'
00
r:r~r:~af::S tr llie ax<tb!ftg1t~~rf~~;~
estate. the valuable parcel 4~ to 45 Sum.:.:,
mer st. The property a<:3-joins the prem-~
ises numbered 47 and 49 Summe·r st. also.1
owned by the Ratscheskys, which was·,
recently improved, ~nd being 1,1nder ·a
long lease. In the ·~ purchase of the
Lawrence property, it now g-ives th~
Messrs Ratschesky a valuable property
having a large trontage on Summer st
and but two doors from. C
F. Hoyey
& Co. The parcel consists of a large\
four-stovy. brick building, - occc.upying \
2250,. .square fe"et of land. This ~is rated,
!!:tf6!:M·18£.~3o.as;I,1{!0 ;~~i_~:e t.i~i~~1rt;:
ts said, fiS"ured ahn-ost double this fig-:
ure. It is considered one of the finest~
purchases o"f,- any business _proj)erty· iti....
this section 't,hat . has: been' placed on ·
the market in, several years.· The ·brokers 1n the transaction were C. W .. Whittier & Bro, SC1:~wmut :Sank Building.
3-Iany~eal estate de8.ls "in husin~ss
p1operty have been reported lately, few
of which have been under agreement for
some time, while others -ate ne·VI.~, antl
sp"i ing u.P f1 om unexpected loca.itties,
showjng the activity of investors who
are studying conditions, then . pini1,ini
their faith to their good judgn:ient by
taking title to a parcel or sever~! parcels
for further improvemen~. · The ·market,
district, the North and So'Uth stati,,n
districts, especially, the city proper s.nd
the leather district are undergoing many
chang'es of ownership, and in some cases
p1operty
is being remodeled
bey:rn<l
tecognition
by
the old
inhabitants.
Surely. Bostpn is making history right
, '':.~VI:', and, t)!J, .real eS:tate;, b,u.sinel,,s is. a '
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Marked Activity in Real Estate Transactjoiis in Retaif
District, and Back Bay.
PROPERTY CORN.ER TREMONT ROW AND HOWARD ST, 'SOLD TQ
INVESTMENT~
ali't~~r=~t~,-t~~h~~ew~fi -~:~efli~~~~----
penditure. of 1over · $1,0(:>t\OOO in improverne:n ts.
The : propei,-ty oO!Illprises the.
valuable corner, 1, to 4 'Trecn.ont r,oW.
corner of Ho,va.r<l ·st, t•he grantors being C. E. cottil)g ,and .Philip Dexter;
trustees and the purchaser Edward C.
fr~~l:~tio~h~:~ub~fgJj~de\h~t~ih 1ii:
office of Burroughs & DeBioise, and
w.hile t•he consideration named iS not -sta!ted, the asking price has been~ $1,00
~·~Uaed in the cOnveyanGe tO
1 Br.adlee is· a. 4%-story building occupying 13,108 squa.re feet of -Iarid. TO:e total ~sses_sment. is $680,,000, of w-1.iich $'615./ 100 1s the assessors_' value of the land
' At t•he expir~tfon of the present leases,
the new ·owner will erect thereon an
eight-st:ory 'stone mercantile· building
for which leases have been negotiated
t·or the first three flOors
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HOTEL CL.UNY, 'COPLEY SQ, PURCHASED av J. SU,MNER
DRAPER
M!ARK _TEMPLE DOWLING.
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Susan· Sherry Purch·ases Buildings
7 and 9===0ther Transactions.
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Business Operations to Begin
TQmorrow in New Bank on
Devonshire Street.
LATEST TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
i~·l;:~~;;,::t.:::.!e~e~~ri:t':.:'!Whb~
and
a service grill of great
;:rut:'!:;~~~=~ ~ii~~t;::mik:;
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.mezzanine floor runs around it, equipped ; tomorrow morning.
The;-~.Of(icers o~
with adQin:g ma.c~nes, book-keeping the bank are: President, ';·~las Piet"ce;
desks. tYPewriter~ etc4. A tels.utograph ·vice-president,_ Max MitcheH;-<treasurer,
system. is installed on the first and sec.;. .Arthur L. Potter; seeretan,:'"'~· Ho·:race E.
~!!t•!0~~:mfa;:ite di~~~~~~~!d ofr1f; ::;::~!!!; ptti:tc~ta6.;,ot,c~i1u~ J. ~:1~
· Lee M
Friedman, M.
H.
Gulesian:
upper floor spa.c~. A room is also .Provided for customers desiring an interTh€:
Cosl11opolitan Trust
Com.pany preter-...
opened its doors at 76 Devonshire street
The basenwnt is, devoted to the savyesterday :for private inspection and lings department.
The masslve vaults
hu. ndred•s of frtends of the of.fi'cials a.nd a.re also H.t. the basement, surraunded by
prospective customers visited the inst!- a network. o:f electric· protection. The:
tution, which occupies an entire build- doors a.re equipped with time locks in,
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Aaron Hailparn, H;orace E. Hqd!'eth,
. Patrick B. Magrane, Max Mitchell..
Francis
P.
oscennoJ;-,, Patrick
F.
O'Keefe, G. I. Peavy, Silas Pierce, Earn: est E. Smith, J. Ever-ett St;one, Charles
Weil, Parry C. Wiggin, Simon Vorenberg.
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Ts; ABOUT THE PROPosEo
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
·,Tt 'will start from Boston, with its
'. tl:~niiflus ir~ S;n Francisco.
! $';,,(
will be 2800 miles long.
,. 'f:;It will pass through Massa.-huJ ~~~~~~,:{
~ or~, Pe~h~ylv~tiia, Ohio,
Ii ef1;1~p(~}ana, . Ilhnofs, M1ssour1, Kansas~
' ~Cbforado, Utah, Nevada and Cali-
it
~ew
~J(fdirii~.-
, [;, It will requi,re the outlay of rnH. })ions, proportiot'le.d·,among the States
1{ti;:rough which It, will be constructed,
'(. Sponsors of ithe r.oad hope it. will
f·be ,compleJed ~n 1915, in time for
f\the exposition at San Fra:1~cisco.
{,,, .:Gov.ernor Fdss heartily indorses
f:qie;!prnject """
i j', ·,'!'he Rotary Club of Boston is be~
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the movement.
sangu~n~ of the
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Franctiscd
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"A COnstder~ble portion. of this route ; nation.al government" wer~ to·' pay ~nealready is in first-class condition. Hence
half the ex.pense and the rest of the
1 th0 proposit~on, Whil~ a big one, has not
b~rden be shared p,roportionateJy by the
the gigantic proportions it appears to
different States
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have a'b first glance.
"I a1!} P.eartily in favor 0:f the move1 ·~It will require an outlay o\f manY / ment _an. d believe that it will have ·o-re3.t
milllons Of dollars. J)ut whel;l proportioned
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off into the different States tb,e individ~hile the pl~ns are as Yet wholly tenual burdert will not be too heayy for anY
tative: the main idea · of the proposed
one State to carry.
ro_aa. rs that it be _suitab1e\ _for travel bsAppeal to Motorists
fitotrstts It is hQped by t!\e promoters
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. a
i . can be constructed with a. min••Motorists will be ke.enly _iQ-terested in
1mum Width of 40 feet
It is recognized
the propose:d highway. Incidentally, the
that there will be places, where, owing
plan , undoubtedly will rective approbato certaln conditions, this width will ·be
tion .from the peqple of the far "West,
much less But such places it is hoped
and especially thoSe in California, for it ; -w~~l be few and far betwe~n
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will be a big boom for the coming expo-1 ·
Su9-4 .a.. road as is planned " said Mal sition. -With the road completed in 1.915, : jo1~ O:I<:eefe, "would depend' ruateriaily
J thousands
of autoists from this section
on the form of construction for its cost.
iof the country will think no'thing _of goIt mu.st 1:>e reihe. mbered that the kind ot.
ling to the fair in their machines Just so
road ·which could be constructed most
· long as they know there wlll be a firsteconomically and k-ept in first class conclass road the entire distance of 2800 ~ition a~terwards vould not be the same
rnJies.n
j ~ all Sta~·es
It would vary according to '
Representative Prouty; of Iowa.. who is J th.~ location and the. material availaible.
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a strong advocat~ of good roads, is seek-.'
I!1_.~0~E:_ States a first clas~ .hi~a___y
ing to have Congress appropriate $80,000,- .. could be built at -a~man cost o-Wing -td-....,,__
000 for the betterment . of the highways. j the supplies of · gra_vel be-in,g near
I He
would apportiop_ this sum in various:. hand~ In other plaCes, the cost would
. amounts during th;e next five years, co- ! be greater because the supJ)lies Would'
, operating -with the States in road con- · have to ~ome from a considerable db,-
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/ ~!;~!~~1:it::~\<;,em~;?:~f;.nct~e Af°e~o:~:1ge!:~ ~~~~f~e!~i~;-~yat ls a matter for future
on each road constructed will
T11.e entire me~bera:hip . of the Briston
of
America, \.a, be Hmited to one-half the total cost.
~otary Club is ell~hueiastic ov"er the na~fa:re_ 40 ·fee:t. wide, stretching; Mertl.bers of the Rotary Club~ hovveVer. t~o:r:ial high~.a,Y pro:l)Osi~on, and· gives the
l}'e'~ ac;ross tP,e continent from Bos- '{'--re not bankillg _heavily on fed eral aid civic comm·.lttee its .undivided su"pport.
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~.S.an Ft"anci:Sco, dreained and talk- rn the construction of a nation'al high- Hence,. as tnany prominent men of Boston
but . e".'"er I sin~e the wide expanse w_aY. It is 'understood . that Pre&ident'. are includ~~ i~ the me'inbe!"ship; it is exj:>+ th~ Rockies ~eoam.e an intep--al Taft is op'posed to the federal go"vern- pected that great impetus wfll be giyen
of "t:he: -United States, will be a real- ment9s paying out money for the con- the movement
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ithii(:tb:l'ee y·ears if the plails Of the struc.tion
and maintenance
of roads.
~he Nation3:1 Association o:r Rotary '
.'.n"·;~·ot~rY Clu~ are carried o~t~ '
Hence ~t is beHieved th.e road will be Clubs h~a . ~ ~I~~- in ...ne.~rly every I_~rge !
.~.-~!l~ l,Qca:1 organization. a. membe-r constructed by the co-operation o! the city of the country.\ '"The first object of j
·& 'N_~ti~nal _As15ocia~ion of Rotary different Sta~ea. through which i t ls to the club is business exchange.
The .cl,ub l
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has weekly luncheons.:·where the n:i~m-j'
··.~q~· .a.
transcontinental roadway
uThis movement -will get its greatest be.rs ~eet each other and. become better
l;l.as · Deen i~d~rsed enthusiastically headway/• . c?ntinued Major
O'Keefe, acquainted. Each perSo~ associated with 1
,the °f?-.ct- that but tientative plans .. through ::r,il-oper agitation. Once the 'dif"- the club ls a. proprietor. partner or cors'o: f'S.:r been foJ;"mulated
fe~ent States see -what a valuable asset pp,r~te officer of some ·1egitirnate business
pl~nned t<:' rnake °'the enterprise ~t will be, they will not hesitate to ald or J?rofessional pursuit
E,ach member
'a.tfve aff:;Lir, each State through in tbe work. Therefore I do not belleve accordinlr to officials of the club is ~
t.he ·.~iJ_ghway will pass completing it will be over difflci.ult to 'carry out the r ·hbooster ••
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tft,S\ ·sh8,re' of the ·Work, SO that the dif- project
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,:fe1"'e:nt·· sections. '.\Vhen linked· to~ether.
"'We have, not re'ached the noint where
·' '· '617m: one perfect stre~~h. surpassing we can te~l what th~ cost ,of the plan i
'-the hiStoric Appian Way that Ap- .will be
But it will not be heavy on any:
ciaudilis started 1n 312 B. C.
one individual State, tor there are sece great highway from Boston to 'tions of" the road already completed
rancisco ls bound to. come,'' said ~Forge the Tew remaining links, and the
' ,P... _F. O'Kee'fe, chairman of the· entire affair will be completed.
'1 ·ct>1nmittee of the Boston Rotary '1
Credit to Bay State
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;tha:1: .. has the plan in charge.
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'St.art from Hub
, ~;~as::~h~~=i~s t:n~t~;teth\~e ~~:_~itu~=
start dertaking, and to Boston -will fall the
and, honor of being the city from which the
~£,,,tb:oSe -of the entire State, stand road will start~••
· · d.' There is, at the present
Mr. O'Kee:te, who ts cha.trman of the
,first class road from Bost._on a.I-' civic committee o~ the Boston Rotary
~---th0 'New York State line.'
Club. having thS project in hand. has
· o:ui; bel!e,f that vvit~ co-opera- these assi:3tants:
F. S. Locke. W. B.
te'• :Would. not be much trouble Wilcutt. S. C .Doana, ~- C_. Donnelly, J
g:·: this · national highway a W",. Newton, A. W. For!"J.. Lewis J. Bird
. }>' :·:'If··.· the -other States, through E. M. Manahan ~ d L. D Mullen· They
'h-ithe .. 'road will pass~ join in thelwill join with Mr. O'Keefe in agitati~g
{r,, 1~v-:em"eilt :.&s
he:a,rt1ly as Mass;:tchu~etts the . proposition and enga~ing the at:.{;:will~' there ·ts no question in t_P.e minds tentio°: of the different States in the
~'P~ ::.m.8.p_y e~perts that the thoroughfa:re proposition.
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\wilj.,Ji:t .:{:i. ..few years be com:pleted
There is no more enthusiastic advocate
·.,,.,.,,~F,r:om·· Boston to San Francisco~ over of a n~tional highway 1 from Boston to'.
~'·,ll:o:U~-:.Pla.nn~d. it is about 2800 miles. San Francisco t?an Governor Foss. The
·_i,,, ~Oes not mean tha.t there will c~v1c committee, of the Rot~ry Club has
tl'number of miles of road to be been assured by him. that they will have
t:iicted. Each of the different States his undivided support in carrying out i
;i, -~-!3:·,. ~:6uridr~s. ·or first class roadways. t1:?1r plan for the national highw9;r·
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!'.~'4-t"" tp. connect these up and make the .
It is only a auestion of time.
said ,
~~t:~~i:~~l'.. a ContinuQi:ls one is the present tGovernor Foss, "when this question of a:
~'?P"r:?l)osftion, to be considered.
;national I highway will be taken un all
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the States t. he·m. s. elves will lover ,tp.e . country, especially in thos.e sec,
· · ihe j~st what the · route wil~ be. ti4??1s throuJ;rh which it will pas~
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that it ba.
I -was. told by the 1915 committee o:r
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'.·as ';follows:
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; the e_xDosition that tl1ey believed if such
otri 'Boston. across Massachusetts~'. a i::oad -was :J::n:o~erly agitated it ·would be
,Y6rk, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana,'/ completed from one en~ to the othe:,:- in
Mi souri Kansas Colorado Utahi ]time for 1;he ex.position in San Francisco.
:a, a::.d th;ough C;_lifornia fo sa/
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'Work Begun on, Proposed. $s·0~{8bp Additio·~ Jo thu··:M!usellm of Fine Art~"
To ·ee- Known as the Robe.rt Dawson Eva~~ Memorial.
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Gr<j>und ha.s been broken and work begun :on what -will be the finest picture
gallery in the world. in the Fenwa.y,
to cost about $600,000.
Although the building is to. be rnonu-
men\al in size. in! itseJf. yet it is to be
only, a wing of the Museum of Fine
Arts', and an es~etltial part. of the general plan and design of that great
building.· In time ,this wing will undoubtedly be regarded by the public as
the front of th'e museum because of its
dignified- facade, picturesque surrollndings atjd approaches and its setting
near the-·water.
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The great picture gallery is to be
known as the Robert Dawson Evans
Memorial, in honor of Mr Evans, who
was for a number of years a ~rustee
and benefactor of the Museum of Fine
Arts,· and also because rt is the -gift to
the museum of Mrs· Robert Dawson
Evans in memory of her husband, and
to perpetuate the interest he took in
the institution. Mrs Evans gave the
necessary funds for the construction of
this Picture gallery to the trustees of
the museum early in the year, and
since that tim.e the architect of the
museum. Mr Grey Lowell, has been
busy preparing the designs and plans.
Since the existing sections of the mu-
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pendent wing or, building ·~for the de-
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fi;~t~i~~le id!t!\~egm~r:it
building was not_ intended for picture, galleries and in which the ideal condi-
S~f iii:h.:to1~
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tii~ri~ It was seen· that further improve:~d.a;;e~ru~dc:tilafi~~~ ~1~t
out.
ments col.ild be made by building gal"';
leries so de$igned as to actually embody all the features that years of investigation and of experimenting had
suggested.
To .se Fine$t in the' World.
It is this tllat Mrs Evans' gift ha;s
made possible, and the architect, Mr
Guy Lowell, has developed in the new
wing a series of galleries that will
pTove undoubtedly superior to any picture galleries so far
built,
either
l:>:road or in this country,. for nowhere
1.s the housing of a great art collec:,n been so carefully, So fully, or so
stemati,qally studied as here in Bos-
to~,~·
;rtor to. arid during the construction of the existing .secti,ons of the
Mus um
So true · is this that h;1 the
few years since the present bui~ding
on
untingtori\ av was opened i t I?-as
ie~ To1Yc~~!~
g,i~v
~a~lh:X.a;.~c:'n~l~~
deS1gtn,ed art· museums.
Th1. new picture building is to ....J::te._
~!ft 't{iJ_e i~!~if~ :~~gf1fliot~t ~;;:;:i't:;:1g .!
harmtnious ,.architectural part of the
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~11~r i~f;;>'if'g:i\
c~~Pf~tiiJ;e
own ielltrance from the Fenway side
and -ftheir own monumental staircase
and tier.race.
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by means of a gallery, which in the
completed :;tcheme provides a larg~ hal_l\ t
foF'r~1:: "{hl'8Ji1;!f~b~i1~:P~!\l!et~ which
all visitors: .to the picture galleries . will
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come:; whether they have entered :at}
the
Huntington-av
side
an d
come1l
across the connecting passage, 1 or hav-e
entered a..t the Fenway entrance and
come up the stairs, the circuit is crytn.....
plet'e and chrol)ologica.lly continuous
thr-ouig-1) a series of roo:Q1.s where the
wdrks of the differ1ent sc};l:ools of painti~g ·are grouped together.
Thes~i rooms wiH have their, walls
fJ1:'k~1;;11)~:'Dt~ 1 i>ha~kg;~~nd~1
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will ibe paneled with wood_ to,_ make
·:fs't~:a.!.sf~£t!di!i~~~!i?oti1?:hr:~:W!l
the galleries more .
roo:m.s in
Greek-Ionic cotonnade,.50 feet high, com• which the~ pictureslike t,he o_rigina~ly
were
posey·o. f 22 ~uted granite columns, ,the hung generations ago. For the same,
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ah.d
inscription This granite colondecorati,on of
nade and parapet, serv"e~ as a scree1;1 generO-usly used in thewill make poswall· tP the rofty, / top-lighted g8.ller1es the galleries and halls
behind· it
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fo;1;afu°'lso~~et!r~~- har~onious ~et-.
The archJtectux-e is classic and quietly
On tbe._·exhibition .floor there are a.
dignified in feeling aild in mass,· to corsiderespond with the parklike chara~t~r of riU-mber of small rooms, some which
lighted, ~-o,:die, top-lighted;
its surroundings, .and expresses . out- will be hung th'e wiork,s of in
the
wardly the !orig series of galleries in- mast'ers in pai~ting. Then will early
come
side. The recessed eritrance behind the a serieS:- of·1arg9: 'top-lit galleries reach:-:
center of the colonnade is reached QY a
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driveway and directly opposite what the riety in sh'ape, ·1n volume and in ela:bo.:./
Park Department proposes to ~ake the rati?Jl. o:f ,ar-chitectural treatment.
w~i:tbt~\:: fshio Fb'7enf~~e~f3f~~g and
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90 feet· deep.· In the inte;r1or plans the Department of Prints.
-On the gr<>u::p.d floor at one end is 1::Q'<'
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placing the: iinport~r,it exhibition ·galleries on the Inain floor and of reserving partm.ent of Prin~s. and here also ar:~:
the ground :floor for the study serles, the to be rooms for ·study, for adminstrasecondary collections and administr~tion "f;i:'on, for s1:.ora:ge~ ?-Dd for repairs At til~-.
purppses. Visitors entering from the oppo~ite end. ·are _to be ins_t~Il~ a :Serie~;:
Fenway, after passi~g through ~he
outer vestibule, Will ~nd I t;tiemselves of rooms . with s:P,ecial ~ecorative iJ?--,
teriors .lik;e ~e p;r-es~nt Bremgarten ~d':.'.i
~!.s!he;~yg~ o1~a~e 1fa°n~1;;;nt~laif!;tf!"; Lawrence '1'."00ID.S, and below are still,-:
above.
This stalrc8$6 Will form the m,ore storage roams and a resting room\.j
most interesting and decorative architectu.ral. feature of the in:ter~pt\ fofn "%~µilding' a sp ecial ventilating}
The stairc~se leads to a broad landing.
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At this point it divides into flights on ~sf~~~h~f~ ~I~aY1nif4~:-1f,~f
either side that curve back in a semi- be p:i;rDp~rly 'hU.mid!fied to avoid danger. . ;
circle and lead to a hall or distributir;ig to .the pict'-:lres ?f that too great dry-~
lobby in the very center of the building. nes·s of the air often present ~n .a~tificially heated' halls. '
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.Hall for Colle;etion of Tapestries.
to~,h~~ii1~~
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The semlclroular staircase cage is Evans,' :~ill have the ,!3:llOSt' m*1frcer,i.~
flanked by .fL ro°W of columns. This Will picture ,gallerie~ in the.: world.
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'-Greater Kennedy's" a,s it will a:Qp_ear after alterations are made.
\~.:~_ t.h ~· rece'nt mercantile. aw.a k~ning.
ummer st. is not yet at an end is made
f
ern equipment
There wiU be ap·proxi1
mately 25,000 squai-e feet ~f floor~ sp'ace
w}~io:;.vhse
;::. ·" hrough the announcement that ·The
~~~tr!~t:.u:r~in!o!ee~ei~~: ~~:ed
y po • ("Kerine.ay·~) men'.s cloth- l most modern fixtures· obt'ajnable.
o-a,. Occupying 'the t~o Stol"es n_uin- I The dust-:-proof,,. crystal glass ca~e idea.
.SO to 3~ SUmf:n~r •• s_t·..,;;,... hS..Y~! leased,
now used 'by this store' on its clothing
h t}1.e ,Office .of Bradley & Tylsoh, t~e
ng StOre num.bered .26 and ·23· S1.lm~~
. and ext~ri.dif?g 135 fee~ al?n~ ,Hayv::,
tensive a1te1.;.a~i~n_5: ,,,win · be. 'J?tgun ~~
as the Present ·tenants vacate.- spec1..;
J>ns·c::tlling·~~r. ~,;thoio-ugh !·ein"O~e1lrig
modernizing Of the w'hol~- ·structure
~n:iake 1t iri k~ePi_ng with· the P,teSerit
nedy store ~Thi:S:- 1neans late summer
ore T·h~ Kennedy Co. Will pe abl~ to ocy itS enlarged quarters.
is s. tatec1 on .good- authority that this !'
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e- or four' men's stores in the...c'oun-,
'size~
~~nd_: t~-~~ne ~~ ·i-~~. ~od-
a~
flOor,
will
be extended to inclqde
every
c1epartm nt so that not a single box· nor
\:>pell sh:11:' of any kind will be found
t.h~oughOui· the entiw sto.re, everyth}:Ig~
:fron:1 collar buttons to overcoats, having
its own specially desigtled,p~ate glasS compartments. Whil.e this system for the displS.~~ and sale of gooda'i has been tis'ed to
some extent by a f4,w 9£ the newer stOl":eS
.in the Ceritral Statei, .;:,$to store, so far as
can be learned, has evet' ..C~i:-ried. it to the
extreme which The Kenri:€dY -co. expects
to. They. plan to m4°ke.- their enlarge·d
f~~!1~J!7
~uoa;::!s
a~~sta~~~c:t::n:~~d in
_The. __eVents leading up to this com:P"any's
:presellt underfaki.ng read- almo.St like a
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tale from the "A1ab1an Nigh.~:·f,.~~ The first
Kennedy S~ore was opened ;a._· lfft~e over 18
years ago. "in half. a store en· ·~(,side s.tre~t
in :E:Iyde P~k.· now VVard 26,.'?f_Bo~~~)l'~. Tli'e
monthly rental was $.8, the first -~ll-Y's s?,les,.
$1.29, and \tQ:~ first sa_turday·s ~ja:fli
From thiS humble beginning,··
six ~enri.ed-y · stores .o'f todii.y{. . .
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BOst"on, Bf9<:k_ton, ' ~ever~y; -JLY<l&
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Lynn an~ · Worcester, wh.ei:e , :uµusually i,:effective adv€r.tlsing has made the Kennedy
catch phra~·e. "A Little Out' of the WaYBu~ It Pays to '\Valk," familiar to every
man, womtn and ch~id.
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The Boston store ls the - latest in ~ the
Kennedy chain and ;1s the fruition or a
long ~t3..nding ambition to have th~ largest
and finest clothing store and do the biggest clothing business in New England.
That The Kennedy /Co. finds it necessary
t~ nearly double the size o,f its.' store sb
soon after its advent in Boston speaks well
for the fav«')r, it has found with the pub.:.
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FIGHT INCREASE.
IN FERRY TOLLS
East Boston Autoists Protest
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_ Aut.oi_sts who patronize the East Boston ferries are up in arms o'Ver Com, missioner Rourke's new plans increasing the ferry tolls from the present
rates of 6 cents for eacli car 'to 15
cen.ts for those 11 feet :in length and
~nder, and 18 cents for those over that
length, in addition to 1 cent for each
occupant other than the chauff~ut.
Under the old rate, a car and its
occupants are transported for 6 cents,
and the autoists contend
that
that
amount is sufficient They say they are
being in1posed upon by Commissionel"
Rourke, who is anxious to make th&
·1:erry division self supporting
The· revised schedule
provides
in ..
creases of fron1. 2 to 5 cents for teams.
Representative Benjamin Sulliva~ of
East Boston appeared at the mayor's
office yesterday with a petition signed
by many o.f the business men of his
district urging the mayor to make 'a
uniform rate of 1 cent for every team
The mayor took the new schedule and
·th~ protests under consideration.
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PROPOSED NEW BUILDING OF THE PAINE FURNITURE
TON ST. EXTENSION.
CO.
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One of the most momentous changes
iltnongst the landmarks
of
commercial
Bostot1 1s heralded by thB announcement
that the Paine Furni":.ure Co , the largest
furniture manufacturing company in the
world, has plans well under way for removiug their great establishment from its present Canal st · location, v•:here it ha.s been
estalJlished for more than three-quarters of
8. century, to' a splendid situation on the
r.ei..v Arlington st extension, in the very
heRrt of Bostpn·s fa& coming business
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inYolve a location inconvenient
~~~i~g ~ifc!n~~
' 110t only
to many of its local custom~rs, but necessitate an investment that would make i t
mo1e difficult to preserve the lo\\i~ range of
pric("S for their hig'h quai'ity goods upon
which characteristic the firm has built up
its grc8. t business.
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But the agitation of the extension of
.Arlington. st
through from Boylston to
Columbus ave gave an 'inspiration, and
being convinced that that section is destined to become the great retail co2nt1e of
Greater .Boston, favorable options we1 e s ;ecul'cd upon a splendid tract of the nEnvly
opened land the moment that the extension
was ratified
'They we1 e able to obtain sufficient area.
with necessary light and air to accommo~
<late the manufacturing plant upon the
same premises, thus continuing the feature
of giving · their customers o·pportunity to
insp·ect the stock in every stage of 1nanufacture
· The new building is to be erected at the
corner of Arlington st I extension and St.
James ave. which later is to be improved
to be a splendid' boulevard, 80 feet in width
at this point.
The building will be 10
stories in height, of modern steel fireproof
construction. 'light brick exterior and. lirnestone trimmings
Its frontag·e upon Arlington st. extension
will be 271 feet with a depth of 100 feet. and
will contain 286,000 sciuare feet of floor
space, or approximately seven acres
There will be three large entrances on
Arlington st • which will be accessible and
convenient to the natural arteries of travel
w}?.ich_converge at this point, and the en-
trance of the new Brookline subway will
be less than one r:hinute distant.
The four top floors, an area of 100,000 feet,
will be given over to 1.nanufacturing and
warehousing, wbile the six lower floors
and baserr-.cnt. 175,000 feet, will be devoted
exclusively to the display of the firm'_s
witj.e1y, fa1nous and wonderfully extensive
stock of furniture. draperies, rµgs and
every description of interior decorations~
'I;'he building will have an immens~oWer plant of its own, including One of the
most improved vacuum equipments, and
every floor and department will be conveniently served by eight commodious elevators of the most approved type
This new home for the largest furniture
establishment in the world is to -cost $1,100.000, will be one of the finest business structures in the country,
the 18.,rgest ever
erected for the sole occupancy of one furniture firm, and not only an added value
but an ornament to the city. It .will dominate the new retail district which is developing in this section and its character,
together With that of the concern which it
Vitill shelter. will insure the future character of its €:nvirons
The pJans for this great furniture emporiun1. are being rapidly developed in the
hands of Densmore & LeClear, architects
and engineers, and construction ·vvill be
started in the early fall With the idea of
having it ready for occupancy by Janllary,
1914.
Tbe P&in~ Furniture Co. ·was established
77 years ago, occup'ying two floors in a
building on l\1a rket st , near the present
Canal st location, It rapidly expanded to
require that entire building, and after 35
years outgrew it altogether, and the present six-story building was erected
But the growth of the business, founded
upon the principles of high quality and
honest values, has never halted until the
175,000 square feet of floor ,space contained
in the- building Which was put 'Up to take
care of its demands for many years to
come, 'has become entirely inadequate. and
has forced the Paine Furniture Co. to
take its industry and its traditions into the
new retail centre of the city, and to raise ·
up for its home this colossus of a furni- :
ture establishment.
Houble neck J<'eri"yboat. Ct1Glsea, .Tuly 1~. -Boston is soon to have
:ts fi1 st -douhle deck. fer:ryboat
The City
of '!'via1.ce:1 ot t~e VVinnis_im1net Ferry Co.,·
•.vhkh. phei:::, bet.ween .r...::h-els1~a and the city.,
fs at present ,underg'oing alterations so thae
passengE>rs can. be accommodated on the
upp€:'r declcs as they rue· on n1any New,
York ferryboats
Eeginny-ig l\Ionda:v the City of .:\falde"ri
will· .re~urp.e he~ _service. arid Bostonians
~nd ~l::h~~senn~ w~U then, b~Ye. a:q. oppor~;
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'DOUBLE-DECK CHELSEA FERRY BOAT PUT lN
DAY FOR FIRST TIME
Boston had its fi.1. st double-Jeck\ ferry
boat
in
operation yesterday between
OPER->TION
YESTER-
i ~:~:~edangit~<?h~~se~ald~~:~ ::;: ~~at·w~! ~f~\e;v~!_~!t· a1~~ ;;:~in!5:H~~~it~nited
~xpected,
fiengers
it proved popular. many pastaking advantage of the upper
decks where
1:5C"'ene good
the
alr was
cool and
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boat
Company
whose entire floor space· was devoted tq
'passenge'rs, and no teams· were Carried,
m:U1!~!~ o~· t~cCl~}~~?~i~~ee;g~::i ;~'::rs 1 p!~:~~1g~~i~aip~as~~r~op!~~
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running between Boston and Chelsea as J hot Oays. ,.vho rod·e back and forth enattractive as possible that visitors might I joying the cool sea b:;-eeze.
CHELSEA FERRYBOAT
HAS AN UPPER DECK
Renovated Craft Will Resume Her
Route Today.
The ferrvboat City of Malden of the
Chelsea fei-ry has been fitted wit.h an
upper deck for the accommodation of
passengers, and today will make _her
first public trip since her renovation.
This is ;he first double deck fer:,;yboa t
to ply .isn Bostoi:i harbor.
Several in;i- ,
provemerrts have been made by the new i
cqmpariY dui;ing the past few months,
and General Manager William E. Mc- 1
ClintoGk says that there will be other,
changes made for the convenience of 1
ithe pat1.ons in the near future.
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It is expected that the north draw of .
the Chelsea bridge will be closed to '.
travel some time this week, and the :
temporary ·bridge that has been con- '
structed will be opened
The new bridge
is s~mi-circular and extends about 150
feet to the east of the present bridge
There ·will be no inconvenience to the
public ?S double tracks have been laid
for the street cars.
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. appearan_ ce of Howard street w~thin the.
next few months.
has beI gun on the tearing AlreadY work building
down of the
at the corner of Howard and Court i
streets, to make room for a large modern
building.
The building at the corner of
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blocks back of it · On Somerset street
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have· ,_peen razed t0 inak'e way for a,
.lal:-ge \a.{ld{tio:,i .· .t<>, the corner blook. The i
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of Malden. Passenger T;_,j
day Sees Shipping Pano--;
ram.a Better Than. Before
BOAT SOCIAL CENTE~
Manager Jlopes That Neigh-:
borhood Groups Will UtilNewly arranged and equipped double-ender Malden· now
ize New Outing Method
furnishes upp,er-de ck accommodations
Daily When Rush Is Over
Little _ha:tbor excursions a·t three cents
each beca·m!' avaiJS:ble today when the'
re.modeled ~team.er City of Maklen, with'
its ne.~ upper d~ck, resumed service on·
the Boston:Chelsea ferry.
During the pa~t few weeks a flight of
stairs has been installed in the cabin arid'
th.e arrangements and fittings of .,t:/,k,
upper deck have been altered to seat lOQ,:
passengers.
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Warni ev~nings the company pla:ris to
permit. deserving
persons,
especia~Iy
women w:,ith children, to remain on the
new passenger deck of the City of Malden as tong as they wish, allowing them
to make a mar~ne outing of i:...n hour or
t'wo for the charge ·ot ~ single fare.
This ~.,nnouncement of the company
has met '\yith wide apprOval, both in
Chelsea and Boston, for the offer, is opeil
to people on both end; of the line and ;
will undoubtedly prove popular with residents·of·the North End
The 12-minute:
voyage across t:1e upper harbor is highly
.r7Vesl~i!lg, even if take~ onl,Y once.
Many business men livillg- within walking distance of the Chelsea·- end and doing bllsip_ess in the down town section
c< ntinue- to use the ferry as they have
for years past.
It is a fact that the fastest transportation from point to point in Boston and·
Chelsea is provide{i by the oldest service
; in the city. The ferry: has been in operation since 1631, and a regular dai1y'
schedule of several trips was established
in 1823.
In 1836 the Winnisinimet Ferry Company puNlias.ed the rights ztid.0 ' has o.p....
erat6d ever since. For years the profits
have been small, and :recently the company was reorganized.
The renovation
of the City of Malden is the first of a ,
series of im.provements and developments J
that the company has authorized, and.
which are llO'\V being actively pushed by :
William E. llfoClintock, treasurer and·
gene'ral m?,nager.
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''The Change was made in order to
make the ferry more useful ~nd comfortable to its patrons,' and also to do
a little good Qn the side to those who
cannot afford to make a.. 50 or a 75cent ocean trip," said J\1r. J\ticOiintock.
"I have hopes that the innovation '\Vill
result jll forming little morning and
" evening' clubs informa1ly among those
- ma.king regular trips.
This '\vill bring
people together socially. Why not? We
need to get back the feeling of a more
rgenial age and take time before an,d
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climb stairway for view of docks and navy yard
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Firemen- "Fighting Stub,born Blaze on
India' Street That Menace"d Waterfront
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NEW FACTORY FOR SAMUEL WARD
COMPANY,
MANUFACTURIN'Cl
STATIONERS,
51-63 Frankl in st;, Boston.
To Be Erected on Atlantic Ave., Storer St., India· St,,, and India Sq.
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goods next called for- additional space,
and in 1909 another floor at 53 and 55'
Franklin street was added to the n·ow
·good-sized factory.
tn 1910. 18 new
Factory Will Be Erected on
Atlantic Avenue by,Stationery Concern.
In 1-868. in the.';base1nent 'of 74 State
street, ,Boston, Mr. Samuel War.ef, now
the dean of the stationerY trade in New
Il.lngIS.nd, and one Of the most prominent
n-,.embers of thie' National As~.ociation of
Stationers and :rvianufacturE:-rs; started
in the stationery business in• a very
modest way. In a,. fe'V\.· months he had
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busy store, · The next step .in 1875 ~-as
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ta~no~~h~~V:i sta~ie,~~;;efi~oJis ot~amuel V\rard and Rich·arcl I. . Gay Shortly
after Ward & .Gay rem.oved to 180 Devonshire street
In 1'886· the firm dissolved and the present , cq,l'poration of
the Samuel Ward ~on1pany. formed. In
1887 1emoval was made to 49-51 FrankUn street, the entire buUding 0~ five
stori--es and basement being occupied
The deni.and for W~rd's goods wa,s
1 steadily increasing to s~ch proportions
that it "vas utterlY: impossible to manufacture !n suftlciep.t qu<;in:t.ities to meet
the calls :from all parts oI! t.lte couritry,
and in 1903 a radical step was taken.
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for tli.e co1npany moved to i.ts present
quarters, 57-63 Franklin street. a _building of fl.ye storief:, an~ b~~ement, j~st
twioe ·the size of .th~ ·0:td,one. 1 This·,r.e-:
! lieved the congested depart1!1ents ~nd
gave ample room for the time being.
In the latter part of 1903 the top floor
t.?f the adjoini·n· g building, Nos. 53 ..
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stockholders were ..taken Into the ~on-.:
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The··prelhniri~rY work of making, sUJ7 ... "
:~f~ u~~~~ng-!~Y~~~~;,.U~~ :~~~ris s~t;~
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~1~ time 'tb.e razit;ig of the old buildings ,vi~V
Collins constituting the board of direc- commence. ~ The illustration shows th~',
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new .building: in its complet~d conditio:rt. /
The engraving department oocup¥ing ,accor.dt11;g ~p -the dl.·awings of the archi~)
the top floor a.t 53 and 55 ~rankJ~n sfreet, tects,, Ke?d,all •. Taylor ~ C~ .• there be,:--~'·
being called upon to r.n.ake ·inCreased ing pra.,~ti.ca\l.y~·~ Gco~plete ellmi:~1ation... o.·f:..,
quantiti~s o_f box tops and ho~idq, g'?ods s~a<?,es betweer_,. w1ndo:Vs, w~1ch_ ~1th
for the Chr1~tmas tr~de, asked ~ more wide str~e~. on all sides ·will 1.n~-i.;i,1:~;space and in 1912 the third floor of the the Q,ast of hg~t. The latest rp.a.ch1ner.~,. ·
same ~uilding was added to the fa.Ct.orY'. appJ}ances and labor s~ving devices.~r,~,
Ward'~. stationery now seems tc( be ~o 1::Ha., installed and a syste~natic -'
in gre?,ter demand than ever. The busi- rang;eme.nt 9t dep_artments w1l~ ,re~uc_e:
ness has grown to such proportion$ that j the. c9st of h,an~U1ng goods to·~ rrii,n=i-1r'
the apparently. commodibu~ quart:ers in ·n1um, ~~.~ t~e h1ghe~t e~ficiency of ::t:h~
the two buildings 53-:63 Franklin street e~ploye~:.,~~~.l be ~a1nta1n~d.
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h.ave provep inadequate f9r Qoth .store
The .S_S:rn.U'el "Yara Com~any has sal~S.;-.~'.,
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factor'Y together, and having ab- rooms 1n New ·York~ . Chicago and $aµ;
sorbed all the ~':ailable vacant ~ace Francisco, and its travelling men cove_n;
in the imme.d.i9:te vicini.ty. the company. [ tb. e ·unt·t e.~ Sta. tes from the Atl.an.· tic .f.-?·.··?.·
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is now compelled to·.Iook tor new qua;r- the P~c1tlq.
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ters for the I_l'lanufacturing end of its
The pr~sent store at 57-63 'Frankl'tll'·~
busines-s::. ·FOl"'•tnJnrths·~,tb.e: ·compa.ny ..J:Iaa.:...:e-t!\'f:et!':iei .to. be, sOmewhat re:modelletii.if
pe1_-si:3ten~lY' searched for a
suitable I arid it is confidently expected that witµ':,'!
bu1ld1ng 1n a desirable locality :for ~hi'5 i the increased facilities for t'urning o~t:··
purpose, but without avail.
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1goods afforded by the new fac"tory J:,1;~
Bein. g unable to locate a
building will be ·possible1 to give still better se~y-.\
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proximity to the business
railroad stations. There being no va-,
ca.llt Ian(l~ the coro.v8.Ily had to look fo.r,
bulldings that could
torn down 'to':~
giye plai;:e to a. new str:ucture, and s.e.. i
cured the t.hr·ee·. bllildings Pounded· by 7]
the ·tour ~treet.s, Atlantic avenue, India:
squaie. Iildia. str~et an.d sl:orer str~et. /
v.ery cet?-tra.llY located, abotit seven :mJn-1
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minutes from their st.ore. w~icl;i.1 ,will <~e-.:
main ·at tts present location· at 57'-63
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been copnected with the company since
boyhood.
This action of the company
cemented th~ relations between emplOyers and employes, ·and relleved the offlcers of the ei;:,mpany of much detail, giving opportunity for a division of reSponsibilities.
The. officers of the company
have practically remained the s ~ e
sihce its ine:orporation with the excep'(;ion of SOlTie changes caused by dea.th 1
from its mernbersbip. The present offt-
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for the m.anufacture and systema4t1c·,
<liatribution of Ward's 'goods and specialtieS~.": lt was desirable to locate this
fcil,Ctory 1~ thl;!! 'city proper in. close'
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The. ~S.rd of
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immedtate exp_enditure of $2.500.000 for
the d~'Velopment ot the Conimonwea.lth
·port
property in South BostOn. the money to
be· Used ~or the erection of a. sr:e'at
freight and passel)ger terminal. This
Plan is announced in the first public rePort ot the board since its creation mo~e
tha~- a year ago, and comes as a. resqlt
of the contract between the board and.
the New Haven syst.em, by which. the
control of the Commonwealth pier prop-.
erty reverts to the state~
T·he contract bei-tween the board. the
Old Colol'ly. New Haven and Boston &
Maine ranroa.ds ts now before tbe · Governor and council for approval. and 1n
anticipation of the favorable action of
the executive department ot- the state
the directors have set aside $2,500,000
of the $9,000,000 at their disposal for the
imm.edtate improvement of this terminal
to a standard equal to that of any port
in the world.
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·Plans and specifications for the pur- ing of--ihe challne1 as stated.
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pose .of inviting tenders for the work of/· At th" 1·equest of CoJ. Abbot, United
development are now in the proCess of States engilleer ot'flcer in charge at Bo_s• ·
preparation bY Ch.ief Engineer Hodgdon! ton, the port, directors. have subinltte.d·
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be !!ecured.: •
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If it ts found upon thl!i'"}iiU.t:efey_ d~sir?,ble'
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to the second story of the sheds .from
Summer ·street for p~ssenger traffic.
grain elevator and necessary street and
rail .. connections.
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Thfs·terµ,iina.I w).11 be acce$$ible t9 the
Grand Trunk. r_•Uroad w~en it en~ers
Boston, a-nd und€r the agreement whereby the New Haven:.;and Bost()n ~Maine
plan fs readily c~pable or moditl¢a.tiqn,
and· on.'both sides of the1 harbor .tlle
a.ct~al , constru:ctton . ~ou.ld proceea.. ill:
unttS as· the demands of commerce: requlr~d~ .
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san1e rate to thls terµiinal as to others property" of" -the -ll"tate on th~ S'oUth BoSin the c.itY-, free ~of _sWitching- charges.
. ton !:!Ide. ltlail.f! this Stlmr.tt~.r by- the' ~rt
Ill the rt:lport submitting th~ pl2;1,n O! · dtr~ors ,has bee;n the · di$Closurf'{! -,.tl:fu.t'
develbpment of ·the. South Bo_ston .ter- l the state: p()ss<esses an' a.dmirS-.ble sit;'!)·,t
minal the board also indlca'f:es .the g~n- I tOr- tll~. co:llstruCtion ef the lar~e.st"· ~r:Y.
era! scheme of b.road 9,ev~lop:C:C-ent which' do<,k 't0: the: east o~ the Comlnonwealth_"
wll~ _maintain 1n the future grpwth~of Pie~ iJ). 'the_tla:~~immediately adj'Oiii.i-Jlg
the port.
. tb,e · ·filled · la.nd belonging to th~· state~·
'+'he plan includes the ~eve:Iopment of On this csite, the?"e' is an opportunity for
the Jeffries Point and Bird an.d Apple two qcy dOCkl!, one 1150 ;feet long ,and
Island-flats district; deepening the pres- one S.00 feet ..
ent main ship channel from Broad
One of the dit.f'ieult and expensixE":sound to the upper harbor from 35 to 40 ! features 'of 'the construction of a. drJ ,Jfeet at mean low water and deepening dock is the securing of a proper founda-'T
the Broad sound channel to 45 feet.
don for !t. 'l:lie b<>rings at South Boston
:Also. in the extension of the wharf have dtscl~sed , the presence' of ledges ·
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The G·rand Trunk railroad seeks ~- _ter- ln bac.k of Governor's Island, from Bi~d I hitherto'. suppOfred to be Pf?S_sible on -that·
n1inal at t_his _port, an~ negotiations Island flats to President' Ro.aqs. and f Water 'frOn~. -·but. 0~:· ~r· these very·
look~ng
w:ard J)ro.cu!lng the Hal_llburg- _quarantine b~sin. connecting thei'e with! ledges ,f-µrh1Shes =:i,.n a.dmirable··drY d0ck j\
American hne: service_ to.r Boston _haver the Broa_d Soun<;! channel to_sea.
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site ~nd ~h<:>-:tJ~d- materially reduce the.
been under ·W&Y for more th~n a. Y.ear, \ During the thn_e that they ..have been cost cit, cons·tru~tiqn of a: 1~1:ge_:dry doCJi.: j
making th. e d~velopment of this _property , in office t,he. p.ort directors, ac~ording-.to Tlie en.gt;neerlni; .. department. is · n. oW. _ at
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partieul~ly necessary. in order that t?e their report, have been instrun;iental ;'ifn work· on _th·. e.· .. p.~parati.;i,n ot plans . and
port d.ir~ctoxs _ may ha.ve som-e defl:r;.1te""...:-~btaining . pa-ssage of the rivers a-nd estimates f.;;;~t~~- ~:'~~ dock ob this· sit~- : 1
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The First Step in Utilizing Commonwealth's, Property ls t~ '.secure Land Affordfng R.ailway Connection, W.ith Water.
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g~eat dock system to
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-l;tJ~st Boston flats off'·J~'tfri.es Polllt will
;,b,El started at once, $3,Q00,000 :(or this
. p~rp<:>se having been appropriate~ by
· the board ot port C:1-irectors frolll. their
·$9~00o,o0o fund at a session of the board
be
property or any rights therein as
be - nec.essary
for
raflroad
tl:'ac~:es, con:p.e9:tions, s-witc~ing yar~s
or' fretg~t: ·Y,a;1"'4«° or rights of W-a.y
extending, from the commonwealth's
property to the loCat1on· ot: i:.he HoSto:n & Maine· railr08.d in East Boston,
and for tb'e pUTPoSe · ot: laYing , ollt.
COnst;ruct;Jng · atid · ···su.1t3,bJy ~rading
such highways. bridges. railroads or
other structures as .may be ll.~Ces~
sary to· esta.bliSh : railroad~ cO.rin~ctions betwee~' any. ex~sti~ r~u~oad
and the property of ,.tlie cO:Iil.~onwealth off J-etti::-.ies P~1nt or ~htch
may be he,reafter, .secured a4J~:c;~nt
thereto, a~d . .to build piers :~-?\<I'
wharves thereon and· to do· su.c}i
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MaJne at Revere..
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Am~ri~an U-he :to. this·. port;. the tlllmea1.·. ate ~. e.'.reloPm'en..t ,,Of,"-t~i.~ .S.ec.Uon of , t. he
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'new argument to Pl"esent to:these compa'.nies in ~urging their a:Cceptance of the
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Directors
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I t is expeotea that w:tth.ln a few days
:yesterday.
~lbert BaUlri,.. di;~ctor~K"eneiai . of the
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· The molley is to be spent for the pur-, East Boston and, Bfrd !slai:ld flats; on 'H~m.b"Urg ., ·A1;11.erJCS:n . Steam.Ship· . COfill)ol!le of securing railroad" ai:i.4 highway ·which the 'termttlal: sYsteni· ls' ·t·o. be ·p~µy;. a~on;ip~i,.~ed ~y. ti>,fee- '?~ the C.On_l~~µ.y~s director~. W~ll e:<?.:tn:e to Bostoi·i to
c.onnectlons to the sta~ fi~ts rroper~3;" · erected, iS Separated froin existj.ng ra.u- qoµter "f'lth, the : dlreci:;;:,rs of · the Port
roadS' and other ·arteries O.f' tratflci by·
on which it ls planned to bulld the huge e~tensive , tra:Cts
of ·pr:1vate1y:.o_w~:ed' 9~ Bo~to~ ap.g_ qov~ '.F~s~ -:, . . ·~ . . : : .
lJrirent lnvltatton £o · , the Ger,nanc
I te2'.'1111Ila}s, ·Whiq.b in connection ~th the land. across wJijch lt .will ' ~ n.ecee_s:a.ry
st~aDlship otti~taiS;' whO arl"fVed in NeW'
, ,prOP,osE!d d~veJoptrtent of' Common-wealth to buy i-tghts of 'W'."aY .~nd approaches.
While· no definite· plans hav'e .beeh' de- Yo-r,k fro~ G~rinany ~este+d,8.y aboa"rd
: na.i~- South Boston, as , annoullced by teriniiled upon by the board and its tlje Kajserln- Auguste~ ·V~ctOrts. to come
t~e directors last yveek,. for which engineer$-,,; a · tentative ~.lah . h~s· b~~n
to.. B. o.~. ton has' b. een s.e·, tit . the.m .by Hugh·
$~.500,000 wa.~ set asl~~~ will niake Bos- drawn up giving railway connectfons B~ncrott. chat~n 9t the ,. port directo~ one o~ the foremost ports of the with the Grahd J~hction tr;acl;ts by a tors, and.by Gov. Fos.s.
'"Learning that tho·se steamship men
spur line crossing the . flats owned· by
World.
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The order pa.sse~ by the board at yes- tween, the First -Sect:ion ot East ~o$ton
th1!m~h!J~w;!i~s)
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terday's Dl'3et:lng ·sett-Ing aside the $3,- and "Wood Island 'P..a.rk
Thts· l~d ls come . to Bo~ton;' :.said Mr. Bancroft !
000,.000 to start the East-Boston develop- at present undeveloped and crossed· only. l~st nJJit;ti.~. c':t recehf~· an· answer saY-:
Jllent l.s as follows:
by the tracks of the 'Narro~.· Gauge
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railroad and a little; used' foot, bridge
"For the purpose of constructing
at cottage stree~
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a :first-class modern water and railroad termtttal at East Boston, it is
'rhls line will loop Into the Grij,na :from them.: Gov. FO'Bs has written them
hereby ordered that the sum of
Junction Yards a~1J.nd :feffries point a tqrther 1nvitatioll.
$3,.000,000 be a,pprqpriated by the
and e~tend in spurs · al.ol)..g t.h~ dock
"T'~e .stories Which are current about.
directors of the port. of Boston to
system ·which ts to be' bUllt and ~will
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Secure access to the Property of the
eventually reB.ch as ·far, as the Court
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,colll.m.onw$lth off Jet'lries Point,
Park section of _Wipt.hrbp,. run~ng from m_onwealth piers are absolutely,,....without··
East Bost~n. aµd for such additional
there through. the Belle Isle Inlet dis- foundation...
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24 to 40 Beach Street.
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. The real estate transactions of yeSterday in coilparison rv,..-ith that of the day before shoWed a mark'3d ·inc
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f~.fp'ai tr;_nsactim.1 '\Vas the recording of _final papers in a Beach sireOt sale, in which a mercantile propertY. ,V'alu.
,2.o~..0.00_ was involved. Thea. too. on Lagrange street, another sale was rel)orted, that of a business property C3:,i~
' . Yi;L_ll.lat}on of $31,000. 1n the South en4, however. was where the. nu_mQer was made apparent 12 prope1,~ties, WhiC-0-."
T11t,.Ollght _about a n"lonth· ago, having ·been resold. They are located on Harri~on avep.ue, Maple place and Oak· s
E'la:J'.'ld, :µave a taxable valuation of $73,300~ -~ West end ~property conveyed was that Qf a portion bought re<?en\.l;r:
~1-,~}:ii~h the,.buildings had been removed and on w11ich..an ap.artmeilt house is to be b~lt;. In the distric!,s .u~.e'mo;st·v,_
'Pl" ~.1'.a.'bl~ .. pi;operty sold was a $125.~00 Brighton property,· while R.ox'bury had .four transfers, and East B·oston one In Bro
~in~ 'ari es.chati.ge of properties took place, effecting ·a $31,700 parcel on Harvard avenue, and a '$6400, one on OsbOi-il
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$13,003,793,
IN FORCE
ANO ALL OTHER LIABILITIES,
SURPLUS, HELD FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLIC"l'-HOLDERS,
CASH CAPITAL,
} VICE-PRESIDENTS.
J. E.. LOPE.Z,
E. L BALLARD,
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Compliments of MAX E. &
,GH,eo,004e,THeCO"-·""~-AC'"SDRAHCCCO
63 Court Street.
6,693,393.
$7,190,400.
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15 16 17 18 JI) 20 21
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HENRY EVANS,
EDWARD LANNING}
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RESERVE, FOR INSURANCE
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APRIL
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SECRETARIES.
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SWINNERTON,
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CHAS. E. \VYZANSKI.
Boston. Mass.
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:;i~~--St~;; Wyza~ifa~iidfugJn .)>fuJe~·· -~f 'corl$tru~~4'.1t:
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THE WYZANSKI BUILDING,
Washington St.
of Construction, at 170-172
Another addition to B6ston's mer- ) five stOi-ies and a basement, and the
~aIJ.t.ile buildings is in proces.f? of con- ·work., h~ been under ·V?'"a~ _some· tiµie.
struction at 170 and 172 · W~shingto~ st,
it w~ll :be . finis.h~ l~\ the ~ear
between State and Ad~'llls sq~ tha.t will
·The"· entire Washington-st front.,.ts _of
/make.; .a. convenient Io~ation.,for,.meJ:: a.- .neW, elabora:te, .handsOme· design,
chants and business ,men seeking d0Wn constructed of mat -glazed . white. terra
town offices. Max E. and Charles .E. cotta; with highly ornamental cor~ice,
WyzaD.ski, tru~tees of the Wy.Z~ns~i !!!iwa~~i~&~t;i
~i~i~w.;'m~;~~n~
-9:us~.. a.~e erecting the . struct~re, t_he lar~e elaborate marquise; exte:µqing t~e
plans being by G. Henri D~smo:r;id.. It wid_th of the ·buildin,g., · This ·ma:l'qul~e
;_Will be k_nown as the ·Wyzanski -buf:ld- ls ·constructed . of ·. hig.hly ornam·en'te(l
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iron ,arid wire glass 'With larg'e · electric
ri:~.~ ·1ot upon ~}¥ch the ·building: -is
entr"RnceS to· the offl.C~s ~nd ..t-;e
g9fng, ~P runs t?-rough froon. .~as~i~~- store 'is. t9 ·have . a ·Ta!'ble· dad9 wit~,
f::on to Devon&h1re sts, wi't:h · an . equal ~a1:"b~e st~~r~. The. store fr,ont-:-is .to-.1:)ce
.:f~onta~e on both streets. The· old b'µi-~d.- of . mahogany with. large,_ ~1ate ''glas~
)~g;.·, has ,long 1:)een well ten~nted, bi.it win.~9ws. ~~i~ ~tore i~ o~. \'Q.r:}t ._:trooi-;
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{Than 30 Hours-~-.Pi~~onitions ·of Danger.in,·tHe Vkinity of '. '
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folk Count;, Jail." Dist Atty Pelle' has· fixed · the ball at $2000 m the
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'hen Riobard C. J a.cobs was ~rrested
had considerable difficulty In obtain. ball:. :He was afrested first on a
rge of larceny,· and later the Grand
Y Indicted hhn on a charge of ma1n1ing a bucket shop, Il:is ·ball was
:ed at $5000.
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.s;'tonii;i,-:TurkeY, -i~d i:6; -~lchael
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RUMOR OF' MASS·ACRE.
~Gt~:nt$. h~~:v~la~ii'17dH'.tiie°'w~~*
Pupin, professor ..of electro-mechanics
of tlle Persian engineer$ in a manner·
hi Columbia University, spoke last
tha,t precluded renewal of .the attempt.
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When apprised of the fa!lure of his
night on the results that would foUow
schollle, the monarch could ·not con.
the triumph of the Balkan allies In Kurd Soldiers Reported to Be KIil· taln 'his fury. FJ:e ba<le his executioners
their present war with Ttlrkey. They
Ing Christians In Constantinople.- go and dellver 1000 lashes t<> toe waters
spo){e before the Patria Club In thu
that had defied his will.
Some Buildings Set Afire.
A stand whereon the monarch could I
b Ot h agreed 'h at
Il:ote! M;anhattan, and
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observe the· worll of his. minions was
PARIS, Nov 9~Serious disorders are liosttJy improvised; 11,nd tbe ludicrous
the trlllml)h of the allied ~alkan States
, was a toregope conclusion, and that report0d to have bro)rnn out in Oo.n· performance witnessed by all his Arcmy.
the 'day ot the Turk as a factor ln stantinople. where Kurd soldiers are Todf, at the very spot where, I.\C·
E.nrope•» •ffa.trs w•s nearing an end.
said to .be killing Chrlstla.ns In the corr mg to historians, the execution
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tool( place, stand the buildings ·of a
Dr·House, who has.Jived In the Near Galata quarter, according to a special I famous American, colle~e.
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mor That Labor Agltaticm Causes East for 40 years, said, according to dispatch from Bucharest, noumanla, I Later in the co11rse of cent11 r1es, dur·
the New York 'l'imes, tha't the war , bll h d ,b th p ls-Midi UQd
·e· 1ng th.e long 'fight between the Byzdn·
lood Plant's Shutdown In, Water- was due to tM"lack of wisdom on ,the PU 's e y e ar
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tines a)\d the Turks, ti)e shOtes of the
part of the.. great powers of J,mrope, .sen e.
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Bosphorus became 'again the battlelkl<l
own Denied by Offiqial,
who had failed., to make· the Turk ob- . Some bmldlngs of the Turlush cap!· .of o()ntending. armies. For two yeiws
TATERTOWN, Nov 9 _ The ~od serVf the prg_y}~t?Jl•,.?,f t~,e Tr,~,}tv ,:f,. taJ .~re said to have. been set on flre. b.efore /ts fall Constantinople was pracB.erl111, )ii \!ll~..,j5a,t:,tfc;ll;lp,\'
~.1n,: 'f.herl)anks and foreign embassies ~re t1~allr m a state of constant siege, The
~ber Worl{s at East Watertown ere disagreed w.lfa:,Dr :ftbu~e. anlt' saUl· he> ,guarded · by detachments. of Turkish 1 heroism of Its defenders was of no avail
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It down for an Indefinite per10d Jast wa.·s c. onvi.nc.ed it wa.s not .due to a, troops., who are stlJJ obed1.ent to dlsci· 1against the fury. of fresl\ Asiatic Jev.ies
ht, and today ·2000 employes found Jack Of wisdom, · but to greed and Pline.
that were steadily poured in to reinfot'ce
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heartlessn~ss.
---the ·Turkish Army, and th!) supreme aslnselves •without work. .
here wa:s rumoi· among the meh that
"I 1do not .wish to be t\nder.stood as
sa.ult .Insured t.he triumph of the· Cres'
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.saying Jh~re ar~ no fl tie, !Ilen i,n Turl<ey;
cent for a V.'blle.
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cause . t ~ ·Sh)1tdown · waij' ue to f-Or t)lilre .. are, ,and llk·ew1se there are .
The'·effects Of this l!'reat etruggJe ar.e
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actlvlts, of agents ! the L W; W.; ·gallant a~d. walorol)s sol<liers among , "tart F. rom 'Malta for. Near East still. apparent throug1Jout the town. The
Supt Glidden denied this and said them," sa.td Dr House. "Forty years "· 1
casual, stroller through its streets is
~ the closing of .. ti)~ y;or)ts was •go I went to Turkey, end even at', Within Two Hours of the Recel~t contronted, at almost ev'ery step, wlth
essary because· of repairs and the ~
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.re o! tl\e ma11agetnent to comblrie ::: 1~m~aieJ
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of Salling Orders.
~fth \ h~st :f hlsforfc~f':isog1
::lie~~~~rtments ~o facilitate tile
MALTA, No'V 9-The British battle· But, apart from these Incursions Into
r Glidden was unaib!e to say how "011t.come of 34 Years' Prayer.''
ships Hibernl~, . ~rltanQla, Common·
Pe~iry~~~re
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a religious war, although I do not like British armored cruiser Black Prince,
No seaport ln the whole '\'!Orld can
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fe to It as such Man;- th!ng 0 left here today for the near !last.
compare with. Consti,ntinople m cosmo0 re r
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·t H d, They salled within two hours of the polltan char11,oter. One need only stand
might have happened to prevent 1 · a I
'f O th B ltl h Ad on the famous bridge of Gala ta and obI t Of Ord
the tret1tY of San Stefano been carrleu , :;';fr~itY
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serve the mofley ass.lntblage of hilman··Speaker Cole Says Republican out lt probably would have prevented
itY that wen;ds Its way upon the footpaths at either side. This spacious
~tate Cof(!mlttee Is "Subser\llent this struggle, The war is the outcome
structure connects with the Milham·
t,o Powers That Be" and "!noom- of a 34 years' prayer on the part or the
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Bulgarians and Macedomals for Justice. /
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In no other spot on .the surface of
petent/'
''Was It strang, that after SI years BulgariansH,ilven't Yet Taken Main this ea. rth II.re-men ot ·au races al\d of
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Cx-Spe!!,ker John N. Cole discusses the· o.f bese.echmg for tt,e e~forcement of
Fort-End of the Turkish Retist· 1 w.Uderl.n,ll' . . uity.. i~ h.a.tdly. ,an.··
suit of TueSda)l's election ln his the 23d arncle hi the treaty of Berlln,
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~xaggera
to1 ~ay .that prMtica,1!:,,
ner, the Andover Jfov1.nsman, this tlley told the powers that It was too
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Since the days of Eve, apple women
)i8.ve_ been popular~ and among the 1nost
~'i?-9':Pular of n1odern ap.ple women ~~as
:the one who used to stand
the corner
"'~~here Boylston str.eet ·· touches .C11arles
·and the CommOn.
\ , Spei 'was :r,io\~ordinary apple vvoman-tfl.o\lgh what PE:rson 11\--ho had aesthBtic
fE?:eling enough to .. Clect ~pple selling
fOul~ p_e_ 0:~a~,~a:;-y.?
A -:fund of 'hu.ihor,
kinali!lg ,;vit, a sturdy self-respect
v."er~ hers.
Never a worm lurked in
P,e' juicy q.cptI1s of the ap_ples upon her
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Never an over-ripe ! of appl~blossoms.
The apples" gleamed h€r head. !-irhe
or an over-green sweeting or snow or I full in the ,varm sun, and all the corner vvherein, th~~se
Bc:tldwin or astral-d,an marred the per..,. ·was fragrant with their aroma.
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smooth ~f&~lep
fection of her assembled ·~vares. Round,
Those were simple years. "rhere '\'\-as! t'rica'cies b~ ,W
s1nooth, shiny, her fruit was piled on no business competition -except when tur.ed ah.a ,
the tray like n rosy sacrifice to the god- n1.iscJ.1.ievous hoocllun;is-.' o~rturnecl
ingenuo_us
de~:--: of good digestion.
apple ca~t and :=:~;"the i:ttJple woman I of_ th~
On frpsty _mo1'nin~s she ,,..·ore a. wool-1 c~c~ling ~·ith d ~ Y . ~ Si:tp.ple times- , · :$ut·s,..
len hood pulled do-i,yn about ·.her ears. , those of the ap~~~rt.
.And yet .theY nized.
and her goods peeped put Jrom beneath i ,,. ere the fo'und3:-tio~t}1,~:e~~ 0:ne mi~'ht -:---;tlle ~f
a gunnysack. defying the -~hill.
The I say-:-of the ~1oc.lerrt_.:~oylsion street with :µess. to
apple won1an s nose .-and, clieel-ts were·1 its...._ wide-awake shpps.
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BUILDING RESTRICTIONS MAKES BACK BAY TRACT OF MORE THAN 27,000 SQUAR_E FEET. AVAILABLE FOR
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Un ess the city go"Vern.ment. destdes ·
soon whether the new SS00,000 City Hall
annex ·shall ~1;)~ puµt of limesto~e or
granite, "V\-·ork upon that building is
likely t_o be halted.
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.The-~:x.cavat1on work on the '"annex"
lias been cQ:mplet.ed and the foun(la...
tlon work is under:way.
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By the tJn1e the foundation wOrk ls
co.mplet.ed the queStion
9f. mS.ter-i.a'll'
mµst be settied or· work uJ.)on the "an ...
neX,!• will stop. .
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Ori&"Inally ·1t was planned to construct the building. o~ Indta~a lim-e- ,
1 stone •. Tben the ~question ~-~s. ral?ed;
1. ~;;.. .~o, the strength, d.urabllity and ev.~n· 1
' the .appearance of that material.
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and others ·strongly urg~d granite con- f
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Mari.y opposed., granite con- !
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Mercantile Buildings at. North End, Under Agreement of Sale to J. Sumner Draper and Mark Temple Downing, Through
the Office of Meredith & Grew.
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SKETCH OF PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE CRARLESG:ATE' ,S;EC'.rION.,
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The Plans Eliminate the Existing Curve in Commonwealth A~enue, :Between• Charle'Bgate East and Chariesgate'
and Provide for a New Boat Haven at the Mouth of the -Muildy, Rivet'.
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Elimination and New
Boat Haven Wanted.
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Plans
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wlde~lng
Weit';
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brtd,re ove:t'" Muddy river, were for-w~With the Pl~;
l~An oY.Q>el" fhf/j
ed to the . city counc!l yest.erqay by $S5,000 '~.or the,, '·a,"-'I,.'¥_~e Imp,·.ro,,ie'rnents.'.I
Mayor Fitzgerald, :upon the ' ;.eeom- The ,,9rder · ~ 'i'e:t\oi;t:!'!d .t:~ ,he ·~1:1!:mtt•
mendatlon ot the parll; co.mm!saioner;1,,,
~r c'!,."etcle~tto.n )i.t _ tts'.'I
Tentative ttl~ans were also shown for ~
new boat J:laven at the point where
Muddy river empties into the Charles
river. For the W'J.dening of the avenue,
Commonwealth as well al":i for an extensive improve-
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Thja widen_i:p:g ,of the -.v'9:nue. h...,_ be~1(11
Th~- .m.ayor· ~a.yS;:tJ
he belleves that tn~ bhproveme:rrt;-wntc.hO
will inciud~ the tllllnC in ",Qt a. POl'"tioi~
of Muddy riv:er. can be inade eoop:omf-
advocat'ed ~·ro'r · years._
~1~1;.J:sa:!f!w~!st~~111~~a~ou1f:s~li~t~ fu~~t·o~hisf.~~s c;~: fif'e1
a~~o~~se:f'e::;_t ~:~1!as:~t1ruu!;e::: :~m:ro~:.i;~·~1l~~
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~~I as~:,.-~:~~u:~:~~; .;;,~~~1::! ::: t1~:t $8o,~ ~~ton~~ci~fd ::r:eq~rr~~~ ~;:; ~~~lsi~~in~~:t c::i:~rs building!
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"'The-""": most_ wasteful
I 'WON'T BE READY
\is~:the, ' ,st,creet ' fi&;r,'
. )QCated the' - boilkr :ri,
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EJECTED JUNE
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allJL.:~01.~_g-~ '.f'Or~:COM.ec.tO'r} '. ·, _: ·: :.·.
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ut.~f1zed is abo~t. $00"' per. S(luar·e' fo0£{
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, ~he most serlo.ucs charge · against the
P~!(ns _of Mr_. '-Peabody is that the goVern-·,!
~~~nt 1s paying $2,000,000 tor only 20 ooo ~
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~yf office S_Pa<?e.
The re~onstruCted. brint1-·f
~~!ce~ontams only\ ~+?',000 .. feet o:t oirtce:
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, _A Prominent a:tchitect h~s Prepared a
l>lan ~hich provides ifor
tower.
as
ta.-11 as Peabody'it but with 75 -000 feet- ot
.,floor fipace.
This tow~r is ~ot quite so!
.-::.~~:11.a111ent~l as Mr. Pea·body's · but tt is I
.. ~early ;_oo per .c~nt. mo;re useful from the
·standpoint of g-0vernment business
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~ustom. House wil_l colltinue to settle and
a
just
~~~ckric~~;fed:Vh_en the tower is completed
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Diff~rences of Archrtects ,and
Builders Needlessly Cost Uncle
Sam at Least $250,000i
Must Get New' Local Quarters
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First Steel Beam Yet to Be
Placed of New Tower Which,
According to Agreement, Waf:,
to Be Finished Six Months Ago
Now Charged That Office Space
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Many Shifts in Move for a
Better Federal Building Here
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't ~he tower will rest upon bedrock but
h~. old wings upon a tftble ~ o-r.' . 'anit
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-~".!tlch )1as been disturbed by :the co~truc:
~t?-~ work and which has sagged and sunk
·'. ~he. archit~.cts _accused tue contractor;
()f.:·· .being responsible for the settlin
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but they deillOnst:a 0
that about- sl:x:ty stOnes had Ct'acked b t te_d
,'t,~e:v: ~ouc;he<l the building.
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h During the t'hree years that this bulldln
as been in a
condition of wrecks. e
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government has been obliged 't
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$100,000 per year, and the. :ro~~!~oo.rly
J>t1:,';,i'aii:g~1l be twdo fyears more before ::: ,
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or occupancy
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By F. ,J. M'ISAAC.
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'.P~~d for rent b::£' the goven;in:;ient, of :W-h:f~b}
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LAND ACQUIRED YESTERDA¥ BY SIMMONS COLLEGE.
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Over 140,000
Square Feet. Is Acquired.
.Total
Simmons
College
yesterday
er Company, one ot the oldest and
largest land owning companies in the
City. This piece .contains 120,656 square
feet and is assessed for $159,700
It is
situated directly ba·ck of the college and
extends from Worthington street to AVie..:
nue Louis Pasteur and back to Tetlow
Street.
The other tract. containing 20,975 feet,
left a bequest of $1,000,000 to be a.pi:,lied
tO · the higher practical training. ot·
\\~omeri.
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Ten years ago the college began its
wbrk wi~h 11$ 'pupila: in a few i;;cat,ter~~
cl8,ssrooms.
In 1904 Its present home
in the Fen:way was first occupied.. The
student enr01mellt has grown to si.:,,
times its initial strength. and the need
:~·t }i1;f~l;l~:r: /::~e!~~nr. ::[gg1:::i:i:
fofh~xP:~:ii~
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secur~d
~'!_t~;c;:~~g~~·~pa.py,
control of. S..11 · the land· in the Fenwa.Y and ~e:-. assessed for $Z6,200. It is located which in conjU~-ction with ·the }>oston -&.
bounded
by
Rivei-w~Y.
Worthington on Avenue touJs Pasteur and Riverway, Roxbury Mill Corporaticin arid the st~te
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PasteUr.
The· purchase included two tor the j:>Urpose of giving Avenue Louis RoXbury, was chartered .In 182f. P~acti.:
tracts with an aggregate area ·or 140,975 :PaSteur to the city.
cally all the titl,.es of land on I--I"unttng-
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teet. and doubles t\,le former
of the college.
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LJt1es to hold the newly acquired land for
'tuiUr buildings~ in· connection with the
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college. The larger of the tracts was
purchased frorn the Boston Wt1,ter Pow1
square
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Boston Academy ot Notre Dame. and
the entire vicinity is rapidly developing
Into an important educational centre.
Simmons College, an institution for
the higher education of woznen, was
founded by John Simmons, a wealthy
Boston merchant~ who died in 1870. He
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now holds more than 100,000 sqt1ar$ feet
er land. scfi,ttered in various spots~ of
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its former large holdings.
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sa.les
were
recorde4:
through the of.fices of John •C I-Cile'y of
the Kimball building.
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PROPOSED NEW HOME OF BOSTON CITY CLUB.
The Building Will Be Erected at Numbers 2 to 10 Ashburton Place.
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The main lounge will take • up
New
Bu1ld1ng
to
Be I nearly as to entire many nooks for quiet!!
one
flooe, being so arrange4
have
rected on Ashburton
conversation.
Nea. rby 4t is planrted to
have an ample library with cose,y al ..
Place.
~i;~~e~~!1 ~~~1i1fi·on~~d an a.rt ganery
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funds to build the
' city
The :dining requirements of the :tn.etn-
bers will be provided for; first. by a
large grill room two stories high; sec-
~~~t. b~c!p1;f;;; !~:~f: t1:e0 !n~~6 t:;a.1.i;
f1ub',s ne~ ~ome, which ls to be
lo11atq!:l betw:een numbers 2 and 10 Ash-_
b'urto~la. place, will begin Jan. 20 and will\
COl).tiutUe to Jan. 31.
During this time
$200,0
at 5 per cent. interest will be
raise ~ among the members of the club.
The :t'Ubscriptions will range from. $50 to
la.rge · sums which are to be rnult.1ples
of $5 ,', and will be collected bY 10 teams
Wf?rking hard in good-natured rivalry.
The\ new cluPhouse will have two or
and, third by 20 smallet" dini~g rooms I
seating fr~m 10 to 800 pt!ople.
There Will be a larg'e
a.uditorium
planned to seat about 1000·.
About 60
chambers will be provided tor the use
of c\ub members.
B11Uard and
pool
rooms will. be in a retired pa.rt of the
building, adjacent to the grill roo;pi. ,
Bowling alleys are also provided, and it
rs planned to have a swimming pool,
~~!r f';,~
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place.
'I'he strangers• entran6e will be
entirely distinct from the others, giv1
lng a(:cess for the public to the aud1toriun'1. art gallery and Private dining
:~~~s=~~;:i·u~~~=~ing rooms and other,
Elevator service will also be installed.
It is expected that the buirb.ing will be
completed and ready- fOl"
occuJ)ancy
within a year~
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the handling of freight.
The railroads no..-J 1 water termmal which I have su~ges~ed~
doubt are doing the best they can to solve, di,;;ch";rge their passengers and the~ tou_ch
this problem~ but. gentlemen. the underlY- j at the Commonwealth p~operty a~_East BosIng distinction between the State ha~dling ton ·'\\he-re a larg:' fre1~h~ ter~nnal ~o:11~
ca re_ of
. reliev1n.,
Director Conry
Argues for this problem and a private corporation ls j takeccnge~tion their freig~t thus O}?j~'?!:ioi:i-this: that the State tries to accommodate 1 the
whi_ch is s1:1-ch an
the public, tries to promote the convenience I able featurf> of doing business on AW£nt1c
Improvement
and comfort of the public. the corpo:ation / a, enue.
on the other band is engaged solely 1n the 1
·'rn conclusion:
We ought to have ~n
problem or earning a dividend :ror its stock- ,' eng1neer1ng staff five time~. or at 1east
Have State Make
i holders.
Nothing could better illustrate
four times as large as the present stat.e,
the attitude of the railroads than the adcOnsisting of a chief engi:t1E?er with foµr
Appropriation
dress of Mr Hustis delivered here a. y;eek. j diviSi'on engi!leers, one of Whom would
or two ago on the matter of electrification
look after the South Boston side of the
Take Atlantic Avenue Front for of the railroads within the M,etropoUtan city, including _Fort Poii:it Channel and the
district.
South Bay problem; another to look Dtter
Passengers
.. Every man here believes that the rail- the East Boston side of the city, including
roads should be electrified, but Mr Hustis I Chelsea Cree~; another to look after. the
says with admirable logic from the stand- / Atlantic-avenue waterfront, meaning the
Develop freight Terminals on Large Scafe point of the Boston & Albany: •1 mustn·~ ; territory ·between the two great railroad
electrify my- roads because if l do I cannot / terminals, and the other to look after the
Elsewhere
pay mY stockholders that eight per cent ( Mystic River.
which we guaranteed; by the lease or the i
"There is work enough in contempJaJoseph A. Conry, one of the members or rOad to the New York Central.'
Observe ; tion ,. to require substantially all of the
the Directors of the Port of Boston, argued
the point, gentlemen, not the question o! i time of the Directors of the Po:rt, who
before the Committee on Metropolitan Af- the health or happiness or comfort or ser- / should devote at least one-halt ~ day of
fairs this morning for his bill asking fifty
vice of the patrons of the Boston & Albany] every· da·Y of the week. to the duties of the
million dollars for the development of Bos- Railroad or of the people living in the board, and who should be paid a 2ompensaton harbor.
Chairman Hugh Bancroft of vicinity of the tracks of this railroad,. not f tion accordiriglY~ But this is all predicated
the Commission was present and explained at all, simply _and first the railroad must / upon the assumption that the State is
that there is no triction in the Board of get :from you, the people, must take out or committed t,o a, polipy of extensive water-,
Port Directors over this matter.
He had
your earnings the eight per cent to pay 1 front improvemen~
On the other hand,: 1
advocated a larger expenditure last year
the stockholders of the Boston & Albany if it is decided that you do not desire to :
and told~ the Legislature and members of
Railroad~
Nothing could better illustrate spend any money in ad_dition to the nine
Chambers of Commerce that the money
the two theories of state control vs. p~imillions of dollars wluch you have al- :
appropriated was merely a. beginning and
vate oWnership_:_..the state ~eek.ing to tgive ready appropriated, then the staf'f _and the
that larger expenditures would be needed
the people maximum of service. the cor- :present ·organiz3:tion of. the Directors of
The Directors had made no recommenda.poration seeking to take from the people - the Port can without difficulty attend- to tion in their report, but M·r. Conry had
maximum cost to pay big dividenda
this problem.
But I bellev~ thaj?. the
made a minority report accompanied by a
.. By chapter 468 ot' the Acts of 1900 the ! growth of the business of the world fs such
bill making a specific appropriation.
Boston & Albany Railroad was leased to i as will inake an inve.stn1ent of fifty milMr. Conry, addressing the committee..
the New York Central and one of the con- , lions of dollars seem a very appropriate
spoke as :follows:
ditio:ns under which the consent and au- ; action for Massachusetts; that the g(\"'od:-"I believe that the Directors of the Port
th0riiy ot the Commonwealth was giv~n ! ·,~r.hic.b w.M.L g_Q!P.~ fro~ t};l.is_ ex,__p_~_Rditure-.~~
should l:·ave placed at -their disposal some
:for- that lease was that the New York iniOneYwill be ot inestimable value to the ]
substantial amount, say frotij.:::$25,000,000 to
Central would build approaches ~o the I community in :tuture years and will more,!
$3.),000,()00. which would eD.8.ble them to
property owned by the Common~ealth at I t:.1.an repay fourfold the original invest- ,,
work out a comprehensive plan for the de- East Boston. The New York Ce'1.tra~ has merit••
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ve101>ment of the harbor and the perfection
not -spent a dollar' towai:d "building \these
Woodward Hudson of the New ·York
of our rail and water terminals.
approaches.
'1~his, gentlemen. is not a. Central appeared in opposition to that
'jI believa it is necessary that the Legisquestion of theory, not a
question of
P¥t of the report which referred to the
1aturt'l should take positive action this year
opin.ion. not a question of law.. it is_ si~pl~,. New York Central
He thought there
to iudfr·ate the future policy of the State
a question of _feet and can be determined was no direction in the act to spend
on this n1atter of harbor improvements in.by any jui'y which may be empanelled . or money for approaches to ~he Commoneluding the question of rail and water terbY any. committee which may seek to 1n- wealtll.'s land
It was requ1red ~o spend
minals
Our nine millions of dollars approform itself· 011 the subject.
: $2,500,000 for improvements specified. In
priated by the Legislature of 1911 has been
.. Orie of the curi,,us and pleasantly in- · 189't: a plan was filed, however, for an
'allotted for three specific object,$ and the
consistent facts in 1 egard to tl\e attitude of , approach to the other side of the Boston
most important subject of all-the termf.th&- Boston &
Alba!lY is that when this · & Albany docks, which would reach the
nals-has been left untouched
It should
inatter is suggested they say: •we do not
proposed docks on the Commonwealth
be approached immediately and defitiite
want to spen'Cl the public money, because lands. From year to year acts presented
acti.on taken
For example, Mr. Hustts there is no ·demand for this improvement'
to the Legislature for deve~opment of
';c~rethetbBe odsltroenct&orsAltbbaenyotRhearilrdoaayd_, wHaes baes:
·~But returning to th.e suQ-j~ct .of con.gees_the Commonwealth lands :falled
ap..1.
tion the whole. At"lantic-avenu~ water-fr~~;t prova.l.
In September. 1909, the title to
st:reci the directors that the Albany needed
should be -ta.ken by tne Po1;~ Director~. an~ '. the East Bo~ton Co~pa~y•s land was setanother pier at its EaSt Boston terminal
a large part of it, say from No:rthern-av~- ~ tle<l, but the damag,es have not be~n set- ,
but was reluctant about spending $750,000
nue. bridge ·to State str:eet,· should be d~- t Ued yet.
He contended that, ow1!1g to I
In equJpping this new pier because they
v0:ted entirely to a water pa~sen.ger ter- ) th~ multiplicity of schemes and plans of- l
don't kn(~ what the Port Directors are
minal
at which no freight would be , fered, the road could not tell where the
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I:\ handl~d at all.
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approach should be ~uilt.
'The Boston & Maine has a splendid ter•·Mr. Austin, representing tlie_·, Eastern
Representative Bothf~ld-Do I unde:rminal ·over there in East Boston which they : Steamship Company,
came before our stand th_at you still consider yourself un- ,
leased to the Albany at a nominal rent~ i Board and said that he would rath~r pay . der an oblig~tion to build approaches?
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,less than 2 per cent.
The Maine won't rent at ·central Wharf on Atlanti.c avenue, i1
Mr. Hudson-No, sir; we do not admit J
spencl any mo-ney on that pier and, of ' 8 .mounting to about $150,09() p~r annu~ 1 any obligatio_n, but :_we would do it. in our
course. the Albany won't because neither
than to take a free berth. at tp.e Com1:0on- own selfish interest· We would ~~t~ra.lly
party knows what the Port Directors are
wealth property at South Bosto.n, and his / wi~h to be connected with the Com.mongoing to do.
· explana-tion to this was the convenience of · weal.th dock,s.
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"'The N.ational Dock people told me the
·his wharf for passenger traffic
The pasMr. Hudson then read Mr. Hustis's letother day that they would gladly take over
senger traffic of the coastwise steamers is ter stating that ·while he ·believed .. tl~e i
this Boston & Maine pier at East BoSton
a Very importa~t business and constantly road had :fulfilled it~ obligatio~s under \
ortly they didn't kp.oW what the Port Direcgrc-v\·in,g.
I would set a.side a large share
the act, lt w-ou'ld like a connection with
tors were gojng to ·cto. and, ~ course, gen- ; of this Atlantic-avenue property 'and build I the Commonv\-~ealth docks. and ~s TeadY to
tlemen, we have to depend on the Legis- '. a· first-class passenge:1:· t~rminal, at whi~h build the connection _as soo:-i. as ,there is
lature.
a.11 coasting steamers would touch and dis- t any business ready for it.
~'This is a great subject requiring time
charge their passengers and then proceed
"'William c. Brewer of the Chamber Of
for study and time .for construction work . to some othez:_ point in the. harbor whei:-e \ Coipmerce m8:-ritime c?mmittee said t~at
after a plan has been laid out. The State 1 they would discharge and take on their t most of the mi_nor measures before the
l]_as been Studyin~ ibis q~estion with varyfreight.
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,' committee should come be:f'.or,e the Port
ing ·aegrees of enthusiasm f9r eight~en
"Much of the property on Atlantic ave- Director_s. . The _Chamber ~irect?rs
years. In 1898, fifteen y"ears a·go,. th~- State
nue is held by the t!ead hand.
Owners passed a r·es91\1tion t~ the effect. th_at
tot>k certaliii · 1anas by- eminen't-:->a:-oma.i-~·. ov..er
won't im:prove it
We learned that trus- ullliriO'r 'itllpr'ove:ine"rits
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the
w_atez:~
tn East Bostori and. repeated cOffin1lssions tees holding large parcels. of valuable wate~- l tr_ ibutary ~ 0- Boston· h&-'i-b-·o·r s_ hollld-b.e ,r_e·_-_,
have approved this action, pointing i;>Ut in
front property on Atlant1c avenu: w«:>uldn t
feTred ·--dir-ectTY to 'the Directors' Qf t:~e :
carefully · prepared plans how these flats
spend a cent on it to improve it.
They Port for con.:Sfdera tion and should not ~e :
·could . be developed~
The Legislatur:.e of were. perfectly willi;lg and in :fa_ct anxious ciad.e. the, subJec~ o~ special_ legislati9n ·1·
1910, by chapter 647, appropriated three
to have .the Port Directors ~uy it, and the until. they have been - referred to tl)at_
millions ·of dollars for a · development in
ste?-mship co~pa~y occupying the parcel I' Board, and that if in the opinion of /he 1
East Boston,. then. SUP~!:_~e-~_ed th?,t act_
which I ha':'"e in _mind ag~eed to take a Ion~. Legislature the improvements enum_,er.
t~rm. lease if the Port Directors would hu~
ated or any of theln, should be made,. the
1~'te d
19.1..Q by the act of 1911 which appropr
the property and rebuild.
I opposed that
xpe'nse thereof should be provided for
nirffl" millions of doflars .for a gen~ralb ard project and it fell through.
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g·ving th
DirectOrs of the Port an
bor development.
Ifk.~ ~n;;i:t~~ ;t~~e ·
.,Property on Atlantic avenue is assessed \ a~pr~priatione with which to make the J
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had developed that tf ;;,::, iorth five e times in the vicinity of Rowes Wharf and the : improvements, _n their discretion, in ·the 1·
would have to:ay t ~1.1
L · d can be re- Narrow Gauge Station $7 and $8 a square · smaller harbors within their jurisdicwhat it cost t e S a e.
an
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foot.
Goin= down the avenue where the tion.P
claimed at a cost of 20 cents a foot ;,nst f.• eight is q~ite an important feature of the ,
Representative B .. F. Sullivan spoke" i~
made worth at least $ 1 50;_ a. foot in
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business it is about $5 a foot and it runs "favOr of the ilevelopinent of Chelsea
B<;;3ton
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eo le .are assembled in a:ong $4 a square. foot until we get dow-n '. Creek for manufacturing purposes.
a. cV::;:at:am!:";~:n :ert~in great problems., to C'cmn1e~cial street and. I believe the
Chairman l?ancroft of 'the Port Di- t
such as transportation. can be d<?ne better ~a.T'g~ parce,. owned by the New Have~ road rectors talked on the~ preliminary re ....
by the State than by private effort. . One l dvwll b;'" the Charles Street Bridge is as- port o:f the PortDlre::ctorS: on the acquisi., _ f th
b
den under which Boston labors 1 scssed ..or $3 a square foqt.
t-ion of water terminal~.-~, ,'~e.
~t!J.&."t
· ~ th:t 0~r trJN.g to do a vast business in i
"The land 1. :i,.ad in m~nC,. Vfhich wa~ - ~f- .' it had not been_ ~1;_actic~b~~ }'"f
'a cqngested space. Business Boston mightJ tei:~~ to-~·~_ by- t~e , trust:es _ is asses~ed, \f<?'r .this into ·s1:t~pe, ~as the,.~:
veil be compared to tJ::1-e neck of an hour abou~ $8.~0'.-~ ~~q_-p.ar.e_ 'foot. ~c_yos~ the -~'~1:'~ J· working day a~g. ,~~~.ht g~Jass, the thonsands of people flo~ki~g !nt_<;>., bor~·,.:_oy~~l::.,fr:l,_..:;_¥,3!~t,,~~s}~.~; ·9fl·.tf1-~; ~~~"'-9J.::-. mi:n~~- ready: ~or; '.'_.'t~~-- ~e-;_,
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.,:._}He~;,C'ou·1a'·~·s~·e rio '. ohj0Cti0n to
"-'.;..t.lie· matter, go· oV.evto next· y.e~l".
·tor W'illi~ffis ~ske~ the . Pll!'P~rt
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Bostori.
to the directo.rs.'
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to purchase it,'' Chairman Bansaid.
HThe State o-vvns some 25,,~",o.o.O~OOO feet of flats which can be im~~'P:r"O.ved. It -would be of value to have a
1 Srtlall portion
A few hundred thousand
'feet of East Boston land w-ould be suffl.Cient to give access to the State's
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iand.
. ..Was this the land appraised at six
'·-ce'.nts a foot by Mr. Kiley, the city's ex~ pert?" asked Mr. Williams.
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,''thirty cents a foot and v.re dec1ineq. it."
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No one else was heard and the hear>t~:g was closed.
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J;~:::.c;.~eprese:p.~ative Buckley spoke 1n favcir of :
.;:::~ne bill calling upon the dir~ctors of the.port'
:;.~-0".f Bo·ston to report upon (he navigatioJl. of
f/i:Jie Neponset River. Gene1 al Bancroft said
'the directors are willing to make a report
··and will give any information in their
:power, but he believed the piovision requiring a report ·•on the cost of further im·:pr'oving said river for the purpose o_f nav!: g'ation" was rather indefinite.
There was
_ no opposition.
· ·Repres-eritative Brophy, the petitioner~
·:~s~o~e for a bill for dredging Boston Harbor
'tiear Jeffries Point.
CommoQ.ore Brooks of
~he Jeffries Point Yacht Club :favored the
)ifuProvement, as did Representative John J
~·pougl8.S of East Boston Joseph A Conry, one
! . ·of the pbrt directors,
pointed out to the
,. . ~colllmittee that the directors had asked an
i~·-'i,propri~tion of $25,000 to carry out simi"r projects and if this is granted there is
iittle· dpubt that the directors .would take
Care of this proposition with others of a
like character, as there is need of more
· public landings.
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, Senator McDevitt spoke for a bill to improve Weyn1outh Fore and Town rivers,
·which he said was put in a,t the request of
'one of the port directors
There was ::10
()pposition.
Senator Bagley,
Alexander
Neal
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ph Barry favored a bill for dredging.
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PHONE ROXBURY 79-1
GEORGE P. MacLELLAN,
288 Roxbury Street,
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AUCTIONEER,
Roxbury, Mass.
TO SETTLE ESTATES
WILL BE SOLD AT
PUBLIC AUCTION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913
First at 2 p. m.
The eight-room. frame house with modern 1mprovements and a.bout 4496
square feet of land located on and numbered
798 ion
PARKER ST., ROXBURY. ·MASS.,
almost
street, this
is
situated
In the
Church parish,
o!)posite Hillside
property
well
on
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f~n~~ the surrounding country and a high, healt:q.y location. IA desi~Secoi:td t 3 p. ni.. The five.room. frame house and a large brick stable, together with
about 35-06 square feet of land, located on and nu:mbered
it1e h~ome
f~te
80 CONANT STREET
Roxbury~ Mass, (Mission 'Church Parish).
This esta.te is especially suitable to a C9UtraGtor, as the hu·ge, conunodious stable has been
erected recently and is i~ ggod conditi<;m; 1t could with very little expense be converted into
a first-class garage.
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$300 deposit required at time and place of sale (your savings bankbook accepted as ca&li).
For :further particpl~rs and to ~ee the property, write, call or 'phone the auctioneer.
BE,'SURE TO ATTEND THESE SALES
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Mercitntile Property at ,l ]fa'neuil Ra:UI Square, Sold Yesterday by M. E. & C.
E. Wyzanski to the Massachusetts General Hospital, Through the Office
of Frederick Viaux.
New England Railroads' Decffne.
The week just eTI.-ded has been a db1-i
astrous one tor the old time New Eng~:
land railroad inv:estm.ents.
There are 11 railroads listed on the
Boston stoqk Exchange, whoise fluctuations are recorded by the Commercial
and Financial Chronicle.
These a.re:
Boston & Albany, Beston &
Lowell,
Boston & Maine, Bo8ton & Providenc~.
Connecticut
River,
Fitchburg,
pr.e- ·
ferred. Maine Central. New Haven.
Northern of New Hampshire, Old Col-~
ony and Vermont and Massachusetts. ~
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Here is what has bapitened i:.o these
i roads of late and particularly this last
!week:
Boston & Albany yesterday sold at
200, the lowest since the panic of 1907,
and with the exception of that time, the
, lowest this century.
The last sale of Boston & Lowell was
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on April 12, when a. quot~tion of ~ ,
was made, the lowest in a generatiOIJ.'. ,
Boston & Maine sold last Friday at
623h, the lowest for over ro years.
The last sale of Boston & Providence
was at 260, the lowest for many years.
', Connecticut River sold last Tuesday
·1at
2.30. the lowest in two decades at
least.
' On March 17 both Maine Central and
Fltcbburg preferred sold a..t 101. both.
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lo;e~c~~~·e!o~:v::.m~~~~ P::1~W as 1t !
did IaSt Wednesday, when sales were
made at 109%,., since tbe company was
formed, over· 40 years ago~
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A search of the :records for a genera- :
tion defies the discovery of any quotation for the Northern railroad of NeW',
Hampshire lower than 120. which was'
made April 18; for Old Colony lower'
than 163, made April 25, or for Vermont·
and Massachusetts, made April 21.
It is a great commentary on the New
England :railroad situation when there'.
ts not now a man of middle age or\
younger who. unless he hapl)ened to 1
buy Boston & Alban'y in the panic ot:
1907 ever bought a. share of any New
Eniland railroad whose Investment does :
not show him ~ loss.
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q~-i'te ·unlikely· that it would be Corn,pleted before · the end· of next year and
the tenants of such a building, whoever they may be, will ha.ve a lease
with six years to run.
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Says Noth,ing About Erection, of
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.. A W PERRY .DISAGREE .I,!,... aCarpente,;.•. th.rf)ugh the ·a.ss1gnment
of
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buif"ding
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which Pro.Pert?· fnclµdes· the· corner· pa·rcel of
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land with
th.? b'qildln~ owned .. by the
!(:Q.~~tituted ne~rly ~If of'- t'he city of Bost!)µ and the one next to it,
i store forrnerfy occupied by the which is o~ned by the Fllene.s.
: Williarn Filene Sons . C~nii>!lnY,
, Carpenter May Build
.will be razed and a ntodern office
Mr, Carpenter said yesterday: "The
building to cost $400,000
be
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~rected on it,;' sify."
State:.0.ent building on this· property
rt is true
by Alonzo W. Perry, lessee of the that I hold both parcels . under the
will
~l'"Operty.
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{!'1fJd!ng "Will re.'p1A~~ the De.-~tei-...
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,b~Jl4ing _is i~accurate, as the ex~
,.fif.i1;1~ )eases w.hic.h ~ermiO~tC
!\'!f:'~tbin a few ye~rs' do not: give any
-'tigftts to tur:n the property into
,f!l~ office buil.ding."
Statement of
::~ Murrajr Howe, confidential -.f:tdVisor of the ,trustees of the Dex·t~r property.
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w!~s
seven years~ le~se which· :tj~s been as-
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No Office Building R.ights
"It has beeri stated that a new building OI;l this site will contain offices
a hove the first . two . or three 'floors.
This statement ~ iii.accurate, as the
existing lease~ which, as before stated,
terminate withjn a
few years and
wh,i.ch are the , onlY ones that can be
taken over from the Filene CompariY
do not give ~ny rights to turn the
property into' an office buiDding.
"From
}nterView with G. ·A. Carpenter .1t· is leai;-ned that the st.ateme.n t that he has any connection with
8:,- joint sch~In~ of Perry and himselt'
in r~I3:tion to the pi:-operty
in
this
block 1s entirely untrue, either direct
or i1t-direct, 015 ally sort whateYer, 8.nd
further that he bas only taken - over
a ·1ease o:f t:i;_ie small~r part ibr the block
on the co!ner ~o; ; 8.n unexpii;-ed term
of l~ss. th~n eight years./' ·
The paragr:aphs in t;he or:Iginal lease
under which the P;roperfy '\Y~S turned
over to the William Filene Sons Company and which 'will figure ,conspiCu.
01.~sly in any liti~ation which may arise
between the Dexter heirs· and Perry.
according t<? the trustees, are as follows:
an
s~Ch a moder~ buildi~g: on. a ~cale with
the Blake buil.d41;1g on - Temple place~
w.hich :r now Ow~.:· I cann.ot, make any
C~nditions of Lease
oftici~l ann~unc~pient a~ yet~ '9,ecause
The proper:ty 1s to' be used, .. for the :
there a.re ·certain. things "that must be
purpq_se ·of .carrying 0~ a wholesale ~ d
~~t thrOugn·:b¢~9l'"e· I
am ·absolutely
!etaU business in the drygoods trade
certain.
or a 9"e~artrri.:ent store or other business
· '~I want to state posl~ively; however, not more injurious to the· premises.
that Mr. Perry and I haye no relation
to e~ch other in a business or any If the_ parties do not agr~e as t9
whether an,y business- would be more
other way. Whatever he may do and injurious, the controversy shall be de~ 1~::e~:~I oZ::~ai~u:·;:.~absolutely d)1
s- cided by the al'."bitrators." The arbitrators in ~his iiIStailce ar~ Louis D BranThe statement which appeared
ex- deis and James ·A Lowell.
morning's
:Anot~er
"The. lesi>A controversy in which s~veral Bos- clusively· iii yesterda,.y was quoted Post s_ors, agree ParagraJ)h reads: not · i-efuse
in which Mr. Perry
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that they will
t6n millionaires a~e the principals has saying th8.-t the new office building permission to the -lessees to assign or'
was
Dexter
arisen over the assignment by the erty to b~ e~ected on theof his prop- sublet or. tp a,J.lo'\V ~ny other corpora- ,
Unde~ ~he terms
l~ase tion -or person to occupy the whole or
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differen1. 1. easonably sufficient objections to Such
,Alonzo W. Perry of its lease on the th• · Dexter trustees have
01)ini(?n~ on t~~~ subject.
corpor~tiOn or pei-son.
In the event
Dexter property, which constituted
of anY,,:di~agreement as to whether any
Trustees Make Statement
such party is reasonably objectionable, '
half bf the Fileries'· former store on
The trustees, otl the strength of the the controversy shall be decided by 1
Washington street.
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po:tt, made this .statement:
the arbitrators u
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"I have the lease
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Ie~"!-e ~~ni~~vri!~te~a~u~~~~6; o~v~a;i~ m!ft~';esr~Ki: w.~;tn
r~!ti;i~!~e~~:
ington stre~t.
opposite the
Jordan, to me w-hat Mr Howe or the trU.stees
,,.::,ffice building will be erected there."
Marsh Company's ,store
TP.is property or anyone else says about the matter.
takes up about half of the area for- I said tha1: the building is going to
merly occupied by the William Filene be erect~d ahd erected it shall be.
DENY BU,ILDING . PLAN
Son$' Comp~~Y
~s stated ln some of 'l'hey cari't bluff me. I have as much
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trustees of. the Dext~r prOpertY~ thC morning" papers one
Alonzo W-. money as the.Y have and if it is a case
.:.{Ji:t_r9ugh J
Murray Howe, their confi- Perry has ·secured possession of_ this of fight, 1€:'t· them get· to it.
I don't
,~ntial advi~er, say that the new office 3.:ri'd. an adjoining.· building. It has fur- give a contin~ntal what they say or
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)'!?::Q.~ldirtg will not be erected if they the-I"~,., been stated that· this
Dexter don't say.
2~all help it. They also state that Mr. building' will be immedh:~.t~ly razed to
·:w-as the statement quoted as having
.4~.erry is undesirable' to them as a les- ffiake
way
for
a
modern
11-story ccme from YOU in the morning Post
<~$e·e. and that under the te~s .o:f the buildlll:_g,
which
must be cOmpleted correct?" Mr. Perry was asked
'.\l~se they cannot be forced to erect, :t.1n-der an agreement between the Dex-1 ·~Yes, it was correct in every par!~~-.oo~ice building pn the. propeity, as I ters, a.pd '¥r. Perry by April, 19~4~
ti?~~a'r.
'l;"he inference th3't Carpenter
:,_t.·~.'.~. le.·a. se ,specifl_es -~ bull.ding. ~·to.~ _the ' ~"I.'hese.. statem. ents are distinctlY mis- :and ~ are ~~rk,ing join\IY was not, cor,.p.~pose 'of carrying on a wholesale ! leading.
¥r. Perry has made an en- . rect. but ~ d.on t mind 1f he doesn t.
:j;t.nd _retail l:>"!-lsine~s in, the . c!ry goods! de~:yor· to .o'f?taiI:t from the Filene Cq.tll.;,.,1
-- ~ - ~t~.ilde or a departmerit store ··or . other I panY a P,rot,er assignment of its lease
;~µsines~ .not more; lnjurlous to the 'of the property for an expiring term
i:i?~emisef$."
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! of seven ye.ars and some odd months.
'.\;~hJs, cOntrover:5y does not affe6t that : The leg~l possibilities of this assfgn·spor:~on of the former
Filene
store me1:1t, however. are doubtf'!-11, the own- i
of the property and a new 11-story
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City Club Banquet Guests., Left to :Right
:Efead .Tabl~Ex~Gov. Bates,. Ex-G~v, ~o:pg; Ed.w;n U. Curtis, Prof. Taft,
Samuel ·1; Elder, Gov. Foss; Geo,;ge ~:·s:inith, ,David ·F. Tilley, J\'hn _c. Crospy, Ed~ar,d 'A._File:pe.
Cheei·ed. fo1.· References te
Present Conditions in
Politics: .
b~t. of t~:e. ctt1zeiishiP of the city and. o:t'
the eomm0n"W.e8.1,th ...and it hS.:s mauY.
many Years Of· usefulness before it~
in '· p~~er shOuld ..he held , strictly accq,Ul)tabi~- Alld
if the people do
not-· a.PprOve. my ex.P"erience has been
then.
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dent 'Eld'Cr in his OI)enillg address that tlon which h~s done muc.h for the city i
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~I:iis '.is · a ti~e fo,r.\ t,~-:exa·minat'.ion
ot Boston-the· Chamber of C?mmerc~;
things that ,were "QPce thought to oe 1 :5poke of the ea1:ly history o~ the CitY·
fixed . and,_ se_ttle..d p. OUC_1es •.he said tha.·t· 1 C. Iu_ b. He. enu~c. iated the pr-inc1ples. upon._.
, William Howard Tari~big. srllHing he hope"d whell · the'y ;.got through exam~:.:. which the -club w-as founded and upon;
and Dubbling.'oveT':"Wtth.·mtrth-w~s the ining the prtncJple,s .there would be wOich it has·w.orked
eiioug~ prin~i.~~e 1~,;t; to get ~lollg on. ·~
P:resident El~er'. then read J.elegrams ;
g'.uest 'of hot:3.or, at.1 th~ b?,nQuet of the
HI- am of~·tJi:!.:·~ '~P.ifllon;• h~ said, "t~at ot · co1;1gra~ula.ti?n, 1nclud1n,g . one from;
~Ost:on Cit:y·_ ..-Club uiSt_ evening at the things· will .'·g~t- a·: ·-'little wor~e ·b~fO.re the St. Louis C~ty Club, 'and introduced
.;fiote1. •Somerset.·
T:qe-, spr~ad :marked tliey,'get ~Uch better. but. ..,J:/"·)1.a:v,e'.~.r.~iJ- .Mr. Filene. one· 9:t the club~s founders.
''4:l)-,.-clo~e,Of-:the'Q.ig~~~t_d~y ~n t.h,e,~i~-, pre~e conriaence ~-iri ''the ~P:re~-:,:')1.'nd Mr. File~e s~~ke of the good work oft~ry .of 'th~s •. Boston,~ b1gge,st _clu~. t.pe I that, after a full discussion;' sOrp.e .'few. the club founaers, and t:rge?"~ them not
idaJ; C?( the -.laying ~f t!1e: qor.ners~one ofl mistakes, . yes. pe'1 haps some serious to be too proud of their p~st and to
;u~ ~~w house. · Mpre than 1200 members mistakes, ;the A"Q"lerican people -will forget that th<>re is wor-k. yet to do. He,
~nd. gu.es..~s ,att.~ncf-~d•.
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-,show no such prlde ·or opinion but thit sa~~ that t'4e great mission of the club
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A_·_ m. lg~t.Y "_ri:er.,. 0r. _.se... when. P.resi~~nt the. y will' be willin~ 1:,Q retrace ?-_P_ y. step.s i ought ~to be _t;1 f~ster the ld~a.· that men
.~allluel J. _EJ,d:er introduced Mr. Ta!t. they hav,e taken which,~hey have found l ca.n ~e radicals or conservatiyes, and
T_.he ~tire body rose ~nd . t~e cheers not to be for the b·est and will do it still each can and should respect and
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.we-r~O~d andi long.._ T"p.en._ a'ft~_r theY_, quick~Y...
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esteem the principles al').d opinions of
'.had ;stopped t~ey began .ag~in and con-:1
Mr: Taft, in the· ·opening -_,Pertton of I the others.
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: .pis address~ paid graceful 1;,t):putes to J He referred to the club now. bet_ng
Mr., Taft was in_ his h~ppiest ~e1n. He .President Elder. to former 'G-ov. JOhn for:med ._ by wo_ !1:len _as a wom?,n s, city
g"ood .naturedly jabbed ·~P?OPl,e r1~ht . and D. Long,· to Gov. ~"oss~ t.o fotmer Go'v .. ~lub and urged that... the memb~rs do_
-'left and at the same ·1:lffl~ paid some I :aates, to Mr Filene and others, min- all i:µ. t}J.eir p9_wer to aid and assist the·
:-well~d~s~rved .comJ?lim~~ts . t? the Ci.ty gling fun with seriousl}ess in such. a women .
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to its. leadill;g sp1r1ts .. ~efer- way that he"kept the audience in. laugh-:
Ltst :of ·Guests.
trlng to the pr.esen~ political situa,~lon, ter. Refe.~ring t<? Gov. Foss, he.said:
Those.who sat at the guests" table.a,
~e said, af~er. e_?umer.a!ing, the vari,ous
"I thought I· was going to have hi'm of Whi,;h there were three, one in ea~h
shades .~f pohtical belief .held by the for ,company in my· little o:roup <"'f of the rooms were: Charles' H StrongL'.
m:;mbers._of_ the club:
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statesmen: following~ the . defi;ition of the Rev H8.ITy Levi, J~dge ·w1~1ia~·i
No one ~s so bou~d up in l?rejudice Tom Reed, whiCh was that 'a states- Bolster, GeQff.rey ·B. Lehy;_.' J<;>µn·, b';,)t
; of par:-tY as not to w~sh, heart. and so~l, m~n is a po.litician who is dead~'
But Ba.tes, John D .. Lon ....... Gll.arles S. ~am-:-J
:·J1:1 t~e ! success of the present adminis- I listened to. Gov.- JFoss:s sp'eeph this lin. Willia'.m· Howar1J'. Taft, Samu~.L J~:i
:. t;ration
of
t1.1,e ., governm~nt
of the afternoon and detected such ,l,lnmistak-1 Eld~r. GOv. Foss.. Qe1
o!"ge S. S.~i~h •. 1
\ U~l~ed Sta~~s for the benefit of all ot ~ble signs .~ft.~ bl~ f 9 r the i:p.depen4ent David F. Til~~y; the ~ev~ Dllloh Iii:-on-t
, 1th_¢ .People.
,!Uld ag:8'in there ,V{aS a vote th~t r:guess·r~,mad~ ~ ~is:ta.lt~-'"
lson .. :E_dward ,.
.A_.-.. Fi~ene,
Edw_ard M.J
:•burst of hearty .applause.
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··1 Baker~- th" a,,.y. Edwa1'9- .A.••. Hor:t;on-.,,,;Y:\.-,~
M.r; Taft -s.aid Ne_ sp~k-e. .. ~erhaps~ with
'.· ep_".e~~n ...... !S't
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~ens . . P·
ReV S H. ,Roblin, J~dge Marcus~q~-·,
mc;,r'e feeling' ,s:th~~ "0the1:":=J - W_ho h8.d
. ~r~id~_t' ~~~~1:°. '."1:'appe_d :f_~r order. at -toD, Ju~ge Jobµ B. Ratigan. Judg~ .;,;':}h,tf
~a~ked _his personal e*-peri'ence when he 9 .:1·5, and tP,e ·~peaking 1:>egan.;.
Assist- c. Crosby, JUdge J~bez Fox, J"uf~l!~.
.said he" thought· it weH tha.t there is a ant Secretary of the Treasury. ,Cha1~~es Rich.ard w ... Irwin. Judge P - M. Kea~J);g;,
. 'party leader who )s able to for~e Con- St!mn~r ;H~XIJlin___ ·w.as in~z:-o~uced,. ~nd in Edward Gilmore, William S. Gr~e~~
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: :hop~d that :the ,J>eO:ple baving .so ex/ pressed them~e-lves* · and the prir:i:clples
for which they -:voted :having, b~en put
into practice,, there wpuld be .-a~ple tfme
>gi.·ven to have them. tried,atld ,tested~
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l!_arty r~spo~.stbi~ltY. and . tha.t: the p&rty
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I;1:i!~~d;~1:i!~:e~rc:re~:;:n~i1i'(:~~~:
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and_ ·ou~~~ .to ·have. in a community, Wait, Judge William :B,. Steyeri"s. J"u~g,e\
quoting f,1i9~,. SqGrates . a definltio1t c-f Lloyd .E: White, Judge J"ohn C. Brei~~. i
the rights :3i11_d d,uties of
as to ">o- Edw.frd · G. Graves. Ed.ward C. Mat;is- /
ci~ty.
He'_ ,said. he felt that this df?- field: LQuis Ba¢r, J. M. Martin* Hor~ce 1
~cription, ~lf.b,o.ugh; many centuries old. G. Pende:r,' R. L. O'Brien. Asa P. }
exactly fitted'': the Present situation. and Frei:ich, Carl Dreyfus. James
R.ol- ·
was full C!f~sqund <?Ommon sense for the lins. Guy Mu:7:c:hie. John R
Ainsley,
benefit of all Who might wish to take 1t. Timothy E. M..:Carthy. George B. Bab-,
The Bo_ston 9Jty . qlub repres~t~_ . .41~ 9ii,t.
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'·t:' ·r,l "b, r·: ·. . -,.- · . '.~t".< -· ; \:!ciq,e~~kbvr~ rt;~~etn~a~o;~3;1fu;;~~~\i.~
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·a:.ctea !by· -the. comfort ,1
/~-:,';.t,_i~!~:~~:1i1:e~d leading men fro,n.
"It is.: a,:uni,que org~Il~~ation. and fur-:
n~Shes :·_to-· ~pSton tlie s3.ffie opportllnitY':
· for , its be~terment ··and for courisel,
: a.mo_ ng. itS· le.·ad~r:s of .all sbades of public
J opinion as dld the,Roman Forum. or t.he
j G:ree;:k_ .A:~a.- -It ·has _bee_n prol)erly calletl
j a clearing ho.use. for the, interchange or
~ a.11 ide4,B ·_Qf inunicipa_l progress and of 1
,. preservation . of the. public -weal.
'"The ·success o.f this club will lead. to
'the org~ni?&tiqp" · of other clubs of a
similar cll.a.ract'er -in many cities. AlI"¢ady the J)~blic-spirited men of the
re~t of tlie country are: closely watching
.it~ b~ne~ceht gl"9wth. wi"t:,h a view to
fpllowing. · a:s they·:ha..ve so of.ten f'olt ·~t~4;_? _it
bef~-~e! ·the Jeadership of Bosi_
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Gov. Foss~, the first speaker. said:.
"L am ·g1i,..a::· indeed to ! be here in my
official capa6ity ,to extend "the greetings
of the co.mmonwealth to the members of
tl+is. club, and also to jOin with you in
,exte:p.djng a ·hea.fty · greeting to _our , dls-
i{~~d~~eF:;:~ ~!ri!~1!f~ii1;'~~~asfot~
'"The City Club is more than an ordlnar-Y club. I like to thing that it is
an,. institution. an Institution that is
making .for. good citizenship. Its influence· extends beyond the city, It extends
through 'the state. it is felt throughout ,
the country. i
.. Its membership is tnade, up of all
classes, an nationalities, a.u shades of
political opinion, R6publicans. Demo-'/
cr_.~ts · ~nd Pro.gresslVes. and I hope some i
independents as well.
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'!I Q~n on~y . w::tsh tor this club as it
enters Its new bome that extended influ ..
C:1-7-e _to wll,qh, it ls justly entitled."
, Mq.yOr F1tz_gera14 said:
i "Boston is PI:'OUd of its Oity-Club, and
iwhen its. ·splendfd bupding is erected,
j will' be still n.1ore· prOud ,<?f it as an in-,
stitution which - has many accomplish! ~~n'ts "to Its , cr~dit in its shoi-t eX:istence.
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"'I thank President Taft on behalf of
the ··citizens of Boston for lenrlfng his;
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pres_ence :to this occasion.
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of duties and responsibilities.
If there
is ' anything more than another which.
has brought t1:lis message 'home to the
'million -and a · half of people in metropoU:~an Boston, it is this Boston City
Club, and for that our thanks are due
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Likens Club to Col'.nel'.stone.
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of the. organization and development of
the club. Referring, to the cornerstone
· Mayor Fib:geraid Speaking· During. Ceremonies- Attending Laying of City Club
C<>merstone. Qn ·:the Stand ,Are Seated Prof. Taft,. Cardinal O'Connell, Gov.
-ner -Efur~unaI:i:tg.S~~,n-;--e~a:tn?na~-s-ys~ h~.;~1:/e is no counterpart of it in t:tiis
tern, in provis~on ~or the c?~f~rt and· city or. in this country for that matt·er.
I health of ·au her dti'zens: Boston Is con- On. the occasion of raising the first
spicuous among our ci"tie.s.· In her in- : shovelful
of
earth President Elder :
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dividua11tY · which bas ~marked itself in .l placed the shovel into the soil and
her long .:nd honorable history, and lS 1 when he raised It It was filled with·.
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she Is easily first. ' She· has been caHe.d' find any place along the seashore. '.
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i:the Athens Of America
I ;don't like
!~The shovel .;:was crowned and, tun,
l such a comparison,. for Bos~oh ,has n·, 1:!tn__W);len he cas~_Jt ;tt9m A!m-,Ji~l
character all her o~n tha.t 1s n.ot -ac- tergiated and fell Jnto thousands of
curately or properly set f_orth by· refe,:- golden, glistening partlclE'S with no ad! ence tQ other cities.
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:·.~. hesion whatever. The thought carne to
"We are ·here .t?' celebr~te the ,13:-~tng i me how representative is this of the·
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; is to be another. evidenc~ of. ~oston•s.·1 munity, b:t"ight typical men that wera
practical, pro:gressive .public· .sPi~t~ _ Th~ j· not brought together, ~nd if brought
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~o · th~ ~:qos, of c;he~-~· 8 ,, -~~?m · a crr9~, - 11 be, ts a club , of uziique P1:1rpo~e•. ~nd: r.equested the builders to take this sand~
·that fll,~d .tb.e. stree_,:ts a._~,.:·wil1.d9ws_, 9lut:J.g ·; has had great. s_u_cces:5 · in itS, pu~u1t..
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·tO fire - escapes and stood silhouetted 1 "It aims to furnish an_ attract1ve, of particles and cement them together
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' ... ~inSt the. t~ilight on :,,neS.r,b-y, -1"oofe:;1meeting Plac,e to' w~~ch·. represe~t~tiv~s: into a solid niass and to mould this into
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W.ill.iaill J:io-w::,ard _T,a.t:~. form_er P~1~.0 !1t ·without regard to creed Or poli~~caJ vi~w be a -constant and substantial reminder,
9f'the United St;ates, yesterda.y,·~eld,ed ..:_may: come for assoclat.iQ.n. cqnfer~nce, · of What this club is, a solidificati~n of
the -5 1~V"er iroWel. _an~· sw_Ung· the ,h~.rr,,.er discus~ion a!J.d organizatio~ '<:>f. va'rious '. the bright, clean_ member_s of this com. · ' , ,, .~ '...s ("\ne municipal and public ac~ivities. ; to in-. munity into an organization substantial
that placed in_,P.~9:ition ~h~ ·':~-1"!1~ ~
crease the benefits wh!ch.the;clty may, and beneficial. 1Jound together even a.s
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its c,itizen body to lead in ~he gr~at making the cornersto~e of "Y'8ur home,
Foss and 'S~m~~l El~er.
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Governor, Mayor , and Card·,nal Part·1c1"pate ·,n Ce'r·e' _ I
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0 :J?~,n~~ 1:>Yl ~lubs it makes itse·l_f ~e~ponsi~le :for no copy of the club charter, list of mem1 building to ci~i~- ~se ~er~
Ca.rdinrtl o:conn~ll. who .. Pr~y.e_d . ~~at definite, reforms .. l;:mt .- it fUJ;".n.1Shes. by bers~ newspapers of tPe day, coins of
: Gocf ,should «strengthen th·l~. 'hoµs~ ·rby the ass.ocia~fon that it -induces. and the the day preserited by Charles E. and
'h~lJ)ing tow~t;"d, true fr~ter,nity.'"•
- ~. rubbing toget~er of the yari~us ete~ Max E
W-yzanski
bulletins of the
'A_'<Idresses w,ei-e deliver,~_d by-Gov; FOS.'/3 •. m_er1:ts in thei body politic. and soc.la! _of club, a ·bronze tabl~t presented by E.
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·~ayor F~ftgerald, Geo~rey B., L~hY,· -the City, an opportunity· for sol~darity A. Filene, photographs of ·Club extlr~t presi.d~t of the e:lub; .tl)e ~~v·.f of movement amon~, all classes toward ecutives, a list. of ~11 men who have
:l)i~}on Bronson, the Rev. Geqrg~ : ~- '- "p-etter and high~:r- things.
served on the executive con;tmittee.
Gordon ',and . Rabbi H~rry Ley~-- - $E\~·}Jel f
wears off Prejud Ices.
. pictures of the clubhouse site, and
! _lpl~er:, president of the clu.b, ·Was ~~' uTh"s cl\lb alms to fu.se- the hard and pictures of. the excavation of the first
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th . Prior to the e~erci~es 'Prof. Taft,
, th_e Customary coins. tablets,, ~~d · dQd_lf~ · preju"dic_e and partisan ·enm.
bY ·. :': waS tendered a reception' at· the home'
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'h';t;ents·,bad, been swung into Pl~~·.Pr.ol~ glow.-and hea~. of a.n tevrarY- ,aY ~~rn.~_ ot H s Potter ·82 co'm.monwe~Ith· ave.-.
i·T~:rfdelivered··the c~,~ing~dar~S,of tf€~>. anionship ~d- comr:n.?:°"s~cial cc:'mfo~~..:; nue. · Tb.ere ·p;.of. Taft re·ce1v.ed ao·v/~
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Its hSrl~~ao_Zen -foun4e~s. ~
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There is promise of',;· n-~;·"~rder t~ the~ ii~hments;'}P.1~te giass- aµd ten storie~--:\
"West End, in ;the west End of,. vanished : these are i.he steps 1n the us~l P!ogression
aristocracy and depreciated
values.
Since~ of a
town into a
metropolis.
In any part
first the construction of the East Boston , of that Bosto~ which we might; Ii.ke Lontunnel began to be debated to the people o:f
aoners. term the old Gity, this has been ~uc-
that quarter i t seemed the logical course cessively the history, though from _a co:r;nto connect it -with the traffic across -West, plex:ity of causes the process has moved
Boston Bridge into Camfbridge. That proj- ', more quickly in some parts than ip. others.
ect was deferred. The removal of the eleThe west End* strategically though it lies,
vated trains from the Tremont-street subbetween one of the great terminal stations
~ay dealt the trade of Court street a blow
and the magnificent inland waterpark of
from which it is just now recovering. And,
the Charles River Basin, dividing it , from
at length. according to the authorization
the academic suburb, 1s half w~Y between
of the Legislature a year ago, it has been
the lodging-house period and the small
determined th~t the East Boston tunnel
shops.
For years
it
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been oddly
~ha.I~ be extended. through to Bowdoin
pockete~ in a manner for which, in part,
~q{iare to emerge on Cambridge street
the transportation systems were to blame
·few blocks beyond.
The welcome with
There were unexcelled. convenience$ f'or
which this project is viewed by tl;te busigetting around, or past, or throu~h tlre
:Oess men of the district may be guessed
west End without stopping. Than getting
from the circumstance that at the recent
into it there was only one journey more
hearing before the Transit Commission
inconvenient-getting out of it.
T~e n~w
there was not a disgruntled voice. To be
subwaY to Cambridge whisked past without
sure, the battles had been fought on the
a stop between Park street and the river.
floors of the twain branches of the LegisThe new viaduct sends its cars thundering
1ature, but unanimity appears to be the
across West End roofs without a stop beresult.
tw-een North Station and the river. This
There is probably not the slightest quesextension of the East Boston tunnel promtion but that this extension of the transpor- l ises, at length, to restore to 1ts importance
tation system will materially increase the
of three decades ago what was then the
business of the "\Vest End. Considered as a
main thoroughfare into Boston from the
means of access from Cambridge its terri<>rthwest-Cambridge street.
minus opens that tempting area bounded
It can be confidently predicted that th~s.
on one side bY Hanover street and includ- , is a piece of w-ise pul?:lic economy. Th1;ee,.
ing the w-hole market district. This serves
years agO, w-hen the p·roject of termina.t1n~.
not only that considerable army of people
the Beacon Hill tu.rin.el fn a West Erid loop
who ~re regularly employed in this zone,
was among the possibilities, there were'
but the vastlY larger army which comes in
merchants who wagged heads and said:
from the neighboi-ing suburbs to the north"The property owners in the neighborhood
west. market basket on arm, to buy. The
of Park street will learn that they a.re
effect of this on Bowdoin square and its
paying the taxes which the -west End does
environs. and. more indirectly, on most of
not pay." Right or wrong, here is a large
the west End, must be decidedly beneficial.
and valuable district which should logically
The newest extension provides the last or
be claimed by business, and though the certhree arterial and prompt means of transit
tainty that it will be is no excuse for deinto the heart of the city from the northlaying to improve the housing conditions in
west suburbs; the o.ther two beings the vithe tenement districts of the quarter, the
aduct to NOrth Station and the Cambridge
eviction of these tenement properties by
subw-ay.
business will be a. blessing to everybody.
This succor came to the West End none
The beginning of these better days is hertoo soon. For two ~ecades, and l?nger, that j aided by the extension of the East Boston
district had been 1n steady dechne.
From \ tunnel.
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NEW BUILDING.·.;~~ ~o~;tf:Ef ~o~icf~!~{~;:~tt~ I
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Whitten-Gilmore to Occupy Ne.wi _ On'__!he fai!d floor the Whit:tfill__Gih
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n.,oo. square te. ~.t. _llghte,;i by five w1:q~
skylights ln the roof, the company will i
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_ih.e Bostqn automobile tr~~de is co~-.,
.1[~~l~?nin t~:e··::~:s aiJ
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. <?.(l{~er large building is to be erected on . bqth front and rear and t~ere will .be
~ommonwealth aven_ue this summer. It
't~otb;J1~ c~;;~ff;.s
will b~ located between the avenu.e and will be lighted throughout by electricity;
Cummington street, just beyond Blan- and will have daylight on all sid€:s I
':rord street, and .will be. occupied princi-1 there. being a space reserved between..
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agents for Chalmers cars, the Wood$ Whitten Gilmore Company will be in a
,"electric &nd the .Federal and Standard1· position to display its cars to much
:~rucks. The Whitten Gilmore Company bett~r advantage tha:n at present and
>!for the past siX: years has had its sales to give o'rners of the vehicles that it
:room at 907 Boylston street
with .;;, ·_represE:nts the. best . of attention, both ,
s~rv~ce department in
bridge.,
a~!~~\~~~nt1
f~~oco;c~f
;£ts business has outgro~n tnes~ quar- parts will be carried, and the fact that
_"ters and in the new building, _which will the service department. will b,e in the
~e r:ady for occupancy late in the fall, same building '\Vith t.he offices will pre·~t w;ill have all departme~ts under one vent ~elayS-.ythat are inevitable where
~~d ~:r~ctetter fac1.lities
:for these tw-~ d'e:P~me-nts are~separated•.
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~tories high, wlt~ base~ent, and will
~have a fron.ta,.ge. of 130 feet on Com)no_:~nyealth avenue and a depth of' 90
;feet. -~h1e "Whitten ·Gilmore ComPany w;ill
~9~.·.I>Jf one-hal. f th·e· basement . and of, the
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Gov€rnor, J\Iayor and Cardinal Among the Prominent Guests.
Ex.-Pr~ident Ta.tt will lay the cornerstone or the ne'W home for the Bost<.:,,n_
City Club, Oct. 9, at .e, o'clock P. M .
.,Gov. Foss • .Mayor Fitzgerald, Car~inal
,·p·Gonl',lell~ Bishop J1?hn w. HamiltQn.,;
tlie, Rev. George A. Gordon 9 the Rev:
.Harry Levi and Geotr\.ey. B. Lehy, first
J)reSident Qf the' club. will Pa.rticipate in
the ceremony.
The corner-sto.ne Is made of concrete,
nnd the sand used in the making ~;ras
taken from the sfte of the building. TI,ts,
,gtone was pre.sented to the club by M1.
Lehy.
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In the 1 box to J?e placed/ in tbe stor..e.
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Will be put a -copy of the charter of tbe
!,club, list of n1em.bers, new coins _prelffiented bs,~ Messrs MaX. E. and Ch~t ies
, ,E Wyzanskf, Boston newSpapers of the
d. ~ , 1J~~s: :·.o~:.,~~u:p bulle. tin, menus of tl:1e
[ .d~y;. a.ud· ,po'r.'ti"ELits o:r Samuel :r. Elder,
tieotrrey B._ LehY. David F. TUiey. pr~si- ·
i dents o:f the club; Jan:ies W. Rollins, ;
! 'Vice-president a.11-d chairman of the'
\ l;)uilQ.ing c9mt;n.ittee ; Carl . Dr-ey-fus~ viCe- '
~~.r~:s~=~t~~~dm~~~el~
!~s~1~r:~ro· ;=.n~!.
•,.the club at the beginnini. with Edward
}A. FUene. who presents a. bronze tablet.
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to be plaCed in the stone. bearing
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nuuiy men as we can. \o.f
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sbJp and ,rQo(1 cftfz.enshlp for the servt"Ce
' ·~fais!~,-~!/l:t~u!rJ~n':/8°ra!ia1d~:!J!dt~: :
which exist when men. do not know
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and which a:re, used by
Kl"Sft.ers a.act ~e,t1.sh In.en to further their
R<-he.tn~ to tb,e, g~eat harm 9':f the cit7,
,- t~e state -and the n~tion.
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The silver trowel to be used by Mr.
'.Ta:(t · is engra.Ved as follows:
,~\rTtiis :tr6--wel 'was used by -Hon. "Will13..1.n 1--I.o:,;~tard Taft in laying tha-./.'corner,~to~e of. the Bostori City CJ_ubf Oct. 9,
I-Ion. Samuel Ji Elder•. ;<lJ'resident;
f ~ e s :W: Rollins; chairmari'; of build"~l}g 'col'Il~ittee.',
· \.:.The· house, ,vhen completed early naxt
ii~11n_eI' Win cost near}y '$900,000.
k;:'~!).:~he ~lub has a membersf!.ip of 4500,
'.1\•.itli .· a. w,aiting Jist ·of ov~r "600. The
~tu·1::f.istarted ~in 19(?,6 with a. membership
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~.J;'h,,e new home is planned for
,rij,000 ·members, and indications are that
'·.the ·club will ·enter its new home with a i
,waiting list .of over 1000.
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.; In spite of the announcement three·
·,~,a~ks ae;o_ that the entire Capacity w~s
l,:t'aken. more than 2000 have · applied, for
··ca.r:-ds to · th~ · Hotel Somerset d~riper.
'-l~He,ven hundre,d 1~nd ~f'ty i:riem~~rs:~Wi'lfl
'b.~ - proiride~ ·for.' The PrOgi-im q{ the
di~er. is as folloV(S-: Speake.rs. . ~resi. df?l.t ,~amuel J. Eld~r... ~residing'; Charles
/:·~"'. .,.IiaZ1:11ip;_ ~s,tst~tjt SeCi-et.arY, of _tb,.a,
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There is Promise of a new -~rder in
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West End, in ;the vVest End of. vanished :
aristoeracy and depreciated values. Since:
first the construction of the East Boston ,
tunnel began to be debated to the people of'
that quarter it seemed the logical course
to connect it with the traffic across -West,
Boston Bridge into Camfbridge. That project was deferred
The removal of the eleV'ated trains from the Tremont-street sub~ay dealt the trade of Court street a blow
from which it is just now recovering. And,
at length, according to th·e authorization
of the Legislature a year ago, it has been
determined th~t the East Boston tunnel
.~hall be extended. through to Bowdoin
· ~-qtla~e to emerge on Cambridge street a
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-few blocks beyond.
The welcome with
which this project is viewed by fl.le busii;i.ess men of the district may be guessed
from the circumstance that at the recent
hearing before the Transit Commission
there w3.:s not a disgruntled voice. To be
sure, the battles had been fought on the
floors of the twain branches of the Legislature, but unanimity appears to be the
result.
There is probably not the slightest quesUon -but that this extension of the transportation system will materially increase the
business of the West End. Considered as a
means' of access from Cambridge its terminus opens that tempting area bounded
on'. one side by Hanover street and including the whole market district. This serves
not only that considerable army of people
who are regularly employed in this zone.
but the vastly larger army which comes in
from the neighboiing suburbs to the northwest, market basket on arm, to buy. The
effect of this on Bowdoin square and its
environs. and, more indirectly, on most of
the west End, must be decidedly benefici~I.
The newest extension provides the last o:1'
three arterial and prompt means of transit
into the heart of the city from the northwest suburbs; the o_ther two beings the viaduct to NOrth station and the Cambridge
subway.
This succor came to the 'West End none
too soon. For two decades~ and longer, that
district had been in steady decline
From
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to Jarge business estab,.·
li~h~'ell.tS/_':~l;te glass , and ten stories- j
these are ihe steps in the US'l.UL~ P!'ogression.
of a town into a metrop01is. In any. part
of that Boston which We might; like Londoners, term the old qitY, this has been s_uccessively the history, though from .a co~- :
plexity of causes the process has _moved
more quickly in some parts than in others.
The "West End, strategically though it lies,
between one of the great terminal stations
and the magnificent inland waterpark o~
the Cha"l""les River Basin, dividing it from
the academic suburb, is half wa.Y between
the lodging-house period and the small
shops.
For years
it has
been oddly
pocketed in a manner for which, in ~art,
the transportation systems were to blame.
There were unexcelled convenience::;; fo.r
getting around, or past, or through the
West End without stopping. Than getting
into it there was only one journey moi:-e
inconvenient-getting out of it.
T~e new
subwaY to Cambridge whisked past without
a stop between Park street and the river.
The new viaduct sends its cars thunderin~
across vVest End roofs without a stop 'J?etween North Station and the river. This
extension of the East Boston tunnel promises, at length, to restore to its importance
of three decades ago what was then the
main thoroughfare into Boston from the
northwest-Cambridge street.
It can be confidently predicted that th!s,
is a piece of wise pulJ:Iic .economy. Thfee,.
years agO~ when the i>roject o"f termina~ing
the Beacon Hill tu.rinel ih a West Erid loop
was among the possibilities. there were'
merchants who wagged heads and said:
"The property owners in the neighborh~od
of Park street will learn that they are
paying the taxes which the West End. does
not pay." Right or wrong, here· ls a large
and valuable district which should l9gicaHy
1::ie claimed by business, and though the certainty that it will be is no excuse for delaying to improve the housing -conditions in
the tenement districts of the quarter, the
eviction of these tenement properties by
business will be a b16ssing to -everybody.
The beginning of these better days is her/ alded by the extension of the East Boston
tunnel.
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)$arage for demonstrating cars~ wash- . .
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1:rics. , The second floor front Will be l
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~·haserilent will be the truck department. r
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!S;nd St~ndard trucks, including partS,
tand re~irs of all kinds.
On'' t~ fai!d floor the Wh!llifil___Gihmore Company plans one of the most
CO?olJ:)let!' and n:odern :3ervice departments 1n the city. With a space of
11.700 square foet. _1,ghted by 1arge win•
dows on all four sides and by five large
skylights In the roof. the company will,
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~ore evidence of the rapid growth of forge l"O?tn, washstand and_, a~~ · otbe"r 1
.th'f) Boston automobile tr<1..de is cc;n;i:--: ~~~1fi~~s ~ : : 1{~~li~~ini11 tr;e·'Wo~~:s~:J:
~.:t,aJped in the announcement that an-: basement will be connected· by ·stairs·
<?.~-~er large building is to be erected on! bqth front an<:- rear and there will be j
~-ommonwealth aven_ue this summer. It !:ih !F~~ot~;1~ c~~:.~it°;.s T~:istiil~~~~ !
will b~ loca't:ed between the avenu.e and will be lighted throughout by electricity 1
Cummington street. just beyond Blan- and will have daylight on all sidE!S I
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f'ord ~treet. and. will be occupied princi-1 there. .being a space reserved betwe·e~. '
pally by the Whitten Gilmo
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this anq. the next huilding to the west
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ompany,
With this new building available the
agents for Chalmers cars, the Woods Whitten Gilmore Company will be in a
~lectri.c ind the Federal and Standardf P osition to display its cars to much
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itrucks. The Whitten Gilmore Company bettE:_r advantage tha:.r1 at present and
4:or the past si:X: years has had its sales- to give o~ners of the vehicle:'3' that it
:X,oom at 907 Boylston street
with a ~represt:nts the. best . of attention, both,
~a!ge sE:rv~ce department in Cambridge.
11r;:~n°arida~!1:,,~~~~nt1 f:r!e f~~oc~t~~f
;Ets business has outgrown these quar- parts will he carried and the fact that
ters ~nd,in the new. building. which wiU. the service. departm~n_t. ·will b,.e. in the
4 e r~ady for occupancy late in the fa!l, same building with ·the offices will pre1. t
~111 have all departme~ts under one vent eelaySr. that !'l.re inevitable where
~nn~ ~~~~c~.etter .:(ac1lities both for· these tw~ d'e~ments are separated. ,
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Whitten-Gilmore to Occupy New1 _
' Home When Completed-Lo:. 1
·cated on Commonwe·alth Av
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.: The new building of re-enforced con·.-crete With bric-k trimmings, will be three
~tories high, with basement. and will
. .have a front~ge. __ ()f 130 feet on ComJno~wealth aVenU.e and a depth of· 90
~eet. ~~h1e ,Whitt-en ·Gilm,ore Comt>anY will
~9~P:Y _9!le-'.hal.:t; t~e basement and of,:t~e'
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oq;r~·., -~~.d'. t~e en.tire t · d
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No Commonwealth Av
Change, Says Expert.
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Part 'Never Owned by State Has Not
Been Under Limitations;
Widespread and persistent rumors ·1
that restr,ictions on t,he land on 99'in- :
monwealth av in the Back Bay had
ex~ired~ an?-. t. hat an. y .varfety of .build- ,•.
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Ing const:ruction would now be poss!·bl6 8.Iollg that thoroughfare •. have in
the last few days caused uneasiness "'
8.mong. property owners and residents
in that section· of Boston
That any restriCtions have been lift-·.;
ed was denied last evening by one of
the cit.y's largest real estate conveyancers. a man who has given minute1
attention to exarriining titles to par-.~
eels fronting_· on t11at particular part·
of ,Corrimonwealth av.
He said: "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts owned a't one time the land
·on ?<>:th si.des.·.af. CommonV{eaith av to a
point not fi.r -from He:reford st. at one
t:frne- known. as Parker st.
vVhenever
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land could not be u·sed :tor any mercan- :
tile purpose. ·
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"The Rosten Water Power Companiy j
owned the land on Commonwealth
from Miass~chusetts av to the interse€- 1
~h°en ~,e~~~~~·~ei~e~n
Massachusetts av, the land never be.:. ;
longed to~. either the State or the Boston ..
I Wat.er, Power Company toThis strip ot;I
~ land· was ·not
subject
restrictions
placed On that formerly own~d. by the ~
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State and the water power conct=?rn.
.. Later a . setback restriction waS'
placed 0:n. the land on· the south side of
the avenue. Unless the Park Commisi
sioners have _taken action at some time.
-and I cannot find that they have-any,
kind of building may be erected on the
south side of Commonwealth.' av;,- between Hereford st and Massachusetts
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"On the north side the land is still
subject, to re's.trictions put upon :i,t by
the water power company. These ar~
practically similar to the restrictions
on the property on NeWbury st owned
by Gov Foss; where he built a large
garage which becam.e the subject of
litigation.
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''There seems to be a general impression that all the land fronting on Coi;nmonwealth av in that vicinity belOnged
to the State and is restricted.
One'
reason why the question of restrictions
on·"this thoroughfare has never come up,
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Purchaser of Property Should
Scrutinize Title With
Utmost Care,
WHAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
By WILLIAM N. -SWAIN.
The rank and fl.le of the great Ai:pe~..
cfln publiq must, in order tO reach/ the
higbes:t· i.dea1 of true c;ttzenship, and b~
worthy of the right to live comfortably
and haPpily- in America, become ho~~
owners *and not horoe renters.
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What does a hundr~d rent receipts
: stand for? It stands for past shel~~ir:,'.
an ~ properiJ" owned by your ~and10.r~~._:
~nd covers a period of eight year~· aii:~p
f~ur months, and nothing lllO!~· _
this same period of eigbt years and fo~;"",;·
i:no~ths, if occupied by the Owner wit~
an equity,· no matter how smill, and •a
mortgage l~ a co-operative bank, on
which the monthly payments had been
kept up, it ~-ould represent almost tWQ:~:
thirds of the mortgage paid off..
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, Mn.ny ~f• the bo~·rowers in c°i:op~r~t·~~~
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banks ar~ withorit previous e~p~~ie~,~r
in ~l\e pu.rC"ho.se and mortgaging o:f -~~~.S
estate.
It is often the case , that_-~~~
borrower is obtaining bis ~ortg~~e· .y.:>~'µ.c:
:rr~n1 the h::u1k in connectio'n With,.~ .t,~,·
1 purclrnse of a home, and the
ls a part consideration :tor the PU;~ ·
-p_dce, anrt the borrower bas nev..~r
tore bought real estate.
m.9~~·,;~
Scrutiny by Cank AttorrieY.,,.,\/:i~1
As he has to pa~" the bank's .~.ttci'.En:~~
for tlle ex::11ninntiCln of title in con:pe~~{
tiqn with the "ba.1~k'c 1nor.tgnge and th~;
drawing of the u <1.rtgag.e. papers and ;cost
of recording theut _nn_d the ,cost of·, ~.
A!P
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I:~;:;; a~~in~~f ~1e a;;~P::~:.ic~~a~a!s~~!fi Bl\r
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l often !.ave himself the e::xtr_3:,
I employing !:1n attorney to act
e:x:peus~ :,q:¢.~
for .hi'.Jl?. 'f}y-,:"_
arranging ,1,.·.ith the b4nk's attorne3'.'" ,'~O
pass on the title for .him and thris sa,:. e
the ex.pense of a dollble- title e:s:am~~a.r
tion~ b~·c:::!tfse· - ·t-ne - fiJl€reSis ~Of t1ie':v'pu1~.:t:haser find the hn1ll, are ideb.tical, iu
that they are 1,otll i:nterest~d in obtain- :
ing n good m:;11.:(table
title
to
the'
property. .-...l\ t the sam·e time there are
imany (]ncstions. n1•J§ipg' in conne':!tion
: with ownership that are
not · Ro
im:1 po1 taut to the mortgagee bank as' to the
owner,t::such as restrictions and r1ghts or
way, ea~em~nt.s, t.ewer rights, etc.
There are many important points which
should be given consideration before the
preliminary agreement to purchase reai,.,,,,
estate is signed, and these are enumerate<I
,below
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Attorney Should Be Consulted.
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.a no..!: iunom'8 e,;n. lllt.M. aou'8
0.1d e.xul{s oi a;,i:u no..!: pJno.M._
' - 'US Qt{l llSHdmooou U'80 NV- ·,
' .IOJ ..S:Jt{lUOill PJ'Bd-_x:va V SJ.N
..i:aaom ~Ull{lilm ;i:o asod.Ind: .a_
mnu .'8 l'BtlJ+ -·no..!: oi .x:i.ooo .xa.&.Ef i
r:rrroa cr'Nvs
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Valuable Property on Summer St,
Best of Its Kind in City.
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HAYNES BUILDING, CORNER OF SUMMER AND HIGH STS.,
Pu,rchasect by Fred H;oJdsworth and Robert D. Farrington.
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O~e of the most important rea.t estate-·,
transactions in the vicinity of -the South ·
Station has just been closed, in the
placing to recor·d at the su·ffolk Regis- i
:try of Deeds final papers whereby the !
well-known Haynes Building, ·140 to 146 '
_sum.mer st. corner of and 1 to 13 High
;St, pass~s to the . ownership _of Fred
Holdsworth and Robert D. Farrington.
iThis pr.operty was owned by the John
C. Haynes estate, of which Mo::fes Wil11a:rns~ Hon John D. Long ··aD;d Charles·
F. Smith are trustees. It is a large six-,
story stone and brick structure ~tand:ing on ·3521 square feet of Ian.cl wit'.h a:
total rating of $386,200. While the ;t?rice
paid is not stated. it was for a figure·
way in excess of this amount.
The.
land has a taxed va.1ue of $211,200~
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It is one of the best fin~P~Oof build- ;
ings of.,its kind in. the city, contain,ing:
·every Known improv~ments~ the upper.
stories being used for offices, while the
lower floor contains sever'al stores. Its
location being near .t.he· South. Station~
. makes this. sale a most noteworthy one ..
; from the fact t~at'. the purchasers are::
! considere4;i among the 'leading real e:;:i.;;. :
, tate ope. rators in the city, 'having re- .j'
· cent!¥ ·b:oug-ht a numl>e~, o.f large par-,.
eels 1n the downtown s~tion and also -.
inN~e :n'i~ l3a~y. the :.~ayn·;;s litA,jlding 1
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been sold for a good figure, but-b1)J'apers ;
have also been signed wherein· another ;
large mercantil~ building' will als6.;
change ownership between now and,·
the; first of the new Yenr. This latter·.
transaction i:s also on Summer st, ~d
involves over.$500,000. The 'puyer of this·
1:;itter parcel is a well-known operator~
: who will make extensive in'iprovements
\ for investment. ·
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1~1: have obtained one of the_ best 1n.~!s~~~cifo\~i!o\~ ~~~n~a~:l~~:
ton
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:vesbnent properties in. the ":~ity, tp.e:
bl)qkf3r transacting t,he deal be1n1? "."1-1-·:
liarri F. ·~~ldwin 9f the AxneS Bu1ld1ng. ,
The final papers in this ·sale have . been '
Placed to record at the Suffolk Registry j
o'f De!2'dl;!..
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Niles Building, Facing on School St, Passes Into the~,;
Hands of J. Murray Howe.
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BUILDING,
SOLD
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HOWE.
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Oost of ~roperty to Be $1,250,000, and Part Will .B.e.-j
Fitted Up'as a Commercial Hotel.
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PROPOSED COMMERCIA!L HOTEL AT ,WASHINGTON AN];> AVERY STS
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The Commonwealth Associates. Inc, J oughlY fireproof .and practically no. woo~
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: w·ho on Sept 12 acquir~O. title .to t}'l.e l~nd
5 beT~:dfl~;;:P~r!
0 dtj~_i·~fa~ot~~i:~
, corner of Washington and Avery sts, with tile. and marble finishe'd flooring.
·1bave 'closed a contract with tµ.e Haynes ~he building_ ~~l~ be heated and· ':en1 COnstru':ti~n Compa~y- f~r
the erection
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1!;!at~~
! of a bU1ld1ng of 11 st<t:1e~ _t!:'-at, when exteripr -will be~of limestone itild briqk
\ completed, will involve .a total ex~~ndi- carried out in the. styl~ of. the. :F•rench
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1.ture. in the vic~ity of $1,250,000. A l~rge
t?r~tgihfhes~~~r:ifo ::6 :~~
I portion of the Avery-st trontage
the flniSh bf»:the princip~l r<Yoms.
! entire Upper part\ of the building 'Will On the ,gr9.und floor the ·~rashingtonoccupied
first-clas.s comm~rci~l 1;eir~~t1~eer~n~t
g~~;~
! I:io~el and has been lea:5·~-~ to Morse Leases have been arranged for long
,r~~
~~t1_~de
and
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aplti~!e~nJ°'~1£~~1;;.
i>~n:i~~~~d_·
il be
as a
r~r1g:
t:~¥-~r!:
9 a;~i~~fd20bie~~a1t~~~f! t~P~si!1r~ fJie t::b~~~{:s~er~ei¥-te ~~~;11
' :gg;h~fi/ {e room. large public dining- concluded leases for the· ·entire pro1>
office, reading
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room and buffet, the basement under the erty witli the exceptiQn of , one small
corner of Haymarket pl and Avery st store on the Avery-st side before con-·
by a rathskeller. A sub-basement will tracts were closed for the construction
: have storerooms, machinery, heating of the , building.
The Commonwealth
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s~~ey:i~g 1tfi~r!i~~~~sw~lJ~ ~cec;~~tt~fenrr:~~ea~~a~aa. s1. il~:e~:
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~.etc, and the remainder of the building
t:i;i;f;~s·w~~~orgrc::~rfea..
office of Codman & street, with George
t:.r~te~x~~;ti~~
:_will
contain specially fitted sample
'tooms.
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: T:t:ie fl:oish will be of carefully selected
Mh;;spur,~· red gum, stained a rich ma· OgfLnY~ ;Dhe construction will be thor-
treasurer.
C. H. Blackall, architect,
repr.:esents the trust and Hurd & Gore;
architects...._ for the lem;;.ees .of h'otel. Watson G. - Cutter & Son represented David
H. Posner.
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NEW BU~EliiNG·· .' · '.. :1
FOR A VERY ST. COR~ER'{
A. Shuman Is Beginning Construction of Hand. some Store and Office Structm e at Downtown Washington St. End.
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[ New Building ~ t A..Shuman Is Erect.tng at Washington and Avery Streets;
C. H. Biaekall, Architect.
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The wide1i.ing O ~ Y street proJ'.tlises -in_g_w_i_lI_o-:-c-cu_p_y-th_e_r_e_l_n_a_i_n_d_e_r_o_f_t_h_e_lo-t-,
' t~ develop two very interesting corners
and
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erection~
On
the oppo~ite COrner
Shuman is just beginning the c_onstructi.on Qt a very up-to-date commercial
: and office building. These two struct: ures. botJ.l of which are beiri.g erected
' from pl,e..ns by ArChitect C. H.. Blackall,
i will make the com.ner of Avery and
I Washington streets one of the most; interesting in the city and will add greatly
to the commercialy possibilities of this
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region.
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In the wi4ening. of Avery street the
Shuman estate lost a slice across the
-W:ashingt.oll street front. The new build-
provide
for
stores
on
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entirely of glass in the 1ovv·er story. the
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will
r;~~~!l'l~;~/~~~a it~~~~building will be
:bc~:~;e:l!~c=-~~
The exterioi· o~ the
of Washington sti'eet. On the corner of
the new street toward BoYlston street a
large hotel is now in the process of
:ir: ~iesr~\,~a~:c~~i:;
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a maximum of light and display sp'ace
in the show Windows.
The upper stories are designed on the
exterior as a co1nbination of lin1.estone
and btick~ with a. very open tre.?,tment.
so that each office' will have abundant
light. The second-story windows will
be virtually large show windows~ nea_rly
as valuable as the first story for displ_a;y
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purposes.
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Work is proceeding on this building
at once. and it is expected to have· it
ready f~r _occupancy in Februar,....,.'!E'!1;;.,s_.-....
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le Property iri North End, Purchased foT Investment bl'. A. C.
Ratshesky and Ferdinand Strauss, Trustees of the ·Mercantile Real
Estate Trust.
REAL ESTATE -A.llAfRS
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Building
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Max E. and Charles E. Wyzanski. trus- '
tees of the Wyzanski Trust, have acquir.ed
from J.P. C. Marshall the_'brick mercantile
building at 26-30 Bowker street, near Sudbury street.
The property has a frontage -.
of nearly fifty feet, with light on all sides,
and the lot contains 2798 square feet. The
tax value is $41,000, of which $23,800 is on
the land. The six and one-hal:f story building which covers the lot was erected_ several years ago by the Sargent & Ham Company, the occupants.
The negot~a~ions In
1 the
sale were conducted b:v Wilham H.
\ Boardman,
representing
the
Wyzanskl
Trust and by George B. Elliot and Eugene
! P. Whittier representing Mr. Marshall.
l There seems to be ,conSidera.ble uiovernent
'. in West End realty, in anticipation of the
widening o:t: Court street and' the opening
: of :t.he s.ubway.
S~eral bnp.ortant agree-
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!_Jne~bl'. o:t Sa~~ ·~,~-·j'~J!~~
tSMOOTHES WAY FORTHE
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NEW CITY HALL ANNEX
'Agreement Reached on Providing
the $300,000 Needed.
Agreefflent was reached yesterQay, at
a conference in the mayor's office of
,those concerned, as to the apportion: ment of the expense of constructing on
, the site of the probate building on 'J:'re1 mont
street another City · Hall annex,
I to be occupied e:x:clusiv~ly by the police
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1and sc.Jiool departments. The estimated
: cost of the building is $300,000, accord! ing. to Plans drawn in Mayor Fitzgerald's administration.
The agreement is· that the school committee will appropriate $150,000, that the
mayor will ask the city council for a
$150,000 loan order, and that police station 2 On Cit.y Hall avnue. shall be sold
at pubuc auc.tion at an upset price of
$110,000, t9"e 'inoney de.rived from the sale
to be
treasury to offset as
J nearlyPlaced in the the loan order. The
as possible
on).y provision attached to the sale of
st~tion 2, which the police comn:iis~ioner
will advertise-within a week, is that the
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t:he completion Of the new building the
or lease
I school committee agrees to sell
. fts ]?_;:"operty on Mason street.
Witjli:n two week~ according to the
rnayO"r; th~_.contract for tea:rJng down
~1:i~ ~~:~ ~~!~}~~\h:'~n~:a:i~:~dte:;
~ew buil~ing will be signed.
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Old Stn1cture at 364 and 366 Washington St.
Will Be Razed-Six Story Office Building to
Be Completed !D About Four Mont' ·
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Proposei New Office Building.
A handsorpe slx.:..s~ory! and basem·ent
mer~aqtile ~ d Qff~c.e building is to be
erec:~ a.t once on the site of th~ structure :U~'tr standing on the lot at 36.4 and
a6.6 W~hington street. opposite Bi'..omfield str'eet. in the J"etail district. This
old bun.a.fng, owned by Harvard College,
is to be r..azed at· once, and i t is e~p~pted that ihe ne,v. structure, ;w-hich is to
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er"¢.cte.d :Crom Plan$ by' ArC.hitect
I Claredc~ ·H. Blackall~ ~-n1 be completed
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~.he pe-w:- building_. which will have a
: .rronta,g-e on. :Washington. street of 23.5
~.teeti ~nd ~ dep~ of 95 feet, will rest on
,!ti\.<> g{'.'l,nite .\blo"k f9undat!ons of the
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The
front
will
largely of glass/,',and the remainder.
be!
wni
be of artificial ~tone and steel.
The
first floor '-and baseTnent -,,vill .be d~voted
to a large store, - with · the exception o.t
sufficie~1:t space for the sta:irwaYs an¢!.
elevator to the floors above, all of. which
will be devoted to offices and the entrance to which 1 """ill be at' 364.
The
stairways will be o.f iron ai1d the :ffnish
· o~ the halls of 1narble. Every floor will
be provided with toilet roo1ns and lava. tories. and all the; offices ~v111 be··: :iilra1;1ged with special attention to pro:
viding plenty of light and air.
The new 'building vvill cost about
$40,000 ~bove. the f0;und~tiofls~ a:f?.d witp..
the land, which is val~ed by the asseS:-;-,
sors at $270,000,, -w:nt represent an - in-:
veStm€nt "of upward ~~ $315~0.00~
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AMERICAN HOUSE, HANOVER ST.
AND· WAREHOUSE ·COMPANY·
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DO BUSINESS WITH BROKER
Buy real estate-NOW.
If You are hesitating about some
good real estate Investment close the
deal at once.
This, in eubsta_nce, is the advice of
one of the largest P.t'IOpert:v-ownerw
In Boston. Moreover, several tniportant purchl!,ses of real estate whloh.
this man has consummated 'Within the
Past~~few months, indicate that he fa
tak:lng his own advice.
Here's the line of reasoning on
which he bases hil!!I' ovtniori.
A great W"ave of prosperity fa commencing to sweep the country fr,orn
shore to shore.
One of the :factors
which is contributing to this general
prosperity is the enormous export.a,..
supp1ies
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Refrigerating Facilities to
the Market District of Boston, and Has
Been, an 'Important Factor in Lessening
Congestion in That Section.
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There
once
ti1i-e ~hen. hundreds
of icecarts brought thousands of tons of
ice daily into the m~at, vegetable and
fruit markets of Boston adding to .the
gr~at congestion of the· streets in :that
section. Today nearly all the storage
boxes of the stores in the central market district of Boston BJre coole.d by
brine forced through pipes laid below
the streets from. central plants situated
at 69 Eastern av and 9 to 13 Richmond
st. own~d by the Quincy Market Cold
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0 f:ids~~!ef:.t~Yfse ~~~:!ehouses
and in the approximately 800 boxes of
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~~~!fY.fi~n:iic;hofa:e ~,i~edcu~~c ti~etco~:
pany's st,reet brine serv-i.ce is 12,400,000
ou~ic feet, the largest space, it is
l~~~i~!\.'-1:d
~hi
~h'!gf
J~fgcif
~{!~~~~· t~~o~~td?y It!%tr1~~~at~~~~!~ !h~fe.
Pa..otpty is equal to 3300 tons of·ice a·day.
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Corr,panY''s :.Gre~t Wa,~eh~~ses.
The company has three ~reat fl.reproof
Warehot,1ses at 271 t9 291 C~ffi:mercial st,
for butter exclusiyely,, of 1,500,000. cubic
feet capacity. at 23 to 33 Eastern av, of
1.,009,000 cubic fee4 eJG'clusively for stor:~.
~~. e~;~i~11!~
~·f~6.~~ ct::_~ a:g-cgi~~
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payable $201,789, the su:r:plus $170,42&.
.
The company was incorporated
1n
1881, · in Massachusetts, and acq.uired .~h.e
~~~~~tyanif ~a~e~~i;~isCo~pa~~-veJ1)
leases the property of the Quincy Market Realty Company, including poWer
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!~n;~fdre
,r~~l&.~~n~'iic'i9~~
and of $148,000 from' 1924 to the expiration of the lease in 1964.
- - ·- - -- Increase of CanitaJ,Stockw
On May 18, 191;, the stoCk~olders vot~d
to increase the common stocl-c from
$1,000,000 to $1,250,000 a~~ tO make ~- n_ew
issue of $750,000 5 percent c~mµlatn'."e
preferred stock. dividends payable qua,; ..
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it~~:~~1t!~so~fP';~t~~i w~y pi~ ·
t~~
had the privileg'e Of subscribing for. the
new stock at par.
Subscriptions must
6
' b\.~:ide~1li~!; 11 i~ru!e~/·
f~rred stoclt
Was underwritten · by Blal{e Bros & Cb
ap.d arrangements ~ere ma?-e.. '!,ith tha~
0
g~raer\ .s!~:~r!~~~ct!:'f;i~~~nthe
CY Market, Realty C.orripany as t"he su~.:scribers might desire to apply on the~r
~i<r~;
0
~rz~t ai~s~ :&ts~!':~:
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8
0;
0
0
beii~~rt~ri~erci~~~ie':i
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tion of food-stuffs, ammunition a.ntt
t3 f~ai~s.':ef:S1e~~o ~!~.~~~for eggs 5exclu1:ot.&.J& ~~1;.:
cubic feet capacity. are
supplies of one kind or another. due
to war ,orders.
SiA.1 ~33 to 147 Commercial st is another ~~ri~!!1e~f19ivt~~mf.alfu.6,toatcaJ~r~ntte~$66t
million-foot warehouse for poultry, game share8 of 6 percent preferred st_ock. of
A.a a result, factories o:f all klnc!e
a·nd in all sections of the country
are going ahead full bJast. The nun:iber of unemployed is decreasing. anti
Prosperity is on the increase.
PROSPERITY "WILL INCREASE.
According to the best intelllgenoe of the country this wave of prosperity is due to increase, particularly tr
the war is, over s~on, as seems likely.
This prosperity will re~ult fn an
increase in the saving.a ot the ma.esea
and the accumulation of surpluses b7'
.. business men, all ot which wU! seek
investment:.
And a large proportion of this aurpl us and savings w-111 seek investment
in real estate, particularly in view o:f
the ever-increasing tendency or 1n...
vestors to buy real estate ratlJ,er than
intangible property.
AU of which means that real estate
values will rise. in accordance with
the well-known economic principle
that
an
increased
demand si>ells
; c:-rising-. prices. •
Accordingly, persons who invest at
once in real estate will see their
property not only gain the benefit ot
the natural increase resulting from
greater congestion and development
but from the higher values which
will come within the course o:f another few months -with increased demand.
BUY THROUGH GOOD BROKER.
Incidentally~
in
purchasing real
estate. it · is good policy to buy
,through a reliable, experienced real
i:,,astate broker.
Or, at any rate. to
~~;:s;~!,l~ good broker before closing
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a<;:~~~!:::~11~; ~1:i8a.
tal.
!td~~~a~. Fifc~~~~J ~rit:ze
fish and· gopds at extremely low tem0
~u~~~;r:r:~~ft\o~~a~~rk<r~;pc~I~
of 1;.h~~
. Upon .. th_~ .. cancellation
c~~~ s~~~~~:
!~if~ :,~~~Jr~i-e~g~~;y
~~H1a\1:i~ss;ft; !.°;p?esm~ir1~ir;
c~~;~;;y
for eggs of a total of 2~000,000 cubic feet. title and bec01ne the owner of the e(l~ity
AU the. above_ buildings are on the line in the rElal estate which it now occuof the Union Freight Railway, connect.:-. pies as tenant.
.
ing- via Atlantic ·av with all l'ailroads
After the cancellation of the Realty
ehtering Boston.·
.
Company's stock the Cold Storage _:Co~.Still · other warehouses in the cold pany will cease to pay rent, winch is
storage department of the company a.re now- a larger charge than will be the
at 73 to 79 Clint<;>n st, for butter. 260,000 dividend on the proposed 1 preferred
cubic feet; .61 to 71 Clinton st. for mis- !'.tock 9 so the issuance of· the Pr.eferr:e~
cellanebus goods, 400.000 cubic feet; 41 S:toclt: does not create . any increased obto 51 Mei-caritile st, for fruits and vege- ligation.
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t~bles. 640.000 c1:1hic ·:feet.
This me~ger of the t1¥0 companies on
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th i t ii;uit:r e:zr3r~e::se c°fni;::: s~~1!l~a1i»! if«:xfs 1 :;;l9c.xtb~ t~:ui;~n~;e;!1-e ~fu~;rtr;
~Ut in storage with other substances9 Company stock which h~ve taken place,
partiCularly fruits. and vegetables, and as th'°' stock of those not yet assenting
that varying deg!"ees of .chilling are can b0 called for cancellation on May 1.
needed for differen,,t ~oods.
. ·
The stock is closely held and is quote~
In its general· storage department are cbieflY .a--t .auction sales. Froni time to
the Constitutio:p. ~stores,
Constituti~n time the capital stock has been f.nWharf, 409 Comm~rcial st,. of 540.0Dq .cubic .creased. In 1893 the dividend was 6 }?erfeet. on the Union Freight Railway; cent ·on $500,000 and the stock sold from
0.harles. River stores, 1.31 _Be,..erly .st9 at 95 to 102. I:!91911 the capitalization stoo~
the Boston & • Maine freight termi~us, at $1,000.000. In 1908 the dividend ra1=_e
1
~1:i~~1a~e3t~t.A~~\~~Jocf~~i~ ; ; ;
percent, and. t~e next year 1t \
feet, and New Haven Terminal . .stores.
Fro.nt 1910 to the present time the an- i
314 Congress st, ,...of. ,~·500.000- .,cub.1~ f ~ . n-Ual rate- has been eight percent. . In;
the total ·spa-ce of ·:general storage bemg 1908 :the stoc]:{ had risen in value to 195. ,i
j 8,246,000 cubic fee_t___
Last year it s o l ~ d .
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Is a $2,000;000 Cc-rpc,i,atfon.
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,The com-pany O-wn.s the propefties
named on Comniercial st and Easte~
av. and !~as.es the others. The officers
of_ th~ Q,uincy Market (?old Storage and
"Warehouse Company are Charies H.
UtleY · presiden.t; George H. Stoddard,
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manager and treasurer: Charles H.
Farnsworth. vip:e pi-esident; Roland W.
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Realty Company's Property.
The Quincy Marke~ Realty Qompany,
whose P!Operty is leased :by ihe compally is a voluntary association estab- i
lished May 1, 19;14, in Massachusetts,'
under agreement and declaration of
trust. On June 22. 1914, it a·cquired the.
property of the Quincy Market Real
Estate Trust. which was · liquidated~
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~n°l~~nr~ ~k~i~~~y.t~~se~t
er.· Merrill K. Gree~. George B. Harris
and Frank L. Ripley. all of Boston, are
directors. The annua:l meetings are held
on the-third Tuesday in May. Its principal office is at 133 Commercial st.
At the end of the last fiscal year,
March 31, 1915, there were outstanding
:fcf~8vrY~ft;rtl26.0i1/st;qiir:eaie;fta!~
ground at Richmond and Commeroial
sts and Eastern av, IBoston, together
with cold storage 1buildings, power
plants etc.
The Price paid was $2,517,500 (in, addition to all the com~on shares of the
Realty Comp~ny), payable $67,500 in
!~~ :::r~~ ~;fei;.i~gnsfJ~i~·.f~~ ~!~:
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or
The ordinary man, when sick.
about to bring suit. consults a pby...
sician Or lawyer.
But the same man
is willing to back his own Judgment
in buying property.'where equally expert trained judgment is necessary.
Many of the larg"est Investors la
re~! estate have their own real esta't"
brokers, whom.J? they consult before
i they
complete any purchase.
And
: these are men of large experience an<2:
f-unu,sually sc;>und judgment.
Yet they
eel that expert advice is necessary. ,
If it pays the man who has hundreds of thousands of dollar's to tn~s~. ,ip.,,real estate to secure the eer:lP ~&.-.. of a real 4:state expert,. i t ough*
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J~<?:b~~·.aound Polley for th4.~"e~J-,es~te
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'.~~~:'!~,;1::0_:_~_°.derate mea~~~~;ro1_l'ow.·s·_, _\
P¥h!n~b1!~~d~1jdfllcreasing the capit~lization "'"'ras to secure funds which woetd
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~!~f·b~~ 2·°<°fh!ne:fi~~ ~~~~1a:~d~$r~s:
t\f:~~1~re~!;;t: ~te a~::rs.. ~~b ~bi11u.es P!s°u~) pr;~;re~o'.iii~!n<ths8iii~~-1 \n{t~tJ·
of that date in 19~4 and 1915 follow:
ASSETS
Real estate account........
1915
$70,121.
Supplies ...••.. · • · • · • ·.• · · ·
Cash and debts receivable..
Insurance, interest,. et'c. •. · ·
Stocks~ Maes. trusts and
11i.~~i
30,840
479,189
27,981,
135,110
:!~ed"i,i-.;perty:::
655;394
~1:~6fn:g.v1~ _c.C:n.~~~:~~: ·.
I~~or
:
I :r;~k~xtco~pi~0 ~:i1~!fe~:crt di~t:i1~ir~;i
1May 1 1916. ·
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.
iiti!t o-~n o\hec~~~~!.,\\~o~.oft~~isc~fJti~{oTae:;,
23,378
be under ob~iga_tions to
4.~3•iia j Company will of the and.sinking fund 1
iueet tµe_bon~ interest
t
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riquiremeilts
Quincy Marke:t
182,510
616,394
Realty Compa1iy. , Thes.e bonds are' dUe
Ni~: lTl~' :r~n~ali~h~e5 'fn d~.::i1e~~r.i~'
Total. •••••.••••.••...• $1,612;741 1,432,503t
pe~~lo~nth:r:i~1~n{q~':ngr a1Ji5 ~~~r~~t
LI.ABILITIES 1915
1914
date .thereafter. A sinking, fund of $15.$1 ooo ooo 1 ooo ooo ooo per · year beglns May 1, 1924, which
·22a:104 '21s:s59 should be S¥fliCient. tc;> retire the wliol_e:
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889,'636 216.6!3 isS::ue b'efor~. Il!8:-tur1ty.t The 1?on9-s- ~~! e,
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secured by"a,,~rst
or .gage cover1n&-·a.-.~,
_Tota.I ....... • ·. ' .. '. '.;,·:P-. ~.-•.• $1,~12;_7411,4-S.2,~ , .lh. ".:.·Jr,e. al
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. . a. b.· ov,·e
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·'i,~~;f~i~.e
l"-.
r ,
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xapita\ stockab1e··.:::::::·:
;J;3~
8
share$ of no par value, is not to 1:;>e is-
1914
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'Growth',' . ,<:Susi•ness.
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Sales Just Reported
STATlON SITE SECUREriL
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ritle' to Nine Pa~cels of Real Estate on Nashua i
and Billerica Sts Passed-Up-to-9a~ \~ ~!
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Building Planned. ~
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'Amo:ng thEl :sales ofi city proJ)erties
reported ·.yesterchiY was one that gives
added· e:V.i'Q,_,g.nee ot .the rapid g,roWth of
r~: !i~~t;:ilftrI1~n::~i1
p~~t~!
~~~s:1;:~n~t
have. juSt been signed whereby S. Pres:·ton 'MoSes conveys to Max E
anct
· Chaif:l~s E Wyz~1;,ski 79,963 square fee:t
of lRLnd on Brookhne avenue and Jersey·
," stree.~. Back Bay. This estate h~s a
frontage on Brookline ayenue of nearly
,t,OtY feet and about 370 fev., on Jersey
atreet directly opposite ·the ·-ntrance· to
the-grand staiJ.d of the BOEl,ton American
league baseball club at Fen.way Park. It
lB assessed OH $75,000.
,
The m~l'.'rvellous development of this
section of tiie city will be better appreCiated when one considers that 16° buildings in this immediate vicinity, rang·ing
from one'to eight stories ,in height, each
covering· 1:rom 6000 to 17,000 square feet
of land, are now in course of erection,
--and plans are under way for several
other~. Nearly all _of this construction
ls designed especially for the automomile trade. being strictly fireproof, and
rented in advance to prominent firms.
Never before in the history of Boston
has there bec11 such a congregating of
allied interests as is now in process in .
this dis.trict. The fact that practically :
'1.11 of these buildings are to be entire,ly '
of re-enforced concrete from '&.seinellt ·
t.o roof reduCes the fire hazard to a.
rninimum.
Plans are being rushed by the 1\1:essrs.
VVyzanski and ·work will soon begin on a
block of six stores. construction tq be
pushed night and day
As soon as this
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building is well under ,ray a .1$econd ·and
third section, des&,ned especially as ser- .
vice stations. \Vill be erected. It is the
Intent of the new owners to cover the,
entire tract during the ,coming season.
Negotiations in this transaction were
conducted through the office of Coffin
[.l. & Taber, Penn l\.Iutual buildin~.
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M.AP INDIC:A.T.ING IN SHADED LINES THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED
NORTH STATION POSTAL STATION.
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Controversy over th~ location for the i260 square feet of land, the total as- ;
l'\ew postal station near the North Union sessrilent being-$7000, $5700 being on the'
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Sta~on has at la~t been settled in the a~~n~~s!:~n
Tinkham i
p.l~c1ng of final p. a.pers t!? record. at the et al, trustees. , gave. the title to the par~uffolk Registry of Deeds late yesterday. ~I at 20 Nash~a st, which is taxed for
0
transferring tHie. t9 ~everal. properties on/ la~~:
!~~
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Nashua st and Billerica st, directly op- house, taxed for $22-00.
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posite the old Boston & Lowell station.
At 22 ~ashua st is a three and a half0
6
There are six p3..rcels incl~ded in the ~~
4
'P~rchase on Nashua st, giving a front- on the land and $2000 on the building.
a;ge of about 120 feet. The fro:t'ltage on ~he grantor. is Ralph Zola; 24 and 26
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Billerica st
about 65 f~~t, th'ere. being
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tpree parcels. Th.e f.orme7 p~operties are ls $13,000, $4600 on the building, and $8400
·~umbered 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 .and 28 Nashu_a ~eing the taxed value of the 2400 square
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~(t, 22, 24. and 26 Billerica st.
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he;1\_ 0 :;1"dbri~e1i; ~~=s!W2g -t~:;h~~d
0
The transaction will ha:~"e an import~nt ~as ovrned by Sarah J: Lambert. and
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finJ,ri~~~ori: $:~.
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a:'1*~~i
r~11~e af$i~~
ttri<~:
~°wii<t-i:;r4 cfctf! I:
~~\1;.~. fru-:te:e~ ,Fhneeda:!ss1;;~!!1~:_ Je
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st
~~:;~f tg~ J~~uiuiJ~~n°~t~i~n. es~~! t~~Yfl~~!axed for $420:(), the total assess~~~r~OOa~~u~r~a1/;!i
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·brokers were the EdwB..rd T. Harring'- 'I"his is
li~ C~~J>t:l ~~~el¥"fuiitl~i.:!tpi::,~;:1 ~~ ; ~ : being $6200. The house is rated at
0
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which -Wm. H. Haywood is treasurer, a
Massachuset1ts corporation, whicp. is to
begin razi.n'g the present brick buildings
at once and erecting a brick fir'eproof
~~~~!:~~~n\~ be leased by the _Federal
, This building will be the vei-y latest
thing in modern ¢onstruction, it.nd ~-ill
contain every facility for the rapid,
:'economical handling .and. distribution of
ail. Especial attention iS to be paid.
o the convenience of emploYes in locker
ooms. shower baths, drying rooms and
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~~~ 1f~!frfheco~-ci1~m~c~i11 1~e15ree:J~
or occupancy on July 1.
The Property at No. 18 Nashua st was
ow~ed by Frederick Lambrecht. It is
a. 3%-story brick 4welling, occupying
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On Billerica st, extending back of the
above parcels, are thre~ other estates,
one at 22 Billerica st, beloriging to Pa-trick Donahu~. being assessed for $4800.
'fJI,f~~u1:r: fJ~o~~tf!iid,bih~k 1~~;;:eta~~~
f'or $2800, thfi'> house being valued at $2000.
James I. Segol owned 24 Billerica st,
there being a four-story brick dwelling
house and 1000 square feet of land. The
assessors! value is $7800, land $2800 and
b(uilding $5000.
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Hym·an Davis owned 26 Billerica st,
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~~ib~if!~g is on
While the consideration paid is not
stated, it is said that the total a.mount
involved;in the purchase of the property,
was· more than $100,000.
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and Tire
Commonwealth Ave. and Beacon St.
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~c- Horne Reo, Reai:at Hup,mobile, 566-74 Commonw-ealth Ave.
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\~·New Buildings for Exide Battery Co,
~ ':'J Franklin Motor Co., Kelly Springfield
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Genei.~al Vehicle Co.,
Truck Co., Henshaw
Motor Co., Qodge Cars, 716-22 Beacon St.
New Buildings for C01e I\ll.otor Co., Lewis Motor Co., Prentisa
Motor Co., Stutz- Motor Co., Pennsylvania Tire Co., Oakland
,
Motor Co., 65!:;-58 Beacon St.
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\in addit~on to completing and ha':ing under constructio. n the abov_e bu~ldin'?s for t_.he_ va ri_;_ ~s
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i ompames as noted, plans are bemg drawn for and leases made with the Willard B~ttery C· 1
L rest-0-Lite Co. and Portage Tire Co. About 50,000 sq. ft. of land is still ayailab}e:.
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Sketches and Rentals will be submitted on request
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{,ALBERT GEIGER, JR.,, Owner,
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MILi{.
ST.,
BO~TON
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R'EAL
ESTATE
AUTOMOBILL
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DI.STR-ICT
e>OYI.-STON
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MARKET
.50.STON
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f)UILDING.5.TODE.
:: C.Rl:.CTE.OONTHIS PLO
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Tenants wanted for the finest Automobile. Building in Boston, consisting of six stores, beautiful show rooms
and.~~:a.:vice station, Will be ready about .July 15. Special buildings erected to order at .moderate rental.
<;~OFFIN & TABER,
~· Briag~ Over -the. R~il:r:oad · 1
. " ~J!t!h~~~:yJ:r!v~~~~ra1e~~l~~= \
·t. at, this spot was urged in a pe- 1
'n ,:received ·by the mayor yesterday ,
- ·the·.Hamrtlond Real EState Trust.
,e N.: ¥oss, Richard Bishop and
E~ Wyzanski.
'asserted that if the bridge_ is
d a. ':million-dollar structure will
--~·ereCf.ed beside it
The mayor re.f+erfbi- the._ mat.ter t<? tl:e street com·:1:ri:'i:i-S~o~er.s··.fo~ 1nvest1gat1on and imme-
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~\~t~ ~epor~.
24 · MILK ST,.,
MAIN 5753:
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O.STON
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Fl Rf.PR.001"·-'ALE.SROOM.
AND MODE.RN .Sf:.R.VICE.
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:: E. R E.CTE.0 0 N TH IS PLO
i£ TO SUIT Te.NAN TS.
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Tenants wanted for t.,_e finest Automobile Building in Boston, consisting of six stores, beautiful show room
'and service station. Will be ready ~bout .July 15. Special buildings erected to order at moderate rentals.
C.OFFIN & TABER, 24
MILK ST.
·MAIN 5753
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~·Swift
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Buys KellySpringfield Building
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Another Sale 1n Albert Gieger, Jr.'s, $1,000,000 Auto Building Development
Near Cross Roads
P
APE.RS went to 1ecord today whereby
Albert Geiger, Jr , sold to Francis H.
Swift of New Bedford, the new auto
.sur•ply building at 608
Beacon
street,
west of the Hotel Beaconsfield, with 4311
square feet of land.
This building is. a
three-story brick, stone and concrete struc-
ture with a ·broad frontage, and is leased
for ten years to the Kelly-Springfield Tire
Coinpany
The land is valued at $6 a foot,
but the building' is :not yet assessed. Poole
& Bigelow .negotiated the sale - Mr. Swift
was_ represented in the tx-ansaction by
Hayes & Welch.
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MaX E. and Charles E. Wyz3.nski have
removed from the Kimball Building to
their new offices in the Sears Building at
19~- Vy"ashlng-1;:~n .stree_!.. __
WE WILL PURCHASE FOR
CASH DOWN-TOWN BUSINESS
PROPERTY; AND ARE PREPARED -TO
ERECT MODERN
BUILDINGS, ON LEASES,
ADAPTED TO YOUR IN DIVIDUAL N~EDS.
M. E. & C. E. WYZANSKI
REAL ESTATE OPERATORS
SEARS BUILDING
199 WASHINGTON STREET
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C~NDLER CO'S BUILDING AND ADDITION
Chandler & Co will more than double
the floor space of their ""rremont-st ary·
goods specialty store by the acquisition
of the eight-story Oliver Ditson Building, adjoining their present site, which
they have just taken over for a term
of years.
This paves the way for a fitting centennial ·celebration of the founding of the
business, for the firm of Chandler & Co
will be 100 years old next year. To be
exact, the firm Will have one and onehalf times more room than their present
~1!;~~~n! :~rg.e~tu~~-h which to com'I'he newly acquired styucture 'Wiill bf;!
alte~ed to meet the ~requ1rell)ents of the
decade has beer: such as to enforce a
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wh1le no new <lepartments will be added,
much better sP-rVice will be possible in :
th6se clepartT!leuts in which they now 1
spe...::::talize su0h as ready-to-wear gar- ·
ments. suits, coats, dresses, waists and
millinery.
Fvr ·neariy 100 years the aim of this
firm has heen to maintain a high standard of qu""lity,. supply the best styles
f~r°~rtt~e~~fl;:ru:.trictly accountaAlthough founded in 1817, the business
did not take its present name until the
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·rhe firm built up the 'best of foreign
connections m&ny years ago.
Jt is und~rstoc,d that Oliver Ditson
Co:r-.apany will build on the site 178 tp 179
Tremont ~t.
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the rapidly 1ncreas1ng business.
Vice Pres Charles F. Bacon, commel'lting or. the ~i< quisition of the J?itson
Building.,. point:::; out that the increase in
the C ~ l e r business during the past
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dn the case .0-f a. shipment itron::X Lynn to
QuincY. 'Wo~ld prorbably ·ib~ five or six days.
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O.ommission
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Problems
· He Spoke at a Legislative Committee
Hearing
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!'he Co1nmittee on Metropolitan Affairs
held the first hearing on the recommendations of the Terminal Commission for improved transportation facilities in Greater
Boston.
A State-ow·ned $10!000,0(H) beltline connecting with. the Boston & Maine
Railroad at .Saugus ':l:.nd :running through
Malden, Everett. Ch-else:a, Medford, Somerville,
Arlington,
<.."'ambrid,ge,
Belmont,
W"aJthan1, Watertown, Newton, Weston,
Wellesley, Need.ha.Ill, Jsoston and Dedham,
to the New I-Iaven at Readville, is one of'
the recon1mendations of the commission.
Extension of the Union Freight Railway
over Northern avenue. Bridge, the estab-lishment of a flat &witching charge on all
railroads in Boston. the use o:f the Atlantic
avenue elevated for "freight transfer, and
cooperation between st.earn and electric
roads in the carrying of freight are sugges1 ed in c:he report.
S•~nator James F
Cavanagh, cha.ir1nan
of the Terminal Conunission~ said in part:
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Belt-Line Is the Re.ti-.Need
HA belt-line as recommended by the
commi,ssion Will be a boom to the manu~act1:rer and to the workman alike, for
it ~rll mean a better opportunity to do
"The conditions in Boston are exceedingly
business for the manufacturer~ and more
zrra.ve both fro:rri the standpoint of the adi.vork and naturally better wages for the
vancement of Metropolitan Boston and of
workingman.
In turn tl-.is will mean
the railroads themseIVes
The commiswhat it has always meant, greater- prossion's investigation shows a lack of proper
perity for the storekeeper and the re ...
cooperation between railroads, steamship
duction in
for the real estat-= owner.
companies and street railways. MetropolLo.ver taxes mean also lower rent
itan Boston is divided 1by the railroads into
"'The officials, the traffic exp~rts and
three zones with artificial .barriers that
the business men of most of the 'other
practically dismember th-e district commerlarge cities in this country realize that
cially.
Each railroad has secured control
the . solutio!l of the terminal problem
of sections of the Metropolitan District and
must be reached if their respective ~cities
are to advance in a normal way.
In all
ea.ch road zealously guards the territory
of the largest cities of the country the
which it controls and endeavors to exclude
belt line is regarded as one of the greatits rivals fror;n participation in the profits
est :factors by -which a solution of this
from the business of its territory
The ·barproblem may be arrived at.
New Orriers are erected through the medium of
leans. San ~ranciaco, Ba"ltimore, Monnon-uniform~ unfair and extraordinarily
treal a~d-.other cities now have public
high switching charges.
belt ra1lr01R~s! while New York, Seattle,
"Not only is the shipper forced to conand other c1t1es are taking steps to setend with this high switching charge, ·but
cure such roads.
he faces apparently an unnecessary delay
'"The ~xestlgation of the commission
which materially affects his 1business
This
showed · qO'?i.cl.usively that the operation
is also true with reference to freight
of a pttb~ic belt railroad has :meant a
shipped out of Boston. If frei,ght is loaded
red~ction in the interchange charges and
in Boston at a terminal or siding of one
an improvement in the railroad termiroad, and is to be shipped out over another
nal service.
A :Properly laid -out and
road. the railroad on the line on which the
managed belt road need not cost the
freight originates 'makes a heavy switching
State of Massachusetts a dollar
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charge for the transfer.
Through these
high l:l:witching charges and this delay ea.ch ,public belt roads of New Orlea~s San
Fra.ncisco and Montreal are on a ~aying
railroad endeavors to keep on its own rails.
basia. All that the T~rminal Commission
All freight which originates on its lines and
has :r:eco1:1mended 1n connection with the
any freight which escapes it and is directed
construction of the proposed belt
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other
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he.avtly
penalized.
about Metropolitan Boston is that r~~e 1
Through these switching chargeB there is
State shall lend its credit to that prodiscrimination against the New England
ject. There is plenty of precedent for the
shipper in favor of the western shipper.
lending of the credit of the State to pro
As a general rute the switching charges on
jects for the transportration develop=
freight originating on points w.est of the
ment o~ t~e Commonwealth; in fact, from
Hudson River and north Of the Canadian
the 'beginning of the history of railroads in
lines is a..bsorOed in the through rate. The
this Commonwealth the, lending of State
roads, however, do nOt a;bsor.b the switchto the development of tra.n.sportation
ing .charges on freight ori.ginating at NeW'i~es .has been the practice. Q;ther States
England points for delivery in New Engand in Canada -the Federal Govern,ment ha~
land or points east 9f the Hudson River~
::~i~;:i!i!. for the development of ter"::
The New England local shipper is thus
penalized and the shippers in other sections
What Other Ports Have n,one
are favored.
"The situation with reference to the
, .,.~t the Po:r:t of San Francisco $51,000,00n
switching charges is one which most of' the,
has ·been expended in terminal development
large cities -have had to :face, and one
N~t .one doUair of this has come out of the
which many are now facing
The commts ..
p.uibhc trea.sury, and all tha.t the state has
sion's investigation rwill reveal .:to them the
d~ne has .~~n to lend its credit. The tersolution in other cities which the commlsminal :fac1hties have been so operated' that
sion recommE>nds for ),:tetropolitan Bosto:c
they ~ave ·been made to :Pay for themselves !
a;1d for their op:ration.
In New Orlean~
Figures Show Boston's Plight
$27.000,0.'10 are being expended in the sa
~-An analysis of the table of exports and
way, tp.e State loaning its CTe-dit to
i':tniports :presented in the report of the
extenrt of $25,000,000 for the development of
com:mlssion, com;p.aring the cities of New
the .water front and the city loaning its
Y•ork. New Orleans, Galveston, P,hiladelcredit to. the extent, of $2~000,000 for the i
,pihia, BaJ.timo,re iam.d Boston, sho-ws that
construction of a public belt railroad
Of /'
. ;f}'.'om. 1861, with one exception~ Bost:0:n has
this amount only $500,000, the initiai ex- ·-·be.en in second pla-ce up to 1911,. ·b~t in the
penditure fior th~ pufbUc_ tbelt railroad h
·.:i;e:fio(I ,fr= 1911 tQ 1915 Soston dro:i>ped
been tak:e.n out of the ~ levy
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The iiznportance Olf the /belt-line to the in,;.
Street Congestion One Result dustrial development, of Grea;ter Boston
W'a,s -ernhpasized lby J"ohn N. Cole.
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"The desire on the part of the shipper t4?
tinie 1 'has passed,'' he sai:d. ''when Massasave time forces a large part of this busiiehusetts can get along without 'intensive,
ness through Boston with the tea.in transindustrial development. 0
he said. "The
fer across the city which results in street
:$9,000,(X)() spent for port development will
congestion and the wearing out of the pavebe o:t no use to the public unless the imments.
The solution offered by the comi)r-overnents are ,connected w•ith railroads
mission is a belt line around Boston conand raiLwaY'S. 1Boston is ,always studying
meeting all o:C the railroads, the belt line
and never ac·cOmplishing anything. B,osto:q.
to begin at a point in the eastern division
,capital practically built so.me -Western cities
of t'he Boston & Maine, south of the SaugUs
that are now years ahead of us in tr~ ':"~7~.
River, and passing through the cities and
portatton. Trolley :freight is unheard -o~ in
towns of Saugus, Revere, Malden, Everthis vicinity. but Boston cap~tal is carrying
ett,: Chelsea, Medford, Somerville, Arlingon this 'business su,ccessfully in Los Anton, Cambridge, Belmont~ Waltham, Water1geles.
Thousands of tons are teamed
town, Newton, ~eston~ 'Wellesley, Needthrough the streets of Boston unnece.:;ham, Boston and Dedham to a point south
sar1ly. "The ,city has to pay dearly :for the
of the city of Boston near Readville on the
,maintenaDJce of the streets and the :rnanuNew Haven.
•facturers have to suffer expense and delay
'~The plan su,bmit.t4?d contemplates the
on t'his account. The ,committee shot.i:ld n9t
construction of a riew line ·which provides
go into details~ but should accept the
for. z.-unning over some of the existing lines
reco,m.mendations of the Terminal Com:m.iswhich would include a connection between
siona and 'foity other commissions' that
the Shawmut branch o:t the New Haven
have studied 1:'he matter. u
Fred P. Greenwood, an-other me:m.'ber of
road at l\1attapan, and the Midland division
the lcom'!nission, spoke briefly in ifavor a!
of that road to a P.oint just west of the
present Shawmut branch terminal in Mat- - the report.
The 'hearing will b-e continued on Montal?an. This belt line will offer an easy and
chief means of interchange between rail- , day, at 10.30 A. !M:.
roads and between industrieS and railroads
The :Proposed belt line will not only do this
but will develop 1the {netropoUtan district
industrially in the development of her industries and com.rnerce; in this lies Massachu_setts' only hope 1 for growth and prosperity~ She .:ls far :£:rom the great-natural
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produ?ing country and has in the pa5t and
must in the i'.uture thrive on her industr'ies
and comme1 Cf'<.
Condittons in Boston "Grave"
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ProjectRa_ilroad Men , •pose.
Assist3.:nt Corpo~~ti0:n ., ·~nsel Jar,nes
H. Devlin, Jr., and p:'
Cliarlea .M
_Spofford of M. I. T. and t member of~he termi~a~ cominlssion Stoke ill favoi- .
9f the latt~r·s recommell1at1on for a
: $10,000,000 state-owned belt line connectI -~~g -- the
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augus with the NeW H::ven ro3.d at
Readyille, before the leg,alative committe~ on metropolitan a.rair.s yester~ay. Mr. Devlin also fav-.red the proposed extensipn of the UUon Freight
r~ilr~ad over Northern avEnue bridge.
SP.e.ak:Jng :for the mayo~. Mr. Devlin'
said that he ottered no objl.iction to the
financi~g. of the pra:posed ~It lipe, if. it
will remo~e from the stre(fts of Bost.Oz;i
traffic which does not belo:ii,g there. He
added that this importaut ]patter should
not be turned over to thEf next LegisIa~ure fo~ determip.ation. l
While ~.o opposition to !the propose.d
extension/ ot the Union
eight railroad was voi£ed, F. A. Fa ham. a 91/ tector of the line, said that;
Cotlld. Dot
I afl9rd to pay tor such an e:x sion and
urged th~t it be not asked tO.~.. :i ke
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substantial contribution. ,_ ,. The representatives o,t the:
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Maine and .~e-w H~ven rc1:il
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prospective business. Ch8.rles · s-~?Pierce:
for t~e Boston & Maine, said that· the.
belt bne· would not hurt the rai\*-'oaq.. a::f
i a carrier.
As a ta?(payer how~:v.er th~
Boston & Mai.nE; was oP~o~ed·· ·'to· the
. needless expenditure. of such a._ Jark-e
s~m Of tno~ey.
..Not a sing~e: practical railro3:-d
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or shipper 8.Ppeared in favor of the belt line 'when
the_ tern1tnal commission was sltti · .,
Atty. Piez:ce said. "Engineers.
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and theor1sta ~re the orily Pio "
George~ Fernald for the N
Central, said t~at in. his opi
prop~sed bett----Zi_ne ~ I : d -not' i?ti> · for
itse~~.. . The he~r~~g ?'Will be coiitf~u.ed
: at a ~t-~!:!--~~--'!_~~!~e_<:1 _~~~-~... late·r.__
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J. Murray Howe Will Tear Down Historic
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,SOUTHERbY CORNER STATE AND WASHINGTON STS PURCHASED BY J. MURRAY,HOWE, FOR
IMPROVEMENT
REAL ESTATE AFFAIRS
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Max E. And Charles E. Wyzanski have
negotiated a lease through the office of
Coffin & Ta.'ber · tor a firepl"OO'f 'l>u!ldling to
be erected a.t once rfroon plans niad.e for
the ten.ant. the PhUadelPb:ia. ,Storage Battery Conlipany, on a site adjoining the
block of stores 'Which the 'Messrs.. "Wyzanski a.re oom,pleting at the corner O'f :Brookline a.venru_e a.nd Jerse_ y street -ror_ the ,
motors and a.ooessory trades. The Messrs.
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pla:ting 1;ll>& erection .. <>_f ;;ip,ore buildings ·_to
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Boston Business
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New Business District on Beacon
St. and Commonwealth Ave.
Growing Rapidly
By C. B. BUTLER
Ten yea1 s ago if you walked along.
Commonwealth ave. and B.eacon st:'\.
from Go.vernors sq. you would find \
only vacant lots covered with rtibbish 1
or an unkempt growth of grass· and i
weeds.
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has.been improved and upon it stands
bome of. ~the most formidable buildings
to be 'f~Un<,l in the whole city.
It is n6W .Called Automobile Row,
for about all the automQbi~e firm~
have left the ~,Id scene ot: :ae. ti.v-i.ties
among· the auto traae. on Co1uinbus
aVe., on Massachusetts ave, and .on
Boylston st., and have taken quarters,
in these new ftreproot buildings that
now have transformed Commonwealth
and Beacon st. into business dis1 aVe
tricts.
That the automobile buein~ss is going to grow is proven by the fact that
more than a doze!l, ·fl.rrns have }eased!
la:rger quarters for a term of y:ears. i
Se'Veral dealers have even leased!
wh0le buildings, showing thit these
dea1ers are opttmistic and expect that
the motor car business will be gocd
for years to dome..
This pa.St seasoh has been c=,i.., most
t prosperous~..one. for the trad€..: Few
dealers in the city have had a complaining word despite the fact that
it has been an excep'tionally wet;
spring and summer. The only complaint most dealers haV.e is that they
cannot get enough cars ·to furnish
prospective purchasers.
several months ago building Ol)erations started on a long brick block
on Beacon ~t .• just above Governors
sq. This block is now finished and·
is the fiorrte of severai well known
auto firl'Ils.
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The Oakland company was the first
to move· fro1n MasSachusetts ave.
and Newbury st. to fine new quar- 1
ters on ~eacvn st., running back to 1
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BrookU-ne_ ave. Then the Cole company. tj;e:J..t door neighbors on Massachusetts,.· ave., moved up within a
door .,of-; tn;e O;i.kland on Beacon st.
The ::Secker-Stutz Co., which has-done a: _record business this year, has,
taken _Jt whole building on Beacon st.
as n~~t door neighbor to the Cole and
Oakland. John L. Judd, distributer
for the Auburn and the Allen cars
and the Smith-Ford A. T. truck, has
taken larger quarters at 683 Beacon
st., haveing- moved trorn his Massachusetts quarters a few days ago.
The General Vehicle Co. has moved
from Cambridge to u. handsome ne'\-v
brick building on Commonwealth ave.
The AnthOily-Piilings Co., agents for
Marion. have secur-ea l.7,000 square
feet of a'Vailable space f:or showing .
off their, car
on
Washington st.,
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Brighton. next to Police Station 14.
The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. has
occupied i1:.s new headquarters on
Beacon st., A new building is bein;;
Constructed for Connell & McKone,
distributerE;: of the Overland Car.
Their neW .'building will be located on
J;3eaooi:i"-..,.~:~ next door to the Maxweil salesl'Ooms.
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I t is , p,:-obab!e that several other
a:uto firms 2now on Co!Urnbus ave. and
Boylston st. will wend their way upto .Autol'l)bbile Rqw before the crisp
i_~ll niornings have set in.
FOR SALE
City Properties paying
net in locations that
are steadily , increasing
in value.
JOSEPH D. DlllWORTH
60 -state St
MEMBER BOSTON REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
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The new automob!le centre of New England, at the juncture or Bea·
con, Commonwealth and Brookline avenues, opens this week to the public
with the occupation of the recently constructed buildings between 655 and
685 Be<3,con street by six of the leading motor sales or~amzations of this
territory. These large.r quarters, situated in the very heart of the automo,
bile district, afford the firms Increased facilities for caring for their grow·
ing· patronage.
The advance of the lndustrv h New England has been marked by the
change in location from Co!uIU!ms' avenue of the old bicycle days to Massachusetts, and later to new motor district. Constant demand for more
cars and for better service has ,compelled this move, until now most of
the leading firms of the city may be found near the junction of the three
avenues.
An epoch in the growth of the automobile business In New England
Is marked with this opening, and it will be observed with exhibits of the
latest· models of. machines which· the parent companies are putting out.
The .new. buildings will be occupied by the Bishop Motor Sales Company,
: handling the Westcott.and H. A. L., Twelve, Harry A. Lozier's new car;
John L. Judd, with the Allen, Auburn and Smith Form-A-Truck line; L. B.1
Sanders with the Oakland; Bryant G. Smith & Sons Company, with the
Cole;' the Becker Stutz-Automobile Company, with th'e Stutz, and A. T. Hart
with the National car.
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Saxon, Reo, Maxwell,\Hudson, Autoqar, .Palil'e, Marmon,, Pathfinder, Loco· I
mobile, Winton, Peerless; Cadillac; cliafofers, Jeffery; Stud~bltker,' Scripps- I
Booth, Ffanklin, ?eneral .Vehicle, qesides the United• States ,Tire 'Company, ,
F'lrestone Tire. & Rubber Company, Kelly Springfield Tires, W!llard Stor- 1
age Battery, Overland, Attwood Lamp Co. and others. '
The growth of these ,combanjes necesstt~ted th~ir ~eeklng large~ quar-1
ters and also room for future expansion. With the. apundance of land In
this section, It prqved an· Ideal· location, and their choice· has been rewarded
with the most pr~ep~rounears the Industry, has kno~n. This past sea- 1
son, In particular, has been a bonanza. ·.
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Autos AreJndiape:sable. .
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With the price ofdependab!e'automobiles'wlthin the reach of every!
person of moderate means,· a lo:w· cost· of .maintenance and a varied use
to which they can·be put, they are.well nigh indispensable. The ease with
which they can be operated by women ls .attested by the great number of
drivers among the fair sex, and has had mµch to do With popularizing them.
In fact, the Boston dealers have found a fine field for their salesmen with
'women patrons, and today there are··thousands of women drivers in this'
section.
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Open house will be maintained at the new home of these dealers· this ;
week, to which the publlo is cordially invited. · The 1917 mod~is will be
on hand, as well as the current series, and no motorist can consider himself well informed who does not take in th'is excellent display of motor
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The Devonshire Building as It Will Appear When the
Drawing, Respectively, Are Shown the Washington and
on the Corner Lot, Fills the Space Between Tnese Wings
Merchants' National Bank Building Is Shown at the Right.
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New Addition Is Completed. At the Left and Right of the
State Street Fronts 6f the Present ·Building. The New Part,
and Conforms to Them in General Design. A Corner of the
Arthur H Bowditch is Ure Architect of the Devonl!hire Addition.·
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E-EDS ,v;,rere re_ corded tod-ay whereby
Anna L. Beckwith sells to Geor~e W.
Johnston and Frederick El.
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fee.t
on
rsey street. The property faces the new
·erland Building and the other frontage
Jpposite the ,grandstand entrance to ::trenY Park.
I.t also adjoins the building, of
-i.ch the above picture is an illustration,
r in process ot construction by M. E.
c. E. Wyzanski fo:r the Philadelphia,
<'~e B~ttery Company, and tQe s.truc1 which the Messrs
Wy.za:n~~i are com-
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E. \Vyzanski at Brookline Avenue· ~d Jersey Str!:'.~. -""'
and Jersey- $treet, tO. contain :saJ~s room~
an~ service apa.ce to~ th(! a.ui;qJnol>ile and
accessories trade.
The land pµrchase4 :Py the ¥e$srs.
.Tolmston is as<11i>sse4 at $115,009, l'IeP-I'Y w.
Savage, Inc.,. .r.ie,gg.tµ;t.ted tlie sale. "rhe new
owners will erect $eve,~1 firewroot me:r-ca.1\-
tile buildings, some for te:p.a,.nts whQ desire
to make advance arrangements for ~pace,.
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be one o~ tlle most convenie~t
s~~eci:r!i~;~t
proved to
and economical loe~:t;.~ans .for the p:iotof' ati.cl
accessories people.
ill.fl ~o_rntu: J?t il;lr_ookline 11,venue _ :;L'!:\<l ~!>~111:!9nl t!,1-'.~ ~O!llllln'Y.lJY~ l1,1, n,.j;;i~
v;.t,Iuattons to keep' pace with rapid ,cp.an,ges-'
such as have recently 1;:alten pla,.~ iti. that
P8i-+t ot the Back ·J;Jay, where ~ev~ra.l :mu...
llo11 ('lollars' wort!> o:t bu!ld!ng's, bot)> for ·.
ousin~:;," 11,nd apartment J:i.omae pun;,os1>11,
have i:n a $hart time sprung UP Qn w-lla.t
had been for thirty ye.a.rs an u:nusec;i dis•
trict. -&evera.l prominent concerna are negotia.ti:n.g :to+ ne·w 1buildin~s, bo--t-b on a. pur-
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of ~ J.arg_e hotel to Pe e,J;"E}Cted nea.i:- FenWay /
Pa.rk, ~veral ne:rso11a beiµg inte-resteq in !
such a project,. i:(. suita..blo arr:a-na-,menU
~a~ ·bo ml!4o.
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"DIAMOND GRIDS'u NEW HOME
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Propos~d City Hail zn New 'Civic; Centre
(Study b7 Cram &
Ferguson.)
Municipal Building Would Be Part of Group Situated Near Colum!>us Avenue and· Dartmouth Streets.
~ses~ed v~IuatiOri~the pr~Pet~f s· 1 be very c0St1y It would requlre three
~ore than. $4,0Q0,000.
.,A.mory ~llot. is ( blocks of la~d between Dartm._outh and
~~irJ!l~n o:f the t:rustee:,.
U~larendon streets along Columbus itveW ill D_ on, ate L.and to
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r·-- ue. :f'he_ Cit,y COUid take over that land
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;~t a ... o per- cent. increase in valuation
One .9'!- ~ first things the trustees in- . ·1::aY for it out Of the money received
• 1 fo:r the site of the present City Hall
tend doing is to donate to the city land land st:111 have $1,500,00o left over.
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vahted at $400,000 "!or the purpose of
front of the proposed City I-Iall would'
widening Stuart street~ and extend it
be a fine site for the· bronze column
thron..io:h to Dartmouth street, thus pro:;nd statue of Sarmiento. the ~oted Ar.~·
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=entine educator, ""'·hich the citizens of
· Viding another outlet from the bu-s1ne:::.s
our sister republic in south America
centre of the city and also cut Clarendon I "!1ave given us, a1;1d which is only a"vait1
atreet through to Columbus avenue, with J 1 ~1:-!c~o~~itt~~e: t~uffai~!s
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f a 'b.!i~ge ~cross th'? railroad tracks there ; 1 centre··ln.ight be a new railroad station,
pevelopment work along those ·lines. it 1 • a publiC :niarket, buildings for public
"W"as .said, v.~iu be carried on to provide inO · service c~rporations like a gas company
the· ~ture an auxiliary retail business
and electric company, a new Masonic
dls.tl'i9't and thus provide :for 1:.he busiT~~~~ie e~~-·~mith. former president of\
tiess gl·owth of the city.
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.. the Boston Chamber of Commerce said '.
RatPh 4,.dams, Cram of" Cratn & Fergu- the promd'{ers of the plan for th'e de- (
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eon. consulting architects for: the. trt.ist, 1 : : ~~;:ige~e~feJ!~ s~~~inn~hriv!1:t~o~e~~ :
was t1:3-~ first speaker intrpd~ced
by\ clislodging any of the Institutions exist- (
Charles Francis Adams. trea~urer of ing today in the downtown- business dis-;
Harvar'd College, who presided at the trist.
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dinner.
Mr. cram. with 'the aid of i "Washington street is today ~ inenace j
l&:nte.rn Slides. ou~Un~d to the gathering)/ };gthoen
~<;.r~1:bbi!1~;::Y~~~;s~al!;
a plan to reliE:Ve the present conges_t~on said, "'and a menace that is increasing
in the downtown business sections of every day. The Stua:r-t street that we
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b~i~}mf~~ea~~~tl~}
n~ss streei; through the l_1ea~ of the\ 1 growth ot the Present. re"t~l busi!J-eSs
aectfon which. is to be developed.
\ \ district for years to come... ·
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He atsO spoke at . sorrie len-gth on the
W" ~L. Shearer of the Paine Furniture
Col1:)pany told of the s-u_ccesa that
possib-1lities of, planning for creati-on -o- t
cotrie to the store since its removal to
a civic centz:-e at Dartmouth stree~ and Arlington street and ~olumb-us aVenue.
Columbus avenue. with a new City H~n. i;
Considered Foll~ bY Many.
combined stati?':!: <!! !:!?,_~ r~_ilr~a.d~_ in t]l2-_t, !1 He said in part:
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P3.rt of th~ city, municipal mar~et and,
··This undertaking was considered th~
other public and semi-public buildings
extreme of folly by many. an9,. at_ least
: As projected. a 90 feet wide ~tuart
a very. radical 1:1-~ve fpr a:. furniture
str~et would be made, running from
store, but the w1s-ao111.. of the venture
Huil.'tington avenue to Columbus avenue . was shown a~ the very opening of ,the
and then in a straight line to a point ;·new st~e.
Si~ce then the store has
on v.rashington street between Eliot and
reco_rded steadily increasing business,
cuhninatin&:_.. d1:1rtng the l~st 19 months
,!>, :vast r!'>al estate project which Boylston streets.·
.. I ike every other civilized city in the in altogethe:r tne largest l::>tistness in the
- lncl~-il:es -plans for a civic centre at
worla·. Boston can't keep ahest-"1 of the st~re's 81 years• history.
advances made in -building, r vld tranThe prospec~s are equallY b,rlght :tor
~olumJ>Ul1! avenue and Dartmouth, sit, etc.~·· he said. "In the :.c1.st genera- any of ~o~ busa1ess ,neH (1! 0 f Is who
tion so many thing:,s have been tnvented wi_l~.build on\t'1,is undevelopefi-.J:ancl, adcreation ·of new streets and· like elevators and subways, that the jo1n1ng ou~ . property, recently taken
conditions of the .,,..rowth
:~-tienlng of others to p:r:ovide room : have been ch8.nged :ntirely. of the city over by the,t.!1l'ark Square Real Estate
The project Trust.
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that is being advanced at this time
"'I am s~e· -f'?,'at the impfoving of this
the: downto~l'.l ~~1:ii;riess growth
seems to solve many ?f the maj0;p.,,-prob- 1 p:operty '\Y,11, .be ~f. great value to the
of, BostoI),. was discloi!:e"d last ntght
Jems that arise in city planning, and mty of ~oston, re~ulting in increased
'':' '·,200. business Il'.lell' -~·spe;..kers' at: piobably would be part of a possible! 1 taxes on -buildings. rather than on
scheme' tO gradually brlng about: still' vacant land. Furthermore. it will in- - - er given in i:ii.e_"Copley:p1a.za.
greater development of the citY.
crease the property value of this whole
ijinh":t ;.<is g1v,
- -Amory us Jot, :
Boylston Street I na~equate.
B<;~~ !~~ ~~~~;n.increased business to
,'F;},"an_clS A~~1rge s. Sn1ith,
HBoylston street has not proved the the merchants, a.n/i •. last but not least,
•,;,';rnpl!n ,
Fted-erlGJ, J
outl~t for the grow~h of the downtown will be of decided;.benefit to the Public,
retall business section that was hoped because it will develop and ,improve the
Sf~S of_ Jli'e Park ~al"~ ·
it.
too many
'r,rti:p,t•. -WhiCh Cont.rot!! -tIJe; 1 "J:oris a There are street for places where city o!· Boston.
it
one-sided
bus._iness pur"'.'"
;-.~cCUfi~f by· TfC~ ~et\W.~en·
, poses. The widening of. Stuart street
Is Ea11Uy Accessible.
·: and its extension through to Washing••Th.ts .:valuable land has many -advan~4 ~l.~tl~~~ f~r:~t,~-.. ~hd
ton street would provide .the outlet that tages .. ,_ ,
easUy T'_e4Ched by automo ..
,N.~w:.~:l,fa:v:~
: is so. badly need~rl:_
_.at- the pr~sent, time.
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e\1.1~1.a,~·-.t~~.:ffic and is imJ!!._3~roPOS¢.(l~d.Nic<Celltre\·;would ~ot n1.ed1;Iteif
·:qerii.:·~!?Jthe,.Bo.ylstt?n street
"!PLAN BIG REAL
ESTATE PROJECT
IN BACK B,AY
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P:;irk Square Real Estate Trust
Outlint}$ Scheme for Reliev-1
Ing Business Congestion and
P17oviding Additional Outlet~
:.Jrrim Crowded Downtown
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WILL DONATE TO CITY LAND
VALUED AT $400,000
·Propesal Includes Widening of
Stuart Street and'. Extension
_ Clarendon Street - Civic
of
Centre to Be Built at Colum-.
bus Avenue and Dartmouth,
S.treet.
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walk
from
Copl~ square,
Park
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ab-1.~nda,nce of sunlight an,1 fresh air, and
ent1rely free :from the many· objections
of the congested 'bu.$iness district.
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tsubject of ~he devel~pment of this ne-w
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TRUST COMPANY
. way station at Arlington. street.·~
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, Other speakers were Edg'ar"R.. Cli..amplin
Announces the opening of its new banking
rooms at 35 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
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I perlty to this section. namely, a ~sub-!
and
Louis
K.
Liggett. · Mayor
:_~a~ une:1.?_~~~ 1:>e pr!:-:3~Et~
Curley
OFFICERS
Charles B. Strecker, President,
Joseph M. Herman, Vice President,
J_ohn E. Thayer Jr., Vice President,
James H. Turnbull, Secretary,
Wallace H. Pratt, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS
Chas. F. Adams,
Lewis I. Prouty,
Pres. John T. Connor Co.,
Grocers.
Wm- H. Burgess,
Burgess, Lang & Co., Bankers.
Ralph C. Emery,
Treas. John S. Emery & Co.,
Inc., Ship Brokers.
Sidney E. Farwell,
Treas. Arn. Zinc,
Smelting Co.
Lead
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E. W. Clark & Co., Bankers.
Jos. M. Herman,
Pres. Jo·s: M. Herman & Co.,"
Shoes
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.Albert \V. Kaffenburgh,
Tobacco.
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Frank H. Purington,
Pres. Henry W. Savage, Inc.,
Real Estate.
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Geo. Putnam,
Rich_ardson,
Bankers.
Hill
&
Co.,
Chas. B. Strecker,
President.
R. M. H. Harper,
I. Kaffenburgh &
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Sons, Leaf
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John E. Thayer Jr.,
Secy. P'11nta Alegre Svgar Co
Jas. H. Turnbull,
Secretary.
Chas. E. Wyzanski,
M., E. & C. E. Wyzanski, ,Real
Estate.
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J>..~iglit ail.d havfn
a.t,dtiti-4-00 students
theSe
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ro~ms,.:f'~.J" ph.a.;#("
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tions·
for l!OO'>~µd·e~ts,, aV~•<,,itti_r1.g; wLt~'·.ad- !
iace!lt~e[Iice~ 2 f.~R ~?ii.~~~-~uctin&r · '$\aff,
an.d in··a4dit1or.i, a..~ol)Umental mai.n rotunda, vestibule-·: ~.and· staircase with
floor of honed li:rnestqne and -walls of
Roman travertine. in -which are· placed
tablets of purple Lepanto marble for"
re.~
inscriptions.
From this corridor are the general
ottrees, with the dean's offit;:!e adjoining.
(Kilham
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the library, a homelike room su.,ited f<;>r
comforta:ble study and free from any institutional appearat;tce,
the trus-tees'
room, panelled to the ceiling in quartered
oak with architraves and c:6.imney piece
of,v~:r-de antique marble, and large ~nd,
,,:, pl.~ n t quarters for the young women
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-'·. J --~~nts.
Check rooms, store ' rooms,
,,'O? ,·'~lie telephone booths and all other
Hopkins, Archite-cts )
Gift of Head of Potter Drug & Chemical Company. ;
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The main staircase leads to the-Georg~
Robert White hall, a- beautiful assembly
roOm with
seating capacity for 500, fin-
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ished and panelled in chestnut :With a.
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a : ! ; :~eies~::.'.tr;=~
a. capacious foye.;, for the conit.(lbieJ:Nl!O
of the audience during lntermiss i o n · ·
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President George 'R. Wh
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Potter Drug & Ch e. mical Coin-c
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p any Makes $500,000 Pre's..'.'
connection with George Robef,t ;.chall there are prov~ded a'. buffet.~ a~ r = .
for storing seats. ante rooms;. fa¢i,tiu1es..__1
for, Hi'ustratlon by films, etc. "I'i;!,l,· 'top
floor' also contains the mater1a .:m.edica
and
biological laboratories,
ari:'fl~mni
room, three .class rooms and amPJ-e stor-
age facilities.
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Concrete exit stairways in towers run
from top to bottom of the building~
The
ent to Massachusetts lnsti- :~~~~\~~~:.::~:!~~e~s ;:~db~e~;:p;it~;,':,~~
steel floor construction. The equipment
tution-Will Be Near Harvard includes an air washer, a fan Ventilating
system with thermostatic control, com'
pl~te telephone system, inditeet lig:_h ting
Medical School.
and site will represent an outlay of over
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'500,~0.
The architects are Kilham & !
Hopkins of 9 Park street, and contracts i
George R. White, largest indi'Vid- have been assigned for the constr~~t1o_µ~
ual taxpayer in Boston and president work with the Stone & Webster Enof the Potter Drug and Ch<a>micaJ • g!neerlng Corporation.
Company, has given the Massachu-·
setts C'ollege ' of Pharmacy a
new
building, the finest of its kind in th,;3
country, which will cost $500,000. It
wfll be in Longwood avenue on the:
corner of WQrthington street,'• near
the Harvard :inedical school.
The
building is to be C'Ompleted Dec. 1,
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1917.
.
be renaissance In
character, With an imposing central 1
Ionic portico- ot six columns of lime'~
stone, each· 28:·teet high, approached by
a m.onuinenta.i flight of gr3..nite st~ps.
Th~. !owe.st story · will be constructed
entirely of heavy rusticated limestone,
and· will carry,.two stories of red brick
laid in broad )i?Jtits with cornices. windo* fi-a.znes •. ··etc.. of limestone. The
front wa:11 wilf be set back 80 feet from
the line ~of ,Longweod avenue, giving an
opportunity for an approach by an esplanade pav~d '\ylth large slabs of
etone. ·
The
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exterior will
.~tudy · of
Requirements.
'L'he° lntel"io't' aITangeni.ent' is the outcome of three or four years~ study of
the college's requirements :fhade by the
teaching staff, in conjunction with the
architects, and the result a}?pears in!
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"The Name Insures the Quality"
"BIGGER, BETTER,
MORE POWER''
$1085-Nine _Body Styles-$1550
HService and Satisfaction,,
At Our New Home
80 Brookline Ave.
Tel. Back Bay 1100.
New Englan·d ·velie· Co.
Now Occupy Big Building
of Their Own
The New England Velie Company nowhas one of the finest and tnost up-to. date salesrooms, In the corner fronting
l on Jersey street and Brook11ne avenue,
·with five big show windows, This salesroom has 6-000 square feet of floor space,
so that c3.rs of all models m~y be
shown to the best pOssible advantage.
They occupy one entire floor as ":a.
( garage, repair shop and p~rtS departf?ment. The work shop is equipped w-ith
all modern appliances especially de- ,
riigned for the purpose and is run on a
regular factory system, so. that all work 1
will be accomplished in the quickest 1
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possible time a,nd most satisfactory:
manner.
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The stock department, where all part,;,
of . Velie
cars will be · carried, is 1
equipped in the same high-grade man-:
net and a. regular factory
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system in-1
:~a.!.\1dv~l~~e~~r~~:-a:l1
~1in;~r~ ~~r;;!~:
throughout the six New E:ngland States.
The garage is also, ,equipped to meet ,
the requirements of the most fastidious
l users of auto.mobiles and will be run
on ,a. different principle than heretofore
employed in this part of the country
v'Villiam F. Aldrich, formerly of Provi-dence. R. I, treasurer of the Ne-w England Velie ComP~ny, is extremely ·-well
pleased to have eyecu:i:ed this building,
J:1;!l:::Sa f::e
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::p!:n~~s:ri:
N~fw
which has already outgro-wn their o).d
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quarters at 1123 Commonwealth avenue·
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the short period of about .four
months, and· states that the Velie factory is working to its capacity to fill
orders, and New England is taking
more than their share of cars~
The New England Velie ComJl.i!.lly bids ,
, fair to be one of' the largest auto- I
I mobile organizations in the Ea.stern
States~ It 1s well worth the time of all ,
autoinobile dealers and the public a.s:.
well to visit the. new building and look ,
over
their
equipment and business
meth.:.>ds.
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Retail and Wholesale
NEW VELIE BUILDING
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bOq.nd cars up into daylight:..._---in Gov- I
ernOr•S ' square., as tlie signboards /
have it, but ill older naming, the Fiv~ 1
Corners-there diverge at equal an·gle~,c~e.e- main thoroughfares. Bea:con·. §t".~~t, ·]aid out some sixty-five
~$";_~7 ,0az-ries west the old line ot
bain, that first pledga·· o"l" a!
:ti!ll'!a·•,Back. Bay. The seci'.fB.d wii:i'er
~;c:f~·,:_th~a.n , ,1r.he1: ope1:ed ill i82f!,.:as
.~~Will·
(hJ~. ne.w_road 1.,0 Brighton," carries
with a
the lines
rnorlh~rest,have longs,verve, the~shad.of C~monwealth avenue.
These
't,vo Wa,is:.known
'.1:ng'a't• l:li·~--"defi's'~-':c:f"oss':i:tittt1ti:!at,,~;1i
Isac;husetts,. a'>·enue... ,The:· saving Jxfl
: :;;cli.<l'al}l'!;-t/1:'ne--fi"pin· A'!d.'til:,on roact;' t'O f
f ~ k ·~·r'*t:~":Ill n9.t oe Jess than two •
,--D?"n1.1te:,, ~,J)!<l(or4i:\i"arfly Jll-iich more in
i l;pe· actnal run.· .This quicker transit
[~&re passep.ge!"~ ~week o·y week~ will
welcome;
for
Brookline
avenue
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,s.erves not only the northwest quadrant of our Latin quarter with older
Brookline, but Chestnut Hill Allston
Newton and r,oints beyond.' In th~
last twelvemonth the Elevated has
had to increase the Ipswich st1'1!!et
service, outside of rush hours, by a
full two-thirds.
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To watch Boston grow-even within the broad circlet of its growing
suburbs-is to watch our history, iii
the mak~ng.
ows of taJl buildings and the scurry
swift tr:affi,:,
But until now, the
third straight highway, Brookline
avenue, has been hardly more t~an a
speedway for the chance automobile.
I On the city maps it has lain like an
i artifice for symmet~y, not a psed way·
i for travel.
It brings the Chestnut
,
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nue
was
Road,'>
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When Brookline ave-
lhe
rt1nnirig
o!cl
from
"Punch
the
Bowl
western
end of , the Mill Dam across the
·.farther 'Back Bay mar.shes on a
1
causeway of its own, paralleled on J
the left for more than half a mile I
by a can.al-like strip of open salt 1
water; when it climbed the low, clay '
hill just beyond the present Longwood avenue and dro11ped again to .
the marsh level and seven separate :
11-Iill cars inwapd only as far as Audu-
i bon road; there they swing eastward
'into Boylston street. From Audubon
road to the Boston & Albany bridge,
Brookline avenue Jias been· as lonely
as an Ol\tSkirt boulevard in one of
those .far western towns for which
bridgings of Muddy river, and then I
I
by a grassy corner entered Punch
Bowl village-but for one pathetic I
old house, r:ehqilt as Village.sq.uare-
surveyors have dOne more than set-
the whole popul::ttion of Brookline
tlers.
counted fewer souls than: one ~i~ur-:
-, this third inland avenue
-t .-Overnor's square is changing
,_
>'' 'if~; y.Qu like to r~gi~ter in memory tmportant pieces of the vanishing
ance company 9{:,,this present .. ifuae /
will bring to vvorit .. i!,: its new bui_Idillg
on the Fens.
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old:~ Boston, look soon at this open
land remaining.
I-!ad Be'acon sireet
and Commonwealth avenue kept
their ,promise of lengthening wes-tward the_ 1 esidential Back Bay, the
'Buckminster would have set Brook-.1
1 line avenue t.·he keynote for its archi-1
f lecture.
But when th~ automobile
: busi:µess at first crept in and later l
swept through a11 the region beyond I
the Charlesgates; a modest sales-
I
room,
a
garage>
a
service, station>
took sites near the down-town end of
the avenue. Then the Goodyear company bought a large piece of land on·r
the westerly side beyond the railroad !I
bridge and built itself a massive
structure. A little farther out the
Overland company 1s now finishing
behind itt! earlier buildings a huge
.:five-story warehouse, at a cost of half !
a million.
Across the avenue the !
ha,.ndsome service stations, barelr '
finished, are tenanted already; the
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orange-peel dredger
basements for more,
is
digging the
And this qnly begins the new story
of the avenue's nearest half-mile. For
the John 'Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company has surprised the city
by announcing purchase of a tract of
more than seven acres at the corner
of Brookline avenue and Audubon'
road, as the site of a, builni,ng for its!
I
own use.
Just :p.ow m.u,.,.,
may come
, of such an outpost two miles and a
half from Milk street, the wisest obI servers of developments in real estate can only gu<ess; but at the le'!-st
it will colonize another thousand
workers,0 from m~nagers to office
boys, among the students, automobile men and apartment-house dwellers already swelling the daily tides
to and from the district. ·
~Vhat is more, the long desired new
br:1dge over the Albany tracks ap/ pears at last to be , assured.
The
structure now dividing the roadway
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into two passages
Imains exposed to and carrying water
weather and mis1
hap, was .built lightly.
The new
br~dge will be fitted to carry the
forty-ton cars now used by the Elevated_ As soon as the p1 esent bri<'lge
· h'ii-s been replaced, through cars from
! "Villaie
square,
B.rookline, can
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run
;Jhe ~ull_ ..Ie~gth of the avenue straight
,;j,o the e~ira,n··.c_.:,, ·o.·f. the Boy. ls ton st. reet
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~_u_bway, ·• wit,hqut gl/iinding through
t!J-"::!':'1:11;S ot:,1~:lcwiclij 'street or,.chaf-
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--NOTICE--.......,.
Miller Carburetor
Sales Co .
NOW LOCATF;D AND RE.'\.DY
:FOR BUSINESS AT '.£HE
NEW VELIE BUU.. DiNG
80 Brookli.na Av~nue, Boston
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ANNOIJNCING
The Six (6) Cylifitter Worm :o·~ive
man
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EQUIPPED WITH WESTINGHOUSE
STARTING AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS
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The Sm,oothest Opera,.t{.1!,_g_,,J);y~~ in Americq,;,
· ~- "Hen:ce 'l1ie Longest Lived
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Capable of most any conceivable performance with a degree of flexibility
herstofore unknown in large motor trucks, made possible by the use of
6-cylinder motors (equipped with electric starter), the smoothest possible
power application by virtue of the worm drive and a disc clutch.
To Introduce You to the
Stegeman 6 Cylinder Worm Drive Trucks
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~LL HAVE STEGEMAN'S SIX "TRUCK SHOW'~ ALL THIS WEEK
(EVENINGS INCLUDED) AT OUR SHOWROOM, 15'JERSEY ST.
(OPP. "RED SOX" B. B. PARK)
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We challenge anyone to show petter built trucks or better values. ,
l~'fon
2 Ton
2~ Ton
3 Ton
3~ Ton.
5 Ton
7 Ton
1900
,2250
2500
2700
3000
4000
4600
Starting and Lighting Regular Equipment at Above Price$
~tegeman "'{$ix" ~ruck ~o. of
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lli~\~F~!1S ··~~~·~;-~~~~~~4, ~;e•~;fs'- !!:~~.:
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hOUSe<FOO ·ren,··--;~c.fJ.~>~<;3, ~:.:,:"-.:-:.
R~x:bU6._.ftJl.d:p°Q~hes(er:_:,S.-S·Ji's'te(l iti ~;ij.r~Olri'Ce".•t
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ele~t .. - ~he ?3-rd~ in our windows, Wllj.Ch cont.ain f'i.111
~ootn·s
and gas ligl\t~ coal un~ gB;s r!:l,~ges, p.g!, water
details.,
-(See KEENE'.)
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ftmthlY, 'without int., or payment until May
$CT,rii>~,17to 'iu?;r' mir A~~ils~ ;'3il'1-vs'S'N:
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on 1Wa:c.~i~,!t 71~R. Exchange st. Boston, room 49. T~l.
101 rl'r!'>rnont Rt .• Roston..
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DORCHEW..rER-Believe me, this is some
I suite for only $18, 5 rooms, bath, all bnprove\ men ts open plnmb:i.ng, gas and coal ru.ng:eR,
! extra fine condition; g-ood location, near steam
j and Talbot. av ele<'trics
Call today, adults
only, 117 W\watlnnd av.
Hl'~AU'.CIFUL
suite
in
cCment:
apartm<'n'::
24 HA1{~10ND ST., Hotel Qreelv -2 blocks
f'roru N"ertharnpton st.; suites 3-4 r.ID;., rent 32
and 42 cents a day,., amounting to $10-$13
m<_;mtb;
tubs, gas, heated halls, prflvate
toil~t~J clean~st apartment bOuse in Bo::;.tou.
~1l1se~v~h:
water lwatcr, fireplace, halls lighted, bal<'on1cs;
reasona~le. At ·42 .Juniper
'1'0 L.El'l' at 8 Fairbury st., near Grov~Hnli
~eaJ{n ~o[a:!leha~~O<:t:~.
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,ROXBURY--$22,
ROO~S .with some iqiprovements,
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.JA~I.ol_,O:.,R.;,··7"S,::,n;,t0c•..:2:.:·_ _cc-------'---TO LET-8-ro~m suite, all hnprovements,
steam heat furnished, electric lighting, con.
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";-:,°o~~eia_;;: :fii~~~ t~~e·dri:[h.B~~~
. t~!·rren"'!'f;Y ,':-~. ~;'.;'.' :.-"s'li. c:.: m;~;,E'\tis ~:'
DORC~-!ES'J.'ER-SnitP
of
4
ronrnR,
1-o;;~,1,'.:u',;'i,i\,.\'R ro;r:x.c'ifi':0M'.'"·
corn<>r
av.;
rr20. ~nd onP for $19
Apply· 101 Tonnwanf1n
st., tP;.. Dor, 5132-,V. Tnk<' GPnPva a ~ I-lA~l)SO:\fEJ 5-r i;;:uite, ev<>-1-y 1mprov .. I.-fnm
i:;nite, $22 month; near everything.
~f ~.rALHO'l' T,ANiiJ, _15 School st., Boston, or tel.
4~21-M RroQklJne.
APAU'T:\lE~TS of 7 ~n<l 8 roomK, s01ne heated; also 6-room .flats, $18 and $19; so1ne- with
.fnr:nnf f>.
w A 1..~soN, 017 Dor, lH~::-tt"r av.
TO LET-7-room 2-familY house; nll im-
2,1',"~,,"{~e',:~~;
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u"o<:;-J-U;:>~I loo~
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light sunny rooms.
Apply
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3-ROO:'.I APT., all improvPmcnts,
tO
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! ssu~ •do 2:.!2 NOR\VELL f::'r.-4
-AU(} :J...I"Rd ~~~n~fl.t$!~: key at 220
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the
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rooms and hnth.
top floor,
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ea~/ of e. App:y at 2d. floor. 204 Norwen st., Dor.
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str;ucture is to be
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e of Brookltne aveJ Q c t i o n with Common-
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496 Dudley
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D~'.',;?- ~~
nnd to1lPts
Apply 16-1 En,:tis st
BRQ].H..,EY PI<. 54-'...4 r~s 8 .d
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W, H '),"URNER, '1055 Tremo~t
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REN'.r FREE month of Dec.; 6 rooms and
l)ath, all improvements, steam heater; Austin
st , S0n1ervi1le, near Broadway Park; rent $:23.
E. C. HALL, 94 Perkins St., Som.; tel. 1222-J
or Clla~·n. U04.2l.,
p,:itfs~V firo~inu~~~rtf;~~ts,ceSft~e- a~f
r7~~GD0N,
8
Indiana
av .•
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Somerville;
tel•
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ev;'::;'-~;;¥.~ ~Lh.~e,'.'J~c~,n.';~'s "',!;,~,;'~~o~:,t"~J;•
on ~:!-fam., 8 1ms .• up1. $2:3; dPlightt'ul
loc.
Appl;v 1•14 G-1enw..iy, near Harvard
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6 ,~.roodvilJe st .• Rox'.; ph'one 48-,2-M
rent $11.
4 ROOMf( bath:--U1iim!)~8I~inden aV
ne;~
·;'."df Roxb~ry (lro,s.sinJ<,)ill~
men ts 'is Fi'e:!:J s~, it~:_ rooms, all ,mprove·
IWX_BURY-5 ~unn;v ;ooms and bath; gas
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O'HV~~:ni~~\~-t:.n~;d~h~\1?
the Overland b
2
r~\_r:,~oz::it 'ii;,!,:ar
$~l'SvJ: 6.1r<Hi~Jiy;ci,79re.;J!:
- - - - s u u c t u r e is the site ~"c=;';;''"°'n°',,~n;'-r"-oo~l':'<lc;in.:.:e..:.·=-;;;-;cc---c-c-~~~~.1ildings to be erect- l ROOMS, Uath, 42 F~nion st, Fields Cor'\V. Jo1:1,nsto1:, ex:?aJ~t-i;~~i;rll~T~;:rm , suire furnished
v, regular ~i~~~:eu, $5 wk~-----·_ __ _
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E~lr-Rton F=fl., Rox.
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32 i\lall st., Roxbnr;v.
!~USI~.f<JS8 wom;,q1 '\-Vith cozy st(-'um heated
;:;u1t!:\.'"~ll share san~e wlth one or two ladies.
".0 ·w1nthrop st., suite 4.
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ROXBURY APAR'rl\1E:NT-5 lar)Ze room,;
all. second floor, toilet, :_-:, t.a th, f'lean nh-;;o: 1
lutPly.
3 4 Howard av .• near Dudley st. $16.
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•g.A\punry structure erected.(tlH. rrnt r<'nson,1l,h•.
12 he -w1n st .. td.
'S'.J.Qict.l'.}.~ ,vyzan k.
-1th ,-B.OO~I SFI'l'F-8, fl.11 imp., hnnd:v to trnins
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ele• tri('S,
S19-~~0;
othe'rs
prices.
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4 ~:e::e~;::tvist floor
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[$1\j}J~J,u·.1.}"" "lict\ .i:o .,p:~ ~It?.Ia~i.. \~PHA.)18 COHNE11-Fnr ~. 3 and 4 rooms,
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$S1; · G rms , splend~d Joi"S ))fll• ',i,i:,iri:~'.J
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LOI'I O,L CI>IOLS
tel_. ... /tti-m. _ 1_022.
611 ~0:i-:.;,n(~/ii f!P'ts~11 f 1 1 111;.~~~ hfJ'O~n~~\l'~f.- $t5° ~o $~6esP. gJ~dJ.\1\;L~::ZR·
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\V ... N J:'It,R HILL--8-5 rm smtes all imp
$3
$8 wk. 436 ~Icdford st
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$18 PER MONTH, 4 r~om~ and bat!;
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STJI'IE; Hot:1 Park0r, 524 Broadwa!, n••• :mod. in~p., 10 minutP.s' ex. trains to Bo~ton
t., So. Boston. up 1 fhgllto Apply JANI'l;OR. r Apply on. premises. 9 Bowers st., ·West MedfoJ:d.
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Solution·Is. Giyen by
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Murray How~,
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'. 'Iii ~ts¢.Ussing : the· yal'iotjS real e~tate
J;)~Oblein·s th3-t men engaged in that Profession are earnestly studying· no~a-
,~~ys!: :'!.. Murray How·e, one o:f t]J.e le~d'ing '.operators·in: Boston; pr~sents the fol16'"o/'i!lg. stat~~e~t rega:rdit?-g _C1tY realt!:
. Let us: aSsume. that. before the War.
/ one owned a: city investrilent property a?1 se:s_sed
on $·200,000, that paid a gross
l r·ental of a1:Jout $16,500; that ti::ie cos_t o.f
l Ul:a;inter1ance was abo.ut. 4Q. per ce~t of
I. the
~-rental,. ot,
$l~.00o
Sa'.Y,
$0009, l'eav.iTI:g
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income loss as f'ollows:
Mortg~ge rate
~·~s. be~ri' !'8.iSe9,. to & pei-.. cenf., .all ~n,:··cr·ease of J2000 per annum; taxes_ 11:ave
be'en increased $5 on a thousa~d. f''urther
;·eduCing the income by ,.1004; the- items
of expense, e·xclusive of taxes '(laboI'.
~ Coal, light. power, repairs, etc.)
w~re.
':before the war, about $3000.
Coal has
. :doubled in price; the class of' labor used
ln.·. buil.dings through the substitution
. Women, and conditions peculiar to rea!'.
,~~sta..te., ..has: not a.ttained s_o large .an a~!. ,:"v:'an.p.e .a~
in :niany. fields,, of e.;n_ploy,;nen~.
:So tnat. there· is but 30 per cent to 40 per'
· qent" increase on that item; the general
·..a.:avance in tllese last expe'nses, as a
'.wh.ole. is orily about 40. per.. ce~t. or
~·$1200. To recapitll.late, the 10sSes are a~ .
so'
or
'i follows:
~~bugh m. or tgage interest, inc~ease .. : .•.. 2 .$2000
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Through tax rate increase. .
........ ; . 1000
Thr?~~? g~ne-ral. expense_ ~ncreas~. . . . . . . . 1200
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$42~
T!ie incoine .thus has been reduced~
:from $6000_ to $1800, but _as the cost ol
living has increased a.t least 60 per ,cent;
ah ·indiVi'dual owner '. would need 60 per
cent more than the $6000 a year ;""•b.ie·n
he had_ to live. on at the oiltset.
I-le thuSshould need .$9600~ but finds himS~lf yvith
$1800,,
Let us see what would be needed to
restore to hiin what he previously had.
It, is most likely that vvithin a few11:iOnths mortgage interest must come
down .fron1, the 6 per cent level to, let us
aseume. 5 per cent; he will thus have e.
saving of $1000, and $3200 of his in!".
:creased cOst of mai'i1te~ance r~mains to ·
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.f~a!a~~;~ ~~:erso~o ~oew g;~:s
-,,$10;50-o is about 20 pet' cent.· The reme~
dies· :thµs are 9nes Vl,fhiCli shOuld be· ob- '
.:tained without difficnltY. The interest mat-·
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te. r Will ine. vltab IY tak.·e Care.· begun and·will·
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increase of rents has already of itself.. The"
'continue steadily, "but the real estate own, 'er is entitled to mor~ than 20 per' cent in' :-crease in ':rentals. :If he is to obtain his:
, $~are
in the general a.dyance his inCQme'
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should increase 60 per cent to 80 per
; c:ent/ like the income of the laboring
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"Such
'QOO at 4 per C~:nt., so th.at·. ha.yiI'lg tO·'pay
1.;on· th-is a.Cco:uni $4000,· there, was an anfiuRI •net· ·1ncOme of $6-000..
Since that time .it ~-outd. p.ave. suffered
l.
a
i.
atl.nual . incoine..
\??here was. _a.
m·ortgage ·<?-n th_e prope!tY of, say. $~00,-
-i
forced.to ·bu;e.·only tax-{ree S/'lCUl'ltleB:
Our Office.Bu:ildi:ngs? thei·e was fair; if. restricted, :!Dar-?
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l<et. 'l'oday, in the flo,od of ~overn,)
Most of tJie·modern ,office buildings ,nent bonds and of high 1nt':'rest. /
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and' m'any other large structures in! yielding securit~es of. man~ lnJ?.dS,,
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this city liave been finan,ced and; the mat ket for ·the real estate n ust,
erected by voluntary associations,.~ stocks has become exceed.i~gly poor. j
commonly kn.own as real estate\
These factors noted above apply to!
trusts. The Jow prices at which. the the securities and not to Llie real es· i
shares of many of these trusts have fate Hsc!f. A failure to realiz.c this\
been recently quoted have attracted .ancl to tlifferentili.t" .between.Jh<cl,two
the atten~ion of .those not vsually in- has le.d to mistaken .conclusions as t_o \
terested 1n such matters, and have iu,e realty. For example, one hea1s
led to some erronElOUS _conclusion.s. la 1emar-k lilrn this:
and such
In order to understand the present j an office building can be bought for
situation and t-0differentiatte between j 50 cents on the dollar," the basis for
the trust shares·and-the rea~·.e,s:t,ate \this. being that a quotation on the
they re?resen<t, o~e m;1.st understa1:d stock at that ratipmay<have·been seen.,
.something of their hi~tory, the cir- Of course it does not follow tlu;,,t, a,
·c,ums~nces under wlnch th':'y "'.ere forced sale of a few shares is 3:1,1Y
organized, the J;a,ctors entering into criterion of the price of a controllu;ig,
their market value and the conditions interest much less of what the ass0c
under which the realty itself has ciation 'would sell its real estate for\•
been 01rnrated the last few years..
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With the rise in land value~ and
But the earning power O
e
the increase in -l,Jze and cost of mod-. I building itself, for example, has bee_n
ern office bufdtingis, the investment) lessened since the war began and this
fn one of these structures became
of couise has ~ffected t1:e value of
great tllat few individuals could meet., the stock. The tro·~ble :'1th the real
· it and fewer still were willing to put) est':"te has been that. it 1;a:3 &be;:.::.
so many eggs in one bae,ket. Ther-e;j obhged to meet rapidly ris1;10
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fore, some method of co-operation bade penses out of an income wh1c~ re
to be dev1'sed, and, as the generali mained stationary or rose but little
laws of ,the st,a:te did not, until coml In this respect the office buil<':i':'g has
parratfvely recentiy, permit the organ-; pe~n in much the same pos1t1on as
ization of corporations to deal in real have the Boston Elevated and other
estate, resort was had to voluntary public service corporations.
While
associations, under which the title rents were not fiXed by public cont;
iind management of the prope{-ty was missions, they were by l10ases in very !
lodged in the hands of trustees, and many cases.
The less vacancy al
the association was known as a -real bniiding had the worse off it was in
estate trust. The trustees issued cer- . this respect. It takes time to replace
tificates of beneficial interest, trans- 1 old leases with new, commensurate
,
ferrable, as are the shares of corpor- with new conditions.
ation stock. 'rhis form of organizaThe actual experience of one of the
tion had also certain advantages of best office buildings in. Boston will
simplicity and continuity of ma:tia¥"e· be illuminating. we have purposely
ment _whi~h commended it to con- selected as an example a successful
s':'rvative mvestors. _TI;rough the me- I building, with a low capitalization I
chum of th.ese associations the lar~e j compared with Yalue and earning
~nvesrtor v,as enabled to spread his
power and one whose shares in norinvestment among a number of p':'r· I mal times i;,ommanded a prem!nm.
I
eels of real estate, and ~he small 111- · Comparing the results, for 1918 with
vestor to _have a share 111 a class. of I those for 1914 , we find that rents had
r~~lt_Y which he could not ci.therw,se: risen less than 3 ,per cent.; the cost
0
ain.
of generai , operation) exclustVe of
l\Iost of these trusts "Te::.~e orgal1.-. taxes and' repairs7 had increased
ized under. -.~o.n~lttie:t;t·~ J.:'<~,.::1.i~~l_ly: dif•\
.
.
ferent from· those of tod 3 y.
U!ltil ·more tp.an 41, per ce~t. ·and ta':es
·u1e Massachusetts state income tax alone. nearly' 35 p~i"'cent.
Repa1;s,
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improvements had doubled 111
la:" freed intangibles fro11:11ocal taxcost. . nv"r&.~ult was'
decrease in
at!on a trustee was practically com- : ! net earlilngs o'f.' 23 per cent. The depeHed to invest in ,.., tax-f_ree se'?uri· .' tailed figure~, for another &,,uilding'
ty, for he had to reveal lus holdings . show a rise 'rn fuel cost of 1'17 per,
and_could not afford to pay the props; cent and
wages, without i11c.,:-ease
erty tax on others. The real estate
of staff and '1n spite of the- snbstitcutrust s'hares were 'tax free.
Money
tion of women. for men on .the ele'
was cheav and a tax fi:-ee incon1.e ot 1,
t
f
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th
: 4 to 4% per cent. was attractive, be·· va or;'!, 0 . ovei;_ "
per cen · 111
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ing better than could be obtained from
fc,ur years, .
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tax-free bonds or mortgages. In 1:eBut this situation is righting itself,
cent years conditions have changed,
to a degree at least. Office rents are
in several ways, all tending to lessen;
rising and new leases .are being made
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.at substantially higher rates. Good
the maJJket value of these sihare.~.1
buildings are unusually well occupie.d,
rl"'hey bave fost, to a large ~egree~
' the benefit of the tax-free feature, beand there is a scarcity of space fn ,\
ca'use the removal of the pro,pertY: , modem structures. The peak of the
tax on intangibles ge!lerally opened:
expense lpa. d, except in taxes, has
to tnistees and large investors a neYl
apparently )Jeen reached.
As new
, and broad field. A more potent fa·C~
buildings · will not be built in any
, tor bas been the rise in interest(; 1 number until ,the cost of constru.crates, which has lessened the market:
t.io:.n, of moµey. and of oper:3-tion. fa.HI
value of all securities having a· fixed'
materially or rents hav.e risen to a
.J;ioin t .¢\'>' ·offset· the,se high costs,' it
income. Thirdly, the income front
\ may· bEh~;itpeccted tl:lat the net income
the shares are taxable under the'
'from. .modern office buiidings will
federal income tax, so that they are
show a gain from now on.
no longer on a par ,vith. muiiic1i,a1
ancl state bonds as to t'hc tax-free·
There
remains
one
condition, I
feature.
·
·which does not apply to office build- 1
sings or to property o,wned. by .the
An inherent weakness of these
[real estate trusts alone, which calls
trust $-hares, marketv.rise~ also ha$
".for comment. That is the ma,tter of
!Jeen aggravated !JY present condi-,
·taxation. All real estate. in Boston'
tionis .. They are unlisted and t{te"
d.~· seriously affected by the increase
market for them has always bee1111a.1~-!
:in .the tax rate, whfch in some cases
1 ow Few people knew about them a1id[
is coupled with a boost of the valuathose that did had less knowledi(i,'
. tlon. This larger direct charge upc,:a
of the. real ···estate :back of thE\1'.>lf,
'-'the earnings of the property is µpt
The1'ef•o1,e execn.1ciiors' it1 settling. ·.es\;l
' 'the only trop.ole. The. ,greater t_ax\
tatc.s have ot;ten. 'been obliged to s,eiJj
ch~~ re_d~ea.c._.
'ri:9.t inco11¥',l
,a~ less -;t~1irn ·._th~ •jntr,insic>· :~~~1
the~~,a,~~i:J;ti~J~1:i.t Y<.'lll-mJ'.l\l ·Of ~9.';
:fj_,bcn Ill.O~~x:.>YIJ:I!'·iill'ehtY_a~<'Li:u~.J
parcEit l\l,Ii<l re<i.t'leing,.<t1fe eqmtY.; ab9cve
.
'·. ;a~·O'perato:r'in Di>wn~TC>w~ Property:
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i~~~-_J,_._~--~~-.-.--~~:-rates' low---.:-,a:~-::s~~es
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of
~~rita0ifie9 ~~\~~C:i~s~n~:g~~c;~a;:d~~:rii~:
corri~. say 60 per cent. he should have
$9000 a year instead of. $0000. a·nd the
·$.3QbO. increin~nt woll.'Id ne~d to be a".dded
t'o the rent.
The total rent advance
would thus be increas€:d to $6200, or
about 38 per Cent.Qn the original $16,500.:
It will cause no gr_eat financial convulsion for rents to itl.creas-~· tCr fully this
percentage. A°Iready ·adVances are being 1
made varying
generally from
10 per '\
cent _to 35 per · ce·ri.1:.
Office buildings.
apartment houses. stOres and salesroomS
in all the more desirable sectiOns .are'.
crowded to ov.erflo-winK. Short ieaS6s at 1
{o pfc:l;" c:0;nt tO 15 per 'Cent advance made
th1s year will be r.epeated with another
10 per cent to 15 per cent in an.other year
or so. ·The movement is not only a logical one and is, theoretically correct. but
it i"s already underway with irresistible \
momentun1.. . In a_ g~neral. rise in values i
one great necessary con11nodity cannot \
permanently be neglected
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. . ~;,,~endir's.'w.itli the r"'eJ
bui1din,g 1.s cut down ·and rates
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the net for the holder of the equity.
Eventual]y the public
occupies
Ithe buildings muftpaywh1chincreased
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the
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real estate shO\V in the long run an
incren;1.e~t ·while fortunes put solely
into personal property are often whit-/!
tlecl down by successive market
losses.
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tend to rise; thus ft,1:rllier reducirig
t?-xes and highel" interest' charges Out•
during the period of a1ftustment the
real estate suffers, new construction
is discouraged, the whole city is the
poorer and the less well equipped to
do its business.
. ' We have been <;,onsidering the e>ffect on real es•tate stocks of present 1
conditions. But this short view is
r '?-ot that of men accustomed.to.inve_sti
1 m reai esta,te, tor their ·experience'
I has been that over a period or year1
I good Boston real estate; has not only
j held its own but has, ·advanced ir
~aJ~e- ,. ;r1~e:i:e.,.a,re".f~J'Vf.,.f::!:gt.ilfes whc
.';4iave had wealth · ~neration r.fte
; gene_ration ";"hieli · have not thei
I roois ii1 the -s-on and~C<5un t an1ong
! their solid, dcpendal>Ie assets tlieii·
' ~~ea~_ esta.te. rrhe very diffictiltY of
disposing, 'of real Property in tin1cs
<>f depression ,fa a protection for the
.family fortune, "hile the ease with
V(hich stocks mid bonds may tJe solr.l
. often leads to their sacrifice. The
net result is that investments in
A.
--?}~n3:,tor: Ch&r-l~s._ t;.,.. ~··o:,
j~.us;t ·. ·~old . :tli~' ;property." 't'o .
Y
.. lie'amount of money .loaned!
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OPPOSE GARAGE-:i'.N
BRIGHTON DISTRICT
Owners of Neighboring ProperJy Pro.
test to Street Board
The· peti tlon of Isaac Shapiro for permission to erect a garage, capable of
accommodating 60 or 70 , cars on the
property at Cambridge, Elko and Hens_haw streets, Brighton, caused considerable/ opposition ,vhen the 1natter
fAmazing .Lure-;~'\~
f
of the ~~~-~
,
Motor ~ar
More Than 6,000,000 in Use Daily-Country Estates Sought More an:1 More
by Auto Enthusiasts-Great In~
crease in Garages and Service
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Buildings in Boston and
Suburban Wards
By J. Murray Howe
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was
but
st=ven
years
ago
that
·s;~fX::~
wh<? :lia;s,
r. ShaPiro~
,~p.peared to lndorse the·. petition of the
ilattel", while Mrs. Nora. F. Jennett and
~a. fa.rge numb~r Of other property hold;ers of the Vicinity appe,a,red in opposiLfilon. A petition bearing the names of'
fi8 additional remonstrants was introduced.
Mrs Jennett charged that the fonner
se:na tor had Ceased to care for the
conservation of the neighborhood, now
that he has moved ·away. Other ·op.:
position came from Dr Slattery of St.
B:lizabeth 1-Iospital, Capt. F
A ..- Hall
of Police Station ~~o. 14, Dr. F. W.
Rice, n. S. Driscoll, James McMurtry,
H. T. Kelley. Dr. L. :B""". Gahm and
others.
The co1nmissioner took the matter
under advisement.
the
~~~~~0~~~11o~f ~~~ c~tn!~s n~:::res~i:
then that they had essentially reach.Ad;
their limit
Today there are. s~x millions I
An automobile is a bulky affair and re- i
quires room :i..lOt only in the streets, but :
for housing and repairing
It cannot a:'.ford the occupancy 0~ very expens:ve ]and r'
but it has easily fitted in:o a natural res:ing place. a sort of «no man's land" be- '
tween the thickly-settled and the near
suburban districts. not only of Boston, but
of prettY -much all the cities of size in the
country
Boston has long boasted the .attractiv~ness and relative
impor_tance
of
her :
suburbs.
The auto has taken them in i
hand and given them an impetus in part:
by reducing the strictly urnan population \
The :r:flenomenon of the Back Bay ultra. \
fashionable section having become almost
paralyzed and' its residential building !'€:duced to almost nil in the past few years,
i.s largely attributable to the ,automobile.
The individual who can afford a Back Bay
house can afford a comfortable motor ca-:.
and in four cases out of five he 'Will prefer
half an hour's driving or being driven ::;:1
one. to ten to fifteen minutes in a crow de ::I. \
trolley. and half an hour will take hlrr ~
ten or more miles into the country, to, sa)'.",
\-Vayland or Dover
From the ne·iarer· sub-·
, urbs such as Broo·kline, Newton, Milton
or West Roxbury, the motor ride is on,Y
too mOrt\ for the auto enthusiasts who
make up more than half the population.
As a consequence of this the motor car
has lured the surplus prosperous out into
the suburbs,
and,
while checking the
normal growth of the Back Bay. has set- 1
tled itse.lf into the void it has preserved,
All through the stagnant period of the
great war ·when no building was going on
elsewhere,
garages
and
auto
service.
storage and sales btti.ldings were going up
in the outer Back Bay section
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Expansion Began Early
Ten years ago, when there was less than
ten per ct~nt of the present number uf au·
tomobi1e:=; in the country, a line or ~ales- i
roorns on the ,vesterly half of "8oylston
street was all that -seemed necessary. The
auto tar ·was still r.a.rdly c-onsi.dered .s~riously by many peovle. Those wh0 pi-e~licted
its loss of popularity as had been the case
with the bicyC'le in earlier years ~Tere cornmo"l
1t had already o,utgro"\vn its contractec"J (lnarte,:s and e~:pansion be~an~
At first ill a "spo.tty"' sort of way several
buildings for "3alesrooros sprang up a:ound
tl'ie C'roi:;~ Roads, near the junction of
Boa.con street and Common-wealth avenu,;
ff'l1e :-mportant Par:ka1d Comp3,ny took a
jump a n1i!e beyond 1nto Brighton Gn.rages
""·~re built here a.nd there. on Park S'<]UaI e,
on Lfl!..~>lowne street, near the Oaseba.11
1 fiBicl
etc
The work went steadily on,
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The 1ang va·~ant stretches of Be~con street,
Common)'lealth avenue and Broo,kline avenue were ip.vaded. and~ regardless of a pe.riOd: of Seve~a.l yee.r-5: :<>f relatiY!}... depression
in re'::il ~ij~'te b_efoi:e 'the wa-fif'\;:l.nd - of· the
War'"its~~f~ Work: .1'aa continued st~di-lY uµ ... ,
til now P.1:"~Cti.call_y .. all of" the rnain str~~~
frOnt.,a.~<-'S:...0~ ~~ ·'fb:ree ·a~teFies :¥e-1:a-~~~(,
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sioR£S,
Off\C£S,
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·. vi2W ~s-a:i~o,to·rr sri:
V/1a~O:LE 01t -p;.lt'!O of j\vor, UP one tU,;hl
<"untn>a throug\, to nevo,,shire st"-"""
C01<;,;Hl:L~ Tl~US'!O, 1'> 'J'.rc.<nont st, --~
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For \ong term, fwe-storY
ouna.1ng
ori.ck
-gav\ng cxccotion::cl frontage of over
,O feet, situate,1 ,-ear ,-1e,»over st, i»
t\-i.e rnarRet distl.·1.c"-
eRo~ERS pao"i"Ec-rEO
:,.s -raErnoN-r s-raEE°T, eos-roN
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-~---e~rlt:~i·r:1
ish6p soinewhat robtist and s'tttrdy for-
gently sh~pherd of -so.uls, but :Oever~
heless a. ,very capable preacher of his :~
essage. '
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While talkillg with an old resident of
·iaa.ns UOli>U!l{SllM
lll i>ll!PJ!Uq oston the other day he spoke of havLg read with much interest in the
uaaq -"llU.l:>a>.l Slll{ 'l!"!L[M. "l!S S.l.>20<'[
'Little "Walks About Bost_on" about Sir
·,I.LIS S<I'.3:DO<I G'.3:Idfl;);)O N"illiam Phips, one of the Colonial gov3rnors, whose residence was at the ,
orth End. '"There was one interest- 1 1
g story about Governo.r Phips that I
emember reading about when a boy
nd I think it was in the reading books
sed in the schools," he said.
"This
nz:-soc
to the effect that when his daugh-
got married Phips made her wedng dowry the weight of the young
oman in silver. As she was of sub- r : \
tantial build this amounted to a coniderable sum for those days~ according . J
o the story. While I cannot vouch for : /
ts truth /the yarn was a good onej ,
nyway,.
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Dear Observant Citizen-. One d. ay this
eek while riding in from Haverhill it
as my misfortune to ride in some
had been ch~nged over
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000'009$ JO ,so:, P"l"W!,S" Ull
re tp.l"W u! pauado aq ll!M. pull L\2!'! s.>!.1ois n aq !!!"' .>Jnpn.1,s pasod
-0.ld -"l\J, ·pazll.l M.OU i>U!Pl!nq s.1.>llO<'[ PIO "l!l JO "•!S "l\l uo ll!nq aq !!!"' H
'NOOS Q'.E[J,;)'.El<l'.El '.3:H OJ, DNIG'UflH :>.r:NVH G3:S0d0<Id
dl!S zJu!Pl!"8 s1d80"8 uo
~;$~\f~,~l;:J . 'fURH OOQ'Q09i:
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building boom ~ in progress in
·:.-::
·and
in
that section
the vicinity
ton,
tract
I large which f~r · .e
nue. PlanS· ··
Great Building Activity in the Commonwealth
A venue Sectio~ to Provide Sales, Service, Garage
and Warehouse Accommodations for the Rapid
Development in the Car and Truck BusinessSeveral Long-Established Concerns to Have New
Houses and Others Are Planning to Build
O rapidly expanding motor for the
provide accommodations vehicle
trade in
Bostona
veritable
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of the city, along
of Commonwealth
.&:v~nue, west of Massa.ch:usetts ~~'"enu-e, of
\~hich the motor trade. virtually took
'l)OSsessiOn several yea.rs aigo.
Sales and
·i~r:vtce · quarters, warehouse& a.nd garages
· Ot, an estimated alue of $3.~.000 are now
lDr process of p-on.::.truCtion, or hSJVe just
1
b·een com,ple.ted, a.nd still other buildings
B·y O.HARLES
MARDEN
' lire projected and will be started soon.
The bulk of the new construction is ~ni
·Commonwealth avenue beyonn the Cottage
Farms bridge, whic'h seems destined to .shipping of vehicles can be <Con,duoted with this section represent
become the motor vehicle centre of the -ec-ononiy and despatch and these things fuay $500,000.
1h'ave been incorpora.ted in the plans.
1
~fl,;
ing that in'"
'Will rival
Just when c·
not been ·Po
Company is··
pansion c3.ntl.ot:/i..C·
an
.· ,. ·r'~ir
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Cousens Wha.if/;J:l,
Bui!dJng
~1:<'!j);cf
for seVera~. ,6.ih'e~{t
and only. ti,&.!.\liel
ated Pro!)·. , - . -: -,
F.
an
investment
doubtedl:Y
motor ye·hfC~-',t
property 10118'..
the Couser1s .- .</oof
:oo~
ot
wealt~ aV:8nue/J'.;t'
sex:: street al'rd· ·tiv.
A Model Service Station
tains 100,000\:~ciU?
This building activity. a.t a. time when Noyes-Buick the Largest
A!so in th('\ vicinity of Rraves Field is frontage
: fE
,qiosts are so high as to deter many from
The largest structure that is in process the new ~rvice atatton of the Boston Buiclk excellently.
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"tlndertak.ing exipa.n:sion. is forced upon the' of' erecti~n is the big building on the north •Company, which will cost uprwards of $200.- poses, both~:,,.
Jnotor vehicle trade by necessity and. for side of COilnmonwealth avenue jus-t beyond OOU-. This is to be .finished in about a month property has'.
'the most part, the occupants are to be t~e Cottage Farms bridge that is beip.g and will be r:'fevotE'id ex.elusively to service
of Which i
-old concerns wbic:i have outgrown their erected by the Noyes-_Buick Com·pany, t~e The arrangement of the interio·r has been.... the ~bea.d~
'·;.~;:,/;(~
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wholesale distributor in New England of rr...:::t.de ~o that, a very large num'ber of cars
P.,resent quarte.r-s and who are compelled! Bu!nk cars and G. u . c. truck~.
This can be hendled quf<"k.ly and with th?. 2-reat·
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:t\Vhich their businesses can be carried on comprehensive study of motor vehicle to the Buick stati-on is a. large field that ·will
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1-"ttl:ore advantageously
There also is a I buildings throughout the country. It will r include a test track and an athletic lleld constrµct!on
~onsiderable demand for quarters by new include large and attractive show roo-ms : for tne employees.
ave,nue Sf!-<!ti:
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~ny of which are entering for both cars and trucks, offices · and re-other lOf'.a,Jj
.-.th~ business with agen·1.. ies for ca.rs and ceivJng and shipping quart~rs. but the bulk For Chalmers and Maxwell
haye lately
-,~rucks, which have not heretofore been ! of the space will be devoted to the storage
Am-0ng
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other new buildings
in :;;.~:~ei.na~e
~~Presented in Boston.
of new vehicles for the· New ~ngland re- process of conS"truction is the large future inot,-.r car sa.~~~
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tail trade.
The
Noyes-Buick Comp;ny home of th~ C
E. Fiay-Allen Oompany, hou:tes
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Best in the Country
buys in .lar,ge quantities from the factory d;str.iibutor o'f Chalmers and Maxwell cars,
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to
the various dealers Which is to be on Commonwealth -avenue, ~ ~ ~
t.ngs every advanced idea in m'Otor vehicle throughout its territory#
When the new at St_ Mary's S'treet, alb-0ut two blocks fur- age on Char.les Sti
tsales rooms, serviee stations e.nd garages building is ready there will be space. for ther out of town than the presen-t Chai- C'arnbrfr!gP hl"~dg~_'
'lh"al:.\ Oeen ln:oorporated and Boston will the storage of hundreds of vehicles,. which mer$-Maxwell salesroom. The new build- tu.re in tli~: Soutll/
(have some of the finest structure-a of the will assure speedy supply of the needs of ing wUl house the ~les and service, as
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wen, as the storage and delivery depart- A _Greater ''A#t~
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There will be a
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~:a,s been paid in the designs to the vrooommodious sales and show room on the
So ra"pid,1Y. i$'}t;
vision of sales rooms in w•hich cars and New Houses for Dodge and H~pp
Comm,onwealth avenue
front
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t ~rucks c-aan be displayed to the best ad..
The vicinity of Braves 1Ne'd is the scene upper floors will be largely t-0/ .se~fce.
possible for th~::.:;
:vantage in ia:ttra-cti.....-e surr,o.undings, the· of great building activity, and •mOTe than a
the rear of ,the c E. Fay-Allen Company quarter$ large ix¥~
.iJ;r-ade having learned that there Ls much m!.1lion dollars' worth of ,bu"ildings are is another large structure, whi..ch is shortly now doing buSi~E
, ~9-vant~ge to be obtained in ,s·aies in hav- '. going up there or have just -been finished. to be occu:pi€'cl in part by an annex to ferent places, Wi:i"l
.:.:Jng the goods d'lsplayed ih a setting that! The new home of the Hensh~·w Motor 1\1"erry_;.s gar~ge and in part fdr sales and cality, used ca;r::;~.'.
·:.a few yeans a.go wou.ld have been con- r Company ls in this locality~ and it has P,l"'l- service purposes There will be several ~ivery quarters 'so'
,sidered e.ritirely superfluous.
\ gressed so fa,r that it will be occupied with- show rooms on the Commonwealth avenue houses scattered-~
;: ;: Ful:ly · as II1UC.h attention also has been : in a. few weeks
This •building will he de- side of thi•s building.
room can b~_ ob~;
·. devoted t0: the plan~ing of the service 1 vote~ entirely to sales, del'.rvery and wareStill anothel" ne'W building that has j"Ust ~ . a. wast~tul ...-·WJ
1St8.Jtions. with two ideas pri,ma.rily in mind.: hous.1ng of Dodge Bro~hers' vehicles, th~ been started is on Common,weait.a, avenue
u11ding tha:t .~';.~
~;One ls to rovid-e the utm-c.s-t ot fe.cilities · service station remaining in its pr~sent at A'Itlory street_ The foundations and very g~neral 3:f}f,
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location ln Allston.
the flt-st floor are in and when it is com-· that will ho_use-~1
~~~d equipment tor rt.he proper. and .speed3:"
Near at hand is the new :hom-e o-f the 'Pleted it will house motor vehicle agencies, ! roof
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_It is apparent ..t~
-.~. e ot.b-er. to otter to customers easy a..ccess Hupmobi:e? and is_ now located on Com- I A. uto Company, the local distributor of the J h1cle trade. ou:t~:!.
-·)t.:> tl)e service st.ation and the as~urance of moriwealth a-yenue, near ,Bea.con street. Liberty car.
~umbus avenue ,-~~
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~~rk to .be. done
In the design ot the I other, which has not
ye;t
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finally Cadiilac to Build Later
and then: expa~~;~
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Several srores wo ~ W;l ~ s tort ;ime it 18 hkely that and gr0.a.ter ''A~i'f."
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Acquires Building at 95 Milk Street From Federal Reserve ,Bank,
Which at First Intended to Use the Property Itself
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Massachusetts Trust Company Associates Buy the Valuable Office ·and Banking Property at
F rankliri., Devonshire and Federal Streets
I-IE n;iost imp6rtailt real _estate trans-! mand tor property in this particular lo-Han~ock: Building without fear Of having
action f :9 the week is the sa1e by the eality has been ex_-ceedingly active ~uring J it confused with the downtq_w,n building
Park Square Real Es-f:atu Trust-"\V J. 1 the last f'ew months..
Part of the main I now bearing the same n3..me•.
McDonald, J.~ Sumner DraPer and Mark I floor will be remode1led to faCilitate the
With t.t1e change 1n the dWnership of the
Ten1Ple Dowl!ng, sales rnanage_rs-of the\ handling of the increasing business of the John Hancock Building, every piece o
n~w John Hancock _;uilding at 120 Frank- '. Mass3..chusetts Trust Company.
property in the l:'lock hounded by Milk
lill str~et,. 186-200 Dev~nshilc"e street and /
The M~ssac~µsetts Trust ,Company was F7anklin, Devonsh~ire an~ Federal street:::;
43 to 5o Fede!"al stree,t, to The Massachu- ; or°"an.ized about five years aO"o ,with assets will haye been so . . d during the last four,
setts Trust Company Associates,. Edgar R. ( of~three and .a half million d~liars.
Today rnonthS-the F~rst National Bank having
C'p-3:mplin, W. J
~icDonald and Fre.i .P \ their total assets are more than fifteen mil-! purchased the E-qutta·ble Building, the MasI-.I"ay:ward, tr~stees._ This tr1:1st. h~ been· lion dollars, showing a net increase of 400 I t~r builders• Building and th~ ~ldest por-,
formed on a basis of cap1tahzat1on ~f: per cE.nt. The directors recently voted 10 t10n o~ tho John Hancock Bu_1ld1ng, which
$~.~.000.
j incl'ease their ca ital stock from five hun- co_mpr1ses all ~h_e property in the . block
. The prop-erty P,.a~ large frontage on ~rank- : dred thousand d~Uars tO one million dol- with th-e exception of th~ newer portion 0-f1
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~·:1~~ le.rs
th;h~o~~t~:nb~~~t
55,235 feet-of
of $3,095,000.
It consists of a ten-story '
It has been dtcided to change the name \'\-'"hich 33,251 square. feet are owned by the
.general office bq.ilding, one of the finest· of the building to the Mas,s'achusetts Trust F"irst National Bank .and the balance by
of · Boston'13 office structures
The 1nain Coni.pany Building, · which will enable the the Massachusetts Trust Company Assofl_QOr. ·;s occut?_ied by th~· .banking rooms John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Com- ciates. A~cOrding to the reports made at
of the Massachu$etts _Trust Company E
p,any to 'n.am~ its neW building' the John the time of the pt.1 rchase the First NaH~ Rollins & Sons~ ?an~~rs-; Standard Santional Bank has plans to construct an
itary Manufactul'ing Company, and the
eleven-story building whi.ch wi!I occupy the
Library Bureau., Parts of-,the upper floors
entire a,rea of their purchase. It can be
a:.re uti~ized by the John Hancock Mutual :
readily understood just what.. such activity
Life Insurance Company.
,11,..:11 mean to real estate values in this vi.. The .purchase was mad-e not only as an
cinity. The Massachusetts Trust Compau~
-·tn-yest~e,nt. but as a means of protecting
Associates was organized throug'h the office
the bank's location inasmuch as the deo~ w. J. McDonald.
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Per Ceiit IncreS:se in Faneuil Halli
l'hirty~Five 'to f-orty Outside-,--/.
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'l-TJ-,.1 T:n"'lustrial · ()ollfe;i.:-,e!lc~ .B~ard '!'e- i
ports the following increaees in living"
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of Amet'lcan f'arriUies 1?1 \he la.st
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'.:of ~h~ .. fimi(y budget, clothing,~ 13
-e,.nt a~l-d rent. 18 'i.,~r -cent.' As· tbe.se
' ,.~:or~ ou;t. if ·a fa~_i1Y spe~t $2900:
t.h,;, !zforea.;e would 1:>e $1!)44. : ·or i
"a,n!l, · $'.i'Dl'.20 l.s .·rent;.f. OOd, $35.1 for
.• ifije $136 for tor
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lvefy:· small item; .bu,f; also. that .
. .. 'l?•Ui(: ,-;•:short· Way. to:w.ard pa;r~ty
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{?W,n 'food ·and clo,thh.1r: up- a.bout 100-_ per
'.ffE!'nt. : ~"":, ~s '='n.t:itled to as ni~ch· ~d-vQ!ee:
''.ln'iprlce. ~s the. ·butcher, baker.end •ta!lo.:,,,,
.:~hile ·so·· far 'he. ·has got less, than ha.:lf
(!~61:r- !1-dV~~~ce.,:-. ",r~_ R'?,t it in a.ri9i~~J" ;-~~?:;~;
::1)~,.; ~s get:ting ·l,esa. tha.n 40 per- .c~.t .rnore ·
;}}?'an· former1y, · a,nd. aJ.l. tJj_a.t lle do~.tet lsi
}n/.doUars \'l'<>rth ha!~ a• ·mucq,~~~rly,;
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~tl;l:e .~ity ha.s .•advan~e(l the re-ntl!I ·in, t'Pa. t;.
,;Ei'i!.neuil Hall n;:,a.t-kets ll> per cent, .g\ylng,
:t"¢~-ye'ar l-€aseS all around. , 'Mos-t· Of ''the:
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t··~#alla. .&r.e. used as. ,accessories to a whol8-;
L§.!=ll~~- ~s, \Vie-11. ~ for a r~tail. busin~s,; "·~~Q
t°?,t~-. !Qr the l\,.rmer an 'invaI1:1able
acl~-¢·r-,
,'ti'aing;: ... ag~ncy '. with tlle many thoul"3n.ds
::ef~·' .P<)ople passing through the mark6ts
< 'itY}'
-The ·notdel"~ mUSt thu~ lui.ve:. a
\itiie· share of the Profits ·With th<,, 92
··.c.t=nt atlvan.Ce . in
jna~ly this margin
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food
prj~es.
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of profit is at· mos<t
· ~ '"Ie<s~ P:e·rce~tage on the. P;·r~seri_t·· $i~92
th ot' -prodU:ce than on the former d'ol-
}:1<"'orth.
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i'oofls ma.n e,nd clothi-er. ~e tatµi-~r:.J
sb«;:>emaker., the· jeweiet' and ~~e,.: ~tir 1·
'the movte man and the autoin.obfle- 1
and m~ny ot~ers are r.eceiv.m. g.·.•. s9m~.·j
·,simUar- to th<>Se of the ma.rket.:m~J\.
most i~te.resting' · f~ct in . re·t'ia.tloh. ](.():',
city ma.rt:ce:t re·nts iS that ~he,'.
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t.~. very· ;few e?'cepttons, wl1e~1.ea8e .
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ut lately. the advan~_fl!$;'"hav"e been· at.
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thi~ty-fiv'e l)er ~ ~ o r fOrty:.Per
, ·m,-a:.t"ka-t !:i-ta11$ even at the .fifteen per
~d~a11,ce ~ ?P:.lY bring',;. ~<>~ethh.1.g like
a.... year for a si.~gl~ 1,
or,,·ii20«?. for
uble. one. :Eve~ ln; ,
ngle' stau,·.a:
~~fr ,l~rge ·b~~fn~ss
. Jntq, , hu:ndreds ·9J' th0:u
&·t is obtained for
)°#me~~ ol"l pubi~·c~,
oµe ~uhnJ..Ilg."
qJlars, and'
'wonderful
·1~ appears\
~~~o·~~n:;:m:ti-1
p:q~·~1:i1:~:r~.
estate men ,W;
. c;>yed to .:ret!ort
. ese rentals and a:·dvls,ed .the fifteen per
· ~·dy~n9e in ~ re}lb~t mia.de ·&ix lllon~hS
Jbut . only jUS.t · acted ) upol'l.
nuring
. six mOnths a Sharp ,ridvRnce iri ·com..:·,
ial. rents has been realized: all over the
-.8..s ·~~lt:." as .~~!3e,:\V.h~~e •..qne :that_ p~iv8-t~,
~.rs hav-e taken.til:-..a~va:-ntage,,. ot.
With,'
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;'~.,!-i~p·s lt was l
le to d<>, the same ..
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,,· these: to<S,.h,"ea::d:Y" low
'e~11-t~al. ll'.'lwrket rents have ,tindo\l.btedty ba<l,
i.££:~.~:~:~ngk:~!c~ o:s t~~:~~~l\~tu~:~t1~!:·
~e~rt~_e-le~s.
the , section be-h$~·-:crow-ded.
~re rapi.dly ~ii~tiill;ig_ t~_e;;~~n~ th~
during. the ·.Pl$t y
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~:nee in ,:furthe
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maii°y.·.Jffl.1eS .:itt ~
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a tors,:"' the: tji~n ~
e. best in:fpi;med a:;. t.o con:ilnir, i:'.ent~'
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250 Washington Street
f'\fc Well~Known Property m Wholesale Shoe District Bought, by Alonzo W. Perry
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Farrington have sold to Alonzo \V. passenger, elevators and:. modern conven- i pro1n.tnent shoe ooncerns and ot_her affi.11·..,-,;~ - · .P.·e.1··..ry.· .of Rockla.nd the Bedford Build- iences. The .dim. ens1ons. of th.is parcel are ated line1s. of business·. The p.urchaser _will
~.i{g at sn-105 Bedford street, and 3-17 Lin- as follows: 14·{.fi.9 feet front on Bed- ;make extensive alterations to the bui.l'ding
I\ .s.treet. This ,property,· one of the ford street, 124.84: feet on Lincoln street, and is to hold the Property for inve stment.'
· St ifuproved parcels in the wholesale 110 feet on cO~ :.imbia street. It is .assessed C vy. Whittier & ~rother were the Orok-··, ';!~r·ic~,_ comprised 16,4$,9 feet of la~d l a.t about three-quarter_. ot a million dol- , ers irl the trapsaction
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trtli~ main build-] Oering about 1400:
a law library, conhave been ferenc0 room~- and ofli<?es for the execuas the main\ tives.
The most striki'ng feature of the
·.~i§t:J(, P!ubiic exhibi- I interior o:f the great building will be an
'":·l.Jte1~: this afternoon ! immense ••workroom" on the main floor.
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...·.·:g.· ;·.:.;a...·.,,·.t···he · (?ld 'T~ch. \ 250 --feet square and
containing nearly an
~t·,7'.7:C-1?,'rofesaor Emer- acre and a half of floor space. It will be
t-:ri'&0/nieasures 250 by far larger than any office room now in
:i'i-'i>f:s :Sixty by ninety use in· New England
It will accommo...Jo.-fi~n4niark in that· l date from 800 to ~OOu en1ployees.
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In the basement will be the company's
\'y.: features o.f the large printing plant and supply depart-
large pillars at each side
Along the bui1ding and to clear the remaii
fa(;ade are flat pilasters, and on .c:i 11 sides compan:i•s land in the block, t1
every inch of space possible has been de,.Jck dwe1ling-~ extending all thE
voted to windows. Without sac:i:Ific1"1g beau- St .Tame~ avenue irom B~rkele~
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The building wHI set back \ d,Jn street are to be removed. Aft
twenty-two feet on the Clarendon street ing is built it 1s planned to ha
side. twenty-five feet on St James avenue,, street built across the lot fro1
and fifteen feet on Stuart street. to pro- \ avenue to Stuart .street directly
vide for possible widenings by the city\ with a ramp going down to t
and a fair margin of setback afterwa.rds I frorn ep.ch side
'\Vhat the <:"
Seven thousand wooden piles will be d'!.':ven ; do wit.l:; the remainder of tbf
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~i·.i··.s····· t.h.3.t so that it buildingAt presen~ these are. housed in a having teen a part of the filled-in section ! feet V\o•ide between St. Jame~
·-¢,:ttoui?;h. the foun-1ment.
on Atlant.c avenue.
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of the Back BaY.
Careful preliminary stual't stre~t-has not been d
!tied up
to
ten
-borings were m.itde Jong ago and it was may be sold, 8...S it is consldf
,rge the to;,,er with Will Front on Clarendon Street
found that the piles ~vould. make a very lent and eas'.ly marketable
··e_\t~a::t: of t~e sh uc- ) The building "Vil'. front on Cla1·endon s~cure foundation even for so large a erty The whole block co
'Z·A ,.~;:11-l serve 'fer_ a 1 street. with an attractive entrance having structure and th~ expected completion later
~'S! acres.
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q.-f the v.>hole up to the building lin1it
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The tower wiH be banked by four light
eJ;l.1..plates furnishing J
wells. about sixty feet square each, and
,C>_d.a.:tion of t,.he ~omthese will be lined with white glazed
'~t t;en year~ or so.
brick
The wells will go down to t~e top
pt_er~ted hi~her all
of the main floor, where there "'~in be roofs
of glass · letting in a flood of light from ·
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When - the building is carried i
a 'Half
uo to 12.5 feet eventually, the Jight wells
~ill continue up v.rith it, thus giving the
I h;:,st ot' l_ight an around in the offices wh:ch.
ow all of the ,vay around the outs c1e
the- building
These o:eiC"'es ~vil! co!1n~ct
, \\~ith the < cnt1aJ
tower portion of the
n•ltl3ng- Qy !neans of p:3ss.ageways l,)etween
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workings" to be the 'most efficient possi- and without knowledge of the architects' cause of t~e ?l;'~ii.,¥1,\i
COU<Se has been foUo'"ved by
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the ..Tqhn Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ble, it also d•esired to cover the working n::unes. and ihey, too, picked the same de- ing, and for\g1JS-,\~
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a:nce Com'Q.any in s~ttling upon the slceleton with a· skin of beauty and for sign.
The contract for the new building treated in th6.( $3.'l";l
· afchitect for the large "home office" bullding this purpose set abou::. the sele'ction of the has been awarded io L. P. Soule & Son building in the
-'-'t~t)t is tb bui14 on the larid that the com- archi:tects in the most c.1reful manner and Co., the sam:" firm that is to ~upervise tion of which_,.jg_l:)81
'.J)U.ny acquired in the Back Bay more than one for which the corppany is being com- the building of the new Federal Reserve in the Rogers~;-B~:@
,·1,~::·.year 3.~o~-the block ~01.;nded by Claren- mended bY all of the leading architects
Bank Building, and work on the excava- under supei:Visioh~
son.
The main b~j
:r:~esB=:~~1::-:. a1ld Stuart streets and St. The architects were faced with rigid re- tion was under way tpda.y
quirements to furnish all possib!e light and
230 feet and the to:i
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yet to confine themselves to merely cov- Tower Will Be a Landmark
feet and will makE
'.,~tuQy made to asct•1 tain bow long the pres- ering with the «outer skin" the work laid
~rhe successful design contemplates a seetion of the citY)
; :iiht build)n:~ bo1J11df-tl by Franklin. Devon- Out by Mr VValdron.
building of four stories with a hbth baseOne of the ;.note~
:~Shi.re and ,:"•-·deral st.rtets would s0;3rve to
The committee interviewed twenty-two ment, having a central towe::: ri~jng ten building a-bout f~;h~
,•house the co1npany's hon1.e office provided architects. selected iive from v..-hom they stories to the full legal buildjng limit of nations are to,~%~
:a:11 of it "'as occupied by the company and sough:: plans to be sub'miti:ed in compe- 123 feet. The main building will rise about! may eventuaJ:Iy·· ;b,e:
growth continued at abo·ut the current titian. , T11e plans wer.e submitted under sixty feet above the sidewalk and, with I stories, 125 f~et:, 'ai;t<:J
, :r'ate.· Th•.; inqu ry showe-d that the presf>nt keys
aJ.ltl ,, ithout
names,
in
accord- the tower, will be constructed ot. Indiana it as an indisdh·gul's)
:.:q:Uarters ,, o:1ld be entirE-ly in.adequ ..ite, and a nee
w~th
the
rules
of
the
_.\.1neri- limestone, probably of the buff ccj_or used tt1re.
The ·t.oW.er. ;·rl-J
>ei d'eclslon '\\las qu'.ckly n,ao.e to ~o ahea<l. can Instit.ute uf Archit~cts, so that it was\ in the R. H Stearns Company's £;tore and fey/ ye'.ars to'm~i-kj.~~
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a new building
The build:ng pro- imposs:ble for the "jury" to know from : other well-k;nO\oVIl business buildings
The . b·uilding.
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,gra.1nn1e: wa~ placed ln th€" hands of a com
who1n they came
The committee had en1- architecture is of renaissance and 'is very I
The fir"st ub:{t··"',cic
Tbittee 9omp1 isiJlg \,\~alton L. Crocker, chair._ ployed
Professor \oY;-illia.rn
E,merson
of attractive without being too ornate
It is room for the ~cc;o~
'fn.1.n; •";harL::.s F
Ayling. Geo:r"ge 3 Smith, Technology to serve as profession·::1.l ad- , worthy of note that the three uppe:.... stories pany only for .·the•<
ifred E. N"as<Jn. secret~ry of the ,comp.any~ viser in connection with the plans by the : of the tower are the only ones that can then the builQ,-ing· y.r·,
i~clward F. vv,.)ods and J. Albert Cole, secre- architects, and the jury which judged the ! be seen from the neighboring st'!"E.ets be- around. '
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, Lary of the cGmmittee. This committee se- designs comprised: Stephen Codman, for- I!
ltlred tth~ services of :F'rederick _<\. Waldron inerly of Cod man & Despradelle; Profesr-: ,
bf New Yorl~ -as engineer-in-charge to plan .John H~ Humphreys, professor of de.Si'i~~
One Room of an 1~~
"for the most effi,cient l\se of the interior ar- in the Har\j'ard Architectural School, and
vangements
Robert P. Bellows of Bello-.7s & Aldrich,
"'Vhile the company ~vanted the "inner archite.cts.
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Rice of Boston-,-w .1.s unan,:n1ously selected.
'£'hen the directors looked the deslgns over, ;
wHhout knowing of the judges' decision. '
the
others
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n1eeting
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arteis
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"Of suCl:i'', &""bara:c..:;
a4
i:Sftuattiid ~s to make- t.h':em
fittipg and. convenier;t home for uie busi-4
ness men· of Boston and New England who/
constitute our membership.
As long as i
'·1 ter . and
four yea.rs ago a special committee of the
' Chamber rtported that they were •convinced that a new building, centrally located and equipped with a lunch room and
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club facilities, would increase the usefuln~ss of the Chamber to Boston and New
England, and to ~ts members.•
The entrance of the United States into the world
war, the scarcity oI materials, and the
great need of st.eel for war purposes, led
the. commit:.ee td conclude that it ~ s in1adv1sable for the Charniber to proceed~with
the construcLon of the building at that
time.
"The chamber needs a building 'Which 1
will in fact :9..S ,vcll a~ in theory, be the !
11.on1e of its mem,bers
The distance to the I
present Cullding from the office of the l
av~rage .member, and the lack of iranspoi:- j
t..~t10!1 fac!lities
het\'veen their offices and l
the p:eser.t; 'hnilding re~•ult in only a. cornp~ro.t1vely fe,v members of the charrl.'ber
ever ccming to it
It is a good building
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for the ,p,urpose f,)r ,.,·hich it was built; but,it is not ~ ..sat:~~factory home for the members of t!" E> chamher
· ~our committee believes it advisable to{.
construct a modern office buildin= to thetfull height P(trmitted by law, th:': Cham-1·
?er occupying so much of the upper stoI'~ ·
1es as may be necessary, and renting· the
To- -l{ave Large Asse:nbly Ruom
remainder of the
building to businesa1··
"l:-pe Chamber of Co1nn'le::·ce offices and i
firms
!here are some. advantages. o ·;
quarters will be on the upper floor vf the j course, tn ,a Chamber of Commerce being
puilding
'l~her-e will be 1:1. Jarge cornb1na-. the sole occupant of a building, but it is
t~on lunch and assembly -room of p_bout i enorm':,usiy expensive, .and Wt bel:nve th~1:.(
the size of the Copley-Plaza ballroom, cap- l the disadvantages outweigh the ad-v~·n·sr··=
able of seat:ng at 1€ast 600 persons at! tages.
The Chamber of Commerce is a
.tables and more than 1000 perso...-is ""~hen it. bllSiness organization, and the !"nOst fit.is used as an auditorium
In addition,
ting home for it is in our ooinion the be~
there will be a large nu1nber of private
type of a modern business blcck that can
dining rooms for com~ttee m.eetings, ·and l be designed. A building of this charact~11. ?
a smoking and lounge room
:' if skilfully planned and executen wouid
The building -vv-n1 be in. the shape or an l attract tenants of the 1nost desirabi~ class.
· r.., with 18G feet frDntage on Federal stre-:>t., for in addition to the facilities ..vhich it
and 18-!- feet on Franklin ~treet.
It ,vi11
itself furnishes, it would be the best known
have a deptt'h of approxin1ately 6'1) fee• on the
\ !1' n:d.~est advertised building in New Eng...
Fcd1:.ra1 strt-et sidle and a
little great:et·
depth on :B~rankl!n st-::-eet. All the fiooT8'
After describing the site i t has e.gre~d
except that oc,cu,pied 1.,y the C1la.n1per ofon as the most suitrable 'for t.he ne•w
fic ...""s and assembly re-om~ ,vill be 1~ntc:.l
build•ing, ·tti.e committee state: "We do
as bus:ness offices. It Ls expected th';l.t
not beli£ve that the Chamber could selc~t
ea.ch flocr, with the exception of the groun:1.
a :site w-hich would -better meet its needs,
floor 9 \'Yill have about forty offices. The
or that would yield as good a fin:ancial
first floor Oflic-es will be larger. and: ·will
return
The purchase of the site and the
prolbably be occupied: by banking or inerection of a suital11e .'building upon .:t
surance firms. Exclusive of the basement,
looks to us like a fc1asible a.nd reasonable
'there will be 1f""JO,{JII.)() feet of rentable space
proposit~on, and in our opinion it can ho::
in the building.
financed
It is the best proposition WA
It is -p'Ointed' out in the report of the
have seen, and we •believe the ChambPI
bll'ildi-ng ,commi>t.tee that the .shape of th-e
should either take advunta.ge of it rH
proposed site will pern1it the constructi-on
rnake up its m•ind to wait for five yea.";3
1 of
a bnildin..,.. with practically no sp,a.ee
before getting a new building-and 1n our
1 :ost
i1l1. a·riea~ways or light
wells.
The
opinion it cannot afford to wait for tha.. t
dept'h of each si-de of the L. •is said to i length of Ume "
be ,ideal fo-r an office building
Building J
experts declare that few
buildings in ·
B~ton utilize as great a proportion of their ~
s:<tes a·nd at the ,same time comma.n.1 as ,
great an amou,nt of Hght as will be the.
case i•n ,the proposed Chamber bu-ilding. \
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I Finish Building by September, 1921
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mitted to Chambe,r members will close i
1''eb. 20.
At that t,ime the ballots will be
counted
If the Cha·mber members approve of the projec-t ,it -is intended to proceed with the eonstruction of the buildi,ng
as speedily as possi.'ble. It is the hope of the i
(drectors of lhe Cha,rniber that the 'building i
...,...·ill be re-ady for occupancy one yeai;- from !
n,e,xt September.
Negotiations for the sale of the pr?perty
were conducted through the real estate
firm of· Hayes & Welch, representing the
owners of the land.
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In tts report to the directors, the spe- J
cial building committee states that the new I
building' would make the Chamber of Com- 1
merce a. more effective agency for accom- \'
plishing the purposes for which it exists,
and that the structure v~rould be ,1. beautiful ,and enduring-n1.onumeni commem-0ratin.g'
the fundamental importance of tt:e busi- 1
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ness interests of the city.
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'"The present Chai:nber of C-omm~rce ·
Building," the report says. "was completed
in 18H2, primarily for the purpose of furnishing a suitable trade room, with <;>ffice
conveniently adjacent thereto, for firms
dealing in grain, flour, hay and alliea
products.
The trade room, we are informed, is the best grain exchange tradB
room in the United States.
lt · and the
building in which it is situated ~re well
adapted to the purpo5es for wh:ch the:,,
were erected; but they were :not designed
with a. view to meeting the peeds of the
p.resent.-daY commercial organization, and
do· not; ·either with respect to locati-on,
"cha1;a:cter ~~ •building or arrangem6n.t -of
}i~~f.
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Ma,c· Mitchell and Oth,m Today Purchased $6,500,000 Structure Covering Block of More Than One· Acre
and Will Conv.;rt It
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As It Looks From Commonwealth Avenue and the Autom1
The Property Just Acquired by the University Is of Even Greater Proportions Than Is Here Indicated. It Begins at Granby Street - at the Extreme Right-Takes in th,
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of the Land Now Occupied by the John E: Cousens Coal Yards. It Takes m Everything Between Commonwealth Avenue and Bay State Road
Have Also. Been Purchased by the University But Will Not Be Disturbed for the Present. Ultimately, However, the Entire '. ·--·
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Gi.~ter Co~pan'y Leases 35-41 Winter
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]serve and other charges of fo,827,641,
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iMI I5,459,701 ln 1920.
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aJmost wiping. out its surplus. In '1021 it
:lime bacl, with a .s~rplus for lhe year
after charges and d1v1dends of $1,046,000.
At the sam,: time the company put its
hfUse m better order by reducing inve}\tories o.ver $6,000;000 to $8,595,000, and accounts receivable about $1,400,000 to $3,52!,00?· ·Notes payable were cut down from
$lv,29o,!)OO to $4,900,000. These fi~ures are
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Structure to Have Frontages on High and Matthews Street~
NE of the impo.rt~Xlt bulldinis w~~ch
will be· co'mpleted during the year is
the store and office building. to. be
erected by LOi-eil D TOWle Oii his lot ·of
land fronting on Congress, High and Matthews strc:et, con:t,aining 7~92 ~~et . .,It is
Mr
Towle's irite"ntion·:to rerit''SpaCe to·
whole-floor tenants atld not to divide it
into sm~ll offices. 4Pplications have already been made by concerns requiritlg one
.to four floors e~ch. The tnain entra,.nce
of tlre building will be on Congress street.
This will I~ad di'reCtJy to a gr-oup of three
electric· e1eVatOrs, whiCh will be a vaila.ble
fo-.. pa~!"len,e-er se:i;-vice. and one connecting
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th.e
seI'Yice entrance
to
Matthews
street which Can be used, if desired, for
f.reight and express 1.)-Uri;:tOSeS: · · · ·
The building will be ele'V:en stories high,
steel frame, fireproof construction, with
the exterior, o:f selected gray brf.ck and
Indiana limestone. Each floor will bave a
fton.t~6~ Q.Il tP,i-ee w.iP.~ etreets. with unusually large window space
The upper
floors wiil have light and air from four
.sideg. It will be known ·as the Congress
Building.
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The interlor of the building will be finished throughout in oak. with marble and
.mosaic f!.96:rs in th~ publLc. portiotis. ln
the b~sement~ besides the boiler room and
storage rooms, will be lar'ge areas lig}:1.ted
by overhead light which will be available
!.or add'ltional sales rooms in connection
with the ·ftrst-fl6o·r Stores. In the neighborhood of this building wll1 be the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Chamber of ,I
Commerce. whose activities are attracting
tlie best grade of commercial tenants to
tllis part of the city
Demolition of t}le
present building will begin on the first day
of April, and the new structure wHl b<:!
under way by May 1. It is expected that
~~J):;;~Y b~ll~ c~i;.1Pi,ttto~e a~:n.retd:ex~~r ;{:.;
arChitect ls Arthur I-I. Bow~:litch of Boston
and the C'ontract has been awarded to the
Evatt Construction Company. The investment in land and bupding will represent
about $1,200.000.
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in the big league raceei9 t~e ~ankees ar
selected to lead ~he Anierica.n le~gu,
Procession and the Giants to top th
senior organi~ation ·and ~aturaUy th,
~~orld :series coriceded again to the Pol,
Grounds, bti t baseball · is a
pe~Ulia
game. Often.ti~es the well ~n<?wn do~!
ia b_9Pted for a flock of goals ~n_d a~
ready there are the. familiar signs o
re:voluqon -in the Yankee cam1:3· anc
over-confidence in both outfits.
I di
not figure the Giants were $trengthenec
by the s-w8.p of George Burns and 1-:eint
.Groh, so there may be ma,ny surprisef
by the first week of October.
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I would like t ~Larry Bro'.vn o
Penn fighting Stallard, the Cambridgt
mile champion. at "thi Que._enS Club to
I <lay
Stallard is a ireat runner, but hE
will J'.!eed all he has to whip Bro,w~.- ·
BoRton Latin is the jlri.x outfit it
school athletic circles this year. Footb;:ill hadn't started 1:ist fall when Free
O'Brien,
its ·co8.ch,
suffered
a · broker
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FIRS1" R.A!OE--Four -furlOngg:
- , KewPi-e S., 112' {Lang), $6 20, 3.40 2 50 ••
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.Jean F., 112: fStirlin-g). $3.50, 3 ·10._ •.•••••
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Pinkie-. ~Jargaret Loreitta, J"cnnle C .• 'Dent.aria
Our Tel'lie, Lady lionm.outb and ~dy Bretten
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{ I ba;E~~~n·~.QE--.Six and :a $55.:,30. 18.60,
h.a,lf :furlong~:
Lucky Girl
1-02 ("'Ifuomas),
10.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . ' .. .., .. .
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Feigned Zeal, 100 (Gantner), $1.60. 6 80 .. .
Bill's L,uCk. 103 (Rowan), $.11.80 ...• , •.•.
T:ime--1 :'22 4 ..5. Night Boat. Bni,llet~ Clin·cl
field, LLttle Ammle,. M.ax Go1d, Dal'e. Herrni
Kemble, ~lidnight Stories and Little P'atsy· als
ran.
THIRD RAOE---<'Sl1:x rut-longs:
The Lamb. 1·1·7 (S'OhWa't"tz). $5 -90, 3.5-0-. 2.60
t.,1:_-tra Gold, 1'12 (Morris), _$4.90. 3 30.
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FOUR:'".I."H RAOF,..........&lx and a ha,lf furlongs:
Excuse )le, 100 (Lang), $29.10, ·4..4-0 3.00
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George W. Harvey Will Erect Nine-Story Office Structure at
Kilby and Doane Streets
EORGE W- HARVEY has . bought of will build on the_ lot in c ~ '
ecUon with the
·Fr:ed~rick E~ and George W. Johns~o:ri adjoining. property at ~q.
Kilby street.
·.;the brick ·.aitd stone bUilding at 14 recently P:u,rchased by ... , a nine-story
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office building. This wn~: 1;10 oon~ect with
IQ.lt:'M str. eet,,. , cor~er .' of ' D~an. e.,, str·te_t.. t_he b. u~ldin~ · at 5-:-23. n"' .
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street_, . purthrouglJ. the office of · Frank J. Hallora · chased a short tlrne' a
:by Mr. Harvey
·The .ta:x. "\l"alue is $_85,000~ of which .$73,00ff 'Of HOldsforth & Fal"ringtl3b. Seve:ral floors
1~1 ,o~~ :the- lot 'o'f landf contal~ing :~21 ·.te:et._ j,. i_~" _!tie_ p:toposed Yle:o/ b~lldtng :i1.ave al1:ea:dy
Mr., Harvey wi11 ra~e the old structure and been leased to large tn:suranee interests.
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Eight Hundred Roo~s in the Longwood District
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-tRANGE. MEN'I"S hp.. ve been completed
for the construction of a ten-story
Hpartment hotel, to be known as The
Cha~t1am. in the Longwood disirict or
BrookHne. facing on Chap~! street
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n'lore t'1~1an four acres.
Pa1li'.er-, Thomas & Rice are the architects
'1f th? hotel. which ·will have nearly 800
roo·rns
The ba1iroom will be in a semi~
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handled t'he tra:rtSfer of the real estate , op.
beha.lf of the purchasers. and Watson q.
Cutte-:"' & Sons represent!,:'d th0 gra;itors.
The _4..merican Bond & Mortgage Co. ~t
Chicago and Nevt York has ur.i.derwritten a
$2~700.000 first n1ortgage sedal bond i.ssue;
:-ost of the land, building an.j equipment i,t detache,d building at the 12ft facing th.-~
to be: secured by the land and buil<.:fiiig .. · .·I
~sum:1.iecl at nearly $;') 000,00U.
Tlie site! front cf the hotel.. ,,,.., The building contract
On the grounds there also \Vill be a one-,{
s bounded by Longwood avenu2: and Cha ..::el 111as be~n let to the Longacre Construction story garag'e large enough to aooo_ ' · ~d Colchester pt.reets, wlth the Sears Company 9-f Ne~ York=. Henderson & ;a.osa ;L5v automobiles;
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NEW FLATTERY BUILDING ON STUART STREET 1/V/LL BE READY FOR,OCCUPANCY ABOUT FEB. 1. THIS
HANDSOME STRUCTURE WILL CON.TAIN 14 STORES ON STUART STREET, 10 STORES ON THE .RAILROAD
SECTION AND 180 OFFICES. THE ANNEX WILL CONTAIN FOUR STORES ANO 12 OFFICES
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Another a.pot hi; the ~1,ty's real estate
developi:ne-rit _IS th6 n~ew· Fi.a1:,tery building on· St_'q~ ·,s,tVe~t bet-ween Dartmouth
~*:~-~~ ·_;~~~lh~h_; Et.venue,. ;now
hPT.b.cess·~,ot·"'-·cbns"triiOtiGll.·
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This,-'~
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Boston, .Is ot a structural steel 1'raine,
with brick and ornamental cast stone
trimmings, and ls.~being ·, sponsored "by
1\1:. D. Flattery,
llagfng di:i"e.ctor o'f
the Loew.> Theatr·• ~ of ;-~ostt?D, · whose
holly ce·n of, tl,o
p.erts, .ls one ~f th~ biggest real ~ a t e
developments of recent years.
The new Flattery buildll_l.U will oori-.
t~in 14 !;!,tores on Stuart street, 1-0 -..01;f
th~ ,rallr~. s~ct19n · ~d· 18~· ·6ff1
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A TH,1;;:ATRE T@ SEAT 42
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LOCAL SYNDICAT~N- T,f:j,)c SITE. SUR"~)UNolNG THE
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THE
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has leased the four-story and bas~
uilding at 169-17;( Pur~ha~. atreeU
headquarters tor its ~astern s~les;
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The building is heing remod...;_·i
all . the departments involved in l
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.. ·'~~\ng ·converse rubber footwear an~-\
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and cen. cyn.verse . tires, in New Englandhere a'fter \
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York, will be ho1:1sed
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tbS.s been located at' 2~ Lincoln
~ill be discontinued, and all ma.t-',st.ock~ sales, shipping, etc., will be
Care of iil the neW' headqu~ers.
direction .of C. B. Pearson.
nly will thiS Boston branch greatly
ie dealings with local dealers. arid
··ho con:ie to Boston Periodically to
their business, but tl\e floor Space
uired permits the Converse RubOe· Company to ,carry adequate ~t
,.'.~µ}it inS.ke 'pr0:mpt shipments,_ as well as t
'.bOUs.e· the ne<:essary cleric~l :fore~ for betbe
', oftdtict of :their business ln the terr1.to
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Waldorf System Irie. A<id~
New Restaurantt~ Chairi'<
at 225 Tremont Street
ALL APPOINTMENTS
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Reaching .the century mark)in
'.l'Umber of restaurants it op.er_·
the Waldorf System, Inc., yesi;e
opened its new store at 225
street.
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The new restaurant ls a testiITI.On{a.~
to the rapid advances that have be.en:
made in the art of feeding pedi,Ie C{t,il.Ok~
lY, and' its a!).pointm~nts
reflect ...:.tlt~
-modern tendency to extreme care·,:·irij
the matter of· cleanliness combitied Wl:tbl
beauty arid convenience.
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The
construction
and
decorative!
scheme of the ne'\V Waldorf mak~s ':t-1~~.
\esta.u:t:'ants of .fqrmer days seem ..
away.
The trolli'· Is pastel tlnted "t.11~2
··A wainscot of mahogany, relieved ·h~r-~
alld there: by plate glass mirr9rs, runs
about half-Way to. th.e high ceiling~ The:
remainder of the wall is finished in'.
warm mottled tints brokel). by arttStiu'
b~"t:~ of color in the form of mural deco,1
rations
The furriiture i:ll in :parmon· i
with 1:,he room, being also of mahogan~J
~ and the clock, which is set into the wall\
ha'S: a n:.ahogany dial.
Behind the scenes, where the fopd 1S
prepared, the·. same care has been ex·eri'i
cised. Here~ there is no color~ not~in.il
but the da,.zzling white of : glazed· t~l~
and g11.stening nickel.
·Much· thOug'}ii
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:~~t:i~~~te:a:J:::d
· cleanliness.
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sen:ts. _the best ot all that is new (.;\
: rest3:.:~;t~_de:Sign .It is t~e :'7"0rk··of
W-ald"~ ·System's own:., '.arch1tec:t;., .T¢tjt
: ]4. G.,Q~~- No· detail has been, omittea;
ana.. re~a· complete from the snowy wh~te
of the patrons' washroom to 'the im~
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ventilation, .whiCl:
1e.av~s no trace_ of the odOrs o'f c~Okini'
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mind keenly ,
decided to ~
_fine qu~l:;.ty f
of the best d
not only the
also the gui'd
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Cession of • :fl
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In 1815' Th
nershi:p With
later the ·two
,goods busil1,
washillgto:ri
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Of Johnson.~&>··
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.N the site of the j~seph G. Minot havo thirteen ~ooms.~-_ith four bathroO:rn~· 1SC· p}a:p.ned that there will be no in~ide
properties at 41 Marlboro street and inpluding four servants' 'f-ooms.
On the rooms. There v.rill be fireplaces in all liv301 Berkeley street will be erected ground floor the tvvo apartments each have ing rooms and dining rooms.· and Ur.ere
a cooperative apartment house~ from plans six rooins and tvvo bathrooms
~dll be two elevators, one passenger and
i by Parker~ Thomas & Ri~e of Boston. It
'The design ·will be Italian, modified by one service
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Will·. be seven stories
high~
-with broad .Adam influence in' order
to
break
1;.he
The_ property will be owned and ,controlltag'es on both streets, arid will con..: ei~Dlicity. , The
entr~nce
on
Berkeley trolled solely by its tenants under a cotain eight suites, two of the _suites to oc- =:,treet wl!l be of carved stone v;.1ith wr6ugh~-1 operative plan . that Ii.as ],)rove?- s:,iccess-,
cupy the ground floor. It w1ll be kno\vn '.l.ron and glass doors
The entrance v~stz- ful and economical.
Each appl1cat1on for
as 301 . ~~rkeley street and is an enter- bule will. b'e in keepirig wit}?. the character O"\vnership is subject to the approval of
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pri_se of· Goggin & Ril?.ley, . Inc, ~f New of t.he b. uilding, ·with floo. r a_ud s~eps < f
those wh::"J are al.ready o ...vri.ers
The coYork w1;10 ha~·e ~een identified ~1th t~e ma:_'ble.
Glazed French doors will 1<:a.d op~rative O"\-V.nership idea has come to Bo$coOperat1ve ap~rtrnent _movel?ent 1n .that to_ l-he entra1_1.ce lobby? the wal~s of wh1~h
nder t:-:e auspices of Richard de B .
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nald · and .R: de B. Boa:c~n1an,. which 01:1-ce
,:.;e,rtch red br'i-ck.
Each a p a r t . m e ~
The suites thro1:1ghout the building are will conduct the enterprise until con1.plet1on
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First Boston• Building With '""Step ""
HE contract has been let for the new
building on Cornhill which is to serve
as an addition to the main building
of the Old Colony Trust Company.
The
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bank will occupy all the floors and basen1.ent and will connect its present building
·with the corresponding; floors in the new
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Arthur C. Whitney, who built the pres-
ent building in Court street, has been given.
the contract t'or the building in Cornhill.
and the cost is estimated at about $800,000
above the 1aifd':
One featur0 of the new building, planned
by Coolidge & Shattuck, will be a setb3.C"J{.
at the ninth :floor with additional stori-es
rising behind and back of the street line.
This is made necessary because Cornhill ls
a narrow street and the law does not permit
a greater height than two and one-half
times the ,vidth of the street, unless there is
a "step...
The building will be considerably high<,r
than adjoining buildings and thus will assume an almost tower-like appearance,
especially when viewed from the vicinit!"
of Dock square.
The design is largely determined by the
harmonious size and grouping of the ·win-
dow
openings,
which
indicate
uses of the various floors -
also
the
the ground
floor having strongly barred windows expressing the location of the saf-ety deposit
vaults, higher windows at the first floor denoting the main banking room, and the
\'\>indows above coming in the offices and
various departments.
The main cornice is unusual,
being
crowned with a balustrad,e which permits
the light to enter the windows of the oftset
stories behind.
The high parapet
above the main cornice encloses the tenth
floor.
The character ot the architecture will be
1nodern, inspired by classical and Renaissance precedents. The material will be light
brick and limestone.
On the first floor will be the offic~s.
the banking and bond departments and th-e
1nessengers• quarters, with the bond trad-e-rs
and bond department clerical force · in the
me-zzanine. The trust. transfer, real estate,
foreign, auditors', interest, bookkeepers ,
publicity, new business, commission an'.!
charge, library, statistical. mruiling and
stencil departments will occupy o·ther floors
and there will be a large assembly hall,
rest and luncheon rooms on the top :ftoor.
New vaults are to be built in the basement and they will be somewhat larger
than the present vaults.
This will make
available for rental to the public one of
the largest vaults in New England.
A
well-equipped first-aid room will be a feature of one of the upper floors.
(Coolidge & Shattuck, Architects)
Old Colony Trust Company's Addition in Cornhill. to Cost $800,000,
Will Have Setback at Ninth Floor
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North and South Stations
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- n1 am willing -to wager a considerable sum of riioney," said a '
prominent real estate man yesterday, "thal within 15 years a'
striking change will take place in the railroad terminal system of
Boston. This will undoubtedly have a profound 'influe.!)-ce upon
real estate development of the city.
"Without any question, there have been for years deep.,.laid
plans for a new terminal station on the land bounded by Hunting ...
ton avenue, E:iceter street and Boylston street. All the development that has taken place in the Park square distl"ict has p,ointed
' directly toward this end. Certainly, the widening of Stuart
street and the putting ,through of the Clarendon stt"eet bridge, and
other impl"ovements, are dit"ected toward that end. ·
, ••Mayor Fitzget"ald was in ,favor of placing a terminal station
here; Mayor Peters indorsed -that plan; and Mayor Curley is also
in_ favor. Th~ big real estate interests of the city have been quietly pushing this idea for several years.
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"It would mean the abandonment of the South Station and
the North Station, and the routing of traffic through from New
:York and the West to northern New England without a change
of cars.
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son the proponents have made but slow progt"ess, Still, powerful i
' factors are at work to bring this about, and there is no question
- in my mind but wh,at they will-succeed in the en«r.
••1 t would mean, of course, the taking down of the Hotel
~enox and the Mechanics Building, and ·the clearing qut of property in back of the Mechanks Building Pt"act:ically up to Massa-'
chusett~ avenue. It would mean the beginning: of !l new 'business
centre for Boston. Naturally, the real estate people are strongly
in. favor, because it would mean a great boo.ii it:1 the real eltate
bus~ess. It would cause. great 'change in t~~o;Si,~1aracter gf -~e I
section near the old terminals, and· a great ~h1ft. pfi&bu~.,''s:>:"':t;,
It w-ill be inter~~J'litll"to_ s.ee P,o~ ~f tbu:.n"~~ict~i>n is veri~~)
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Back Bay Apartment· House Boyght by,, Herbert G. Summers
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erty consists <!tf a severi-sio.·y brick apartment
building,
containing
seventy-five
.suites, and 19,603 feet of land.
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of Beacon and Mar.lb6ro
streets and has always bee'n owned by the grantur,
Charlesgate East, -to Herbert G. Summers of H. P. fi:ayden. tru:::;tee, of New York.. The.
.B<?~ton. m~nag~r of the hotel.
Papers in hotel has an a-ssessed v8.Iuation of $520,tiie, s.ile have gone. to record. The prep-~ 000, -o'.:' which $180,500 is ~n the lot of i3.nd.
ihe ~ote :~pO~t.ant ~-~.:~ -~y
transfers of the year is the sal"e of
i.h~ .Uot.ei' Cha~lesgit1:e, a"t th~ :'j~~ction
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Webster & Co.
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ln tr..., transaction the brokers were
~ . Sav3.ge, Inc.~ representing the grantors,·,~
and A. Dudley Dowd, representing the./"
grantee.
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Mr~ Summers, who has been the· owllei:-•s t
agent for fifteen years, ·purposes to conduct/
the hotel ln the samo high-class m,nneit , ·
as in the past.