The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

January 31, 1911

Publication:

The Springfield Daily Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Tuesday, January 31, 1911

Page:

12

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THE SPPTKCftvjp DAILY REPUBLICAN TUESDAY JANUARY 31 1911 CHICOPEE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WESTIELD ROUTE OR HAMPDEN RAILROAD HOLYOKE POLICE ALDERMEN TO GRANT RANCHISE Clark of whom WEST SPRINGIELD WATER BOARD ISSUES NEW RULES lH Snll being LUDLOW PALMER A SOCTlfWICK BRIMIELD WILBRAHAM the Pease night foreman at CENTER Illg Hampden News Conltlnned on Page 181 SPECIAL NOTICES 55 MONSON the acad the time he to take past extra viola on a they they they will friends the tile his recent sickness to get out of doors to be all I for dis pro sec the After wedding break home the cmrplo left they will spend the return will reside at Tho mnrnincr nt 1030 and the 2 clock cordially invited to at The topics for discus as held in the mayor's afternoon between the Augustus Daily has been visiting friends in town Miss Emily White is slowly re covering after spending several weeks In the Springfield hospital where she went to have her tonsils removed The funeral of Mrs Caroline Hubbard BEST I CLEANSERS and DYERS INE RENCH DRY CLEANSING A 1 SPECIALTY' I The principal event will be Kassa ot bpringheia and of Holyoke The prelim will be between Thomas Leon Patterson members Bugbee and Mr and Mrs Burt of East Longmeadow have been re cent guests of Mr and Mrs Bliss Mrs AV Hardy of North Maple street who has been ill for a few days went to the Springfield hospital for treatment Thursday An adjourned church meeting will be held at the chapel of the Hirst Congrega tional church Thursday evening The Study club will meet with Mrs Clark Thursday afternoon rank Rainger has left with his com pany after spending a few days at his home in South Park terrace while was being played in Springfield Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Rainger en tertained a small dinner party at their home on Benedict terrace The musical director and his wife Air and Mrs DeWit Coolman and the manager of the company Col A Braden were present On ri day afternoon Mrs Rainger gave' a pretty luncheon for Miss Bessie McCoy the leading lady and some of her assistants The decorations for the parties were daffo dils and white hyacinths City orester William Gale who has examined the moth nest found on the Bowles farm which it was feared might be a brown tail moth has sent word to Mrs Bowles that it was found to be the nest of a samiavoe luna moth Long meadow can breathe easier a while longer Roscoe Chase of North Adams visited his aunt Mrs Bowles and sister Miss Laura Chase Saturday Mr Chase came down to attend the Boston banquet held at the Hotel Worthy Satur day night He is a graduate The meeting in the irst church chapel Sunday evening was of much interest Mrs itomer Hulbert giving an address on Korea and the present conditions A large map was used to better illustrate her subject Mrs Nathan Coe entertained Miss Eliza beth Maynard of Mount Holyoke college over Sunday MONTGOMERY James Bryan will to day complete a quarter of a century term in business in his present location at 1 he corner of Elm and Church streets Only a few men are still in business on Elm street who were merchants 25 years ago and Mr Bryan must therefore be reckoned as one of the veteran business men of the town This hardware store was formerly con ducted by the late Norton and '25 years ago to morrow the business was taken over by Mr Bryan and James Gladwin under the name of Bryan Gladwin This partnership was dissolved four years later and Mr Bryan conducted the business under his own name until 1904 when the business was incorporated under the name of the II Bryan com pany several of the men who had been in the store for some years becoming stockholders in the company Mr Bryan has remained active in the management of the business however and is president of the company Horton Packard Badly Burned Horton Packard Sustained severe and painful burns yesterday while walking in the yards at the Pope bicycle factory It seems that a steam pipe passing under the ground sprang aleak and the escaping steam and hot water softened the earth Mr Packard stepped into the soft and scalding hot 'mass of earth and water ami one leg was badly burned nearly to the knee He was given treatment ns soon as possible Many blisters were raised and it will be some time before Mr Packard fully recovers from the unfortunate acci dent A turkey supper will be served in Second Congregational church parlors morrow evening at 630 The fair will be unusually elaborate and following waiters have been gaged tor tne evening: i it DEPARTMENT REPORT in Number of System and Oilier Ilecom Tlu Philomatirean society of emy will meet this afternoon in the chapel to elect their officers for the spring term President Leahy has posted the notice for the meeting pf the Linophiliah society to be held in the chapel riday evening ebruary The Young Men's Chris tian association will meet this evening in Cushman hall The meeting will be led byProf II Dewing The midyear examinations will begin to morrow and continue through the week On account of the examinations the young men of Morris and Cushman halls will have to report each evening at 7 Thomas Atherton of Providence I is the latest out of town young man to enrol at 1 1 i gine hduse but as the on he ice has HAMPDEN COUNTY nnf vnf 1 vlirx 1 rtSSl IK Local Notices A word to the wise Is sufficient so be on hand at 8 to morrow morning at the Larubson furniture company's store Their annual carpet and rug sale' starts nt that time The sale of mattings will take place the first thing A series of revival and evangelistic serv ices will be opened this evening in the Advent Christian church on School 'street and they will continue until ebruary 12 The meetings will be held every night with' the of Saturday nights The evangelistic work will be in charge of Rev Charles AAr Shattuck of Somerville and he will be assisted by Rev Albert Johnson pastor of the local church The young people will assist in the special singing The Westfield board of health has ob tained the loan of a big frame containing from ri Boston society for the prevention of tuberculosis These pic tures show how people should live in or der to prevent the disease jThe pictures will be on exhibition in the different school buildings' so that the children may gain some knowledge of how best to cere themselves Literature will also be trihuted The ambulance was summoned to Main street plant of the II Smith com pany yesterday afternoon in a great rush and those who saw it going through the streets were of the opinion that someone had been badly hurt Investigation showed that a workman had fallen as theresult son bort fred said the lamination for the evening will be largely furnished by the flashing of their diamonds The school committee expects to open the George Taylor school for the re ception of classes this week the first class probably being started to day They are' not fully certain as yet the other classes will be opened hut it will un doubtedly be within a day or two Miss Marguerite Mosman of' Chapin street left yesterday for Newbern accompanied by 'Miss Marion Bryant of Boston formerly of Chicopee They will spend several weeks in the South John Mahoney of Taylor street and James Murph? of Springfield street dele gates to the convention in Provi dence It 1 left Sunday evening The Springfield Pomona grange will meet with the Chicopee grange in the Uni tarian cnureii to niurrow session will begin afternoon session will open at the public beiii' tend the latter sion at the afternoon session will be as follows: church and the educated and observ ing Music will be furnished for the meeting by the local grange John Moriarty of fhe alls wits' re elected president of the New England as sociation of Eagles yesteroav at tiie 'as sociation convention in Providence I and A DeGrny was re elected to liis fourth term' as treasurer 'at the same meeting The high wind of last evening blew down large limbs from two trees in the city tying up traffic to some extent? The first break occurred on Chicopee street where a limb fell across the car tracks and played havoc with the car schedules while the second fell on Springfield street damaging the electric wires a bit anil causing considerable trouble before it could be removed Ilans Geptiche librarian for the New York symphony orchestra is the guest of Thomas Riley of Belcher street of a fit He wastaken to Noble hospital for treatment The annual dance under the auspices of the telephone operators will be liel this evening in Columbia hall with music by the Westfield orchestral club The orches tra will give a concert from 8 to 830 and there will be dancing from 830 to mid night A special meeting of Evening Star Roy al Arch Chapter of Masons will be held at 730 this evening in Masonic templeto confer the royal arch degree upon sev eral candidates A collation will follow the degree work I Candlemas day will be observed Thurs day in St church with a special service at 730 a St Blase will be recognized riday with services at 730 a in and 730 Dr James Mcljauchlin continues to improve rapidly from and hopes to be able again in a few days The members of the Congregational church guild of the Second will meet at 3 in to uay with Mrs A Moore or street Two meadow larks were seen and heard giving their familiar calls on South Maple street yesterday morning Eduin ami Roland Jackson visited on Saturday their uncle Bryant' Jackson in Granby Ct Miss Blanche Nichols spent Sunday with friends in Springfield Mr a Mrs Cyril Hollister arrived at Los Angeles Cal on the 20th The Baptist society held a very social riday evening Ninety eight wort present notwithstanding the unfavor able weather After supper there was intl si and literary exercises the children The' wt recent guests at the Southwick hotel James Byron of Had ley I Moyer andH Benjamin of Ill: Towne of Boston ami Peter Warren of Springfield I Murphy of Westfield' lias moved his family into the Hitchco*ck 'house on Pleasant The young daughter of Eduard Holcomb' is seriously ill with in digestion oster delivered a lecture Sun day afternoon at the town hall on the sub ject future home and what we may know about George A Lancaster has resumed bis duties as station agent Laving been con fined to his house several days from a fall on the ice The ice company suspended operations on Saturday Sunday and Monday on account of the poor condition of the ice red Warner delivered' his tobacco riday to John McHtiglrof Hatfield of I blmiini" sJMHster of Chester spent Tsiiiiday with bis father? Hollister: Miss Adelaide Warner' teaching in Greenfield is ill with pneu monia in the Greenfield hospital At the 'Methodist church riday even ing at 7 in nhn of the ifsual social the past or Rev Mr Grose will deliver a lec ture on the subject "Will the Anglo Sax on rave rule the world?" or became of tiie 1n lost tribes of An ad ditional attraction ivili bo the new cushions with which tho pews have been lately fur Minlmum Unmetered Rate Care of Hydrants Defined "The water department has just issued a new set of rules and regulations to gov ern the use of the town water which will have a marked effect upon the future con sumption of the supply especially in the unmetered houses The new rules are is sued in pamphlet form and will be placed in the hands of every property owner in ther town so that no question of ignor ance of the water laws which has been an old cry witn consumers in tne can be made to the board in case an penalty charge is made for any tipn The rules are not altogether new for the most part from the old rules but there are several Important changes which will have a sweeping ef fect upon the unmetered houses The change which will have the greatest ef fect upon the consumers will be the new ruling pertaining to the set rate where vacancies occur According to the old ruling a property owner could by notify ing the department when a vacancy oc curred in a tenement secure a rebate from the regular charges but in the future the full amount will have to be paid regardless of whether water is used or not By this ruling hereafter the min imum amount that will be accepted for water used in a single house will be $2 for a period of three months with $1 added for each family in a tenement or apartment house There are now about 300 unmetered houses in the town and all of these will be affected by the change This is espe cially important since the greatest waste in the past came from these houses The water commissioners have for some time felt that every consumer in the town should be placed on an equal basis and have from time to time recommended all tenements to be metered The step which they have taken in revising this rule re? lating to a minimum permanent charge will doubtless result in a rush for meters especially by landlords who rent tene ments Another important change which was recommended some time ago relates to the care of fire hydrants ormerly this was a much debated question between the wa ter commissioners and the board of fire engineers both disclaiming the responsi bility of maintaining the hydrant service The" result oL this continued controversy became apparent especially when the hydrants were most needed The new rule leaves no question of doubt as to who shall have charge and test the hydrants in the future by stating that "no fireman or other person except for the legitimate pur pose of extinguishing fires or the superin tendent of sewers under the direction of the board of water commissioners shall open any fire hydrant or stopco*ck connect ed with the fire service without the don sent of the superintendent of Mrs CharlesM Arnold is visiting her father Stephen Puffer in North Amherst Mrs Miller spent' riilav and Sat urday with her dnjightcr Mrs "Wil cox in Hartford Ct James Malone who has been in ill health through the winter is sick with rheumatism and grip Charles Buxton of New Britain Ct spent Sunday with Nelsen Miss Emma Nelson returned yesterrlny to Now Britain Ct Mr ami Mrs I' Hills started on Sat urday On their annual trip to lorida They will stop a few days at Mrs Miss lorida Couture of 52 Sargeant street and Oakley Dufresne of 1 Sn rgean street were married yesterday morning at tiie Precious Blood church Rev Guil lofte performing the ceremony which was followed by a nuptial mass The gown was a white lace over silk and she curried bride roses fast at I ho for Hawley where week and on their 12 Sargeant street Conference With A conference office vesterdav mayor Marshal Lynch and Manager Me llonald of the opera house over the crowd jng which is taking place in the entrance to the The matter was thorough ly discussed and the manager agreed to try the ront street entrance to the opera house the house being emptied through the Dwight street entrance as at present TO DAY AND TO NIGHT by the Empire stock company The sale of tickets is brisk for the whist party to be held in the Windsor hall to morrow afternoon Cor the benefit of the of Mrs Jin and she took the baby home and the father promised to call by riday ive days passed and the father failed to ap lear so Jin decided to confer with the police When the man left the child he gave the name Burns The baby is about four months old It was decided to place the little fellow in charge of Citj Almoner James Cunningham The police ran down several clews and found that a man registering ns Burns a woman and a haby had stopped at Lafayette hotel Tuesday and had left next day High School Notes Thfe proposed class rush which was have been held to morrow afternoon tween the senior and junior classes is off Principal Conant hearing of the com ing rush spoke on the subject yesterday morning in the auditorium before the" whole school He said that if there should be a rush now after he had forbidden it all those taking part in the rush would be expelled from school He said that be thought the high school was no place to practice the bad features of college life The idea of having a class rush started nt the interelass track meet which was held in the Young Christian associ ation gymnasium when the seniors tried to capture the banner which the juniors had hanging on the mil ing The Juniors then challenged the seniors for the class rush The January number of the Herald will be out to day It will contain the prize stories of the test which was held some time' ngoJ A rehearsal of the Phi Alpha play was held yesterday in the auditorium Exhibition Day at To dny will be exhibition day at trie Young Christian association and the new Maple street club house wi)l be open in the afternoon and evening to allow the public a chance tn see the new quar ters Th the afternoon there will be cooking class demonstration and class work in the gymnasium by the Thursday afternoon junior class which will be fol lowed by a basketball game In the even ing the exhibition will open at 7'in and for Sin hour ushers will show the visitor Through the sewing and cooking depart ments At 830 there will be a public meeting in the gymnasium which will tie followed by class work After the gym nasium exhibition there will be an enter tainment by the dramatic club after which there will be a social arid dance Sherik Jin of 7 ranklin street called nt the city office yesterday morn ing and sought the advice tt the mar shal as to what he would do with a four months old baby which had been instrusted KJLzxwJl oove flint vvlllln IU ilia LU1V EMILIIA 3 inc clown Sarceant street AA rd esc! ay luut he and his wife were accosted by a stranger who told a pitiful story of liow liis wife was very ill and in the hospital and that he was left alone with the baby lie claimed that he had neither the means er the knowledge required to care for the child and asked them to take eare of the clnkl tor a rew nays hi hiiiuii 'would have secured so'me one care of it The plea won the sympathy A delegation from the St Jerome tem perance society waited on Mayor White yesterday iu the interests of Pat rick Lynch for superintendent of outdoor work the society indorsing Mr Lynch's tatididacy at their meeting Sunday even ing Another delegation from the High lauds is said to be preparing to visit the mayor and board of public works in the Interest of Mr Lynch The mayor remains noncommittal as to whether he will use his intluence with the board of public works rither for or against the appointment of Mr Winkler Brodenr ColtliiK AVcddinjr Miss Lucy Brodeur of 1i9 Bridge street and Emil Collins of 39S Main street wore married at the Precious Blood church yes terday morning Rev per forming the ceremony which was followed by a nuptial mass The bride wore a traveling soil of i hampagno colored broad cloth The fathers of the couple acted as witnesses After the church service a Wedding breakfast was served the hom*o of the bride and later the couple lett Irin to New York On their return ill reside at 398 Ma in where have their hom*o already furnished An enjoyable meeting of the whist club was held at Saturday even ing with an attendance of 25 The first prizes were won by Roy Hall ana Miss Helen Kelso and the consolation prizes went to Patrick Gallagher and Mias Au gusta Williams The next regular meet ing of the club will be held riday even ing at the home of Mr and Mrs David Hall on Pitcher street' Mrs Laurens Clark is visiting at the home of her son Clark In Spring B' Burgess of Barkhamstea Ct has been spending a few days with friends in town Mr and Mrs Herrick spent Sun day with friends in Lee A Williams has been spending a few days with friends in Springfield and Westfield Word has been received in Brimfield from Mr and Mrs Melven Booth who went to Georgia in November that they are now spending some months in Au burn la where they went'ahout the first of January Miss Julia Brown of Springfield for merly of Brimfield spent Sunday at the home of George Hitchco*ck Charles Streeter a sophom*ore in Mas sachusetts agricultural college spent Sun day at his home in Brimfield Miss Jennie Sumner is at the home of her cousin Mrs Ellen Coy for a time Boy Dies rom Septic Meningitis Edward Borat 15' son of William Brai of Thorndike died Sunday evening Thebny complained riday evening of an earache but as it was not considered a serious matter nothing "was done about it Saturday he complained severe pains in his ear and head Sunday morning the' pain was so severe that physician was sent for ami on his arrival found the lad in a semiconscious state a nd was unable to fully diagnose the case The boy con tinued in this condition until his death in the evening The hoy was viewed by Medical Examiner 1 I Schneider and an autopsy was performed yesterday Death was found to have been caused by septic meningitis Mrs Harriet Powell 92 bo diet! at the home of her daughter Mrs Alice Newcomb at Ware Sunday evenirig was on old time resident of Three Rivers She was the widow of Ogilvie Powell who died about 20 years ago uneral serv ices will be held at Ware to morrow aft ernoon and burial "ill be in the old Throe Rivers cemetery The Palmer club will meet with Mis Wing riday afternoon at 3 instead of with Mrs Brewer as has been stated elsewhere The subject will bo "Current 'nfernoon tea will be served The mooting will be in charge of Mrs Tabor and Mrs Brewer The trolly league games for this ufeek are: This evening on alleys rite Hal yards and Independents "fillay evening at the same place Thorndike will bowl dho either Wednesday or riday evening Three Rivers will bow) the local team at Ware The alarm from the whistle at the wire mill nt 63U Sunday morning was for a sliirht blaze near orie of the boilers It was extinguished by the department at the mill although the fire department 'noro at the engine house ready to resxnd if needed Mrs Marcy been visit ing her niece Mr William Breckenridge at Mount Vernon 'for several weeks arrived home yesterday George A Autbior who has been ill for some months with paralysis is nfnv con fined to his bed BATtED OR BAEY Who home for aged people's asAicfa'tion and preparations for a have been made Both bridge nd straight whist "ill be played and there will be suitable prizea for the winners Refreshments will be served during the afternoon the com mittee in charge being Mrs rank II Metcalf Mrs Russell Magna and Mrs Jo seph Magna Those in harge of the whist tables will be Mrs Jmbl Mrs J' White Mrs Dwight ami Miss Annie Sinclair If present plans are carried out Dwight street from High beyond Maple will be lighted in a similar xvay to Dwight street from Race to Main It is understood that the stores in the Phoenix bui'Iding will in stal the same Jights as are used on lower Dwight: street and Wnkelin wijl also instal several on the Dwight street side of their store and similar lights will be placed nn th opposite side of the which give Dwight street a still stronger claim to be the best lighted street in the business sec tion of Holyoke Arcade Legault was arraigned for break? ing and entering in police court yesterday morning and was hound over in $500 bonds for the superior court The police claim that Legault got into saloon the night of the ball arid helped himself to cigars and liquors Kelly for the larceny of a sum of money was committed to the state reform school Paul was fined $5 for ati assault Three were fined $6 each one was fined $11 and one was probated The home for aged society met yesterdav afternoon ami revised their by laws adding Kt to the board of managers making the board consist of 30 persons Six nsw members were received nnl 11 ailftlirtitions frtr riicmbership were received The board of ma nagers will meet at the home of Mrs Ball ebruary 7 for organization The protective association has changed its office from the Smith building to the Realty and Trust building The an imal meeting of the association will be held in the republican club rooms this evening The Holyoke Young Christian as sociation basketball team will play the Northampton Young Christian asso ciaTtoh af Tocal Saturday night II Plummer manager at the Hall Lyon drug store has resigned and II II McKenzie of L'owell has been appointed to the vacancy for the ie The Holyoke lodge of Elks will observe night" to morrow evening at 830 with a musical and literal program and refreshments will bo served Three cases of scarlet fever wore re ported to the hoard of health yesterday Wt swaps TWO WINDY DAYS Signa Bloxvn Down Blown in and a Top Carriage Tipped Over A near approach to a hurricane has been hanging around Holyoke for the past few days and done considerable damage The wind began to get in its work Saturday when it tumbled down a large sign over the doors of the Roland Oakes store on Appleton street the sign narrowly missing several people who were passing at 1 the time Later in the evening the wind pushed in a large plate glass windo" tn the Greanev Bros saloon on Lyman street Sunday the wind seemed to take a dav off arid gathered its strength for yester day The music started along toward noon "hen two large plate glass windows in the grocery store of olfenden on lower High street were blown in The trash of the glass drew a large crowd but aside from the broken windows no damage was done A part of the roof at the corner of High and Hampden streets was blown off and several chimneys tipped over later in the day the wind occupying itself be tween times in blowing the gravel oft the High street roofs About 0 a top car riage which had been left standing on Race street was blown over and the horse to which it was attached became badly frightened and dragged it about halt the length of the stceet before ho could lie stopped Late hist evening the wind had subsided to some extent but it is feared will start in again to day Miss Anna Riley of 21)4 Maple street and William King wore mariod at St chapel yesterday morning Rev Joseph McKeon performing the eereniotiy which was followed by a nuptial mass The bride wore a gown of white silk trimmed with Inco with bat to match The attendants were Miss Carrie Kenfield and rank rolatnme After the church service a wedding breakfast was served nt the home of Mrs Lydia Emmomls where the couple will reside for the pres ent the academy He will report for studies to morrow The glee club heldian enthu siastic meeting iu the chapel last night 65 of the members attending Henry lynt is unable to attend the academy owing to illness Leon Dunbar who has been confined at Cushman hall for the past two weeks illness has returned to his studies Miss Hazel Munsell and Miss Esther' Biekeel who have been vis iting Miss Mansell's parents Mr and Mrs Kelly Munsell have returned to their studies at Mount Holyoke college Mr Crunkshaw who has been visiting his son at Cushman hall has returned to his home in Providence I The tickets for the Tufts college glee and mandolin entertainment which will be given in Memorial ball evening under I the auspices of the academy athletic as I socintiou will go on sale at newsroom at noon to day I The athletic association have arranged for a wrestling exhibition to take place this evening in the Memorial i town na between Arthur Hebert inary match Cantwell and of the club The Sunday school teachers of the Con gregational church and all that are in terested have been invited to attend an illustrated lecture in the Congregational church in Sunday evening The lecture will be delivered By Prof Paton the Hartford seminary His topic will be before the Arthur Noyes' will discontinue his duties with the AV lynt general store to day to accept the position of superin tendent of the waterworks Har old Shaw of Amherst college Is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs A Potter is confined to his home on North Main street by illness The program for the meeting of the Century club which will be held Thurs day afternoon with Mrs Ricketts on Main street is as follows: of by Mrs rank Homer and paigns of and by Mrs Capen Joseph White who went to Canada six months ago has returned with his family He is moving his household goods into the Thomas house on Bridge street Baptist missionar? meet ing will be held with Mrs C3 on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock A larg attendance is The Congrega tional ladies' aid society will meet in the church parlors on Thursday afternoon at 2 A picnic supper will be served rind all the women of the church and con gregation are cordially invited William Thompson a student in the Hartford theological seminary preached in the Congregational church on Sunday morning on taking for his text: this mind be in you which was also in Christ Orton Cushman is seriously ill with pneu monia at his home on Suffield street not yet been determined "tne total loss is unknown Part of it however will be covered by insurance OICERS DISCOVER A Occupants of Room Would Have Had Difficulty in Escaping? Had Dis covery Not Been Quickly Made ly Police A fire tragedy was undoubtedly narrow ly averted late Sunday night by the vigi lance of Officers Noonan and Wright who discovered a fire in a house at the corner of Exchange and West streets about 1130 o'clock in the evening The building is owned by A Szajdeki and is occupied by Joseph Gena and as the officers reached a poiqt opposite it they saw a blaze sud denly spring up in a room They pounded on the door of the house but were unable to rouse anybody and at last broke iu tj10 door and gained entrance to the room The room was full of smoke and a pile of clothing was blazing vigorously in the middle of it having evidently been kindled bv the explosion of a kerosene lamp while at one side ivas a bed occupied by a wom an and three small children alt were asleep The officers open a pitched the burning clothing and into the street and stamped out rnm 1 1 I ri fha nnnv I hPV tf The Chicopee board of aidermen tn session of record brevity last evening unanimously accepted the report of ie committee of five on the Hampden rail road matter ami instructed the committee to prepare with the advice and assistance of the city solicitor a formal right of location over route 3 to be presented to lie board at its next meeting Monday T'ebruarv 6 The meeting was called for the special purpose of considering the re port of the committee and although it was decidedly late in starting min utes elaised from the time of the ro 1 i call to the minute when the motion to ad journ was iit to the chair The report of the committee was read by City Clerk Buckley and on its being unanimously accepted was followed by a set of resolutions in which it was stated that in the opinion of the board ot aldermen a location should be granted the Hampden railroad substantially as recom mended by the committee The order ati thorizing the committee to draw up he formal right of location immediately fol lowed the resolutions and passed without the introduction of a bit of discussion and without a single dissenting voice being raised The matter now rests with the final decision of the board at its next meeting and there seems every reason to suppose that route 3 will be the event ual location granted the road The route known as 3 is described on flic location map as follows: Beginning on the present location of the Chicopee alls branch of the Boston and Maine railroad about 125 feet easterly from Grape street in Chicopee Center thence by a bridge diagonally across the Ames sword company pond to the north side of the river thence easterly northeasterly and easterly to a point in Grattan street opposite the larger house owned by Leo Blanchard crossing about 21 feet under this street thence crossing Montgomery street at a point nearly opposite the lower edge of the parochial school playground at about 37 feet below grade thence to the property of the bleachery crossing about 30 feet south of their dam almost at the level of the water thence crossing Sheridan street about 12 feet above pres ent gfiide and continuing on easterly pass ing by the rear of the Roman Catholic cemetery to a point just north of the pumping station thence easterly to the Chicopee Ijne The following conditions were append ed to the report of the irst That the city at its discretion cither during construction or on completion of the Hampden railroad shall petition the courts for a change of grades at Chicopee Center on ail that portion of the Chicopee alls branch of the Boston ami Maine railroad on which the Hampden railway trains shall run and that the Hampden railroad on its part shall agree to reimburse the city for the share of expense incident to such changes of grade Second That in the construction of a bridge across the Chicopee river just above Grape street the Hampden railroad shall make pro vision nnd maintain for the use an passageway for foot passengers across the river Third That the Hampden railroad shall agree in passing under Montgomery street to construct an arch or cover at least 200 feet back from the sidewalk on either side of the street ourth That there shall be secured to the bleaeiierv such water rights and connections under the track between their factories and pond as mav desirable ifth That the railroad shall make accept able provision for all water mains and sewers which lit disturbs s' Sixth iThat a station and freight yard shall be placed somewhere in Chicopee alls and that a definite location be determined by mutual agreement with our city authorities In closing this recommendation the com ini tee urged that the board of aldermen consider the interests of the city at large in making sueh grant as recommended leaving the little details of arrangement through each special piece of property tothe general provisions of statute law or to such specific modifications as the city solicitor deems advisable ICEHOUSE IRE ATERMATH System by Which Horses of Other Apparatus Are Sent Back After Steamer if it is Needed Chief Dil Not Call for field Assistance The aftermath of the fire Sunday even ing has brought to light one or two inter esting facts besides strongly emphasizingthe deplorable conditions under tvhicli the fire department is forced to work It is said that the fire department has been blamed for not responding immediately to the alarm with the steamer instead of go ing first with the hose wagon and ladder truck and sending for the steamer after ward As a matter of fact however this is the only method by which the depart ment can answer a tiro alarm under exist ing conditions or strange as it may seem there are no horses at the engine house for the purpose of hauling the engine to a tire Consequently the method necessarily employed is for the hose carriage and ladder truck to respond to an alarm and When necessary to then send the ladder truck horses back to the fire station for the steamer This method was of course employed Sundav evening and as a result much time was lost not through the fault of the firemen but through the lack of proper facilities Criticism has also been made concern ing the lack of water pressure but this lack according to the fire department ap pears to have been the result more of a series of unfortunate conditions than any thing else In the first place the nearest hydrant was at a considerable distance from the scene of the fire and the amountof hose which it was found necessary to Jay greatly lessened the force of the pres sure Then too the icehouses were sit uated on land which was much higher than tiie hydrant which location of ('purse lessened the pressure still more final ly the fact that two linos of hose were laid accounts still further for the deple tion of the pressure Added to everything when the fire was all over the firemen dis covered that there was a special emer gency pipe line laid near the buildings bailing been placed there for just such a need us experienced and which was suftie'ienfly large to have greatlv aided in the tight As the pipe was a private onehowever the firemen did not know of its existence and those "ho did either forgot about it or were too excited to toll the men ofit The firemen also have a complaint to make about the occurrences of the ei oil ing They claim that everybody in the vicinity at the time butted in and inter fered with them and that the town was there trying to he It seems that many spectators interfered with the firemen and greatly hindered them at tempting to give suggestions and instruc tions so much so at times it was only with the greatest difficulty that the regular firemen were able to attend to their duties This statement would seem to be substantiated by the fact that some body sent for assistance from Springfieldwithout any authority whatever to do so Chief Pomphret emphatically denied yes terday that he had sent for the engine which' arrived from Springfield and said that he knew nothing about the summons until after the engine had arrived Tak ing everything into consideration it seems to be the general opinion that the firemen did all in their power to put out the fire and that with the high wind against them they did exceptionally in stopping it as they did before it succeeded in de stroying the large barn The cause has now been definitely attributed to the en Roate he One ax iniiiee Instructed to Draw Ui Try us with a pair of gloves 1 ELMWOOD DYE WORKS 'Phone and we "Ill call for amt deliver 417 MAIN ST SPRINGIELD 527 DWIGHT ST HOLYOKE 145 MAIN ST NORTHAMPTON window the lamp what fire remained on the floor They then awak ened the occupants of the room and got them to the window where they were enabled to 'get some fresh wir and after short time they completely revived from the bad effects of the smoke which had partially overcome them Later the men notified Chief Pomphret of the occur rence Had it not been for the quick ac tion of the officers lioivever it is quite probable that the affair would have ended much more seriously BAPTIST CHURCH MEETING Matter of Legislative Petition for Right to Sell Property Discussed The prudential Committee of the Cen tral Baptist church met last evening to consider the matter of re presentation of their petition to the Legislature concern ing the possible sale of their church prop erty The members of the committee em phatically denied however that there anj immediate prospect of their sell ing the property or that they were at present considering any definite offer from any source whatever They did not re fuse to admit however that they would consider an offer for the property if it was of a reasonable nature and came from a desirable source The matter of the purchase of the church by the city for use as a police station was talked of informally by some of the aidermen last evening previous to their meeting It was the general opinion of the members who considered the matter that the city needs a new station and it also seemed to be the opinion that if the church could be procured at a reasonable price the city could do no better than to buy it for the purpose mentioned In fact two members of the board stated that they were in favor of the purchase provided the price was not set beyond the means while a third expressed himself as not being opposed to it The location of the church is ideal for a police sta tion and the tremendous need of the po lice department for better quarters has been so often emphasizd of late as to need no further discussion SUICIDE ROBERT COULTER Local Young Man Hills Himself in New Haven Boarding House Word was received in Chicopee yester day from the New Haven Ct police that Robert Coulter 28 the son of Robert Coulter of 29 Perkins street had com mitted suicide by shooting himself with a revolver in a New Haven boarding house The suicide was said by the New Haven police to have occurred last Thursday but as Coulter was thought to have come from Tlolyoke much time was lost in attempting to locate his friends in that city The Chicopee police immediately notified the father whoHstarted for New Haven last evening to claim the body Coulter left Chicopee last Tuesday after having been employed in the city for a while as an iron worker but did not say where he was going It seems that he immediately went to New Haven where he had lived and took lodgings in his former boarding house committing the deed in his room It is not known why he should have desired to end his life but it has evidently been his inten tion for some time as he made a similar attempt in Bridegport Ct last July Be sides his father he leaves a stepmother and tvo sisters Mrs James Mullen and Miss Maria Coulter' both of Chicopee An interested audience listened to Rev Mr Sullivan of Boston business agent of the Watchman Sunday evening at Beulah church when he gave his pictorial address miff Jibe aid society of the Beulah church will meet this after noon at 2 with Mrs Mary Morris This evening the officers and teachers of Beulah Bible school will meet for a conference On riday evening the ar and Near society will have as a speaker Miss Warner of Mount Holyoke college who will speak at the home of Rev and Mrs oster SOO Chicopee street The Bible school is planning for an in teresting lecture with stereopticon views of England by Rev Dr AV AV AA'eeks of Springfield The date will be decided soon tne to af the en Head tvaiter Irv ing II assistants IT Holt A erry AA'illiam Rawlinson 8 DeLaney Taylor Ernest Nichols I Lyon Allen rank AAarner red Patter Harry Burdick Howard Chapin Al Massey Oak Charles King Al Reed and Melville Rumrill It is that the waiters will be arrayed in fashion of the day and that the il Sidney Stevens to Lecture on Trip to India There will be an illustrated lecture in the Stevens memorial building under the aus pices of the athletic and recreation asso ciation riday evening ebruary 10 The lecture will be given by Sidney Stevens agent of the Ludlow manufacturing asso ciates assisted by Bowen of the Boston office of the associates who accom panied him on his recent trip to India The subject will be and a num ber of pictures illustrating life in India and several connected with the producing and manufacturing of jute and its prod ucts will be shown The lecture wnl be free but children 14 years of age must be accompanied by their parents The missionary society of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs Browning this afternoon at 3 o'clock The St Hilda society of St Andrew's church will meet with Miss Philpotts this evening LONGMEADOW Decreme Signal mendations The annual report of A lou ton chief of the police department shows that the officers had another busy year The arrests numbered 987 which was a decrease from the previous year and due largely to the arrests for drunkenness which fell off from 564 in 1909 to 445 in 1910 In 1909 the presence in AVcsttiehl of so many strangers who ivere on the Springfield water works contracts added materially to the total of arrests The chief makes a number pf important recommendations and suggestions for the betterment of the service I is shown that the number of serious crimes is steadily Increasing and the need of better equipment is forcibly brought out A po lice signal system for getting hold of the men at night is urged and the stationing of a man at the headquarters all' night is favored This would be necessary if the signal system was installed One proposed system would cost about $200 a year The finger print or Bertillon system of identification is suggested for adoption and the need of a safe for keeping records is pointed out The chief also calls at tention to the fact that the local and state health authorities have condemned the present lockup and the need of new police station and lockup is emphasized Property valued at $1452 was stolen but only about $90 worth is still missing the rest having been recovered Of the ar rests 950 were males and 37 females September was the busiest month with 140 arrests while ebruary was the light est with only 46 arrests The offenses for which arrests were made Were as Assault and battery 52 vagrancy 106 disturbing the peace 47 riding bicycles on sidewalk 13 violation town bylaws 7 as sault with a dangerous weapon 3 assault on an officer 6 assault with intent to kill 2 assault and robbery 3 Interfering with an officer 8 drunkenness 445 larceny 40 breaking and entering 5 nonsupport 4 bastardy 7 violation butter law 2 violation pure food law 1 violation lard law 2 in sane persons 13 carrying concealed weap ons 7 violation flsh and game laws 10 vio lation cigaret laws 3: violation of laws re lating to fireworks 2 violation of milk laws 1: obtaining goods tinder false pretenses 1: violation boating laws 2 violation rules of board of health attempt to commit adul tery 1: mesne process 2 itinerant vendor 1 vagabond 1 lewd person 2 violation heater laws 3: hunting without a license 1 cohabitation 2: fugitive from justice 7 run away state boys 7: evading car fares 16 track walking 9 freight riding 37 breaking glass 2: sureties to keep the peace 2 ped dling without a license 2: burglary 1 for tune tellingl running skating rink on Lord's day 1 profanity 8: disorderly house 6 liquor nuisance 5 illegal liquor" selling 2: abandoned child 1: delinquency 9 neglected child 4: keeping store open on day 3: disorderly conduct on street car 3 cruelty to animals" 5: defrauding liveryman 2: vio lation automobile laws 5: criminal trespass 2: disorderly conduct 1: admitting minors to pool room 1: overspeeding motorcycle 1: interfering with conductor 1 affray 8: es caped lunatics 4: making false statements to bank commissioner 7: defacing buildings 2 The following dispositions were made of the cases: Sentenced to house of correc tion 67 number fined 475: sentenced to Massachusetts reformatory 2 sentenced to Lvman school 5: discharged 41 pro bated 104: cases filed (including vagrants) 146: bound over to grand jury 14: com mitted to insane hospital 13 turned over to officers of other cities and towns IS continued 36: committed for nonpayment of fines 107 reformatory orison for wom en 4 state boys returned to agents 7 committed to state board of charities 5 released without arraignment 23 com? mitted to state farm 25: to indus trial school 1 House of Good Shepherd 1 Opera House Case in Court Samuel Goldstein of the opera house and Balfour manager of the Gladys Clark company were in court yes terday morning charged with allowing a boy under 14 years old in bpefft house last week "vithout accompanied by a person 21 years old or over Mr Goldstein pleaded not guilty and the complaint against him was dis missed for of prosecution Mr Bal four pleaded nolo contendere arid paid a fine of $15 It seems that a representa tive of the theatrical company "as taking tickets when the boy was admitted and Mr Goldstein was not held responsible for the acts of the man who took the tickets Morrissey appeared for Mr Gold stein and Moseley for Mr Balfour A Kneil appeared for the common wealth ive men charged with drunken ness were fined $6 apiece and three paid the fines One other could have paid the fine but rather than part with the $6 went to jail our ice cutters charged with vagrancy having applied for lodg ing pleaded guilt? and their complaints filed ffnnrter Century An MORE MERRICK ROOSTS RAIDED Poultrymen Believe That Additional Police Protection Should Be Given Them Chief of Police Henry Phelps has been fully convinced that and Mer rick raised poultry have some extremely pleasing unknown and unpossessed by other kind of their species There are many other people in the town who think that the chief is not far wrong in his opinion for despite the fact that chicken thieves have Only recently received heavy sentences in the Springfield police court for looting coops in various sections of the town this unquenchable desire for Mer rick raised fowls has not abated in the least No risks seem too great for these midnight marauders and jail sentences have no terror for them Merrick chicken coops well stocked with plump hens and co*ckerels are their goal and no power seems able to stop them from reaching it The latest victims of the looters to be re ported to the police were Raphael Bal boni of 22 Porter who lost five chickens Sunday night and his brother Chester Balboni of 27 avenue who reports a loss of 14 fowls on the same night Both contend that early Sunday evening they closed their coops and locked them securely and that no later than 8 o'clock the coops bad been broken open and the missing They spent the evening trying to secure some trace of the looters but after following up every im aginable clew were unable to find any sign of them The matter was reported to tiie police who are working on the case The frequency with which these thefts have occurred in the lower section of the town has greatly incensed the chicken raisers and many of them have threat ened to protect their property regardless of consequences a small police force they realize that it is impossible for the police to give them the necessary pro tection nnd it would not be surprising if they petitioned the selectmen for a spe cial oflieer for the Merrick section They contend that since a special officer is de tailed towatch the vegetable gardens along the Riverdale road during the summer months to prevent looting the same tection should be given to the lower tion and especially at this time of year Thnmns Ponse niriit foreman at Springfield street railroad barns who had been confined to his home for the past two months with a serious attack of pneumonia resumed his duties last night The American benefit society will hold a dance in the Mittineaguc school hall on the evening of ebruary 10 The Springfield orchestra will play and Sullivan will prompt Thomas Hisgen and family left yester day lor Albany A I wnere spend the week as the guests of i 1 i i 12 3 'J i i i.

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