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ADJOURNMENT TO BE ASKED
FOR THE RIVER-FRONT HEARING.
Mrllrn Correspondence Rend—Navi-
KattoniM* in Opposition.
The city council Monday night passed on
order providing authority for Mayor
Lathrop to request the state board of
railroad commissioners to grant an ad
journment of the river-front hearing to
be held before them Saturday in Boston.
The o/der provides further authority for ;
the may or to agree for the eitj upon any ।
future date for continuance of the hear- '
ing as the state board may sec tit to fix. j
This action was taken because it is evi- ;
dent that the city will not be able, on
account of lack of time, to appear at the |
hearing in a position to request such al- !
terations or modifications of the Parsons
plan as might be desirable from the city’s
standpoint. The order prssod reads as
follows: —
Ordered, if the .common council concur, that ‘
the mayor be requested to request of the rail- I
road commission Mn cttensiOn of time beyond ;
the eighth day of.'April. Wil. within which to ;
present their desires concerning the report of .
.said commission fwt&ining to the so-called J
river-front bill, and the mayor Is authorized to '
approve and assent to any future date which
may be fixed upon therefor by your commis
sion.
The city fathers received the communi
cation from President Mellen of the Now
Maven road which was sent to the mayor
in reply to his tequest that the plan
which Mr Mellon was understood to have
prepared be forwarded iu the city for
consideration. This reply stated that since
(he mayor had hot complied with certain
conditions which Mr Mellen claims to
have imposed, .the plan Was not sent.
These conditions or bases relate to loca
tion of the ifnion station, the level of the
Boston and Albany bridge, and the re
moval of the New Haven tracks. Mr
Mellon said, with those things left unde
termined. it would he impossible to make
a suggestion that would be satisfactory.
The report of the committee of the so
ciety for the advancement of navigation,
made by Allen Webster, chairman of the
committee, contains a general argument
against the development of the river front
as a park, the following. being a fairly
representative summary of it: “Most of
*is Will see more beauty in a string of
dingy old rna 1-laden barges tied up at the
foot of Elm street, saving u* a dollar a
ton. than in the most beautiful park the
ingenuity of man can devise lot a ted in the
same vicinity.”
Major Ask* Mr Mellen for a Plan.
Springfield, Match 27. 1911.
Charles S. Mellen. President, New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railrbad Com- 1
pany. New Haven. Ct.:—
Dear Sir: In conseqhci|de'<»f our recent
conversation, and my belief ftreceding that
conversation. I have the.opinion or con
jecture that you have for' yourself for
mulated a plan that would. If adopter!, in
your opinion, solvo the ailed river
front problem for the city and the sev
eral interested parties. I Ask you if you
will please indicate that to me, believing
that it may bo helpful to us. The city
has not us yet formulated a plan, but we
arc industrious in endeavor in that direc
tion. I have yours of the 24th instant.
Awaiting your reply and assuring yon of
my earnest desire to co-operate witu you.
and the railroad interests represented by
others, to secure an early and satisfactory
solution of our railroad problem. 1 am,’
Very truly yours.
Edward H. Lathrop. Mayor.
Mr Mellen Demands Fixing of Rhsc’i
FlrM.
At Nfw York City. March 31. 1911.
Hon Edward H. Lathrop. Mavor. Citv of
Springfield. Springfield. Mass.:—
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 27th in
slant is just before me: You will recall
-t our interview of Last week, 1 stated I
would be willing to present a plan of the
railroad facilities in Springfield for your
consideration on condition that three
ramgs should he specified as determined,—
ihat is..thyce bases established for such a
plan: These jure. as you will remember;—
hirst. Is ahe passenger station to he lo
• a ted as at present. or elsewhere, and if
elsewhere, where?
Second. Is tfep.Rostan and Albany bridge
:' n>HS the river to remain at its present
vei. or at some oilier level, and if at anv
olher;level, whaf that level m be?
I hird. Are the- tracks of the New Ha
ven road to remain on the cast side of the
river, or are they to be removed t • the
west side?
" ith any, one of those three things left
hiuonrutb it is impossible io make a sugges
tion that is going to appeal to anyone, oven
myself. I want those three things dotcr
mihed and the rest will naturally work it-
9’(L but with these three thing* left
in their present indefinite state the making
of any plan whatsoever would simply
mean the submission of something more to
bp torn to pieces, and the maker of the
skmo abused, and I am soliciting nothing
1 Hrthcr in that line.
As stated in our interview. I shall be
pleaded to be of such assistance as I can
io the city of Springfield in this whole
matter of railroad facilities, and the “river
front park.*' if you will advise the basis
on which the plan is to he made, and I
have stated three things that must be set-
। before we can arrive at any conclu
sion that will he sat'sfactory to anybody.
Awaiting your reply, I remain, yours
very sincerely,
C. S Mellen. President.
Mayor Say« it t annot Re Dnn«*.
Springfield. April 3. 1911.
t harlrs S. Mellen. Ksq., President. New
> ork. New Haven and Hartford Kail
road. New Haven. Ct.:
Hear Sir: Your letter of March 31 has
been received.
I (I’d not understand, when I a«kcd of
?on if you bad a plan which ynu bad for
mulßtrd in your own mind, that conditions
mentioned in your letter were a prerequi
site soy a response to my request. My as
sumption was. and my inquiry was that
A our “plan’’ involved condition*, perhaps
altogether or nt least in part different from
the plans- that so far had been under con
s in oration.
The basog you require I believe impos
sible for anyone nt present to furnish, and
if I had so understood that these require
ments were essential from me. I should
at on< e have made it apparent that it
precluded any further effort in thH* direc
tion. and I should not have put you to the
trouble of the endeavor th assist the city
in this line. . .
Neither Mr Doherty rtnf 1 so nnder&lond
your attitude. You arc* certainly better
equipped than 1 to determine future nn<lo
vcloped opportunities pertaining to this sit
-1 l n ♦ 1 es IS
nation. ,
I thank Jou for the eXurtesy of your
letter. Itosp*ctfully.
Euwarp 11. T truuop. Mayor.
Mr Mellen in an interview with a rep
resentative of The ItopuWican at
New Haven Saturday said that lie
had thought it probable tu.lt Mayor;
Lathrop would hnvc' sdino dimcnby ' i n
determining He I uses |n tinrofdnnee with :
which he miSltt srtlrfUit a ’pUttr. but Ite did 1
not propose to make any more sitcgoxtions ;
unless they Were in aeeordßpct with what
he bad reason to suppose Springfield I
wanteel. "Hive me a basis to work on ”
said Mr Mellen, "and I <<u work out a 1
plan." But. ho continued. If the depot
were loft on its present witA it would he
one plan: if it were ninved west of Main
street it would be another. Was the Bos
ton and Albany grade to remain «here it
was or wax it to be raided? Tlmt would
ho very important, for the New Haven
road could not lay out it* grade* over the
Boston and Albany, for example with
uncertajuty ax to whether the AHiany
would not at some future time be obliged
to raise its own grade. And *o with a
union station either where it is or west of
Main street, or with the New Haren tracks
along the riverbank or, removed to West
^nringfield, if the city Would just lot him
know what was wanted ne could present
a plan. The mayor, however, seemed
hardly likely, he thought, to be able to
. meet the requirements.
Hl* Plan for Elevated Rond.
’ Mr Mellen has a plan, however, prepared
i by Engineer B. T. Wheeler, which he
. regards as the best "cheap” plan-that is
। the one that would give the most returns
< for the money—nt least railroad money.
i This plan is based on the removal of the
j union stat km to the west side of Main street
• and to the north of the Boston and Albany;
; and it i s further based on the raising of
* the Boston ami Albany g'ade across the
। river and through the cu*. Mr Mellen
I said that he regarded it very Import
j ant for Ihe city that the Boston ami Al
’ bany embankment through the city be re
* moved ami the dip taken out of Main
j street, and he had assumed that the grade
; of the Albany would be raised, though
। he hesitated to suggest it lest it be said
that be was trying to dictate what the
city should or should not do or what the
Albany should or should not do.
Assuming, however, that he be notified
that the station would be moved west of
, Main street. that the Boston and Albany
i grade raised and that the New Haven
tracks loft on the Springfield side, ho
would submit a plan providing for ele
vated tracks for the New Haven along
the river front, the tracks passing over
those of the Albany and giving the Boston
connection with a downward curve at the
crossing. In short, this would be a plan
that Mr Wheeler sent up last year. It
was then mistaken for a subway plan.
Mr Mellen says he does not want a sub
way or depressed tracks along the river
front. His preference is for an elevated
way. an embankment, in fact, carrying
four tracks, with ample passageways un
detnonth for streets at grade, and be in
stanced Cincinnati. (>.. as a place where
this treatment had been satisfactorily car
ried out.
i ”1 have almost come to the point." said
! Mr Mellen, “where 1 would bo disposed
io give the city of Springfield the rest
of the land along the river front in order
to get something done if we were allowed
to stay in our present location.” From
the railroading point ot view he regarded
that location a* the best and ho advanced
some reasons why Le regarded the park
treatment of the river Lent as ill-advised.
While discussing Springfield’s shortage
of sites for factories he again threw out
the suggestion that the New Haven might
be billing to give the land to the city for
manufacturing purposes. Things had
reached a point, he said, “where a little
real estate was nothing." As for the de
velopment of the big section between the
city and Chicnpee Kails, he said that could
be done through the Athol branch of the
Boston and .Albany and the Hampden
railroad, which is to connect the New Ha
ven with the Central Massachusetts.
New Layoot of the Hampden Road,
Discussion of the Hampden road brought
out some more fails about the change of
plans by which Chicopee is left out of
the route. Mr Mellen produced a draw
ing which showed the route of the Hamp
den road, with a change of location at the
Springfield end According to this draw
ing. which Mr Mellen said represented
iiis plan for the road, the Hampden line
•Tossed the Chicopee river from the north
halfway between Indian Orchard and
Chicopee Falls and came into the Athol
branch about n mile from the junction
of the Athol Hue with the Boston and
Albany main line. The Hampden road
would thu” make an elbow north of the
Chicnpee river. From the elbow easter
ly the route would be just as previously
planned, giving a mucn straighter line
than that of the Athol branch. Mr Mel
lon was asked about the suggested use
of the Athol branch all the way to Bond
ville. but said that that was not con
templated.
In regard to the use to which the
Hampden and Central Massachusetts
were to lie put. Mr Mellen said that they
wore to be principally a freight connec
tion. As a rival for passenger service of
the Boston and Albany, he said that for
$ 10.000.1 H i<» ho could make it a formid
able comperitior. hut in vi^w of the
pleasant relations between the New Haven
and the Boston ami Albany that was en
tirely out nf the question. Asked about
the continu«an<o of such relations, he said:
‘ I am not lyinp awake nights worrying
about that."
A question as tn whether the hitch
ing up of the Central Massachusetts
with the New Haven main line had
anything to do with the development
of a hie through route by way of
the Tariffville ex tension of the Central
? cw Engin ml to the Ponghkeopsic bridge
was regarded by Mr Mellen as a joke, but
it nevertheless brought out some news. “I
am going to turn over the Tariffville ex
tension to Mr Storrs." ho said, “for use
:is an elnHric mud. so far as the state
line at least." He said bo had not full
knowledge of Mr Storrs's plans. Mr Mel
lon r .ivo a breezy review of the history
of the Tariffville branch and said that
he had not the remotest intentinn of de
veloping it for any purpose whatever.
TO MERGER TROLLIES ROADS.
S|»Hn»flcld < ompany Io Hr Sold to
Berkabirr —— Granville and Com
mlngton to Secure Their Exten*
«ion« if the Le«l«lntnre Favors
Bill.
A bill :s to go I oforo the Massachusetts
I cgislatnrc at once providing for the pur
chase ot the Springfield street railway
company's system by the Berkshire street
railway f impnny. which is owned by the
New York. New Haven and Hartford rail
road. The two big trolly systems would
be merged into a system twice as big, and
the name of the purchasing or merging
company wo.thl be changed from the Berk
shire street railway company to the
Springfield, and Berkshire street railway
company. 'I lie bill carrying out the merger
provides that it shall go into effect when
the trolly eonuo'tiou between the Spring
field system and Berkshire is completed,
and it is further provided that an ex
tension shall be built from Agawam or
Westfield to Granville and another from
Huntington io Cmnmington. the new com
pany bonding itself Io the amount of
81.5ixi.imri to complete them by January
1. 1914. The bill provides for the amend
nient of chapter Gill of the Acts of 1910.
which provided for the purchase of the
Berkshire company by the New Haren,
so ns to allow the building of the Berk
shire connection from Wosf field through
Blandford and this instead of from Huut
ingtoti through Chester.
The New Haven railroad owns the B-rk
siorc system, viiich includes about 148
miles, counting const ruction contemplated
in the act of 1910. Lucius 8. Storrs is
president of that system, nnd he is also
president of the Springfield street railway
company, nithough the ownership of that
c-impany b.v the New Haven railroad was
rendered impossible, without further legis
lation. hr the Massachusetts supreme
court. 'the Springfield system, covering
about 161 miles of nintl, emlrrnios the old
Springfield system, the Springfield nnd
Eastern and the Western Massachusetts,
now merged into one road, and it ranches
from Huntington on the west to Brimfield
on the east. At Brimfield it connects with
the Worcester Consolidated, which is con
troled by the Now England investment nnd
security company, as the Springfield com
pany lias beep, nnd the Now England i om-
I .uiy's nokihigs rcneli as fur east ns Mart
iioro nnd down to Providence, IL [. The
merger of the Springfield by the Berk
shire would therefore carry the New Hn
ven-owneil trollies ' hnlf-way across the
state.
All the stock of the Springfield street
rsilway company, about $3.100,«M>, ia
owned by the Springfield railway com-
THK BPKINGFIELD Weekly KEPI BLICAN: THURSDAY. APRTTK 1911.
jxiuies. a trust or holding ooneern. The
common stock of the holding company is
. owned by the New England investment
and security company, and the preferred
' shares, to the amount of about s2.d<Ml,otK>.
, are held by the public. These preferred
; shines were Imusbt at between 92 and 97.
and ruder the terms of their issue they
; can be retired at 105. Mr Storrs said
: yestenlay that if’ the merger should so
: ihroilsh the New Haven road would with
out doubt take over the preferred shares
at that figure, aud the Sprinzfie'.d railways
; i inpany would liquidate and go out of
; business. The shares of the Springfield
and Berkshire street railway company
would be exchanged share for share for
I liie Springfield street railway stock, and
the New Haven road has the right to buy
: rhe Berkshire stock.
Development of Rural Sections.
Mr Storrs was asked Monday about
, the origin of the movement to bring about
the merger of the Springfield ami Berk
! shite systems. He said that it was not
: of long standing, bitt had grown out of
: the demand of Western Massachusetts
I sections for trolly service, and particularly
| out of the situation that has arisen since
tin Berkshire street railway company was
i authorized to build to Huntington, where
i the Springfield company’s line ceases. Tin;
' communities want tile trol.y, and it was
I the idea of Mr Mellen and Mr Storrs to
I build up the rural neiglilmrhoods as much
■as possilde by extensions, but the failure
I of the New Haven to secure ownership
' of the Springfield system put a cheek on
i iiiis.
The road to Granville would be about
1-1 miles long, and that to Worthington
from Huntington 17 or IS. and it would
cost about Sl.snO.tKXl to build them. In
audition to the large initial cost, it is not
expected that for tour or live years the
lines would be a paying investment, mid
it would be impossible for the Springfield
street railway company alone to under
take these projects. When spread over
the big New Haven system, however, the
burden, big as it would seem for the
Sprihgtieid company, would amount to
practically nothing. The development of
stieh rural communities, as feeders for the
New Haven system, is a policy that Mr
Mellen and Mr Storrs are desirous of
carrying out.
Mr Storrs said that the route of the
Granville ex ension had been surveyed.
It began at the end of the Feeding Hills
line and extended through Southwick and
through the notch to Granville. He said
that the extension of the line beyond
Granville is not now contemplated, as the
grades are so heavy that for the present
at least lie did not expect to see a through
line established by that route. The route
out through Feeding Hills would tap
Southwick and would please the people
of Granville and Southwick, who will thus
have a direct route into Springfield and
a city market without having to go
through Westfield. Mr Storrs said that
in these extensions very heavy construc
tion was planned, looking to the future.
The rails are heavy, the roadbed solid and
grades and curves eliminated so far as is
practicable.
Obstacle to Through Service.
One of the considerations involved in
the proposed merger is the smoother oper
ation of through service between Spring
field and Berkshire. Owing to the success
of the act of last year permitting the pur
chase of the Berkshire street railway com
pany by the New Haven, no operating
agreement is possible between the Berk
shire and the Springfield companies. Mr
Mellen and Mr Storrs believe that under
the conditions of the aet there could be
no real through service between Spring
field and Berkshire, since the use of the
same power and the same cars would in
volve an operating agreement or contract.
Mr Mellen said last Saturday that he did
not believe it would be iegai even to
join the rails. This situation-Would in
volve changing cars at the easterly end
of the Berkshire extension, which would
be a source of annoyance.
The plan for the merger in the proposed
measure follows Closely the method by
which the New Haven railroad last year
secured the Berkshire company. Section 3
of chapter 6HI. Acts of 1910. provides that
before January 1. 1913, the Berkshire com
pany shall complete a line from Hunting
ton to some convenient [joint on the line of
the Berkshire street railway company: a
lino to the summit of Greylock mountain;
a line from Great Barrington through
Meftield to the Connecticut state line: a
line to Egremont. and other indeterminate
construction in North Adams and Pitts
field. Tlie company was required to give
bond in the penal sum of $2,000,000 for the
carrying out of these extensions.
TO ELECTRIFY STEAM ROADS.
Trollies for Yarlff ville—Rond From
Van DeuaenvHh to Be Made a Part
of the Berkshire Street Railway
Company.
In addition to the electrification of the
Tariffville branch of the Central New En
gland railroad, there is to be another im- '
I urtant electrification of a section of the
New Haven road in Berkshire. This sec
tion runs between Van Deuscnville. near
Great Barrington, on the Berkshire di
vision of the New Haven road, and State
Line on the Boston and Albany. This
piece of road, which is called the State
Line branch, is about nine miles long. It
amounts to little as a steam road, but
L. S. Storrs, president of the Berkshire
street railway company, believes that it
will be a success as a trolly road. It
passes through the heart of the Berkshire
country in a region not now served by
any trolly line, and offers a fine scenic
route. It passes though Rockdale Mills
and West Stockbridge.
The plans for the change in the Tariff
ville branch have not been completed,
but it is expected that rhe road will
be turned into a trolly line simply by '
stringing an overhead wire to accommodate I
the regular or possibly modified trolly can*.
The speed of th** electritie<, road will not
Lp quite as great as that of the steam
oars, but it will result in far more travel
and the fine will be a real feeder of the
railroad line and for Springfield merchants
especially. It it possible that a connection
will be made so that the Tariffville <ar»
can b 0 brought into the city over the Feed
ing Hills fine, but this again is not de
cided. The change in this road may also
hare some effect on the development of a
line to accommodate Southwick and Grau
ville. It is expected that this fine will be
built anyway within a comparatively short
lime, and it will with practical certainty
be const mot <>d from the end of the present
Feeding Hills lio® or connect further south
with the electrified Tariffville road.
WOODWARD-PHILLIPS WEDDING.
Northampton Vonn* Woman the
Bride of Pardue Lnlvemity Profes
sor.
Special Dispatch to The Republican.
Lafayette. Ind.. Saturday, April 1.
Miss Grace Hooker Woodward nf North
ampton, Mass., and Prof Allen Griffith
rhifiips were married in ibis city this
afternoon. The ceremony was performed
t»y Rev O. R. McKay of the First Baptist
church at the new home of the couple on
Grant street. Only immediate relatives
wore present. The bride wore a gown of
white marquisette over silk. The bride
since last September has been lecturer
and demonstrator in the domestic science
department of Purdue university. Prof
Phillips is a member of the staff of the
agricultural experiment station at Purdue.
Prof nod Mrs Phillips have been prom
inent and popular in university life. M r
and Mr« Frank W» Woodward of North
ampton, Mass., parents of the bride, and
Mr and Mrs Horace M. Phillips of Dover,
Kan., parents of the groom, were in at
tendance at the ceremony.
the APRIL TOWN MEETINGS.
ONLY ONE CHANGE ON LICENSE.
OfltcerM and \ pprf»priatl«»n« in Sev*
HnMwnchnMetf a» lonn*.
The town-meetings held Monday
brought no important changes in the mat
ter of license, the only shift being in the
little town of Holland, which voted no
liceuse, reversing its decision of last year.
The contest over using a part of the Lee
memorial hall for a court-room resulted in
a decision to allow the court-room to be
located there. Monson decided Hot to buy
an automobile tire truck this year and
also appointed a committee to, consider
the municipal lighting question. The se
lectmen were also authorized to .potitiou
the Legislature relative to the coustrile
uou of a town sewer system. Shtites
bury decided to celebrate its 150th anni
versary and made a small appmprhltion
for the purpose. The Lenox nieethig was
marked by the large amount of.money
apiiropriatod for improvements in spite of
a word for economy spoken at the opening
of tlie meeting.
Comparntlve Vote on l.lceaSe.
-1911- -1910-S —1909-,
Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No.
Holland 4 21 11 10 t 16
Lee 400 .152 400 340 462 407
Lenox ::42 199 .344 180 .342 212
Monson 402 27(1 390 3211 375 348
Shutesbiiry ... 1.3 47 5 25 33 26
Stockbridge ...135 191 134 112 IKi 148
Tyrtngham ... 10 19 0 21 5 24
Wales .34 34 29 29 30 48
W. Brookfield.. SS 121 77 107 69 121
W. Stockbrldgcl34 71 129 77 143 99
WALES NAMES COMMITTEE
Which Will Find Ont If There Are
Mistakes in Books ot Former Treas
urer.
The Wales town-meeting Monday proved
very interesting. A feature of the day
was a criticism made by Selectman J. H.
Walker relative to certain accounts of the
former town treasurer, O. P. Royce, who
resigned last year. Mr Walker claimed
that since Mr Royce made his official
settlement with the town, when he turned
his books over after his resignation, he
(Walker) had found certain mistakes in
some of tlie accounts which made it ap
pear as if the town was entitled to about
S6OO more. He claimed that it had been
discovered that there was a mistake in
the pauper account in connection with
dealings with the Mty of Springfield, and
also made allegations that mistakes h»<l
been made in the dog fund accounts. Mr
Walker’s claims were discussed in the
meeting, and it was finally decided to ap
point a committee, consisting of Mr Wal
ker and the town auditors. Alvin Hubbard
and Myron Royce, to investigate fully the
books, and if errors were shown to exist,
to arrange with the former treasure. - to
pay over such additional amount as ap
peared to be legally due. Mr Royce was
present at the meeting hut made no state
ment. He was re-clccted selectman
Monday.
The town voted to hare old home week
as usual this year, but made no appro
priation as there was money left from last
year. 'Hie officers elected and appropria
tions follow: —
Moderator, H. A. McFarland: clerk, O. P.
Royce; treasurer, L. H. Thompson: select
men and overseers of the poor. James 11.
Walker. O. P. Rnree. F. M. Royce: assessor
for three rears, M. C. Royce: school commit
tee for three rears. IL A. McFarland;- audi
tors. A. A. Hubbard. M. C. Royce: tax col
lector. C. G. Thompson; tree warden, H. A.
McFarland: constables. C. G. Thompson,
Oliver Felton, Dennis Maynard: library trus
tee for three rears. Mrs A. B. Thompson:
cemetery commissioner. H. W. Needham. Ap
propriations: Town officers. $250: schools.
1025; library. 75: paupers. 100; highways and
bridges. 800: enforcement liquor law. 200;
street lights, 250: Memorial day. 50; miscel
laneous. 300; total. 2925. Liquor llceuse: Yes,
34; no. 34.
HOLLAND TO HAVE A LIBRARY.
Committee Appointed to Consider the
.Matter —The Business of the Town-
M eetlnß.
The town of Holland at the annual
town-meeting Monday voted to appoint
a committee to take up the question of the
building of a library. The committee,
which consists of J. F. Hebbard. A. F.
Blodgett and A. J. Bagley, will report at
a special town-meeting to he called later.
The officers elected and appropriations fol
low:—
Moderator. L. M. Howlett: clerk and treas
urer. A. F. Blodgett: selectmen. A. E. Morse,
o. L. Howlett. W. S. Horton: overseers of
the poor. L. M. Howlett. A. J. Ra gley, L. C.
Howlett: assessor for three years. A. F.
Blodgett: school committee for three years,
A. F. Blodgett; auditor. H. E. Vinton: tax
collector. O. L. Howlett: highway surveyor.
D. F. Hewlett: tree warden, E. M. Ha>l;
constables. Arthur G. Childs, William A.
Morse; cemetery commissioner. William A.
Morse; water commissioner, F. J. Wright;
library truster. Ernest M. Bennett: fence
\ lowers. Dr Bennett. F. J. Wright. E. M.
Hall: field drivers. O. 1.. Howlett. Henry
Curtis and Willis Hiscock. Appropriations':
S<-hools. $3011: superintendent of schools, 45;
school physician. 15; paupers, 100-, highways
and bridges. 500; fire extinguishers. 50;
school-house repairs. 25: state tax. 175; coun
ty tax. ]<m>; insurance of town hall, 40; con
tingent. 150; total, 1800. Liquor license: Yes,
4; no. 21. _______________
WEST SPRINGFIELD MEETING.
Money \ npmprlntcd for Wafer fn
veMtlKation — The Appropriations
Made.
The annual business meeting of West
Springfield was held last week, and the at
tendance was probably the largest of any
meeting the town has ever held. It
was voted that the special commit
tee which was appointed on January
1 to investigate the watqr situation be
made the town committor to investigate
further and have the disposition of the
slo<H> that was voted for engineering pur
poses. Ihe selection of all mindr of
ficers for the ensuing year was loft
to tl»o selectmen. It was also voted
that three-fourths of the liquor license
money should be used with a sufficient
amount of back taxes so as to reduce the
tax rate to sls per SIiKMI. There was
s<nr»o discussion <»ver the question of a
town lockup, but it was finally left to the
(hair to appoint a committee of throb who
should report at some future mooting.
The committee as selected consisted of ,T.
P. Gaffney. Frank O. Scott and James
I . McCarthy. The fist of appropriations
follows:—
Tax collector. $900: Memorial dav 125:
town debt, parks, 1200, street 'sprink
ling. J4oo; street lighting. R5O0; sewers. 2500-
poli<r. 7ono, sidewalks. 1500; street railway
taxes. .8000: board of health. 20»X>; fire de
partmen! pson; water department sinking
fund. 2.V0; enforcement es liquor laws. 200;
town -inking funds, 1100; Bridge-street
repsir of town hall,
00; shade trees. 1200; citizens' commitlee
Investigation. 1000; piann. 275; interest. 8000;
highways and bridges. IC.nnO; psuner denart
c<^tiuß('nt^wA ' schools,
; ?Ti n Mate military aid,
1200. soldiers relief. ,W; town clerk and
treasurer. 1000; library. 40n : Connecticut
titai, Janltor of , '” rn h!, "' 45 °:
WESTFIEI.D TOW V-MF.ETI.Vn.
Mnny l.nrgr A hnroprln,lnno— A nnnnl
Attrndr^ by a
lafk. Ainmber.
Tho husineM town-mating of WoMfield,
the adjourned March meeting and the ape
<ial meeting were held Thursday in Co
lumbia hall on School street, Westfield,
which ha, a much larger scaling capacity
than ihe old hall. Thia hall was used for
th.- reason that the meetings wore held
in the evening and it was taken for grant
ed that the attendance would he greater
ilian the town hnll can acc.uninodate
There was an attendance of about SOO J
I>. Cadle was moderator of both meetings’
The report of the committee on npproprU:
tions was distributed in printed form and
the total amount recommended by the
, committee for the tailevv of 1911 was
s■-•43,312. The reiomnfidations wen - gen
erally approved, and (tax rate of about
$17.75 Pof sloix> Hpredicted, against
*lG.7q last year. 'io total appropria
tions finally decideißupou amounted to
$244,212, an increai of S9OO over the
recommendlitiou of lie committee, and
about s2s,isX) more Jan the total of last
year. Herbert N. lingsbury was elect
ed town plerk. proty.
The AteetliJ at Monson.
The aHpnal town-peting at Monson was
held Monday in thplcmorial hall. There
were 35 articles inllie town warrant. The
total amount off money appropriated
at the meeting tls $32,634. the entire
amount raised amlippropriated being $26.-
274. Of' this amdnt $16,124 was raised
and appropriatotf for jn-hind purposes,
S2(KXI for highwak S9OO for gravel walks
and the balanee/for the usual running
cxiienaes of the »wn. The votes for prin
cipal officers wise as follows: — «
Town clerk. CcLu 1.. Feck, rep and dem.
616; town treiisntr. Thaddeus L. Cushman,
icp mid dem, s>; tax collector. Rufus < .
Murray, rep. 271 Charles E. Smith, dem.
406; selectmen aid overseers of the poor.
Justin-G«.-<'nre4. i«Pr-245. William H.
Cavmiaugh. demJ222. John P. Herlihy, dem,
382. Charles L. ilcketts. rep. 276. Perley V.
Spofford, deni. 91 Sherman M. Stebbins, nom
paper. 288, Frafk It. Sutcliffe, rep. 346; as
sessor for three years, Freelon Q. Ball, rep.
340. John J. lyneh. dem. 335: school com
mittee for three rears. Omer E. Bradway.
rep. 3X4. Abratam Conklin, rep. Il'S. Richard
S. Hughes, dem, 206, John J. Pendergast,
dem, 314; water commissioner, Freelon Q,
Ball. rep. 479.
The adjourned town-mebting from one
week ago was held Monday evening at the
East Longmeadow town hall, when
the question of street Slighting and
more permanent roads was discussed.
The motion for the selectmen to
get plans and specifications to instal an
electric system was defeatei. Then a mo
tion was carried for tlie sdectnien to in
terview the Springfield gaslight company
and see yvhat kiml of a imposition they
would make to furnish lights in the town,
and. if plans seem feasibl - . to call anoth
er special meeting and re»ort results. The
matter of more permanett roads was dis
cussed and nothing done,and a motion to
adjourn was carried.
SHUTESBURY TO CELEBRATE.
• ,
Town Will Observe 15Oth Anniver
sary .Inn- 30.
Tbe town of Shutesbiry voted Monday
to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
town, and appropriate! SSO for the pur
pose. The celebratioi will take place
June 30. The officers elected and appro
priations follow:—
Moderator, Minor A. Haskell: clerk. Nathan
J. Hunting: treasurer. Minor A. Haskell: se
lectmen and overseers tbe poor, Nathan J.
Hunting. Minor A. Hazell. Harry W. Fitts;
sexton. Minor A. Haskel: tree warden, Minor
A. Haskell: assessors, hr three years Harry
W. Fitts, for one year Nathan J. Hunting;
school committee for three years. Harry W.
Fitts; library trustee. ■ Minor A. Haskell;
auditor, tdwin C. Johnson: constables. Mar
cus M. Morrison: collector. Minor A. Haskell.
Appropriations: Schools, $600; library, 25:
highways. 1000: firp department. 100 for fire
extinguishers; contingent account, 1375; cele
bration 150th anniversiry, 50. Liquor license:
Yes, 15; no, 17.
COURT ROOM PLAN WINS AT LEE.
Trolly Company Must Build East Lee
Extension.
Lee had a record town-meeting Mon
day, Memorial hall being so filled that
quite ia number could not get beyond the
crowded doorway at the afternoon session.
One pf the leading subjects was a mo
tion offered by Lawyer O’Brien that no
further privileges be given tbe Berkshire
street railway company until they fulfilled
the tonditions of their franchise by build
ing tracks from Beech aud. Royce cornel®
to last Ijce. also that they be requested
to jnish work on East Center street at
the (Section known as the Rocks. It was
exciting debate. Tbe officers erected fol
low
Moderator. Bart Bosaidy; clerk. C. H.
Pease; treasurer. J. J. Waddock; selectmen,
H. Shaylor, C. N. Mooney. H. M. Smith;
overseer of the poor, Nicholas Tracey; asses
sor. Alex W. Faxon; school committee. Dr.E.
I*. Markham:auditors.Charles J. Blbweand W.
B. Hull; tax collector. Alex Faxon: tree war
den. H. J- Norman; constables, George W.
Boardman. J. J. Connors, Daniel F. Egan,
Charles X. Markham. Jacob Leroy, Patrhk
O’Connell. Peter Tyer, J. J. Wuddock. John
Welsh. Appropriations; For kindergarten
room. $1600: schools. 13,000 and 1000 for trol
ly fares kindergarten, 400; school superin
tendent, 360; library. 1200; highways and
bridge*. 6400: sidewalks. 500: new bridges,
3400; trie warden, 250: enforcing liquor law.
200; w^er troughs, 105; now hearse. 1200:
town d-bt. 2000: interest, 12 () 0; Memorial
day. !(*: contingent account, 11.500; ceme
teries. JM>: music, 300. Liquor license: Yes,
400; no. 352.
. LESOX VOTES MUCH MONEY.
Plcn for Economy Unheeded —
Broterlck Elected Town Clerk and
Tret Mirer.
More voters cast ballots in the Lenox
toxtu-necting Monday than in any pre
vious meeting. The total vote was 596
out' of a possible vote of 749. George Baty
Blake received the .largest vote of any
candrdite for'selectman. 355. William J.
Kirby and William T. Mahanna of last
year's board of selectmen were defeated
for re-election, and Dr Charles C. Flint,
former town clerk and treasurer, was
elected a selectman. The democrats elect
ed four ami the republicans throe mem
bers <»f the board of selectmen. Cornelius
J. Broderick, democrat, beat Isaac J. New
ton, who, before Dr Flint's incumbency,
had been town clerk and treasurer for 18
years, by large majorities, for town clerk
and treasurer.
1 he top n officers elected follow
Moderator, Patrick J. Morrison: clerk and
treasurer. ( ornelius J. Broderick; selectmen.
George B. Blake. Frank H. Butler, (’. D.
Duclos, M. E. Hennessey, George M. Fergu
son. Pr ( . C. Flint, John M. Johnson; as
sessor. William H. Washburn: school com
mittee. Rev William T. Grace: auditors,
William P<»wers, T. E. Mahanna; tax col
lector, Graham E. Crool; tree warden, Mi
chael o’Bfowb; constables. Thomas Briant,
Joseph Corbatt. T. E. Dunn. W. J. Gor
man. W. J. Welch. Appropriations: Town
officers, 13000: schools. ‘JO.IOi; transportation
of pupils. 900; text-books, 2O(M>: insurance,
1500; paupers. 3000: highways and bridges,
lu.OoO: sidewalks, 3500; tire department. 5800;
nollcc. 2800; tree warden. 500; street lights,
3500; public use of water. lOh; sowers and
drains. 4500: town debt and interest. 24,000;
cemetery. 750; Memorial day, 277: contingent
account. 4<hM>: miscellaneous, 700. Liquor li
cense: Yes, 342: no. 199.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE RESULTS. ~
A l.nrgr Ann,her nf Voter* Ont—Tian
to Vhnlimh Grade CroaMnißr.
A large vote was cast nt the West
Stockbridge town-meeting Monday, there
being special interest in the school com
mittee and a few other eont>sts. .1. .1.
O’Malley was elected to the school board.
The total vote was 270, which included
30 women, who cast their ballots for
s<hool committee. The appropriations are
larger than last year. It was votovl to
petition for the abolition of the grade
crossing in West Stockbridge village,
known as Eiki' 3 crossing. The expense
which this un<lertnking will involve will
be over $40,000, and will necessitate the
rebuilding of the present bridge nt least
25 feet higher than the present structure.
The officers elected and appropriations
follow: —
Moderator. F. F. Williams: clerk and treas
urer, Michael O. Troy; selectmen. Ulchnrd
Possldj-. Lewis Chamberlin, Thomns 1.. Bur
ran ; overseer of the poor. Lewis Chamberlin ;
ssseHsors. Labyn V. Bettll. iMtdley Leavitt;
school committee. John J. O'Malley: cemetery
commissioner, Arthur Bealand : auditor. Charles
L Wightman; tax collector. Michael G. Troy;
tree warden, John Kersey: constables. Rich
ard Bossldy. John R. Hickey, John Kersey,
William Shields. Albert Tobey: library true
toe. Sloven W. Blake. Approprlntlona : Town
officers. 1700: schools. 3500; library, 135;
paupers. MV; highways and bridges. 14<>i;
cemeteries. 300; snow roads, 200; town debt.
lOOo; Memorial day. 75; miscellaneous, IMK>.
Liquor license : Yes. 134 : no, 71.
THE STOCKBRIDGE MEETING.
Town Vote* to Employ n Superinten
<lent of School*.
Stockbridge Monday voted to appropri
ate SISOO for the school superintendent's
salary with the idea of securing either a
separate superintendent or one in connec
tion with some nearby town. Oue of the
school principals has in the past acted as
superintendent. There was a contest for
selectman ami E. W. Barnes of the old
board was <lofeated by Peter I. Adams.
Selectmen Carter and Haley were re
elected. Tax Collector Michael Flynn. 2d.
was opposed by (’. S. Babcock, but was
elected. 191 to 101.
The detailed results follow:—
Moderator. Allen T. Treadway; clerk and
treasurer. George Seymour: selectmen. Join:
C. <’. Carter. Peter I. Adams. William M
Healy; overseers of the poor. William I‘itt
Palmer. Frank K. Palmer. Sanford A Cook;
assessor for three years, Charles A. Bidwell.
school committee for three years. Dr Austin
F. Rich, for one rear, Dennis Morrissex :
auditor. Adam Schilling; tax collector. Ml
chnel Flynn 2d: tree warden. Hugh L.
Barnes; constable*.. Edward Stannard. Sere no
A. Noble.. Michael C. Corcoran. Frank Wh’te
bead. Frederick S. White. Appropriation*:
Town officers. S2.MM>; schools, 15.D50; library.
1000 ami dog tax; paupers. 25CX); highwa? s
ami bridges, 10,000; police, looo; street lights.
M 300; public use of water. 14<m»; sewers an I
drains. 1C00; assessments for Charles-strict
grade crossing elimination. 5000; contingent
account. 3500; miscellaneous. 4600: total. 54,-
150. Liquor license: Yes, 135; no, 191.
The annual Mount Washintgon town
meeting elected the following offi
cers: Clerk and treasurer. A. f.
Spurr: selectmen. 1. L. Patterson. F. B.
Schutt. Lewis Houghtaling; assessor for
three years. I. L. Patterson: school com
mittee for three years. A. I. Spurr; con
stable. C. M. t'ulver: tax collector. F. B.
Schutt: auditor. H. F. Keith. Appropria
tions: Repair of roads and bridges.
sup]»ort of library. sls; railing of Copake
road, $100: schools, $200; ixjor. $150; offi
cers' fees. $225; contingent. $75. License
question: Y T es, 0; no, 10.
Tyringham Moderator. E. H. Slater; clerk,
George R. Warren; treasuter, N. Cannon; se
lectmen and overseers of the poor, W. N.
Hale. H. E. Moora, T. F. Curtin: assessor.
F. W. $ tana rd; school committee, N. Cannon:
auditor. 11. A. Crittenden; tax collector. N.
Cannon: highway surveyor, T. F. Curtin:
tree warden T. F. Curtin; constables, N.
Cannon. F. T. Dorman, G. F. Kopp. Ap
propriations: Town officers, $350; schools,
1000; library. 100: paupers, 200; highways
and bridges, 1000: state road. 400; town debt,
"00; contingent account. 500; miscellaneous,
140, total, 1040. Liquor license: Yes, 10; no,
19.
AVcst Brookfield Vote No.
The large total of 243 votes, of which
two were by women, were cast at the annual
town-meeting in West Brookfield Monday.
Following was the ticket elected and the
appropriations voted:—
Moderator, Windsor it. Smith: clerk, Dwight
Fairbanks; treasurer. Charles H. Clark:
selectman. Edward K. Haskins for three
years: overseer of the poor. Fred S. Smith
for three years: assessors, Samuer Wass for
three years. Robert M. Carter for two years;
school committee. Harold Chesson for three
years; auditor. Albert W. Bliss; tax collec
tor. Carlton P. Tyler: road commissioner,
Charles H. Allen:' tree warden. Philander
Holmes: constables. Lewis H. Bruce. John
P. Cregan. George A. Hocum. Fred N.
La Barge. Walter E. Young: trustees of Mer
riam public library for three years, Clarence
W. Alien. Harold Chesson. Appropriations:
Town officers. STOn; schools, 4500; library.
525: support of poor SOO: highways mid
bridges. 1500; sidewalks. 350: fire 'depart
ment. 900; tax collector tsalaryt. 100; street
tights. 550: insurance. 500: soldiers' relief.
450: town debt. 20110: interest. 100: Memorial
day, 05; contingent account, 600. Liquor li
cense: Yes, 88; no, 121.
F/lcciric Lights for Barre.
Street lighting was the most important
matter before the adjourned town-meeting
in Barre Monday. A few years ago an
acetylene gas plant was put in. which has
proved unsatisfactory. Mr Belcher of
Gardner, who represented an electric light
company, stated the terras- on which his
company would introduce a lightning sys
tem. and it was voted to light Barre
Plains and South Barre with electricity,
and the sum of SI6OO was appropriated.
A. W. PROCTOR OF NORTHFIELD
Arrested for Larceny of Town Fnnds
— Arraigned at Greenfield and
Placed Under gfiOOO Bonds.
Arthur W. Proctor, one of the board of
selectmen of the town of Northfield, was
arrested at his home in Northfield Mon
day afternoon by Sheriff Edson J. Pratt
and State Detective McKay upon the
complaint of Maj McKay charging him
with the larceny of, $2500 of the money
of the town. He was taken to Green
field immediately after his arrest and was
arraigned before Judge Henry J. Field
of the district court at 3.30. He plead
ed not guilty and his bail was fixed at
S6OOO. The hearing upon the matter of
the complaint was set for Thursday, the
13th. He was unable to furnish bail and
went to jail.
Auditors from the bureau of statistics
in Boston are at present engaged in mak
ing an investigation of the accounts of
the town of Northfield. Their investiga
tions have extended back about two years,
and there have been found discrepancies
amounting to from $2500 to S3OOO. Proc
tor has been a member of the board of
selectmen for six or seven years, and an
investigation is to be made covering all
that time. The method which is alleged
to have been employed has been to draw
town orders for amounts greater than
were required for the payment of bills and
to deposit these upon his own account.
It is claimed he would then pay the town
account with his own personal checks.
The investigation which has been made
by the officers shows that he has recently
drawn an order payable to one of the
school teachers of the town for $350 and
deposited the same to his own account,
paying the young woman’s account with
ms personal check for $l5O. the amount
duo her for services, the selectmen have
voted within the year that no orders should
be paid by the town treasurer unless they,
bore the indorsement of the person to
whom they wore drawn. Ono of the se
lectmen stared Monday that some of the
orders which are alleged to have been
spuriously draw>n appeared to have been
indorsed.
An assignment for the benefit of his
creditors was made last Friday by Proc
tor to Fred L. Proctor and Frod W.
Doane of Northfield. Ho had been con
sidered to be in financial difficulties for
some limo. Two years ago ho built a
block on Main street in Northfield. He
has been engaged in the clothing and shoe
business, and for a time he conducted a
shoe store in Greenfield. He is married
and has two children.
THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE.
Erving Winslow, secretary of the anti
imperialist league at Boston, requests the
publication of the following announcement:
At the Inst meeting of the executive cmn
nnttcc of the nntl-lniperltillst league It was
voted, lu answer to charges recently made
by Philippine t'onimlssloner l>. C. Worcester
against tile secretary of the league In a
pamphlet published through the press and
otherwise, thnt the secretary was fully Jus
tified In mnklng public certain evidence ob
nilned by the Hon John A. Martin and used
by hhu In the House of Representatives to
expose the abuses In the ndinlillstrntloii of
the land laws by the Philippine eominlsston
ers: and also In mnklng public n Hricf pre
pnrkd upon the hearing before the committee
on insular na'nlrs liy flic Hon J. H. Itnlstoii,
counsel for the longue, which liml been or
dered Ui lie printed by the committee.
A subeoninilltre of throe was appointed,
consisting of the president of the league,
Moortleld Storey, the rhnlrtnnn of the execu
tive committee. Albert 6. Parsons, and the
treasurer of the longue, David Greene Hns
klns. Jr., to examine Mr Worcester’s pam
phlet; to Investigate the circumstances con-
nected with is publication, and to make re
port thereupon.
A PHILIPPINE STATE. .
To the Editor of The Republican:—
It will greatly oblige me if you can
grant space to the following letters be
tween the Army and Navy Journal and
myself. On March 11 last the editor of
that publication wrote to me: ’’The pres
sure upon our columns ot matters of more
immediate concern to tbe military services
forbids the publication of such a hypotheti
cal discussion as that contained in the
article herewith returned.” The article
thus returned was as follows:
In your ’’Will Mr Storey help Mr Dickin
son?” (January 21. 1911 D your invitation
to "suggest a plan by which independent
government can he given to the natives,
which, will ensure to the Moros complete
freedom and to the Filipinos complete free
dom, and yet prevent collisions between
them and the subjugation of one rate by
the other.” was extended to Mr Mead and
"others of their school.” Mr Storey has
responded (your February 11) to your in
vitation: one of "their school” here
ventures to follow his example.
To anyone who has closely followed our
course with the Philippines it should be
plain that our choice as to their future
Jies between, on the one hand, having them
a perpetual danger from their exposed
position in order that a limited number
of our capitalists can fill their pockets at
the expense of our taxpayers, our im
perialists and the Filipinos; and. ou the
other hand, our having an outpost in tbe
far East, made impregnable by a Philip
pine nation wrapped up in our interests.
The history of the attempted, and in part
accomplished, improper industrial ex
ploitation of the islands can be traced in
the pages of the Congressional Record; and
more light has just now been thrown by
a House committee investigation of Philip
pine land sales. So far the interests of
our imperialists and of the Filipinos have
been sacrificed to those of the pxnloitors.
The latter’s imperative need, for their ex
ploitation purposes, of our perpetual
noveignty over the islands is harming
our imperialist interests through its caus
ing Filipino unfriendliness that in case of
war would make the position of our troons
there—thus between two fires - untenable.
Our strategists have recognized this; so,
instead of having our prinicpal naval sta
tion established in the far East, as was
wished, it has been retired to Honolulu
and Pearl harbor.
The plan your editorial calls for giving
freedom to all the islanders would remove
the cause of their unfriendliness, so again
make possible the impregnable nutpost.
For such a plan (premising ihat others also
hold the following views) it is suggcste<l:
First, that we at once give n national
pledge to the islanders of absolute inde
pendence in internal affairs, under our
protection in matters foreign, so soon as
they arc ready for it: both tn stop all fur-
ther industrial. investments that are de
pendent on our perpctnnl sovereignty, and
also to hasten progress by transforming
unwilling subjects into enthusiastic co
workers. This independence in internal
affairs (autonomy! is all that has been and
is meant by the Filipino “independeutia.’’
For example. Resident Commissioner Que
zon Is reported (Springfield Weekly Re
publican. February 16. 111111 as of opin
ion that the islands are now ready for
‘'independence.” and that the time has
come when the United States can as
sume a '‘protectorate" over them without
opposition being raised by other nations;
that ‘‘independence” without the “protec
tion" of the United States is feared by
every educated Filipino. Our return for
taking on ourselves the responsibilities of
such a protectorate would be. among oth
er tilings, an impregnable outpost in the
far East.
Second, it is suggested that we continue
to substitute, but as rapidly ns competency
in the work done by them is shown by
those already substituted. Philippine <in
chiding, of course, Moro and all other na
tive), for American insular officials, until
all of the latter have been replaced, ex
cepting our governor-general; instead of
whom we would then appoint a Isay I high
commissioner, ho and a Philippine head
of the new Philippine state to lie col
leagues. Meanwhile the islanders would
have organized an army that could both
maintain order—even among the 500.01X1
Moros, i.ut then these would voluntarily
be peaceful citizens sharing in the gov
ernment of the archipelago—and also be
ready to join in defense of our naval sta
tion against all possible future foes. That
the Moros could readily be made peace
ful citizens has been demonstrated by the
success of tlw Moro exchange and the
“big fair.” You report (February 25)
that “the effect of establishing trade re
lations among the tribes of the Moro eonn
try through the efforts of the , officers of
the United Stales army is being constantly
proved to be one of the strongest factors
in promoting peace in the islands:” and
add a justly glowing account of the
number of thousands of the “Moros and
pagans” and their standing in their re
spective communities, who had arranged
Io be present nt the fair. It is simply that
if bulls arc put in china shops smashing
must be expected, but with wise and deft
handed lenders like Maj Finley and the
other officers, order is brought out of
chaos smoothly and with ease.
Third, so soon as the new state, with
our moral and any other needed support
(but with our advance pledge of ultimate
autonomy little or none would be needed!
had completed the organization of its gov
ernment to the limits of the archipelago
then we would substitute for our high
commissioner a minister resident, and the
Philippine nation would thereafter stand
to us in a similar relation to that of
Cuba; but with the conditions, of that re
lation defined only b.v treaties between
our two sovereign powers, avoiding any
superfluous. uustatesmau-likc. mischief
breeding—to say no worse —“Platt amend
ments." Th's accomplished the “neutral
ization” of the new state would be a most
desirable and fitting completion of our
task, and nn admirable step forward
toward the longed for pence of the world.
In response to your invitation a plan
has thus been suggested that, humanly
speaking, should result in complete free
dom in internal affairs for all the island
ers. which is «bat tlmv arc asking, with
internal peace. No doubt the carrying out
would not go so smoothly as this plan
ning. Especially, already American ex
ploitation vested interests in the islands
are extensive, and however much some of
them may wrong the islanders, obviously
all our investors must have fair play; so
that, with also giving equal fair play to
the Filipinos, both governments are like!v
to be involved in expense. Yet. taking it
all in all, in the belief of one who has
carefully watched and studied our Philh>-
pine situation since its inception in (bo
Spanish war, and who is otherwise Io
some extent qualified to speak, the sug
gested plan is a practicable method that
would provide the best way out of our
present trouble. As be believes, oven for
our exploiting lauitalists the loss they
would suffer would be confined to nrospe
tivc improper ruins: our imperialist citi
zens would enjoy th^ restoration of tha
impregnable outpost in the fnr East: it
would cost us less in money, and in risks,
than a continuance of our existing policy;
nnd, in a word, it would turn a cures
into a blessim; both for ourselves and for
the islanders. Francis E. Woopbuff.
Morriftou n. N. J.. March. 1911.
When the intestate estate of the lain
Mrs H. L. Globensky of New Haven was
presented in the proliate court iu order to
comply with the state law. it was neces
sary to name the heirs, and two of thosa
mentioned were President Taft and his
brother Charles. According to Connecti
cut law, the husband secures one-half of
the estate and the heirs-at-law the re
mainder. Airs Globensky's maiden nanie
was Caroline Elizabeth Taft, nnd accord
ing to the papers filed in court she win
:i first cousin to I’reshlent Tnft. Whilo
I the value of the estate is not given, it is
believed to bo small.
Returns from 7(>t>,ooo trade union work
men iu England last year showed that tha
average per cent of unemployment was
4T.^ as against 7.7 iu 1900 and 7.8 in