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Number 13 
Volume 10 March 29, 1912. 
The Railroad Question. 
The vice president of the Boston 
& Maine railroad, granted the trans- 
portation committee of the board of 
trade of Beverly, Rep. Herman A. 
MacDonald, chairman, a hearing on 
matters of interest to that city. In- 
cidentally these matters are of in- 
terest to the public which uses the 
Gloucester branch, either for local 
accommodation or for through ser- 
vice to Boston. The request for a 
shelter on the Beverly side of the 
track brought out the answer that 
within a few years the whole branch 
would be electrified and that the 
construction of a building in _har- 
mony with the architecture of the 
present building would not be an 
economical expenditure of money. 
This assurance by the officials of the 
Boston & Maine railroad is good 
news to the Gloucester branch for 
the real solution of the transporta- 
tion problem of the shore from Bev- 
erly to Rockport, of necessity lays 
over the road bed of the Boston & 
Maine railroad. The electrification 
of the branch with an increased train 
service will satisfy the requirements 
of business and pleasure for years. 
The branch has a good train service 
and fault eannot be found with the 
day service. The service in the even- 
ing is very poor. Unfortunately, the 
American express train which goes 
up the branch about 7 o’clock is on 
its way through to New York and 
that proposition to have it stop at all 
stations is excluded. It has been 
‘suggested by a member of the trans- 
portation committee of the Beverly 
board of trade, that a train be run 
from Rockport to Salem, a little af- 
ter seven. In this way any derange- 
ment of the schedule of trains into 
Boston will be avoided and any who 
wish to go to Boston, can alight at 
Salem and take the train from there. 
It is believed that the board of trade 
of Salem, as well as the board of 
Beverly, will be willing to fortify 
the request of the Gloucester branch 
for a train later than the 6.22 from 
Rockport and accomodating all of 
the stations on the branch. The pas- 
senger department has promised to 
take the request for this service into 
consideration in making up the new 
schedule. 
The New Deed Law. 
A new law has been placed upon 
the statutes of Massachusetts, mak- 
ing it legal for a man to transfer to 
his wife or a wife to her husband, a 
deed without a go between. An old 
blue law has hitherto forbidden this 
transaction. The old law was based 
upon an obselete theory of the legal 
status of the man and wife. Now it 
is clearly seen in the practice of 
equity and the theory of law that 
the partners in family life have in- 
dividual rights. The new law while 
serving as an economic measure for 
the registrars of deeds really ex- 
presses the modern conviction of the 
personal rights of individuals. The 
husband and wife are indeed one. 
In the years gone by, the necessity . 
for the preparation, writing, signing 
and registering of two deeds in or- 
der that a wife or husband may con- 
vey a parcel of property to the other 
partner in the home life is done 
away and a single deed can now be 
prepared, written and recorded. The 
convenience to the partners is ap- 
parent and the saving in expense 
while nominal, the price of register- 
ing one deed is appreciable. But the 
great saving will be the economy of 
space on the books and in the office 
of the Registry of Deeds. 
The New Potash Find. 
The reputed finding of an immense 
deposit of potash in an old lake bed 
in San Bernandine County, Califor- 
nia, is of great importance to the in- 
dustries of the United States. There 
has been for a long while an un- 
fortunate clash between the users 
of potash in America and the Ger- 
man Potash trust. Most all of the 
available potash in the world has 
been stored in the mines of Germany. 
The high duties and regulative re- 
strictions placed upon the trade has 
resulted in no small embarrassment 
to the American manufacturies and 
- the state department in Washington. 
If it proves as the first examination 
seems to indicate that there is pot- 
ash enough in the old lake for thirty 
years to come the situation in the 
potash market has been relieved by 
2 surprisingly fortunate turn of 
events. 
Marriage and a Health Certificate. 
The Dean of the Protestant Epis- 
copal cathedral of Saints Peter and 
Paul, has taken a courageous and 
commendable stand upon the ques- 
tion of matrimony. He is clearly 
within his rights as a minister of the 
gospel. The law recognizes the mar- 
riage ceremony as a civil duty and 
as far as the community is con- 
cerned, at the marriage, the clergy- 
man performs a civil rite and such 
civil rite must be recorded by him 
upon the books of the city or town 
clerk. LEceclesiatically the record of 
the marriage is made upon the par- 
ish record, but civilly it is recorded 
upon the books of the clerk of the 
community. While the clergyman 
does perform a civil duty it is not 
an obligatory duty. He has the per- 
sonal right to marry or refuse to 
marry any or all couples who come 
to him seeking his office. 
No criticism can be made of the 
bishop for refusing any couple who 
come seeking his offices. The dean 
has the right to formulate any rules 
he may choose in his parish in re- 
gard to that matter. Any criticism 
good, or otherwise, must be made 
upon the judgment shown in the 
grounds upon which the marriage is 
refused at his hands. Some states 
already have required a physician’s 
certificate. 
The dean subjects himself to no- 
toriety and his action becomes a na- 
tional topic of discussion. His stand 
has doubtless been the result of per- 
sonal observation. Every thinking 
man must acknowledge that the 
marriage of unfit people has been 
the cause of much social suffering 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
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