Boston Changing From Historic 'Hub' to Modern City Rapidly
By DICK DEW
United Press International
Boston-JUTO-The demands of
modern life have begun to
rock this cradle of liberty
with more and more vigor. w
Though Boston, the historic
"Hub" for more than three
million persons, was slow in
getting itself untracked from
the past, the last two years
have seen the launching of
several major commercial and
government - aided highway
and housing projects.
Elevated traffic arteries,
' skyscraper business develop
ments and sprawling residen
tial projects pose no threat as
yet to such storied areas as
bumpy Beacon "Hill, but city
planners say the day is com
.ing when at least part of "Old
Bosion win nave 10 go. ,
Rising Taxes v
. Plagued .by rising taxes,
crooked, congested streets,
and tremendous mass trans
portation problems, Boston
has taken several preliminary
steps forward.
: One important accomplish
ment was a 110-million-dollar
central artery, an elevated
highway providing swift, lim
ited access means of crossing
the city. The highway was
only recently linked to ma
jor entrance routes including
the 60-million-dollar South
east Expressway, Baston's
South Shore feeder, route.
The Expressway, which will
eventually join a divided
highway from north of Bos
ton to the tip of Cape Cod,
was completed just in time to
avoid chaos when the New
Haven Railroad closed down
its 'Old- Colony line, prim
ary commuter system for 10,-
000 Boston workers residing
on the South Shore.
, Boston's lag in economi
cally-necessary redevelopment
was pointed up two years ago
when a. group of businessmen
collected $100,000 to form the
Greater Boston Economic
Study committee.
Changing Function
The committee's investiga
tors promptly focused their
attention on the changing
function of downtown Boston
and concluded the city badly
needed redevelopment.
Its first four-ply plan called
for a downtown office build
ing center, a decorative arts
center, an apparel trade 'cent
er and a graphic arts center.
The committee declined to
suggest , who should launch
the various projects but sug
gested the areas were and
woftld continue-to be of vital
importance in sustaining the
city.
The city's Planning Depart
ment has been irnmersed in a
proposed government office
center to include buildings
housing Federal, state and city
offices. The project, sched
uled for early turnover to the
Boston Redevelopment . Au
thority for land - takings,
would include a city office
headquarters worth 20 million
dollars, a 28-million-dollar
Federal facility and a 30-mil-
lion dollar state office build
ing. The center would be con
structed in the deteriorating
Scollay Square section.
Urban Removal
An example - of Boston's
blossoming interest' in rede
velopment and urban renewal
i" the Planning Department
budget. Just 10 years ago, the
annual ' appropriation was
S33.0C0. The 'latest budget
was a quarter of a million dol
lars. '
The area's railroads, mean
while, have contributed heav
ily to the 150-million-dollar
Prudential insurance com
pany center in the city's aged
Back Bay section. The ,proj
ect, already underway, is
being built on 31 acres of
what was once the Boston and
Albany Railroad's freight
yards.
City officials call that proj
ect and the so-called West
End redevelopment program
keys to what they believe will
be a sweeping modernization
program.
The Prudential project, in
addition to the office build
ings for the firm and other
tenants, will include a conven
tion hall and a major new
hotel.
West End Project
The West End project clear
ed several hundred families
and dozens of decaying, aban
doned substandard buildings
from a 43-acre tract that will
eventually be a city within a
city.
The area already has been
stripped and the families relo
cated, most of them to their
own advantage. The area,
taken up for 40 million dol
lars, will eventually provide
2,200 apartments in 18 build
ings up to 20 stories tall.
The area will be completje
unto itself vith plans already
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
The Primitive Silverfish
Is Still With U
If a silverfish would be fool
ish enough to bite on a hook,
we would have to use an old
piece of newspaper, a hunk of
glue or a piece of starch for
bait, as these creatures consid
er these seemingly unpalata
ble .things as rare delicacies.
And, to make the whole thing
even more ridiculous, this
character has three tails,
scales, but no fins or gills.
You've- guessed it. the sil
verfish is not a fish but an
insect. A troublesome one that
lives in dark, damp places
about the house, especially
where oaoers. books or
starchy materials are stored.
' The silverfish. has an appe
tite that is almost constant. It
spends just about all its time
during every night of its life
nibbling. It does considerable
damage once it gets estab
lished.
Lowest Order
These so - called silverfish,
are members of the lowest,
most primitive order of in
sects. They should have pass
ed from the scene decades ago,
but they didn't. They emerge
from the egg perfect replicas
of the parents, an unusual oc
currence among the insects. ,
Most undergo several chang
es, but not the silverfish.
These creatures require about
two years to reach full ma
turity, during which time
they moult five or six times.
Full grown they are about
half inch long. They are wing
less, with many jointed legs.
Soon after they aje hatched
they have the characteristic
silvery color, and tne ngnx
ning speed of the adult. This
activity makes them a trouble
some pest, as they move so
fast they escape poison spray.
hiding in cracks and crevices
the instant light strikes them.
This natural "speed on their
feet" gave someone the idea
they were swimming: hence
the "fish." The color of the
body and the fine scales that
cover it all add to the fish
idea. :
The long tapered body, with
the smooth scales makes it
Two Women Face
Trial for Swimming
In Half of Suits
Newport Beach, CaliflGPD
-Two French -born women
arrested for swimming in
only the bottom halves of
their bikini bathing suits on
a public beach - said lhey
couldn't understand what
all the fuss was about.
To swim without the lops
is common among women
at French beaches, Aurelie
la Mar, 34, and Ilena Ro
vira, 32, were reported to
,have indignantly told arrest
ing officers
The women, .both resi- -dents
of Los Angeles, went
on trial yesterday on mis
: demeanor charges of outrag
ing the public decency.
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possible for the insect to enter
an opening that appears much
too small; actually they can
almost crawl in between the
pages of a book.
By Any Name ...
Different sections of the
country have various names
for these household - insects,
all more or less descriptive of
their appearance. Fish-moth
and slicker are two examples.
And this strange -insect is
just about everywhere in
piles of old newspapers, under
the - kitchen - sink, in base
ments, garages, and tool sheds
-getting along swimmingly on
dry land. .
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1959) .
Birds Grow Larger
On Isolated Island
Washington-(Science Serv
ice) Island life agrees with
the birds - they apparently
grow larger than their main
land contemporaries. - -.
In a report on the uninhab
ited Caribbean jungle Isla Es
cudo de Veraguas, Dr. Alexan
der Wetmore of the Smithso
nian Institution here describes
three new sub-species of birds.
The birds, a blue tanager, a
manakin and a tropical wren,
are all mainland types appar
ently isolated on the foursquare-mile
island for thou
sands of years.
'. Although many of the size
differences between the two
types of birds would be too
small for the average person
to detect-a difference of 2.5
millimeters in bill length, for
example - island birds one
third larger than mainland
ones were observed.
Dr. Wetmore also obtained
Lab Animals to Live
In Germ-Free Room
Notre Dame, Ind.-(Science
Service Laboratory animals
at the University of Notre
Dame will live a germ-free
life in a plastic room. The
sterile, plastic room, which
can be deflated and stored
when not in use, will replace
the less convenient metal iso
lators. Filtered air keeps the
room's atmosphere clean. Be
fore entering, technicians
must don plastic suits sprayed
with germ-killing peracetic
acid. The air the technicians
exhale is cleaned by a porta
ble purifier attached to their
plastic suits. Animals who live
their entire lives germ-free
are valuable for nutrition and
cancer experiments, Notre
Dame researchers explained.
one spiny rat belonging to an
unknown species. There are
few other mammals, he said,
except for wild pigs.
completed for schools, church
es and a shopping center.
William J. Bird, executive
vice president of the Greater
Boston Chamber of Com
merce, believes that although
the Hub was slow to get start
ed, "We are now among the
leaders in the country is ac
tually getting things done.
Plans for future work are nice
but Boston is really moving.,
We've taken property and be
gun construction in many
cases. This is the important
thing."
Key to Program -
Bird, whose Chamber mem
bership pressured for several
years to get redevelopment
started here, said the key to
the program was "establishing
the machinery for progress."
"In the last four years," he
said, "we've gotten off dead
center. Boston is beginning to
demonstrate its ability for
metropolitan growth. The
thing that held us back was
lack of an authority to accom
plish the. mechanics necessary
to action.
"We've accomplished more
in the last two years than in
the 20 years before them."
7 7,000 Pounds of Milk
Per Year Good Figure
Ithaca, N.Y. -UPD- When a
cow produces more than
11,000 pounds of milk a year
she starts costing her owner
money, according to a study
of 464 New York State dairy
farms.
The survey, conducted by
the State College of Agricul
ture at Cornell University,
shows that when Bossy goes
over that figure, she tends to
cost more for labor than tfte
extra milk is- worth. Econor
mists say the best yield is
between 7,000 . and 11,000
pounds per year.
Family Has Six Men
On Police Forcer
. Boston .-(DPD- When Charles
H. Pugsley joined Boston's po
lice force recently, his family
became possibly the largest
family of police officers in
the United States.
Besides Charles there are
the father, Sgt.. Arthur Pugs
ley Sr. and Patrolmen Arthur
Jr., Ernest, Robert and Stan
ley. -
Antwerp: is one of the
world's five greatest ports.
Announcement! '
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Architect
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, There are more than four
million - business establish
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and more than 98 per cent
of them have fewer than 50
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