Harriman to Take Erie and Expand Terminal Plans
New York April 9. Following Harriman's 5.5 million dollars for maturing notes Wall Street reports the Erie Railroad will soon pass under Harriman and associates control. Plans include 30 to 40 million for terminal, tunnel, trackage and rolling stock upgrades. Harriman will also take 5 million of new 6 percent notes to fund immediate needs.
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New York
BE. H. Harriman
Wall Street
Erie Road
New Securities Listed on New York Stock Exchange
The exchange adds multiple bonds and certificates of deposit from Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Michigan State Telephone, St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, Havana Electric Railway, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Western Maryland Railroad, and Cuba Railroad Company. Totals reach 36,250,000 plus other cumulative listings and on notice adjustments through 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Michigan State Telephone Company
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Havana Electric Railway Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Equitable Trust Company
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Cuba
Fishing Fleet Sails In with 291 900 Pounds of Mixed Catch
The port reports 21 fares of fish at the wharf yesterday with a total catch of 291 900 pounds. Haddock dominates at 230 900 pounds followed by cod 56 500 pounds hake 2 500 pounds pollock and cask 1 000 pounds each. Vessels Clara G Silva Richard J Nunan and Mary B Greer bring 1000 and 500 pounds of hake and cod prices range from 35 4 to 51 4 cents per pound. Several ships return from Fulton market New York and Southern waters with mackerel and bloater fish while Timandra prepares for a 7000 mile Buenos Ayres voyage and Winifredian arrives after a rough crossing. Weather and lighthouse notices report buoy displacements and replacements for Stone Horse Shoal Northend and Plum Island Spit buoys. The Theresa and Alice docks reflect strong earnings for crews with $50 per man on a recent trip.
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Frances Whalen
Haddock
Clara G. Silva
Richard J. Nunan
Mary B. Greer
Mary Edith
Marolva Ses
Sens Ee
Angle V. Watson
Marty Ey Cooney
Ces
Cec
Wees
M. Madaleing
Fulton Market
New York
Gloucester
Clintonia
Ralph Webber
Esperanto
Charles Maguire
Hattie M. Graham
Roy Kimball
Boston
Michael Powers
T Wharf
Timandra
Buenos Ayres
James Macquarrie
Liverpool
Winifredian
F. Shepherd
Boston & Albany
Alexander Tournay
London
Edwin D. Boles
Edward A. Carter
Edwin A. Stevens
Rowland Chambers
Florence R. Fraser
Kathleen Fraser
Annie R. Elliott
Matilda A. Sutherland
Frank Piling
Red Cross
Sylvia
Sow and Pigs Reef
Woods Hole
C. J. Roush
Nantucket Sound
Cross Rip
Plum Island Spit North Port
Newburyport Harbor
Fish Pier
Theresa
Alice
George Perry
February figures show mixed changes for local firms
Data indicates increases and decreases in gross revenue across several entities led by Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co. with December 31 end date figures. Specific amounts include $464,118 and $274,672 in listed accounts, with other entries showing $106,489 and $37,483.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co
Julia Ward Howe Portrait Painted by Granddaughter
A portrait of Julia Ward Howe by her granddaughter Caroline Minturn Hall is shown at the Women's Municipal League of New York. The work, finished recently, presents Howe with admired features and was painted during summers at Newport. Hall, an art student, has held posts with the Women's Art Association of Paris.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Caroline Minturn Hall
Florence Howe Hall
New York City
Women’s Municipal League of New York
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Apr 10 Arrivals and Tugs
Shipping details list sunrise and sunset times, day length, moonset, and high water. April 10 arrivals include steamers Winifredian Georgian Boston Mackenzie Yarmouth N S Hawes Halifax and tugs Valley Forge Neshaminy Oak Hill Indian Ridge towing barges under British and American ports.
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Pretorian
Glasgow
Ifjell
Sama
Cuba
Kasenga
New York
Massachusetts
H. M. Whitney
Dto
Framfield
Philadelphia
Grecian
Gloucester
Baltimore
Norfolk
Kennebec
Kanawha
Silvia
Banes
Pontiae
Powhatan
U. S
Newport
R. I
Valley Forge
Indian Ridge
Oak Hill
Portland
Conestoga
Rutherford
Tunnel Ridge
Merriam
Monocacy
Cto
Suffolk
Lynn
Brookside
Logan
Standard 11
Q, Co
Tacony
South Amboy
Haverford
Winifredian
Shepherd
Liverpool
Georgian
Wood
London
Boston
Mackenzie
Yarmouth
N. S
A. W. Perry
Hawes
Halifax
Dingley
Linscott
Cape Ann
Godfrey
Mass
Taylor
Neshaminy
Dividends Declared by Multiple Companies This May
Several firms announced dividend declarations this May including Electric Bond & Share Company at 144 percent on preferred stock and May 1 payment, Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway at 2 percent semi annual, H R Worthington at 314 percent semi annual, United Electric Securities Company at semi canal Poor boy 1 percent, Ames Shore Toompany quarterly 1 percent preferred with April 16 date.
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Electric Bond & Share Company
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
H. R. Worthington Company
United Electric Securities Company
Semicanal
Ames Shore Toompany
Hub schooner runs aground off Shinnecock in fog
The five masted Bos ton schooner George P Hudson bound from Portsmouth to Baltimore ran aground 112 miles east of Shinnecock life saving station in dense fog. Captain Gardner was taken ashore to confer with local and New York contacts about a possible float attempt. The ship lying at ease, formerly the Fannie Palmer, valued at 100000 dollars and uninsured.
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Portsmouth
Baltimore
Boston
George P. Hudson
Coastwise Transportation Company
Shinnecock
Shinnecock Life Savery
E. C. Gardner
Crowley
Merritts
New York
Hudson
Fannie Palmer
Palmer Fleet
Arethusa Expected in Gloucester After Long Delay
Hundreds gathered on Thames wharf hoping for the Gloucester fishing schooner Arethusa as it raced against the Canadian cruiser Fiona. The Arethusa did not arrive and no tidings were received, with a Gloucester docking possible today or tomorrow after four days from Rose Branch Newfoundland where Captain Clayton Morrissey tied up for supplies.
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T Wharf
Gloucester
Arethusa
Fiona
Clayton Morrissey
Rose Branch
N. F
Morrissey
Rumor of New Hub Havana Line Steamer Charter
A report claimed the St John New Brunswick Boston and Havana Steamship Company had chartered a vessel to load cargo for Cuba via this port. Agent John Wylde denied the claim as premature and uncertain if a steamer would be chartered soon. The Boston and Maine pier at Mystic Wharf in Charlestown was named as the local terminal.
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St. John
N. B
Boston and Havana Steamship Company
Cuba
John Wylde
Patterson, Wylde & Co
Boston & Maine Pier
Mystic Wharf
Charlestown
Wealthy broker Lorenzo Kneeland dies by suicide in Chicago
Lorenzo D Kneeland a 55 year old retired broker well known in financial circles and member of the Union League Chicago and Chicago Athletic clubs killed himself this morning. He arose about 7 and after reading the papers returned to his room and fired a bullet through his brain. He had been ill for years and despondent recently.
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Chicago
Lorenzo D. Kneeland
Kneeland
Union League
Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Charge in Newark Case
Newark April 9 Judge Howell dismissed the conspiracy charge against Benjamin Atha by City Counsel James B Nugent. Atha served as foreman of the grand jury that indicted Nugent for election frauds.
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Newark
Howell
Benjamin Atha
James B. Nugent
Atha
Nugent
City refuses woman as Montgomery city collector
Mrs. Gertrude Barney, elected city collector in Montgomery, was denied a commission by the City Council on the grounds she is a woman. The council’s action ends her appointment as city collector amid calls for equal treatment.
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Montgomery
Gertrude Barney
East Boston Boys Star Gunners on Rhode Island Crew
Four East Boston youths W P Roach J A O'Brien F E Barker and M J Kenифick of the battleship Rhode Island are rated among the navy's crack gunners after target practice. Their marks boosted Rhode Island in the fleet competition for the pennant based on highest crew average.
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Magdalena Bay
East Boston
W. P. Roach
J. A. O'Brien
F. E. Barker
M. J. Kenifick
Rhode Island
Dead men named in suit for divorce in Paterson
James Mc Glade of 87 Ryle avenue Paterson has filed for divorce from Maria McGlade naming two men who have recently died as part of the suit. The two men named in the petition are now deceased.
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Paterson
N. J
James McGlade
Ryle Avenue
Maria McGlade
Indiana man dies in home hugging his fortune
Dr. W. W. Daily, 60, a wealthy Indiana citizen, was found dead in his Selvin home while clinging to a strong box he kept his fortune in. Police say heart disease likely caused the death. he had eschewed banks.
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Evansville
Ind
W. W. Daily
Indiana
Selvin
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KEEZY
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Mason Financial CO
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