Astoria Bronx Gas Tunnel Completes Under East River
The Astoria Bronx gas tunnel, 72 inch mains, completed underwater yet to lay pipes, joins Astoria to the Bronx beneath the East River. Engineers faced deep rock, limestone gneiss, high water, and used grout walls and compressed air methods to win through. The project underpins New York gas supply for a growing Bronx population, with detailed reports on shaft depths, tunnel geometry, and construction challenges. The final breakthrough occurred July 17, 1913, witnessed by company leaders and press, marking a milestone in urban tunneling.
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Ister
Tone Island
Winthrop Avenue
Astoria
Nothcewoth Street
Gas Age
Perewrte Tesrate
TernHit
Niier
Enel
Connecticut
Harold Carpenter
Con Solidated Gas Company of
New York
East Hiver
Bronx
Consolidated Gas Company of
Taat
Harlem River
Hell Gate
Manhattan 1
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Astoria Light, Heatay Power Company
Willem
Bradley
George B. Cortelyou
Mast River
Brens
Rock Dot
Cortalyou
Brons
Lewin B. Gantry
Consolidated Geo Company of New York
Harrison B. Gantry
Nicholas F. Brady
Anthony N. Brady
New York Scheon Company
J. W. Lieb, Jr
Thomas Murray
New York Edison Company
W. Cullen Morrin
Contematera
Mesers, Jacobs & Davies, Tne
Revert BE. Livingston
Consolidated Gaz Company
Rewapaper
Maine
Bron
Poli Rack
Bath
Tmes
Astotiaen
Americans Flock to Vera Cruz for Safety After Wilson Advice
Americans in Mexico travel to Vera Cruz seeking safety following President Wilson guidance. The report details large scale pipe mains weighing 13 tons each placed on 771 concrete saddles. Jacobs & Davies engineers directed the project with Harold Carpenter and Vivian Messiter overseeing ground work.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Wilson
C. C. Simpson
Department of Maine
Astoria
Bronx
William H. Bradley
W. Cullen Morris
Harold Carpenter
Jacobs & Davies, Inc
Hudson Pennsylvania
McAdoo
Vivian Messiter
Jacobs & Davies
Ravenswood
United States
Unemployed in Tokyo and Japan’s shifting social scene
Tokyo faces rising unemployment as educated men flood the city from the countryside seeking work. Lodging houses are packed, while many youths fall into debt and end up in poverty. Madame Kamehachi Ichikawa dies on stage after a storied career beginning in a samurai family. Island customs in Oshima reveal staged funerals and early marriages with greater freedoms for courtship. Mount Fuji sees record climbs by a seven year old girl and an intended hundredth ascent by an elderly climber. Panama Canal opening spurs Osaka Mercantile to expand with 5,000 ton ships and U.S. coasts connected by new Japanese lines.
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Tokio
Honjo
Japan
America
Europe
Madame Kamehachi Ichikawa
Sarah Bernhardt
Kumehachi
Madame Ichikawa
Danjuro
Oshima
F. Kawagoe
Empire
Mount Fuji
Safure Oto
Fuji
Waseda University
Hirohito
Puli
Prince Yi
Korea
United States
Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company
Connecticut Suffrage Booth Dominates Connecticut Fair
Hartford suffrage workers staffed a busy booth at Charter Oak Park during the Connecticut Fair. Leaders included Mrs. M Toscan Bennett and Miss Alyse Greeary, with many volunteers from Hartford Equal Franchise League and Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association. Exhibits ranged from suffrage doll houses to anti adulteration displays, with suffrage literature and souvenirs sold. Open air speeches drew crowds despite horse racing draws. The State Convention will meet in Hartford at Unity Hall with potential attendance over six hundred delegates and a public mass meeting planned featuring Carrie Chapman Catt.
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Hartford
Charter Oak Park
Hartford Mauar Franchise League
B. M. Lincoln
Annie Conroy
Dora Goldberg
U. S Agricultural Department
New York City
Consumers’ League
Racine
Connecticut
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
Hartford Equal Franchise League
Unity Halls
Pratt Street
Teague
Sunity Hall
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Suffrage Association
New Haven
Catt
Budapest
Mrs Catt Reappointed Leader by Enthusiastic Delegates
The passage notes Mrs Catt as an ideal presiding officer and her re election as president by the delegates in a highly approving, enthusiastic vote.
Denial of Wreck Victim Mutilation Error
New Haven Sept In a coroner inquest Coroner Mix denied reports of mutilation of Bar Harbor Express wreck victims at North Haven. Witnesses described observers taking jewelry and money while some thefts occurred. no evidence supported mutilation claims as stated by authorities.
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New Haven
Mix
North Haven
Engineer Miller
Engineers and Firemen Seek Wage Adjustment
Locomotive engineers and firemen on the railroads west of Chicago plan to ask railroad companies to revise their wage schedules. Representatives of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen have joined in a request for a conference with railroad heads in Chicago in the latter part of the month or early October.
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Kansas City
Locomotve
Rmit
Chicago
Han
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomot
Leaps into Lake After Shooting Companion
A man claiming to be Harold Dickerson son of Col RP Dickerson of Springfield Mo was shot and seriously wounded last night by James Gray of St Louis during a scuffle in a Beede Lake rowboat Gray leaped into the lake and is believed drowned Dickerson cried for help attracting resorters who assisted him The shooter offered drunkenness as the only reason for the incident.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Harold Dickerson
Col
RP. Dickerson
Springfield
James Gray
St. Louis
Beede Lake
Gray
Dickernon
American refugees reach Durango from Vera Cruz
Galveston Texas September refugees from Durango arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz.
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Durango
Vera Chuiz
Galveston
Tex
Vera Cruz
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised in letter
A Bellevue Ohio woman writes of quick health improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The note claims relief from pains nervousness and menstrual irregularities and urges others to try the remedy. The letter also touts a long record of success and calls the product essential in households.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Mr=_ Cras
Charman
F.D. No
Bellevue, Ohio
Pinkham
Notice on Discontinuance of Building Line on Main Street
City of Bridgeport votes adopted a report by the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages regarding the discontinuance of a four foot building line on the west side of Main Street from 39 to 94 feet north of Frank Street. Damages and benefits are listed for named individuals. adoption dated Sept 2, 1915 with approvals in Sept 1914.
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Main Street
Common Council
City of
Bridgeport
Frank Street
Discontinuance of the Pollalliline Line on Columbia Street
Report of the Board of Appraisal of Beawtie and Damages for the discontinuance of the line along Columbia Street from Tobeson to Greenery. Damages awarded over and above benefits to several listed property owners including Joseph Loobowits, Ary Soaps Novakovic, and Patrick Michael Ronan. Approved September 1917 by City Clerk Stephen Louchbe.
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Columbia Street
Beit
Board of Appraisal of
Beawtie
Columbia Straat
Siren
Gregory Street
Bomeius
Xforensia
Xforensia Dililding-lite
Heesora
Wits
Pastaces
Bexefite
Aasantaussee
Aforgmald
Domeph Loobowits
Eonwood
Ary
Novakovic
Toseph
Frederick Rats Patrick Michael Ronanere
Fara
Thes
Stephes
Bouchbe
De Establishment of Building Line on Bell Street
A public notice records the Common Council meeting action on property line changes and an appraisal order for damages along Becenve Street. The document cites awarded damages and insurance proceeds, referencing individuals including George F. Nordiing and George F. Nerdilne Balmoreon nn, as part of the listing of affected parties.
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Bell Street
Becenve Street
Sepeenser
Orne
George F
Discontinuance of Building on West House Street
Notice records a 1088 council meeting and action on continuance of the building with damages and benefits terms. The adopted resolution notes Bridget Tord and involves local officials Stephen F. Souchea and related attestations.
Damages Awarded For Brons Avenue Layout Plan
The Board of Appraisal sets damages for the Brons Avenue layout project at 345 feet from the center line on Melmetree Wayne Street. It lists beneficiaries James Spargo Erne Wilias Wintter and others, with compensation over and above any special benefits. The notice specifies the persons to receive damages and benefits as established by the Common Council.
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Board of Appraisal of
and Dawagee Wan
Brons Avenue
Melmetree
Wayne Street
Common Council
Ion FE
Wilias
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Connectcor
Thore
Willimaytic
Sheffield Scientific School
Pittsburgh
Henry A. Carpenter
Vera
Cruisharbo
Ouisiana
Kamehachi
Imperial Theatre of
Suffrage News
Lydia E. Pinkhem
Henry J. Clampett
John Fi. Clampett
Michael H. Ford
Stephen F. Boucher
Wesset Houmseuic
Bridget Tord
Rept. Ltd
Stephen F. Souchea
Chr
Deere
James Spargo
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