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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
10
A Hughes High School graduate of 1901 receives a $300 scholarship and a summer Paris course from Alliance Francaise. She will study to teach French and likely stay in Paris with her sister for about a year.
Mayor Fleischmann ordered City Engineer Breen to probe bitulithic pricing in other cities and compare specifications and labor costs with Cincinnati. Bids on bitulithic Pike Street and asphalt streets were referred to Breen. Henkel & Sullivan and Barber Asphalt Paving were named low bidders. A City Council paving resolution seeks bids on three material standards to foster competition.
Hamilton County G A R delegates sail from Union Depot at 8 15 AM aboard the B and O toward Washington D C for the annual encampment. Cincinnati posts plan independent marches, with indorsement debates centering on Ohio’s turn for commander in chief and supporters backing General A M Warner and Captain E R Monfort amid statewide letters of support.
Mayor Fleischmann names Deputy Auditor Geo. O. Deckebach to serve as city auditor while Perkins is disabled. City Solicitor Hunt cites municipal code Section 228 as amended April 7, 1904, stating there is no question about the validity of the appointment or Deckebach’s acts.
An advertisement extols Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as the best, perfectly pure and highly concentrated, emphasizing its superior quality for culinary use.
Eugene Zimmerman president of the C H and D declares his company uncommitted to the Union Depot plan and not opposed to Court Street or The location of the bridge over the Ohio depends on arrangements. George Cummings is expected to become president of the Ann Arbor and Detroit Southern to unite the two lines into one north south system.
Rudolph Kleybolte & Co acting for a syndicate of Eastern capitalists will launch the Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad from Norfolk Virginia to Beaufort North Carolina about 150 miles. The project includes 450000 acres of timber land docks at Norfolk and connections to major trunk lines with a $7500000 bond issue and equal stock. Underwriting for $4250000 nearly complete. Aimed to serve virgin forests and trucking country with ferries and floating timber equipment for ocean port shipments.
The reduction of travel time from Cincinnati to New York sparks a scramble for precedence. The New York Central cuts the Twentieth Century Limited to nineteen hours while Pennsylvania plans an eighteen hour service the Pennsylvania Special to run Chicago to New York in eighteen hours leaving Chicago at 2 45 p.m. and arriving at 9 45 a.m. Eastern time. Westbound times follow with New York departing 3 55 p.m. and Chicago arriving 8 55 a.m. Railway men await New York Central’s reply to the challenge.
Colonel Bill Shaw, veteran Burlington Company passenger chief in the Cincinnati area, marks 64 years of service while planning to continue. He notes he has not yet reached a point to rest, with a career spanning the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Mrs Shaw hosts a celebratory meal as friends drop by to offer congratulations.
The Erie Railroad showcased a fully steel mail car at the H. and D. Depot drawing interest from railway men. At 67 feet long and 14 feet 4 inches high, the steel framed car aims to shield clerks and contents from shocks, cold, and heat. Fireproof wooden furnishings and a double shell design promise improved safety and reduced vibration.
Federal inspectors in Cincinnati and other points have been ordered to strictly enforce laws on rail transport of live stock. They report carriers often fail to unload water and feed every twenty eight hours or provide five hours rest before reload. Some have gone thirty six hours without unloading. One company faced censure but offered an adequate excuse. The crackdown is prompting safer, more compliant handling across carriers.
Joseph Ramsey Jr president of Wabash Railway announced in Pittsburg that negotiations were pending for the sale of the Little Kanawha syndicate holdings to Wabash. Ramsey, manager and private stockholder, denied friction with Gould and said relations were amicable.
W. B. Calloway, Assistant General Passenger Agent, leads a party of Great Central Route representatives on a tour of inspection over the Pere Marquette line yesterday. The delegation visits key stations and facilities to review service and operations.
The speed war between the New York Central Lines and the Pennsylvania Railroad on the Chicago to New York corridor heats up as both seek faster schedules and greater efficiency. The dispute signals a major shift in passenger service competition and could reshape timetables and pricing.
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