Stokes Buys Virginia Chesapeake Western Railway
W E D Stokes owner of the Anonia Hotel bought the Chesapeake Western Railway Company, acquiring all stock and bonds for about 25 000 dollars, plus 300 000 dollars in mortgage notes, to clear title. The 13.98 mile line may extend to Pittsburg and Chesapeake Bay, with coal lands and leases expanding to 40.96 miles. Stokes plans coal drill work and possible tidewater completion depending on coal exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. D Stokes
Anonia
Chesapeake Western Railway Company
Exchange
Pocahontas Company
Brakes
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Pittsburg
Stokes
Thomas Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
R. McM. Gillespie
Thonas Stokes
Chesapeake Western Railway
Chesapeake & Western Railroad
Elkton Junction
North River Gap
Tidewater
Great Fulton Carnival Plans Announced for 1909
The Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission outlined a full week of events starting September 27 1909. Highlights include a carnival parade, a Monday music festival, and official dinners on Thursday, with literary exercises at the Metropolitan Opera House Carnegie Hall and the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. Some programs face land-expropriation hurdles and funding gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson-Fulton
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Pr. Draper
Hudson and Fulton
Draper
John B. Parsons
Insywood Park Committee
Francis Lynde Stetson
Law and Legislative Committee
Tunis G. Bergen
Hudson
Fulton
Netherlands
Coghlan
Naval Parade Committee
Clermont
J. G. Wilson
Metropolitan Opera
Thouse
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
Col Boynton Decorated by Emperor for Fairness
The Emperor of Japan, via Ambassador Takahira, awarded Col. Charles A. Boynton, superintendent of the AP Southern Division, the fourth class Imperial Order of the Rising Sun. The honor recognizes Boynton’s good will toward Japan and his high ability and fairness in his AP role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Takahira
Charles A. Boynton
Associated Press
Imperial Order of the Rising Sun
Col. Boynton
Boynton
Vanderbilt Gives $1000 To Firemen's Memorial Fund
The Firemen's Memorial Fund received a $1000 gift from William H. Vanderbilt, joining other contributions that push the total toward $35,000. An auction sale of entertainment boxes at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 1 is expected to raise a large sum for the benefit event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen’s Memorial Fund
William l. Vanderbilt
Jacob H. Schiff
Metropolitan Opera House
Caldwell a Mental Wreck in State Asylum report
Physicians at Manhattan State Asylum report Robert Caldwell, a Staten Islander, sought in England for perjury in the Cruce case, is a mental and physical wreck, making extradition for trial unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan State Asylum
Robert Caldwell
England
Cruce
Real Estate Review Preview Presses Transport Impact in New York
The New York Times annual Real Estate Review argues improved transportation facilities will boost property values in New York and nearby districts. The feature highlights upcoming transit upgrades and their expected effects on neighborhoods, investment, and housing demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Times
Mass of Thanksgiving in Philadelphia Diocese Centennial
A solemn pontifical mass was celebrated at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia to mark the diocese centennial. Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Ryan Farley O Connell and twelve bishops attended with 900 priests leading the procession. Messages of congratulations came from President Roosevelt and the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Diocese of
Cardinnal Gibbons
Ryan
Farley
New York
O'Connell
Boston
Mer
Diomede Fatconio
United States
Garvey
Altoona
Penn
Roosevelt
Peace in U S Smelting as Board Size Grows
Stockholders of the United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company received a circular from Robert D. Evans urging proxy deferrals until a company affairs statement is issued. Evans, former president and largest individual stockholder, has sought greater board representation. A compromise reportedly increased the board from fifteen to twenty one and lets Evans name six new directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Evans
North American Company Bonds Talked With Local Bankers
Reports in the financial district indicate negotiations between North American Company and a local bank for bond sales totaling between one and three million dollars. Officers would not discuss the matter but a total bond issue of about five million dollars is believed contemplated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial District
Proposals for Government Supplies and Monument Work
Notices from the War Department and immigration office solicit sealed proposals for granite monument construction on Crab Island Lake Champlain and for ordnance stores, electric fixtures, lumber, and other supplies. Dates span April to May 1908. locations include Washington DC West Point Ellis Island Springfield MA and New York Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Tur
Crab Island
Lake Champlain
New York
M. Gray Zalinski
U. S. Army
Springfiell Armory
Springfield
Mass
S. Be Blunt
West Foint
United States
Quartermaster
West Point
N.Y
Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
New York’ Harbor
Robert Athorn
Receiver's Sale Of Personal Property At 105 Hudson Street
The receiver will sell at 105 Hudson Street Newark N J the personal property including six hat forming machines five fur blowers two bail ing presses one lathe a trifugal machine sixty combs and the goodwill of a business Bids must be sealed and sent to 238 Washington Street Newark with 20 percent certified check Bids open April 93 1908 at 2 PM or bid may be sold at public auction on the same day at 2 30 PM Inspection permitted during business hours
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Sald
J. Tracy Horton
Washington Street
Newark
Y Bilder & Bilder
Market Street
N.d
Erty
Public Notices From New York City Records 1908
A compilation of official notices includes dissolution filing for Acme Utility Company, city and state offices listing times for examinations, hearings on charter amendments, and bids for ferry and dock improvements. Officials cited include James L. Shalen, George B. McClellan, F. A. Spencer, and Herman A. Metz with dates in April 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Utility Company
State of New York
Secretary of State
Imrs
City of
Albany
James L. S.halen
Levy & Rosenthal
Rector Street
N. Y
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Broadway
New York
Commission
F. A. Spencer
Invitation for Fourth Avenue Subway Contract Bids
The Public Service Commission invites sealed proposals for constructing the Fourth Avenue Subway section in Brooklyn from 27th Street to 43rd Street with a four track subsurface railroad and a planned Thirty-sixth Street station. Bids must include separate amounts for railroad and pipe gallery work and be deposited by May 1908 with bonds of 150000 dollars. security options include cash or approved securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City of
New York
Commission
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Ashland Place
Fulton Street
Sackett Street
National
State Bank
City of New York
Nad Uvilah
Timate
THE
Public Service Commission
William Ff
Jaliver
Fourth Avenue Subway Project Proposal Brooklyn District
The Service Commission for the First District invites bids to construct a four track sub surface railroad segment from Ashland Place through Fourth Avenue to Sackett Street in Brooklyn with a station on Fourth Avenue between Pacific and Dean Streets. Plans show iron or steel tunnel lining, private property entrances, and pipe galleries. Bids must include a separate bid for pipe galleries, with security and bonds required, and the contract to be awarded after Board of Estimate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Public Service Commission
First District
Fourth Avenue
Borough of
Brooklyn
Ints
Twenty-seventh Street
Forty-second Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Nassau Street
Manhattan
Commission
City of New York
RAPID
Forty-Third Street
National of State Bank Or Trust Company
Board of Estimate
the Public Service Commission For
Ashland Place
Ton Street
Land Place
Flatbush Avenue
Pacific Street
Sackett Street
Dean Street
Bankruptcy notices of Seligman Bachenheimer and others
Notice of bankruptcy for Seligman Bachenheimer and several other entities. Includes first meeting of creditors set for May 1908 in New York City, with trustee appointments, claims proofs, and possible composition terms. Also includes public notices relating to city statutes, real estate takings for water supply, and related hearings in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snown
Wereon
City Record
Corporation
Nassau County
City of
New York
Foreclosure sale of New York property on Eightieth Street
Referee Richard H. Clarke will sell at public auction on April 28, 1908, at the Exchange Salesroom, 141 Vesey Street, Manhattan, the property at 118 West Eightieth Street bound by Amsterdam Avenue. The lien totals about $20,505.53 plus costs and sale expenses estimated at $329.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
County OF
New York
William
Delanoy
Robert. Wallace
Peter J. Shields
Aueti
Exchange
Li Vesey Street
Borough of
Manhattan
East New York
Joseph P. Day
Eightieth Street
City of
Amsterdam
Tenth) Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Eightieth and
Seventy-ninth Streets
Ejgitieth Street
George P. Cammann
Register of the City and County of
Richard H. Clarke
Simpson, Werner& Cardozo
Broadway
N. Y
Cen
Ita
Femi
County
Ofew York
Hugh Breslin
Mary
Rosslin
Emma K
Alanis
Apferes Ia
Vesey Street
City of New York
Byoseph P. Day
Bronx
Cornelius J. L. Lynch
Henry Morgenthau
Register
County of New York
Edward
Parris
Summonses in multiple New York Supreme Court cases
Public notices announce summonses in several actions from New York County. Defendants include Joseph Feyre, Magnolia Bank, and Mildred F Jurgen sen, with orders by Justice James A O Gorman and attorney firms Coffin Goldmark and Shearman Sterling. Defendants must answer within twenty days or face default judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
New York
COUN
Rosenstein Brothers, Incorporated
Joseph Fevre
County Court House
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Coffin & Goldmark
Broadway
New York City
New York County
London City and Midland Bank, Limited
Magnolia Bank
Shearman & Sterling
Plaintiff
Wall Street
James A. O'Gorman
Supreme Court of
State of New York
County of
Edgar C. Jurgensen
Mildred F. Jurgensen
Samuel M. Hitchcock
William Street
Borough of
Manhattan
Mildred P. Jurgeneen
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Surrogate Notice for Thomas Fitch Rowland Will Claims
Notice is given by executors Thomas Fitch Rowland Jr and Charles B Rowland to all persons with claims against Thomas Fitch Rowland late of New York deceased to present them with vouchers at the office of Wm J Turner Cotton Exchange Building Room 84 Manhattan by August 10 next. Attorney WM Turner serves as attorney for executors in Manhattan New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
James A. O’gorman
County of New York
Girard N. Whitney
Riverside Drive
Borough of Manhattan
State of
New York
Whitney & Kitchen
James V Geraghty
Nassau Street
Bayard L. Peck
Girard N.whitney
Liberty Street
Bayard L. Pece
Girard News
Burke & Fay
Pine Street
Board of Mate
City of New
Old Council Chamber
Borough
Manhattan
City of
Bronx
Long Island
New Jersey
Westchester
Staten Island
Rowland
Thomas Fitch
Hon. Abner Co
Thomas
County of
Wm. J. Turner
Cetion Exchange
Borough of
City of New York
Thomas Fitch Rowland, Jr
Charles B. Rowland
WM. L. Turner
Cotton Exchange Building
Foreclosure Sale Notices In New York Courts
Public notices announce upcoming auctions in Manhattan and the Bronx as referees sell properties under foreclosure judgments. Details include parcel descriptions, parcel boundaries, street addresses such as 183 Tenth Avenue and 577 West 161st Street, sale dates in April, May 1908, auctioneers Joseph P. Day and others, and required costs, taxes, and interest calculations.
District Court Notice of Bankruptcy Lasker Brothers
In the United States District Court Southern District of New York Raphael J Lasker and Philip S Lasker both members of the firm Lasker Brothers were adjudicated bankrupt on March 6 1908. The first creditors meeting will be at 68 William Street Manhattan on March 9 at 11 am to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the debtors. Nathanael S. Smith Referee in Bankruptcy New York April 22 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Seligman Bachenheimer
Bachenheimer & Guhrauer
Selgman Bachenheimer
Bachenheimer and Guhrauer
New York
A. D
Rachenheimer & Cgahrauer
Nathaniel S. Smith
William Street
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Nathaniel ©. Fith
Vischer-Hennessy Co
Wischer-Hennessy Co
Vischer-Henesey Co
Nathaniel
Thaffics
Peter B. Olmey
New York City
United States
Raphael J. Lasker
Philip
Lasker Brothers
Philip S.lasker
al. D
Raphael J.las*ker
Philip S. Lasker
Taster Brothers
Jcreditora
Nathanie S. Smith
Wiliam
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. E.D. Stokes
Virginia Railroad
Chesapeake Western
Great Fulton
Emperor of Japan
W. K. Vanderbilt
Caldwell
Catholic Diocese of
U. S
North American Co
Westchwver County Clerk’s
Marchal
National Gram~ E-Phone Corporation of
Williams Street
Eerai
Willia
M. Les
E. V
Daby, sReceiver
Sie
Connted Metropolitan Opera Company
B Supreme Court
Mamy
Preme
Voegtlin Company
Holden& Rogers
E. Russell Ives
Greater New York
Board OF Aldermen
City Hall
George B. McClellan
Fire Department
East Sixty-seventh Street
Richmond
Nicholas ¥. Hayes
Department OF Docks and Ferries
Pier A
Battery Place
Otis, &¢c
Tee
Piles
Board of Assessors
Queens
1St Ward
9Th Avenue
Grand
Jamaica Avenue
Herman A. Metz
Commissioner of Docks
Ashland
T Wi
William Autrra Erty
New -York
Ann Marshall
New Yor
Mayo
Ena
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Nation OF
Saint. Nicholas Park
Twen
Department of Public Charities
Blackwell's Island
Robert W. Hebberd
Travis H. Whitney
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment
Notive Hentay
Nessting
Hempstead
Nassau
Anil Aems
Clear Stream
Eomre
Ee Nath Tet
S. Smith
Wateres
Louis V. Bright
Title_Insurance and Trust Co
Market Review
John L. Parish
Charles F. Noyes
Felix Isman
Charles Griffith Moses
Esupreme
Tre County
Frederic Currie
Caroline L. Harned
Charles
M. Livan
Cnteret
Deatt “Tate
Vesey St
Joseph P
Lews
State of New
Greenwich
I. County of
Cremient
Moose
Benjamin
F. Howrit
Office of the Register
Pige
Avril
Sampson
Lae Andler
Thomas Davis VY. JR
Wanim “Street
Tin
Sampson H. Weinhandler
Reuterss
Bolger
Supreme Court OF the Coin
iNew York
Bankers Life Insurance Company
City OF Yew York
John A. Donnegan
New York Real Estate Exchange
Liw York
Joseph F.lay
Igist Street
Jallal
161St Street
61St Street
Biock
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