Five Cent Fare Bill Passes As Albany Closes
Albany dispatch reports the Senate rushed final passage on a five cent fare to Coney Island and a raft of bills. The legislature approved an investigation of New York City finances, a subway financing measure, and a Torrens land transfer plan while killing the New York Central grant and an automobile tax bill. A $21 million state appropriation was approved for government operations, with totals near $30 million after supplements.
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Taft Campaign Managers Confer at War Secretary Home
A Washington conference at the War Secretary's residence included Secretary Taft his brother Charles P Taft Arthur I Vorys and F H Hitchcock. Vorys said the Taft nomination campaign was practically over with over 500 votes in sight on the first ballot.
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Call for Longer Piers on Hudson North of 23d Street
Harbor Line Board hears proposals to extend pier head and bend lines north of Twenty-third Street to allow largest ocean liners to dock in the North River. Opponents warn of congestion. supporters cite harbor traffic needs and New York’s foreign trade importance.
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U. S. Engineers
War Department
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Twenty-third Street
Dock Department
Pier Bend
Pier Head
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Hoboken
Weehawken
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New York
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Department of Docks
J. G. Todd
Anchor
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New York Board of Trade and Transportation
W. H. Fletcher
E. E. Olcott
Hudson River
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East River
Boas
Boag
Malby Nominated for Congress at Walone Convention
In Walone New York on April 22 George R. Malby of Ogdensburg was unanimously named the Congressional candidate for the Twenty sixth District. Delegates to the National Convention named Malby and Wallace T Foote. Resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt and Governor Hughes were adopted but delegates were not instructed.
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Ogdensburg
Congress
Malby
Wallace T. Foote
Roosevelt
Gov
Hughes
Metropolitan stock case ties to street railway profits
Testimony outlines a 1946 stock purchase by Metropolitan Securities for 32 000 to defend against a suit. Cohen, Cravath and Ryan discuss using capital stock dividends to recover funds. Cravath says the purchase aimed to avoid costly litigation and that the plan failed to yield earnings profits.
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Supreme Court
William N. Cohen
Traction Grand Jury
Metropolitan Street Railway
Metropolitan Securities Company
Public Service Commission
Grand Jury
Paul D. Cravath
Cravath
Jerome
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Cravath
Wormser
Bether
Nis
Cohen
Grand Jory
William F. King
Metropolitan Street Railway Stockholders’ Committee
King
Charles Teale
Teale
Sinleou
Swedenborgian Church Receives Gift of Home in City
The Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem has been given the building at 423 West Forty-third Street by owners Mr and Mrs Charles Duggin. The home has been rented since November 1906 for a settlement work and the gift was announced at the society’s annual meeting last night.
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Resignation of Receiver Preston in New York Building Loan Co case
Supreme Court Justice Dowling accepted the resignation of Charles M. Preston as receiver of the New York Building Loan and Banking Company, in liquidation since September 1908, due to ill health. He named real estate broker S. H. Hyman of 313 East Fifty-seventh Street to succeed him.
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New York Building Loan and Banking Company
Supreme Court
Dowling
Ses H. Hyman
S13
East Fifty-seventh Street
Prebton
Thaw Begins Fight for Freedom Ahead of May Hearings
Harry K. Thaw, confined at Matteawan Asylum, sought a writ of habeas corpus in White Plains to force a court appearance. A marriage annulment case against his wife Evelyn Nesbit was postponed to May 11, delaying the fight. Thaw’s counsel and district attorney Jerome trade statements as Thaw eyes release within a month while Nesbit remains in Atlantic City.
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Jerome
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Peabody
New York
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Knox rails at railroads and federal control in Carnegie Hall
Senator Philander C Knox attacked railroad officials before 1 500 Civic Forum members at Carnegie Hall saying they caused much of the legislation curbing railroads. He praised some federal moves while warning local authority has faded and national control now dominates interstate commerce. Introduced by Maron M Marks.
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Civic Forum
Carnegie Hall
Knox
National Authority
Maron M. Marks
Morris's Body Found Near Somer's Point in Suicide
Albert Morris head of the Vanborden Fishing Trust of Baltimore disappeared from a hotel on St James's Place in Atlantic City last November. His body was found floating in the Thoroughfare near a small boathouse on Sunset Avenue. Mrs Morris, living near Somer's Point since her husband vanished, identified the body and officials suspected the suicide of a mentally deranged man.
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Sunset Avenue
Railroad Death Toll Reports 27 Killed Daily
United States Commerce Commission notes 27 killed daily on railways. Ocean policy details include $15 000 triple accident coverage and weekly indemnity up to $50 for 290 weeks. Premiums set at $25 yearly, with claims exceeding $25,000,090 since 1871. executive agent listed as E B Quackenbush, 92 William St New York.
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OCEAN
E. B. Quackenbush
Wiliam St
New York
Great Bank Group Takes New Bonds in Major Issue
The Pennsylvania Railroad issues 40 million dollars in consolidated mortgage bonds with Kuhn Leeb & Co Rothschilds and Baring Brothers arranging. Bonds priced around 95 with 0.25% commission, largely placed in Europe. Proceeds fund New York tunnel extension and terminal work, plus related construction.
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Astor Appeals Bowery Station Condemnation case
John Jacob Astor and other Bowery property owners appealed the condemnation order approved by Supreme Court Justice Newburger for two stairways at the elevated Boweryard Houston Street station. The project would seize 279 Bowery 280 Bowery and 282 Bowery for the stairway construction.
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