Belmont tunnel purchase likely as city considers fall action
The Belmont tunnel purchase by the city faces fall consideration before the Board of Estimate under the recent enabling act. Officials expect passage, with the Public Service Commission needing to approve, while Interborough works to connect routes and prepare for a possible opening before Christmas amid broader Fourth Avenue subway plans and Brooklyn transit developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Queens County Railroad
Belmot
Long Island City
Queens County
Manhattan
Long Island Railroad
Fourth Street
Jackson Avenue
Queens
Fourth Avenue
Broooklyn
Willinck
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Interborough
Manhattan Bridge
Flatbush Avenue
Second Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Bronx
Belmont Tunnel
Flatbush Avene
Fort Hamilton
Coney Island
Interborough Subway Expansion Plans Draw Favor in Borough
The discussion notes congestion in town from trains from other boroughs and suggests Willink extension to the Subway allows two tracks for Interborough and two for Brooklyn Rapid Transit, enabling through traffic from Manhattan and Brooklyn with greater independence. It anticipates Belmont tunnel opening and the Interborough’s warmer view on extending the present Subway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willinck
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Ocean Avenue
Brighton Beach
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Bronx
Coney Island
Interborough
Broooklyn Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Belmont
Firemen Overcome Fighting Blaze at 214 Pearl Street
A five story tobacco building at 214 Pearl Street caught fire with flames reaching the fifth floor. Nearly a dozen firefighters were overcome with smoke. three were carried out and two sent to St Gregorys Hospital after oxygen treatment. Firemen Ilusson Toner and Morris were among those revived with oxygen and treated. The blaze began in a tobacco storeroom on the third floor and spread to upper floors before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Street
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Duffy
Charles Ilusson
Maiden Lane
St. Gregory's Hospital
Peter Toner
George Morris
Morris
Gregory’s Hospital
Darnell
Toner
Husson
Young Steinert Cleared Of Jewelry Theft Charge
Charles M. Steinert aged 19, nephew of Magistrate Steinert and son of lawyer Max Steinert, was cleared in West Side Court of stealing diamond jewelry worth 1900 dollars and 74 dollars in cash from Mabel Wilson. Detective Heaney testified Wilson was intoxicated. Steinert said he retrieved items for safekeeping. Magistrate Corrigan admonished both sides and suggested a complaint against Heaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Steinert
Steinert
Max Steinert
East Fifty-seventh Street
West Side Court
Mabel Wilson
West Forty-nine Street
Heaney
Headquarters
Corrigan
Wilson
Mr. Steinert
Steinerts
Levy Seeks Congress Seat Amid Factory Charge Denial
Ex Congressman Jefferson M. Levy says he is a partial owner, not president, of the National Novelty Clothing property at 44 Lispenard Street. He explains he was invited to Tombs Court and not arrested, plans to run as Democrat in Bourke Cochran’s old district and favors repealing the merchant shipping act to grow a U.S. mercantile fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lispenard Street
National Novelty Clothing Company
Jefferson M. Levy
Smith Ely
Levy
Tombs Court
New York
America
Mercantile Marine
Five Hundred Barrels of Flour Fall at West 129th Street
A two story warehouse at 613 West 129th Street owned by J. C. Bogert & Co. collapsed when 500 barrels of flour on the second floor plunged to the first floor. The old stable portion at 615 West 129th Street, leased to Manhattan Contracting and Trucking, housed about 1000 barrels and was spared by the failure. No cellar existed to worsen the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bogert & Co
West 129Th Street
Manhattan Contracting and Trucking Company
Flour Company
Urbach Freed From Jail Over Diamonds Dispute
Solomon Urbach the diamond dealer once jailed after a contempt ruling for failing to return $40,000 in diamonds obtained on memorandum from Maiden Lane merchants was released from Ludlow Street Jail by Judge Holt. The judge had ordered him held until the jewels were recovered, but after appeals and time served he was freed despite the missing diamonds not being restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Urbach
Maiden Lane
Baltimore
Ludlow Street
Holt
Urbach
Longtime Morris CountyResident Jonathan Dixon Dies at 83
Jonathan Dixon aged 83 who lived in Hanover Neck near Pine Brook Morris County died at home from a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. The Dixon homestead sits on the Rockaway River in Hanover Township where his father and grandfather also lived all their lives. A adjoining grove has long served as a favored picnic spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Jonathan Dixon
Hanover Neck
Pine Brook
Dixon
Rockaway River
Hanover Township
Morris County
Stock Broker Fred Dorr Appears on Embezzlement Charge
Fred Dorr, accused of embezzling 14000 dollars in securities, was brought from Los Angeles and released on bail. He appeared before Police Judge Cabinass in San Francisco and the case was postponed to Friday, August 14 to fix the preliminary date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fred Dorr
Los Angeles
Cabinass
Divorced by Plot Sheds Light on Fisher Case
Florence E. Fisher seeks to set aside her interlocutory divorce from Robert L. Fisher claiming a plot led to the separation. She accuses her husband of arranging meetings with bandleader Charles Prince and of pressuring her with detectives and threats from William Ellison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Fisher
Florence E. Fisher
Fisher
Charles Prince
Corporation
William 3. Ellison
Ellison
Prince
Sarah Helen Prince
Discovery of Hermit Peter Meyer's Hidden Cash
Jerseyville Aug 8 The coroner's jury ruled Peter Meyer the hermit died of natural causes after cash and securities totaling about 24000 were found in a box car where he lived for years. Earlier finders could not locate the fortune and suspected murder and robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Meyer
Jerseyville
Ill
Meyer
Yale Teaches New Theological Methods for Ministers
Yale Theological Department plans modern reform with external ministers teaching in multiple languages and denominational studies. Lectures will cover wage earners work non English speaking outreach civic reform and ethical movements with speakers from Holyoke New Britain Brooklyn and Boston among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Theological Department
Yale
Charles S. MacFarland
South Norwalk
Mr. Robinson
Holyoke
C. S. Davis
New Britain
Anson Phelps Stokes
Albert J. Lyman
Brooklyn
N. Y
George B. Cutten
Columbus
Ohio
Emmanuel Clinic
Mlweod Worcester
Boston
Mass
Frederick Lynch
New York
Mixed Faith Baptism on Hudson River Waves
In Ossining New York August 8 a large crowd watched five women and two men baptized at the Hudson River camp meeting. The ceremony paired a Methodist and a Baptist clergyman for each candidate, led by Rev Dr Carpenter and Rev O A Gage, with Ada Christman first and Lillian Roelandt second, followed by Irens Roelandt Emma Whitman Vera Washburn and Charles Francis, who declined to share their addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
The
Hudson
Carpenter
O. A. Gage
New York
Ada Christman
Lillian Roelandt
Irens Roelandt
Fimma Whitman
Vera Martha Washburn
Charles Stephen Francis
Golden Wedding Day Reception for City Notables
Mrs. George Colina of Great Kills will host a reception tomorrow for the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Julia Schalscha of Briggs Avenue Bronx. Mr. Schalscha, 73, and Mrs. Schalscha, 68, were born in Prussia and spent many years in Tennessee where he earned a fortune in the coal industry. They lost their three eldest sons on August 10, the wedding anniversary, while in the South. The couple, given consent reluctantly for the quiet gathering, have distinguished past service as aides to German emperors and possess several imperial decorations. Their son Frederick studies violin in Berlin and will appear in future city recitals with pianist Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Colin
Great Kills
S. I
Julia Schalscha
Schalfscha
Briggs Avenue
Bedford Park
Bronx
Prussia
Tennessee
Schalscha
Behar Praises Steerage Conditions After European Trip
Behar of the National Liberal Immigration League issued recommendations for steamship lines to improve steerage comfort after a trip to Europe. He praised better accommodations on newer ships, urged hanging pictures and adding flowers, and proposed lectures with stereopticon views on U S geography and resources to encourage travel beyond New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behar
National Liberal Immigration League
Puble
Europe
Mr. Behar
New York
Suspect Seen Near Mud Lake in Shas hen Case
Chicago August 8 Hassin Nemmer, jailed suspect in the boy Tuffa Shas hen murder, reportedly seen by night watchman M A Coggin near Mud Lake the night of the boy's disappearance. Coggin insisted Nemmer carried a large rope tied bundle possibly holding the body as police questioned the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hassin Nemmer
Tuffa Shashen
M. A. Coggin
Tuffa
Mud Lake
Coggin
Nemmer
Jay
Driver Percy Tatun in Nassau County Car Collision
An auto collision occurred near the Long Island Motor Parkway in Hempstead involving Percy Tatun, son of Justice George Tatun, a Nassau County speed reform leader. The car owned by the Tatuns was wrecked and Tatun escaped injury.
Orient Steamer Towed After Near Wreck Near Astoria
The Sound steamer Orient of the Long Island Railroad ran into trouble near Great Neck and Hell Gate, forcing Capt. Kelly to tow her into Astoria. About 200 passengers, many women and children, faced a long ride ashore as the vessel was brought to the Marble Company landing and passengers dispersed to Manhattan by ferry and trolley. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Long Island Railroad Company
Sea Cliff
East Thirty-first Street
Manhattan
Sound
Kelly
Astoria
Long Island City
Great Neck
Hell Gate
New York, New Haven & Hartford Line
Astoria Marble Company
Ninety-second Street Ferry
Marble Yard
East Thirty-first Street Pier
New York
Long Island Railroad
Henry H. Horan
Harbor
East 16Th Street
Rockefeller Employee Weds in Connecticut
Loren Hi Conger superintendent of the Percy Rockefeller stables at Rock Ridge married Alice Lyon of West Greenwich at the Sacred Heart church parsonage in East Port Chester. Rockefeller presented $500 and silver gifts, plus a three week Canadian tour. Conger, from Gouverneur, N Y, has long served the Rockefeller stable operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Loren Hi. Conger
Percy Rockefeller
Rock Ridge
Alice Lyon
Amos Lyon
West Greenwich
Thomas J. Finn
Church of the Sacred Heart
East Port Chester
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Conger
Canada
Mr. Conger
Gouverneur
Young Elopers Foil Pursuit In Eastport Elopement
Mrs. William Edwards reports her 14 year old daughter eloped with Allie Tuttle, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Tuttle of Speonk. They vanished after a Thursday night ceremony, likely crossed to New Jersey to marry. No trace found despite searches. family hopeful they will return once funds run out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Eastport
L. J
William Edwards
Allie
Erastus Tuttle
Speonk
New York
New Jersey
CANNOT DEPORT LEPER IN ARIZONA
Government officials say no law permits deportation of Mrs Wardwell the leper to Molokai. She is quarantined in Tombstone and mentally unstable. Her 86 year old husband Gen Wardwell is frail after cancer surgery. A petition seeks clemency for Albert Cole, serving six years at Yuma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Ariz
Washington
Wardwell
Molokai
Tombstone
Gen. Wardwell
Kibbey
Albert Cole
Yuma
Weer
Barns Burn At The Maples Farm In Perlin Fire
The Maples at Perlin in Col. Charles M. Jarvis's farm burned today causing about 30000 dollars in losses. Cattle horses and mules were saved from the blaze. Col Jarvis is a member of Governor Woodruff's staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perlin
Conn
Maples
Charles M. Jarvis
Gov. Woodruff
Yesterday Fires List Losses at Various Addresses
A compiled record details fires across New York locations with loss amounts and owners. Notable entries include Stanton Street Rose Wohlstader with $150 and multiple 1,000 to 1,420 dollar claims at addresses on West 124th Street Mulberry Street and East 111th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton St
Rose Wohlstader
Central Park West
103D St
J. W. Sam
Be iNet Pee Oaenals
West 124Th St
P. Donnelly
Mulberry St
G. Vendome
Commuters Vote On New LIRR Schedule Change
About fifteen thousand Long Island Rail Road riders receive ballots to approve a morning and afternoon shift in train times. Ballots show two options to delay eastern terminals in mornings and to advance western terminals in afternoons. Since the election, 6,230 votes favor both changes while some letters oppose the current schedule. The downtown annex service between Long Island City and Pier 5, Manhattan will end October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Railroad
Terminal Point
Jamaica
Atlantic Avenue
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Richmond Hill
Manhattan
Eastern Terminals
Western Terminals
Pier 5
Lonely watchman freed after bank arrest
Richard Andrews a bank watchman on Second Avenue and Fourteenth Street and his visitor Peter Burns were arrested after a burglar alarm rang at the Produce Exchange Bank. In Yorkville Court Magistrate Moss discharged both men, with bank manager Wendell testifying to Andrews and cautioning about Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Andrews
Produce Exchange Bank
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Moss
Yorkville Court
Cernovsky
East Twenty-second Street
Andrews
Peter Burns
East Forty-fourth Street
Burns
Wendell
Eight Lost In Lake Fire At Warren's Landing
News from Lake Winnipeg reports the steamer Premier burned to the waterline at Warren's Landing. Six passengers and two crew members perished from smoke or flames, with piers and nearby buildings destroyed. The vessel carried 38 aboard when the fire struck, mainly while many slept, forcing several to jump or be rescued by boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Premier
Stevens
Warren's Landing
A. Couture
Selkirk
Mr. Oben
Gimli
Povah
Elmer Jones
Oscar Overton
I. Fryer
Gus Weil
Norman Fisher
North
Warren's Lending
Warning to Belleville Saloonkeepers Over 84 Year Old Patron
Police Justice Connell acting on Town Counsel Boylan ordered notices posted on Belleville streets forbidding saloonkeepers to sell liquor to William Connell aged 84 of 49 William Street. Connell, charged by the Overseer of the Poor for not supporting his wife and three children, pleaded guilty and faced penitentiary in default of $590 bail. Boylan argued the man’s drink problem caused neglect and suggested the notices and suspended sentence. The Justice admitted no such law previously, but the statute was produced and the notices issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Payne Whitney
Chicago
Buffalo
Fair Grounds
Whitney
Fisher
John J. Hagney
Catskills
Hagney
Prince
Mrs. Fisher
Terrace Garden
Ellison
Stephen C. Baldwin
Nevr
Aingt
New York Times
Belleville
N. J
Connell
Andrew L. Boylan
William Connelly
William Street
Thomas Brady
Connelly
Republicans Worried Over Bishops Law In Atlantic City
New Jersey Republicans fear Gov Fort may seek a State Board of Revocation of Licenses to override local license boards. The plan faces home rule opposition and liquor interests concerns. Atlantic City officials declare the Bishops law unenforceable as state power debates loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Atlantic City
Fort
Hquor
Common Council
Supreme Court
Atlanetic County
Hudson County
Passaic County
Essex County
Monmouth County
Cape May County
Ione Atlantic County
Atlantic County
Salt Water Day celebrated by Jersey farmers at Manasquan
On the second Saturday in August several hundred farmers and families from Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington counties gathered at Manasquan beach for Salt Water Day. Gov. Fort and staff visited, detectives supervised for gambling prevention, and beach activities included surf swimming and homemade bathing suits as the day drew praise from rural Jersey residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stecia
New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Manasquan
Monmouth
Mercer
Burlington
Wrack Pond
Spring Lake
Manasequan
Freehold
Shrewsbury
Englishe Town
Gnv
Middlesex
Premium Tailoring Stock Sold On Second Floor
Judge Chatfield of the Supreme Court awarded us the stock of John H. Wenger and Son and Geo W Levy. We have placed the spring to winter fabrics on sale on the second floor. Measures for suit or overcoat are available at 25 dollars. Prices quoted for suits range from 75 dollars and overcoats from 90 to 100 dollars.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Both Service Board
Young Steinert
Cochran
Broker Dorr
NEW Theological Methods
Julius Schalscha
Immigration League
Lake
Watchman
Percy Rockefeller Stables
Col. Jarvis
Pearl St
White Brothers
Pier
N. R
Iron’ Steamboat Co
East
111Th St
Mayer & Pin
146Th St
B. Goldenthal
Prospect Av
M. Selbar
Amsterdam
Graham
Canal St
H. H. Kavat
East 100Th St
P. Benziger
M. Sachs
T. J. Schneridge
Lonely Watchman
Jersey Machine
Gov. Fort
Jersey
Arnheim
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