Public Service Commission weighs Metropolitan Street remodelling
The Public Service Commission studies the Metropolitan Street Railway receivers’ nine month deficit and high maintenance costs. It appraises tangible and intangible property to judge earning power and overcapitalization while considering reductions in special franchise taxes and obstacle of excessive rentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Metropolitan’ Street Railway
Metropolitan Street
New York City Railway
Fifty-ninth Street
United States Circuit Court
Second Avenue Road
Forty-second Street
Grand Street
Public Service
Merchants Petition Mayor Over Pushcart Peddlers Nuisance
Forty six Third Avenue merchants between 125th and 116th Streets petition Mayor McClellan complaining pushcart peddlers from all city parts block their shops. They urge action to abate the nuisance citing lost trade taxes and street garbage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
125Th
116Th Streets
McClellan
Harlem
City of
New York
United Service Officers Named for Promotion and Duty
First Lieuts F M Wells and K P Card Medical Reserve promoted with rank from July 7. Lieuts H R Westcott G W Wallace P Hurst K Eppley A Parker A Smith Jr and J B Sanford infantry officers attend Fort Leavenworth examining board for promotion. Bowman Medical Reserve to active duty from July 7. Offley Thirtieth Infantry to Vancouver barracks for duty. Bettison W R on unassigned list. Magruder L B assigned to the One Hundred Twenty-fifth Company. J J Raby commissioned. Pay Inspector E D Ryan in charge of navy pay Seattle. Orr to home and wait over. Chief Gunner J Donald to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. M. Wells
K. P. Card
H. R. Westcott
G. W. Wallace
P. Hurst
K. Eppley
A. Parker
A. Smith, Jr
J. B. Sanford
Fort Leavenworth
M. H. Bowman
Rjls
Offley
Thirtieth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
W. R. Bettison
L. B. Magruder
J. J. Raby
E. D. Ryan
Navy Pay Office
Seattle
R. H. Orr
J. Donald
Maritime Movement Notes Across Several Ports
Arrived at Bradford West Virginia and Maryland at California City. Scorpion reached Guan tanamo Mississippi at Provincetown. Prairie touched North River. Chester arrived Bradford. Sailed Rocket from Washington to Nortfolk and Wolverine from Harbor Springs to Sheboygan.
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Nero
Bradford
West Virginia
Maryland
California City
Scorpion
Guantanamo
Mississippi
Provincetown
Prairie
North River
Chester
Rocket
Washington
Nortfolk
Wolverine
Harbor Springs
Sheboygan
Probing the City's Debt Hearing Adjourned After Session
The debt limit hearing before Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy adjourned after brief session in the Corporation Counsel library. Witness Frank Smith cited June 30 net funded debt at 539 million and detailed city contracts and outstanding revenue bonds. Hearing set for September 9 to continue reviewing open orders and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Counsel's Office
Benjamin F. Tracy
Jefferson N. Levy
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Robert F. Wagner
Levy
Frank Smith
Metz
Finance Department
Harvard Business School to Open Oct 1 with Broad Finance Focus
The Official Register announces Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration opening October 1 under Dean Edwin F. Gay. A two year program requires a college degree and offers majors in Banking and Finance, Accounting, Insurance, Industrial Organization, Transportation, Law, Economic Resources and Public Service. Notable courses include Corporation Finance and Industrial Organization with lectures by prominent figures such as Herbert Knox Smith Frederick P Fish and Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Edwin F. Gay
Herbert Knox Smith
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
Frederick P. Fish
Edwin S. Meade
the Univ_sity
Pennsylvania
James F. Jackson
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
C. C. Burlingham
New York
Westinghouse Company
C. M. Hough
United States
Southern District
F. A. Cleveland
New York Bureau of Municipal Research
G. W. Wickersham
Frederick W. Taylor
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
J. O. Fagan
Boston & Maine Railroad
Atlantic
Russell Robb
Stone & Webster of
Boston
Mail through Hudson tunnels eyed by Post Office
The Postmaster General forms a committee to study authorizing mail service via the Hudson and Manhattan tunnels between Church Street New York and Pennsylvania Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna stations in New Jersey. A second committee weighs needs for a branch post office station H at the New York City Railroad Terminal site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
Church Street
New York City
Pennsylvania, Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
New Jersey
Postmaster General
Transportation Service
Jury Clerk’s Holdout Exits Court for Bias Against Police
James Hamilton of 184 Van Buren Avenue an insurance man was dismissed from General Sessions jury duty by Judge Malone for refusing to believe police testimony. Hamilton admitted he would not convict on a policeman’s word, prompting the judge to discharge him without thanks of the court after a robbery witness case. Hamilton left in a red face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamilton
van Buren Avenue
Malone
Hamilton
McGuire
Mr. Hamilton
Girl Seeks Stolen Purse After Broadway Car Theft
Miss M Wilson of 2 West Highly-sixth Street reports her purse stolen Tuesday on a Broadway car at Dead Man's Curve Fourteenth Street. A pickup by a stranger failed and a policeman notes Dead Man's Curve as a frequent theft spot. The purse held $35, four keys and a collar pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Swimming School Teaches Men Women and Children
Dr Savage at 310 West 59th Street promotes a swimming program for men women and children with successful instruction noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage
West 59Th S
Foreclosure sale notices in New York courts 1905 1908
Referees in two foreclosure actions for properties in Manhattan and The Bronx set public auctions. The first sale, July 4 1905, lists parcels on map of Dater Estate with lien details and costs totaling about 420.29 plus taxes 201.10. The second sale, August 27 1908, covers Charlotte L Fox Estate on West Farms Road with lien of 17460.42 and taxes 1452.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph F. McLoughlin
Lawler Title Insurance and Trust
Ntift
Artur J. Oe Enthe
Jan Sale
Ef Preme
Cou Age Lin
Tegister
A. Dromo
Rmack
West Farms
Sixty-seventh Street
West Farms Road
Tiryant Street
Ted New York
Maxwell Davidson
Philip S. Dean
Liberty Street Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Trust Co Ends Loan With Gould Road Amid Bond Fire Sale
Mercantile Trust Company auctioned 663000 Wabash Pittsburg Terminal first mortgage bonds at 40 cents on the dollar, below the 50 on the stock exchange. Proceeds of 265200 liquidated part of a 343833 loan, leaving a 78000 shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal
Mercantile Trust Company
Stock Exchange
Trust Company
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Company
Terminal Company
Pittsburg Terminal Company
Wabash Railroad
West Side Belt Railroad
The
Stock Exchange Ist
Reopening School Prepares for Elite College Admission
School resumes on September 30 offering individual instruction and thorough training. It features a chemical and physical laboratory and a gymnasium. Prospective students may request a prospectus from EMIL E. CAMERER with ARTHUR WILLIAMS as principals and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Mass
Ins. Tech
Colleges and Technical
Emil E. Camerer
Arthur Williams
Mrs. Mead
Hillside
Norwalk
Conn
Martha Williams Alden
Margaret R. Brendlinger
A. B
Vassar
Public Notice on Kensico Reservoir Highway Appraisal
New York City Corporation Counsel seeks court approval to appoint three Commissioners of Appraisal under Chapter 724 for a proposed highway system in Section No. 11 north of Kensico Reservoir. Hearing set at Supreme Court, White Plains, Sept 26, 1905, 10:30 AM. Parcel descriptions cover Mount Pleasant and North Castle Westchester locations. The map filed July 30, 1908 as Map No. 1810 details the real estate to be acquired for the project.
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Supreme Court
County OF New York
Harris L. Rosenthal
Haehy
Dater
City of
New York
John G. van Horne
Fifty-sixth Street
Union Avenues
Union Avenue
Fifty
Joseph F. McLoughlin
W. Bennett Mairx
Plaintiff
Breadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Castle
Mount Pleasant
Westchester County
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Champers
New Rochelle
Westchester ‘County
County of
Westchester
North Castle
County of Westchester
Fee
Mount. Pleasant
Southern Aqueduct Department
Board of Water Supply
City of New York
Kensico Reservoir
Kensico Lake
Bronx River
Bear Gutter Creek
the Register of the County of
White Plains
Tarrytown
Kensico Village
Pleasantville
Hils
Pleasantville Road
Lake Kensico
Valhalla
Office of
the Register of the
Armonk
Salt Parcel
Sal Road
Mile Square Toad
Alassid
sali-City
Sald Road
Mile Square
State Road
Parent No. Sod
Said City
Sail City
Conti
Miewsontville
Port Chester
Ward Road
Tola Point
Salt Areel No
Perel No
Seki
Sati Ity
Wi Feat
Port
Parcel No. Siz
Sail
Parvil
Sis
Sarthe ST
Smith
Office of the Register of the County of Westcester
N. Y
Pleasantville-Aroonk Road
Pieasantville Road
Mount Pieasant
Board
Broadway
Irelan Corners
New Hurley
Gardiner
Plattkil
Shawangunk
Ulster County
City of New York Takes Extensive Westchester Farmland
The city acquires fee simple title to parcels S67 to S56 and related sections for a substituted new road project. The detailed deeds describe numerous boundary courses along Pleasantville Road and adjacent parcels, with maps filed in Westchester County. The action covers many parcels along the Southern Aqueduct Department route extending through Mount Pleasant and nearby towns.
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the United Service
the Army
the Navy
Gen. Tracy
Jefferson Levy
City
Hudson Tube Mail Service
Government Committee
Times
Laiscen St
Charlotte L. Fox
Leith Street
Wabash
Pittsburg Terminal
Dwight School
Institute of
Frank Damrosch
Fifth Ave
Cor
12Th Street
Lenox Ave
Berkeley
Columbia School (Consolidated
West End Avenue
Edwin Fowler
Sclark
Chappaqua
Chappaqua Mountain Institute
Society of Friends
College OF Saint Angela
WN. Y
BE. Mason
EPA
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
C. E. Mason
Ll.m
Miccoe
Matcalf
S *Smootter
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N
Ossining
Scarsdale
St. David’s Hall
W. L. Evans
M. A
N.Y
New England
Connecticut
ART, Industrial and Business Training School
East 15Th ST
Connecticut Literary
Suffield, Conn
Ralph K. Bearce
Barnard School For Boys
College Prep
St. Nicholas Av
Barnard School For Girls
College Prep. & General
de Lancey School
West 98Th St
Col
West End Ave
New York University Law School
J.D
L. J. Tompkins
Sec
Washington Sq
Chalif Normal School OF Dancing
Lou's
H. Chalif
Hoboken
Stevens School
Stevens Institute OF Technology
River St
N. J
Carlton Academy
Summit
Charles H. Schultz
A. M
Montclair
Montclair Academy
College Preparatory
John G. MacVicar
Walden Place
Irving School
L. D. Ray
West 84Th St
Hamilton Institute For
College and Commercial
West
Ford School of Expression
West 40Th St
Bryant
Hamilton Institute For Girls
West 81St ST
New York Day School
Fulton &J
George Chase
Grenville Kleiser
Prospectus
Metropolis Building
Elliman School
W. 57Th St
Carnegie Hall
Fordham University School OF Law
Vesey St
Paul Fuller
L. D
Park Row
Baltimore
College OF Physicians and Surgeons of
Chas. F. Bevan
Calvert and Saratoga Sts
Bethlehem
J. Max Hark
Charles Franklin Thwing
L.T.D
LL. D
Western Reserve University
ST. Francis’s College
Ao Bro. Vincent
Butler St
Pratt Institute
NEW York Supreme Court
9Th Judicial District
Same
King Street
New Road
Francis Key Pendleton
Hall of Records
Chambers and
Centre Streets
S City
John A. Bensel
Charles N. Chadwick
Board of Water
Waldo Smith
Thomas Hassett
Tha
Borough of
Queena
Nicholas J. Hayes
Barouine Queens
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