Lowest bid loses as Ashokan contract awarded to joint firm
The New York Board of Water Supply awarded Contract No. 3 for the Ashokan Reservoir work to MacArthur Brothers Company and Winston & Co. for 12,669,775, despite John Peirce & Co. submitting the lowest bid of 10,315,350. Engineers cited lack of excavation and embankment experience and insufficient profit potential in Peirce’s bid, with acceptance aimed at ensuring competent performance and financial stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur Brothers Company
Winston & Co
Ashokan
Board of Water Supply
John Peirce & Co
Peirce Company
Peirce
Europe
John Peirce Company
Eirce
Andere
Board of Water
Messrs
Freeman, Burr, and Stearns
MacAruh Brothers Company
Aack
J. Edward Simmons
Charles B. Chadwick
Charles Shaw
Locked in Post Office as Graff Pleads for Exit
Lieut Ochterloney answered a ring at the Jamaica Police Station and learned William H Graff was locked inside the Post Office Building. Postal clerks had locked the front door after leaving for the night, leaving Graff trapped until help arrived. A crowd gathered as officers tried keys to free him, while Graff waited since 6:80 o clock and asked a friend to bring matches through the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Ochterloney
Jamaica
Graff
William H. Graff
Labor Day Atlantic City Tour by Pennsylvania Railroad
Labor Day excursion to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad on Aug 31. Rates include transportation and two days hotel accommodation at 410 or 12 dollars according to the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Breakfast Aboard the Hudson River Day Line
A brief item notes a morning cruise on the Hudson River Day Line, detailing passengers and sights described in local column style. The scene hints at social activity aboard the river steamer, with emphasis on the early voyage and companionable chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Bisp ham Baggage Held Over Unpaid Hotel Bill
Mrs. David Bispham wife of the singer and her daughter Vida have their baggage held by the Collingwood Hotel on Thirty-fifth Street for an unpaid board bill of nearly $400. Mr. Bispham faces suit while the matter remains unresolved with the couple living apart. Mrs. Bispham and Vida are staying at the Hotel Newport in Philadelphia with only their worn clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
David Bispham
Vida
Thirty-fifth Street
Bispham
Miser Starves to Death in Highland Park Cottage
George Gould a wealthy New Rochelle recluse and Highland Park resident died in the New Rochelle Hospital after years of barricaded doors and minimal food. A former New York plumber who built a fortune in real estate, Gould left a wife and children. Neighbors reported his isolation and a single egg daily diet alleged by his wife in a yearslong separation. He was found severely emaciated and died at 9 PM after being hospitalized. His fortune was estimated above $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Rochelle
George Gould
Highland Park
Gould
New York
New York City
Dr. Littlewood
New Rochelle Hospital
Littlewood
Busse Reflects on New York Visit and Chicago Progress
Chicago Mayor William Busse, returning from New York, praised his city’s progress while noting differences in age and size. He said New York’s electrified rail improvements help citizens, and Chicago plans a similar approach to upgrading railroad service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Mayor Busse
New York
Latest Shipping News Report of Arrivals and Wireless Updates
Arrivals include the Moltke at Naples on Aug 20 and the Bayonne at Trieste on Aug 8. The Empress of China arrived outward from Vancouver to Hong Kong on Aug 24, while the Ma jestic was reported by Marconi 150 miles southeast of Sable Island at 8:45 PM, due at her pier about 3:30 PM tomorrow.
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Moltke
Naples
Bayonne
Trieste
Nicholas Cuneo
Port Antonio
Pacific Steamship
Empress of China
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Wireless
Majestic
Southampton
Marconi Wireless
Sable Island
Ady at 325 Fulton St Brooklyn Listing
Fragmentary notice mentions Magnees RE and legal references 355 and 1,460 with a Brooklyn address 325 Fulton Street. Data incomplete. no clear action or party details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnees
Is Wey, N
Fulton St
B’klya
Ady
Lost New Jersey Teacher Agnes Maguire Search Goes On
Hundreds of volunteers hunted Nolan's Point and Great Cove for Agnes Maguire, a Brooklyn schoolteacher missing since Saturday night. No trace found, critics allege county officers show apathy, theories range from kidnapping to accident or drift, with lake searches and dynamite discussions ongoing near Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dover
N. J
Agnes Maguire
Brooklyn
Nolan’s Point
Lake Hopatcong
Great Cove
Mount Arlington
Castle Rock
Miss Maguire
John Maguire
Discharged 9-year-old in Malicious Mischief case
In Pittsburg a magistrate freed Frank D. Fisher’s Hazlewood boy without holding a trial. The charge against George Shaffer for damaging a front lawn was dropped after Fisher’s sole witness testified and no additional proof was offered. The crowd reacted with applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
C. V. Boyer
Frank D. Fisher
Hazlewood
George Wilson Shaffer
William P. Armstrong
Fisher
Georgie Shaffer
Georgie
Fire on Hamburg line steamer Altai near Liberty Island
Altai arrived from West Indian ports ahead of schedule and anchored off Liberty Island when a fire broke out in the after deck house. Crew and Excelsior tug quickly fought the blaze with a hose. damage limited to woodwork and super-structure, about $900. Rats plague noted by Altai officers.
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Liberty Island
Hudson
Excelsior
Bradley
Altai
Jim Bradley
Niagara Falls Round Trip via West Shore Railroad Schedule
Round trip from Desbrosses Street to Niagara Falls with a West Shore train leaving 8:05 AM and 8:30 AM returning at 9:05 PM. Tickets tagged West Shore. Adv notes pure food laws do not affect Burnett’s Vanilla which is advertised as always pure.
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Niagara Falls
West Shore R
West Shore Tagette
Eave Desbrosses
Burnett
Adv
Venezuela Rejects Arbitration Proposal Again
The United States faces a dilemma as Venezuela under President Castro again rejects arbitration of five American claims. The State Department assesses options while Roosevelt may defer to Congress, risking measures that could be seen as warlike and interfere with other creditors' settlements.
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Washington
Venezuela
State Department
Department
Castro
Roosevelt
Congress
Judgment against New York Bermudez Asphalt Company in Venezuelan trial
Three years after the Matos revolution trial in Caracas the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company is condemned to pay 5 million dollars in damages plus further sums to be set by experts, likely totaling about 10 million more. The ruling may be appealed to higher courts. A government paper questions U S involvement and tutelage of adventurers punished by law.
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Caracas
New York and
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Matos
Court of Cassation
EF Constitucional
United States State Department
United States
Panic on Newark excursion train hits mud scow near tracks
An Atlantic City to Newark bound excursion train near midnight collided with a mud scow in Bound Creek. The scow crossed the tracks at high speed causing a loud crash and window damage but no injuries among the more than 1,000 passengers including many women. The scow drifted from the bay and jammed at the trestle. Passengers were restrained from jumping to safety by calm travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Atlantic City
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Elizabethport
Conductor Sentenced to Five Days in Workhouse
Magistrate Harris in the Night Police Court found conductor Joseph Duffernson of the Third Avenue line guilty of assault on passenger Harry Lyon. Lyon testified the conductor insulted him and tried to strike him as he boarded at Eighth Avenue and 125th Street. A second passenger corroborated Lyon's account and Police Officer Kingston arrested Duffernson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Joseph Duffernson
Eighth Avenue
Third Avenue
Harry C. Lyon
West Seventy-eighth Street
Lyon
125Th Street
Pan
Kingston
West 125Th Street
Duffernson
Balloonist Falls From Balloon At Bayonne Park
B F Ackerman was badly hurt during a Melville Park balloon ascent in Bayonne yesterday when the balloon hit a telegraph pole. He fell from a trapeze hung from the balloon and tangled in wires, then dropped into a blanket after Italian help cut the lines. He sustained a severe head injury but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Ackerman
Melville Park
Bayonne
Acke
Uate
Ackerman
Brook
Woman of Cuba Sends 30000 Dollar Gift to Powell Baby
Mrs J R McKay of Cuba New York sent a 30000 dollar check to Mr and Mrs Homer Powell of Cordele Georgia for their youngest child James Edward Powell born a few weeks earlier. The gift earns 4 percent annually and the full sum will be paid when the child turns 21. The Powells, one a carpenter and brick mason, welcomed the donation after Mrs McKay befriended them during a Florida winter layover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cordele
J. R. McKay
Cuba
N. Y
Homer Powell
James Edward Powell
Niagara Falls to Toronto Fare Notes and Schedules
Fragmentary transit data lists Niagara Falls and Toronto fares with 9 and 10 50 dollar values, plus Lehigh Valley dates Aug 81 and Sept 1. Additional addresses in Brooklyn and Fulton Street appear, with a versus marker indicating a service or matchup context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Lehigh Valley
Fulton St
Mountain Auto Run Ends With Injuries And Damages
A wild red auto on Meridan Mountain near Waterbury Connecticut narrowly escaped collisions with a second touring car and farm wagons. The driver clutched a passenger as the car overturned pinning the man’s leg. Mr and Mrs F M Southwick of Trenton New Jersey suffered leg and possible internal injuries. The other occupants came from New York and Philadelphia. An ensuing altercation led to a damages settlement of 65 dollars with a 45 dollar note and telegrams for funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Meridan
Southington
F. M. Southwick
Trenton
N. J
New York
Philadelphia
C. B. Hoffman
E. B. Ernestine
Warrant Dismissed in Seabright Car Crash Case
In Seabright New Jersey a warrant for Edmund K. Stallo was dismissed after evidence showed he was not in the car at the time of a Sunday morning crash that injured eight people when Carl Hanna's touring car struck a fish wagon on Ocean Avenue. The real owner was Carl Hanna, who is scarce to be found. The crash left Hanna pinned under the steering gear and several others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Seabright
N. J
Edmund K. Stalin
Daniel Hanna
Carl Hanna
Borough Hall
Stallo
Carl H. Hanna
Stalle
Hanna
JABBED BY WOMAN AUTOIST IN SPEED CHASE
New Rochelle August 26 Constable Lynch of Mamaroneck narrowly escaped injury when a man and a woman in a touring car refused to stop speeding and knocked him from the vehicle. The woman then jabbed him with a parasol as the pair fled along the graded road between Larchmont and New Rochelle where constables are posted to curb speed violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Rochelle
Lynch
Mamaroneck
Larchmont
Auto plunges into Morris Canal injuring Richards family
Oscar L. Richards 56 of Bernardsville, his son George 11, and Edward Hansen the chauffeur were hurt when their car sped past a guard rail on the Paterson to Boonton road and toppled into the Morris Canal at Lincoln Park. Richards suffered two broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. George had a fractured right leg. The chauffeur sustained head cuts and bruises.
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Oscar L. Richards
Bernardsville
George
Edward Hansen
Paterson
Boonton
Morris Canal
Lincoln Park
Richards
Auto Victims Sue Railroad for 80000 Damages
In Philadelphia on August 26, suits were filed in Common Pleas Court against West Jersey and Seashore Railroad for 80000 in damages from a South Jersey auto crash last Saturday night that killed Harry C. Gurk and his son Harry T. Gurk. Widow Minnie E. Gurk seeks 50000 for deaths and injuries. Edward H. Gurk and wife sue for 30000 for injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Common Pleas
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Company
South Jersey
Harry C. Gurk
Castle Avenue
Harry T. Gurk
Minnie E. Gurk
Edward H. Gurk
Morris Street
Automobile Party
Poland Spring Ad Highlights Purest Spring Water
An advertisement from Park and Tilford, Aower, Merrall and Condit Co., and Poland Spring Co. promotes Poland Water as the purest spring water in the world, referencing 1,189 Broadway N. and implying distribution across brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
WATE
Park & Tilford
Aower
Merrall & Condit Co
Spring Co
Broadway
Ady
Beaten and Robbed of 800 Dollars at Bond Street
Max Cohen of Barnett and Cohen rushed to Detective Headquarters to report being set upon by three men who beat him and robbed him of 800 dollars. He said he borrowed the money from Broadway to pay his employer at Bond Street, where the crime occurred on the fourth floor. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital before going home. A witness, Miss Mary Greenberg, said she saw three men following Cohen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Cohen
Barnett & Cohen
Bond Street
Cohen
I. Gollind & Sons
Broadway
Wood
Broadway House
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mary Greenberg
Cleveland Still Ill at Princeton After Indigestion Attack
Ex president Grover Cleveland remains in Princeton unable to join his family at the summer home. He suffers from indigestion but is up and about the house and not considered seriously ill, with plans uncertain regarding joining them this season.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Roots Brother of Secretary of State Dies in Utica
Prof. Oren Root of Hamilton College, brother of Secretary Root, died after a yearlong illness in Utica New York. Born Syracuse May 8 1838 he was a Hamilton College graduate 1856 and held multiple degrees and roles including Presbyterian preacher and Hamilton professor of mathematics and natural sciences. He also taught at the State University of Missouri and chaired Critchell College in Glasgow Missouri and co edited The Columbian Speaker. He authored a brief trig treatise and was a high degree Mason and Knight Templar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Oren Root
Hamilton College
Root
Prof. Root
Syracuse
Rutgers College
Union College
Dutch Reformed Church
State University of Missouri
Critchell College
Glasgow
Hamilton
Rains Bring Relief to New England Paper Mills
A Boston report notes drought lowered water pressure nationwide, hitting mills hard and forcing steam-powered plants. General rains last weekend eased strain, with Maine seeing notable relief as the paper industry regained power.
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New York Times
Boston
New England
Maine
Canal deficiency approved for Panama Canal expenditures
The President approved Col. Goethals request to spend 8,000,000 more than the monthly pro rata allowance for the current fiscal year citing present necessities and unforeseen developments. Congress will be asked to provide the appropriation at the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col. Goethals
Congress
Gaynor to Leave Prison for Health Trip
The United States Court orders Col. John F. Gaynor removed from Bibb County Jail to Indian Springs Health Resort in Georgia. Gaynor, serving for Savannah Harbor frauds, is ill with asthma and locomotor ataxia. Deputy Marshal Riley Mrs. Gaynor and a physician will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Macon
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John F. Gaynor
Bibb County
Indian Springs
Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
United States
Riley
Father Blasts Runaway Marriage Of Pittsburg Glass Heir
Social Pittsburg reports a sensational marriage as C L Flaccus Jr son of wealthy glass magnate elopes with Maggie Bliss age 18 daughter of George W Bliss. They wed in Jamestown New York on August 19 per Rev John T Kerrin. Flaccus Sr says he does not know their whereabouts and had warned his son away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
C. L. Flaccus, Jr
Maggie Bliss
George W. Bliss
Jamestown
N. Y
John T. Kerrin
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Flaccus
Co. L. Flaccus
Flacecus Glass Company
Miss Bliss
Atlantic City
Lake Chautauqua
Navy Yard Sentry Fires On Crowd In Brooklyn
Marine Michael Marino stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard fired point blank into a crowd of over 100 after being jeered. Two men, James Brien and Joseph Ryan, were wounded. both are friends from the Gordon Democratic Association outing. Police and guards contained the mob and Marino was arrested for transfer to civil authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Marine
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
James Brien
Grand Avenue
Joseph Ryan
Bedford Avenue
O’brien
Cumberland Street
Ryan
Gordon Democratic Association
Jinks
Marines
Marino
O'Brien
Atsemen
Woman Dies in Odd Circumstances After Picnic
Mrs. Amelia Burrell widow from Eighty seventh Street New York died in Oyster Bay after a Sagamore Hill picnic. On return to Seawanhaka Yacht Club dock she fainted and was placed on a baggage truck awaiting transport. A train blocked crossing and driver allegedly refused to move. She died before reaching Mrs Garvin's home. Dr. Fuller arrived too late.
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Oyster Bay
Amelia Burrell
Eighty-seventh Street
New York
Thomas Garvin
Camp Sagamore
Sagamore Hill
Seawanhaka Yacht Club
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Mac
Arthur Brothers and Winston & Co
MacArthur Concern
Bartholomewa
J. Waldo Smith
MacArthur Company
Massachusetts
Busse
Woods and
Drag Lake
Bermudez Company
Bound Creek
Workhouse
Passenger
Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Southwick
Railroad
MR. Cleveland
Father
Bride
Flaccus of
Him
Tin Soldier
Marine
Try
Yard
Flushing Avenue
Lieut. Hughes
Murphy
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