New York Times Newspaper Archives, Dec 4, 1908, p. 18

City Spends $4 668 for $7 Damages in Bronx Land Award

Four year condemnation hearings produced a $7 damage award with $4 658 in costs for opening a 264 foot street in the Bronx. Commissioners earned $2 812 in fees plus $2 846 in engineering and legal services as the Cassidy Committee probes city records in a broader inquiry into land condemnation.

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Garrett E. Nagle Percy Nagle Tammany John A. E. Galvin Michael J. Mack Bronx Louis E. Bedel Legislative Committee Metz Cassidy Committee Macomb's Dam Bridge Harlem River Jerome Avenue New York Central Railroad the Times Hotaling Cmmissioner Mack Crards Supreme Court

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Commission Sets Fees and Executive Actions May 7 1903

The commission proceeded to hold many more fee executive and other actions with Molo sea its life and fees on May 7, 1903.

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Commission

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Metz Before the Probers in Cassidy Committee Hearing

Controller Metz testified before the Cassidy Committee criticizing city department methods and debt limits. He cited Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade investigations, noted misbooked figures, and described entering discounts and double payments in bills. Other witnesses included Dr Frederick A Cleveland and the Police fodder inspection chief.

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Metz Cassidy Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade Queens Frederick A. Cleveland Bureau of Municipal Research Police Department

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Debts of A. O. Brown & Co Reach $5.23 Million in Bankruptcy

Schedules filed show nominal assets of 5,228,123 with secured liabilities of 2,234,361 and unsecured 2,451,579. Assets include securities 1,336,000 and 3,836,933 in outstanding accounts. cash in banks across Paterson to Toronto totals 50,190. Notable notes include 945,000 by George J. Whitney of Pittsburg and 100,000 by Whitney & Stephenson. Major unsecured and secured creditors listed with amounts, including Whitney Syndicate and General Electric.

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Stock Exchange House A. O. Brown & Co Paterson N. J Buffalo Utica Erie Chicago Cleveland Toledo Detroit Toronto Oyster Bay George J. Whitney Pittsburg Whitney & Stephenson Beoa Ild George S. Whitney Whitney, Stephenson & Co Whitney Company Salisbury N. C Arisin General Electric Company Schenectady Security Investment Company Santo Domingo Gold and Copper Company United Electric Manufacturin Company Norcross E. E. Adams J. F Hazen E. H. Smith William McMahon Thomas Gaylord Caleb H. Jackson Max Pam Frederick H. Payne G. A. Richards G. M. Sargent New York City L. Anstay Ely Dorsey Lewis G. Young Samuel C. Brown Walter R. Whitman Arthur Lipper & Co Hanover, National Bank Metropolitan Trust Company Commercial National Bank A. H. Combs & Co Minnie E. Young East Fifty-fourth Street J. B. Arents Whitney Syndicate Freder- Rave Pyne Williamsport Penn Pellatt Osler & Hammond Buchanan, Seagram & Co P. H. Dean & Co J. G. McDonald & Co W. C. Brown Grand Central Station New York F. v. Strauss

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Standard Oil Brings Tariff Claims and Past Arrangements to Light

Frank Kellogg questioned John D. Archbold on a $22,000,000 entry charged to P. S. Trainor and the role of pipelines, tariffs, and rebates in Standard Oil suits. Archbold defended tariff fairness and explained old pipeline agreements and common carrier rules as debated in the Hepburn era with the cross‑examination continuing.

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Standard Oil Company Frank B. Kellogg Standard of New Jersey John D. Archbold Southern Pipe Line Company P. 8 Trainor Archbold Kellogg Standard Franklin Ferriss Custom House Russia Roumani Dutch East Indies Mr. Kellogg Mr. Archbold John. G. Milburn Republican Party Rothschilds Nobels Anglo- American Oil Company European Petroleum Union Company New York New Jersey Maryland Pennsylvania Seaboard Standard of Unionville Centrebridge Fawnsgrove

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Yale Professor Sanf ord In Serious Condition At Home

Professor Samuel S. Sanford of Yale remains in serious condition at his residence 50 West Fifty-second Street. Alumni of the New York College of Homeopathy plan a hotel dinner for their new Dean Dr. Royal S. Copeland at the Astor, about four hundred expected. Taft writes to Samuel Brill from Hot Springs after Sphinx Club congrats. Baptist Social Union elects officers at the Savoy with guests Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and Rev Charles L. White.

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Samuel S. Sanford Yale West Fifty-second Street New York College of Homeopathy Hotel Astor Royal 5. Copeland University of Michigan Taft Samuel Brill Hot Springs Sphinx Club The Baptist Social Union

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City notices list multiple street addresses and names

Fragmented entries show a series of street locations in New York with names such as William Depper Frank Idone Oscar Lyons George Mackronas and others. Some amounts like $1 000 and $50 appear, along with times and vague occupations or notes. The text reads as a jumble of personal notices and addresses without a clear single event.

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A.M St. Av William Depper East 118Th St Goltanne Bleecker St Frank Idone Grand St Joseph Adrian Trifling East 106Th St Oscar Lyons West ‘Eth St Lewis Klein E. 118Th St D. Jordan J. Grif Herri Osnee Piment Hines Charles William Wharies Jarles Nolick

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NAMES ACTOR IN HIS SUIT FOR DIVORCE

Richard MacMullen files for divorce from his wife Imella naming vaudeville performer Charles Leonard Fletcher as corespondent. Supreme Court Justice Seabury heard an unseen motion for alimony and counsel fees with decision reserved. The couple have a four year old daughter Dorothy.

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Supreme Court Richard MacMullen Imella Charles Leonard Fletcher Seabury Dorothy Philadelphia Fletcher MacMullen

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Ill at Engineers Meeting Collapses During Convention

M. S. Holman of St. Louis president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers collapsed yesterday while presiding over the National convention in the Engineering Society Building in West Thirty-ninth Street. He attributed his indisposition to severe climatic conditions and planned to remain through the convention.

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M. S. Holman St. Louis American Society of Mechanical Engineers Engineering Society West Thirty-ninth Street Holman Pennsylvania Terminal New York Navy Yard Caspar F Goodrich U.S. N New Manhattan Bridge New Singer Building

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Banknote Engraving Plant Ordered for China

The Chinese government ordered a banknote engraving and printing plant from M. M. Kelton & Son of New York. Fifteen machines were ordered with one shipped to Peking and fourteen to follow. The project mirrors the Washington plant in design and scope, costing nearly 1 million dollars. New York engravers and printers have a five year contract to support the mission.

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China M. M. Kelton & Son Lafayette Street Peking Kelton Washington America Chen New York

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Cab split by trolley in Sixth Avenue collision

A green taxi turning from Forty-fourth Street into Sixth Avenue was struck by a northbound trolley car last evening. The impact split the cab in two, injuring chauffeur Patrick Cleary who was thrown clear with a broken wrist and bruises. The cab carried no passenger and Cleary was taken home.

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Sixth Avenue Forty-fourth Street Patrick Cleary Cleary

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Peter Cooper Post 313 G A R Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Peter Cooper Post 313 G A R, among the citys first, marked its twenty fifth anniversary with a meeting at the Sixty ninth Regiment Armory. Attendance grew from ninety two members to about 350 with guests, then moved to the Hotel Bellmore for further festivities.

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Peter Cooper Sixty-ninth Regiment Lexington Avenue Twenty-fifth Street Bellmore Ner

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City must operate five ferry lines under law says Justice Blackmar

Justice Blackmar in Brooklyn Supreme Court rules the city bears responsibility for maintaining five Manhattan to Brooklyn ferries despite no private franchise. Leases must be offered at public auction until lines are removed from city control. Madden and New York Terminal Company freed from operation duties. city may close ferries if private operators fail to take them.

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Manhattan Williamsburg Justice Blackmar Supreme Court Brooklyn Everett E. Wheeler Frederick W. Wurster William C. Madden Brooklyn Ferry Company New York Terminal Company Roosevelt Street Grand Street Twenty-third Street Forty-second Street Broadway Madden Metz

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Campaign to Abrogate US Russian Extradition Treaty

The Pouren Defense Conference called for killing the extradition treaty with Russia as a protective action for over 10,000 Russian refugees in the United States who face arrest under extradition rules due to Russian Secret Service activity abroad. A Pouren Defense League has formed in San Francisco to cooperate with New York, with labor groups also offering support.

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United States Russia Russian Secret Service Chicago Pacific East San Francisco New York League

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Special Merchants Rates Announced for Spring 1909

The Central Passenger Association grants merchants a fare and a half to New York and return from its territory for the Spring buying season 1909. Reduced rates apply Jan 16 19 Feb 6 20 23 and Mar 6 9 as announced yesterday.

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Central Passenger Association New York

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Imported place cards and edible treats listed for table decor

The article describes place cards with youth and maiden figures under green paper trees, priced $3 a dozen, plus feathered corner cards at 60 cents each and hand painted designs of ballet maidens and a dog. It notes candied fruits like whole melons and pineapples, olives in half gallon jars, and a housekeeper’s egg dish with baked yolk cream sauce.

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City Spends $4 668 for $7 Damages in Bronx Land Award

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Commission Sets Fees and Executive Actions May 7 1903

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Metz Before the Probers in Cassidy Committee Hearing

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Debts of A. O. Brown & Co Reach $5.23 Million in Bankruptcy

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Standard Oil Brings Tariff Claims and Past Arrangements to Light

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Yale Professor Sanf ord In Serious Condition At Home

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City notices list multiple street addresses and names

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NAMES ACTOR IN HIS SUIT FOR DIVORCE

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Ill at Engineers Meeting Collapses During Convention

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Banknote Engraving Plant Ordered for China

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Cab split by trolley in Sixth Avenue collision

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Peter Cooper Post 313 G A R Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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City must operate five ferry lines under law says Justice Blackmar

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Campaign to Abrogate US Russian Extradition Treaty

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Special Merchants Rates Announced for Spring 1909

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Imported place cards and edible treats listed for table decor

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