Public debate on Belmont tunnel franchise and funding
A Queens civic group pressed the Public Service Commission to open the Belmont tunnel from East Forty second Street to Long Island City or to pursue a public improvement plan with assessments on benefited property owners. The hearing explored franchise legality, possible city operation, and the need for rapid transit access, with leaders urging action within sixty days and noting potential benefits to Queens through increased property values.
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Public Service Commission
Belmont
East Forty-second Street
Long Island City
Queens_United Civic Associations
McCarroll
Queens
Lucius Knapp
Willcox
Maltbie
Board of Estimate
Knapp
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Excel
Commission
Belmont Tunnel
Forty-secon Street
Third Avenue
Manhattan
New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bronx
Stewart McKnight
Ng Island Real Exchange Exchange
Eustis
Mr. McKnight
Commissioner Eustis
McKnight
Mr. Willcox
Deeer
G. Waldo Smith
Board of Trade and Transportation
Bayside
W. Griffiths
John W. Paris
Bassett
Mr. Paris
Melba Returns to New York in Puccini's Boheme at Opera House
Opera star Melba arrives aboard the Lusitania and will sing Mimi in Puccini's Boheme at the Manhattan Opera House Monday night with Zenatello Sammarco de Segurola Gilibert Gianoli Galletti and others. Performances continue through Saturday with Tosca and Le Jongleur de Notre Dame on the slate.
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Mme. Melba
New York
Manhattan Opera House
Mimi
Puccini
Mr. Hammerstein
America
Boheme
Mr. Zenatello
Rodolph
Mr. Sammarco
Marcel
Cavaradossi
Scarpia
le Jongleur de Notre Dame
La Villi to Be Heard Here at Metropolitan Opera
The fifth week feature at the Metropolitan Opera House presents Puccini’s La Villi in its first U S. production paired with Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni. Toscanini conducts both shows and ticket prices rise for the double bill. Tristan und Isolde also to be sung with Mahler returning to the baton.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Puccini
Conservatory of Music
Miss Alda
Messrs
Bonci
Amato
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mascagni
Miss Destini
Santuzza
Miss Gay
Lola
Gustav Mahler
Mmes, Fremstad
Homer
Schmedes
Feinhals
Blass
Muhlmann
Reiss
Bayer
Mme. Sembrich
Caruso
Fliefland
Miss Destinn
Hinckley
Lucia di Lammermoor
Bonc
Campanari
Messrs. Noté, Blass
Petschnikoff
Mr. Hertz
Actors' Fund Benefit at Broadway Theatre Tonight
William H. Crane will speak at the Actors' Fund benefit with a program labeled as the most interesting yet. The event features fourteen numbers including six one act plays and appearances by John Drew Blanche Bates and many others plus a Fritzi Scheff selection. The lineup includes novelties like A Short Exposure and Cavalleria Rusticana with musical selections by Gustave Saenger and Broadway orchestras.
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Actors’ Fund
Broadway
William H. Crane
Daniel Frohman
John Drew
Blanche Bates
Thomas A. Wise
Mme. Aguglia
Charles Richman
Frank McIntyre
Billie Burke
Constance Collier
Arthur Byron
Hurtig in Serious Condition After Fibrous Cancer
Benjamin Hurtig of Hurtig Seamon, a theatrical firm, is said to be resting easily at his home 2386 Seventh Avenue. He has suffered for two to three years from fibrous cancer, with his condition described as serious though he still goes out daily for drives and was briefly out in an automobile yesterday.
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d’Altomonte
Ashtonio Benedetti d’Altomonte
West Ninetieth Street
Jeannette de Lexington
Paris
Berlin
King Kappel
Benjamin Hurtig
Hurtig
Morgan Co Shares in Big Coffee Loan Flotation
Brazil plans a 75 million dollar loan to consolidate Sao Paulo coffee valorization. J P Morgan Co and National City Bank lead with First National Bank, backed by Brazil guarantee and coffee pledge. European partners Rothschilds, Schroeder, and Societe Generale join. Bonds pay 5 percent, due 1919, with surtax proceeds and coffee sales funding debt service.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
First National Bank
National City Bank
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Europe
Rothschild & Sons of
London
Morgan City First National
Abre
Wich
National Banks
Morgan & Co
New York City
N. M. Rothschild & Sons
Jen S. Schroeder & Co
Société Générale
Paris
Ambiguous Text Indicates Planned Bond Exchange Move
The fragment suggests bonds may be placed on the New York Stock Exchange soon. It mentions Par or Bar and foreign listing, with expectations of a tone or action tied to a broader trading move.
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New York Stock Exchange
Mahler Conducts Second Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Gustav Mahler led the New York Symphony Orchestra in a Carnegie Hall program featuring his Second Symphony. The massive work requires an enlarged ensemble with brass, organ, soloists, and mixed chorus. The critic notes grand ambition, varied musical quality, and uneven coherence, praising Mahler's conducting and the audience's strong, lengthy ovation.
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Gustav Mahler
New York Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Mahler
Meyerbeer
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Pine St
Coward
One Coward Shoe
Greenwich St
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Cataks
Vice Commission
Melba
Singer
Hammerstein
LA Villi
the Metropolitan
First and
City National Banks
Wissner
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Bait
Corfey St
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Lindler
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