State Rail Conference Considers Relief Measures At City Hall
City hall conference with Manhattan Railway executives and state officials discusses crowding on surface and elevated lines. Officials from Merchants Association and legal advisers plan actions as Albany hearings loom and rapid transit upgrades are outlined for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Merchants’ Association
Cantor
the Forough of
Manhattan
City Hall
Cantor Betwee
Weldek
Henry HH. Vreeland
Oren Moot
General Manliger
Alfréd Skitr
Vet U Tisperation Smith
Manhattan Ilocated Railway Company
Wisner Martin
Horoush
Lince
Apd
Ut A
Mead
Merchants’ Association Committee On Franchises and Transportation
Albany
State Railroad “Commission
Aldermanic Chamber
New York
New York Life Building
Theron G. Strong
William ©. Reed
Breed & Abbott
Antonio Knauth
Briesen & Knauth
Sort Hanson
Goodale
Hanson & Price
Charles P.carruth
Carruth, Stein & Carruth
Eugene E. Spiegelbers
Edward R. Finch
Finch & Coleman
Vraheis X. Butler
Knabe_ & Butler
Livingston Rutherford
Gasquet
Rutherford & Putnam
Leopold Lea
Lea
Orr, Haupt & Newcomb
Arthur W. Tarher
Forbes & Haviland
Harcourt
Thompson & Hazzard
Dallas
Flannagan
John S. Montgomery
Herbert G. Whipple
Clarence de W. Rogers
Tinolden
Safford & Rogers
Joseph Su
Delafield
James Eugene Walsh
Roswell S. Nichols
Redding
Kiddle & Greeley
Stephen W._ Collins
Frederick
Campbell
Charles .W. Colerhan
Philip B. Adams
George FE
Sixth Avenue
Elevated
Elevated Road Plans Respond to Mayor on Transit Improvements
Vice President Alfred Skitt of the Manhattan Railway replies to Mayor Low citing spikes in travel, transition to electric equipment, and the impracticality of forcing one end to enter and the other to exit. He notes side doors reduce seating by eight per car and cites Dewey celebration traffic of 805000 on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifty-third Street
Ninth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Park Place
Franklin Street
Ninth Avenue Junction
Fifteenth Street
Fifty-eighth Street
Second
Third Avenues
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
Alfred Skitt
Manhattan Railway Company
Mayor Low
Skitt
Seth Low
City of
Rector Street
Thirty-third Street
Srraen
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
President Vreeland Replies To Mayor On Rail Travel
Interurban Railway Company President H H Vreeland responds to Mayor Seth Low noting ongoing investigations of city travel. He cites consultations with borough engineers and a State Railroad Commissioners inquiry and offers a personal interview to discuss the broad questions raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vreeland
Interurban Railway Company
Low
Seth Low
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of State Railroad Commissioners
H. H. Vreeland
Legal notes on child danger and mutual easements
In a damages action by the guardian of Annie Coleman against the Robert Graves Company a Supreme Court justice ruled the plaintiff cannot recover citing Turntable Co. precedent. The case also discusses Henry Clifford and Ambrose Stryker mutual easements that restrict building on adjoining lots and burden the title preventing full use of parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian
Annie Coleman
Robert Graves Company
Nash
Supreme Court
Walsh
Fitchburg R. R. Co
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Henry Clifford
James A. Stryker
Ambrose Stryker
West Fifty-first Street
Register
Scott
Clifford
Strykers
Brooklyn Coal Relief Effort Signals Distributor Role
Long Island Railroad president Baldwin and Brooklyn official Swanstrom work to distribute coal to the poor. Reading, Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre firms respond, with Beech Creek and others boosting supply as Manhattan pail deliveries continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Swanstrom
Eoal
Baldwin
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
George I
Baker
Messrs. Edmonds
Reading and Heiler
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Mr. Baldwin
New York
Coney Island
Montauk
Thirty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Bay Ridge
Fifth Avenue
Parkville
Sixty-fifth Street
Fort Hamilton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Beech Creek
Broad Top
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Ten Years For Sharkey In Manslaughter Case
Private detective Thomas Sharkey was arraigned and sentenced to ten years in State's prison for manslaughter in the second degree following the death of banker Nicholas Fish after a barroom altercation. Judge Davy denied a motion for a new trial and praised no mitigating factors while noting no evidence of provocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Justice Davy
Supreme Court
Sharkey
Abraham Levy
Fish
Bridge of Sighs
K. Henry Rosenberg
Levy, & Unger
Scott
Prof Naef Declares Sanity After Hospital Commitment
Prof Paul Naef Swiss inventor was temporarily confined to the Long Island Home Amityville by Justice Scott of the Supreme Court. Earlier he was sent to Bellevue Hospital on grounds of insanity following his wife’s petition to place him in Ward’s Island asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
Straub
Pittsburg
Gustave Hurlimann
Naef
Kansas City
Scott
Paul Naef
Long Island
Amityville
Justice Scott
Supreme Court
Bellevue Hospital
Ward's Island
Landon
Court
Forfeited Bond Paid in Parker House Case
Justice Keener ordered the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York to pay 1600 for a forfeited bond tied to the Parker House on Broadway and Thirty-ninth Street. The suit, brought by the State Commissioner of Ex cise, broadens liability to tied transfers and affects several saloon owners including McGurk's Bowery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Keener
State Commissioner of Excise
Parker House
Thirty-ninth Street
Broadway
Cullinan
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Surety Company
State Excise Department
Parker
McGurk's
Bowery
Herbert H. Shellogg
Excise Department
Frank L. Parker
Col. Fortune
A. Ruehl Hotel Company
Summons in Seventh District Court Against J P Morgan
A summons requires J Pierpont Morgan to appear in Seventh District Court on Jan 2 to answer a $250 damages suit filed by Dr Harris Neverson of Neverson Brothers pharmacists. The case involves an apartment Mr Morgan owns housing the firm on the ground floor. Neverson cites cold unheated rooms from coal shortages and medical services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh District Court
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harris Neverson
Neverson Brothers
Park Avenue
Morgan
Blumenthal
Nassau Street
Neverson
Lawyer E G Niles Sued for Accounting in Hughes Case
Justice Scott acting for United States Trust Company as committee of aged Mrs Louise Beauchamp Hughes seeks an accounting from Edward G Niles the Washington lawyer accused of taking 46000 in cash and valuables 20000 while serving as her guardian and placing her in a Riverdale sanitarium now released by a sheriff jury at Park Avenue Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Scott
United States Trust Company
Louise Beauchamp Hughes
Edward G. Niles
Hughes
Niles
Washington (DC
Riverdale
David Grassi
Trust Company
Park Avenue
Oysterman Timpson Trespass Case Dismissed
The Court of Special Sessions dismissed the complaint against John Timpson, an oysterman of Canarsie Bay, holding that exclusive underwater land rights near old Flatlands cannot be conveyed by the Fisheries Commission and belong to Flatlands. The case, charged by bayman George Mathews for trespass on oyster beds, may be appealed as the Jamaica Bay dispute could be worth up to $600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Special Sessions
John Timpson
Canarsie Bay
Justice Fleming
Old Town of
Flatlands
Fisheries Commission
Timpson
George Mathews
Jamaica Bay
Old Red Structure Replaced by Modern Viaduct at Newtown Creek
The old drawbridge over Newtown Creek from Manhattan Avenue Greenpoint to Vernon Avenue Long Island City will be closed and replaced by a costly structure about $250000 in two years. The Hunter’s Point Bridge long in use origin and a temporary wooden crossing near East Avenue and Oaksand Street will direct pedestrians and teams via a roundabout route.
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Newtown Creek
Manhattan Avenue
Greenpoint
Vernon Avenue
Long Island City
East River
Hunter's Point
East Avenue
Oaksand Street
Stowaway Hugo Strobe’s Easy Voyage Aboard Milano
Stowaway Hugo Strobe arrived on the Milano from Hamburg and enjoyed luxuries below deck due to his prior seafaring with the ship. Sailors cared for him and he avoided work. an officer found him before port and the captain asked who aided him. The crew claimed responsibility and the Board of Special Inquiry at Ellis Island began proceedings after two years in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Strobe
Milano
Hamburg
Stro
Ellis Island
Board of Special Inquiry
Weigend Denied Writ for Reinstatement as Cashier
Justice Leventritt denied Albert C. Weigend a writ of mandamus to reinstate him as cashier in the Office of the Commissioner of Public Works. He had been dismissed after the Law administration took power, arguing Civil Service protection. the judge found the removed post was not in the competitive class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leventritt
Albert C. Weigend
Cantor
Commissioner of Public Works
Law Administration
Weigand
Justice Leventritt
Unclear Address Fragment Prompts Wholesale Location List
Fragmentary advertisement lists multiple addresses in Manhattan including 258 Broadway opposite City Hall 842 Broadway corner 15th 1260 Broadway corner 32nd and 5 West 23a Street 4th Ave 140 to 145 4th Ave by mall and 7 and 9 Warren Street. No event or action detected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
City Hall
Warren St
4Th Ave
Mall
West
Incendiary Fires Threaten Crowded Tenements on Sixtieth Street
Two fires on Sixtieth Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues were set deliberately. Police say more than a dozen similar blazes in the area in the last ten days appear to be incendiary. Residents escaped as flames damaged stairways and gas lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixtieth Street
Amsterdam
West End
James Rodney
Dorney
West Sixty-eighth Street
Trainor
Nolice
James White
West Sixty-seventh Street
New Jersey Pardons Court Hears Woodward Case in Secret Session
The New Jersey Court of Pardons held a secret hearing in Camden murderer Paul Woodward’s case, seeking a possible sentence commutation on insanity grounds. Decision postponed to next Tuesday to allow testimony. Other cases, including Libbie Garrabrant and James Titus, were not acted on. Sixteen paroles and seventeen favorable pardons were announced, with further consideration scheduled next week.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Pardons
Paul Woodward
Camden
James Titus
Libbié Garrabrant
George M. Valentine
Perth Amboy
Libbie Garrabrant
Board of Pardons
Paterson
Titus
Yackettstown
George W. Taylor
Hudson County
John C. Jones
Cumberland County
John Mattis
Atlantic County
George Pearson
Passaic County
George Harris
Frank Smith
Bergen County
Smuggling Bust Uncovered On St George Tobacco Cargo
Customs officers found 500 pounds of Sumatra tobacco in addition to 1200 pounds already seized from the Phoenix liner St George. Workers emptied coal holds to speed sailing while authorities monitor the vessel for smuggling. Tobacco valued at about 7200 dollars wrapped in two pound churchs and hidden in sailors bags. no arrests due to lack of evidence. Hat makers convention opens in Manhattan Lyceum with delegates attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George
Mason
Hotoken
Mnsane
Educational Alliance to Elect Directors at Annual Meeting
The Educational Alliance will hold its annual meeting at 197 East Broadway on Sunday January 4. Directors for a three year term will be elected to replace Albert Friedlander Ferdinand Kuhn Louis Mare shall Henry Morgenthau William Salomon Isidor Straus and Benjamin Tuska. Prof. William H Maxwell City Superintendent of Schools is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Educational Alliance
Society
East Broadway
Albert Friedlander
Ferdinand Kuhn
Louis Mareshall
Henry _ Morgenthau
William _Salomon
Isidor Straus
Benjamin Tuska
William H. Maxwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawyers’ Committee
Mr. Skitt
President Vreeland
Legal Notes
Borough
Long Island Road
Prof
Fidelity and Casualty Company
J. P. Morgan
E. G. Niles
Oysterman
Mr. Wigand
Rogers, Peer & Company
Canal St
Chambers
West Sixtieth Street
NEW Jersey Pardons Court
United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of
North America
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Golden State Limited
Chicago
el Paso
Rock Island
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Rane System
A. H. Moffet
G.E.P.A
Broadway, New York
Eae
Bacchus
Hentz & CO
Phil
Pewee
V. Y
Metzger Hart
Charles Metzger
West Forty-seventh Street
Floyd Grant Company
Forty-seventh Street
Metzger
Alderman Metzger
William Eekert
We West
Sixty-seventh Street
Gustav Peterson
West Fifty-second Street
Eckert
Flower Hospital
John Ward
Second Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
William Ward
First Avenue
John Geary
Grout
Educational Alliance Meeting
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