Government ships tow in derelicts to save cargoes
Abandoned schooners Warner Moore and William J. Lermond, with lumber cargoes valued at about 60000, were towed into Norfolk Harbor by the derelict remover Seneca and revenue cutter Onondaga. The action marks the first government aid to coastwise shipowners in years, aided by wireless telegraphy and the Seneca installation.
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Norfolk Harbor
United States
Seneca
Onondaga
Warner Moore
A. H. Ball & Co
Pearl Street
William J. Lermond
Fields S. Pendleton
Atlantic Carriers’ Association
Broad Street
Mohawk
Norfolk
Pendleton
William H. Killeen
Question of school rates across three states
The New Jersey State Railroad Commission asks the Public Service Commission to join with it and the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule on charging special rates to school children. Staten Island trolley firms plan to end such rates after year’s start, prompting hearings and concern but no decision yet.
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New Jersey State Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Staten Island
Suffragette Reading and Meetings At Berkeley Theatre
The Berkeley Theatre hosts a suffrage event week with two meetings by suffragists and anti suffragists. On Friday Jan 8 2 30 P M the National League for Civic Education of Women led by Mrs Mabel Dean Kalbfleisch discusses Social Unrest and women adjusting for good. On Saturday Jan 9 8 15 P M the Equality League presents Elizabeth Robins Votes for Women read by Mrs Marion Craienten worth of Boston. Box seats arranged. tickets 50 cents and 1. The league marks the release of English suffragette Mrs Pancoast after three months in jail for rushing Parliament.
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Berkeley Theatre
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Mabel Dean Kalbfleisch
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Robins
London
Marion Craientworth
Boston
Olten
Chicago
Shaw
Equality League
Clarence Mackay
Philip Lydig
Trades Union
League For Self
League
Pancoast
Bingham reorganizes Brooklyn precincts and staff
Commissioner Bingham ordered abolition of the Borough Hall precinct and reassigned lieutenants sergeants and patrolmen to Borough Inspector Schmittberger staff. The move aims to simplify payrolls with duties shifted to various borough offices reporting to Inspector Schmittberger. Captain Wendel moves to Jamaica and Acting Captain Harrington returns to desk duty at Flushing Avenue.
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Bingham
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
Schmittberger
Charles C. Wendel
Gas Company Pays $18,000 for Unmetered Water
Water Commissioner John H. O'Brien announced that the New Amsterdam Gas Company paid $18,000 to New York City for unmetered water that flowed into its First Avenue plant near Forty-second Street. The bill followed a discovery by Water Register Padden's inspectors of an unmetered pipe feeding the plant, with an estimated six year potential charge near $100,000 if the pipe had operated continuously. The company had argued the plant was not in use.
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John H. O’brien
New Amsterdam Gas Company
City
First Avenue
Forty-second Street
Water Register Padden
Countess Széchényi Sends Thanks to Police Lieutenant
The Countess Széchényi formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt writes to Police Lieut. William Kennel thanking him for his greetings on the birth of her son. She states both mother and child are in excellent health and the letter is in her own handwriting.
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Szechenyi
William Kennel
Countess Széchényi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Decisions Conflict on Traction Merger Follow Court Ruling
Judge Ray of the U S Circuit Court overruled a demurrer in a case brought by Continental Securities New Jersey against Interborough Rapid Transit and partners. He says federal law may dissolve the merger despite state regulatory claims, with potential reallocation of stock among component firms.
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Ray
United States Circuit Court
Continental Securities Company of New Jersey
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
The
Metropolitan Securities Company
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Windsor Trust Company
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
Edward J. Berwind
John D. Crimmins
Andrew Freedman
Thomas P. Fowler
Gardiner M. Lane
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Interborough Metropolitan Combination
Jackson
First Department
Attorney General
Appellate Division
Court of Appeals
Continental Securities Company
New Jersey
Interborough Rapids Transit Company
Interborough Metropolitan
United States Supreme Ourt
J. Aspinwall Hodge
United States
Su- Court
Northern Securities
Orders Boost Car Service on Tenth and Eighth Street Lines
Public Service Commissioner Maltbie urged Metropolitan Street Railway receivers to increase service on the East Tenth Street and Eighth Street lines. Investigations showed crowding and insufficient cars. two orders will raise car numbers and provide seats for all riders during rush hours, with a minimum flow of cars and vehicles to Brooklyn by July.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Maltbie
Eighth
Tenth Street
Bureau of Transportation
Manhattan
East Tenth Street
Brooklyn
Health show at museum seeks funds to continue
The tuberculosis exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History needs 16000 dollars immediately as attendance nears 800000 and costs exceed earlier estimates. The Charity Organization Society appeals to New Yorkers to support continuance through January 17, with Sunday attendance record of 63000 and contributions mailed to 105 East Twenty second Street, New York.
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American Museum of Natural History
Society
New York
United States
New York City
Committee On the Prevention of
East Twenty - Second Street
Mayor May Remove Berry Over Bronx Department Inquiry
Bronx Park Commissioner Berry faces possible removal as the Accounts Committee nears completion of its probe. Report expected before year end. Mayor may act if Berry does not resign. Coggey already quit and Hayes likely to resign as part of an independent administration push.
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Berry
Bronx
Mr. Berry
Develo
Hunters Island Inn Company
Coggey
Nicholas Hayes
Civil Service Employees Prepare Organizational Meeting
Civil service employees will meet in the Aldermanic Chamber at City Hall on Saturday at 1 o'clock to organize for enforcing civil service laws and to guard the city and State from financial loss. The session will discuss service improvements with municipal county and State branches represented. five delegates will come from each department following a December 18 conference that authorized delegations.
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Civil Service
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NEW York Times
Annual Financial Review
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United States Mint
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George K. Holmes
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International Exchange
Leopold Friedrich
Foreign Exchange
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Yves Guiyot
George Paish
London Statist
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American Asiatic Association
Latin America
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Bureau of American Republics
C. H. Huttig
Third National Bank of St. Louis
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad Company
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Financial Review
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