City May Soon Own Steinway Tunnel
City officials consider purchasing the Telmont or Steinway tunnel to connect with Belmont lines in Queens. A five cent fare is favored for tunnel riders, with public service approval and operator revenue sharing to be resolved. Negotiations hinge on price and who collects revenue, with operation unlikely to start for several months.
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Telmont
Steinway
Long Ishin
Theodore Mits Shomts
Thtyean Company
Tes
Fubat
Primies
Cermission
Este
Cits
Dunn Fimaide
Raily
Board of Estimate
Bens Eanshuit Reid
Cine Cysipesrie
Ustimate Fave
Fors
Sidane
Trnwel
Belmont
Queens
Ecomming
Aneunof
City Pd
Belmontines
Conn CF
Whithn
Stesalil le
Weatel Maissenger
Belmont Tires
Public Service’ Commission
Commission
Public Service Commission
Reid
Bridge plans face heated meeting over Manhattan approach
Property owners and residents vow protests at the Board of Estimate hearing on plans for the Blackwell Island Bridge and a Manhattan approach. They argue the city should reduce scope to lower costs and question funding for the project, while supporters say an adequate link is essential for East Side traffic.
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Board of Estimate
Meanhattan
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Middle East Side
Atetz
Tie
la Moitz
Mayor Opens Bronx Bridge Over Harish River Teadng Prank
The new bridge at 267 Manhattan Avenue to York Street in the Bronx was opened yesterday afternoon in a brief ceremony with Mayor McClellan and NYU students present. The electric-operated structure spans about 480 feet with two masonry approaches and wide sidewalks, funded at roughly $? and built as a single deck over the river.
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Harish River
Manhattan Avenues
ySrth Street
Lronx
McCielan
New York University
Croiser
Redian
Col Padden Referred as Navy Chief at Sinking Fund Meet
The meeting of the Sinking Fund Commission hints Col Micha Padden is now the highest navy officer in title. Mayor Mee CleHian praises him as Commodore Pudaews Timeship. The commission approves insuring a house used by the department and leases 113 Lehermerher Street for prisoners in civil actions. Tim Sullivan attends as chair of the Indian Committee of finance.
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Micha Padden
Dd Eliihor
Sinking Fund Commission
Mee CleHian
Mie Weetter
Lehermerher Street
Brooklyn
Tim Sullivan
Nidermanic
Rinenee
Commission
Tuberculosis Prevention Exhibit Opens at Jamestown Expo
The Committe 1 of the Charity Organization Society presents a tuberculosis prevention exhibit at a Metropolitan Life Insurance building on East Twenty third Street. The display features photographs and models of hospitals, sanitariums, tenement conditions, dark rooms, and light contrasts plus a typical pre 1901 tenement block. Evening stereopticon views and informal talks by doctors will shed light on TB education.
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Charity Organization Society
Aetropolitan Life-Insurance Company
East Twenty-third Street
Taos
Ieee EE
Barges Jane and Nelly Run Aground on Fisher's Island
Two barges owned by Scully Transportation Company ran aground at Fisher's Island on Tuesday afternoon during rough seas. Rescue crews from Fisher's Island Life Savers saved all aboard. Both vessels appear likely to be total losses.
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Jane
Nelly
Scully Transportation Company
Ciy
Fisher's Island
City plans 70 new subway tracks and more steel cars
Utilities Commission received a report on a Battery Tunnel accident and ordered alterations to the Ninth Street routes. Plans call for 70 new subway tracks and outside tracks on the present line to support express service, with steel cars ordered and a projected eighteen month construction period. The commission warned receivers to improve service or face action, while opposing further purchases of wooden cars for safety.
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Ninety-sixth Street
Public Service Commission
George S
Colenud
Nanety- SiNch Street
Cudedinns
Joh Street
Coimmisno Vesterday
Dhe
York
Cath Windlwine
Iaiswer
Rollins Stédek
Pattery
Tunsday
Willcox
Willeesx
Asker
Brooklyne
Walsh Explains Loans in Bank Expansion Case
John R. Walsh testified in U S District Court defending himself against charges of misapplying bank funds at the Chicago National Bank. He said he personally arranged loans to railroads and other enterprises and raised stock, but claimed no personal gain, citing the bank and allied institutions as his concern.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
National Buk
National Bank
United States District Court
Npen
Ite
Chicago National Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Some Savings Bank
Beach Cottage Swept Out to Sea by Tuesday Storm
Reports from Point Lookout say a beach cottage was carried away by waves during a Tuesday storm. The Point Lookout Life Saving Station crew battled high surf as several barges and boats were knocked loose, and five Nassau sea craft were lost. one person vanished after the cottage disappeared.
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Foint Lookout
Point Louckout
ACES
Ly Water
Shane Pera
Stewart Hyde Hospitalized After Altercation In Hempstead
In Hempstead Stewart Hyde was hospitalized after an altercation at Sammis's studio. A warrant was sworn by Justice George C. Tatem for Hyde following the incident. Hyde had previously worked as a stable hand at Belmont Park and lived with his wife Libbie Gardner.
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Shivnet
Tintes Hempstead
Fivde
Chertin
Cspodgee
Xissu Ceanty
Peorflaria
Aed
Biydeé
Tivde
Hemnstead
Ape Pike
Sanmis
Symmis
Simmmis
Sin
Hyde
Sammis
George C. Tatem
Lyte
Lrenkiin Reed
Ateer
Forte
Blyde
Belmont’ Park
Simph
Libbie Gardner
New York Air Brake Company Extends Financing Talks
Directors reach agreement with creditor advisory committee to extend the floating deal for six months and consider increasing obligations without current debts pressuring repayments. Plan includes a mortgage on company property to cover outstanding indebtedness and new paper secured by the mortgage.
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New York Air Brake Company
Adeyarice
Dis
Detunie
Theo
Morte Ze
Theo HD
Comming
Clearing House Considers Trust Company Admission
Clearing House Committee meets to discuss admitting trust companies as full or associate members. Proposal would require equal cash reserves and grant Clearing House privileges without voting rights, with possible constitution changes to admit trust firms.
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Clearing House Committee
New York Clearing House
Clearing House Association
Clearing Hose
J. Edward Simmons
Fourth National Bank
C Jearing House
Hebks
Ind
Clearng House
Morse Line Reorganization Expands to Eight Members
The Morse Line reorganization committee led by Alvin W Krech adds three new members Ward J Berwind Henry P Booth and Henry R Mallory to win support from bondholders and shipping interests as they study the Consolidated Steamship Lines finances and plans to reduce the 60 million in bonds and stock. The panel also names Ane Nicol as secretary and continues probes into subsidiary companies and the company’s financial health.
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Alvin W. Krech
Chiirman
Woo Morse
S8u
Ung
Hine Consolidated Steamsup
Cere
Duce
Morse
Henry R. Mallory
Mro Ane Nicoles
Consolidated Steamship Lines
P&t
Trust Company Elections Highlight Bank Meetings
Trust companies and other financial institutions held annual meetings with few changes. Hugo Baring left Equitable Trust Company board due to proposed merger with Mercantile Trust Company. New York Trust and Broadway Trust reappointed retiring directors. American Surety re elected trustees. Godfrey Morsey of Boston elected to fill a vacancy.
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Hugo Baring
Ees
Equitable Trust Company
Tis Place
Mercantile Trnrist Company
Bifigo Baring
Baring & Co
England
Oewey
New York Trust Company
Broadway "Trust Company
American Surety Company
Godrey Morsey
Loston
Steamer Massasoit Blown Ashore in Maine Gale
The freight steamer Massasoit of the Maine Coast Transportation Company, sailing from Quebec to Boston, was blown ashore in a gale at Cutler Maine eighteen miles from Machiasport. She is high and dry on the beach and part of her keel is gone. The vessel registers a gross tonnage of unknown size.
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Massasoit
Machiasport
Maine Coast Transportation Company
Quebec
Boston
Cutler
Goulds Court Prologue Opens Marital Debt Case
In a New York Supreme Court proceeding, Justice Truax and a jury hear nearly two hours of testimony in a suit brought by Malcolm Butler against Mrs Viola Gould, alleging debt for goods sold by Lichtenstein Millinery. Mrs Gould claims items were her husband’s responsibility, not hers, and cites abandonment at Castle Gould in Port Washington.
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Hioward Gould
Supreme Court
Truax
Lichtenstein Millinery
Piffth Avenue
Gould
Sis
Goulds
Trinix
Malcolm Butler
Joseph Larocque, Jr
Towns
William Dreier
Lichtenstein’ Millinery Company
Jie
Mr. Towns
Mrs. Gould
Castle Gould
Port Washington
L. IL
Nicoll
Annable
Lindsay & Fuller
Shearn
Escape from Ellis Island Detention Room
Henry Schaun, a Bank of Moscow clerk who arrived Dec 29 on the Pretoria, escaped from Ellis Island detention Sunday night and is believed to be at large in the city. Detectives search for him after he left a bolted cabin dormitory where two detained passengers slept. fellow passenger Wilhelm von Hoffman was also detained.
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Henry Schaun
Pretoria
Ellis Island
Schaune
Bank of Moscow
Wilhelm von Hoffman
Sehaune
Schaugve
W C T U Women Incensed Over Massachusetts Liquor Circulars
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Maine protests flood of Massachusetts liquor circulars mailed into Maine. They say patronage diverts Maine money from local business and undermines prohibition. Local unions urge Maine Representatives to seek a federal ban on shipping liquor into prohibition states.
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New York Times
Aiqusta
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Maine
Massachusetts
Congress
Robbers Loot Kansas Bank in Quenemo Heist
Robbers wrecked the safe at the State Bank of Quenemo in Quenemo Kansas and escaped with between seven and eight thousand dollars. Ottawa dispatch reports the bank heist occurred today, no injuries noted.
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Kansas Bank
Ottawa
Kan
Quenemo
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