Ashokan Dam Charges Move to City Counsel Review
Assistant Corporation Counsel William R. B. Crowell takes charge of the Ashokan Dam award case as charges are expected against the Board of Water Supply. Crowell will draft charges for the Commissioners of Accounts while an advisory board of engineers revisits the dam site and meets with him.
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William RB. Crowell
Board of Water Supply
Crowell
Commissioners of Accounts
Advisory Board of Engineers
Tax Books Open as City Sees Real Estate Jump in 1908 Assessments
The 1908 tax rolls show tentative real estate values rising by about 472 million, lifting borrowing capacity by roughly 47 million. Frances Carnegie and Mrs. Sage head the top taxpayers with large franchises. personal property assessments list notable New Yorkers including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller Jr. The tax rate is expected to rise about nine points to cover the budget increase, with special franchise assessments to be certified April 1.
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Hall of Records
Lawson Purdy
State Board
Purdy
Andrew Eicets
Rocketeer
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Alice Vanderbilt
Gladys Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Eliza Gupgen- Heimer
J. P. Morgan
Henry
Z. Rogers
John. Jacob Astor
Commissio Er Purdy
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Astor
Caroline Ae
Katherine Aquchincloss
H. Kinney
F. S
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Ina
Auchincloss
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Emma B
Knight
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Barger
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Knopf
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Baring
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Konitz
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Belden
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FI Olswee
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Blair
de W. G
Milbank
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Bliss
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Neeser
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Carroll
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Lark
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Clark
Fights Over Insurance Laws Spark Calls for Commission
Assemblyman George M. Palmer proposes Governor Hughes appoint a special commission of insurers to probe the Armstrong insurance law and consider amendments. He cites Kingsley figures showing a sharp drop in new business by New York and outside insurers since the reform laws.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
George M. Palmer
Gov. Hughes
Armstrong
Palmer
New York
Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Transcontinental Rail Service Promotions to California
Travel pamphlet copy touts electric lighted trains to California via Chicago routes. It advertises booklets maps hotel lists and requests tickets and information from R. M. Johnson general agent at 61 Broadway New York.
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California
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Record tobacco sale in Lexington breaks all prior marks
Six hundred thousand pounds of white tobacco were sold on the floor of the loose leaf warehouses in Lexington on January 13. Wagons have been arriving from the tobacco district since Saturday night. Guards are posted around the warehouses with special officers and a Gatling gun, and nearby towns receive nightly guards as well.
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Lexington
Boy Killed by Elevator at Broad Street Building
An elevator incident at the Commercial Cable Building on 20 Broad Street left a 15 year old office boy, Harry De Freis of 101 St Ann's Avenue Bronx, wedged between counterweight weights in the shaft. The boy worked for architect Joel D Harrison in the same building.
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C. N. Osborn
Pera
Supt. Cranston
Harry de Freis
St. Ann’s Avenue
The
Bronx
Joel D. Harrison
Lost crown ad offers reward near New York hotels
The Lost and Found column in the New York Times advertises a $200 reward for the recovery of a diamond crown worn on the dress. The crown of thirty two stones includes a very large centerpiece and was worn pinned to the wearer. The advertiser J. E. Rogers lists the Hotel Cadillac as contact, with the loss said to occur Sunday night between the Hotel Astor and the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York Times
Hotel Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
J. E. Rogers
Hotel Cadillac
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