Future of Belt Line and 59th Street Roads
Public Service Commission moved to protect riders as New York City Railway abandons the Belt Line and Fifty-ninth Street Crosstown Road. A public hearing will probe steps to restore service likely using independent operation, without transfers, possibly with horse cars and later electric service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
New York City Railway
Fifty-ninth Street
Crosstown Road
Central Park, North,and East Rivers Railroad Company
Eppe
Crosstown
H. H. Vreeland
Central Park, North and East Rivers Company
New York City Railroad
Daniel B. Hansbrouck
Charles B. Warren
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metroplitan
Central Ar] Seer
Sixth and
Amsterdam Avenues
Fifty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
First Avenue
City tears up car tracks in West Eleventh Street
Borough President Ahearn directed 300 Highways and Public Works workers to remove Central Crosstown Railroad tracks on West Eleventh Street between Greenwich and West Streets. Com missioner Coughen and Commissioner Scannerl aided after repeated notices to Metropolitans subsidiary were ignored. The tracks had not been used for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amd
Highways Bureau
Bureau of Public Works
Central Crosstown Railroad
West Eleventh Street
Greenwich
West Streets
Ahearn
Public Works
Coughen
Scannerl
Bureau of Highways
Metropolitan
Mr. Ahearn
Public Service Hearing on Interborough Railway Delay
Commissioner Eustis heard part of Robert C. Wood's complaint against the New York City Interborough Railway Company. The firm planned twenty four miles of trolley connected elevated and Subway stations but has begun about twelve miles with only six miles in operation. Hearing adjourned until July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis
Public Service Commission
Robert C. Wood
New York City
Interborough Railway Company
Bronx
Hearings on Rapid Transit Extra Work Delayed to Sept 15
Arbitrators appointed by the Public Service Commission adjourn the claim of Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company for 6 225 000 of extra work. A brief session heard counsel Kellogg request to introduce testimony while Shepard is ill at Lake George and Kellogg sails for Europe on July 11 prompting the adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
L. Laflin Kellogg
le Roy Harkness
Edward M. Shepard
Lake George
Kellogg
Europe
Biglin Wins Ellis Island Baggage Contract Amid Low Bids
The Department of Commerce and Labor awarded baggage handling to Bernard Biglin at 30 cents per piece for all New York City destinations. Charles Werner’s bid was 85 cents per package, a return from past contracts. Money exchange goes to American Emptress Company with no foreign commission. Immigrant feeding contracts see Ballé bid 18 cents per head, Hudgins & Dumas at 17 cents, effective July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Money Exchange
Ellis Island
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bernard *Biglin
New York City
Charles Werner
Biglin
Money Exchange Bureau
American Emptress Company
Harry Ballé
Hudgns & Dumas
Ter
Death letter claims Meyer Newman died at sea
Stern Brothers jewelers in the Bronx received a letter claiming Meyer Newman died while held for a $10,000 ransom by a Black Hand type gang. The note says he starved himself to death fifty miles from nti go Cuba, and police doubt the Black Hand theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stern Brothers
Gold Street
Meyer Newman
Fulton Avenue
Bronx
Newman
nti@go
Cuba
Race Track Arrests Highlight Anti-Betting Patrol at Sheepshead
Police at Sheepshead Bay race track report three arrests for bets and money handling under the anti-betting law. Suspects claim they were merely counting money as bookmakers operate via oral bets and credit. An attempted interception of news sent to poolrooms is noted as officials cut telegraph wires to curb information leaks. William Sprytie, a Sixth Avenue store timekeeper, was arrested for making a hand book for employers and held on $300 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Lou Winters
Jeremiah Lockhardt
William Duke
Kings, County Sheriff's Office
Sam Frank
Metropolitan Turf Association
Frank
Jim Farrell
West Union
Sheepshead
William Sprytie
Sixth Avenue
Jail for Mosquito Breeders in Queens Meadows
Queens Health Department orders meadow owners in Flushing to drain lands to prevent mosquito breeding. Engineer Winship reveals owners ignored notices and now face either draining the meadows or jail as the department targets all meadows in Queens to eliminate mosquito pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
Queens
Health Department
Engineer Winship
Health Department of
Flushing Meadows
United States
Board of Health
Metz Names Six Experts For City Finance Overhaul
Controller Metz appoints six of twelve expert accountants as the new city finance staff. Edward H. Moeran becomes Auditor of Disbursements, James A. Bartel Auditor of Receipts, Ulysses S. Leonhauser Chief of the Bureau of Expert Accountants, and Waltham H. Morton John M. Leahy James C. McKenna assist in staff training. Frank Smith will lead as General Auditor over the reorganized units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Board of Aldermen
Edward H. Moeran
James A. Bartel
Ulysses S. Leonhauser
Bureau of
Waltham H. Morton
John M. Leahy
James C. McKenna
Frank Smith
Marriage Licenses Hit City Record Rush
Last month set a citywide record with 4476 marriage licenses issued. Manhattan and the Bronx accounted for 2993, Brooklyn 1269, Queens 163, Staten Island 51. Since January, 15102 couples licensed in the city. City Clerk Scully added staff to the Bureau of Marriage Licenses, including six new Brooklyn clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Scully
Bureau of Marriage Licenses
Complaint filed over altered shipping rates by Express Co
The American Europe Company files with the Public Service Commissions and the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against American Express. It says until May 20 medicines were shipped at a special 5 cent per pound rate on return packages, then the rate was abolished and charges increased. It claims in transit shipments should have been accepted at the old rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Co
American-Europe Company
Public Service Commissions
Inter-State Commerce Commission
American Express Company
American Express
United States
American Europe Company
Give Up Search For Son After Fruitless Year In West
After a year and a half of fruitless effort to find seventeen year old George Hayes who ran away from home in March 1906, his Brooklyn parents fear he is in the Nevada gold fields with tramp Richard Allen. A San Francisco postal trace and letters from Allen indicate they planned to dig for gold and preferred not to return home. Police in several cities could not locate either Allen or the boy. This is the second time he has wandered from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
John F. Hayes
Manhasset Place
Brooklyn
Nevada
Richard Allen
Allen
San Francisco
Douglas Gives $25,000 for a Nursery
Former Gov. William 4. Douglas announced a gift of $25,000 to establish land, buildings, and endowment for a new day nursery in Brockton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Willam
Morgan convicted for voting under assumed name in primary
William Morgan was convicted in Special Sessions yesterday for voting as Horace Spalding at 307 West Fifty-first Street during the primary. He was seen receiving money after voting and was remanded until tomorrow for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morgan
Horace Spalding
West Fifty-first Street
Janitor's past used in political fight in Philadelphia
Leonard White, a janitor at John Agnew Public School, faces political backlash over his criminal record as D. Clarence Gibboney of the Law and Order Society asks Mayor Reyburn to review his fitness. Principal Katherine A. Lacy commends White's recent reform and work ethic, while White laments the political use of his history and fears for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Leonard White
John Agnew Public School
Wilmington
Del
White
Baldwin Locomotive Works
D. Clarence Gibboney
Law and Order Society
Reyburn
James P. McNichol
McNichol
Katherine A. Lacy
Agnew
Hearst happy with London cable on recount ruling
W R Hearst in London says Supreme Court Justice Lambert's recount decision is highly satisfactory. He says the fight aimed to secure an honest vote tally and that frauds behind legal barriers are now deterred. Hearst's lawyers expect the matter to be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Supreme Court
Lambert
Republic
Hearst
Eugene Lamb Richards, Jr
McClellan
Barringer's Boys Form Society in Honor of Teacher
A group of Theodore Barringer's former students form Barringer's Boys to honor the long time public school teacher. Supreme Court Justice Bischoff signed the incorporation certificate. The society aims to preserve school ties and celebrate Barringer's service to New York City schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore B. Barringer
Barringer
New York
Darringer
East 126Th Street
Two Men Sentenced In Jewelry Theft Case
Claude F Hertier and William O Connell were sentenced by Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions to prison terms of three years and four months to four years and three months after pleading guilty to stealing jewelry valued at 18000 from Mrs Caroline F Morgan of 40 Park Avenue. The victim’s former butler era is noted and defendants were returned from arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude F. Hertier
William O'Connell
Mulqueen
Caroline F. Morgan
Park Avenue
Eee Tertier
The Sentence of Death painting sparks medical ethics debate
The Inter-State Medical Journal reviews John Collier's Royal Academy exhibit The Sentence of Death and weighs physician duties toward truth versus patient hope. It argues context changes with case specifics and notes the artist prompts debate on informing patients of hopeless outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collier
Royal Academy
London
Inter-State Medical Journal
No Little Coney for Them In Riverdale Fight Over Ferris Wheel
Residents of Riverdale Kingsbridge and Spuyten Duyvil oppose James Thom seeking a license to set up a Ferris wheel and merry go round at Broadway and Spuyten Duyvil Parkway opposite Van Cortlandt Park. Local civic groups join property owners in protest. Hearings by Marshal Corrigan to deny the license proceed with final appeals planned. The Iselin and Delafield firm represents the owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Kingsbridge
Spuyten Duyvil
James Thom
Broadway
Spuyten Duyvil Parkway
van Cortlandt Park
Civb
City Club
Park District Protective League
Municipal Art Society
Women's Municipal
Edwin Outwater
Samuel Bb. Babcock
Delafield
Percy R. Pine
Goodrich
American Realty Company
Newton Land Association
Alfred L
Charles E. Manferre
Marshal Corrigan
Bureau of Licenses
Thom
Iselin & Delafield
TRY NEW JEWELRY SWINDLE DETECTED AT MESTEL STORE
Warnings issued about two men operating a jewelry swindle targeting Herman Mestel of 56 Essex Street. They visited Mestel, claimed ties to a Jersey City physician and a Jer sey City brother, then lured him to S Kaplan & Co’s factory at 45 John Street where unset diamonds and jewelry worth 13000 were selected. A phony note from Kaplan’s firm surfaced, exposing the fraud attempt before payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Mestel
Essex Street
Jersey City
MS. Kaplan & CO
Mestel
Kaplan
Summer study session draws teachers and pupils nationwide
More than 300 teachers and students from nearly every state and several foreign countries gathered at New York University for summer study courses. Six campus dormitories plus eight rented dorms on University Heights house attendees. Enki Ri from Japan, son of Lee Kesel and grandson of Lee Sunsei, joins to study political economy and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York University
University Heights
Enki Ri
Japan
Lee Kesel
Lee Sunsei
Taihoku
Steam Trains Run Through to 1910 Extension Granted
The last steam train into Grand Central was delayed by station work. Plans expanded, and New York Central received an extension from the Public Service Commission and the Board of Estimate to January 1, 1910 to continue steam operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central
New York Central
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
Westchester Men Form Group to Oppose Auto Traps
The Westchester Roads Association, now incorporated, aims to curb what its leaders call unnecessarily harsh automobile laws and enforcement. John P. Faure of Ossining says the group seeks protection of real estate values and reasonable travel, citing so called traps like Bradley's Trap near Millwood. The article lists officers, vice presidents, and committees, with a goal of 500 to 1,000 prominent county members.
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Westchester Roads Association
John P. Faure
Ossining
Westchester County
Millwood
Briarcliff Lodge
John I. D. Bristol
Chappaqua
J. Mayhew Wainewright
Rye
Walter W. Law,Jr
Briarcliff Manor
County of
Westchester
Board of Directors
Seth Low
Bedford Station
W. Everit Macy
Scarborough
John McKesson, Jr
Mount Kisco
John J. Riker
Port Chester
Francis C. Straiton
Mount Vernon
Felix M Warburg
White Plains
Albert Turner
John W. Bowron
Laws
Seldern Bacon
Briarecoff. Manor
Howard R. Washburn
Thomas C. Bell
Pleasantville
Faure
Paper Trust Denies 10 Percent Wage Cut Plan
William A. Whitcomb, general manager of International Paper Company, denied yesterday that the firm had ordered a 10 per cent wage reduction to start Aug 1. He said the company is seeking economy but no wage cut has been ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Whitcomb
International Paper Company
Whitcomb
Fibre Paper Trust Pays Fines in Restraint Case
Twenty two members of the Manila and Fibre Paper Manufacturers Association each paid 2000 dollars yesterday to the United States Circuit Court for operating a combine in restraint of trade. The remaining two firms were expected to settle their fines soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila and Fibre Paper Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Mae C Wood Indicted on Perjury and Forgery Counts
Mae C Wood faces two indictments filed yesterday in connection with her failed divorce suit against Senator Platt. Judge O Gorman ordered her jailed at the Tombs on perjury charges. she is free on 5000 bail pending General Sessions arraignment Monday. The perjury count cites her May 18 divorce trial testimony about a forged marriage certificate to Senator Platt. The forgery count stems from a letter allegedly forged to resemble a Washington letterhead from T C Platt claiming she is his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae C. Wood
Senator Platt
Justice O'Gorman
Edward W. Rice
Fifth Avenue
Grant
Senator Flatt
Washington
T. C.platt
Escapes Chair for Murder Case Sentencing
Nicolano Bonnano an Italian cook from Kingsland New Jersey was sentenced by Judge Crain to not less than twenty years nor life for the murder of Mariano Cacti last Christmas morning. Bonnano pleaded guilty upon his counsel’s advice in a case described as deliberate murder. Assistant District Attorney Ely noted a potential additional charge of attempted murder for firing at Policeman Cavone during the arrest attempt in Hoboken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolano Bonnano
Kingsland
N. J
Crain
Mariano Cacti
Maria Marchese
Caeti
Ely
Bonnanno
New Jersey
Cavone
French Vice Consul in New Jersey Reports Rabies Case
Maurice Heilmann, the French Vice Consul in Orange New Jersey, observed a dog showing rabies symptoms. Ten days later a cow that had been stabled with the dog died from rabies after brain examination at the Pasteur Institute confirmed the disease. Heilmann began treatment on official advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice’ Heilmann
Orange
N. J
Mr. Heilmann
Pasteur Institute
Heilmann
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Philadelphia Fight
Law and Order
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Medical Journal
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Trick
Paper Trust
Fibre Paper Trust
Platt
Bonnano My
Pasteur
Vogel Brothers
8Th Ave
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