McAlpin Hotel Site Explodes Rock for McAlpin Hotel Build
At 33rd and 34th Streets and Broadway workers at the McAlpin Hotel site blast rock daily. Fifty-One Wall Street Thompson Starrett Co reports 51 000 cubic yards of rock to excavate with less than six months to completion, yet 32 000 cubic yards have been dug so far, about 75 000 tons, showing the pace of operations under their control.
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33Rd and
34Th Streets
Broadway
McAlpin
Thompson-Starrett Company Building Construction
Wall Street
CURB ON FOREIGN BANKERS PASSES ALBANY ASSEMBLY
The Sullivan Foley Foreign Bankers bill passed the Assembly by a quiet vote aimed at curbing fraud against recent immigrants in New York. It tightens prohibitions on foreign corporations engaging in banking and requires authorization, capitalization, and state licensing to conduct banking business in the state.
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New York Times
Albany
Sullivan-Foley
Lower East Side
New York
Sullivan To-Day
Senate
Oppose Income Tax Plan Meets Assembly Judiciary Skepticism
Albany May 31 The Assembly Judiciary Committee in charge of the concurrent resolution endorsing the federal income tax plan will not meet this week A majority including Chairman A J Levy oppose the resolution in its current form arguing the proposed constitutional amendment allowing a tax on incomes would endanger the value of municipal securities in the market A committee member noted that neither pressure nor Gov Dix letter to the Speaker changed their view that the amendment is inequitable.
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New York Times
Albany
Assembly Judiciary Committee
A. J. Levy
Congress
Dix
Grady Proposes Law On Signed Editorials After Brisbane Row
Albany May 41 Senator Thomas F Grady proposed a bill requiring that every newspaper editorial be signed with violation a misdemeanor He defended his stance on woman suffrage replying to Arthur Brisbane and addressing remarks by Rev Anna Shaw He cited his long legislative record and noted graft allegations as hearsay while opposing federal suffrage on grounds cited by prominent women who opposed it.
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New York Times
Albany
New York Evening Journal
Thomas F. Grady
Grady
New Zeland
United States
Arthur Brisbane
Society of the Genesee
Agnew-Hart
Anna Shaw
Brennan bill on cold storage passes to governor
In Albany on May 31 the Brennan cold storage bill, with Senate amendments, goes to the governor after Assembly approval. It requires dated records for stored foods, sets a ten month storage limit except butter at twelve months, and grants Health Commissioner supervision over plants. The measure was redrafted following a Senate Public Health Committee inspection of large facilities.
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New York Times
Albany
Assembly
Senate
State Commissioner of Health
Brennan
Senate Committee On Public Health
Governor Dix vetoes 5 cent fare bill for Flatbush to Brooklyn
Albany May 3 1 Gov Dix vetoed Senator O Briens bill to cut the Flatbush to Railroad Avenues fare from 10 to 5 cents The governor says Public Service Commissions have authority to regulate fares and urges residents to seek relief from the city commission If unsuccessful they may appeal to the Legislature The Yonkers to New York 5 cent reduction cited as a precedent by the governor
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Albany
O’brien
Flatbush
Railroad Avenues
Brooklyn
Dix
New York City Commission For Relief
Yonkers
New York
Dix reform measures may pass as session lengthens
Albany reports indicate Tammany Hall will permit a reform charter for New York City and a revised Dix program to advance. Leaders anticipate extended session into July with plans to pass a state highway reform bill, a new city charter, and Gov Dix conservation measures amid intra-party opposition and caucuses.
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Albany
Tammany Hall
Dix
Rochester
Congress
Assembly
Senate Committee On Finance
Tammany
Murphy
New York City
Pne
Ray H. Smith
William J. McNulty
New York
Smith
Legislative Committee
Mr. Smith
State Highway Commission
Exemption Bill for City Water Land Sparks Tax Debate
Albany May 31 The Senate Taxation and Retrenchment Committee held final hearings on Senator Pollock’s bill to exempt from state taxes New York City property in other municipalities for land taken for a water supply. Critics from Nassau and Westchester called the measure unfair citing impact on smaller communities. Pollock argued NYC pays most state taxes and funded the water land. A committee bloc favorable to NYC indicated the bill would be reported favorably to the Senate.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate Committee On Taxation and
Pollock
New York City
Leo Fischel
Freeport
L. I
Nassau County
Westchester County
Senate
Not a Guarantee Advertisement for City Brooklyn Partnership
City debates a Brooklyn Rapid Transit offer claiming it would force the city to guarantee 5 to 8 percent on its stock. The proposal would allow BRT to take out past earnings as a baseline and guarantee dividends, boosting stock value to about 140 per share. Critics call for developing a city Subway without guaranty and warn of a 27 million dollar windfall to BRT stockholders.
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Brooklyn Company
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
City of New York
Greater New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Borough Rapid Transit Company
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