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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
2
A congressional inquiry into Chicago packing houses examines sanitation, cleanliness, and health risks. Witnesses defend firms as clean, while officials reveal widespread issues, reforms, and calls for stronger federal inspection to protect inter state and foreign meat commerce.
A fragment notes an inquiry related to landlord killings described as entertaining. The terse remark suggests the inquiry intersects with public interest and reflects on societal attitudes toward violence and property crime. Names, dates, or locations are not provided in the readable text.
Upton Sinclair received a message from House Agriculture Committee chairman Wadsworth stating the committee does not deem it necessary for him to appear. Sinclair replied that his observations at Chicago stockyards constitute valuable evidence and demanded a hearing to test his charges.
Chicago June 8 Building Commissioner Bartzen served notices on Nelson Morris & Co to pursue improvements and will issue similar orders to all packers cited. He plans five day contracts and thirty day completion, with twelve temporary inspectors funded from 1600 saved office funds. Inspections target Swift & Co Anglo American Libby McNeill Libby Armour and I S and S plants amid fire safety and layout criticisms. Dr Bennett confirmed four transfers in his Bureau of Animal Industry.
Sir Howard Vincent, Conservative MP for Central Sheffield, announced an interpellation in the House of Commons directed at the Board of Trade. He seeks totals of British Empire imports of American canned meats and related foods for 1900 and 1905 and asks what measures the Board proposes to shield British consumers from alleged U S food risks. Lieutenant Colonel Percy Eyre Hobbs, Army Service Lee School chief instructor, will travel to the United States to inspect tins for the British Army.
Oculists and engineers at the Edison Auditorium urged diffused lighting for schools libraries and public buildings saying glare harms sight and direct dazzling light should be prohibited. They favored subdued steady illumination with neutral colors and hidden sources to reduce eye strain.
Chicago directors from the Illinois Manufacturers and Chicago Commercial associations condemn the Neill Reynolds report and appoint a comprehensive, independent investigation into stock yards conditions. They vow thorough, unbiased work, include workers’ status, and plan to report to President Roosevelt and publish findings globally.
Witnesses describe stock gifts and coal company ties involving Franklin Thomson and other railroad leaders. McLellan defends Thomson's memory, citing a letter advising against coal investments. The testimony covers Berwind-White and Keystone pier dealings, car supply issues, and personal stock holdings among officers.
Johnston Rose, father of May Rose who vanished from Port Richmond shortly after noon Sunday, returned home last night in a near collapse. No trace of May Rose has been found.
An old advertisement touts White Rose Ceylon Tea in hot or iced forms. It markets purity as flavor and lists sealed foil packages at 30 or 60 cents.
The New York Board of Estimate adopted resolutions urging New York Telephone to file a franchise petition and surrender conduits to the city. The Atlantic Telephone Company case is pushed to Fall to avoid a monopolistic contract, with officials claiming anti trust concerns and possible legal action if the city pursues a single operator.
In Ernest Pennsylvania the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg line town saw eight miners wounded in a dawn clash between state constabulary and strikers. A band led marchers exchanged fire with constabulary. three died. Sheriff orders leaders arrested while authorities claim deputies fired.
A Chicago packing plant employer rushed an order for a thousand soap-cutting granulators. The machines arrived by train within 24 hours and were immediately installed in washrooms, packed in large trunks and shipped on fast through trains. The New York supplier paused other orders to meet the urgent request.
A sequence of fire incidents is logged with times and addresses including 105 Third Avenue F Wachheimer with $15 damage and 626 to 542 West Fifty-second Street Pavan Brothers with no damage. Other sites include 82 Broadway Corn Exchange with no damage, 158 East 124th Street Mrs H Cohen with trifling damage, Toddington Lunch Company at 761 Sixth Avenue with trifling damage, 721 Seventh Avenue Daniel Ace with $5 damage, and 240 121st Street owner with $100 damage.
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson challenged the Ryan and Parker bid for the Manhattan Bridge project as insufficiently backed by sureties. He sought permission to readvertise or reject bids, citing potential grounds to void the award. Bids ranged from 6.49 to 7.57 million dollars with Ryan and Parker lowest. A hearing was set for next Monday before a special committee to report back.
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