Treasury Secretary McAdoo Greenlights Easement Talks
Secretary McAdoo writes to Public Service Commission chair McCall to settle the $1,000,000 easement value for a subway under the Post Office building. He urges joint expert conference to adjust terms, with New York City to cover damages and future claims, and calls for public notice of the settlement terms.
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The
Treasury
McAdoo
Edward E. McCall
Public Service Commission
Post Office
Horace S
City Hall Park
Treasury Department
Washington
Edward E. Mcfall
State of
New York
Nassau Street
New York City
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs. Race S
United States District Attorney
United States Mistrey
Department
City of
Wr. Ch. McAdoo
Interborough Likely To Win Battery Section 1A Bid
The Interborough Company through Rapid Transit Subway Construction appears set to win Section 1A of the Seventh Avenue route linking Battery Park to the Brooklyn-Manhattan line. Four bids ranged from 474 244 to 804 000 with Rapid Transit submitting the low figure and already holding the adjacent section under Greenwich Street.
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Interborough Company
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Battery
Public Service Commission
Times Square
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation
Interborough
Seventh Avenue
Battery Park
Brooklyn- Manhattan
Oscar Daniels Company
Patrick McGovern & Co
Smith, Hauser & McIsaac, Inc
Greenwich Street
Daisy Chain at Vassar Draws Large National Crowd
About 5 000 visitors from across the United States attended Vassar College class day exercises and the traditional daisy chain ceremony on the sunny campus in Poughkeepsie. Twenty four girls were chosen to carry the chain, among them Priscilla Galt Isabella Wadsworth Marjorie Arnold Katherine Jeffries Katherine Place Katherine Barcus Laura Osborne Martha Armstrong Esther Rauschoff Ethel Rose Phebe Briggs Elizabeth Hardin Imma Downer Elizabeth Linder Dorothy Sagendorph Mary Hendrickson Edith Dutton Helen Hodge Dorothy Bailey Christine Barnes Rose Sharpe Elizabeth McCreery Dorothy Graham and Norma Leitch.
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Poughkeepsie
United States
Vassar College
Priscilla Galt
Isabella Wadsworth
Marjorie Arnold
Katherine Jeffries
Katherine Place
Katherine Barcus
Laura Osborne
Martha Armstrong
Esther Rauschoff
Ethel Rose
Phebe Briggs
Elizbeth Hardin
Imma Downer
Elizabeth Linder
Dorothy Sagendorph
Mary Hendrickson
Edith Dutton
Helen Hodge
Dorothy Bailey
Christine Barnes
Rose Sharpe
Elizabeth McCreery
Dorothy Graham
Norma Leitch
Night of Cats Dominates Knight Will Trial Testimony
Miss Hilda Jackson, nurse at St Luke s Hospital, testified about Miss Sarah A Knight s life centering on her cats as the will contest resumed before Surrogate Fowler. Knight died Oct 18 1978 after disinheriting Knight side cousins in a 2 million estate left to McLaughlin cousins.
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Hilda Jackson
St. Luke's Hospital
Sarah A. Knight
Miss Knight
Fowler
Hetty Green
McLaughlin
Knight
Miss Jackson
Sarah Knight
James W. Osborne
Eee
Mr. Osborne
Slap During Coroners Hearing Stuns Court Scene
Dr Otto H Schultze testified amid heated exchanges over neglect of duty and insubordination charges. Harlem Hospital’s Dr Fred Ward Eastman slapped Dr Timothy Lehane after a dispute over an autopsy claim. Witnesses followed as the Coroners adjourned to review verdict timing.
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Otto
H. Schultze
Board of Coroners
Fred Ward Eastman
Harlem Hospital
Timothy D. Lehane
Lehane
Schultze
Eastman
Almuth C. Vandiver
O'Gorman, Battle & Vandiver
School Board Fight Over By Law Change
The Board of Education faces a vote on a new by law section for the Director and Assistant Director of the Board of Reference and Research. A 24 member majority is needed, with May 17 the last meeting showing 22 present. Flexner and Willcox led opposition who had 12 votes against the measure. The clause would require the Bureau to provide information on request to board officers and committees or members, while opponents seek to include City Superintendent Maxwell and the Board of Superintendents.
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Board of Education
Board of Reference and Research
Abraham Flexner
William G. Willcox
Spanish in High School at De Witt Clinton
The Board of Education authorizes boys entering De Witt Clinton High School next September to choose Spanish as their foreign language. Spanish is considered practically beneficial for careers and is accepted on par with French and German for college entrance. It may count toward the Regents diploma.
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Board of Education
de Witt Clinton High School
de Witt Clinton
Regents of
New York State
Experts to value telephone lines in New York
The Public Service Commission plans a conference with John L. Swayze and New York Telephone Company officials to value company property within the state. Estimated value ranges from 200 to 250 million dollars for exchanges, lines, and buildings serving about one million telephones. The study aims to set fair rates by determining investment and cost, potentially affecting toll policy.
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Public Service Commission of
Second District
John L. Swayze
New York Telephone Company
Swayze
Commission
F. RB. H. Paine
Cortlandt Street
Ontario Power Company
Niagara, Lockport and
H. Hobart Porter
Sanderson & Porter
William Street
Brooklyn Edison Company
Russell Robb
Stone & Webster
Boston
H. P. Gillette
Washington
George H. Harries
H. M. Bylesby & Co
Chicago
American Electrical Railways Association
J. A. Stewart
New York
New York State
Buffalo
New York Telephone Co
Miss Wendel's will filed in White Plains estate worth 38 million
Miss Josephine J Wendel of Irvington N Y filed her will in White Plains detailing an estate valued at about 38 million dollars. The assets include United States bonds and Manhattan real estate with a Brook Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company property left in trust for Augusta Wendel and shares allocated to the Wendel siblings at various New York addresses. The document lists bequests to John G Wendel Mary E A Wendel Rebecca A D Wendel fila Von E Wendel Georgiana G Wendel and others with properties across Manhattan and surrounding areas.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Josephine J
Wendel
Irvington
N.Y
United States Bonds
Manhattan
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Augusta Wendel
John G. Wendel
Washington Street
Division Street
West Broadway
Essex Street
Mary E. A. Wendel
Fifty-first Street
Beaver Street
Grand Street
Quogue
S. 1
Rebecca A D. Wendel Swope
Centre Street
East Third Street
GEORG BRANDES SAILS AWAY
Danish critic Dr. Georg Brandes sailed home on the Hamburg American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria after a stay in America. He said he welcomed rest from constant telephone interruptions and noted Americans rush but remain polite.
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Georg Brandes
Brandes
Lake Shore Merger Met by Suit From Minority Holders
Minority stockholders prepare a suit to test the Lake Shore Michigan Southern consolidation. They seek to block the merger and challenge stock terms while Ohio and other states may lack authority to approve until contracts are signed. Cadwalader Taft and Harry Daugherty represent the plaintiffs as hearings proceed.
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Lake Shore
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
New York City
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Ohio Commission
Illinois State Commission
New York Commission
A. W. Harris
New York Centrus
Ohio
O. H. Hughes
Ohio Railroad
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le Roy T. Parkness
Travis Hi. Whitney
the Battery
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Nurse
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New York Company
P. S. Commission
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Wheelock Upright
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Bradford
Imperial
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West 14Th Street
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Tral
U. S. Court
State Utilities Commission
Hudson River
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
United States Circuit Court
Detroit
Finanlal
Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Company
By Way
Montague St
Fulton St
Jamaica
Main St
Workhouse
Blackwell's Island
Katharine KB. Davis
Correction
Joseph. Mills
Florence Smith
Mills
McAdow
Davis
Villa
Marletrate Cornell
Fifth Ave
Rene
J. Stewart CO
Ii'way
46Th St
Bryant
Eerie, Cor
Std Sts
Jersey City
America
Studebaker
Studebakers
Phelps Motor Car Corporation
59Th Street & Broadway
Volitan Distributors
Studebaker Four
Studebaker Six
Carpenter Motor Vehicle Company
Brooklyn, N. Y
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