National Controllers Debate Uniform City Budgeting
A session of the National Association of Controllers and Accounting Officers debated uniform budgeting and separate budget making bodies. Proponents urged distinct officials for budgeting and spending, while critics warned for lack of universal adoption among cities.
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National Association of Controllers
Hotel Astor
Ior
Louis Betz
St. Paul
Betz
United States
Edward Stetson Griffing
New Rochelle
Duncan MacInnes
Francis Cleveland
National Municipal League
Cleveland
League
Association
Fisher
Douglas Mathewson
Frank Tucker
City Club of
Mathewson
Coney Island
Suffragette Row Sparks Court Action at East Twenty third Street
After a row at 122 East Twenty third Street Miss Alice M Murtagh accused Mrs Sadie Keene of assaulting her prompting Mrs Keene’s arrest A lawyer for Mrs Keene sought a summons for Miss Murtagh in Yorkville Police Court The West Twenty second Street Station initially refused to detain Mrs Keene and she was released to seek counsel
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East Twenty-third Street
Alice M. Murtagh
Sadie Keene
Keene
Moss
Yorkville
Murtagh
West Twenty-second Street
Mrs. Keefe
Print sale nets $1450 for rare New York view
A Brooklyn woman sold two Merwin Clayton prints. A 1831 view of St Paul’s Church and Broadway stages fetched $1,450 to a New York collector, the second highest price for a colored New York print. The Federal Hall view sold for $22.50. The highest price for a New York colored view is $1,600.
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Brooklyn
Merwin-Clayton
St. Paul's Church
Broadway Stages
H. Reinagle
Pendleton
Wall Street
Scott
George H. Richmond
E. Gottschalk
Robert Fridenberg
Herman Bauer
New York Historical Society
New York
Edwin B. Holden
Neill
New
Augustin Daly
Mr. Daly
Valentine
James Grant Wilson
Merwin- Clayton
Federal Hall
H. R. Robinson
George Holland
Pees
Union League Considers Move From Fifth Avenue Site
The Union League Club weighs leaving its Fifth Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street HQ for a cheaper, more suitable location. A lease runs eleven years at $25,000 annually with a profitable option to sell. A committee led by District Attorney Whitman will report soon on relocation feasibility and potential gains.
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Union League Club
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Bixby
George R. Sheldon
Whitman
Fifth Avenues
Forty-second Street
Union League
Calumet
Twentyninth Street
Knickerbocker
Thirty-second Street
Judge denounces undesirables as deportation option in court
In General Sessions Judge Swan urged deportation for certain criminals, criticizing opposition to deportation laws. He cited foreign governments sending criminals for cheaper upkeep and noted Sing Sing costs. The Times Square Newspaper Club outing at Glendale Schuetzen Park follows with a baseball game and vaudeville performances.
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Swan
United States
Washington
Sing Sing
Times Square
Glendale Schuetzen Park
L. I
New Era Club
New York
Athenian A. A
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Ridgewood
Mother Love Calls Girl to Her Death in New York
Jennie Horn Pinna, known as Winnie Horn, 22, mother of two, shot herself at home after her mother Elizabeth Horn’s death. Her brother, Jim, wandered barefoot in the rain, later found in Bellevue Hospital. The Horn sisters once sold papers outside the Masonic Temple on Sixth Avenue, Twenty-third Street.
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Jennie Horn Pinna
Elizabeth Horn
Winnie Horn
Martinez
Eva
Sulsona
Len
Charles Horn
Lde East Thirty-second Street
William Horn
Robert
Jennie Pinna
Toronto
Mamma
Jennie
William
Seventeenth Street
East Thirty-second Street
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
King
Bellevue Hospital
Pinna
Jennie Inna
Annie
Winnie
Third Ave Hearing Probes Cost Of Streetcar Reorganization
The Public Service Commission heard the Third Avenue Railroad plan amid a lively session. Ex congressman Charles E Littlefield appeared for the committee of security holders led by Col William N Amory. Milton G Starrett testified that some sections of the line cost 150000 a mile to electrify. Earlier testimony at the Interborough Metropolitan investigation in 1907 cited electrification costs from 1 million to 4 million and up to 6 million per mile.
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Public Service Commission
Third Avenue Railroad
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Committee of Security
William N. Amory
Littlefield
Milton G Starrett
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Starrett
Third Avenue
Interborough
Doubtful About Fireworks Board Discusses 15000 Allocation
The Board of Estimate asked yesterday to appropriate 15000 for Fourth of July fireworks. A committee will investigate after debate. A July 1 public hearing on extending Irving Place from Fourteenth Street was set. The Third Avenue Bridge Commission won approval for a Queensboro Bridge franchise to run cars, with transfers to all Third Avenue cars.
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Board of Estimate
Irving Place
Fourteenth Street
Third Avenues Bridge
Comnece
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Chinese Consul Seeks Probe Of Robbed Cigar Store
A Chinese consul forwards a complaint to Mayor Gaynor alleging theft during a May 20 fire at a cigar store on Lovers Street New York. The petition claims $2,500 cash and $5,000 in stocks were taken from a fire-damaged safe and asks officials to investigate and recover the property. Mayor Gaynor orders investigation by Fire Commissioner Waldo and Police Commissioner Baker.
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Gaynor
Y. ¥. Young
Lee Tso
Dovers Street
Y. Y. Young
Broadway
N. Y
New York
Canton
China
Hau-San
Lovers Street
Toto
Elizabeth Street
Wing- Yank
Canton-Hankow
Kwong-Si Mining
Traong-Wah Company
TBO
Young
W. J. Gaynor
City of
Waldo
Baker
Cortelyou Testifies in $100000 Libel Suit
George B. Cortelyou, president of Consolidated Gas, testified in the U S Circuit Court in a $100,000 libel suit filed by Edwin C. Madden against the Star Company and William Randolph Hearst. He said he investigated Madden’s department as Postmaster General and urged Madden’s resignation to ease friction, not over any criminal finding.
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George B. Cortelyou
Consolidated Gas Company
United States
Edwin C. Maddon
Star Company
William Randolph Hearst
Gen. Madden
Cortelyou
Madden
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