Plans for Mayors Board Transform New York Water Supply
The city consolidates the Barriering-Free commission work and mayoral appointees to map a vast water system. Proposals include Ulster Ashokan and Rondout reservoirs, with potential Line No 3 shortcut routes and an eightytwo mile aqueduct to feed the city mains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskill
Ashokan
Rondout
Burr- Hering-Freeman Commission
Dutchess County
Fishkill
Wappinger
Watershed plan outlines New York City water supply
The Municipal Water Commission proposes a hundred-million-dollar expansion to tap Esopus Rondout and Catskill sources. It envisions Ashokan reservoir and aqueducts feeding the city for decades, with cut and cover construction favored over deep tunnels and completion in stages through 1925 or later.
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Esopus
Ronlout
Catskill
Great Ashokan
Ulster County
Roendout
Burr-Hering-Freeman Commission
Ashokan
Rondout
Ister County
Rondout Creek
Municipal Water Commission
Hudson
Suez Canal
Croton
Board of Water Supply
Eia Deft
New York City
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
United States
Geological Surveys
Burr-Hering- Freeman Commission
Croton Aqueduct
Aqueduct Commission
New Commission of Water Supply
New Commission
Catskill Mountains
Olive Bridge
Kingston
Croton Catunn
Schoharie
Esopus Creek
Catskills
Schoharie Creek
Wingston
Flank Falls
Napnanock
East Durham
Esop Creek
Catskill Creek
Rondo Creek
Rodout
Adirondack
Hadley
State Water Commission
Albany
Troy
Saratoga
Schenectady
Poughkeepsie
Newburg
Yonkers
Hudson River
Hyde Park
Hudson Rive
Manchester rescuer Patrick Melody attempts suicide amid rescue saga
Patrick Melody, linked to the 1867 Kelly and Deasy rescue in Manchester, tries to drown himself in Madison Square fountain. Police pull him from the pool and he is sent for mental examination as witnesses report his rambling state and a note accusing torture during his imprisonment.
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Patrick Kk Melody
Miadison
Pierce
Melody
Westhirtieth Street
Burrows
New York Hospital
Bellevue
Patrick
Portland
John
O'Conn
Sitos Matady
Tom Keediye
Timothy Densy
Manchester
Singlaig
Fentons
Dst
Dublin
Blind Woman Wins Suit Over Property Transfer
Mrs Marie Julie Elizabeth Collins aged blind won a Supreme Court judgment against her son Charles Hi Collins and daughter in law Marie. She alleged mental frailty when she conveyed property and that her son promised to pay 5000 and care for her. Justice Fitzgerald noted a quarrel and declined to reveal family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Julie Elizabeth Collins
Charles Hi. Collins
Marie
Supreme Court
Collins
Justice Fitzgerald
Subway Builders Win Suit Over Pharmacy Damages
Supreme Court Justice McCall ruled that Linton Pharmacy cannot recover damages from John B. McDonald Subway contractor and Metropolitan Street Railway for disruption during rock blasting and platform obstruction near Seventeenth Street and Union Square. William Barclay Parsons and others defended the digging methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Linton Pharmacy
John B. McDonald
Metropolitan Street Railway
Westmoreland
Seventeenth Street
Union Square
Seventeenth Streets
William Barclay Parsons
Indenture Plan For Lithographers Apprentices Approved
A conference in the city approved a plan by employers and the Lithographic Engravers' League to create local and national apprentice boards. Indentures must be filed with the Local Joint Apprentice Board, with a probationary period to prove fitness in the specific branch. The Employers group says U.S. lithography leads in dexterity and color work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiocal Joint Apprentice Board
Im Part
Europe
Bastille Anniversary Celebrated in New York
The French population of New York plans a July 14 fete at Dreamland. Lafayette Guards organize with Colonel A. Gress and staff finalizing a program featuring athletic events under Romande Society, decorations with the tricolor, foot races, throws, vaulting, high jump, a two mile scratch race, and a Grand Prix reproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dréamland
Lafayette Guards
A. Gress
Dreamland
Creditors After Wickes Court Action Over $1000
Thomas P. Wickes former indicted blackmailer faced a snag in recovering $1000 deposited with the City Chamberlain as bail. An injunction from the Supreme Court held up the return until Elizabeth A Fielding Ellen Lafgran and K Freeman secured a $74.50 claim. The claim was paid and the injunction vacated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Wickes
City Chamberlain
William E. D. Stokes
Wickes
Supreme Court
Elizabeth A. Fielding
Ellen Lafgran
K. Freeman
D. W. Rogers
Fountains Run Dry Angering City Horses and Pets
A stray caller to City Hall complained that horses drink from a Nathan Hale fountain but find it empty as water, shoes, and fruit peels float in the trough. Police and a local humanitarian seek water with city departments closed at noon, leaving dogs and horses thirsty and frustrated on sultry Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sersgt
McCue
City Hall
Nathan Hale
Broadway
Water Department
Department of Parks
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
President approves dismissal and imprisonment for Lt Smith
The President approves the sentence of dismissal and imprisonment for First Lieut Frederick McC Smith of the Artillery Corps, who was convicted at Fort Preble Maine of embezzlement. A $1200 fine was remitted by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick McC. Smith
Artillery Corps
Fort Preble
Maine
Court Stands By Police Injunction Requested By Ontario Field Club
Supreme Court Justice Blanchard refused to grant an ex parte injunction against police delaying a game scheduled for today. He said he opposed restraining the police in their duties and would instead order the police to show cause next week why an injunction should not be granted. F H Boland, for the club, noted Brooklyn Justices had granted similar injunctions and that the club issued programmes but did not charge admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Field Baseball Club
Blanchard
Supreme Court
F. H. Boland
Brooklyn
Boland
Harlem River Park to Host Tammany Night Festival
Ten thousand people are expected at a summer night festival in Sulzer's Harlem River Park organized by the Tammanyites of the Fourteenth Assembly District led by Water Commissioner John T. Oakley. The Enscala Club manages the event with dancing planned to begin at eight o'clock tomorrow night.
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Tammanyites
Fourteenth Assembly District
John T. Oakley
Sulzer
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McClellan
Gefindertalen
Special Commission of
Mayor's Board
Ulster
J. Edward Simmons
Charles A. Shaw
Charles. N. Chadwick
Lilliewater
Ashokan ‘O Hill View
Tory
Croton Basin
Hudson Valley
Greater
Patrick Melody
Madison Square
Kelly
Deasy
Union
Dublin Castle
Hyde Road Bridge
Sergt
Brett
London
Emma Halliday
America
Caneara
Nat
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Waskell Carhart
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