Ocean freights face no relief as Montreal grain cuts hurt
Ocean steamship executives report no relief from the general freight downturn. They cite diverted grain to Montreal and lake competition lowering prices, while rail rates rise. A joint meeting at 143 Liberty Street will seek railroad grain rate relief to curb Europe shipments via Montreal.
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Ocean Steamship Companies
Europe
New York
White Star Line
Montreal
White Star
Trunk Line Association
Produce Exchange
Northwest
Liberty Street
International Marine Company
New York Steamship Lines
Lake Lines
Buffalo
Duluth
Fort William
Toledo
Fey
National Glass Company Default Sparks Foreclosure Bid
In Pittsburg on June 17 the Union Trust Company demanded the National Glass Company property in foreclosure for defaulting on $600,000 in bond interest. The company operates twenty plants across five states with a $4,000,000 capital, and Union Trust is the first mortgage bondholders’ trustee.
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Pittsburg
National Glass Company
Union Trust Company
United States
New Federal Grand Jury Sworn In
The June Grand Jury of the Criminal Branch of the United States Circuit Court was sworn in yesterday by Judge Chatfield. Members include Ira McCormack foreman 79 East Fifty fifth Street Charles Garftlel cloaks 68 West lifth Street Theodore M Johnson secretary 3 West 112th Street Alfred FE Lani manager 39 Cortlandt Street Henry P Carlson teller 190 Fifth Avenue Louis Hennefeld merchant 275 Hudson Street Charles B Lawson Vice President 108 Fifth Avenue Charles B Clark insurance 500 Fifth Avenue Samuel B Leary builder 204 West Ninety-third Street Henry Coggill broker 205 West Fifty-sixth Street Howard J Fry art materials 11 East Twenty-second Street Patrick J Cosgrove 144 East Sixtieth Street Gordon Clary hats 219 West 136th Street Irving Sanders Vice President 114 West 14th Street Alexander B Wellman cashier 89 Hancock Place William J Wallace merchant 203 West Eightieth Street Andrew Jr merchant 78 Broad Street Law 8 Parsons manager 24 Central Park George B Van Cleve Treasurer 26 Gramercy Place Francis J Markham grocer 123 West 123d Street Gustave Marden woolens 222 West 122d Street
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Criminal Branch
United States Circuit Court
Jurge Chatfield
Ira McCormack
East Fiftyfifth Street
Charles Garftlel
West Lifth Street
Theodore M. Johnson
West 112Th Street
Alfred FE. Lani
Cortlandt Street
Henry P. Carlson
Teller
Fifth Avenue
Louis Hennefeld
Hudson Street
Charles B. Lawson
Charles B. Clark
Samuel B. Leary
Ninety-third Street
Henry Coggill
Fifty-sixth Street
Howard J. Fry
Twenty-second Street
Patrick.j. Cosgrove
Jamin Klee
West End
Sanders
West 14Th Street
Alexander B. Wellman
Hancock Place
William J. Wallace
Eightieth Street
Andrew Jr
Broad Street
Law
Parsons
Central Park
George B. van Cleve
Gramércy Place
Francis J. Markham
West 123d
Gustave Marden
Woolens
West 122d
American Journal Planned for Paris Afternoon Publication
The American and Continental Journal Company filed incorporation in Albany to publish The American Journal in Paris. Stephen Ivor Szinngey will be president and editor in chief, with Thomas Mack as secretary treasurer and W Gordon Kellogg as vice president. The paper aims to be the city’s only afternoon English daily serving American interests. Szinngey will sail for France tomorrow.
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Paris
American and Continental Journal Company
Albany
Messrs
Coudert Brothers
American Journal
Stephen Ivor Szinngey
Thomas Mack
W. Gordon Kellogg
Nngey
Hotel Astor
France
Gold Vein Found Near Stevens Institute Hoboken
Dr. J Thomas B Stillman of Stevens Institute reports a gold bearing dirt sample from excavation near his River Street home in Hoboken. He notes the vein is thin and valued at about eight fifty per ton, with even the traprock around the main building assay ing gold. He discusses broader efforts to create foods from chemicals and a fast digesting milk powder substitute.
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J. Thomas B. Stillman
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Hotel Astor
Stevens
Dr. Stillman
River Street
Institute
Italians Throwing Up the Dirt. Dr. Stillman
Bodle Consolidated Mines
California
Albert Leeds Stillman
Columbia School of Mines
Stevens Institute
Manhattan Island
Philadelphia
Scientific American
Santegen
Hotel Gotham in Legal Fight Aims at Company Dissolution
The Hotel Gotham Company faces a fe nestration suit in the Supreme Court brought by Theodore Schmalholza Son to collect a $741 meat bill. The case follows a judgment and unsatisfied sheriff’s execution against the hotel, now operated by the Fifty fifth Street Company which built the building for about $2 million. Stockholders tied to both firms may be liable for debts incurred during the Gotham era.
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Hotel Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Thomas F. Ryan
James J. Hill
Thomas C. Platt
Henry L. Goodwin
Hotel Gotham Company
Theodore Schmalholza
Gotham
Supreme Court of Schmalholz & Son
Jerome C. Lewis
Supreme Court
Carl Berger
Bennet
Fifty-fifth Street Company
M. A. R. Hoyts
Lewis
Plague Report Shocks Caracas Citizens
A Caracas official confirms bubonic plague cases after a café employee dies and crowds gather as the mayor investigates. Reports surface of a second suspected case while authorities declare no epidemic. La Guayra remains under quarantine under President Castro’s May decree.
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Caracas
la India Café
la India
Venezuela
Castro
la Guayra
Willemstad
Curacao
Aurora
Porto Cabello
Treadwell Estate to Widow and Son
The late Timothy Treadwell of East Williston died May 28. His will filed in Mineola states the estate value is unknown, but Paddington stock farm is worth over $150,000. Harriet Ann Treadwell, a granddaughter, receives $5000, with the rest to the widow and son Henry H. Treadwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Treadwéil
Defended Hepburn Act Clause in Coal Carriers Case
Philadelphia June 17 Attorney General Bonaparte and John G Johnson led closing arguments in a government bid to restrain coal carrying railroads from shipping coal mined in Pennsylvania to outside markets. They pressed the commodities clause as essential to the Hepburn Act, while critics argued it imposes a prohibition and harms property rights.
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Philadelphia
Bonaparte
John G. Johnson
Pennsylvania
Dallas, Gray
Buffington
Lf Railroads
Johnson
Congress
Mr. Johnson
Washington
Judicial Department
Jorney General Bonaparte
Inter-State Commerce
Rare 1861 five dollar private gold coin sells for 3200
An anonymous buyer paid 3200 for a private gold coin from J J Conway Co 1861 during Henry Chapman sale in Philadelphia. The piece features Pike's Peak Gold and bears 13 stars with Bankers inscription. one other specimen is in a Philadelphia mint collection. A 1849 Cincinnati Mining and Trading Co ten dollar piece fetched 3000 in the same market.
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Henry Chapman
Philadelphia
F. D. Taylor
Thomas Windle
J. J. Conway & Co
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Thomas Elder
New York
Cincinnati Mining and Trading Company
California
Endon
United Service assigns officers to canal zone duties
First Lieut W G Caples is named assistant to engineer of Seventh and Eighth Lighthouse Districts while Captain Halsted Dorey proceeds to camp for instruction. Major C Devol relieved in Washington heads to Culebra Canal Zone for labor quarters and subsistence, Major EB Tison to Canal Zone. Major L Simpson to New York for Panama Railway and Isthmian Canal Commission supply duties.
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Washington
W. G.caples
Corps of Engineers
Halsted Dorey
Lne
Ajor C. Devol
Culebra
Canal Zone
Department of Labor
Inspector of Machinery Duty Assigned at Bath Iron Works
Commander W. N. Little to duty as Inspector of Machinery for Vessels Building at Bath Iron Works Bath Me. E N E E S or an A Hoch under E N sher unexpired revoked to E W Bliss Company Sag Harbor N Y July 1. T Carpenter T B E Kiley detached from duty on the Vermont and granted three months sick leave.
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Ommander W. N. Little
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Eos Nees Oe
A. Hoch
Coele Unner
E. N. Sher
E. W- Bliss Company
Sag Harbor
N. Y
Lef’ Carpenter
T. BE. Kiley
Vermont
Navy movements and ship deployments reported from ports
Arrived from various ports including Portsmouth and Honolulu with vessels listed. ships sailing to Hampton Roads Newport and Norfolk. The Naval Academy practice squadron set to reach Hampton Roads on the 19th. The Florida ordered out of commission at Norfolk Navy Yard. The Mississippi to sell guns from League Island and conduct final trials off Newport in June.
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Eagle
Portsmouth
N. H
Maine
Alabama
Honolulu
California
Hunter’s Point
Olympia
Arkansas
Chicago
Hartford
Nevada
Solomon's Island
Hampton Roads
Tacoma
Newport
Colon
Tecumseh
Washington
Norfolk
Naval Academy
Florida
Navy Yard
Mississippi
T F Ryan Sails Silent
Thomas F. Ryan sailed away quietly on the White Star liner Adriatic without his name on the passenger list. Three men escorted him to his stateroom and remained until the gangplanks were drawn. He refused to discuss plans with reporters and did not appear on deck as the ship left.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Record Sails with Full Cabin Passengers This Season
The Hamburg American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria sails with 344 cabin passengers, first cabin 40 and second cabin 304, setting a season record. Among the travelers are W. Black, S. A. Beardsley, Henry C. Eddy, F. Hopkinson Smith, W. Woolworth, and W. Plunkett Stewart, all from Philadelphia, plus notable passengers from Boston Chicago and beyond aboard Cedric La Savoie and Slavonia bound for Europe.
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Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
W. Black
J. R. Bradley
Anthony N. Brady
S. A. Beardsley
Hugo Munsterberg
Jas. B. Regan
Knickerbocker Hotel
F. Hopkinson Smith
Edward Senior
Dorothy Whitney
F. W. Woolworth
Appleton Wade
W. F. Garrison
Lloyd Warren
Elisha Whittelsey
Willis S. Bryant
E. P. Baugh, Jr
W. Plunkett Stewart
Philadelphia
Alice Joyce Borden
W. Borden
Robert McCormick
Chicago
Edward A. Clark
Boston
von Livonius
Washington
S. 8. Block
Wheeling
W. Va
Overcrowded Potsdam Sails as 500 Stranded at Hoboken Pier
At Hoboken early yesterday the Potsdam sailed with about 2000 steerage passengers. Five hundred West buyers could not board and were kept back by police as overcrowding forced pier gates to close. A child required urgent care and was sent to St Mary's Hospital with the mother.
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Holland-America Line
Hoboken
Potsdam
Mary Singioritax
Pittsburg
St. Mary’s Hospital
Commonwealth Steamship ready for launch from Cramp Yard
The steam boat Commonwealth built for the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad will leave Cramp yards on Saturday with all fittings installed except movable furniture which will be added after arrival in New York. Henry S. Groves guided guests who praised the interior richness noting it as potentially the most palatial American steamboat. Cost is reported at $2,000,000 and staterooms rival transatlantic liners.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Cramps
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York
Henry S. Groves
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Susie A Merrill Sues Banker Lazarus Levy for Breach of Promise
The 87 year old claimant Merrill files a $100000 breach of promise suit against Lazarus Levy head of L Levy & Co in Trinity Building a Stock Exchange member. Levy age 70 widower with three sons and business partners denies promising marriage while Merrill cites marriage hopes and paternity of a child born to her.
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Susie A. Merrill
Lazarus Levy
L. Levy & Co
Trinity Building
The
Stock Exchange
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Levy
East Sixty-fifth Street
Merrill
Canada
John B. Cahill
Boston
Flannigan
Mr. Levy
State stock transfer tax receipts top May total
Albany NY June 17 State Treasurer Hauser says May stock transfer tax receipts totaled 483 787 dollars, the highest monthly amount since the financial stress last fall. The figure reflects strong tax collection and economic activity during the month.
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New York Times
Albany
Hauser
Notice to Hotel Proprietors for Summer Resort Ads
Hotel proprietors must place advertisements for Summer resort news by noon today to ensure insertion in The Times Office. The notice is issued by The New York Times as the official publication for all relevant notices.
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Times
THE
NEW York Times
Union Railway petition seeks Bronx extension franchise
Public notice from the City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment records a petition by the Union Railway Company of New York City seeking consent to build a double track extension on Bailey Avenue Fordham Avenue and Broadway in the Bronx. The filing includes prior council consent, proposed 750 foot extension, overhead electric traction, and a public hearing set for June 26, 1908 at 10:39 AM in City Hall Room 16 Manhattan.
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Board OF Estimate and Apportionment
Union
New York City
State of New York
Fordham Avenue
Bailey Avenue
Bronx
New York and Harlem
Manhattan Railway
Kingsbridge
Broadway
230Th Street
City of New York
Fordham
30Th Street
Said
City of
New York
West Two Hundred
Thirtieth Street
Common Council
Sedgwick) Avenue
Two Hundred
Greater New York
Union Bee OF
Edward A. Maher
City
Union Railway Company of
Ralph Norton
Notary Public
Queens County
New York County
Ponado
Union Railway Company of New York
Board of Estimate
City Hall
Borough of
Manhattan
F. W. Whitridge
County OF
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
United States Circuit Court
John A. Dunn
N. Y
Borough
City Record
Supreme Court
St Department
Public Service Commission
First District
Lexington Avenue Koul
Ace
East 36Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Irving Place
7Th Street
East 6Th Street
East 129Th Street
Harlem River
Park Avenue
13Sth Street
Moté Avenue
East 151St Street
Public Service Commission For
William R. Willcox
Travis H. Whitney
Sealed bids for Harlem River railing painting and oil supplies
The New York City Park Board invites sealed bids or estimates for painting wrought iron railing on Harlem River Driveway from 155th Street to Dyckman Street and for furnishing 1000 barrels of crude oil. Bids due 3 PM July 2, 1908. Also notices for coal tar, asphalt work contracts, and other park projects.
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Department OF Parks
Arsenal Building
Fifth Avenue and
Sixty-fourth Street
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Park Board
Harlem
One
Fifty-fifth Street
Dyckman Street
Henry Smith
Joseph I. Farry
Michael J. Kennedy
Commissioners of Parks
Borough of
Manhattan
Joseph L Berry
Fifth Avenue
Sixtyfourth Street
Borough of the Bronx
Joseph I. Berry
Department OF Docks and Ferries
Commissioner of Docks
Plier
Jean Patil
Proposals for Shoes and Harbor Rock Removal Sealed
Government and railroad procurement notices from 1908 outline sealed proposals. The Panama Railroad Company invites bids for shoes with blanks at 24 State St New York by June 26 1908. An Army Engineer Office in New York seeks bids to remove Long Rock in Harbor at Bay Bay New York and ledge rock in Bronx River New York with bids due by July 17 1908 and information on application.
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Panama Rail Road Company
State St
New York
F. C. Nordsick
U. S
Army Building
N. Y
Long Rock
Harbor
Bay Bay
Ledge Rock
Bronx River
Third Avenue Railroad seeks underground extension in Manhattan
June 3 1908 petition to the Board of Estimate requests consent for a double-track extension on Amsterdam Avenue from Fort George Avenue to connect with the existing line and 190th Street. The plan includes tunnels, underground electric traction, and a 3 500 foot branch to improve continuous service. Public hearing and notices to follow.
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Board OF Estimate
Third Avenue Railroad Company
New York
Maing
Secretary of State
Manhattan
City of New York
City Hall
Park Row
Bowery
Third Avenue
Harlem River
Twenty-fifth Street
Manhattan Street
East River
North River
Amsterdam Avenue
Borough of
Salid Avenue
Fort George Avenue
St. Nicholas Avenue
St. Nichola Avenue
Fort George
Notice of Appraisers for Ken Sico Reservoir project
Public notice states the City of New York will seek appointment of three Commissioners of Appraisal under Chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905 to value real property in Mount Pleasant Westchester for Ken Sico Reservoir. The filing maps describe parcels from Barrett Street to High Street and Adaline Avenue, with the bid to acquire fee ownership for the water project. Dated May 4 1905 Corporation Counsel Pendleton Hall of Records Manhattan.
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NEW York Supreme Court
9Th Judicial District
Westchester County
Kine Sico
City of
New York
Supreme Court
State of New York
Judicial District
White Plains
N. Y
New
Mount Pleasant
County of
Westchester
State of
Fee
County of Westchester
Southern Aqueduct Department
City of New York
Pleasant Place
Commercial Avenue
Aqueduct Department
Adaline Avenue
S. ST
Same
Point Betn
Greene
Said Avenue
High Street
Said Street
Columbus Avenue
Norwood Street
Rutledge Street
Avenue
Sedgwick Avenue
Sandford
McAdam
van Brunt
Barrett
Morton Street
Barrett Street
Bird Pleasant Place
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Liner’s
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
New Haven Railroad
Sues Banker
Ene A. Merrill
Joseph Haag
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals Department of
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Board of Trustees
John W. Brannan
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Battery Place
Third Avenues
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Long Island
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