Elevated Railroads Revert to Hard Coal Amid Hearings
Health Commissioner Lederle hears Manhattan Railway Company claim of 2,850 tons hard coal on hand with more en route as it vows to switch completely from soft coal. Officials from Manhattan Company and city departments testify on coal purchases, fuel mix, and looming smog concerns amid delays and price queries.
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Manhattan Railway Company
Dougherty
Low
Ninety-eighth Street
Manhattan Company
New York
Lederle
Health Department
Charles A. Gardiner
Sylvester Smith
Gilbert I. Herbert
Jerome
Arthur C. Train
Stelle
Nicholas N. Stokes
Harry E. Taylor
Gardiner
Zeller
Mr. Gardiner
Dr. Lederle
Mr. Herbert
Eighty-ninth Street
Riverside
Fr. Stokes
Herbert
Manhattan
Coke as Locomotive Fuel For Elevated Lines
A Boston and Maine Railroad report shows coke as a smokeless locomotive fuel. It cites reduced ash and dust, cleaner tracks, fewer fires, and potential annual savings of at least 100000 dollars. Engine changes include smaller deeper fireboxes and water grates.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Lucius A. Tuttle
Boston and Maine System
Tuttle
Boston
Gloucester
Marblehead
Portland
Maine
Coal shipment from Cardiff to test New York market
A 4000 ton cargo of bituminous coal is en route from Cardiff Wales to New York as an experimental import by a New York coal dealer. Soft coal prices rise due to demand and scarce anthracite. Matamora Mines manager seeks broken anthracite from Cardiff. if found, delivery to New York could take about three weeks.
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Cardiff
Wales
New York
Helbut
Matamora
West Virginia
Secrets Shrouding Lehigh Valley Coal Yards Meant to Stifle Access
South Plainfield, N J June 19 The Lehigh Valley Railroad imposes strict bans on strangers at its coal yards to hide the coal situation. Extra crews unload soft coal and load hard coal now in high demand. Anthracite stock is under 70 thousand tons though facilities hold 300 thousand.
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Plainfield
N. J
South Plainfield
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Saale to Freighter Conversion Under Way in Hoboken
The steamship Saale once damaged by fire at Hoboken in June 1900 arrived from Shooter Island as the freighter J. L. Luckenbach. Towed to Tiéetjen & Lange’s dry docks to be painted and commissioned. Bought by Lewis Luckenbach for conversion. Fitted with the largest engines built locally: triple expansion cylinders 26, 44, 70 inches and 48 inch stroke.
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Lloyd
Saale
Hoboken
Shooter Island
J. L. Luckenbach
Tiéetjen & Lange’s Dry Docks
Lewis Luckenbach
Platt Named Beneficiary in Uncle's Probate Will
Frank H. Platt of 861 Seventh Avenue is named as a beneficiary in the will of his uncle, Joseph M. Simonson, which was filed for probate yesterday. The estate value is not disclosed.
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Frank H. Platt
Seventh Avenue
Joseph M. Simonson
The Genial Idiot series by John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs launches The Genial Idiot a humorous sketches series on national international and social topics. The first sketch appears in The Times Magazine Supplement in the June 22 issue with illustrations by E W Kemble. Order from your newsdealer for delivery next Sunday.
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John Kendrick Bargs
John Kendrick Bangs
NEW York Times
E. W. Kemble
Times of Sunday
Adv
Gas Merger Secrets Revealed in Cockran Testimony
W Bourke Cockran testified on the inside workings of a New York gas and electric consolidation. He described plans to gain control of Standard and New Amsterdam Gas, opposition by Gen Thomas and partners, and payments to lawyer Lamb for services in the clashes over the 1899 1900 consolidations.
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Thomas
Gen. Thomas
Emph
Ander
Ryan
Whitney- Ryan-Brady
Thomas-Cochran- Weidenfeld
Standard Oil Party
Cockran
Thomas, Cockran
Weidenfeld
W. Bourke Cockran
Theodore H. Silkman
New York
Wilmot H. Smith
Supreme Court
George Alfred Lamb
Cochran
New York Electric Light, Heat and Power Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Lamb
Treadwell Cleveland
Silkman
Park Row
J. Rider Cady
Cady
Cleveland
Samuel Thomas
Camille W. Weidenfeld
West
Standard
New Amsterdam
W. C. Whitney
A. N. Brady
Thomas F. Ryan
Gen
Evarts, Choate & Beeman
Bull
Mr. Whitney
Mr. Ryan
Messrs. Whitney
Brady
Whitney
Norfolk jacket suits for city and country wear
An advertisement touts Norfolk jackets and sack suits in plaids, flannels, serges, and home spun from $10 to $32 with sizes from 12 to 18 for young men. It promotes low shoes, russet oxfords, and a wide selection of negligee shirts, with multiple Manhattan store addresses for orders and viewing.
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Norfolk
Subway Claimants Worstated In Court Battle
In the U S Circuit Court yesterday, claimants sought to seize the subway from the city and from contractor John B McDonald and financier, the Central Tunnel Railway Company. Judge Hazel dismissed the case for lack of legal right to commence operations and ruled federal courts lacked jurisdiction.
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United States Circuit Court
John B. McDonald
Great Construction Company
Central Tunnel Railway Company
Roger Foster
Edward M. Shepard
Shepard
Hazel
Underground Railroad of
New York
Rapid Transit Underground Railway of
Underground Railroad
Bernard F. O'Connor
James M. Fisk
Charles C. West
Spencer D. Schuyler
Arthur M. Hatch
Charles S West
E. S. Churchill
New Street
Temple Court
Foster
Conklin Held for Murder in Wife's Died Case
Coroner and jury inquest find Mamie Conklin died at St Vincent's Hospital after being shot through both lungs and in one hand. Husband Patrick Conklin arrested. Coroners' Physician contradicts self-inflicted wounds. Jury verdict: Conklin shot his wife. Remanded without bail.
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Jackson
Mamie Conklin
St. Vincent’s Hospital
West Sixteenth Street
Patrick Conklin
Conklin
O’hanlon
Dinner to Bank President Bearns Honored in Brooklyn
Trustees at the Hanover Club in Brooklyn paid tribute to James S. Bearns President of the Kings County Savings Bank. He will retire July 1 due to age at eighty five, having served as president since 1865.
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James S. Bearns
Kings County Savings Bank
Hanover Club
Brooklyn
Bearns
Trial of Al Adams Before Judge Scott
Al Adams appeared before Justice Scott in a tense session. Witnesses identified Adams's handwriting on hundreds of letters and sheets offered as standards of comparison. Detectives and assistants described evidence custody and questions over alleged $70,000 in valuables and raid materials. The case adjourned until today.
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al” Adams
Scott
Adams
Schurman
Reardon
Lord
Philbin
Qconnor
William J. Kingsley
Rochambeau Delegate Sails From Washington
Robert de Billy representing M. Delcassé sailed on the French liner La Touraine after unveiling the Rochambeau Statue in Washington. He praised naturalized citizens for their loyalty and noted Bohemians and Poles cheered in broken English as the Rochambeau mission passed through New York, influenced by the American War of Independence.
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Robert de Billy
M. Delcassé
Washington
la Touraine
M. de Billy
New York
Counterfeiter Corbett Confesses
James B. Corbett also known as James O Brien was arrested in Yonkers by Secret Service detectives. He was examined by Commissioner Shields and sent to Ludlow Street Jail in $2500 bail. He attempted to discard copper plates used to alter banknote numbers and admitted making the plates.
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James B. Corbett
James O'Brien
Yonkers
Secret Service
Commissioner Shields
Ludlow Street
Trust to Fight for Brooklyn Asphalt Contract
Beaten in a $300000 paving bid for fifteen Brooklyn streets the Asphalt Trust plans a legal challenge to annul the award to Interstate Paving Company. The Crawford Company, backed by trust officials, sought to block Interstate from receiving the contract.
Myers Tablet to Be Unveiled at Public School 63
A bronze tablet and four glass mosaic panels honoring the late John H. Myers will be unveiled at Public School No. 63 on Fulton Avenue at One Hundred and Seventy third Street at 1 30 this afternoon. Myers served as a teacher and principal in New York public schools for forty three years. Graduates teachers and friends will present the memorial.
Wife’s claim to mortgage enforced in will settlement case
In a divorce era case Mrs. Anna Kine sued executors to enforce rights from a settlement with Thomas Kine over an $8,000 mortgage in her name. The Appellate Division reversed a lower court dismissal, finding a bona fide claim supported by delivery and record, despite questions of consideration and delivery.
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Thomas Kine
Anna
Kine
Discharged Teacher Reinstated by Supreme Court
Anna L. H. DeBelprat, a Stapleton Ss. I. high school teacher dismissed for alleged disrespect to Catholic pupils, has been restored by the Brooklyn Supreme Court. Three other dismissed teachers for the same reason were later reinstated.
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Anna L. H. DeBelprat
Stapleton
Ss. I
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Miss DeBelprat
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Albany
England
Messrs
Meeker & Co
N. L. Stokes
Meyer
Denker & Hoerig
Medgers. Heiiner & Sons
Gordon & Son
Smith
Attorney Gardiner
Mr. Taylor
Ninth Avenue
President Tuttle
Boston and
Maine Road
Seciety
Lehigh Valley
National Biscuit Company
MR. Cockran
ran-Weidenfeld
Whitney- Ryan
Ard Oil Party
MR. Lamb
Janes McCresry & Go
Twenty-Third Street
Roders, Peet & Company
Broadway
Cor
Warren
Warren St
West 53d
Federal Court
Bank
Hache Lawhadsly
Chambers St
Canal St
Thomsons
GEO. C. Batcheller & CO
Broadway N.Y
Corbett
Panamas
13Th St
Astor House
Crawford Company
City of
LEGAL
Bedford Ave
Fulton St
Flatbush Ave
Court of Appeals
Sarah J. Snowden
Somerset
Werner
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