McAneny subway report adopted with amendments and lease swap
The McAneny subway report passed the Board of Estimate with amendments. Key changes grant BRT trackage rights over the Fourth Avenue line if city retakes it and require franchise adjustments and maintenance funding agreements while negotiations continue with Interborough and Manhattan Elevated Railway companies. Mayor Gaynor urged swift action. Bronx Borough President Miller opposed the lease swap.
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Mitchel-Prendergast
Interborough
McAneny Subway
Board of Estimate
McAneny
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brighton Beach
Fourth Avenue Subway
Brooklyn
Bronx
Forty-second Street
Manhattan
Messrs
Mitchel
Prendergast
Flatbush
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Public Service Commission
E. J. Berwind
Olympic
Pier
Broadway
Col
T. S. Williams
Gaynor
Miller
Willcox
Jamaica
Long Island Railroad
Liberty Avenue
Lefferts Avenue
Gun Hill Road
White Plains Avenue
Gresser
Queens
Aldermen
MccAneny
McAveny
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn Company
Board of Engineers
Interborough Company
Manhattan Ejievated Railway Company
Whitehall
East River
Low
Seth Low
Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Association
Ira J. Ettinger
United Real Estate Owners’ Association of New York
Ettinger
Flatbush Taxpayers’ Association
Postum Letter Promises Health Through Coffee Alternative
A Rome New York matron credits Postum with curing coffee related ailments including dizziness stomach upset and nervous irritability. She says stopping coffee and switching to Postum improved appetite blood condition and overall health. The letter, from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan, touts The Road to Wellville and claims ongoing benefits.
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Rome
N. Y
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Draft kiting hid Carnegie Co loans in a web of drafts
A jury heard days of documentary evidence in the Joseph B. Reichmann trial over false accounts at the Carnegie Trust Company. Prosecution details trace draft kiting totaling about 34 600 dollars and multiple loans to Alfalfa Feed Milling and Platt Iron Works to cover checks.
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Joseph B. Reichmann
Carnegie Trust Company
State Banking Department
Clark
L. S. Rough
Stanchfield
Robert Pringle
Chicago
Merchants and Manufacturers Securities Company
John Cudahy
W. K. Weaver
Alfalfa Feed Milling Company
Reichmann
Platt Iron Works
Alfalfa
Galveston
George M. Courts
J. C. Courts
Death by own action at the Astor House
Carl E. Millen, 35, of the Millen Grape Juice Co. at 1 Hudson Street, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a room at the Astor House. He registered Monday night as Miller Elizabeth N J and appears to have killed himself with a hammerless revolver, leaving four letters to his firm, his wife, and Frank L. Millen.
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Carl E. Millen
Millen
Hudson Street
Astor House
Frank L. Millen
Fenimore Street
Brooklyn
Miller
Elizabeth
N. J
Thurston
Sanderson
Henry E. Millen
Fire drill empties Washington Irving Annex in blaze
A small fire in the cooking class at Washington Irving High School Annex on 140 West Twentieth Street caused little damage. The 260 pupils on four floors formed orderly lines and marched to the street as drills proceeded. Miss Anna Crane led her class of forty girls and coordinated the response before fire crews arrived.
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Washington Irving High School
West Twentieth Street
Anna Crane
Grand Union Hotel to Open in Saratoga
The Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga will open next Saturday under Frederick A. Reid owner of the Park Avenue Hotel. About 150 Hotel Men's Association members led by Mr. Reid will attend the opening and an automobile outing plus luncheon at Arrow Head Inn follow.
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Grand Union
Saratoga
Grand Union Hotel
Frederick A. Reid
Park Avenue Hotel
Hotel Men’s Association
Mr. Reid
Arrow Head Inn
SLEUTH TRAILED HUSBAND IN DIVORCE CASE
Jennie G. Martin testified in Supreme Court that her divorce suit against John Sayre Martin cost her 1500 dollars for evidence. A detective, sent with Martin on a Europe trip with Evelyn Warner, testified he saw Warner enter Martin's cabin aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Martin attended court but did not defend, greeting his wife as she left.
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Jennie G. Martin
John Sayre Martin
Gov Wilson to Open a Bridge Linking Island Beach to Mainland
Governor Wilson will attend the formal opening of a bridge and roadway connecting a seven mile island beach with the mainland. The event occurs at Stone Harbor in Cape May on July 3. The bridge spans about 900 feet in length and 30 feet in width.
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Gov. Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Stone Harbor
Capa May Sumer
Parson Denies Kissena Park Tip In $18,000 Suit
Samuel Parsons testified in court regarding an $18,000 suit brought by Charles Grant and Samuel Miers. He denied ever meeting buyer John A. Bochelmann before the Kis sena Park land sale and disputed claims that a city employee introduced Grant.
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Samuel Parsons
Charles A. Grant
Samuel Miers
Parsons
John A. Bochelmann
Kissena Park
Grant
van Valkenburgh
Park Department
Willam B. Parsons
Miers
Made to measure shirts offered in bulk at Macy's
Import quality shirts ready to wear from bulk odd lengths. Four thousand four hundred fifty shirts crafted by top workers, featuring diverse patterns and colors. Priced at 1.98 dollars with coat styles and cuffs, or custom silk and linen shirts from 2.48 dollars, up to 10.50 dollars for bespoke fits.
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Macy’s
O’neill
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Taonay
Cmaart
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Everybody’s
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James P. Smith & Co
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West 31St St
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Toners
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Washburn - Crosby Company
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Chicago and North Western Railway
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North Western Line
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Pueblo
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Union Pacific Ticket Office
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