Five firms bid for Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Subway work
Bids for the first six sections from the Manhattan Bridge to Forty third Street were opened with forty bids from fifteen firms. The total of the lowest bids falls below the engineer’s estimate, and tentative awards will be made after Board of Estimate approval.
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Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan Bridge
Forty-third Street
Public Service Commission
Metz
Board of Estimate
Board
Commission
Tribune
William Bradley
Ashland Place
Sackett Street
Nagssau Street
Willoughby
James P. Graham
Mr. Bradley
Degnon Company
Belmont Tunnel
Nassau Street
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. 2
Bidding details outline unit costs and schedule A figures
The document discusses unit costs for earth excavation and vitrified pipe, noting Schedule A was a sample, not permanent. It explains pricing at 20 cents per cubic yard and 6 cents per foot, with payments monthly on estimated expenditures and final settlement.
Rochette Released on Bail in Paris Swindle Case
Henri Rochette, promoter of financial and mining firms, freed on 40000 bail as investigation continues. He faced charges of swindling more than 12 million dollars through his companies. Court-ordered closures and administrators appointed for Credit Minier and Franco-Spanish Bank, with 1.8 million dollars seized.
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Paris
Henri Rochette
Rochette
Peruvian Rebel Leader Durand Captured
In Lima on May 8 an insurgent leader Juan Durand and ten followers were captured by cavalry while pursuing the abortive Peru rebellion. The government said funds seized from suspected conspirators would be held, a move criticized, and reports said Durand's followers were routed and his brother captured, with order restored nationwide.
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Lima
Peru
Juan Durand
Eduardo Higginson
Dr. Durand
Troops to Korea to Suppress Agitation
Tokyo May 8 Twenty-third and Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiments will move to Korea on May 14 to reinforce safety. Baron Lone, Vice Resident General in Korea, warns of Korea’s unsettled conditions and urges drastic action to quiet unrest. His return home is thought linked to major political shifts in Korea.
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Tokio
Korea
Baron Lone
Jiji Shimpo
Japan
Baron -Sone
Chinese Reply to Japan Over Rail Line Dispute in Manchuria
Peking reports China has formally replied to Japan on the Hsinmintan Fukumen railroad issue. China seeks a fixed distance to allow paralleling, curbs Japan’s right to oppose Manchuria rail competition, and requests aid from French Minister to quell several thousand rebels near Laohu Pass using French arms.
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Peking
Japan
Hsinmintan-Fukumen
John, M. Jordan
China
Manchuria
Baron Hayashi
Foreign Board
London
Camton
Canton
C. V.E. Bapst
Yunan
Laohu
Tonking
Publisher Wins Damages Over Victoria Letters Sale
John Murray obtains 37500 damages against The London Times after The Times accused the publisher of extortion in selling Queen Victoria letters at high price. Case stems from ongoing war between The Times and London publishers over a book club scheme tied to newspaper subscriptions.
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London
John Murray
London Times
the Times
The
Times
Book Publishers of London
Bill to repeal Irish Coercion Act passes second reading
In London the House of Commons approved the repeal by 201 to 7. Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell argued the Coercion act 1887 unconstitutional and intolerable and said Ireland generally law abiding though some areas show lawlessness. He warned coercion would be political insanity.
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Birrell
English Aviator Henry Farman Tests New Aeroplane Device
Paris reports Henry Farman resumes experiments with the aeroplane and is developing a new mechanism to improve sharp turning of his craft.
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Paris
Henry Farman
Railroad collision injures American consul in Ecuador
Robert B. Jones, American vice consul general in Guayaquil, New Jersey, was injured in a serious Bucay railroad collision. The disaster left many dead and wounded as two trains met head on.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Robert B. Jones
New Jersey
Bucay
Road map change may cost Orange County $420000
Orange County Supervisors accuse the State Engineer of altering the West Point Cornwall road map to saddle county costs. A Storm King Mountain right of way dispute with Storm King Stone Company emerged after work on the plan begun in 1904 and 1907 led to condemned parcels and a demanded sum of roughly $120,000 for access.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Orange County
Cornwall
West Point
Louis F. Goodsell
Henry A. van Alstyne
Board of Supervisors
Skene
Hamilton Company
Orange
Storm King Mountain
Storm King Stone Company
Good Roads Committee
Stone Company
Albany
Charles H. Smith
van Alstyne
Stubley
Board of Super
King Stone Company
Henry A. Anderson
East Thirty-second Street
Arthur J. H. Brooks
West Fifty-first Street
Charles E. Ring
William Street
Lewis C. Buttrick
Wall Street
Edward H. Jewell
Warren Street
New York City
Lyttleton Fox
New York
James G. Graham
Newburg
Lisbon Economist Says Delagoa Bay Lease Possible
The Economist reports that Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa may be leased to the Transvaal following a conference at Pretoria. The move would ease Portugal’s colonial budget but is considered unwise.
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Lisbon
The
Economist Today
Delagoa Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Transvaal
Pretoria
Portugal
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Ards
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Broadway
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A. W. Brewster
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Edw. Johnson
Marcum Kenyon
Manhattan Fyve and Ear Hospital
M. Linderoth
Efrlich&dSeng
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Ann St
Astor House
15Th St
Rencia
Laytics Bros
Agts
Wallach
French, Shriner & Urner
Philadelphi
Gih Av
19Th
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American District, Telegraph Company
500 Times
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Brooklyn Subway
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Willoughby Street Railroad
Degnon
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Tee
Sackett
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Smith Contracting Co
Pearson & Son, Inc
Thomas B. Bryson
Ween
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S. Pearson & Son
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Phoenix Construction
Cocaones
Wort Galleries
Remington & Sherman Co
Aria Icens Co
FE Smitt
Millard Canat ‘Action Co
Yin Bod
William Brad
Commons
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ST. Petersburg
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Sweden
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Wilhelm
Marie Pavlovna
Reval
el Mundo
Manuel S. Ruissa
Carlos of
Black Cross
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H. P. Finlay & Co., Ltd
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C Brothers
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Fidor
Loeser Store
Loeser
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Loeser’s
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Manila
Society of Friends
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Macmillan
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