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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1908

Page

10

Foreclosure Sale Ordered of Riverside Drive Property

Supreme Court of New York County approves sale of Riverside Drive parcel at 324 Riverside Drive. Referee Walter B. Caughlan will auction the property on April 4, 1908 at 12 noon from the Exchange Salesroom, 14-16 Vesey Street, Manhattan. The sale follows a March 19 1908 foreclosure judgment against the Metropolitan Improvement Co and Rutland Realty Co. 324 Riverside Drive fronts Riverside Drive and extends 75 feet along Riverside and 86 feet along 127th Street, with description matching the judgment.

Supreme Court County of New York Metropolitan Improvement Company Plaintli Rutland Realty Company Exchange Vesey Street Borough of Manhattan City of New York Joseph P. Day State of New York Riverside Drive 127Th Street Walter B. Caughlan Clarence L. Westcott Taintiff Broadway New York City Commonwealth Mortgage Company Twenty-seventh Street Ors Clarence L., Westcott New Oak Oth Westchester County Kensicu Reservoir Notc Corporation Counsel State of New York 6Th Judicial District White Plains N. Y County of Newark Mount Pleasant Westchester County of Westchester Southern Aqueduct Department Board of Water Supply Kensico Barret St High St the Register of Commercial Avenue Adaline _Avenue Adaline Avenue Same Said Street Columbus Avenue Norwood Street Rutledge Street Said Avenue Avenue Sandford McAdam, van Brunt Barrett Streets Morton Street Sedgwick Avenue Barrett Street Plerant Place Said Pleasant Place Office of the Register Francis Key Pendleton Hall of Nhards Chambers and Centre Streets Borough of Manhattan

Foreclosure Sale Adjournments for Riverside Drive Property

The document records repeated adjournments of a foreclosure sale for the Commonwealth Mortgage Company against The Rutland, with a lien amount of 57 763 00-100 plus interest and costs totaling about 560 85-100, dated 1908 in New York. The sale, for parcel at 524 Riverside Drive near 177th Street, is to be conducted by Referee Walter B. Caughlan with Clarence L. Westcott as attorney for the plaintiff.

New York Walter B. Caughlan Walter B. Cautghlan

Adjourned sale notice in New York 1908 court case

The notice states lien and tax amounts for property to be sold, with total $66 357 09 and costs of $365 85, plus taxes and water rates $3 976 84, all interest accruing from March 19 1908. Multiple adjournments are noted to April 20 May 6 and June 3 1908, with referees Walter R B Caughlan and counsel Clarence L Westcutt.

New York Walter B. Caughlan Walter RB. Caughlan Walter BR. Caughlan

Breakwater Construction assets to be sold in New York auction

Notice announces a public sale of the Breakwater Construction and Engineering Company of New York bankrupts assets in Manhattan on June 18 1908. Real property includes Delaware Brandywine Hundred tracts and Guilford and Connecticut lands with detailed boundary deeds and prior conveyances.

United States District Court For Southern District of New York BREAK WATER_CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY OF New York United States New York I Charles Shongold United States Auctioneer Robert C. Morris United States Court House Borough of Manhattan City of New York Delaware Renf Abram J. Rose Felerontracting Company Brandywine Hundred New Castle County Philadelphia and Wilmington Sail Turnpike Sarah MacSorley Amor Perkins Carr Road Joseph Carr Joseph, Carr George T. Cartmell

Complex Guilford land deed boundaries and bankruptcy sale

The record describes waterfront Guilford land bounds with long measurements along marsh edges, stone walls, and a sand terrace. It lists parcels in Massachusetts Gloucester and Ontario Canada, tied to The Federal Contracting Company and The Breakwater Construction and Engineering Co, with a bankruptcy sale led by Commissioner Robert C. Morris.

Long Island Sound Great Harbor Great Arbor Sachem’s Head Road Dan L. Benton Guilford Guilford Land Records Edward W. Henton Charles L Edward W. Benton Mator Darwin N Charles Connecticut Gloucester County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Folly Potnt Ae Lourtefeld Folly Cove Sussanna Ase Woodbury Alfind - Rosie Wheeler Dved Essex Lawt Nathaniel Woothyry Deel Turing Asa O. Woodbury Rossoe Wheeler Washington Street Amd Henry W. Saunders Susanna W. Davis Asa O. Wootbury Amelia Woodbury Sid Washington Washington Susaznna W. Baris Korace W. Taylor Willamg T. Gaynor Essex Co Salem Preakwinter’ Construction and Fingineering Co Federal Contracting Company Mediatcsa Massachusetts Essex Derds Ontario Canada Abram J. Rose Federal Contracting Co Eugene Houshes Iving Bertie County of Welland Lake Erie Perth Grand Trunk Railway Peter Ri Troup Hughes Brothers and Panes Lake Eriete & Point Saf Dock Safi Dock Lake Rrie George Toss Department of Crown Mark of

Standard Oil Drives Railway Lubrication Education Campaign

The Standard Oil Company promotes lubrication education for railway workers through Galena Signal Company tied lectures and passes for engineers and firemen. The defense in a Government suit cites oil savings and reduced hot boxes as proof of value, while questions arise over railroad passes and potential influence on contracts.

Standard Oil Company Galena Signal Company Standard Standard Oi! Company New Jersey Corporation Examiner Ferriss New Custom House Standard Oil Frank B. Kelogg G. E. MacViccar Galena Inter-State Commerce Commis Galena Signal Walsh Tic Kellogg Rosenthal

Pittsburg Brokers Fail in Bankruptcy Filing

An involuntary petition filed in U S Court names George W. MacMullen and Sanford B. Evans doing business as George W. MacMullen & Co stock brokers as debtors. Judge James S. Young orders Guarantee Title and Trust Company receiver with bond set at 100000 dollars.

Pittsburg Penn United States George W. MacMullen Sanford B. Evans George W. MacMullen & Co James S. Young Ohio Fuel

Pulp Mill Slime Defiles Lake Champlain

Report from Burlington Vermont describes a sticky slime covering the lake surface caused by pulp mill refuse. Spring rains flushed years of waste into the lake harming spawning beds and risking fish extinction without rerestock efforts by state and federal authorities. Protests to state officials are planned over the wholesale destruction of fish life.

Burlington Lake Champlain New York

Emerson Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Adirondacks

Frederick M. Emerson of Newton Mass shot himself Tuesday afternoon at Moody's on Bitz Moose Juake in the Adirondacks after leaving his companion, Uncle Mat Moody, briefly alone in the cottage near Tupper Lake. Emerson had recently returned from a private sanitarium for nervous trouble. He died last night.

New York Times Ogdensburg N. Y Frederick M. Emerson Newton Mass Moody's Bitz Moose Juake Adirondacks Emerson Tupper Lake Mat Moody Mr. Emerson Moody

Woman sues Dr Cohn over X-ray treatment scar

Jo anna Brinckerhoff widow of George C Brinckerhoff sues Dr Sigismond Cohn for 50 dollars claiming unskilled X-ray treatment left a permanent facial scar after a mole removal. Doctor argues the treated area was cancer and X-rays were used skillfully.

Joanna Brinckerhoff George C. Brinckerhoff Havana Sigismond Cohn Supreme Court

Actress Miss Albertson Witnesses in Levy Assault Case

Mrs. Mary Levy admits striking her ex husband A L Levy outside the theatre after a night show. The couple, divorced six weeks, faced testimony from Broadway star Miss Lillian Albertson and chauffeur Henry W. Telling. Levy says an ice pick was used. Mrs. Levy says a handbag. Magistrate Cornell set bail at 1500 dollars.

Lillian Albertson Mary Levy A. L. Levy Cornell West Side Court Levy Mr. Levy Miss Albertson Mrs. Levy Maelstrat

Slavs Convicted in Swindle of Aged Woman

Richard Loznedensky and Edward Warmeck, two young Slavs from 180 Avenue A, were tried and convicted for stealing $40 from Mary Stofsky, an elderly resident at 122 Avenue A. The fraud involved exploiting her savings and distrust of banks, using a dropped pocketbook and a feigned claim to her money.

Richard Loznedensky Edward Warmeck Avenue A Mary Stofsky Avenue .A

Trouble over Queens County fair losses prompt DA complaint

The Queens County fair at Maspeth faces protests from cashiers and concessionaires over losses and withheld wages. Fourteen women demanded their $100 security and wages, while peanut and frankfurter vendors and an Indian show concessionaire charge unmet expectations. Sheriff Harvey supplied twenty five deputies at his own expense to manage crowds and seeks reimbursement.

Queens Herbert S. Harvey Queens County

Dinner With Mr Metz At Maquins On Fulton Street

Employees of the Bureau for the Examination of Claims of the Department of Finance dined with Controller Metz as the guest of honor at Maquin's on Fulton Street. The gathering drew many young women clerks and lasted into the late hours amid light conversation and camaraderie.

Bureau For the Examination of Department of Finance Controller Metz Maquin Fulton Street John H. McCooey N. Taylor Phillips Hubert J. Smith John F. Curry Charles S. Hervey Oliver I. Stanton John F. Hobbs Mary FE. Brennan Catherine A. Stapleton Anna EF. Slyman Raphael Grieff John J. Scott Harvey E. Dennison Paul Loeser Mary Higgins Mary E. Sharkey

Man from Jamaica weds Syracuse white woman in Catholic ceremony

Joseph Antonio Maceo, a Syracuse University student of Jamaican birth, and Alice Isabel Mackley, a white Syracuse girl, obtained a marriage license. Maceo claims Cuban General Antonio Maceo as father and that the Cuban government pays his college costs. The couple, both Catholics, plan to marry in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Bishop Ludden says the church cannot refuse a mixed-race marriage.

Syracuse N.Y Joseph Antonio Maceo Syracuse University Alice Isabel Mackley Jamaica West Indies Antonio Macco Miss Mackley

Raid closes gambling dens in French Lick

Officers acting on Gov. Hanly and Attorney General Bingham orders raided gambling rooms in French Lick Indiana. A warning from Indianapolis led to a shutdown of all gaming yesterday as gambling equipment was removed from premises.

Gov. Hanly Lick Ind Hanly Bingham Indianapolis

Mrs. Mary Hinton Dies by Suicide in Washington

Mrs. Mary Hinton formerly of London England and a prolific magazine contributor committed suicide at her Washington home early today by asphyxiation. She was 53. Her recent remark stated life is a privilege to end when one chooses, and she added that when she thinks it time to die she shall end it all.

Washington Mary Hinton London England

Interborough Liable for Rowdylism Officers Elected

In Columbus on May 28 the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elected all Cleveland officers by acclamation. Grand Chief Engineer W S Stone and assistants E W Hurley and F A Burgess chosen. Ash Kennedy of Canadian Pacific, General Chairman, named to Assistant Chief.

Columbus Ohio International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Cleveland W. S. Stone E. W. Hurley F. A. Burgess Ash Kennedy Canadian Pacific Railroad

Rhinoceros Mogul undergoes first zoo eye operation

The Bronx Zoo rhinoceros Mogul was operated on for blindness presumed from cataracts. The procedure on both eyes finished in under ten minutes, with anesthesia lasting over an hour and a half. Doctors and ten keepers restrained the 1000 pound animal as the surgeons used pillows as a table in the antelope house. Recovery appeared smooth, and Mogul resumed eating grass by evening.

Mogul W. T. Hornaday Zoo J. T.gwathmey Polyclinic Hospital W. Reed Blair George G. van Mater New York University John F. Ryder Ellis van Mater Eain Bronx

Subway Motormen Protest Long Shifts Brooklyn Lines

Interborough Rapid Transit workers on the Flatbush extension claim ten to eleven hour days without mandated rest between trips. They say West Farms and Broadway expresses run through to Flatbush with no delays, forcing on-train meals. Management denies improper conditions and blames overtime on uncontrollable factors, noting some terminations were due to incompetence.

Subway Interborough Rapid Transit Company Flatbush Brooklyn West Farms Flatbush Terminal Broadway Flatbush Station Hedley

Hughes for Subway Dinner in Queens Civic Event

Gov. Hughes will attend the Allied Civic associations of Queens third annual dinner at the Hotel Manhattan on Thursday night. The event ties into the Long Island Subway celebration with the governor touring Long Island and opening the Jamaica Kings Park celebrations. He will start the day on Long Island, visit Jamaica, then deliver the keynote address at Kings Park.

Gov. Hughes Allied Civic Associations of Queens Manhattan Long Island Jamaica Kings Park Hr. P. Engelhardt Woodhaven Fourth Ward Queens

Panic at Chicago School After Rumors of Plot

Unfounded rumors that an Italian secret society planned to dynamite a school near Ewing and Desplaines streets caused a panic among 1,700 pupils. Shots heard in an alley sent students fleeing to the street with some injuries from the crowd rush but none seriously hurt.

Chicago Ill

President signs militia reorganization bill in May Washington

The President yesterday signed the militia reorganization act for the United States and its arming and equipment at a cost not exceeding $2,000,000. He assigned the new house to Gen. J. A. Drain, chairman of the National Guard Association Executive Board, for oversight.

Washington The United States J. A. Drain National Guard Association

Notice to claimants in Lorain Steel Company case

In the Southern District of New York the Lorain Steel Company sues Union Railway Company of New York City. Claims against the defendant must be presented by May 25 1908 to Special Master at 26 Liberty Street New York. Hearing set June 10 1908 at 2 PM for notified claimants. Special Master Robert Grier Monroe.

Circuit Court OF the United States Southern District of New York Lorain Steel Company Union Railway Company OF New York City Liberty Street New York Robert Grier Monroe

Auction sales of bankrupts assets in Manhattan district

U S Auctioneer Chas Showgood sells on May 29 1908 in Manhattan by court order assets of three bankruptcies at different hours and addresses. Items include a racing car furniture desks rugs tables chairs fixtures and a ladies and misses clothing stock and factory office fittings. Receivers named and attorneys listed.

District. Court OF the United States Southern District of New York Darracq Motor Car CO Chas, Showgood U. S Goodman Garoge West 934 Manhattan Bankrujt Lindsay Russell Sidney Rosenbaim William St New York District Court OF the United States George L. McCracken Agency, Inc Chas. Showgood East 21St St Borough of Manhattan William Ford Upson Foreiver, Morris. & Plante Broadway Abraham Jacobs Washington Pl F. H. Griffin Harris & Fischer Preadway N. Y

Proposals for Rondout Siphon and Boniticou Tunnel Bid

Sealed bids or proposals will be received by the Board of Water Supply at 29 Broadway New York Room 910 until 11 A M June 2 1908 for constructing the Rondout siphon and half of the Boniticou Grade Tunnel in Marbletown and New Paltz Ulster County New York. Bids opened publicly soon after. Pamphlets with specifications can be obtained at Room 1515 for ten dollars per pamphlet or twenty dollars for a set, refundable within thirty days. Further particulars see City Record.

Board of Water Supply Board Broadway New York Marbletown New Paltz Ulster County John A. Bensel Charles N. Chadwick Charles A. Shaw J. Waldo Smith Thomas Hassett

Classified Advertisements From The New York Times

An old fragment notes goat servants and domestic servant ads in The Times. It mentions the American District Telegraph Company and six agents in Newark with inquiries about three and seven time rates and the Bryant telephone number.

S Mall NEW York Times American Pistrict Telope Company Newark Bryant Discover

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