Harriman States He Favors No New Railroads
E H Harriman declares a financial king label is undesired and argues for practical policy. He emphasizes focusing on current lines and attending to business to ensure success in development and growth.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1906
Page
1
Development of Territory and Rail Lines
The speaker argues railroads alone cannot ensure prosperity. focus should be on developing the territory they traverse and elevating railroad standards. They reject running the Illinois Central and defer to President Harahan and the board, warning against efforts to secure credit for big transporters that would hinder capital for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Central Railroad
Harahan
Harriman
Illnois Central Railroad
Harriman in Chicago for brief visit before Kansas City dinner
Edward H. Harriman, master of 29,000 miles of railroads valued at over 2 billion, spent about ninety minutes in Chicago. He talked with railroad officials, dictated letters, and reviewed policy aboard his private car at Union Station before his train departed for Kansas City for a Transmississippi Commercial Club event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward H. Harriman
Union Station
Mr. Harriman
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore
J. Kruttschmitt
Harriman
la Salle Street
J. C. Stubbs
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island
Harriman Discusses Subways and Illinois Lines in Interview
The railroad financier asserts Chicago has a future and subway tunnels would be impractical for streetcars. He outlines a policy of developing rail lines by expanding double track, improving terminals, and equipment, with emphasis on expanding the Illinois Central and related lines. He frames transportation cost reduction as central to railroad strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Mississippi Valley
Illinois Tunnel Company
Pacific
Amboy
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Harriman
Union
Southern Pacific
Index to Departments and Ad Sections Listing
Index shows Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Financial News Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails Society Weather Yesterday's Fires Deaths Furnished Rooms and Boarders Help and Situations Wanted Instruction Lost and Found Marriages Autumn Resorts Travelers Guide and Omega Oil ad prompting sore throat and chest cold relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial News
Marine Intelligence and F
Oreign Mails
Society
Weather Report
Travelers’ Guide
Fire on Prinzess Irene sparks panic among emigrants
A defect in electric light insulation caused a fire in No 2 steerage on the Prinzess Irene off mid ocean. Over 200 women and children panicked as flames spread along wiring. Fourth Officer Rosenaut battled the blaze and the crew extinguished it quickly. Immigrants, many unaware of the danger, prayed on deck while officers and the Italian immigration commissioner helped calm them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
No. 2
Heaven
Rosenaut
Tabarette de Fahr
Prinzess
Irene
Hoboken
A. Wittstein
Danneman
Gibraltar
Rossi’s Slayer At Large In Naples
Saverio Lagana, from Reggio Calabria, killed Prof. Giovanni Rossi of the University of Naples. Police have not captured Lagana but he communicates by letter, vowing further crimes at Rossi’s funeral next Tuesday. Naples authorities plan a police escort for each professor and troops will guard funeral processions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Saverio Lagana
Giovanni Rossi
University of
Reggio
Calabria
Lagana
Prof. Rossi
Signor Rossi
Chauffeurs Strike May End. Company Posts No Rehire
Wardell and Mahon report a three man striker committee visited Supt Clarke at the Forty-ninth Street garage offering a return to work. The company says no, new applications required, no official confirmation found. President Meade says meetings with nonviolent strikers show wage talks never been the issue, violence and prosecutions remain key, settlement expected soon. Ad for Gold and Black Label Crown Sherries concludes item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardell & Mahon
St. James
New York Transportation Company
Messrs
Perkins
le Bohn
Pierce
Supt
Clarke
Forty-ninth Street
Investigating McCarren Loyalists Form New NY Dem Panel
William J. Connors named a sub committee to test loyalty of McCarren and Hearst aligned Kings County allies. Charles P. Williams to chair with members from Lyons, Poughkeepsie, Lockport, Sacketts Harbor, Rochester, Schenectady, Norwich. Panel meets November 26 at Victoria Hotel in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Buffalo
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
McCarren
Kings Common
William R. Hearst
Charles P. Williams
Lyons
Robert W.chanler
Poughkeepsie
George W. Batten
Lockport
J. M. Fitzgerald
Sacketts
Kings County
Murphy-Conners
Victoria Hotel
New York City
Depew Returns Home Regretful Over Missed Campaign
Senator Chauncey M Depew comes back to his New York home in good health after a rest at Ardsley He plans to attend the opening of Congress and resume his Senate duties He says years of public life and campaigns taxed him but the open air golf and reading revived him He mentions his forthcoming reminiscences may interest his son and perhaps the public but doubts publication will occur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M Depew
West Fifty- Fourth Street
Ardsley on-the-Hudson
New York
Congress
Senate
Depew
Tam
Fremont
Doctor Bruner Uses Hatchet to Halt Block Telephones
Dr Emil Bruner at 2543 Highth Avenue cut the telephone cable in the block between 186th and 137th Streets and Highth and Edgecombe Avenues to protest high charges. He demands an honest slot machine that bills customers via the store, not the central office. Neighbors report service cuts and a committee seeks terms with the company. Bruner threatens to concede only if his machine is installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Dr. Bruner
Dwarf Laborer Arrested After Knife Attack on Policeman
Charles Douglass a dwarf farm laborer from London Canada was arrested last night after attacking Officer O Brien of West Forty seventh Street Station with a knife at Seventh Avenue and Fifty sixth Street. Police seized $405 in Canadian currency and silver from his pockets and found safety pins and nails on his clothing. He claimed York streets were paved with gold and said he came here two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Douglass
London
Canada
Seventh Avenue
Carnegie Hall
O'Brien
West Forty-seventh Street
Fifty-sixth Street
Douglass
O’brien
York
Accused Baltimore firm in $200000 customs fraud case
J H Seward and Co a top Baltimore fruit house stands accused by Treasury Special Agent Leslie Custom of defrauding the Government of 200000 in duties since 1899. Rob ert Whiteford and three other customs officers are named in the probe now led by United States District Attorney Rose. Whiteford was suspended after a resignation offer and a long inquiry into slush fruit weighted with water and sawdust to reduce dutiable value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
J. H. Seward & Co
Treasury
Leslie Custom
United States
Rose
Robert Whiteford
Whiteford
Cullom
New York
Seward & Co
Earle urges huge city funds for transit expansion
George H. Earle Jr. proposes a $50 to $75 million plan to finance rapid transit in Philadelphia. He hints at recalling his resignation as Rapid Transit Company director if public and press support grows for the Broad Street subway, Frankford elevated road, and street improvements on Walnut Chestnut and Market Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
George H. Earle, Jr
Rapid Transit Company
Parsons
Earle
Broad Street
Frankford
Walnut
Chestnut
Market Streets
Usher’s the Scotch that made the highball famous
A concise reminiscence credits Usher as the Scotch behind the highball’s rise in popularity, noting his influence on a classic cocktail and its enduring reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher
Never a Candidate Hearst Passes Through San Antonio
William R Hearst, en route to Monterey Mexico to manage mining property, declared in San Antonio he will never again run for office. He emphasized his reform principles and stated public understanding makes further candidacy unnecessary, though he will continue to advocate them in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
William R. Hearst
Monterey
Mexico
New York
Steamer Jeannie Collides With Dix Near Alkali Point
A Seattle dispatch reports the river steamer Jeannie collided with the Dix near Alkali Point at 10 p.m. ferrying on the Seattle route. About forty people are said to have drowned and the Dix was seen sinking in the early hours after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannie
Dix
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Alkali Point
Race Up the Eiffel Tower in Paris
One hundred twenty contestants ran 730 steps to the second stage of the Eiffel Tower. Neveu won in three minutes and four seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Neveu
The New Gillette Witness Emerges in Herkimer Case
The Chester E. Gillette murder trial in Herkimer begins witness testimony tomorrow with Cortland residents expected to describe the friendship between Grace Brown and Gillette. Mrs. P. C. Carey of East Orange will testify about hearing screams across Big Moose Lake and tracing them to the bay near the alleged crime scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
N. Y
Chester E. Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
Gillette
P. C. Carey
East Orange
N. J
Irish Boycott Renewed In Leitrim Districts
A special Irish Times report from County Leitrim states that boycotting and intimidation are rampant around Drumkeerin and Dromahair. The United Irish League holds absolute authority there with shopkeepers forbidden to sell to boycotted persons and scouts blocking access to goods within miles of their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Irish Times
County
Leitrim
Drumkeerin
Dromahair
United Irish League
Cabinet changes set for December 4 in Washington
The November 18 dispatch reports the President will nominate William H. Moody to the Supreme Court Justice seat, Victor H Metcalf as Secretary of the Navy, Charles J. Bonaparte as Attorney General, and Oscar S Straus as Secretary of Commerce and Labor on December 4. Retirement dates for Shaw Hitchcock and new appointments for Cortelyou Garfield and Meyer unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
William H. Moody
Supreme Court
Victor H.metcalf
Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Shaw and Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Garfield
Meyer
Minister halts Iowa wedding as groom is ex-minister
In Lineville Iowa on November 18 the wedding of J M Dempsey and Blanche Dickson was halted as Rev Charles D Tanquery revealed Dempsey had been dismissed from the Methodist Episcopal Church South. A telegram from Presiding Elder T E Sharp of St Louis confirmed the finding. Miss Dickson dismissed guests and Dempsey left town by the morning train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lineville
Iowa
J. M. Dempsey
Blanche Dickson
Charles D. Tanquery
Dempsey
Methodist Episcopal Church South
T. E. Sharp
St. Louis
Miss Dickson
President Harlan resigns from Lake Forest College
Chicago reports the resignation of Lake Forest College President Richard D. Harlan announced by board member John V. Farwell Jr. at a chapel service. He will depart before Christmas with an acting president to be chosen from the faculty, likely after the school year ends. The move is unrelated to recent hazing troubles and stems from long standing disagreements on policy and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Richard D. Harlan
Lake Forest College
John V. Farwell, Jr
Board of Trustees
Harlan
Bomb Explodes in St. Peter's During Anniversary Service
A bomb exploded in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on the basilica's anniversary day. No fatalities occurred though panic and fainting followed as the crowd scattered. The device was placed under scaffolding near the tomb of Clement XIII and suspected to have been made elsewhere and brought to Rome. The Pope prays for the attacker.
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Rome
St. Peter's
St. Peter
Cardinal Rampolla
St. Petronilla
Clement XIII
Canova
Canovan
Mgr. Misciatelli
Apostolic Palaces
Mar. Bissett
Vatican
Holy Father
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. Hl. Harriman
The
J. T. Harahan
J. M. Dickison
Stuart R. Knott
Kansas City Commercial Club
E. B. Swinney
Kansas City National Bank
S. M. Felton
Chicago & Alton
Illinois
Dren
Rossi
Ady
Conners
Hearst
Gillette Witness
ST. Peter’s
Pope
Italy
Greece
Anacletus
Peter
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