Interborough grip on next subway disclosed in suits
A Times report details lawsuits tied to the Fourth Avenue Subway project in Brooklyn. The cases challenge Public Service Commission actions and a 1903 rapid transit agreement, alleging waste and constitutional defects while delaying construction. The Fleischmann suit seeks to restrain contract awards and claim city savings from using existing facilities.
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Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Times
Rapid Transit Board
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Intérborougl
Ryan-Belmont
Manhattan Subway
Lower Broadway
East River
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Interborough
Board of Rapid ‘Transit Commissioners
Board of Estimate
Oy A Maeajorit
Girard
Supreme Court
Ofiall
Fleischmann Realty
Public Service Commission
Fourth Avenue Subway
Gebner
Fleischmann
William.r. Willcox
William McCarroll
Edward N. Bassett
Milos Roy Maltbie
John E. Eustis
First District
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
William R. Willcox
Edward N. Barsett
Milo
Roy Malthie
John KE. Eustis
City of
New York
Fulton Street
Ashland Place
Flitbush Avenue
William MetCarroll
Edward N. Hbussett
Milo Hoy -Maltbie
Joan E. Eustis
Public Service” Commission
George B. Mectlellan
Herman Mets
Patrick F. McGowan
John Farn
Hird S
Oler
Louis F. Haffen
Gee Cromwell
Lawrence Gresser
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Public Service
Cnstruct
Syme
Pietschmann Company
Badger Pete Tracks Prairie Dog Escape At Bronx Park Zoo
At Bronx Park Zoo, keeper Charles Snyder chased a runaway prairie dog named Pete, the badger, as Pete tailed the escapee across the park toward the elephant house. Snyder and two other keepers pursued and captured the exhausted prairie dog just before Pete arrived.
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Pete
Bronx Park Zoo
Duckpond
Charles Snyder
Elephant House
Snyder
W C U Convention Discusses Armory Liquor Rumors
W C U leaders at the Denver convention consider rumors of liquor in National Guard armories and encampments. Helen J Andruss and Mrs Stevens say no evidence has been shown, though the topic may be raised during the five day session.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Denver
Gurard
National Guard
Legal Clash Over Buffalo Street Franchises Sparks Broad Charter Scrutiny
A long dispute centers on the Economic Power and Construction Company and its sweeping state franchise. Key figures include William J. Conners and W. Caryl Ely, with stock ties to the New York Power Securities Company. Buffalo battles the firm over street openings and authority, while courts weigh charter validity and public use claims.
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Economic Power & Construction Company
Roswell P. Flower
New York
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
W. Caryl Ely
Buffalo
Public Service Commission
Conners
New York Power Securities Company
Economic Power and Construction Company
Economic Power On Construction Company
Ely
Herbert P. Bissell
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Erie County
Buffalo Police Department
Robert L. Fryer
William Hamlin
Arthur Robinson
Broadway
Robert E. Powers
Bert L. Jones
John Boyd Thacher
Albany
Edward McMaster
Mills
East Auora
Pres Z
Harry T. Ramsdell
City of
Supreme’ Court
Court of Appeals
George H. Thatcher & Co
Thatcher& Co
Securities Company
Economic “Power and Construction Company
Fives i
Economiec Company
Economic Power and
William Sulzer
Assembly
Pneumatic Power
Amasa J. Parker
Senate
Plunkitt
Parker
Hammerstein Not a Barker in Philadelphia Suit
Oscar Hammerstein faces a damages lawsuit from a Philadelphia resident whose house faces the new Opera House. The claim centers on alleged tree damage blamed on contractors’ horses. Hammerstein replies with a satirical letter denying ownership of street trees, blaming the complainant, and joking about tree “disembarkment” and public nudity near the Opera House.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia
Hammerstein
New York
Opera House
Morristown
City to test new high pressure fire system
Mayor McClellan and city officials will attend a 3 PM Thursday test at West and Bank Streets to demonstrate the completed high pressure fire system. Engineers and fire experts from other cities are invited. The test uses three inch hose lines, eight hydrants, two pumping stations, and aims to deliver 270 pounds of pressure and up to 28,000 gallons per minute, with potential 4,000,000 gallons in 24 hours.
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McClellan
West
Bank Streets
Gansevoort
Oliver and
South Streets
Department of Water Supply
Bookmakers Targeted at Empire City Fall Meet
Westchester County Sheriff and District Attorney plan strict enforcement at the Empire City race track opening tomorrow. Detectives will patrol grounds with Yonkers police and deputies to pursue violators of the antigambling law and potential indictments from the current Grand Jury.
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Westchester County
Empire City
Yonkers
Bnai David Jubilee Marks 1885 Founding Anniversary
The Society B'nai David, formed in 1858 after the 1857 panic, celebrated its golden jubilee at Palm Garden on Fifty-eighth Street near Third Avenue with over 300 guests. Ely Rosenberg, ten-year president, received a commemorative portrait. The group has long provided mutual aid and decent burials.
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Society
B'nai David
Palm Garden
Fifty-eighth Street
Third Avenue
Ely Rosenberg
David
B'nai. David
Typists in Business Show Contest at Madison Square Garden
Fast typists will compete in a preliminary trial tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden during the Business Men's Show. The ten top finishers will advance to the international contest next Thursday night. Miss Rose L. Fritz, world champion typist, will compete. The top prize is valued at 500 dollars.
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Madison Square Garden
Rose L. Fritz
Burbank Will Fraud Alleged in $1 Million Bond Case
The U S Circuit Court fight begins before Judge Ward over Ambrose Bur bank will contest by Caleb Burbank who seeks to break the 1889 will. Plaintiffs present letters and an assignment of bonds to Mrs Mary Newcomb as key evidence. Attorneys for both sides call handwriting experts as they press for or defend the purported bequest and executorship.
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Henry G. Ward
United States
Ambrose B. Burbank
Caleb Burbank
Mary E.newcome
Leon
Avid
Mary
O. K
Justice
Simon
Newcomb
New York
Sam Tilden
Hood
Chicago
Everal
Said
Henry Georges
Macky -Lot
Greenwood
Oran Rot
Fackay
Henry Ward Beecher
Beef Trust Accused Of Altering Hide Certificates
Prominent importers in Boston and New York file a suit claiming Treasury and Agriculture Department inspectors abroad altered cattle hide certificates to block free entry. They allege the change adding Canada to certificates aims to protect a Beef Trust. Edward P. Sharretts leads the legal action for the importers.
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United States
Hoston
Beef Trust
Treasury
Agricultural Department
Board of General Appraisers
Canada
Dingley
Edward P. Sharretts
McLaughlin, Russell, Coe & Sprague
Morse Jury Spent Quiet Sunday at Astor House
A Morse jury spent a quiet Sunday in apartments at the Astor House under six Deputy U S Marshals assigned by Judge Hough. Marshal Henkel escorted them to Trinity Church in the morning. After dinner they read papers and had Saturday Morse trial accounts clipped from them.
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Morse
Astor House
United States
Judge Hough
Marshal Henkel
Trinity
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