East Side Subway Plan Pushed by Chief Engineer Parsons
William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission, urged immediate preparatory steps for an East Side subway branch to relieve congestion. He supported surveying eastern avenues beyond Central Park and said work on plans could start now, with the Brooklyn tunnel project already on track.
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Rendipees
Brooklyn
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission
The
Tribune
Parsons
East Side
Madison
Lexington Ares
Fifty-ninth St
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
Broadway
City Hall
Bowling Green
Whitehall St
South St
East River
Great East Side
Central Park
Harlem River
War
Nothi
Lexington
Theity
London
Boston
Peninsula
Gparatus
Greathead
William &. Parson
Elevated
Independent Engineer Named for Cave-In Rescue Effort
The Rapid Transit Commission named Theodore Cooper as a special independent consultant to evaluate landslide issues on Park Avenue. Chief Engineer Parsons said a $1,000,000 extra cost is tied to adding two express tracks on Lenox Avenue between 110th and 141st Streets. Action postponed until terminal plans are settled. Edward M. Shepard to address Mayor Law on Penn Central tunnel supervision and McDonald contract assignment bills, which the commission supports.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Parsons
Park Ave
Theodore Cooper
Serh
Cantor
Lenox-ave
Edward M. Shepard
Law
John B. McDonald
Oversubscribed Russian Loan Sets German Subscriptions Record
Berlin reports subscriptions to the Russian loan closed at 4 pm with oversubscription described as about one hundred times. The total loan totals 393.4 million marks with 200 million offered in Germany Holland and Russia. The loan carries 4 percent interest and is tax free priced at 97 percent. The article also notes a theatre train service from New York to Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo departing nightly at 11 30 pm with daytime arrivals.
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Berlin
Germany
Holland
Russia
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
New York
New York Central
Buffz
East Side tunnel to ease crowded elevated lines in Manhattan
The Tribune argues a new eastern branch to a rapid transit tunnel will ease City Hall terminal congestion. It notes East Side population growth and Tenement House law changes pushing more homes, while Lexington Ave Third Ave and Second Ave lines gain electric service yet fail to keep pace with rising riders.
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Tribune
Manhettam Railway Company
Upper East Side
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City Hall
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Lexington Ave
Elm St
Fourth-ave
Broadway
Chaim St
Fourteenth St
Forty-Second-st
West Side
City Hall Terminal
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Bronx
Williamsburg Bridge
Buildings Department
Promoter Worthen and wife found dead in New York boarding house
Charles H. Worthen promoter of Barclay street and his wife were found dead in their second floor room at 4 West Forty fourth Street. Worthen shot his wife then killed himself with a cut throat and a gunshot wound. Police report suggests financial trouble and despondency followed by a deadly murder suicide at the Fothergill boarding house. Worthen had relatives in St Paul Lebanon and Chicago and had earned a $40000 settlement from a Grand Trunk Railway lawsuit universities.
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Charles H. Worthen
Barclay St
Policeman Murphy
West One-hundredth St
Worthen
Fothergill
St. Paul
Glens Falls Fire Insurance Company
Worttein
Rotherettt
N. G
Schmittberger
Charles Henry Worthen
George W. Worthen
Lebanon
N. H
New Hampshire
Randolph
New England
Detroit
Grand Trunk Railway
Benjamin F. Butler
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio Train Wreck in Philson
Cumberland Md April 3 A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train en route to Pittsburg collided with a helper at Philson. Both engines of the double header were wrecked but no injuries were reported. This follows a similar wreck of the same train Sunday in the same area injuring four.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Philson
Greathead plan eyed for East Side subway versus open cut
Engineers debate Greathead shield tunneling to connect the East Side with Boston peninsula noting its 60 ton shield and 72 ton jacks in use abroad while the Fast Side route would keep to the existing open cut approach due to rock.
Sullivan and McEvoy in tense Albany hotel clash
In Albany at Keeler's Hotel on a Wednesday, Senator Tim Sullivan clashed with Dennis McEvoy proprietor of the Harry Howard Hotel Canal Street. McEvoy refused a handshake and declared a political fight to the end, signaling a bitter feud after Jerome's reduced Democratic lead.
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Tim” Sullivan
Keeler’s
Albany
State Capitol
Dennis McEvoy
Harry Howard
Canal St
McEvoy
Judge Jerome
Jerome
Sheehan
Senator Sullivan
Vith
Sullivan
Michael C. Padden
Patrick H. Cody
Cody
Greater New York Democracy
Dennis
Tim
New York Central Plans Electric Park Avenue Loop Under Grand Central
Central officials push a project to convert suburban trains to electric power and build an underground loop beneath Grand Central Station. The plan uses newly acquired land east and west of the yards for extensions while keeping Park Avenue surface and widening storage and trackage facilities. Engineers are drafting the depressed tunnel route near Fifty ninth Street with open cuts on the east side for storage and access.
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New-York Central
Park Ave
Grand Central Station
New York Central
Fifty-ninth-st
Gage Named President of United States Trust Company
Lyman J. Gage, former Treasury Secretary, was elected trustee and president of the United States Trust Company yesterday. He succeeds John A. Stewart, who resigned two months ago due to age and a desire to retire from active business.
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Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
United States Trust Company
John A. Stewart
Orr opposes Bedell bill on Grand Central upgrade
Alexander E. Orr, president of the Rapid Transit Commission, opposed the Bedell bill now with Governor Odell for Grand Central Station improvements. He said the commission has taken no official hearing action but urged presenting the bill’s full implications to the Governor, warning it could surrender home rule and municipal authority.
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Alexander E. Orr
The
Rapid Transit Commission
Bedell
Odell
Grand Central Station
Commission
Theatre roof garden dispute triggers mandamus order
S Gilbert for the New York Theatre won an order from Justice Greenbaum directing Perez M Stewart Superintendent of Buildings to appear before Justice Gildersleeve to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not cancel pending orders. The affidavit says the Superintendent lacks authority to require removal of the stage ceiling curtains movable wings border lights and related structures.
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S. Gilbert
New-York Theatre
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Perez M. Stewart
Gildersleeve
Railroad chief signals no renewal of Hoboken ferry contract
President Truesdale of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad confirms the company has served notice to the Hoboken Ferry Company that their contract ending this year would not be renewed. It is unclear what plans Lackawanna has for a ferry service and reports persist that negotiations may seek Hoboken Ferry purchase.
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Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Hoboken Ferry Company
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania Railroad Ad Praises Roadbed Signal Devices
An advertisement lauds the Pennsylvania Railroad for a perfect roadbed automatic electric signal devices and carefully trained attaches. It portrays the railroad as leading public opinion in speed safety and courtesy.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City Fire Levels Beachfront Hotels in 1900s Style Blaze
A daylong blaze swept two blocks of Atlantic City beachfront destroying twelve hotels and many small shops. No deaths were reported though about a dozen people suffered minor injuries. Insurance losses exceed 7500000 with individual losses including Charles Fraling over 125000. Restoration and a rebuilt boardwalk were discussed as militia and police kept order. Prominent hotels burned included Luray, New Holland, Stratford, Berkeley, Bryn Mawr, Rio Grande, Mervine, Academy of Music, and Tarlton amid a rapid wind driven fire. Several engines arrived from Philadelphia and Camden to aid the local department and Young's Pier was briefly threatened.
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N. J
Ocean
Illnois-Ave
New-York-ave
Board of Insurance Underwriters
Charles Fraling
Academy of Music
Brady's Baths
Tarlton
Hlinessave
Luray and Annex
Norwood
J. Ss. White & Son
the New Holland
BE. J. Lee
Stratford
Arnold W. Waldner
Berkeley
Ben Brothers
Bryn Mawr
E. Keffer
Stickney
L. V. Stickney
Eward
James T. Gorman
Rio Grande
J. P. Killpatrick
Mervine
K. Eells
Academy Hotel
Charles Fralinger
Windsor
G. Jason Waters
Victor Freisinger
St. James Place
STOO
James A. Brady
David John
Nabass & Kazarr
Haines
Shimamura & Co
Hop Hing
Finois
Kentucky Aves
Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia
Young's Pier
Tennessee-ave
Academy
Young
Luray
Marlborough
Camden
Stey
Trenton
Murphy
Fire destroys Atlantic City boardwalk area in daytime blaze
A major early fire along Atlantic City’s boardwalk devastated wooden structures from a bathhouse to a photo gallery and several small shops. Winds from the southwest helped spread the flames as residents noted the long warning of peril from tightly packed wooden buildings. The blaze began at a bathing establishment adjacent to the boardwalk and prompted warnings about future risk.
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Young's Pier
Dunlop Hotel
Bleak House
Tennessee-ave
Atlantic City
N. J
Broadway
Piccadilly
Corso
Boulevard Des Italiens
Ocean
Board Walk
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