Flaw in Kissena case upsets grand jury process noted
Ex judge Whitman argued in Flushing Supreme Court that grand jury indictments in the Kissena Park scandal were illegal, citing that Special Deputy Attorney General Vidaver attended the room and indictments dated mid January while official designation occurred later. Queens attorneys weighed the matter as potentially damaging but others defended the indictments as valid and dated after Vidaver’s appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
George L. Glaser
Queens County
Kissena Park
Supreme Court
Flushing
Garretson
Nathan Widaver
Hughes
Vidaver
Paris & MceDougall
John Welz
Attorney Generals Office
Queens Borough
Hunt's Point Park valuation defended by official
Frank P. Oliver, a condemnation commissioner for Hunt's Point Park in The Bronx, defended fixing land value at 237.4 dollars before the Commissioners of Accounts. He said park prospects would lift nearby property values and aid thousands accessing it by water, noting assessed land had been 1.34. Oliver favored Controller appraisals if their expert differed, while Mitchel acknowledged the commissioners’ bidding powers. Fosdick testified nearby land deals suggested prices of 11 to 12 dollars per acre in the vicinity, with about five acres involved in the park tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Oliver
Hunt's Point Park
Bronx
Commissioners of
Oliver
Open Shop Policy Confirmed by National Metal Trades
A report from the National Metal Trades Association, issued after its annual Hotel Astor convention, reaffirms the open shop policy. New York and New Jersey employers maintain old wage and hour practices despite aging agreements, with most shipyard owners engaged in open shop terms. Wages largely hold, idle workers rise, but no broad wage cuts or labor troubles are reported, and an administrative council will meet biannually to handle ongoing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Metal Trades Association
Hotel Astor
New York
New Jersey
Bright seed prospects for Western Canada in spring wheat
Reports from across Western Canada indicate unusually bright seed prospects with spring wheat expected to start in ten days and winter wheat in Alberta well advanced, signaling strong crop conditions for the season.
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Canada
Alberta
Major mine shutdown in Lyon Mountain area halts 550 workers
Plattsburg New York April 4 five hundred fifty miners and laborers were temporarily laid off as the Delaware Hudson Company shut down Lyon Mountain mines for twenty days. The stoppage stems from ore overproduction and a weak money market reducing ore sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg, N. Y
Lyon Mountain
Delaware “S
Hudson Company
Ripley to stay with Santa Fe railroad
Santa Barbara April 4 E P Ripley president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad contradicted reports he would resign and that Paul Morton would succeed him He stated he has no intention of retiring and Morton is now out of the railroad business and will not return to it
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Santa Barbara
Cal
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeks & Santa Fé Railroad Company
Paul Morton
Senta Fé
Morten
March Iron and Steel Exports Fall Despite Record Foreign Shipments
Foreign shipments through New York and eastern ports in March totalled under 35,000 tons, the lowest monthly export figure in two years, while February exports reached nearly 60,000 tons. Rail, billets, and wire exports shifted to Far East and Wales, England, with rail and billet totals contrasted against February. Major destinations included Japan for rail extensions, Corea for Seoul-Fusan, and Australia for wire.
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New York
Seaboard
Far East
Wales
Australia
Nippon
Cheminlpo
Seoul-Fusan
Corea
England
Newport
Swansea
Europe
Philippines
Cuba
Argentine Republic
South Africa
Japan
DRESS SUIT AND HAND ORGAN ATTRACT BROOKLYN CROWD
A dress suit and a hand organ drew more money last night than Tony the Bedford avenue organ grinder had collected in Williamsburg for weeks. A theatre party crowd gathered around the organ at Clymer street and Bedford avenue as the finale played Down In Coney Isle. Police interposed for an intermission as the crowd overflowed and the troupe members then went to a hotel for dinner.
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Tony
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg
Ballyhon
Final Eighty Cent Gas Decree Strikes Law Unconstitutional
Judge Hough of the United States Circuit Court declares the eighty cent gas law unconstitutional in a final decree publicized March 11. The ruling allows supplemental relief applications, notes an appeal by the city and Public Service Commission to the Supreme Court likely in October, and states the case is the first rate regulation where a return is sought on non investable franchises. Costs are split between the city and the state.
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Hough
United States Circuit Court
Public Service Commission
United States Supreme Court
the Tribune
Dividend doubt on Ontario and Western stock
Boston April 4 President Mellen of the New Haven Railroad told a Boston financial agency there will be a regular 2 percent dividend on Ontario and Western stock and rumors of a change have no basis. The dividend calls for 1 162.27 dollars and by February end the railroad had earned a surplus of 969 589 dollars toward this.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Boston Financial
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Ontario & Western
Frank M Kelsey Appointed at Citizens Savings Bank
Los Angeles on April 4 reports Frank M Kelsey was appointed receiver for the Citizens Savings Bank of Long Beach. It was stated that depositors' credits total $410, while actual cash assets to cover this sum were only a portion.
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Los Angeles
Frank M. Kelsey
Citizens Savings Bank of
Long Beach
Pittsburg Coal Operators Stand by Ultimatum
Pittsburg coal operators at a meeting unanimously stand by their two year contract demand with current wages and conditions. A committee will represent them at the Indianapolis convention while miners appoint delegates. In Huntington W Va the outlook for an agreement in the Mth district is grim with a strike likely involving 9000 miners as President T L Lewis arrives but gains little.
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Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Huntington
W. Va
Mth
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lawyer Thomas Lawson Calls Out Wall Street Ad Campaign
A Tribune letter quotes Thomas W. Lawson urging readers not to miss his Monday advertisement. He promises to expose the stock market system and to inform 12,000 Yukon stockholders about their investments, criticizing financial coppers who allegedly interfered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Yukon
Thomas W. Lawson
Wage Cuts and Mill Shutdowns Hit Workers Nationwide
In Central Falls the United States Cotton Company posted a wage reduction effective April 2 though the exact amount was not disclosed. Lebanon reports the Carter Rogers Woolen Mill shutting down until July 1, leaving 150 workers unemployed. Madison notes Madison Woollen Mills reducing running time to three days a week eight hours daily, affecting about 200 workers.
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Central Falls
R. J
United States Cotton Company
Lebanon
N. H
Carter & Rogers
Madison
Madison Woollen Mills
CATTLE AND HOGS MARKETS STABLE TO STRONG ACROSS MARKETS
Chicago and other markets report steady to higher cattle with beef prices from 4.50 to 7.40 for beeves and related calf and stocker figures. Hogs receipts around 16,000 with prices from 5.50 to 6.25, various weights. Sheep and lambs mixed, Western ranges steady, Kansas City rounds show steady cattle and higher wholesale bids. Buffalo market notes include 180 cattle, 30 veal head, 190 hogs, and 6,600 lambs with steady to active demand in Western districts.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Ava
Pittsburg
Real estate boom expands uptown trading in Manhattan
The Real Estate Record notes a surge in Manhattan and Bronx activity with many vacant lots and improved plots selling in the upper West Side and Fifth Avenue districts. Builders move into Riverside Drive projects and midtown dwellings, as major firms deploy large staffs to capitalize on rising demand for luxury apartment houses and office space amid a shifting market.
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Manhattan Island
Upper West Side
Manhattan
Bronx
Upper Fifth Avenue
Midtown
Upper Riverside Drive
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
United States Express Company
New York Law School
Evening Post
Broadway
Royal Insurance Company
Chambers Street
Robert ©. Dowling
City Investment Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Wall Street
Jerome Avenue
H. H. Weisker, Jr
James L. Libby
Fiorazanti
Kingsbridge Road
Henry A. Singh
18Th Street
Grand Avenue
Fordham Road
Jacob Willey
Hall J. How & O
St. St
Manhattan houses sell including Castleton at 239 West 132d Street
A three story dwelling at 239 West 132nd Street called the Castleton and a new six story elevator structure on a 100 by 100 foot plot at the northeast corner of 142nd Street sold by agents John H Berry for C M Silverman Son for about 559000 dollars for Mrs Marie Daggett.
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Castleton
Horace S. Ely & and
Broadway
John H. Berry
C. M. Silverman & Son
Marie Daggett
Two new apartment houses on Broadway block front
They occupy the westerly block front in Broadway between 140th and 141st streets. Ex Governor Levi P Morton via Frederick Zittel purchased from Gross & Herbener for about $650,000. No 37 East 61st Street features a four story brownstone on a 15 by 100 foot lot sold by Pease & Elliman for the Adler estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Robert Ferguson & Son
Levi P. Morton
Upper West Side
Frederick Zittell
Gross & Herbener
149Th
41St Sts
C. M. Silverman
John H. Berry
Silverman
Castleton
R. I Browns
169Th St
Morris and
Grant Aves
Grant Avenue
Friedus & Steinberg
Abraham Bachrach
Bachrach
152D
135Th St
37Th St
Eighth Ave
Standard Oil Company
J. B. & J. M. Cornell
25Th St
Eleventh Ave
Real Estate Record and Guide
140Th
1141St
Frederick Zittel
East 61St Street
Pease & Elliman
Adler
Manhattan Real Estate Boom Drives Major Office Project
Foreign life insurer backs a 24000 parcel investment in 34th street retail area as Manhattan mortgage activity surges. A proposed 36 story office block by Clinton & Russell, to cost 4.6 million, will reshape West and Washington streets linking to the Whitehall Building, signaling a robust downtown office market and rising leasing prospects.
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Foreign Life Insurance Company
Manhattan
34Th St
Building Loan
Iniort-Guge
Vesey St. Salesroon
Chambers St
Manhattan Island
West St
Washington St
Century Investment
Battery Place Realty Companies
William H. Chesebrough
Whitehall
Chesebrough
Battery Park
E City
Jamaica Estates Real Estate Plan Turned Into Large Development
A group of prominent New York and Philadelphia figures has developed Jamaica Estates a five hundred acre wooded tract along Hillside avenue Jamaica. The Degnen Contracting Company will begin improvements including roads sidewalks sewers water gas electricity and conduits at an anticipated cost over 1 million dollars. The grand entrance featuring an Elizabethan lodge and gateways is already in place.
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New York
Philadelphia
Jamaica Estates
Hillside Avenue
Jamaica
Long Island
Jamaica Estates Company
Degnen Contracting Company
Degnen Company
City Plans Six Story Flathouse Replacement
A six story flathouse will replace the existing two story dwelling at 215 East ich st. It will occupy the two adjoining plots at 217 and 219 with a frontage of feet.
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Jon Cloughen
Brick facade building with limestone trim and balustrade
A brick faced structure with limestone trim and a roof balustrade is planned. The estimate by architect John C. Watson places the cost at $45.0, indicating a modestly priced design for the period.
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John C. Watson
Novel Carnival Opens Flatbush Line With Jamaica Festivities
Thousands along Long Island prepare for a multi day carnival in Jamaica celebrating the Flatbush avenue subway extension. Events include parades by firemen and civic groups, an airship rate, balloon drops with prize lots in Queens County, a speedway, circus, Wild West show, and an outdoor operatic entertainment. The celebration marks the 250th anniversary of Jamaica's founding in 1668 with numerous contests and prizes promised.
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Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn
Long Island
Jamaica
New Amsterdam
Manhattan
Queens County
Aero Committee
Mana Breesy
St. Louis
Investment boom in Sheepshead Bay real estate
Demand for lots and plots in Sheepshead Bay grows with new sales by Suburban Brooklyn Realties Inc. The prime deal last week was the sale of the East 12th Street block front of thirty seven lots between Voorhies and Avenue Z for 5000 dollars. Other sales included seven lots at Avenue Z East 12th Street corner, three lots at East 22nd Street and Williams Court, eight lots at Coney Island Avenue W corner, and six lots on East Wth Street south of Avenue Y.
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Sheepshead Bay
31St Ward
East 12Th St
Voorhies Ave
Avenue Z
Sheepshead Terrace
Suburban
Brooklyn Realties, Inc
East 22Th St
Williams Court
Coney Island
Avenue W
East Wth St
Alterations Proposed for New York Athletic Club
The New York Athletic Club plans major changes at its Sixth Avenue building the lab house. Improvements include constructing a main dining room on the sixth story and removing the current balcony and its supper rooms.
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York Athletic
Lab
Team
Realty Notes Highlight Local Property Moves
Philip L. Jones becomes sales manager at Realty Market Exchange and markets Beechwood Heights in Bound Brook New Jersey. Macray and Rosenthal buy Bu farm of 150 acres in New Brunswick for development. G Brettrell and Son lease Ella J C Armour building at 236% to 272 3d Ave four brick business structures. Albert B Ashforth leases store to Miss K E Iffenesr at Northwest corner of South Ave and 38th St for five years at total rent of S.
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Philip L. Jones
Realty Market Exchange
Beechwood Heights
Bound Brook
N. J
Sth Ave
38Th St
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in U S District Court
Voluntary petitions include Abraham Hirshfield of 3 and 1% West 10th Street with liabilities listed at 31,341.02, assets 10,000, and creditors Harry Bloom, Louis Silverman, M Hernstein & Co, American Woollen Company, and others. Involuntary cases target Samuel Gordon of 100 Greene Street and Selomeor Eisenstein of 2310 Second Avenue with creditors totaling 73 in claims. Receivers named for Seney Plummer, Queen Wa Company, and other entities. Filmer Engraving Company assigned to Robert Baker with liabilities about 2108 and assets 2,500.
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Abraham Hirshfield
Harry Bloom
West Ti9th van Norden Trust Company
Louis Silverman
Brooklyn
M. Hernstein & Ke
Greene Street
American Woollen Company
American Sik Mill
Tuscarora Worsted Company
Seney Plummer
Samuel Gordon
H. Katz
Josep Luchenberg
Selomeor
Eisenstein
Second Avenue
Herman Hensehe
David Rumsey
Leonard Brenner
Queen Wa Pany
Waverly
Frank Atzert
Ghreem Manufacturing Company
Ars Abont
Frank B. van Dusen
Lawrence Driggs
Isidor L. Cohen
Filmer Engraving Company
Walker Street
Robert Baker
Van Norden Trust Buys Bowery Bank Site
The Van Norden Trust Company buys the Oriental Bank site at Grand Street and the Bowery. A five story building stands on a 30 foot Bowery frontage and 80 foot Girard street depth. The Grand and Orchard branch will vacate this week and occupy the old Bowery home of the Oriental Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
van Norden Trust Company
Oriental Bank
Grand Strset
the Bowery
Bowery
Girard Street
Trust Company
Grand and Orchard Streets
Oriental & Onk
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Roundup
Chicago weathered a bearish tone in wheat amid forecasts of rain in Kansas and Missouri with May options easing. Oats and provisions fell while corn showed late strength on short-covering. receipts varied across Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago. Local buying activity by elevator interests supported late-day gains in wheat as markets closed mixed and prices fluctuated driven by crop reports and weather forecasts.
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Chicago
Ain Fe
Kansas
Missouri Co
Wissouri
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Duluth
Ttc
Nise
Bec
Sic
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Kissena
Hunts Point Park
National Association
Plattssburg
Ripley
Santa FE
Boy
The _Tribune
Jusica! Tage
Biltercist
California
Pittsburg Coal Operators Firm
Lawson
Telegraphic Business Notes
Telegraph
Uptown
Singer
Perg Life Insurance
24Th Street
Madison Avenue
City Investing
Cortlandt Street
Cortlandt
Rome
Protective Union Benevolent Loan Associations
Harlem
Flatbush Avenue
NEW York Athletic
United States District Court
Chicago Grain and Provisions
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