Ryan Testifies in Met Street Railway Contact Suit
In the 7th District Municipal Court Emanuel Weil and Minnie Weiler sue Metropolitan Street Railway directors for 8500 and 20 damages. Thomas F. Ryan testified for hours, denying knowledge of a political fund and stating he received 111000 in a repayment. witnesses and counsel clashed over control of traction properties as the case adjourned to Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Ryan
7Th District
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Emanuel Weil
Minnie Weiler
Jerome
D. ©. Moorehead
Public Service Commission
Ryan
Wall & Cortland Street Ferries Railway Company
H. H. Vreeland
August Beimeit
EE. J. Berwind
Thomas Dolan
P. A. B. Widencaccb Schiff
Mortimer L. Schiff
John B. Stanchfield
Nicoll
Justice Young
Bill’ Amory
Mr. Kremer
New York City Railway Company
Mr. Nicoll
Interborouch-Metropolitan Company
Kremer
Lexington Avenue & Pavonia Ferry
Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries Company
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries
Morton Trust Company
Interborough-Metropolitan
Metropolitan Street Railroad Company
New York City Railroad Company
Damages Awarded in Assault Case Involving Special Policeman
A jury before Justice Duere awarded Patrick Griffin damages in a Supreme Court suit against the city and elevated railroad for an assault by a special policeman. The case centered on Commissioner Bingham supplying badges to the guards. Griffin testified he was struck with a blackjack in an L car after being awakened at the terminal and carried to Fordham Hospital. Retired officials were mentioned in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usth Street
Justice Duere
Supreme Court
Patrick Griffin
Desault
Bingham
Griffin
Rogers
Fordham
Third Avenue Stock Jumps On Lease Break
Third Avenue Railroad stock surged yesterday from 23 1 4 to 35 and closed at 33, a six percent gain. Investors expect the line to become independent after the lease with Metropolitan ends, with Judge Lacombe approving the severance, and transfer privileges cut April 11, lifting earnings by 10 to 20 percent once rental payments default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Third Avenue
New York City Railway Company
Metropolitan
Counsel Dropped In Fare Case Before Public Service Commission
At the adjourned hearing on the W-cent fare to Coney Island, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company officials and the complainant Scott MacReynolds faced a change as he announced he would conduct the case himself. Counsel for the company protested the last minute switch while MacReynolds sought to admit annual reports and subpoenas, with Friday adjournment granted to serve subpoenas and determine authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Edward W. Hatch
William F. Sheehan
Charles A. Collin
George D. Yeomans
Scott MacReynolds
Brooklyn
MacReynolds
Bronx paving delay blamed on borough officials and houses
Ralph T. Rokeby of the Uvalde Asphalt Paving Company testified in the Bronx Borough President Haffen investigation that laxity and interference by borough officials have delayed the Grand Concourse and Boulevard project for years. He warned damages could top $500,000 as houses and trees plus sewer contracts hinder progress and inspectors allegedly pressured payroll graft. A subpoena for Geiszler-Haas Realty records was issued for today’s hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Rokeby
Uvalde Asplalt Paving Company
Haffen
Bronx
J. P. Mitchel
Grand Concourse
Boulevard
Rokeby
Mitchel
Mr. Rokeby
Uvalde Company
Geiszler-Haas Realty Company
Marble Hill residents push for Spuyten Duyvil Creek playground
A Marble Hill movement led by Richard Alexander seeks the bed of Spuyten Duyvil Creek for a public playground between Exterior Street and Muscoota Street. The city owns the land and would fill above tide level to create value. The Board of Aldermen and borough presidents are considering the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Hill
Manhattan Island
Richard Alexander
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Exterior Street
Muscoota Street
Harold A. Caparn
Municipal Art Society
Board of Aldermen
Manhattan
Bronx
West Side Taxpayers’ Association
High Bridge Park
Edgecombe Avenue
Speedway
159Th Street
Broadway
Metz denies city bond sale rumor
Controller Metz refuted Wall Street rumors about a city bond issue and corporate stock. He noted bids for a new subway project do not imply new bonds and reaffirmed no bond sales until September or October unless unforeseen events occur. He said the city has sufficient funds to cover needs through fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Wall Street
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad seeks new bonds
The company applied to the Public Service Commission for permission to issue 152000 dollars in additional bonds under a 1949 consolidated mortgage. The mortgage with Mercantile Trust has a 10 million dollar scope, with 4.9 million already issued. Proceeds would fund reconstruction of the line from Prospect Park to Coney Island, purchase of new cars, and a new power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
State Railroad Commission
Mercantile Trust Company
Prospect Park
Coney Island
Native Chinese Missionary Arrives for Methodist Conference
Kuong Pao Seng of Chee-F Poo arrives aboard the Cunarder Calonia as delegate to the General Methodist Conference starting May 6 in Baltimore. He wears native dress, is a viceroy with inheritance funds, and chose missionary work over political opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuong Pao Seng
Chee-F Poo
Methodist Episcopal Church
City halts municipal lighting plants. Edison bids cheaper
Metz orders a ban on city owned lighting after finance chief reports cost of municipal power to the American Museum of Natural History at 16 cents per kWh versus Edison at 34.2 cents. The Library and Borough President seek funds for plants. Metz may approve repair plants but blocks new builds. Withington contrasts efficiency and labor costs, arguing Edison can supply hospital and library lighting cheaper than city plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Chandler Withington
Finance Department
American Museum of Natural History
Edison Company
Board of Estimate
New York Public Library
Ahearn
Brary
Edison
Bellevue Hospital
Withington
Natural History
Open Shop Policy Adopted by Great Lakes Vessel Owners
The Lake Carriers Association unanimously agreed to an open shop policy for ships on the Great Lakes this season affecting over forty thousand men. Unions were not represented at the meeting, and carriers promise to deal with employees individually by wage scale, aiming for the highest wages. The Pittsburgh Steamship Company already moved to individual contracts with engineers without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Pittsburg Steamship Company
United States Steel Corporation
Police Inspector Langan III In Critical Condition
Police Inspector Janes J. Langan of the th District is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home on East street. His wife said he is in a critical condition after falling ill three days ago. Langan, 52, joined the force in 1878 and rose through the ranks to captain in 1902 and acting inspector last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes J. Langan
East Sath Street
Public Education Lectures Reach Record Attendance
Public lectures under the Board of Education surpassed one million this season, totaling 1,085,178 attendees through last month, up 52 from the previous year. The season saw 1,824 lectures with an average of 37 attendees per lecture, with notable gains in Brooklyn and Manhattan and across all boroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Mareh
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Water supply conference backs Roosevelt invitation
Resolutions commending President Roosevelt for inviting a governors conference on conservation were adopted at an interstate meeting of New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey water commissioners at the Republican Club. The group discussed joint action to control the Delaware River for flood prevention and water power. A conference committee was named to arrange further meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Water Commissioners
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Republican Club
New York Commission
Bomb scare at Yale conservatory head’s home ends as dry battery
Professor Samuel Sanford of Yale, a widower at 530 West bd street, escapes a prank when two men light a fuse on a fake bomb in his areaway. Patrolman Lewis pursues but cannot catch them. The device proves to be a soaked dry battery. Julia Marlowe performs in Binghamton after Shubert managers intervene to keep engagements intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel 3. Sanford
Musical Conservatory
Yale University
West Bd Street
Lewis
East Dust Street
Two Boys Die in Pitt Street Tenement Fire
A five story tenement at 25 Pitt Street burned late at night killing two boys. Fireman Julius Seamer and several tenants were injured. patrolman George Potter led evacuations. About 18 families escaped as flames spread to the roof. Bodies found around 2 am. Damage estimated at 15,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt Street
George Potter
Delancey Street
Jacob Schesner
William
Solomon
Julius Seamer
Engine Company 31
George Bower
Engine Company 15
Kingsley
Gouverneur Hospital
Broker's Mother Dies By Her Own Hand In Brooklyn
Mrs. Henrietta Hegeman sixty eight widow and mother of Albert C. Hegeman a broker on No Pine Street Manhattan died by inhaling gas at 366 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn yesterday. She had been staying with Mrs. Selena Ebbetts an old friend for months and ill health is believed to have prompted the act. She leaves two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Hegeman
Albert C. Hegeman
Pine Street
Manhattan
Selena Ebbetts
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Hegeman
Ebbetts
Deadlock in Jersey on Utilities and Civil Service Bills
State House dispatch from Trenton reports both Senate and Assembly deadlocked on utility regulation and Civil Service bills on the eve of adjournment. A Robbins utilities measure faced defections, Martin offered a compromise, and the substitute was passed in the House before returning to the Senate. Debates highlighted pledges and party aims, with a recount bill lingering yet weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
State House
Trenton
Senate
Assembly
House
Jess
Martin
Robbins
Standard Oil Denies Involvement In California Deal
At Standard Oil offices in New York on Broadway an unqualified denial was given to reports that Standard Oil interests gained control of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and related California power firms. John D Archbold stated the company has no interest in the deal if it occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
San Francisco
Standard Oil
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
California
John D. Archbold
Beeck arraigned on eight larceny indictments in city court
J Edward Beeck was arraigned before Judge Crain and remanded to the Tombs as eight indictments for larceny stand. The Thirteen Club plans a Jefferson dinner at Little Hungary on East Houston Street Monday with Congressman Sulzer and Ed win Markham as speakers. Professor Robert Koch will be guest of honor at a German Medical Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on April 11. Horace Fletcher and Yale’s Dr William G Anderson will speak on Human Efficiency at Berkeley Theatre tomorrow at 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Beeck
Robert Koch
Waldorf-Astoria
Horace Fletcher
William G. Anderson
Yale
Berkeley Theatre
City Event Schedule Highlights Various Meetings and Lectures
A dense listings page notes numerous meetings and talks across New York venues. Universalist Women’s Alliance met at the Church of the Divine Paternity with Miss Janet E. Richards on Current History. Delmonico’s hosted multiple receptions and luncheons at several hotels. The American Museum and Zoo offered free admission and lectures. Public schools showcased illustrated talks on topics from Brazilian travel to locomotives and Civil War reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Universalist Women’s Alliance of
Church of the Divine Paternity
Téth Street
Central Park West
Janet E. Richards
National Society of United States Daughters of
Polytechnic Institute
Montague Street
Brooklyn
People's Institute
Neerican Institute of Electrical
New York Cenealogical and Biographical Society
West Asth Street
Sono
American Museum of Natural History
Zooogical Gardens
Board of Education
Wadleigh High School
Sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Ernest F. Fenollisa
Ulmi
Publi School
New East 18Th Street
Richard K Call
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Dominick
Clark
Hroome
Caroline M. Kingman
Brazil
East 26Th Street
Henry H Parry
Broadway
Academy Street
Suffolk
Rivington
Emma P. Telford
Weert de Neighborhood
William H. Happe
Kmth Street
Third Avenue
J. Newton Gray
Statte
Mosholu Parkway
Briggs and
Balnbridee
Hedford
Park
Mise Mary
Giant Sun
Idham Avenue
Main Street
City
Freeman F. Tower
Ame
United States
Anthony and
Tremont Avenues
Samuel M. Speden
Sld
Heart and
Cambrelong Avenues
George Jackson Kneenland
New York Botanical Gardens
Sth
Unionport
Nes Beurrington
Stevenson Reappointed Vice-Chancellor for Seven-Year Term
In Trenton on April 9, Chancellor Pitney told the Governor that Vice-Chancellor Eugene Stevenson was reappointed for a full seven year term. Stevenson first became vice chancellor on April 16, 19, and is identified as a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Pitney
Eugene Stevenson
Stevenson
Lasala in Solitary Confinement at Sing Sing
Joseph Lasala who escaped Sing Sing on Saturday is now in solitary confinement. The warden says he will likely have his case reviewed by the Board of Parole on Monday and will forfeit half of the commutation he could have earned for good conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lasala
Sing Sing
Board of Parole
Lasala
Foreclosure Sale Planned for 327 Washington Street NYC
Supreme Court of New York County announces a foreclosure sale of two parcels in Manhattan, bounded by Washington Street Barclay Street and surrounding land, with buildings and improvements. Referee J. Tremler and attorney T.F. Jackson announce sale at Exchange Salesroom, Noe Vesey Street, on April 16, with street numbers 227 Washington Street and 87 Barclay Street listed for the properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upreme Court
County OF New York
Maximilian Fleischmann Company
Javind
Gertrude Ro
Tes Tremler
Exchange Salesroe
Vesey Street
Borough of
Mammatts York
Joseph F
Manhattan
City of New York
New York
Washington Street
Barclay Street
W T Street
Whington Steet
Mary E. Newhold
Ington Street
Lucra
Swan
Cormer
Washington Strret
Washington
Mary T. Gallatin
Washipcion Street
Gertrude Ho
Marcher Street
Aml
Durias Street
J. McMant
Pieteree Frdderick S. Jackson
Maint
A Avenue
Mudhattee
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Tory
Union
Folice
Langan III
Force
Richmond
Julia Marlowe
Binghamton
N. C
Shuberts
Stone Opera House
Stroudsburg
Penn
Anmce
Mahiowe
Broker
Mendelssohn Hall
Fortieth Street
Blakeslee
American Art Galleries
Madison Square South
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association
East 23d Street
Jersey
City News
Atlantic City
A. R
Studds
E. F
Fifth Ave
the Tribune
Long Island
Westchester
Connecticut
Berlitz
Langtges
Madison Square
Harlem
Lenox Ave
Court St
Asbury Park
Agence
Vernessen
M J Young-Fulton
Union Square
Board of Water Supply
Board On Water Supply
City of
Lars
John A. Bensed
Charles NS. Chadwick
Charles A Shaw
Thomas Hassett
Artmeng
Levett
McKinley
Preble
Williams
N. E
Ethan Allen
Springfield Armory
Arsenal
Andrews
Banks
Severe
Rodman
Strang
Warren
Mass
Adams
Elocum
Terry
Totten
Wadsworth
Wood
Hancock, Mott
N. J
Frankford Arsenal
DuPont
Obel
Howard
San Juan
West Potent
P. R
JAS
N. Allison
Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
Barge Office Dock
New York City
N. Y
Robert Watchorn
AU. S
U. S
Barclay
Muren
Terence J. McManus
City Hotels
Grenoble
56Th ST
7Th AV
William P. Chase
Hotel
Wellington
TH Ave
J. F. Champlin
Mgr
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