Railway Men Meet at Hotel Belmont Discuss Rail Standards
The American Railway Association held its spring meeting with delegates from 1% roads at the Hotel Belmont. W C Brown presided as retiring president of the New York Central. Reports showed 538 roads operating 240770 miles, with 44 associate members. The committee adopted rail standards for two steel rail types and Bessemer and open hearth rails, a nonbinding recommendation. Officers elected included F A Delano, WA Gardner, and W F Allen. Next session set for Chicago on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Railway Association
Belmont
W. C. Brown
New York Central Railway
Howard Elliott
W. W Atterbury
General Mannerr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bessemer
F A. Delano
Wabash
WA Gardner
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
W. F. Allen
Chicago
Condition Of Ballots In Mayor Recount Testimony
Preliminary battle over opening ballot boxes continued with election clerks and policemen from boroughs examined on box condition. Witnesses described loose seals, cracked glass fronts, missing ballots and stubs, torn packages, and possible breakage from handling or wagon movement during transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dolson
Mr. Richards
McClellan
George F. England
Brooklyn
Board of Elections
Eagle
Carl Vogel
Election Bureau
Borough of
Queens
John A. Smith
Alexander Ross
Richmond
John W. Nopel
Manhattan Bureau
Fifth Ave Lot Sold for 125000 in Bronx Real Estate Boom
Real estate reports yesterday show strong demand with multiple deals. James B Clews bought a 16 by 100 foot lot at the northeast corner of 5th Street and 6th Avenue from the New York and Harlem Railroad for 125000, intending to build a single residence. Bernard Smyth & Sons sold parcels at Claremont Avenue and 122nd Street with Riverside Drive frontage to Charles M Rosenthal for William and James Bradley. L M Mosauer sold a Prospect Avenue and 160th Street parcel to the Sykes Realty Corporation, opposite the Prospect subway station, to be developed with stores like the adjacent plot by James F Meehan. price set a new Bronx record. Plans filed for a six story apartment on 5th Street west of Amsterdam Avenue by Silverman Jones Construction Company, brick with limestone and terra cotta trim, eight families on ground floor and ten per upper floor, cost about 175000. Also filed for a two story office building for F Augustus Schermerhorn at No 1 Washington Street, brick with 23 by 75 feet floor, leased to New York Steam Heating Supply Company, cost about 4000. Architect H J Hardenbergh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Clews
Henry Clews & Co
Sith St
Sthave
New York & Harlem Railroad Company
Romaine
Nichols & Co
Frederick T. Barry
Clews
Ista
Bernard Smyth & Sons
Charles M. Rosenthal
William and
James Bradley
Claremont Ave
122D St
Riverside Drive
Theological Seminary
L. M. Mosauer
Jacob Leitner
William FP. Harris
Arthur McGraw
Emma McGraw Harris
Sykes Realty Corporation
Prospect Ave
160Th St
James F Meehan
Bronx
Silverman-Jones Construction Company
5Th St
Amsterdam
Schwartz & Gross
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
Washington St
New York Steam Heating Supply Company
H. J Hardenbergh
Rug and Carpet Sale Draws Large Fifth Avenue Crowd
Auction of the Ho vannes & Tavshanjian Oriental rugs and others from the St Louis exposition attracted a big crowd at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. 175 pieces sold, top price 1.50 paid by S Russell for turquoise blue and old rose carpet. 80 dollars paid by Henry A Smith for a Persian rue. 790 dollars paid by Philip Henderson for a Serapi Ghorewsa carpet in purple rose and Persian blue. James P Silo was the auctioneer. Sale continues this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovannes & Tavshanjian
Fifth Avenue
S. Russell
Henry A Smith
Philip Henderson
James P. Silo
Women vote debate at Barnard College event
Barnard College students and guests debated female suffrage, with Mrs Mary K Simkhaviteh arguing against subservience to masculine opinion and Mrs Florence Kelley challenging anti suffrage motives. A suffrage society formed, and the Woman's Republican Association of New York announced speakers for its April luncheon at Delmonico's.
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Barnard College
Mary K. Sim- Khaviteh
Barnara
Florence Kelley
Barnard Union
Miss Anthony
Association of Collegiate
Barnard
Alvords Open Country Home at Nevalde Port Jefferson
Mr and Mrs Dean Alvord have opened their country home Nevalde at Port Jefferson Long Island and will remain there till late in the coming season. The house sits on a bluff overlooking Port Jefferson Harbor and two sunken Italian gardens have been added recently with garden furniture recalling famed Italian villa sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Alvord
Nevalde
Port Jefferson
Long Island
Port Jefferson Harbor
Day Nurseries Highlight City Meeting
The People's Home Settlement Day Nursery session in New York heard Rev Ernest Fox lament street children while Mrs Arthur M Dodge praised day nurseries for keeping children with families. She contrasted American nurseries with Europe and cited figures from world fairs. The Philos Male Quartet performed songs during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Fox
People’s Home Church
People’s Home Settlement Day Nursery
East 11Th Street
Arthur M. Dodge
New York City Association of Day Nurseries
National Federation of Day Nurseries
D A R Wall Fund Grows With Continental Hall Clock Gift
Washington April 2 Elaborate ceremonies marked a gift presentation to the Daughters of the American Revolution a Colonial hall clock valued at 350 to occupy a place in the memorial Continental Hall during the seventeenth congress of the national society Reports of committee chairmen and fund-raising efforts dominated today s session Senator Boles Pen and Representative Martin E Olmsted addressed the congress and United States Marine Band provided music Over 70 funded for the Continental Hall fund and plans to channel 14000 annually to the building fund were discussed It was estimated that 25000 was pledged by chapters and individuals Delegates will be received by the President at the White House tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berks County
Reading
Penn
Congress
National Society
Continental Hall
Boles Penrose
Martin E. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
United States Marine Band
Donald McLean
Memorial Hall Committee
Continental Hall Fund
Mary Lockwood
Society
National Board of Managers
Joan Or Bend
Memorial Hall
White House
Spring Reception by RCA Women Executive Committee
The women's executive committee of the Board of Domestic Missions, Reformed Church in America, hosts a spring reception today from 2 to 6 PM in the Collegiate Church chapel at Fifth Avenue and 48th Street. At 8 PM Mrs. William Brewster Humphrey will illustrate Indian folklore through song and basketry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Domestic Missions, Reformed Church In America
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
48Th Street
William Brewster Humphrey
Estate houses in demand sale at 128 West Street
Heitner Wolf and JL N and Lottinger sold to Mrs MacC Stewart No 128 West Street a four story end basement brownstone dwelling house Bixly 10 feet. This is the fifth house of a row formerly owned by the James estate sold in the last few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heitner & Wolf
JL. N. & Lottinger
Macc. Stewart
West Street
James
Annex to Hotel Astor Plans Ten Story Addition
Clinton and Russell architects filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a ten story annex to the Hotel Astor in Times Square. The project will cover nine duplex lots on West 44th and West 45th Streets, doubling the hotel’s ground space and adding brick and limestone detailing, a roof garden, glass canopy, a theatre and mezzanine balcony potentially used as a grand ballroom. The annex is budgeted at 1,006,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton & Russell
Murphy
Times Square
West 44Th St
West 45Th St
Real Estate Auction Notes from 238 West Tist Street Sale
In yesterday's Real Estate Exchange Salesrooms Bryan L. Kennelly sold 238 West Tist Street a five story American basement dwelling to William J. Simpson for 324.40. Several other properties including 3 West 18th Street 60 West 4th Street and 311 Butler Street Brooklyn were bid in at various amounts with adjournments noted. Additional offerings listed for Joseph P Day and Peter Moyer include multiple five story flat houses and dwellings with sums and taxes cited. next sales slated for April 2 with numerous parcels and costs detailed.
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Real Estate Exchange
Bryan L. Kennelly
West Tist St
William J. Simpson
West
Butler St
Northeast Corner
Brooklyn
Joseph P. Day
West 128Th St
Frederick Sackett
Wadsworth Ave
18Th St
Luwth St
Rosenwasser
Max Mayerson
Gross & Ratty Towns
Armsterdam
Sety
Uebelacker
Thelacker Et
Williams
Gillespie
Morris Ave
165Th St
Thalon
Hill
Bronx Home Co
Clinch
F Malone
Madison Ave
Katherine Elias
J T Ryan
K T O' Nellingt
Costello Et al
Hardiman & McGattys
J E Sateman
Donnegan
Browne
Real estate transfers feature multiple city properties
The Columbian Board of Brokers reports sales including a five story flat house on a 25 by 100 foot lot at East 15th Street sold to Morris Coleman, and a six story new law house at West 120th Street adjoining 7th Avenue. Additional transfers include a four story building on West Broadway, a four story dwelling on East 7th Street, a Sherman Avenue Hawthorne Street plot, a five story flat house on East 1lfth Street, and a four story flat with store on Jerome Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Board of Brokers
Morris Coleman
15Th St
Edmund Frank
West 120Th St
7Th Ave
Daniel B. Freedman
J. Husson
West Broadway
Many Leases Reported In City Property Market Activity
William A. White & Sons leased multiple city stores and residences to a variety of tenants including James K. Shaw, A Spiegel & Co, Nelson G. Carman trustee, R. B. Corey Company, Frederick W. Mauita, Aggelockos & Williams, Katharine Fink, Joseph Rosenberg, J. H. Burton, Twinn Brothers, George Grasser, Alfred Noble, Gelien & Co, Kuttrof & Waldo, William Reed, Robert Kracklow, Theodore Camp, Mrs. C M Benson, Mrs. E. Collins, Bernhard Frachat, Marie Fuller, Miss Belle G. Buda, James Curry, Ellen Evans, and Morris & Davis, with leases across the No Lie Park Row area, 1st Street, Ninth Avenue, Front Street, Burling Slip, Pearl Street, Maiden Lane, John Street, West 1st Street, West 2nd Street, and Greenwich Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. White & Sons
James K. Shaw
A. Spiegel & Co
Burling Slip
White & Phipps
J. H. Burton
Twinn Brothers
Fifth
Pearl St
George Grasser
Alfred Noble
Maiden Lane
Gelien & Co
Kuttrof & Waldo
Marie Fuller
Jane St
Marie C. Southmayd
James Curry
Greenwich
Louis Schrag
Wo R Neiller
Ellen Evans
West 2St Et
Th Ave
Daniel B. Freedman
Morris & Davis
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C. M. Rosenthal
Claremont Avenue
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SOE Sportimens Club
Loa
IAA
Hoya
Scsa
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Gery
Oakdale Agreage
Exchange Sales Rooms
Vesey St
Manhattan
Great South Bay
Isle Hour
W. K Vanderbilt
Oakdale Depot
WK Vander
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Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Larchmont Station
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City Hall
Mt. Vernon
Tel
Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Company
Capital
Liberty Street
Montague Street
Broadway
South
South Bay
Bryan 1. Kennelly
Tribune Building
Nassau St
Classon Ave
DeKalbare
Bkiyn
Prince Iron Works
Si West 234
Tavshanjian Collection
Women's Republican Association of
State of New York
Delmonice’s
Sre
Helen Varick Boswell
Sara Dickinson Lewis
Woman's Republican Association
Hotel Astor
Whiting CO
Whtown Managers Real Estate OF Estates
Beekman Street
City
WM. cc Walkers
Bates
Ft. Washington Ave
177Th St
Bath
Crotona
Lucetine
96Th ST
River Co
Hudson
Chas E. Fay
Itist St
Long Island Real Estate
New York
Powell's Cove
Malba Dock
Wall St
Anchorage
West 34Th Street
Stony Brook
Stony Brook Association
J. F. Carson
D. D
T. W. Campbell
Montague St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Country Property
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Archibald C. Poss
East
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Newport
Newport Harbor
Jos H. Lewis
Harmon ON
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K, Nezu
Connecticut
Lawrence Timmons
Conn
New Rochelle
City OF Parks
Age Eee
J. Edgar Leaycraft &O
West 42d St
Vga
Cortlandt
Wfverra Marine Inner
Bunga Rine € CO
Terra MA
Jor Sale
Ossining
Thomas Leary
Main Street
TOTEL
Sertie Estate
Schoonmaker & Sons
Kingston
Country Estates
Os Port Illey
Jacob C. Rogers
East 30Th St
N.Y. C
Madison
Forest Lakes
Patchogue
Lake Front
McVickar Gaillard Realty
Sth
Ave
Massapequ Heights
Clal Tra
Long Island Ferries
Stan
East Srd ST
Bro
Untington
Sutphen & Gilsey
We Broadway
Bale Terre
Pean Alvord
New Jersey Real Estate
George S&s. Hastings
East 48Th Street
New York City
Englewood
New Ve
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Elly
Rutherford
Asbury Park
Allenhurst
Deal
Albert mEneirss
Ashbury Park
Edward N Crosby & Co
Chesebro-Davidson Realty Company
West 28Th St
Benjamin Ro Lummis
Felt Construction Company
West 27Th St S
Goodale & Son
Oestreicher Brothers
B. Saronowitzy
John F. Baber (Inc
Grand Centres
Harlem
N. BH
Hartford
Paler Field Griffin & CO
Matorac
Colntry
A. Rowman
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Ain Street
Hous Thomas Leary
Fulton St
A. A. Neuman
B. E. Stern
Gentleeman
Roperty
California
John Cooper
Huntington, L
Blenkim
Resort House of America
Atlantic City
Josiah White & Sons
Traymore
Jatlantic City
N. J
Vetel
Traymore Hotel Company
CHAS
Marquette
Morton
Virginia Ave
Heach
N. R. Haines
Ostend
Holmhurst
Pennania Ave
Neartlantic
Chalfonte
Atlantic ctTry
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Leeds Company
Montclair
Moon
Montclair. N ‘S
Calen Hall
M. Antic City
YFL Young
General Manzer
Gramatan
Bronxville
Westchester
J.J. Lannin
Garden City Hotel
Garden City
Tong Island
J. J. Laxnnis CO
Briarcliff Lodge
Briarcliff Manor
Magansett
L. F
John
Virginia
Virginia Hot Springs
Fred Sterry
Manaser
Het
City Hotels
Boston
Boston—The Vendome
Han Apner Thomas
Matilda
Ou York
Duer
Strunz
Adaline Duer
Strong & Whitehead
Arecutricea
Wall Street
Boroug Tan
Arness& Thomas
New Fork Rothce
William Stebbins, Jr
Carter & Husk
Ohnson
Wilmot
Spfir & Bartlett
Wak
Borough of Manhattan
New
NEW York Supreme
Reesa
Grotta
Phe DeHart
Chartie
Mary F. Grey
Amd
John Hotological Institute
York County
Max J. Bernheim
Flatntits
Bern
Mary F_ ‘Kay Mons
James A. Gorman
E Court
C. M & St FP
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