Demands on Railroads Seek Wage Increases Across West
Chicago reports four major labor groups, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Order of Railway Conductors, coordinating to seek 3 to 20 percent pay raises for about 170,000 rail workers nationwide. Delegates meet in Chicago hotels, with a St. Louis conference set for January 5 to review responses from railroads and potential concerted action if settlements stall.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
St. Louis
Stockholders to vote on increase and new lines for Chicago Great Western
A special stockholders meeting is called for February 16 in Chicago to approve raising common stock from 30 million to 50 million. The plan includes extending Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad lines to Omaha and Sioux City, and purchasing branch lines to create through routes from Chicago to Omaha and to Sioux City and to Minneapolis and St Paul, expanding the system and net earnings. The Mason City and Fort Dodge stock will be exchanged for Chicago Great Western common stock to secure control, with only part of the increase needed to complete the arrangement.
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Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago
Stickney
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad Company
Omaha
Sioux City
Chicago Great Western
Oclwein
Iowa
Hayfield
Minn
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St Paul
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Chicago Great Western Company
Rhinelander Estate Sold to New Real Estate Company
Trustees and heirs of William C Rhinelander form a corporation under the 1901 law to take over estate lands. The Rhinelander Real Estate Company bought city property including Broadway parcels and Sixth Ave lots for 3.3 percent thousand in a partition sale. Heirs like William R Stewart and Aspenard Stewart will hold stock in the new company, to be passed down with the estate.
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Rhinelander Real Estate Company
Broadway
Sixth-ave
Bradish Johnson Estate Company
Charles P. Northrup
Nassau St
Bradish Johnson
Rhinelander
William R
Aspenard Stewart
Sanitation letter on typhoid opens water safety debate
New York German Medical Society sent a letter to Mayor and health officials urging better drinking water and public education to curb typhoid. It notes Croton watershed risks and supports modern filtration. the mayor’s department promises ongoing vigilance and rapid action on any contagious case. The same issue reports county canvass results after the election, detailing votes for governor and justices in New York County.
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Board of Health
Aqueduct
New York
Croton
New-York
Glanhattan Island
Colon Monroe
City of
Manhattan
Bronx
Health Department
Department of Water Supply, Gas and City
Big Malleable Iron Merger Forms National Sized Company
Detroit reports one of Michigan’s largest deals with seventeen malleable iron firms uniting to form a single corporation. Capital ranges from 16 to 29 million dollars. Financial hub to be New York, operating base in Chicago. No cash or stock manipulation. no plant closures or management changes. United States Steel interests connected but no trust sale.
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United States Steel
Detroit
Michigan
W. C. McMillan
United States
New York
Chicago
Michigan Malleable Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
National
Makes Chemical Discovery by Freezing Sulphur
Chicago December 2 Dr Alexander Smith professor at University of Chicago reports that liquid sulphur can be frozen at 119.25 degrees A notable chemistry milestone with potential future impact though not commercially valuable He also separated amorphous sulfur from soluble liquid sulphur and studied their behaviors under varied conditions.
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Tribune
Chicago
Alexander Smith
University of Chicago
Smith
TUNNEL DISCUSSION SHUT OFF AT BOARD MEETING
The Board of Aldermen halted talks on the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise with a motion to adjourn after the Committee on Railroads failed to report. Alderman Sullivan pressed to bar Erie Railroad tracks on Thirteenth avenue, citing authority questions with Borough President Cantor. Cantor defended temporary permits and warned any franchise change would require board action. The Erie must seek a franchise under the charter.
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Diemer
Meyers
Fornes
Merchants’ Association
McCall
Alderman Sullivan
Erie Railroad Company
Thirteenth-ave
Twenty-eighth
Twenty-ninth Sts
Cantor
Sullivan
Hull
Corporation Counsel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
John T. McCell
Mr. McCall
Choosp Couper's Hawkins Monument Awarded in Pitt sburgh
New York sculptor William Couper, based at 207 East Seventeenth Street and Montclair New Jersey, won an open competition for the $20,400 Hawkins Monument to Colonel Alexander L. Hawkins of the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. The design features a curved balustrade, seats, and a central heroic bronze figure with four tablets naming fallen regiment members from the Philippine campaign. The commission follows a national call for models issued last August with twenty three submissions reviewed by a jury including John W. Beatty Daniel C. French and Thomas Shields Clarke.
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East Seventeenth St
Montclair
N. J
Pittsburg
Alexander L. Hawkins
Fennsylvania Volunteer Regiment
W. 5S
Budworth & Son
West Fifty-second St
John W. Beatty
Carnegie Institute
Daniel C. French
Thomas Shields Clarke
Cooper
Colonel Hawkins
State of
Pennsylvania
Broker Dies During Business Call on William Street
Malcolm MacDonald a mining stock broker died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the office of Walter S. Logan on the eleventh floor of 277 William Street. Cause was heart trouble. Coroner Jackson granted removal. He was 70, lived at 121 Montague Street Brooklyn, leaving a wife and four children. He was connected with San Miguel Plantation Company Palomas Oil Company and the Gold Metal Mill and Mining Company.
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Walter S. Logan
Williamst
Jackson
MacDonald
Broadst
Montague St
Brooklyn
San Miguel Plantation Company
Palomas Oil Company
Gold Metal Mill and Mining Company
Captain Mackenzie Charged With Immigration Law Violation
United States Deputy Marshal Blake arrested Captain J. W. Mackenzie of the Quebec Line steamship Pretoria for alleged immigration law violation. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields and bailed $1,000 for examination. The charge states he allowed an immigrant sent to Ellis Island to land elsewhere after a Bermuda to New York voyage.
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Blake
J. W. Mackenzie
Quebec Line
Pretoria
Mackenzie
Shields
Ellis Island
New York
Bermuda
Philip S. Biglin
Say. Burchell
Paris Chamber approves $30000 credit for Exposition program
Paris on December 2 reports the Chamber of Deputies voted four to two in favor of a credit of thirty thousand dollars. The funds will support the participation of the Service of Public Instruction and of Fine Arts in the Exposition. St. Louis
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
St. Louis
Chanterelle and Latson win at New Orleans long shots
New Orleans December 2 Henry McDaniel and Moabina were the only winning favorites today. Chanterelle and Latson, thriving from long odds, claimed victories while Larson showed notable speed. Weather clear, track very heavy. Also reports on racing results across six races plus notes on club mergers and Whitney horses sales.
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Hedge
Philadelphia Pros Move to New York and May Sign Weekes
The Philadelphia professional football team will end its season in Philadelphia next Saturday then move to New York to play at Madison Square Garden during Christmas week under Tom O Rourke. Harold Weekes Morley or another Columbia star may join the New York eleven. The fencing season opens with The Three Weapon Cup at the Fencers Club Windsor Arcade Building. Teams from New York Athletic Club Boston Athletic Association and New York Turn Verein compete for the gold and bronze club medals and the silver cup for one year. The Greater New York Irish Athletic Association holds a Madison Square Garden meeting December 27 featuring an intercity team race and a four man mile relay. Ernest Hjertberg has four hopefuls Sanford McLaughlin Joyce and Jerry Pierce to win the intercity trophy.
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Morley
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University of Pennsylvania
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Old Glory horse sale near end at Madison Square Garden
Today marks the final day of the eighth annual Old Glory sale at Madison Square Garden. About 1100 horses are to be sold tonight, with consignors expected to realize around 400000 dollars. Yesterday twelve horses brought 2435 dollars, averaging 240 60 per head, including Baron March a 2:15 trotter by Delmarch May Wilkes and Silk Cord by Prodigal Red Silk with J H Shults among buyers.
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B. G
Trotter
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May Wilkes
E. B. Rice
Boston
J. H. Shults
Columbia Insignia Awarded To Varsity Members
Columbia's athletic council awarded the varsity C to twelve players from the football team this year. Substitutes and players who appeared in only one or two games received football monograms and varsity stripes.
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H. H. Weekes
R. 8. Smith
W. C. Duell
C. L. Frambach
J. R. Fisher
F. H. Duden
R. S
S. F. Shaw
A. M. Wolff
S. Smythe
C. Townsend
C. Wood
J. G Wallace, Jr
H. G. Alsberg
R. A. de Sallier
S. E. Sladkus
E. N. Dollin
N. W. Muller
Colege
W. F. Gillies
Ot College
Youngstown Men Plan Havana Beach Resort Line
Willis Park of Youngstown Ohio and several local businessmen arrived from Cuba aboard the Mexico yesterday. They have secured a concession to build an electric railway from the Plaza Havana to Mariana Beach fifteen miles away. The Havana and Jimenetos Railroad will develop a beach resort with first class hotels and usual seaside attractions.
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Youngstown
Ohi
Cuba
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A Thousand Miles in an Auto by Telegraph to the Tribune
Kingston December 2 L C Boardman spoke on One Thousand Miles in a Motor Car detailing his summer trip New York to Chicago for good roads. The Courthouse crowd included Ulster County Board of Supervisors and county legislators who listened intently to his authentic remarks. He heads the New York and Chicago good roads movement and predicts a national road to Chicago soon with a route diverging from the Hudson River Valley toward Rhinebeck and west of Kingston.
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Kingston
N. Y
L. C. Boardman
New York
Chicago
Board of Supervisors
Ulster County
Boardman
Hudson
Rhinebeck
Hudsoniver
Winton Seeks Entry in International Auto Cup Race
Alexander Winton aims to contest the upcoming international car race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy abroad next year. Each country may enter three representatives and machines must be built from material sourced domestically. the event rewards the top finishing country. Winton plans a new car and has contacted the Automobile Club of America to enter.
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James Gordon Bennett
Winton
Automobile Club of America
Damp er on Cornell project grows amid regatta rule
Ithaca reports that Henley stewards may bar crews coached by professionals, spurring Cornell to doubt sending a crew to England next July. The Cornell Sun notes English sentiment against American entries, making an entry unlikely. undergraduate opinion favors avoiding controversy with the English.
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the Tribune
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Cornell Sun
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Century Road Club prizes in fifty mile race and upcoming events
H S R Smith of the Century Road Club Association won first in the fifty mile road race with a time of 2 29 30. R Acker and others from the club placed second through ninth. The club plans a six day race team of Ned Newkirk and Jacobson and holds a New Year Eve race to Valley Stream. Royal Arcanum Wheelmen election at 262 West Ninety ninth street Friday night. Also, New York State League of American Wheelmen meeting at Century Wheelmen on December 20 at 8 pm.
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Century Road Club Association
R. Acker
G. Holzhauer
H. A. Gleisman
D. J. Adams
J. Kopsky
O. J. Stich
Ned” Newkirk
Jacobson
Valley Stream
Royal Arcanum Wheelmen
West Ninety-ninth St
New-York State
League of American Wheelmen
Century Wheelmen
Amsterdam Ave
City group seeks municipal sprinkling of streets
The League of American Wheelmen executive committee on November 29 urged the Street Cleaning Department to water streets instead of a private contractor. A meeting for interested parties is set for Saturday at 8 o'clock in the Century Road Club Association rooms, 310 West Fifty third street. The resolutions note the contractor's license expires April 26 and condemn current sprinkling as a health menace, asphalt damage, water waste, and a burden on ratepayers.
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Century Road Club Association
West Fiftythird St
Princeton midwinter sports begin with strong basketball squad
Princeton New Jersey December 2 Special Old Nassau movers begin regular practice for hockey and basketball with a larger basketball squad than before, signaling one of Princeton's strongest teams. Hockey aims for a fast lineup in three weeks before the Christmas Pittsburg trip, with a training table starting December 16 and many candidates led by J A Hazelhurst 4 of Illinois as assistant business manager.
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Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
J. A. Hazelhurst
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