Pennsylvania Tunnel Franchise Stalled By New York Aldermen
Aldermen defer action on the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise for one week amid factional tensions. Mayor Low urges approval in a lengthy letter while supporters tout the contract's benefits for transit, jobs, and city prosperity, and opponents warn of political leverage and a possible minority report.
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Low
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Reading
Frank Martin
Rapid Transit Commission
Pepid Transit Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mathews
Committee On Railroads
Meyers
Wirth
Moses J. Wafer
Platt
Board of Estimate
Union Railroad
Macomb’s Dam Bridge
Odell
West St. Grab
John T. McCall
Senator Platt
Leaders and the Franchise in City Hall Developments
Republicans vented frustration over Aldermen Armitage Mathews and William Whittaker and their district leaders Abraham Gruber and Captain F Norton Goddard in a tunnel franchise fight. The struggle split along party lines with Tammany opposition led by Charles F Murphy. Goddard’s supporters doubt his mayoral prospects if his stance against a perpetual franchise endures.
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Armitage Mathews
William Whittaker
Abraham Gruber
F Norton Goddard
Tammany
Combine
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Whittaker
Messrs
Mathews
Gruber
Goddard
Alderman Whittaker
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Gendia
Alderman
ST Ork
Board of Aldermen
Keyes Letter Details Alleged Offer to Labor Men
James Keyes of the United States Licensed Masters and Pilots Association spoke at the Central Federated Union meeting about a letter alleging a money offer to labor men to oppose the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise. The letter claims a $500 inducement to four others plus himself to appear before the Board of Aldermen on November 26. No action was taken on the letter. Carbona advertised as non inflammable cleaner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keyes
United States Licensed Masters and Pilots’ Association
Miscellaneous Section
Central Federated Union
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Paul Reichenbacher
Keyes
Board of Aldermen
Bar Honors Justice Harlan at Washington Dinner
Washington scene details the Supreme Court dinner at the New Willard Hotel honoring Justice John Marshall Harlan for 25 years on the bench. President Roosevelt arrives to applause as Wayne MacVeagh introduces the President. speeches emphasize Harlan's influence on American jurisprudence and statesmanship, with ties to Kentucky and Civil War memory.
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John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
New Willard Hotel
Knox
Wayne MacVeagh
Richard D. Harlan
Lake Forest
Ill
Justice Harlan
James $. Harlan
Porto Rico
John Maynard Harlan
Chicago
Court of Claims
America
Supreme Court of the Land
Ufe
Court
Kentucky
Justice
John Mason Brown
Sumter
Fred
Border States
Clay
Crittendens
Blairs
Thomas
Farragut
Union
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Iowa
Virigiia
Missouri
Luke Wright
Philippine Islands
Harlan
Venezuela Faces Britain Germany Ultimatum Question
President Castro stated Venezuela has not received an official ultimatum, only simultaneous requests from Great Britain and Germany. He said foreign powers should not intervene, vowed to enforce rights, and noted a November decree establishing a claims committee with no submitted or rejected cases.
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Caracas
Castro
England
Germany
Venezuela
Great Britain
Douglas
Retribution
Four Venezuelan fleet seized amid British German protests
London reports that the British and German fleets captured the Venezuelan fleet of four warships at La Guayra harbor. Caracas notes arrests of all German and British subjects there and describes widespread English and German involvement in railroads banking and commerce amid tensions in December.
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Germany
England
la Guayra
Caracas
la Gauyra
Caracas-La Guayra
Venezuela
Valencia
City Faces Bitter Cold and Coal Shortage
The city awoke to the coldest December 9 in 26 years as supply outlets ran short of coal. Four deaths are attributed to the weather, with several others overcome by the extreme cold. Coal yards selling in small lots to the poor drew crowds to avert deeper suffering.
Record Cold Day Brings Deadly Toll in City
A brutal cold snap shattered records on December 9 with a low near eight degrees and a rise to eighteen. Deaths followed as John V. Stellenwerf, a 36 year old Castleton Corners blacksmith, froze near Fairview Cemetery. An unconscious man, reportedly Byrnes helper, was rescued from East Eightieth street and transported to Presbyterian Hospital. The harbor steamed with beriberi like vapor as warmer water met the icy air, and streets froze, slowing traffic and trips.
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Weather Bureau
Sam
John V. Stellenwerf
Fairview Cemetery
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Mariner
Bay i
Hesserst
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
the Tribune
University Settlement
Rivington and Eldridge Sts
Ward Line
Morro Castle
East River
Ars
Taft for Supreme Court as Shiras retirement looms
Washington dispatch reports Justice Shiras to retire and Governor Taft named to succeed him before Congress adjourns. Possible moves include Wright as Civil Governor of the Philippines and Worchester departing the Manila commission. Rockhill and Ferguson eyed for vacancies with Rockhill possibly to China if needed. Asthma relief ad ends the item.
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Tribune
Washington
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Allegheny
Penn
Taft
Manila
Congress
Wright
Philippines
Dean C. Worcester
Commission
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
Arthur W. Ferguson
Philippines Commission
Rockhill
City allocates funds for poor coal aid in deepening cold
The Board of Aldermen approved 100000 for buying coal for destitute residents, authorizing 190000 in special revenue bonds. The plan, to be reviewed by the Mayor and the Board of Estimate, envisions a free distribution to the needy, possibly managed by Homer Folks. The article notes no coal famine despite a harsh day, with large distributing yards selling by the pail and crowds forming at yards across the East Side led by Curtis & Blaisdell, Emil Nufeld, and Alfred Farber's Son.
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Board of Aldermen
John T. McCall
Jacob A. Cantor
Borough of
Manhattan
Tribune
McCall
Board of Estimate
Homer Folks
Grout
Folks
New York
Curtis & Blaisdell
Washington St
Barber
Yeerterdar
Waterst
James St
Water Front
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Tammany Men
Cantor
McInnes
Oard
Tve
Gaffney
Fornes
Providence
Samuel B. Donnelly
Matthew Quinlan
Railroad
New Jersey
Long Island Railroad
Queens
Fourth Ave
City of
City
New-York
United States
New
Rome
York
Industry
Hudson River
Leaders and
Captain Goddard
Laurel
Heroes OF Border States
New York Central
Advti
Rock Island
California
London
Justice Shiras
Cerein Jayne
Harry G. Barber
Ffere
United Hebrew Charity Organization
Pennsylvania
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