Manhattan Bridge Engineer Modjeski to Review Plans
Ralph Modjeski of Chicago, renowned for redesigning the Quebec cantilever bridge, is retained by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to examine all plans for the new Manhattan Bridge. Commissioner Stevenson said Modjeski would arrive Monday with full freedom to assess design and construction methods amid political criticism of the Queensboro Bridge work.
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Ralph Modjeski
Chicago
Quebec
Board of Estimates
Manhattan
Stevenson
Modjesk
Meavor McClellan
Bridery
Queensboro Bridge
The
Tribune
McClellan
George E. Best
James W. Stevenson
Bridge Department
O. F. Nichols
Best
Tammany District
Board of Estimate
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Homer Folks
City Club
Manhattan Bridge
Bridge Payments Questioned by City Official
George F B Sterling assistant corporation counsel stated it is common for the Law Department to advise the Finance Department to pay in installments for work costs that exceed initial estimates. He explained such actions occur when contracts involve ongoing or unforeseen expenses and legal guidance supports staged disbursements.
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the Tribune
Queensboro Bridge
Finance Department
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Sterling
Lew Department
Law Department
Queensboro
George FB. Sterling
Corporation Counsel
Queensboro Bridge Firms Seek Franchises for Electric Railways
After filing articles in Albany, Queensboro Bridge and Manhattan and Queensboro Railway Companies applied to the Board of Estimate for franchises to run an electric road across 7th Street and the bridge and to operate a trolley line from Manhattan Plaza to Jamaica, with several fringe lines. The boards received the requests and referred them to engineer Mr. Nichols. four more crossing applications are before the board. Directors listed include Stuart Hirschman, Michael J. Degnon, Arthur B. Turner, Stewart W. Eames, William F. Hencken, William H. Williams Jr, and Clancy D. Boynton among others, with ties to Long Island real estate interests. The Queensboro Bridge company also seeks access to Steinway tunnel and approaches, subject to city ownership or lease.
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Manhattan Bridge
Commissioner of Bridges
Boller & Hodge
William H. Or
Queensboro
Bridge Department
Messrs
Roller and
Hodge
Board of Estimate
Commissioner of
Messrs. Boller & Oder
William H. Burr
Queensboro Bridge
Emmier
Department of Bridges
Ridges
Comptroller
Trelley
Squeensboro
Ebridge
Ares
Albany
Queensboro Bridge & Jamaica Railway Company
Manhattan & Queensboro Railway Company
A7th Street
Manhattan Plaza
Jamaica
Queens
Nichols
Manhattan& Queensboro Railway Company
Long Island
Stuard Hirschman
Bellaire Realty Company
Cortland Realty Company
Maurice Realty Company
Thomson Avenue Realty Company
Stewart W. Eames
H. B. Claflin & Co
Royalton Realty Company
William F. Hencken
Kissena Park Corporation
Queens Borough Corporation
Woodside Heights Land Corporation
William H. Williams, Jr
Astoria Veneer Mills
Francis Gilbert
Clancy D. Boynton
Perth Amboy
N. J
Steinway Tunnel
Fewer Trains on Eleventh Avenue Ordered by PSC
The Public Service Commission adopted an order restricting New York Central Railroad train operations on Eleventh Avenue after reports and tests. Weekday hours are 6:49 to 7:00 a.m., 8:15 to 9:00 a.m., 11:00 to 12:55 p.m., 2:30 to 3:10 p.m., 4:45 to 5:55 p.m., and 5:45 to 6:50 p.m. Sundays allow trains from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
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Public Service Commission
New York Central Railroad
Eleventh Avenue
Eustis
Governor Hughes Meets PSC Chief at Hotel Astor
Governor Hughes spoke with William R. Willcox president of the Public Service Commission at the Hotel Astor last night and planned to announce two or three appointments after consulting today. Eustis’s term expires in February and a successor is to be named following calls. Military staff are expected to be reappointed and railway workers urged a practical railroad man join the commission.
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Hughes
Hotel Astor
William R. Willcox
Public Service Commission
Treadwell
John E. Eustis
Eustis
Broadway Bank to open Ridgewood branch at Lafayette Trust site
Broadway Bank of 12 Graham avenue Brooklyn will use the closed Lafayette Trust Company building at Myrtle avenue and Bleecker streets Ridgewood as a branch. An issue of stock par value four dollars will raise capital to 200068 dollars. Henry Baltermann is president of the Broadway Bank.
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Broadway Bank
Graham Avenue
Brooklyn
Lafayette Trust Company
Myrtle Avenue
Bleecker Streets
Ridgewood
Henry Baltermaan
Estate of Lapham at Anandsigua Lake Sold to Samuel F P Long
Inclusive Glen Gerry property of the late United States Senator Lapham sells for cash to Samuel F P Long of Minneapolis. It includes a large house stables tenant houses and about twenty acres on the shores of Anandsigua Lake with dwelling house No Say Foss etc.
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Mowe & Wyckomt
Glen Gerry
United States
Lapham
Anandsigua Lake
Samuel FP. Long
Minneapolis
Decision for Hegeman Discharges Met Life President from Custody
The Appellate Division freed John R. Hegeman, Met Life president, from custody after ruling perjury and forgery charges tied to the year end transactions were untenable. The District Attorney plans to appeal to the Court of Appeals, seeking to quash indictments against other officers.
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Supreme Court
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hegeman
District Atttorney Jerome
Court of Appeals
Mr. Hegeman
George W. Perkins
The
New York Life
Charles S Fairchild
Robert A. Granniss
Mutual Life
Metropolitan
Jerome
Vermilye & Co
State Insurance Department
McLaughlin
Houghton
Patterson
Clarke
Justice Ingraham
Ingraham
Mutual Life Suit Against Dr Granniss Upheld
Bellars Division of the Supreme Court 1st Department yesterday affirmed Justice Erlanger's judgment in the Mutual Life Insurance Company's suit against Dr Robert A Granniss for about 17.6 with interest. The decision held Dr Granniss improvident in handling company funds despite a demurrer overruled by Justice Pir langer.
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The
Bond Clerk in Tangle Over New York County Debt
General B. F. Tracy presided as J. J. Sullivan admitted he could not state the bonded indebtedness of New York County. The hearing, held in the Corporation Counsel library, explored the sinking fund, which had no specific sum set aside for those bonds. About $219,000 yearly was allocated from dock rentals to prepare for eventual payment, with no prior inclusion in the city budget since consolidation. Adjournment to next Friday followed as Tracy sought the enabling legislation. Over the Wire notes a John Kendrick Bangs Christmas romance in tomorrow's Tribune.
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B. F. Tracy
J. J. Sullivan
Finance Department
New York County
Sullivan
Tracy
Wife Identifies Alleged Burglar in Police Row
Mrs John Condon of Whitestone Long Island identified her husband John Brady as the burglar at Police Headquarters He carried a six month old baby during the scene and police say he confessed to a long series of burglaries in the guise of a gasman Condon remanded to the Tombs without bail awaiting Magistrate Steinert's trial with many victims recognizing stolen items.
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John Condon
Whitestone
Long Island
John Brady
John
Rawhide stock plunges to 65 cents amid Broad Street turmoil
Rawhide Coalition stock fell from 146 to 65 cents amid heavy selling and bids up to 1 dollar earlier in the day. About 50 thousand shares traded as prices fluctuated with occasional rallies but no sustained support. Nat C Goodwin said he will open a brokerage office at 44 Broad Street in January.
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Rawhide Coalition
Tskers
Nat C. Goodwin
No 44
Broad Street
Marine Intelligence Almanac Fragment
Fragmentary marine notes list high and low water marks, sunrise times, moon age and other navigational hints. Includes references to Sand Hook and Hell Gate with scattered numbers and island identifiers, but lacks complete context or dates.
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Mimiats
Almanat Buorise
Island
Hell Gete
Sand
Hook Ll. J O
Hell Gate
Winter Overcoats and Accessories From Rocers Peet Co
The item lists winter overcoats with high collars in gray and brownish cheviots and fur lined varieties. Also noted are two shoe types for low insteps, Ramie underwear, and various travel and grooming goods from Rocers Peet & Company with locations on Warren Street, 13th Street and 34th Street.
Wireless Reports Distress Steamers Near Sandy Hook
The Celtic was 8 miles 2 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 10 pm yesterday and is due to dock about 6 30 pm Sunday. The Martha Washington was 289 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon yesterday and is due to dock about 8 30 am today.
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Celtic
Sandy Hook
Martha Washington
Sandy Rook
Incoming steamers today and ships sailing schedule
A dated shipping list shows vessels arriving and departing, with ports from Tampico Havana Curacao London Hull Swansea Galveston New Orleans Mexico Naples Palermo Jacksonville and more. It includes ship names Vigilancia Pathfinder Martha Washington Bertha etc and departure/arrival dates in December plus sailing times and destinations for passengers and mail.
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Vigilancia
Tampico
Ward
Havana
Ward Curacao
London
Hull
Swansea
Galveston
New Orleans
Mexico
Gallia
Naples
Bermudian
Southampton
American Glasgow
Nassau
Berma
Quebec
Vaderland
Antwerp
ZI Dia
Savannah
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures of Steamers
List of ships arriving at or leaving ports with routes, dates, and passenger counts. Cunard Lusitania, Princess Anne, Mars, Allegheny, Montevideo, City of Savannah, Blud Higgins, Massachusetts, Pewnee, Proteus, Clothilde Cuneo, Maracas, Prins Willem II, and others show cargo, mails, and passenger movements. quarantine statuses noted for several vessels. Domestic routes include Liverpool to Queenstown, Newport News, Norfolk, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Savannah with varied tonnage and freight.
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Luisitania
Turner
Liverpool
Queenstown
Cunard Ss O. Ltd
Bar
Princess Anne
Taples
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Sea
Moise
Lang Branch
Mars
Ger
Haack
Seville
Lisbon
Gans Ss Line
Allegheny
Krause
Port de Vaix
Cape Hayties
Gonaives
Port Au Prince
Petit Goave
Jeremie
Savaniila
Cartagena
Santa Martha
Hamburg American Line
Montevideo
Span
Oyarbide
Genoa
Barcelona
Malaga
T'Adix
Compania Trasatlantica
City of Savannah
Visher
Savanneah
Ud. Higgins
Galveston
Southern Pacific Co
Miise
Massachusetts
Holmes
Boston
New England Navigation Co
Mise
Pewnee
Rich
Philadelphia
Cyde Ss Co
Highlands
Proteus
Hopner
New Orleans
van Baaren
Paramaribo
Demerara
Trinidad
Curacao
Jacmel
Aux Cayes
Port au-Prince
St Mare
Royal Dutch Weat India Mail
Ber
Complex Ocean Passenger Routes from New York in December
The fragment lists multiple ships and routes from New York in December including connections via Boulogne Naples Gibraltar and Naples Havre Cape Town Mossel Bay Port Natal Melbourne and Sydney. It mentions vessels such as Italian Prince Br Star of England and various liners with destinations like Genoa Adelaide Bristol and Rio de Janeiro while noting dates and traveler movements.
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Arhivel
Notterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Brutetis
New York
Boulogne
Naples
Hepuolic
Bri
St Michaels
Genoa
Lincoln
Gibraltar
Havre
Texas
Santas
Pernmumbuco
Batia
Rio de Janeire
eRre
Star of England
Melbourne
Sydney
Dew & Huisiana
Ital
Ihr
Nhc
Stavoain
Antwerp
Bermuda
Bre
Queens
Santos
Prince
Barbedos
Badae
Mira
Rio
Calderes
Hélena
Castle Tin
Town
Algos Bay
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Europe
America
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Walter Baker & Co., Ita
Borchester, Mass
New York Central
DR. Granniss
Tangle
N. Y
Over the Wire
John Kendrick Bangs
Tomorrow's Tribune
Marine Intelligence
Rocers, Peet & Company
Broadway
Warren St
34Th St
Salls
St Louis
American
White Star
Zulia
Red D
Sibiria
Inagua
Hamb
Coamo
San Juan
Saratoga
Wards
Bahia
Atrato
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Victoria
Hamburg
Hambi
F Wilhelm
Bremen
Lloyd
Mesaba
Atlantic Trans
Caledonia
Glasgow
French
Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
Denver
Mallory
Jefferson
Old Dom
Panama
Cristobal
Marowyne
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Monroe
Old Dominion
Seminole
San Domingo
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Rotterdam
Hoelland
Apache
Hamilton
Zealand
Australia
Samoan Islands
New Caledonia
San Francisco
Lord Sefton
Hawaii
Alameda
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
GOTOR
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Ta “Pacoma
Teucer
Islands
Vancouver
Philippine
West
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Fiji Islands
Toria
Marama
Shipping News
Port of New York
Frankdale
Adelaide
Thomas Nord
Ciudad Bolivar
Vandalla
Ier
Hamtrg
Pring Sigismund
Fortune Island
Haverstorff
Mhiladelphia
Paloma
Nban
Cardenas
Manzanlo
Barenfels
Arapahoe
Charleston
Charluis
Reterhaven
Carib
Wilmington
Georgetown
Amsterdam
Day & We
Way
45Th St
E. Ziexfeld
Actas
Mimi Aguglia
Malia
Tenigt Stanciur
Blaney
Lincoln SQ
Bway
65Th St Mat
Garden Theatre
Vesta Victoria
Dixey
Ary Jane
GRE
Colonial Mat. Daily, Ts
Alhambra
Eden Musee
Belle Blanche
Jessie Preston
John T. Kelly
Selma Brats
Jas Marrigen
Thos, W. Ress & Co
Julius Steger & Co
Winona Winters
Caronta
Itr
Madeira
Earl & Wilson
Ay Gsen
Wacom Sure South
New York Cay
Mr. Blackborne
Arthur Blackborne
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association
East
St. Madison Square South
David Belasco
Bates
Blanche Bates
Dorothy Dix
Belasco
George Iarliss
Oscar Hammerstein
Miss Mary Garden
Renaud
Vali
Mus
Campanini
Traviata
Tetrazzini
Constantino
Sammarco
SUN
Might Campanini
Mile
Labia
Mme
Agostinelli
Miles
Trentini
Hkoelling
Ponzane
Taccani
Zenatelio
Sammarce
Gilibert
de Segurola
Gianoli-Galletti
Cam- Thaumine
Eve
Milies
Espinasse
Zeppilli
Doria
Mariska- Aldrich
Dalmores
Crabbe
Daddi
Gilanoli-Galletti
Tosca
Constantine
Boheme
Mme Melba
Mile Trentini
Tacecani
de Segsurela
Glanoli-Gal- Tetti
Juggler OF Notre Dame
Dufranne
Valles
Carmen
Aruso
Loscaniro
Emma Eames
Martin
Scotti
Spetrine
Solders
Eske
Ds Johnston
Theatra
Hertz Ope
Sembrich
Caruso
Amato
Tiffland
Destinn
Schmedes
Feinhais
Hinckle
Cavalgay
Empire Wee Arne Toca
St! John Drew
Ek Shaw S. Maude Adams
Hudson Ethel
Toad Wee
Barrymore ‘Dent
Drenigione
Rick L Frank Bat
WM. Gillette
Samson
Billie Burke
Garrick
Srg
Knickerbocker
Fritzi Scheff
SAVOY
AES
Henry Miller
HOUSE
NEW Circus
Corte
Gasing
ManTedar
Lulu Glaser
Sustatee
N Ev
Mat WM
Faversham
Dalday & Web
the World
Thin Herald SQ
Stwins
West End
Wallace’s
Marie S Ahicl
Astor
Carnegie
Elman
Bloomfield Tessler
Symphony Society
Gustav Mahler
Xagner
Faust
Weber
Oberon
Beethoven
West 34Th St
Carnegie Halt Philharmonic Society
Safonoff
Shevinne
Smetaces
Manfred Techalkowce
S. Secretar Arnegie
J. Townsend Russell
Carnegie Lyceum
Sering
National J OF Design A
Cademy
Gabrilowitsch
Carnegis All
Yellowstone Park
Srw St
Knessel Quartet
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