Manhattan Bridge under review as Modjeski hired for plans
Ralph Modjeski of Chicago to review all Manhattan Bridge plans after the Queensboro revelations. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment will have him here Monday to examine design and construction methods with full access, as officials debate responsibility for past bridge errors and tighten safety measures.
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Bridge Department
Queensyore
O. F. Nichols
Best
Tammany District
Homer Folks
City Club
Manhattan Bridge
Queensboro Bridge railway firms seek city franchises
After filing articles in Albany, the Queensboro Bridge and Jamaica Railway Company and the Manhattan and Queensboro Railway Company asked the Board of Estimate for franchises to run an electric road across 47th Street and the Queensboro Bridge and to operate a trolley from the Manhattan Plaza of the bridge to Jamaica Queens with several spur lines. The two firms share directors with real estate links on Long Island. The board referred the applications to engineer Mr Nichols for examination, alongside four other crossing requests from New York Queens County Railway Company, Third Avenue Railroad receiver Frederick W Whitridge, South Shore Traction, and Hudson & Long Island Traction, the latter two allied and seeking Manhattan and Queens franchises.
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Queensboro Bridge & Jamaica Railway Company
Manhattan & Queensboro Railway Company
Board of Estimate
47Th Street
Queensboro Bridge
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Queens
Nichols
Manhattan& Queensboro Railway Company
Long Island
Stuard Hirschman
Bellaire Realty Company
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Flushing Terrace Company
Lawrence Manor Company
Whitehall Realty Company
Michael J. Degnon
Degnon Contracting Company
Degnon Realty and Terminal Improvement Company
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Bank of Great Neck
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Arthur B. Turner
Celtic Avenue Realty Company
Conestoza Reality Company
Dauphin 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 in Eleventh Avenue Under PSC Order
The Public Service Commission adopted an order restricting New York Central Railroad operations in Eleventh avenue. Trains may run only during limited weekday windows 6:49 to 7:20 am, 8:15 to 9 am, 11:59 to 12:5 am, 2:30 to 3:10 pm, 4:45 to 5:5 pm, to 6:1 pm, and Sunday service is limited to 10 am to noon.
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Governor to Announce PSC Appointments After Astor Talks
Governor Hughes met at the Hotel Astor with Public Service Commission President William R. Willcox and military secretary Colonel Treadwell. He will name two or three appointments after today’s consultations and reappoint most of his military staff. Eustis's PSC term ends in February. successor named after further talks.
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Broadway Bank to Open Ridgewood Branch at Lafayette Trust Site
Broadway Bank, located at 12 Graham Avenue in Brooklyn, announced plans to use the closed Lafayette Trust Company building at Myrtle Avenue and Bleecker Street in Ridgewood as a new branch. A stock issue of 4000 dollars par value will raise total capital to 200080 dollars to comply with state banking laws. Henry Batterman serves as president.
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Brooklyn
Lafayette Trust Company
Myrtle Avenue
Bleecker Streets
Ridgewood
Henry Batterman
Glen Gerry estate sale near Anandaigua Lake
Moonee and Wyckef sold the Glen Gerry estate once owned by late United States Senator Lapham. The property includes a barge house stables tenant houses and seventy ten acres on the shores of Anandaigua Lake. The buyer is Samuel F P Long of Minneapolis. Also included is a four story tenement dwelling at Esstrith sivect No 3a and related structures.
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Glen Gerry
United States
Lapham
Anandaigua Lake
Samuel FP. Long
Minneapolis
Herman Loring
Decision for Hegeman: MetLife chief freed from custody
The Appellate Division ordered John R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life, discharged from custody after arrest on perjury and forgery charges tied to the year end transactions. The District Attorney plans to appeal, seeking to quash indictments against other insurance officials tied to the same dealings.
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Robert A. Granniss
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Jerome
Vermilye & Co
State Insurance Department
McLaughlin
Houghton
Justice Patterson
Justice Clarke
Justice Ingraham
Decision Against Dr Granniss In Mutual Life Suit
Bellate Division of the Supreme Court affirmed Justice Erlanger's judgment in the Mutual Life Insurance Company suit against Dr. Robert A. Granniss, former vice president, for 917 dollars 6 cents plus interest, ruling improvidence in handling company funds despite a defense demurrer. The appellate decision upheld the lower court's interlocutory judgment.
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Bond debt inquiry reveals missing sinking fund details
General B F Tracy presides as J J Sullivan testifies that New York County bonded debt had no specific sinking fund allocation. The $219000 annual addition came from dock rentals and municipal privileges, with no prior city budget provision for old county bonds. Adjournment set for next Friday. Over the Wire previews a Christmas romance by John Kendrick Bangs in tomorrow's Tribune.
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Over the Wire
John Kendrick Bangs
Tomorrow's Tribune
Wife Identifies Alleged Burglar in Gasman Case
Mrs. John Condon of Whitestone Long Island identified her husband John Brady as the burglar at Police Headquarters. Brady, in custody, is said to have confessed to numerous burglaries in the guise of a gasman. Over fifty people viewed items turned in by Condon and identified as stolen. He was remanded to the Tombs without bail pending Magistrate Steinert's trial.
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Whitestone
Long Island
John Brady
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Rawhide stock sinks to 65 cents amid heavy selling
Rawhide Coalition stock fell from 146 to 70 cents then to 65 amid a rush of sell orders and weak support. Heavy late selling included well known theatrical figures. thousands of shares traded. Nat Goodwin announced plans to open a Broad Street brokerage in January.
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Marine Intelligence Miniature Allman At Buoriae
Maritime notes from Buoriae and surrounding area show tides at sunset and moon phase readings. Listed locations include Hook, Whire Island, Hell Gate and nearby sandbanks with approximate water depths and times.
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Buoriae
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Winter Apparel and Gear at Racers Peer & Company
The piece notes long overcoats with high box collars in gray and brown cheviots for winter, praising fur lined varieties and Schlichten Ramie underwear as a temperature equalizer. It lists two boot styles, shoes with a small upper, and a range of items including safety razors, suitcases, air pillows, laundry bags, shaving sets, and Thermos bottles from Racers, Peer & Company.
Wireless Reports Show Incoming Vessels and Schedules
The Celtic and Martha Washington are tracked east of Sandy Hook with expected dock times today and Sunday. The list details vessels, routes, ports, and sailings across Atlantic lines with arrival and departure timings, and transcontinental connections through December.
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Sandy Hook
Martha Washington
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures From Local Ports
Ships arriving include the Lusitania and Queenstown service with hundreds of cabin and steerage passengers, while steamer Mars and Allegheny report ports of call in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Several vessels pass quarantine or bar arrival statuses, with cargoes ranging from mails to fruit and general merchandise.
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Cape Hayti
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Hamburg American Line
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van Baaren
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Demerara
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Jacmel
Aux Cayes
Port Aud Prince
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Royal Dutch Weat India Mail
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Shipping Arrivals and Routes From Rotterdam to New York
A compiled list of Atlantic passenger and cargo movements with ports including Rotterdam Naples Genoa Havre Melbourne Adelaide and Bristol. Entries note ship names such as President Lincoln Texas and Star of England, routes via Gibraltar Pernambuco and Cape Town, with dates in December and December 11 Dec 10 and Dec 16 references across several vessels and destinations.
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Bri
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le de Janeiro
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Janeiro
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