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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1908

Page

6

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.

Ralph Modjeski Chicago Quebec Board of Estimate Manhattan Stevenson Modjesk Mevor McClellan Queensboro Bridge The Tribune McClellan George E. Best James W. Stevenson 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.

Albany Queensboro Bridge & Jamaica Railway Company Manhattan & Queensboro Railway Company Board of Estimate 47Th Street Queensboro Bridge Manhattan Plaza Jamaica Queens Nichols Manhattan& Queensboro Railway Company Long Island Stuard Hirschman Bellaire Realty Company Cortland Realty Company Flushing Terrace Company Lawrence Manor Company Whitehall Realty Company Michael J. Degnon Degnon Contracting Company Degnon Realty and Terminal Improvement Company Charles G. Meyer Bank of Great Neck Cord Merver & Co 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.

Public Service Commission New York Central Railroad Eleventh Avenue Eustis

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.

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, 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.

Broadway Bank Graham Avenue 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.

Moonee & Wyckef 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.

Supreme Court John R. Hegeman Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hegeman Appellate Division District Atttorney Jerome Court of Appeals Wrilegeman George W. Perkins The New York Life Charles S Fairchild Robert A. Granniss Mutual Life Metropolitan 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.

Bellate Division Supreme Court Justice Erlanger Mutual Life Insurance Company Robert A. Granniss Mutual Life The

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.

B. F. Tracy J. J. Sullivan Finance Department New York County Corporation Counsel Sullivan Mr. Sullivan Tracy 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.

John Condon Whitestone Long Island John Brady John

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.

Rawhide Coalition Nat. Goodwin Behicle Coalition No 44 Broad Street

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.

Allman Buoriae Hook

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.

Celtic 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.

Luisitania Turner Moise Bar Atam Allegheny Ger Krause Port de Paix Cape Hayti Gonaives Port-au Prince Petit Goave Jeremie Savanilla Cartagena Santa Martha Hamburg American Line Bar Montevideo Span Oyarbide Genoa Barcelona Malaga Cadiz Compania Trasatlantica City of Southern Pacific Co Mise Massachusetts Holmes Boston New England Navigation Co Pawnee Rich Philadelphia Clyde Ss Co Miise Highlands Proteus Hopner New Orleans van Baaren Paramaribo Demerara Trinidad Curacao Jacmel Aux Cayes Port Aud Prince St Mare Royal Dutch Weat India Mail Maily Mds Ber

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.

Rotterdam Nieuw Amsterdam New York Boulogne Naples Hepuolic Bri St Michaels Genoa Lincoln Gibraltar Havre Texas Santas Pernambuco Bahia le de Janeiro Delagoa Bay Cape Ftown Mossel Bay East London Port Natal Melbourne Dee Hanau Adelaide Fremantle Bristol Dev Chicago City Bry Thomas Parima Creme Swart Lyttétren Star of England New Yorks Sydney Dee & Suislace Cital Slavonian Bry Antwerp Dee -la Campine Bermuda Bermudian Liverpool Queens Town Antos Santos Rio Janeiro Hobhead Gee Calderom Belg Manchester Corfe Algon. Bay Cape

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