Sullivan faction predicts votes on Pennsylvania tunnel franchise
Aldermen in the Board of Aldermen admit the Pennsylvania Rail road tunnel contract will likely pass but vow to keep fighting. Vice-Chairman McInnes and Alderman Meyers claim forty eight votes for the franchise while Alderman Gaffney and allies push toward forty seven. Borough President Cantor expected to oppose. Haffen and Bronx members likely to back the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Board of Aldermen
Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel
James McInnes
James C. Meyers
James Gaffney
Charles F. Murphy
Grout
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Tammany
John T. McCall
Tim” Sullivan
Murphy
City Hall
Whiich
Borouch
Haffen
The
Bronx
Messrs
Harnischfeger
Gass
Leitner
Goldwater
Peck
Longfellow
Cantor
Merchants’ Association
Gaffney
Mr. Gaffney
Rapid Transit Commission
McCall
Wafer
Lundy
Demcrats
Diemer
Republican
Friends of the Franchise
Legislature Can Act On City Franchises For Tunnels
Attorney General John C. Davies advised William F. King that the legislature may strip the New York City Board of Aldermen of its power to grant railroad tunnel franchises and vest it in the Board of Estimate and Apportionment or another elected or city-appointed body. The opinion notes the legislature has no power to grant such a franchise itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Davies
William F. King
Merchants’ Association
Pennsylvania
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Atttorney
King
New York
Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Cantor urged by King to vote aye on Pennsylvania tunnel
W F King, head of the Merchants Association committee on the tunnel franchise, wrote to Borough President Cantor urging support as aldermen consider the franchise today. Cantor planned to state his position with reasons by telephone. The letter argued the tunnel and terminal would benefit commercial, manufacturing, and financial interests and local labor dependent on city prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam F. King
Merchants’ Association
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Cantor
Lewer
Central Tunnel Plan Protests Grow From East Side Owners
Richard J. Donovan representing the Citizens' East Side Improvement Association and local property owners submits a brief and petitions to Mayor Law and the Board of Aldermen opposing New York Central track alterations on Park Avenue. Protests target the 4 percent street grade, demand parking over grade level, roof over Park Ave between Forty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Streets, and a three year timeline to depress tracks and switch to electricity. They argue city funds should not cover improvements given Central’s prior aid and franchise. Additional objections include a riverfront only power house, a milk station in Park Ave, and a low waiting room near Forty-fifth Street. The brief urges direct underground rapid transit connections and warns of possible forfeiture of Park Ave rights if timelines aren’t met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Donovan
Citizens’ East Side Improvement Association
East Side
Mayor Law
Board of Aldermen
New York Central
Park
Donovan
Forty-fifth-st
Fifty-sixth-st
Manhattan
River Front
Parkave
Forty-fifth St
New-York Central
Park Ave
Crowded Manhattan Elevate Cars Prompt Indictment and Denial
Officials insist all cars are in use as crowds swell before and after rush hours. Merchants Association calls for action to curb indecency and protect working women amid crowded cars. Albany reports Vice President Skitt denies car shortages, stating sixty more cars than ever in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Cantor
William F. King
Merchants’ Association
Albany
Alfred Skitt
Manhattan Elevated
F. H. Weeks
New York
Third-ave
Strike at City Hall Continues Amid Labor Dispute
Walking delegates from the Building Trades demanded the discharge of foreman Matthew Ryan and union-only hiring, plus 9258 dollars for time lost and removal of nonunion marble work. Contractors offered only union labor at best, ending talks and keeping the City Hall renovation strike moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan & McFerran
Board of Building Trades
City Hall
Messrs
Ryan and
McFerran
William H. Walker
Building Trades Organization
Matthew Ryan
Trades Union Board
Plasterers’ Union
Ryan
John J. Oven
The
Piasters' Union
East -Fourth-St
Anthracite Crisis Shapes City Coal Market
Amid a coal shortage, prices rose and panic followed. Lehigh Valley Coal Co instructed mines to ship as fast as terminals at Perth Amboy and Jersey City allow. Erie RR yards filled. coal trains rushed through Jersey City Heights overnight. Freight rates surged. barges pay 40 to 75 cents a ton, up from 15 to 60. Jersey Central demands 20,000 tons weekly, signaling shift back to anthracite. A consumer notes revealed ton weight affects dealer profits as 2,240 pounds per ton vs 2,000 for retail, with many customers receiving less than a full ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
New York City
Perth Amboy
Jersey City
Erie Railroad
Jersey City Heights
Jersey Shore
New York
Manhattan
Jersey Central Railroad
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Miners Close Case as Coal Rail Link Framed by Commission
Scranton reports the mine workers wrap up their case after nineteen days and about 160 witnesses before the strike commission. The panel debated how coal carrying railroads relate to mining firms, with Chairman Gray resisting widening the inquiry beyond submissions and insisting wages must be fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Gray
Oneii
James H. Torrey
Delaware and Hudson Company
Coal Dealer Threatened Over Coal Prices in Brooklyn
Police investigate a German threatening note sent to Rudolph Reimer, coal dealer of East New York, warning that his house will be burned if coal prices rise. A skull and crossbones marks the card, and officers plan to station guards at the Reimer home for days. The article also notes 15 000 tons of coal stuck in the Gowanus Canal due to dockmaster shortages, slowing deliveries and prompting calls for more dockmasters and action by city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberty-ave
Rudolph Reimer
East New York
Mr. Reimer
Reimer
Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal
Holiday in Mitchells Honor in Spring Valley
John Mitchell received a warm welcome on his return to his old home as Spring Valley observed a general holiday. About three thousand unionists and citizens joined a parade led by a military band. Resolutions praising miners’ gains in Pennsylvania were presented, engraved on a silver tray and aluminum-embossed frame. Speakers at the evening meeting included W. R. Russell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
John Mitchell
Peru
Nion
Thomas L. Kidd
W.B. Wilson
James Beattie
Fourteen Railroads Sued Over Rate Cuts In Court
In Chicago on December 15 the circuit court began hearings on temporary restraining orders against fourteen railroads accused of cutting rates in violation of the Sherman and Interstate Commerce acts. Judges Grosscup and Philips preside. Railroads named include Michigan Central, Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, Illinois Central, Chicago and North Western, and others. Hearings for all fourteen cases proceed simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagoe
Hegun
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Grosscup
Chicago
Philips
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Michigan Central
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Chicago and Llouis
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Ilinois Central
Chicago and
Northwestern
Chicago and Alton
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago Great Western
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Rock Island and Pacific
Burlington and Quincy
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Reading Railroad Ramps Up Coal Shipments Amid Fuel Shortage
Nearly 100 000 tons of anthracite coal were shipped from Reading area mines as the Reading company rushed supply to New York and Philadelphia. From Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight 52 400 tons were moved, with 40 100 tons started Friday. Locomotives and cars were in short supply due to snow and ice, but the effort continued to alleviate the fuel crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Reading Company
New York
Philadelphia
Ennes
Coal Famine Strikes Schenectady Amid Short Coal Supply
In Schenectady New York up to noon today many coal orders were issued yet none were filled. Coal dealers cannot meet regular customer demand. The Citizens' Committee office is crowded with residents seeking coal amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Citizens’ Committee
Medical Association hears tetanus cure claim
At a New York meeting Dr William H Sackett reports on a tetanus treatment by Dr Luckett described as promising. The method targets the brainstem and cerebro spinal fluid to overcome the poison. Two cases were treated with notable recovery, suggesting potential beyond prior methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Medical Association
Academy of Medicine
West Forty-third St
William H. Sackett
Luckett
No Coal For County Jail Hits Ballston Courthouse
The last shovelful of coal was placed in the furnace today as Ballston County faces zero temperatures. Fifty seven prisoners are housed in the jail which shares heating with the courthouse and the County Clerk’s office. No coal supply is in sight and the thermometer reads 17 degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballston
N. Y
Lighthouses Run Low on Coal at Narragansett Pier
Point Judith Watch Hill and Block Island lighthouses are without coal. Superintendent H. M. Knowles reports the shortage to Life Saving Service head Kimball in Washington, leaving the lighthouses unable to be relieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Point Judith
Watch Hill
Block Island
H. M. Knowles
Kimball
Life Saving Service
Washington
Child labor testimony and judge questions in Pennsylvania
A courtroom scene unfolds as a thirteen year old silk mill worker testifies about night work for 66 cents, with Judge Gray probing if her stepfather owns the house. The exchange highlights gaps in Pennsylvania child labor statutes and Mr Darrow notes that laws cannot enforce themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmore
Pennsylvania
Darrow
Curb to curb snow removal expanded by contracts
Street Cleaning Department says contracts with street railway companies will cut snow by 56 percent more than previous years. Companies must obtain permits or face blocked tracks, remove snow from tracks and adjacent spaces curb to curb. Commutation distributes work between streets and ensures no rival shoveling gangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Street Cleaning
Woodbury
Snow Causes Car Blockades in City Streets
Snow slowed city traffic with horse teams unable to haul heavy loads and many car blockades. An uptown clearance delay, a malfunctioning uptown electric train, and a Sixth Avenue collision with snow caused stalls for hours. Country mail trains remained delayed but expected to normalize today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Ave
Park Place
Twenty-eighth-st
Sixth-ave
Forty-second-st
New England
Trains Delayed On Erie Line After Snow Storm
Erie Railroad trains on main line and branches were delayed yesterday morning with commuters one to two hours late. Through trains from the West, including the Chicago Limited, were three hours late due to the heavy track condition from the recent snow storm. Other roads into Jersey City reported similar delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
Chicago Limited
Jersey City
Two-Hour Ambulance Delay Records Manhattan Case
Policeman Harrigan called Roosevelt Hospital at 12 30 pm for an ambulance to fetch Eliza Walsh a fourteen year old from 531 West Fifty third Street suffering epilepsy. Ambulance arrived after two hours. three further calls were sent. Doctors cited impassable streets and only one ambulance in service at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrigan
West Forty-seventh St
Roosevelt Hospital
Eliza Walsh
West Fifty-third St
Whittemore
Park Commissioner Allows Coasting At Central Park
City officials designate several Central Park zones for children to coast with sleds and throw snowballs. Areas include Empire ball grounds and Fifty-ninth Street entrances for boys and girls, plus sections near the 7th Regiment monument and Conservatory Lake. Snowballing also allowed on the baseball green and North Meadow as winter weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcox
Central Park
Empire Ball Grounds
Fifty-ninth-st
Seventh-ave
Fifth-ave
7Th Regiment
Conservatory Lake
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Washingtons Coal Famine Slows Government Buildings
Washington faces a coal famine with many government buildings nearly out of fuel. The Postoffice Department lost its coal and lights above the first floor. the Interior Department’s steam plant shut briefly. Capitol heating is stable due to a Reading Railroad contract. District authorities authorize temporary rail tracks to move forty carloads daily, easing the shortage as coal from multiple railroads is directed to Washington dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postoffice Department
Interior Department
Capitol
Reading Railroad
of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Electric Shock Strikes Woman On Car Leaves Speakerless
Bellevue Hospital doctors investigate Mrs. Annie Stapleton of 485 West Thirty-sixth Street after an electric shock on a Ninth Avenue surface car left her speechless and with the use of her right leg gone. She recovered from unconsciousness but could not utter a sound, though she wrote her name and address. Doctors called it the strangest case they had seen, noting her mind remained clear yet speech failed without visible marks on the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Hospital
Annie Stapleton
West Thirty-sixth St
Vose
Vineland Man Claims Heir to Irish Earldom
In Vineland New Jersey George Swifte asserts he is the rightful heir to the Earl of Carlingford an estate valued at $20 000 and a seat in the House of Lords He alleges wrongful deprivation by relatives and seeks to reopen litigation with funding from John W Northrup and Charles Keighley Swifte’s story includes archival evidence and rumors of Dublin London aristocracy while his father Godwin Meade Butler Swifte is traced through multiple marriages and contested wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Swifte
Vineland
N. J
House of Lords
Earl of Carlingford
Swifte
S Heath
Ireland
John W. Northrup
Charles Keighley
Dublin
London
Peter O'Brien
Lord Carlingford
Godwin Meade Pratt Swift
Miss Clark
County
Kilkenny
Godwin Meade Butler Swifte
Miss Flite
Northrup
England
Geo
America
Leamingford
George
Negro colonization plan eyed by Roosevelt and Morgan
Washington reports T Thomas Fortune is sent to the Philippine Islands to study negro colonization prospects in the islands. Senator Morgan says the islands offer a home for negroes, under the U S flag, and that Root Taft support exists to start the project with Fortune’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenuxe
Washington
T. Thomas Fortune
Philippine Islands
United States
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Roosevelt
War Department
Philippines
Fortune
Morgan
Senate
Root
Taft
Mississippi
Oxen In New York Under Quarantine After Federal Violation
A Massachusetts oxen yoke purchased by Randall Hoxie of Ghent eluded state pickets but was soon found and placed under surveillance. He violated federal foot and mouth disease quarantine. case referred to federal authorities. A Binghamton herd once thought infected is now suspected tuberculosis. state remains free of foot and mouth disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Otis
Berkshire County
Mass
Randall Hoxie
Ghent
Columbia County
State Board of Agriculture
Hoxie
Binghamton
Snow aids Sig Boston Fire at seven story block blaze
Ice and heavy snow hampered Boston firefighters as they battled a seven story fire at Summer Street blocks 210 to 218. Loss is estimated at 100000 to 125000 with Fleming and Co. and McDonald & Sons heavily damaged. Estes Press and Avery Rand also suffered water damage. Firefighters waded through icy streets as water cascaded down stairs and through floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Summer St
Rms
Fleming & Co
McDonald & Sons
Estes Press
Avery 12 Rand
Aldinest
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R. J. Donovan
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Lloyd
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Firth
Mr. Lloyd
Simon P. Wolverton
Mr. Wolverton
Brurnm
Peter
Paul
Wolverton
Annie Denks
Judge Gray
Low
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Mitchell
Illinois
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Eighth-ave
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Union Square
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Fifty Ninth-St
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Tenth-ave
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