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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
10
Commuters flood Broadway and Sixth Avenue as a bumper Christmas rush strains elevated and surface lines. Crowding, delays, and packed cars draw calls for reform from Cantor, Grout, clergy, and merchants, with proposals for double decker cars, seat rules, roof seating, and fare changes to ease the crush.
A New York Central mail car burned near Peekskill on Sunday morning, 736 mail sacks were lost including many Christmas presents mailed from New York and Brooklyn. Fifty sacks were saved, and about 5 percent of the mail originated from New England. Some sacks were destined for San Francisco and Manila, with other traffic to China, Japan and Australia.
Long queues formed in the registry division as people waited an hour or more to register packages. The pace of registered mail this year is about 20 percent higher than the holidays of 191, with overall mail matter rising similarly.
Ee P Bryan, general manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, said the second order for new tunnel cars is on hold while considering making them usable on elevated lines as well. Of 500 units, 200 come from St Louis Car, 10 from Wason, 1 from John Stephenson, and 1 from Jewett Car. Wood strip floors likely, cocoanut matting tried. Frank Hedley named general superintendent. duties start January 15. Andrew Onderdonk to build Brooklyn extension tunnel. shaft site in Battery Park marked by an old elm. Shirley Onderdonk to oversee work.
The American Line steamship St Louis docked early yesterday after a rough crossing. Passengers included E J Berwind a director in the American ship fusion, singer Mme Lillian Blauvelt and her husband William Pendleton. Blauvelt ill with whooping cough and canceled engagements and will tour here before returning to England for Covent Garden. Passenger Alfred Parsons brought over thirty garden watercolors for exhibition, some unfinished and to be completed later.
New Haven December 22 Special Work starts on Bull's Falls three miles below Kent on the Housatonic to be the largest water power plant in Connecticut. The New Milford Power Company, allied with Connecticut Lighting and Railway, plans a 20 by 20 dam, a deep canal through rock, and a reservoir feeding a powerhouse with 7.40 horsepower. Power will supply Western Connecticut for manufacturing, lighting, and trolley systems from Derby to Waterbury, with stations along the electric road network and potential reach to Bridgeport at a total outlay of about 2 million dollars funded by the trolley syndicate.
Sullivan and Krauss secure multiple addresses on East 125th and 126th Streets to build a new burlesque theatre with a roof garden. Fireproof construction aims for summer use and a September opening. Capacity two thousand in the theatre and fifteen hundred in the roof garden. Construction estimated at 320,000 with five elevators and early 20th century shows planned, including a European talent hunt in spring.
Alfred J. V. Brennan principal of the New-York Truant School was found guilty of cruel and inhuman punishment of two pupils Oscar Lehr and Terance Reilly by the special schools committee. He was suspended without pay until February 1 and recommended for transfer to an elementary school. President Burlingham defended his overall record while Thomas B. Connery urged restoration to the principal post.
Mrs Frances L Calkins of Yonkers sued Miss Mabel Secor of Dobbs Ferry for alienating her husband Douglas W Calkins. The suit, readied for trial in White Plains last Saturday, was settled out of court to avoid further publicity. Mr Calkins is well connected.
A new tuberculosis hospital will be built near New Haven with recent land gifts ensuring its success. The facility will emphasize the fresh air theory, addressing Connecticut patients who previously traveled to New York or the West for treatment. The project draws interest from tuberculosis researchers and aims to offer a high and dry climate akin to mountain resorts.
Dr John Duncan Quackenbos spoke at the Methodist Preachers Meeting at No 150 Fifth Ave on Hypno Suggestion and the Christian Preacher He urged caution about hypnotic power warning against Christian Science and noting healers who hypnotize patients to force beliefs He stated the intended use is for the sick room and parishioners and that such methods may aid those worn by life It was announced that Rev Benjamin Adams of Bethel Conn was dying.
Plans for a vast Wanamaker complex emerge from a public disclosure. Broker John N. Golding oversees the New York Central Railroad block purchases while Wanamaker eyes multiple blocks from Eighth to Tenth streets and Fourth Avenue to Broadway. The project aims at a landmark scale with subway connections and a multi building campus likely to rival any global dry goods house. The phase includes leaseholds and notable owners linked to the Sailor’s Snug Harbor Association, with existing buildings to be integrated and redesigned.
Ithaca December 22 Special President Schurman of Cornell will undertake a lengthy Western tour after Christmas, addressing Cornell alumni groups and educators in Omaha and Chicago venues. He will discuss the Philippine question, literature in education, and current educational issues, with a return to Brooklyn to address the Manufacturers' Association on America's influence on civilization. The Cornell musical clubs voyage through eight cities, with concerts in Jamestown Akron Dayton Peoria Chicago South Bend and Sandusky, spanning ten days. Cornell basketball schedule released listing games from January to March against Waverly Columbia Harvard Yale Princeton and others, with new players Knapp brothers Lyford and others joining the team for a strong season.
Racing events are listed for New Orleans and Ingleside. An Automobiling lecture is scheduled at the Automobile Club of America by G. O. Shields, Sr. The Short Hills and Crescent A. C. hockey match will be played at the Clermont Avenue rink.
The Huckleberry Indians, a tribe within the New York Athletic Club, formed December 7, 1895, meets at Huckleberry Island and holds annual frolics in September. The 190 members have $24 in treasury. Big chief R J Schaef leads, with E F Haubord as little chief and R C Kammerer as wampum keeper. sachems named F G Fullgraff, W E Hinsdale, H W Peckweld, T Guerra, Charles Reed, and R Morgan.
A second committee forms to craft a plan opposing the Read headed bondholder plan. Receivers at New Jersey court show varied stances with Colonel Pope in favor, R Lindsay Coleman opposing overcapitalization and coercive bondholder stock offers. Alfred Jaretzki says a protection committee for bondholders will be named soon with major holders backing opposition. Edwin Gould and others are named as bondholders backing the opposition.
Weather clear and track good as six races run. Pageant led six furlongs with a fast time of 1 16 flat and If You Dare placed, while Moroni and Candie Belle won second and third races respectively. Federal Artonius and Old Hutch highlighted the handicap and sprint cards, with Embarrassment winning the opening race.
The Ingleside races on a wet track produced multiple outcomes across six races. Katharine Ennis led the first race at 3 to 1, with Hesper and Gibraltar following, while Sterling Towers and Rosario each placed in the next events. Bard Burns and Tulare headlined the midcard wins with solid showings from Crest and Fitzbrillar. Ethylene and Axminster topped the final mile selling and pacing fields.
Charles W. Anderson the State Superintendent of Racing Associations reported the annual tax total of 170,0888 dollars on licensed state racing groups. The sum, about 33 percent higher than last year, funds state agricultural fairs expenses. Listed taxes include Buffalo Racing Association Queens County Jockey Club Saratoga Racing Association Westchester Racing Association Brooklyn Jockey Club Coney Island Jockey Club and Brighton Beach Racing Association.
The Greater New York Irish Athletic Association will stage a Gaelic football match at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. The O Connells and the Young Irelands, two renowned teams, are set to clash in the event known to highlight Irish sport in New York.
Crescent Athletic Club meets Short Hills Club at Clermont Avenue Rink Brooklyn in a season opener. Last season Short Hills upset Crescent 6 to 3, Crescent later won the rematch. New Jersey seven practiced outdoors two weeks, Crescent only two or three scrimmages. Tonight marks Crescent’s first game of the season.
National Cycling Association set for a professional paced cycle championship with twelve tracks to form northern and southern divisions. Three riders per race, fastest machines pacing, top points awarded 5 3 1, prize money split among leaders, two European stars to compete. January meeting in the city to finalize arrangements.
The second annual New Year's midnight road race under Century Road Club of America ends at Coney Island. P A Dyers has over forty entries for a Bedford Rest to Coney Island and return start at 17. Prizes include gold watches silver tea sets and opera glasses. The Century Road Club offers five extra prizes for the first five club members to complete the first five centuries.
The basketball committee disqualified teams for unsanctioned games and unregistered players. Names include Apetites Mount Morris team of New York The Five Stapleton Institute Athletic Club Newark Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey Xavier Club Paterson Young Men's Christian Association and St Josephs Paterson.
Fordham College baseball management could not set games with Cornell or Georgetown for the coming season. In the past three years Fordham has met both teams, defeating Cornell each time but losing to Georgetown.
Yacht news notes Puritan owner H W Foster plans a twenty horsepower gasoline engine installation at Morris Heights. Elsa former Black Pearl refitted by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Sea bury for next season. Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock II to be aluminum plated. NYYC designs new one design fleet at 1100 sq ft canvas. Navy Challenge Cup results end in a tie between Elmina and Muriel on the club cruise.
The document states an approximate sale amount of 6295 dollars with interest to December 198 and costs totaling 367 dollars. It notes taxes and liens estimated at 317.98 dollars and mentions sale expenses and water rates. Dated New York December 224 1902. Arthur D. Truax, Referee.
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