City transit chaos as holiday crowds cripple mass rides
Congestion sweeps Manhattan as shoppers flood Ninth Ave and Broadway. Delays rise on elevated and surface lines with gates blocked and packed cars reaching Eighty-first Street. Officials pledge reports and reforms to ease crush by year end. Public figures, clergy, and merchants push for rapid action and proposed car redesigns to reduce standing fares and prevent crushes.
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Cortlandt-st
Eighty-first-st
Sixth Ave
Broadway
Ninth and
Thirtyfourth Sts
Twenty-third-st
Thirty-fourth-st
Pridge
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Fulton St
Borouch
Cantor
Canter
The
Merchants’ Association
Mail car fire injures rare Christmas parcels near Peekskill
A mail car fire on the New York Central near Peekskill destroyed seven sacks of mail including many Christmas presents mailed from New York and Brooklyn. About 300 sacks had been prepared the day prior, with 5 percent from New England, and 70 sacks en route to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Central
Peekskill
New York
Brooklyn
New England
Postal Service Reports Record Holiday Mail Increase
Long lines formed at the registry division as people registered packages all day. Queues stretched into corridors with waits over an hour. Registered mail volume rose about percent compared with the holiday season of 1991, marking a significant year over year increase.
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Theistry
Cars for Elevated and Subway Cars Ordered in Abeyance
E P Bryan of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company said the second order for new tunnel cars is on hold while plans consider making them suitable for elevated lines as well. The first order of 500 cars includes components from St. Louis Car, Wason, John Stephenson, and Jewett. Bryan notes the new cars cannot fit elevated curves and discusses floor and rail plans.
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E. P. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Mr. Bryan
St. Louis Car Company
Wason Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Mass
John Stephenson Company
Jewett Car Company
Newark
Ohio
Bryan
Frank Hedley
Lake Street
Northwestern Elevated
Chicago
Interborough Company
Hedley
Manhattan Elevated
Brooklyn Elevated Company
Andrew Onderdonk
Brooklyn Extension
Battery Park
Shirley Onderdonk
St Louis Arrival Reports Rough Voyage and Notables Aboard
The American Line steamship St Louis, last of the weekend fleet to reach port, had a rough voyage. Passengers included E. J. Berwind, a director in the American ship group, and Mme Lillian Blauvelt with her husband William F. Pendleton. Blauvelt, ill before sailing, left the stage due to whooping cough and plans to perform on return to England for Covent Garden. Alfred Parsons the artist also traveled with over thirty water color garden scenes for a spring exhibition yet to be scheduled.
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American Line
St. Louis
E. J. Berwind
American Ship Combination
J. Berwind
Mme
Lillian Blauvelt
William F. Pendleton
Mme. Blauvelt
England
Covent Garden
London
Alfred Parsons
Water power plant planned on Housatonic at Bull's Falls
Work has begun on a major hydroelectric project at Bull's Falls three miles below Kent on the Housatonic River. The New Milford Power Company, affiliated with Connecticut Lighting and Railway, plans a 7,000 horsepower plant with a dam, reservoir, and a two mile canal to the powerhouse. The $2.4 million scheme aims to supply Western Connecticut for manufacturing, lighting, and trolley systems with potential transmission to Derby Waterbury and Bridgeport through a trolley syndicate network.
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New Haven
Conn
Bull's Falls
Housatonic River
Kent
New Milford Power Company
Connecticut Lighting and Railway Company
Connecticut
Elkins-Widener
Housatonic
Derby
Waterbury
Trolley
Naugatuck
Bridgeport
New Harlem Vaudeville House Planned for East 125th Street
Sullivan and Krauss, proprietors of the Dewey Theatre, secured property on East 125th and 126th streets for a burlesque theatre with a roof garden. The fireproof complex, costing $200,000, will seat 2000 in the theatre and 1500 in the roof garden, with five elevators. Opening planned for early September, with use of a summer season roof garden and European vaudeville talent sought by Krauss.
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Williams Goods Company
Krauss
Europe
Foereien
Truant principal Brennan removed after guilty ruling
Alfred J. V. Brennan, principal of the New York Truant School, was found guilty by the special schools committee of cruel punishment of two pupils Oscar Lehr and Terance Reilly. He was suspended without pay until February 1 and may be reassigned as a teacher. press secretary Burlingham defended his overall teaching record. A minority member urged restoring him to the principal post.
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Alfred J. V. Brennan
New-York
Board of Education
Oscar Lehr
Terance Reilly
Brennan
Dent Burlingham
Thomas B. Connery
Special Schools Committee
Case Settled Out Of Court In Yonkers Affair
Mrs Frances L Calkins of Yonkers and Mabel Secor of Dobbs Ferry settled out of court over the affections of husband Douglas W Calkins. Gossip surrounded the matter after facts emerged two months prior. All parties were in White Plains when the proceeding was to occur, but a settlement was reached before it was called to calendar. Reported that a substantial sum remains to prevent further publicity and alienation.
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Frances L. Calkins
Yonkers
Mabel Secor
Dobbs Ferry
Douglas W. Calkins
White Plains
Oes
Calkins
Tuberculosis Hospital Planned Near New Haven
New Haven Conn December 22 Special The tuberculosis hospital planned for the city will be built soon after recent land gifts on Woodbridge Heights assure success The facility will operate on a fresh theory Connecticut patients have traveled to New York or West for treatment and doctors believe the Connecticut hills offer a high dry climate similar to Colorado observers will watch the experiment closely.
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New Haven
Conn
Woodbridge Heights
Connecticut
New York Uplands
Colorado
Hypnosis Debate Among Methodist Preachers
Dr JoAn Duncan Quackenbos spoke at the Methodist Preachers Meeting at 150 Fifth Ave on hypno suggestion and its Christian use. He warned against falsehood and urged cautious use in sick rooms and with parishioners while noting concerns about revivalists power. The Rev Benjamin Adams of Bethel Conn was reported dying.
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Joan Duncan Quackenbos
Fifth-ave
Quackenbot
Quackenbos
Benjamin Adams
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel, Conn
Wanamaker Plan Spark Global Dry Goods Expansion
Public reveal details of a proposed Wanamaker store complex to span multiple blocks on Fourth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan. The project would link with new subway passages and underground transit, potentially surpassing any single dry goods house in size.
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Wanamaker
John N. Golding
New York Central Railroad
Park Ave
A. T. Stewart
Ninth and
Tenth Sts
Fourth-ave
Broadway
John Wanamaker
the Tribune
Eighth
Ninth Sts
East Tenth-st
Gutwhllig Brothers
Tenth-st
Grace Church
Flischmann
Brock
Eighth-st
Tenth St
Eighth and
Sailor’s Snug Harbor Association
Moody and Sankey Fame
George L. Ronalds
Jacob Metzger
Bridget M. Donley
Bessie S White
Heinerich van Dellen
Daniel Buckley
L. M. Jones
Prescott
Hall Butler
A Miss Fox
Highth
Ninth St
East Eighths
Fourth-st
Subway Pas
Cornell President to Tour West for Alumni Talks and Lectures
Dr. Schurman of Cornell will take a Christmas recess West trip, speaking January 1 in Omaha on the Philippine problem and on literature and current education. He will attend Cornell alumni banquets in Chicago and St. Louis, then address Brooklyn manufacturers on America’s influence. Cornell musical clubs will tour Dec 28 to Jan 4, with eight concerts in Jamestown, Akron, Dayton, Cincinnati, Peoria, Chicago, South Bend, and Sandusky. Basketball schedule released with games from January to March, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and others. several new players join the squad, building toward the intercollegiate championship.
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Ithaca
XN. V
Schurman
Cornell
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
West
Chicago
St. Louis
Manufacturers’ Association
Brooklyn
America
Jamestown
N. Y
Akron
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Peora
Fil
South Bend
Ind
Sandusky
Glee Club
Mandolin Club
Peoria
Brady
Buffalo
Sloat
Waverly
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Germany
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester
Cambridge
New Haven
Princeton
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Knapp Brothers
Lyford
Crack Waverly
Steel
Burns
Ames Townsend
Pruyn
Programme of Sports Today
Racing at New Orleans and Ingleside. Automobiling features a weekly lecture at the Automobile Club of America with G O Shields Sr. TM. Hockey presents Short Hills against Crescent A C at Clermont Ave. Rink.
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New Orleans
Ingleside
Automobile Club of America
G. O. Shields, Sr
Short Hills
Crescent A. C
Clermontave
Huckleberry Indians of New York Athletic Club Form 1900 Tribe
At the New York Athletic Club a tribe named the Huckleberry Indians was formed on December 7 1899. They secure Huckleberry Island near Travers Island and spend summers swimming boating and frolicking. The 1900 membership is 190 with about 24 in the treasury. Big chief R J Schaef little chief E F Haubord and others were elected with Kammerer Innet and Reed as officials.
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New-York Athletic Club
Huckleberry Indians
Huckleberry Island
Sound
Travers Island
R. J. Schaef
E. F. Haubord
Wampum
R. C. Kammerer
Innet
F. G. Fullgraff
W. E. Hinsdale
H. W. Peckweld
T. Guerra
Charles Reed
R. Morgan
Opposition grows to American Bicycle reorganization plan
A committee of bondholders led by William A Read opposes the plan for the American Bicycle Company. A second opposition committee is to be formed and will present a rival plan within days. One receiver Colonel Pope supports the plan while another, R Lindsay Coleman, opposes citing overcapitalization and coercive stock offers. Prominent bondholders Edwin Gould H K McHarg and Daniel Morse are named among those backing the opposition.
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American Bicycle Company
William A. Read
Alan
New Jersey
Colonel Pope
R. Lindsay Coleman
Coleman
Alfred Jaretzki
Sullivan & Crorwell
Mr. Jaretzki
Mir. Read
Mr. Read
Edwin Gould
H. K. McHarg
Daniel P. Morse
Races At New Orleans Track Produce Beaten Favorites
In New Orleans on December twenty second clear weather and good track conditions produced beaten favorites Uranium and If You Dare. First race six furlongs Pageant 112 Scully 4 to 1 won with Embarrassment 107 Pollock 3 to 1 second and ae 104 Davis 2 to 1 third. Second race six furlongs Moreni 106 Pollock 10 to 1 won Dandie Belle 103 Heart 6 to 1 second If You Dare 112 Fulio 1 to 2 third. Third race seven furlongs Federal 112 Buchanan 1 to 2 won Antonius Liz Helgerson 7 to 1 second Smile 115 Mejority 6 to 1 third. Fourth race handicap one mile Deboe 110 Ottas to 5 won C B Campbell 105 Gannon to 5 second De Reszke 105 Buchanan 10 to 1 third. Fifth race six furlongs Old Hutch 103 Gannon 3 to 5 won Elaine Ih 112 Helgersom 4 to 1 second Maria Bell 5 Sently 25 to 1 third. Sixth race one mile seventy yards Sarilla 107 Munroe 3 to 1 won Eva Rice 102 Fuller 6 to 1 second Marcos 105 Scultr 7 1 third. Time details noted for each event.
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New Orleans
Uranium
Pageant
Scully
Embarrassment
Pollock
Davis
Mauser
Wood
Dim King
the Wizard
Memphian
Sapore
Spowman
Tom Kingsley
Adelante
Old Hutch
Gannon
Elaie Ih
Helgersom
Maria Bell
Sently
Whisker King
Caliban
Lady In Black
Geneseo
Sarilla
Munroe
Eva Rice
Fuller
Marcos
Scultr
Foster
Flaneur
Atheola
Aline Abbott
Optimo
Swordsman
Lord Pepper
Ingleside Race Results Show Slow Track Conditions
Weather at Ingleside in San Francisco on December 22 produced slow track times. Kath erine Ennis won the opening five and one half furlongs race with Hesper second and Gibraltar third. other races listed Bard Burns, Tulare, Ethylene, Fitzbrillar among winners and competitors across six events with varied placings and times.
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San Francisco
Racing Associations Tax Revenue Announcement
State Superintendent Charles W. Anderson reported annual racing tax receipts totaling 170,0888, about 33 percent above last year and roughly $128.50 per association. The funds fund agricultural societies and state maintenance. listed assessments include Buffalo Racing Association, Queens Lawn Jockey Club, Saratoga Racing Association, Westchester Bans Association, Brooklyn Jockey Club, Coney Island Jockey Club, and Brighton Beach Racing Association.
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Charlies W. Anderson
State Racing Commission
Agricultural Faw
Buffalo Racing Association
Ueens Lwan Jockey Club
Sarato Racing Associon
Westchester Banes Association
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Coney Island Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Gaelic Football Added to Garden Games by GNYIAA
The Greater New York Irish Athletic Association plans a Gaelic football match at Madison Square Garden on Saturday featuring the O Connells and the Young Irelands, two well known teams.
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Greater New York Irish Athletic Association
Madison Square Garden
O'Connells
Young Irelands
Crescent Ath Club Meets Short Hills in Brooklyn Clash
Hockey match at Clermont Avenue Rink Brooklyn pits Crescent Athletic Club against Short Hills Club of Short Hills New Jersey. Last season Short Hills upset Crescent 6 to 3, Crescent rebounded later. New Jersey seven practiced two weeks on outdoor ice. Crescent has had two or three games and this is Crescent’s season opener.
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Crescent Athletic Club
Short Hills Club
Short Hills
N. J
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Crescent
New Jersey Seven
Crescent Seven
Cycle Track Managers Meet Sets Paced Championship Circuit
The National Cycling Association announced a national paced cycle championship to be held next year on a circuit with twelve major tracks from Boston to Philadelphia. Three riders per race compete using the fastest pacing machines with points awarded for places and prize money shared among leaders. two top European stars may join. A January meeting in the city will finalize arrangements for the circuit and the standard sprint grand circuit continues.
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America
National Cycling Association
Nassaust
Charles River Park
Boston
Revere
Mass
Providence
Hartford
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsburg
New Year's Brooklyn Coney Island Road Race Plans
The second annual midnight Brooklyn to Coney Island road race, under Century Road Club of America auspices, aims for success with over forty entries to date. Start at 12 from Bedford Rest Brooklyn, return to finish there, prizes include gold watches silver tea sets and opera glasses for top finishers and the first five Century Road Club members who complete the first five centuries.
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Brooklyn- Coney Island
Century Road Club of America
P. A. Dyers
No. 270
Bridgest
Brooklyn
Bedford Rest
Coney Island
Basketball players barred for unsanctioned games
The basketball committee of the Amateur Athletic Union yesterday disqualified several teams for playing unsanctioned games and using unregistered players. The clubs named 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.
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The
Amateur Athletic Union
Apetites
Mount Morris
New York
the Five
Stapleton
Institute Athletic Club
Newark
Hasbrouck Heights
New Jersey
Xavier Club
Paterson
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Joseph's
Notice of Property Sale in New York 1902 Terms
The notice states a selling price of 6205 dollars with interest from December 7 1902 plus costs of 367 dollars and 00 cents including interest from December 5 1902 and sale expenses. It mentions approximate taxes water rates and other liens to be allowed to the purchaser from the proceeds and names Arthur De Troax as referre.
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New York
Joseph ”. M Donough
Arthur DE
Troax
Fordham Baseball Fails To Line Up Games With Cornell Or Georgetown
Fordham College baseball management has failed to arrange a schedule with Cornell or Georgetown for the upcoming season. In the last three years Fordham has faced both rivals, defeating Cornell each time but losing to Georgetown.
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Fordham
Cornell
Georgetown
Puritan to be fitted with gas engine for next race
Yacht news from Boston and New York reports Puritan, defender of the America's Cup, bought by H. W. Foster, will receive a twenty horsepower gasoline engine. Elsa, sold by Evans R. Dick to Max C. Fleischmann, will be refitted for next season. Shamrock II may be plated with treated aluminum per Herreshoff. A NYYC fleet of ten one design yachts is planned. Regatta results show a tie for the Navy Challenge Cup schooners Elmina and Muriel, with Effort winning the sloops.
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H. W. Foster
Boston
John ©. Shaw
Corinthian Yacht Club
Genesta
Edane Burgess
George Lawley
South Iion
Evans R. Dick
Philadelphia
Elsa
Max C. Fleischmann
New-York
F. Herreshoff
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Herresho? & Wells
New-York Yacht Club
Elmina
Muriel
F. Smith
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Amsterdam Avenue
Thirty-Second
Joseph P. M Donough
Steele & Otis
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Qupreme Court
County OF New
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Marr Rieger
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Flist Avenue
Ninety—first Street
First Avenue
First Street
Arthur D. Truax
Ashbel P. Fitch, Jr
New York City
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Mast Street
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