Glynn Criticizes Barnes as Mayoral Race Opens in Albany
Albany December report by Controller Glynn harshly criticizes Albany County and city finances under Republican rule. Examiners call out shifting budgets and unchecked bills, noting excess costs and audit gaps. Glynn’s allies see the report as fodder for a Democratic mayoral bid against William Barnes.
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Tribune
Albany
Ger
Martin H. Glynn
William Barnes
Republican State
Albany County
Haseen
al- Sany
Glynn
Coun Relier
O'Malley Names Staff For Albany Office
Attorney General-elect Edward R. O'Malley announced a partial list of appointees to the Albany office including Daniel Brong of Lockport deputy salary 4000, Roger P. Clark of Binghamton deputy salary unspecified, James S. Kiley of Glens Falls deputy salary 3000, James M. Stern of Albany deputy 2400, A. E. Gifford of Athens deputy 2500, Charles R. McSparren of Erie County confidential clerk, M. Vincent Ryan clerk, George E. Weeks confidential messenger 1200, Ezra P. Prentice named first deputy in NYC branch, Walter G. Hoskeins named Buffalo representative. Brong has long local practice and prior offices. Clark is a former district attorney. Prentice, born 1877, Princeton 1898, NY Law School, Assembly member and insurance committee figure.
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Daniel ©. Brong
Lockport
Niagara County
Seputy
Roger P. Clark
R. Sm
Binghamton
Broome County
Eake
Ark
Washington County
James S. Kiley
Glens Falls
Warren County
James M. Stern
Albany
Albany County
A. E. Gifford
Athens
Greene County
Charles R. McSparren
Erie County
Sal M. Vincent Ryan
George E. Weeks
Buffalo
Mr. O'Malley
Ezra P. Prentice
New York City
M. J. Quirk
Department of Claims
Charlies M. Stern
City of
New Assessments in Queens Expected Under Ten Percent Rise
Deputy assessors finish real estate appraisals for Queens Borough with records to be open for public inspection January 18. Realty Trust president William Demorest reports the tax base will rise by about 10 percent or $20 million, giving a total taxable value near $290 million excluding franchises and corporate holdings. Since June 1903 taxable Queens properties grew from about $118.3 million to $290 million, a bit over 144 percent, with a 37 percent rise by June 1, 1908 over 1907. The current year’s increase is expected to be around ten percent.
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William C. Demorest
Realty Trust
Queens
Demorest
Oak Crest sells prime Brooklyn corner for 12000 dollars
Wood Harmon and Co sold a 75 by 100 foot plot at East 15th Street and Avenue H Brooklyn to Abels Gold Realty Co for 12000 dollars. The corner marks Wood Harmon’s Oak Crest operation and Abels Gold plans four story store and flat buildings. Values in the district have risen since 1898 from 1575 dollars.
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Wood, Harmon & Co
Judeon H. Page
East 15Th Street
Avenue H
Abels-Gold Realty Company
Brooklyn
Oak Crest
Abers-Gold Realty Company
Plan for 12 story brick and limestone building on West 21th Street
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a 12 story brick and limestone commercial building for Mex Cohen at 151 to 137 West 21th Street. Designs by Cleverdon & Putzel. Frontage 125 feet, depth 9 feet with extension. Cost $400,000.
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Murphy
Mex Cohen
West 21Th Street
Cleverdon & Putzel
Bronx Building Plans For A Frame Dwelling On Grand Ave
Readable details show a two and one half story frame dwelling planned on Grand Avenue with 230 feet of frontage and 192 feet depth. Owner is Thomas H Thorn. Architect is J R Serviss. Estimated cost is $1041.
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Grand Ave
Thomas H Thorn
J R Serviss
Local Cleaning and Decoration Services Ad
Bouquets and decorations offered with cut tile mats delivered by K and Demetropulos at 11 Cortlandt Street and 197 Broadway. Car Full Carpet Cleaning Co advertises air and steam cleaning methods at 15 Broadway and 421 East 48th Street with Col and Brandt contact Tel 182 381.
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K & Demetropulos
Cortlandt St
Broadway
FUL Carpet Cleaning CO
St Cor & Brandt
Recall of Torture Case Involving Miss Hammel
Miss Mary Hammel, last of a Huguenot lineage and linked to poet Philip Freneau, faces a court exam for insanity after alleged abuse by Mrs. Caroline Allen in 1881. Deeds were later set aside as fraudulent but Hammel cannot manage her property. Public Administrator of Queens will compel appearance at Flushing police court for evaluation. if deemed mentally unfit, a committee may oversee her care.
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Tye
Albany
Albany City
Onondage County
Albany County
Onondaga County
Board of Supervisors
Tese
Irome
Hhis
Eunty
Bes
Thie
Inis
Dnder
Besch
Harvey Bouton
Mary Hammel
Philip Freneen
Miss Hammer
Caroline Allen
Princeton
America
Washington Irving
Freneau
Philadelphia
Helen Freneau
Miss Hammel
Allen
Walnut Street
Chestnut Street
Locust Grove
Long Island
Frank Wilcox
John T. Robinson
Elmhurst
Robinson
Queens Borough
Flushing
Wilcox
Striking Cab Drivers Report More Reinstatement Efforts
The Livery Stable Feep ers' Association heard that several strikers applied for reinstatement at multiple stables under the open shop plan. Employers prepared for a general reopening of stables, with some already operating.
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Feepers’ Association
Hotel Belleclaire
Six Months for Shouting Scab at Broadway and 72d
Henry Cormick of 162 West dist street was sent to the workhouse for six months by Magistrate Cornell yesterday for disorderly conduct and profanity at Broadway and 72d street. He yelled scab at a New York Cab Company chauffeur while driving his car. Lieutenant Becker assisted in the arrest.
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Henry Cormick
West Dist Street
Cornell
Broadway
72D Street
Cormick
New York Cab Company
Becker
Realty Deals in Residential Zone on Fifth Avenue and East 83d Street
Henry D. Winans & May sold a 27 by 12 foot lot on Fifth Avenue near 76th Street, adjoining Mrs Henry W. Rogers, to a buyer planning a private residence. Otto H. Kahn was the seller. The firm also sold 19 East 83rd Street, a four story brownstone on an 18 by 102.2 foot lot, with Alexander Jay Bruen as purchaser and current occupant. Charles Gulden was the seller.
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Henry D. Winans & May
Fifth Avenue
76Th Street
Irs
Henry W. Rogers
Otto H. Kahn
East 83d Street
Alexander Jay Bruen
Charles Gulden
Whitestone Trolley Franchise Sought for North Shore
The Whitestone Improvement Association and other civic bodies filed a request with North Shore Traction Company to apply for a franchise to build a new trolley line to Whitestone on the north shore of Queens. The company says it could start construction next summer if granted.
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Whitestone Improvement Association
North Shore of Queens
North Shore Traction Company
Whitestone
Work Wanted Chauffeur Machinist and More
Classified listings for workers seek positions in chauffeurs machinizs clerks watchmen secretaries gardeners and more. Entries list names locations and brief qualifications from Brooklyn Staten Island Newark and New York City including private families garages and hotels.
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James Callan
Bayst
Temp
Kinsville
Staten Island
Domestic Situations Wanted Classifieds Feature
A collage of household help notices from Miss Morrow's and Julien's bureaus. Listings advertise cooks waitresses laundresses chambermaids and gardeners with references and telephones for Jersey City and Manhattan addresses. It shows wage expectations and language preferences among German Finnish Swedish applicants.
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Attorney General
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New York Law School
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New York
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
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West 16Th Street
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45Th ST. Tei
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W. H. Jordan Edwin Lentz
Central Car Cleaning Co
Central Park
Stei Inschneider
Gioria
London
Nassau
SAFES
Baum Rafe & Stock Co. 6 Co
Maiden Lane
Frank
Ashley
Newark
Thomas Drew Stetson
WS Fulton At
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Albro Piano CO
West 42d St
E. 14Th St. Bet
Marscheider
Sth Ave
Steinway
Wise
125Th St. E
Ana Philip Hemgenberg
Sor Health
National
Arnold
Nation Terator
Rapid Floor Surfacing Co
East
Rose Tel
Beekman
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79Th Street
S0th Street
78Th Street
Park Avenue
Niagara Stable Company
Odell
Saratoga
Liberty Dawn Association
75Th
Wm. van Vieten
W. 20Th St
Leon L. Groll
W. 126Th
Stearns Printing Co
Centre St
Losinn
Bours
Union Dime Savings Institution
Seamen's Bank For Savings
Wail St
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Chambers St
Uptown
S. E
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12Th St
125Th St
41St St
1St Ave
Tremont Ave
3D Ave
American District Telegraph Office
Madison Ave
Gist St
Jefferson Ave
Brooker
Bath
Mount Vernon
Plains
Harlem Road
M. Gs
New-York Tribune
Brosaodway
Columbia
West 121St St
Delaware
Delaware Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Atchless Match CO
Pearl St
L. Darbyshire
Rochester
Bone
S. M
Lawyers & Bankers’ Corporation
Zink
Acorn,” & Advance Filter Co
Comtes
Ixypewriters
Eaton Letter CO
Barclay
Louise C. Walker
Mad. Ave
I A. M. Bustard & CO
Water St
Walter Retlaw
Alice A. Barry
William Stguages
John
Victor Visible
Nassau St
Underwoods
Remingtons
Olivers
Smiths
Fuuns and
Obbiers
Levin & CO
West 125th _st
Doykos Bros, Furriers
West Std St
City
B. Wender
West
108Th St
139Th St
T. Chas
23Rd St. City
Ches and Jewelry
Morris Schiff
Waltham
ASO
Lichtenstein
N. Roodman
7Th Ave
Cor
Ith St
Ee E. Fournier
Mfr
40Th St
Royal Windsor
Hencken & Willenbrock Coal & Wood
E.R
E_R
Trimmer A Sons Coal
Arlem
Eeneene A. Stathopoulo
West 23d St
Eee
Moody's Manual
Dixie Book Shop
Liberty St
Bertyne
MES. Dunbar
Columbus Ave
Mount Clements, Mich
Miss Shirly
Ak Pace
Wiilson
68Th St
Lau
Count Jusstia
Lex On
Ave
Tel
Mme. Healy
Beauty Parlor
101St ST
Anna M. Considine
Sthave
Bryant
Marcel
Suvvio
Suvio
Civilized World
Suvio Heat & Light CO
East 161St St
Jackson Ave
Cor. John
Schaffer-Flaum Co
Grand St
Nassau Et
John St
Ist St. Tel
Melrose
WMR
WINN
Nicklin
EM. Steiner
West 47Th St. Vienna
Mme. L. Debus
Higgins Fine Millinery
School OF York
A. Benaxwee
ST. Betty
Mrs. Wilson
Shadow
Hanna
Nevada
Amsterdam
Columb’s
San
4Th Ave
Madison
Wright Laundry
Riverside
Sutton Superior
Plaza
Harry Jones
Eetaceel New Sterling Laundry
West 45Th St
Grand Star
Lexington Eve
116Th St
Rossmore Laundry
West 28Th St
Clarendon
XN. Y
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Yale Cigar, Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Tribune Office
Florida
Palm Beach
West 104Th St
Frederick Pita
Kouwenhoven Place
Royal Auto Club
Fleming
West 60Th St
Junior
New York State
Murray
58Th St
Jurgens
M. D
G. Meisler
East 118Th St
William Fetter
East 16Th St
Moisset
Morton St
George Barclay
Glenmore Ave
Entin
West 224
Wiliam J. Hanwright
Bank St
Junius
Milier Ave
East 59Th St
Ma—Chinter
Keee Bender
McDougal St
Maple St
Somerville
N. J
W.st
West Epp
Morrow’s Employment Bureau
Lexington Ave
Margaret Smith
Bureau OF Employment
Sth Avenue
Central Building
Oryvask
5Th Ave
Seymour Building
38Th
Mme
Hudson
Proprietress
24Th St
Charles DC. Irwin
West 11Th ST
Medical Domestic Aid Society
S8th St
First Clase
Goode
Columbus
Mme. Berger
Bureau de Placement Francais
Iine Eee
Sixth Ave
Adison
Marie Neils
List St
Henderson Employment Agency
134Th St
Morningside
Coll
Winthrop Employment Bureau
Isabel Alden Anderson
Fen
West 38Th
Butler
West 101St St
S. J
Tribune Uptown
MacDonald
East Sithst
S& G
Central Park West
H. G
East 14Th St
Great Neck
Tone Island
East 58Th St
McGuire
Wales Ave
M. Miller
Bleecker St
N. J Plata
Gartener
New Chambers St
Walet
Coes
Julien’s Bureau
St. Tel
Wases
H. B. Tribune
Lawvn
Juilien’s Bureau
Miss Morrow's Bureau
Juastra
Cook
Julien
West and
Bryent
A. Osterberg
Ret
Sith
58Th Sts
Piasny
WEBS
Draper Agency For
39Th Ave
Estabi 1816
Mad
Lindberg & Newlander
Swedish Employment Office
Madison Square
Co J. Cooper
Egg Julien
Bureau
Walfrid Bloom
Ohewson
Thava
Ligon
Sth
M. Blatshey
Secord
Jussila Employment
F. S&s
Atlantic Servants Exchange
Anna L. Christensen
Swedish Employment Bureau
Mina
Johnson
East 19Th St
Irving Place
Grammercy
Industrial Ass’n of America Inc Employment Bureau
Nees
Chambers
Butlera Valeta
HERO
Comee Bureau
Hero Employment Bureau
Bb Way
66Th St
45Th St
Oseterberg
Anderson, Eith St
Miss Smith
D. Robinson
Wort Tvate
Miss Morrow's
Xingtom Ave
Osterberg’s Bureau
Mra H. K
Maid
Hamabermaid
Margaret Smith's Bureau
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