Mayor opposes plan to pay ferry company subsidy
Mayor McClellan heatedly opposed Controller Metz's proposal to lease East River ferries to the Interborough Ferry Company for 600000 to 700000 yearly plus taxes. He argued taxes total 150000 and warned the deal could end ferry service. The plan would also involve purchasing the New York Terminal Company assets for about 9500000 and leasing boats for five years.
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McClellan
McCarren
Brooklyn
Daniel F. Cohaian
Tammany Law Committee
Manhattan
Metz
Sinking Fund Commission
Interborough Company
Charles F. Murphy
McCorren
Queens
Board of Estimate
Bronx
Cobalan
Cohaian
Interborough Ferry Company
New York
Broadweay
South 6Th Street
South 9Th Street
New York Terminal Company
Grand Street
Ferry Company
Street
Havin
Tts
I Ae
Lewis
East River
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Governor Hughes Works Day and Night on Message
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hughes toasting a late production of his legislative message. He aims to present a direct primary and reform ballot package next week amid strong opposition from party leaders who warn against these measures. In Albany, Senate and Assembly leaders debate committee chairs as liquor policy looms.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Executive Mansion
Judiciary Committees
Senate Judiciary Committee
Davis
Cities Committee
White
Cobb
Senator Brackett
Brackett
Fred” Greiner
Buffalo
Ohio Fight Settled Taft Burton Teaft Caucus Rumors
Columbus Ohio Dec 30 An unexpected turn in the Ohio senatorial fight emerged after a late night conference between Theodore H Burton and Charles P Teft. Afinal settlement was discussed with Taft advisors and may be announced tomorrow with potential caucus plans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore H. Burton
Charles P. Teft
Burton
Taft
Wade H. Ellis
Augusta
Charles P. Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Burton
Charles Dick
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Fog Delays River Traffic and Ferries
A police steamer Patrol was struck by a railroad float in heavy fog on the North River. Part of the starboard rail was torn away. The fog halted ferry service with the 38th Street Brooklyn line suspending trips and hundreds of ferry passengers delayed midstream.
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Lewis
Board of Estimate
Long Island Railroad
Frederick W. Wurster
Brooklyn
Elsberg
Williamsboro
Tax Department
McClellan
Nassau Ferry Company
Grand Street
Houston Street
Manhattan
North River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lackawanna
38Th Street
Trains Annulled New Year's Day on Penn Railroad
Several Pennsylvania Railroad local trains between New York Elizabeth New Brunswick and Perth Amboy will not run on Friday January 1. Check station placards for specifics.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Perth Amboy
Bomb explodes from elevated train in Second Avenue district
Italians on 1st and 62d streets near Second Avenue panicked when a bomb from a northbound elevated train exploded in front of 1164 and 1166 Second Avenue. Two men, Francis Beggatta and William Jordan, were slightly injured. Joseph Murphy witnessed the device, a small bomb mistaken for a lit cigarette, fall as the train passed. Ground floors at the addresses house a fish dealer and a fruit business. both proprietors have recently received Black Hand letters demanding money.
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Second Avenue
Francis Beggatta
Francis Beggatta, of No. 246 East 63d Street
William Jordan
East 620 Street
Joseph Murphy
East 11St Street
61St Street
Nicolo Montillio
Ambrosino
Antonio
Nicolo
Giuseppe
Sam
Appalling Roll of Dead in Messina and Reggio
The dispatches report 110000 lives lost in Reggio and Messina with Calabria and Sicily totals ranging 115000 to 150000. Refugees flood ports up to Naples as the King and Queen aid rescue efforts. Suffering is extreme under ruined homes as survivors seek open air shelter and relief.
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Calabria
Sicily
Reggio
Messina
Naples
Vast Earthquake Toll Shocks Sicily Messina Reggio
Rome dispatches warn of 110000 deaths in Messina and Reggio with thousands more in other towns. Survivors crowd Naples and coastal ports as King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena visit ruins. Relief crews from Italy, Russia, Britain battle endless need amid freezing winds and scarce food water.
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Wcarren
D.F. Cokalan
Staten Island
Dewey’s
Dewey
Ox Pow & Sons Co
Fulton St
Mnncastro
47F
Calavya
Messinacc
Sparmer
Tzazaro
Mileto
Agheira
Cefalg
ETNA
Catania
Baer
Syracuse
Arora
Faranco
Sancaleone
H. F. Sherwood
Cheney
Ellis
Augusta—Taft
Makaroff
Arthur S. Cheney
Reichenberg
Austria
Malta
Sutlej
Washington
State Department
Griscom
Rome
Palermo
Foreign Office
Trinacria
Department
Italy
Taormina
Philadelphia
Frederick Courtland Penfield
Penfield
Anne Weightman Walker
William Weightman
America
Herbert Norris
Florence Kane
J. A. Bayard Kane
Mary Moss
Louise Wood Wright
Elizabeth Pitfield
Elizabeth G. Bockius
Frances L. Bockius
Emily Croasdale
Estelle Fagan
Citizens’ Permanent Relief Committee of
Lloyd C. Griscom
Marquis Martin Maloney
Chicago
Alton, Til
William Eliot Smith
Eunice
Ellen
Haan
Park Row
Adve
Krementz
Adog
Maine
Rene
King Victor Emmanuel
Queen Elena
Sian
Pitals
King
di Bontife
Globe
Ameri
France
Toulon
Minister of Marine
Camr
Pania
Genoa
Paims
Giolitti
His Majesty
Strait of Messina
Italian General Navigation Company
Marazzi
Catanzara
Impos
Ministry of Marine
A. J. Ogston
Iig Municipal Square
Ruvoille
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