Protest Grows Against East Side Elevated Track Plan
A strong protest movement forms against the Interborough Rapid Transit Company proposal for a third elevated track along the Second Avenue corridor. Bankers, merchants, and civic groups on the East Side organize to oppose the expansion, fearing loss of street vitality and adverse impact on property values. Leaders say representation from the Bowery, German American interests, and others will pressure the Rapid Transit Commission as hearings approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge Interboroast’ Rapid Transit Company
Moon
Germania Bank of New Sos
Gevorty
Quless
Rapla Transit
Stover
East Side
Sesooet
Eest
Rapid Transit Commission
Comsista
Interborough Company
Perison
Brooklyn Raplé Aot Company
Fulton St
Orgextzations
Merchants’ Association
The
City Club
Gate Chamber of Commerce
Municipal 4N Society
Citizens Union
East Side Qivs Club
Municipal Ownership League
the Side Rapid Transit Association
North Side Board of
Truil
Associated Board of Real Estate Brokers
Bronx
Taxpayers’ Annexo
Harlem Chamber of Commerce
Mr Belmont Through Subway Crush Tests Patience
August Belmont endures a brief subway encounter where a stranger stops him and demands to talk. Belmont remains calm and measured, noting such interruptions occur a dozen times daily, a testament to his patience and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Belmont
Schoolboy Army's Ills Revealed by Health Inspector
Dr Rae Nin, medical inspector, reports nearly half of city schoolboys show defective nutrition and health issues. Health Department details 312 cases found with poor attention and weak mental status. An inquiry notes cases of spine deformity and undernourishment. officials seek enforcement power for care rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae 2Nin
Vilas
Croninssi
Health Department
Ihen
Darlington
Obsolete Gregorian Music Debated at Church Club
At a Meslubrooms meeting Calvary Church organist Lacey Baker argued that early Church music is obsolete for modern worship. He labeled the plainchant as a landmark with no authority to shape current services and criticized contemporary efforts to graft it onto modern church practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Club
Meslubrooms
Stbave
Lacey Baker
Calvary Church
Subways to Rise on East Side Amid Transit Accord
The Ryan interests push for rapid transit contracts to build subways as the Rapid Transit Commission weighs elevating lines and third tracks. A broad system of East Side subways could be bid and begun if elevated routes fail, with ties to Metropolitan, Pennsylvania, and New Haven rail interests shaping a unified city transit future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Rapid Transit Commission
Ften
New York
Garfion
Metropolitan Street Railway
Morton
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Metropolitan
New York City Railway Company
John B. McDonald
Mellen
New-York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Victory for Metcalfe in Theatrical Trust conspiracy case
Magistrate Pool orders trial for long running charge of conspiring to bar a man from entering theatres. Names Klaw Erlanger Hammerstein Frohman Burnham Brooks Conried Curtin Dickson McKee Rosenquest Braden Springer Teller Williams Jordan Hayman Kraus Keogh Lichtensein Pastor Harris. Olcott Klew Erlanger noted as principal figures. theatre admission treated as revocable license. Harrisburg event referenced. Gilmore not voting, proceeding dismissed for these parties.
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Theatrical Trust
Magistrate Pool
James & Metcalfe
Dramatic Critica
Marc Klaw
Abraham L. Erlanger
Oscar Hammerstein
Daniel Frohman
Charles M. Burnham
Joseph K. Brooks
Heinrich Conried
James H. Curtin
Martin Dickson
Frank McKee
J. W. Rosenquest
A L. Braden
Joseph L. Springer
Leo Teller
W. C
Marc Klew
Abraham Erlanger
Burnham
Lable
Knickerbocker Thestis
Pool
Odell Plans Return as State Tangles Over Justice Hooker
Special Ex-Governor Odell, abroad since February, will sail from Amsterdam to return June 10. Rumors say a compromise seek to delay a special legislative session to address Justice Hooker’s case until the next regular session, with Odell possibly consulted. Hooker, recovering from railroad injuries, is not expected to sit again until the court revisits his case. The proposed deal would spare state expenses and keep Odell in the loop.
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Odell
Amsterdam
Hom
Justice Hooker
Fifth Avenue
Hooker
Nis
Hook
Supreme Court
Bank of the Commonwealth Closes Amid Corruption Claims
An officer from the Brooklyn Bank of the Commonwealth says banks must follow law before closing and asserts directors would face prison if kept open. Directors accuse promoters of paying 8000 to four State Senate Banks Committee members to ease a charter. President Howell says surplus stock will be cancelled at 103 and assets have been handed to Edward H. M. Rohr, now ill at his Montclair summer home.
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Bank of the Commonwealth
Brooklyn
Kilburn
State Senate Committee On Banks
E. F. Howell
Edward H. M. Rohr
Fernwood-ave
Upper Montclair
N. J
Extra Session Decision Delayed by Governor Higgins Trip
Albany May 31 final call for an extra session hinges on Governor Higgins return from a ten day Michigan trip. Semiofficial note says Higgins may wait until June 15 or ten days after the 30 day period ends. Leaders met with Higgins Nixon Batnes Malby. Hooker case to be disposed, others not yet discussed. Administration plans economy including veto of claim bills and deep budget cuts.
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Albany
Higgins
Michigan
Nixon
Batnes
Malby
Hooker
Fish
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Henry B. Coman
Assembly Committee
Justice Hooker
Governor Seen Likely to Sign Railroad Board Expansion Plan
Albany May a telegraph states strong sentiment grows that the Governor will sign a measure increasing the number of State Railroad Commissioners from three to five and appoint George W Aldridge of Rochester as one of the new members. The governor said he has not asked for a report on the Equitable from Hendricks though a statement is anticipated. On the San Pedro harbor project in California, vast dredging and a breakwater wall are being built to create a safe harbor for ships. Over five years the work has progressed with 1 600 000 tons of stone laid and a double track trestle extending outward for quarries delivering 2 000 tons daily. Cranes along the trestle hoist granite blocks weighing eight to ten tons for the superstructure.
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Teerghaph
Albany
George W. Aldridge
Rochester
Higgins
Hendricks
Equitable
California
San Francisco
San Pedro
United States
Bass
Harbor work to widen San Pedro navigation opening
The construction project, costing about 5.1 million dollars, will position San Pedro with a harbor of refuge over a square mile in area and deep enough for the largest vessels, enhancing port capacity and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Hos
Searchlight
Coal Miners Brace for Possible Trouble Over April Agreement
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers visits New York then Scranton before Indianapolis to address anthracite miners as the current agreement nears expiration April 1. Company presidents anticipate potential disputes while the Anthracite Commission winds down. Mitchell plans meetings with district leaders Nichols Fahy and Dettry to organize further actions.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Scranton
New York
Indianapolis
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Anthracite Commission
Mitchell
Mitchell Himscl
Nichols, Fahy and Dettry
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David Steckler
East Side ‘Rapid Transit Association
Interborough
Manhattan Island
August Belmont
Belmont
Mr. Baker
Paul Morton
Thomas F. Ryan
John B. M’donald
Rockwood
New Haven Road
Metcalfe
Commonwealth
State Railroad Commission
San Pedro Breakwater
Bron
Nseureno Eren Aneenietoner
Astor Place
Fourth -Avenue
Mermod, Jaccard & King Conan
Atlas
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
Elmer H. Capen
Tufts College
Lafayette College
University Press
Cambridge. S
Democrat
John Fiske
Eld
America
James Bryce
Aventent
Museum of the Mechanical Arts and Trades
BALDWIN, DAVIDSON @ WHIGHT
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of
A.& Packard
William T. Hankis
Ll.d
United States Commissioner of Education
New Morgan DIX
Trinity Church
New
Washington Gladde
AL Hamilton
New York Hospital
Henry M. Lyman
Rush Medical College
McLane
Nelson A. Miles
War Department
Elihu Rout
George F. Swain
Massachusettes Institute of Technolgy
William A. Anthony
Naver
Museum of Art and Archaeology
Archit
S & Beem Chicago
C Reesor
Princeton College
Florence Ziegfeld
Chioses Musical Cottege
Daniel
Coit Gilman
Johng One Entveratty
Bert
Poe
A World
London
Iy. Literary
Atian
United States Navy
Am International Gasetteer
Ena
Ohn Wanamaker
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