Metz Subway Plan Sees Chairman Willcox
Controller Metz and Public Service Commission Chairman Willcox discussed building a two track Fourth Avenue subway and a two track Sixth Avenue line rather than a four track Fourth Avenue plan. Estimates place the cost around 10 million and city funds at about 70 million over two years. Willcox favored Fourth Avenue and Lexington Avenue routes, while discussing Interborough offers and potential shared use of tracks.
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Metz
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Interborough Rapids Transit Company
Manhattean Bridge
Interborough
Atlantic and
Flatbush Avenues
Flatbush Avenue
Manhattan Bridge
Coney Island
Trunk
Brooklin
Boston
Costs More to Go to Yonkers
Yonkers protests end of transfer privileges amid receiverships on Westchester trolley lines. Union and Yonkers companies face possible termination of Yonkers cars to the Kingsbridge subway terminal. A mass meeting will be held soon to discuss new arrangements and avoid service disruption.
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Yonkers
Westchester County
Union
Huckleberry
Mount Vernen
Kingsbridge
Union Railway
Yonkers City
Leslie Sutherland
Yonkers Company
Frederick W. Whittredge
Subway changes before court prompt three member commission
The Public Service Commission asked the Appellate Division to appoint a three member commission to hear testimony on proposed changes to the Broadway Lexington Avenue subway route. Modifications include straightening between 5th and 26th streets and expanding north of 12th street from two to four tracks, with a Harlem River crossing to Park Avenue in The Bronx for better connections at 10th Street. If approved, construction could proceed without property owner consent.
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Lexington Avenue
Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Hheer
Sth Street
26Th Street
Grace Church
12Th Street
Harlem River
Park Avenue
Bronx
Ukth Street
Special Commission
Court Squads Shaken Up by City Commissioner
Commissioner Kingham transferred six Neuten ants one sergeant and ninety patrolmen among magistrates courts. Several veterans with over twenty five years service replaced. Four sergeants deemed lazy were reassigned to the Tenderloin and given new duties.
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Kingham
Schiff on Stand in Metropolitan Street Railway Suit
Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co testified in the Fourth District Municipal Court in the Weil and Weiler versus Ryan and Metropolitan Street Railway case. He recalled negotiations with Thomas F. Ryan over financing and noted lack of thorough financial investigations by his firm. The session highlighted alleged false statements about the railroad’s condition and a $11.9 million floating debt, with testimony referencing Third Avenue bonds and the Metropolitan Securities Company. The judge admitted a road-condition letter and the case adjourned to Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb
Kremer
Schiff
Thomas F. Ryan
Third Avenue Railroad
Metropolitan Street Railway
Wormscr Agt
Mr. Schiff
Ryan
Kuhn
Vreeland
Justice Young
Third Avenue
Metropolitan Securities Company
Mr. Whitney
The
Metropolitan
Governor Hughes Attends Brooklyn Sunday School Parade
Thousands of Brooklyn children in the Sunday School Union parade march past reviewing stands in Prospect Park and East Brooklyn. Governor Hughes, with his military staff, praises the city’s anniversary as he visits the Hanover Club luncheon and Hancock Church, urging youth to live by service and kindness.
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Signal Corps
Jamaica
Hughes
Long Meadow
Prospect Park
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
William M. Calder
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
McGowan
Thomas P. Peters
St. Clair Mexelway
Central Congregational Church
Hancock Street
Hancock
Sons and Daughters
Hanover Club
Manhattan
Allied Real Estate
Hotel Manhattan
Hotel Astor
Bridge Light Fund Shrinks as City Weighs Costs
Municipal lighting faces a setback as the Bridge and Water departments refuse to fund the Brooklyn Bridge lighting plant. The old system cost 36500 yearly. Edison offers 20000 to 30000, saving about 15000 with labor. Water Supply department temporarily assumes service but lacks funds, threatening a return to the Bridge Department if aldermen fail to provide money. The Williamsburg Bridge plant has been abandoned, leaving municipal lighting under a cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Lighting
Bridge and Water Departments
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Bridge Department
New York Edison Company
Edison Company
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
O'Brien
Williamsburg Bridge
Woodbury
Steamer Omits Venezuela Call Over Plague Fears
Red D Line managers announce the Philadelphia will skip Venezuelan ports on its Brooklyn to San Juan run due to bubonic plague in La Guayra and Puerto Cabello. Passengers from Puerto Cabello will ride the Maracaibo to rejoin service. Caracas notes worsening isolation as ships and cables fail.
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Venezuela
New York
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Philadelphia
San Juan
Curacao
Puerto Cabello
Maracaibo
Porto Rico
Caracas
la Guayra
Battle of the Hall of Records Ends In Fist Fight
In a dramatic clash outside the Hall of Records, Emil E. Fuchs for Minnie Owens clashes with Walter W. Irwin for the gambler’s kin. A nose and an eye take blows as bystanders separate the lawyers amid threats and taunts.
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Hall of Records
Emil E. Fuchs
Minnie Towens
Allen
Walter W. Irwin
Fuchs
Thomas
Irwin
Mr. Irwin
Pleads insanity to murder charge in court arraignment
Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock, 36, indicted for first degree murder, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Counsel sought lunacy commission. Judge Foster appointed Drs. MacDonald, Hamilton, and Robertson to examine her after she killed her husband on November 2 and self-inflicted a flesh wound.
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Charlotte Hitchcock
Foster
Howard L. Waldo of South Orange Goes Abroad for Recuperation
Howard L. Waldo of South Orange New Jersey went abroad several months ago to recuperate, seeking rest and renewed health. Details of his travels and current status were not disclosed in the available clipping.
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Howard L. Waldo
South Orange
N. J
Cable damage prompts memorial to Root over Irish trawl harm
The Chamber of Commerce held a brief meeting with Joseph H. Choate presiding. A resolution authorized appointing delegates to the National Prosperity Convention if held, and a memorial to Secretary Root urged Britain to prevent trawling damage to Atlantic cables off Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph H. Choate
Hepburn
Chase National Bank
Gustav H. Schwab
Committee On Foreign Commerce
Root
Atlantic
Ireland
Visit to Ellis Island by Patriotic Women of America
The National Society of Patriotic Women of America visited Ellis Island to learn and plan immigrant civic education for children. They toured the new contagious disease hospital and heard Commissioner Watchorn explain its role in keeping families together. The society, led by Mrs. J Heron Crosman, aims to educate immigrant children with paid teachers, with 130 charter members and plans to expand nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New National Society of Patriotic Women of America
Ellis Island
J. Heron Crosman
Watchorn
Brooklyn
National Society of Patriotic Women
William Cumming Story
Florence Guernsey
Benjamin S. Church
John Francis Yanger
Joseph S. Wood
William KR. Stewart
N. Taylor Phillips
C. A. J. Queckberner
Amelia Bingham Installed As Leader At WP League Reception
Despite illness, Amelia Bingham attended the Professional Woman's League reception at the Hotel Plaza and brief remarks were given as outgoing president Susanne Westford handed over. Installation of officers, including Mrs. Edwin H. Price and Mrs. Belle de Rivera, is planned for next Monday amid a brief musical program.
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Amelia Bingham
Professional Woman's League
Hotel Plaza
Susanne Leonard Westford
Miss Bingham
Edwin H. Price
Belle de Rivera
Hoe Apprentice School Graduates At De Witt Memorial
James F. Wilson of Stuyvesant High School spoke at the Hoe Apprentice School graduation held last night at De Witt Memorial Church on Rivington Street. He urged tradesmen to value technical training and pride in work, stressing honesty, trustworthiness, and results as key employer requirements.
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Hoe
de Witt Memorial
Rivington Street
James F. Wilson
Stuyvesant High School
New Auto Donated For Society To Prevent Cruelty To Animals
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals receives a new car costing 7500 dollars and presented by Mrs. Russell Sage. The vehicle body and equipment costing over 500 dollars are donated by Lorillard Spencer jr to aid in gathering homeless sick or injured dogs and cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Russell Sage
Lorillard Spencer, Jr
Suffragettes Plan Bronx Meeting and Madison Square Talks
Suffragettes announce a Bronx gathering this Saturday at 8 pm at Tremont and Washington with speakers Lydia K. Commander Borrmann Wells Maud Glascow and Sophia Loeben. Madison Square meetings shift to 5 pm on Tuesdays and move from the Metropolitan Life Building front to the northeast corner for shade.
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Bronx
Tremont
Washington Avenues
Lydia K. Commander
B. Borrmann Wells
Maud Glascow
Sophia Loebenger
Madison Square
Metropolitan Life Building
Rice nearly halts honeymoon in Astoria tale
Captain Charles Allen of the New York and East River Ferry Company nearly postponed his honeymoon with Edith Ralph in Bay City Michigan after rice thrown at their wedding night stuck in his ear. A physician treated him allowing the couple to proceed west.
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Bay City
Mich
Charles Allen
New York and East River Ferry Company
Astoria
Land Island
Edith Ralph
Appeal for Charity Aids Tuberculosis Patient and Family
The Charity Organization Society appeals for 24 dollars to guarantee a six month pension for a husband under sanatorium care who continues working for his family's support. His wife and three children are in poor health. contributions may be sent to No. 1% East 22d Street. The society lists several donations from Mrs. W. W. Phelps, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Miss Anne Alexander, and others totaling small sums to aid the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Organization Society
W. W. Phelps
Felix M. Warburg
F. E. Untermeier
Anne Alexander
Fannie Sabine
H. Z. Tappin
Gzeorge F. Fraser
Carlton Yarnall
H. C. Bernhaim
M. A
Sailor Injured In Storm Breaks Leg Aboard Teutonic
Ill sailor arrived yesterday on the steam ship Teutonic with a broken leg. He was removed from the pier to St. Vincent's Hospital. During Saturday’s storm orders barred venturing beyond the wind screen. Mr Waldo crossed the line and was swept by a breaking wave, suffering a double fracture to his right leg while companions were uninjured.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Mr. Waldo
Forbidden Territory
Dinner on new Italian steamer Principe de Udine
About 250 men attended a dinner on the new Lloyd Sabaudo Line steamer Principe de Udine in Jersey City. Among guests were two Supreme Court justices, an ex-coroner, and the only Italian pilot in port. Speakers praised the ship as a boon to tourists and a bolster to Naples relations with New Jersey, with attendees including Cesare Conti, Justices O Gorman and Truax, ex-Coroner Antonio Zucca, Dock Commissioner Spooner, and Secretary of State Samuel D McKinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Principe de Udine
Lloyd Sabaudo Line
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Washington
Naples
Jersey City
Cesare Conti
Justice O'Gorman
Justice Truax
Antonio Zucca
Spooner
County Rosa
de Negri
Samuel D. [McKinson
New Jersey
Harry Rascouer
Americus Wood
Harlem court fines for students in lunch stand raid
Henry T. Cole and Edgar H. Cook, Columbia University students, were fined ten dollars each in a Harlem court for attempting to rob a lunch stand at 3135 Broadway. They fled when found. Cook was shot and, at his request, the charges were reduced to disorderly conduct.
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Henry T. Cole
Edgar H. Cook
Columbia University
Harlem
Broadway
Coook
Mildred Pooks
Asbury Park
Auburn
Rosalsky
Dreker & Son
Fifth Avenue
Central Trust Company
Newark
Firemen’s Memorial Fund
People’s Institute
Girls’ Technical Institute
Lath Street
Second Avenue
Livingston Civic Club
John Eiseman
Sons of Veterans
Ben Mahree Boat Club
Bay 22d Street
Bath Beach
George E. Waldo
Fuller and
Gilchrist
Nightgown pattern 6018 offered by New York Tribune
Pattern 6018 for a low neck nightgown in cambric nainsook or batiste comes in three sizes with yardage and edging details. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department New York Tribune for mail delivery. rush mail available with extra stamp. The ninth biennial General Federation of Women’s Clubs opens June 2 in Boston Symphony Hall with an East Coast convention and orchestra concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Symphony Hall
Boston
Duties in Dining Out Spark Dinner Table Debate
A hostess and a guest argue over proper dining etiquette and conversation. They lament dull chatter at meals, favor gentle nonsense and engaging talk without preaching, stressing personality as key to a successful dinner.
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Athens
Delightfulness of "Daughter" in a Train Moment
An elderly white haired father seats his dignified daughter on a crowded railway car. A gentle tone and deference stir two passengers, while the daughter accepts guidance with quiet acquiescence. Bystanders note the distinctive, respectful dynamic between parent and grown child.
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the Tribune
Broadway-Lexington
Bridge Light Fund Shy
Jacob Ruppert
90Th
92D Street
New York City
National Patriotic Women
P. W. L. Reception
the Society For the Prevention OF Cruelty
Ing
City News
Wolfville
Alfred Henry Lewis
San
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
W. H. Duntom
D. Appleton & Co. Publishers
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