New York Firm Expands Electric Light and Phone Plans
J C Sheehan announces amended certificate for Long Acre Electric Light and Power to serve all Manhattan and The Bronx. Manhattan Transit stock rises on news of potential ties with United States Independent Telephone Company. A St Louis–Rochester group backs a $6 million option for the Independent firm as talks of a nationwide independent telephone combine grow in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Manhattan Transit Company
Long Acre
John C. Sheehan
Sheehan
United States Independent Telephone Company
New York
Independent Company
Mr. Sheehan
George Eastman
Eastman Kodak Company
H. W. Sibley
W. B. Duffy
J. S. Watson
Rochester
Herman Stiefel
St. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Independent Telephone Company
Salt Lake City
New York City
Washington
United States Independent Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
Court of Appeals
Consolidated Telegraph and Electric Subway Company
Long Acre Company
Subway
Consolidated Gas Company
Board of Aldermen
Hewitt
19Th Street
East River
Knight
Second Avenue
Ith
Eth Streets
Syn
Fulton and
Furman Streets
Tribune Rochester
Independent Telephone
Walter B. Duffy
Hiram W. Sibley
James S. Wetson
Edward Goltra
United States
Goitra
St. Regis
Long Acre Electric Light and Company
T. W. Finucane
Bell Company
Faust
Stiefel
Tribune
John ©. Sheehan
New Willard Hotel
New York State
New Jersey
Consolidatea Gas
Butcher Robbed and Beaten Near Eleventh Avenue
Leonard Goelz, a steamship line butcher, was held up and beaten by five men in daylight on the south side of 25th street near Eleventh avenue yesterday at 6 pm. They robbed him of $19 and left him unconscious, as others attempted to intervene. An Italian had suffered a similar assault at the same spot two weeks earlier, robbed of 27 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Goelz
Prince Joachim
Atlas Line
25Th Street
Eleventh Avenue
Goelz
West 2Th Street
Assemblyman Perkins Arrested for Speeding in Hackensack
Randolph Perkins of Union County Republican leader was arrested in Hackensack for speeding at twenty five miles per hour. He faces a hearing on Friday after an excited appearance where he smoked a cigarette in Justice Eat's office despite a court rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Randolph Perkins
Union County
Fire on Great Jones Street injures many as flames chase residents
A ten story building at Great Jones and Broadway caught fire sending dozens escaping from upper floors. Firemen flooded the structure as alarms rose to three. Injuries included a severely hurt Kraus & Glauberg celluloid worker and a tailor from Weber Cloak Co. Reconstruction required for the rear sections. damage estimated around fifty thousand dollars. Police controlled crowds as Broadway traffic halted for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Jones Street
Broadway
Broadway Central Hotel
Binns
Kraus & Glanberg
Martin Courtney
Weber Cloak Company
J. A. Zedek Company
East River Bank
Simon Fisher
Weber Company
Bank
Zadek Company
Bill Clark
Windsor Hotel
Kruger
Israel Shapiro
Kemp
St. Vincent's Hospital
I. Sheeline, Son & Co
Kraus & Glauberg
Morris Simon & Co
J. E. Hahlo & Co
Low & Co
Levine & Cedar
The
Moderne Hat Frame Company
D. ©. Lyons
W. H. Beers
Walker Street
Dewey's Messenger Robbed in Chicago Visit
John Coyne, chosen by Admiral Dewey to carry his May victory message to Hong Kong, arrived at Harrison Street station seeking lodging after being robbed of railroad tickets to St Paul and $200 in Washington. A veteran of 1877 army service, Coyne bears a paralyzed leg and multiple bullet scars from fighting in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Coyne
Admiral Dewey
Bay of Cavité
United States
Hong Kong
Harrison Street
Washington
St. Paul
Coyne
Fifth Avenue Record Deals Highlight Major New York Property Sale
Felix Isman of Philadelphia paid just under 700000 for 421 Fifth Ave a five story corner lot 25.3 by 100 feet at 38th Street southeast corner marking a record high for a Fifth Avenue corner. The sale was all cash and tied to the Andrews estate. Other transactions include Howland Pell leasing 48 West 5th Street for 25000 annually, the Beth El Sisterhood selling 245 and 247 East 57th Street to Hudson Realty Company later resold to Mrs Brown, Strange & Slawson acquiring 806 to 312 Pearl Street and 4 and 8 Peck Slip, and John P. Lee selling a Broadway 124th Street parcel with exchanges at Belmont Avenue and 180th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Isman
Philadelphia
5Th Ave
38Th St
Bryan L. Kennelly
Leopold Weil
Catharine M. Andrews
Howland Pell
P. Adolphe
West Sith St
Holland Browne & Co
Beth
Hudson Realty Company
180Th St
Belmont Ave
Real estate value rise shown in central south avenue area
The article compares late 19th century prices for city lots on central south avenue with 1907 transactions. It cites sales at 220 Fifth Avenue for 170000 dollars and 288 South Avenue with 135 West 27th Street for 380500 dollars, plus other parcels and auction results, illustrating sharp value increases. It notes the Pell house sale with 436 South Avenue and related property moves, including bank and multiple parcel deals, highlighting the era's vibrant market activity and price levels.
New Home for City College Club Receives Alumni
About three hundred alumni of the College of the City of New York gathered at the new City College Club house at 208 Central Park South for a housewarming reception last night. The event drew survivors from pre 1890 Free Academy days, with a midnight buffet. Guests included Dr. Briggs, Professor Werner, Dr. Abbe, John Weldon Jr, John Lieberman, Prof. Compton, William Hagen, Henry Tremaine and R L Sweezy. Mayor McClellan and General Webb sent regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of the City of New York
City College Club
Central Park South
Free Academy
City College
Joseph 8. Wood
Alfred Michaelis
McClellan
General Webb
College
B. M. Briggs
Adolph Werner
Robert Abbe
John Weldon, Jr
John Lieberman
Alfred G. Compton
William C. Hagen
Henry Tremaine
R. L. Sweezy
Surf Avenue Gets a Reprieve in Coney Island Stands Case
Justice Kelly of Brooklyn Supreme Court granted a temporary injunction delaying Borough President Coler and aides from raiding Surf avenue stands. Charles L. Feltner had petitioned to restrain officials from interfering, arguing long-standing violation of a 20-foot sidewalk and 10-foot areaway rule. The injunction preserves status quo until court resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coler
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Kelly
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Charles L. Feltner
Centenary of Orange Plans Festivities and Parade
Orange New Jersey marks the centenary with decorations citywide. Events begin at Columbia Hall with a flag presentation by St Patrick's Alliance, followed by ceremonies at Orange Theatre and throughout the week. A Friday parade on June 14 will unveil a monument by Frank Edwin Elwell and recreate an 1807 town meeting with 200 participants in period costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
Columbia Hall
Hugh P. Fleming
St. John’s Church
St. Patrick's Alliance
Centennial Association
Orange Theatre
Frank Edwin Elwell
Morgan plans remodel at 6th and Madison avenue
Plans filed for J Pierpont Morgan dwelling remodeling at the northeast corner of 6th Street and Madison Avenue. The project enlarges the dining room by a 27 by 65 foot ornamental alcove with a conservative change estimated at $10,000 by architect Guy Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Madison Ave
Guy Lowell
School of Applied Design to Build Five Story Corner
Tans have been filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a five story building at the northwest corner of 40th st and Lexington ave for the School of Applied Design for Women. It will be 30 percent seat front and 50 feet deep with a brick facade trimmed in granite and limestone, classic in design and ornamented with a colonnade. The ground floor will have a permanent exhibition hall for women's work or the second floor will be a library, and the upper stories will be fitted for various classes. The building is to cost 85000 dollars. Pell and Corbitt are the architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
40Th St
Lexington Ave
Schod of Applied Design
Pell & Corbitt
Architects file plans for multiple New York remodels and a 12 story co op
Plans filed to remodel W H Moffitt at West End and 73rd for 10 000 dollars, add a fifth story to 7 East 75th Street dwelling for Ormond Smith. Also remodeling Moran Apartments at Park and 73rd. George B Post & Sons as architects. Walter Russell buys Lot 58th Street and Tth Avenue for 100 by 125 feet, to build a 12 story co op by the Stuyvesant Co-operative Buildings, cost about 500 000 dollars. Robert A White broker. Walter Hassell client of Mrs M E Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H Moffitt
West End Ave
Ormond F. Smith
Frank A. Moore
Moran
Park Ave
George B. Post & Sons
Walter Russell
Tth
Michael Cole
Man
Russell
Stuyvessart Co-operative
Robert A. White
Walter Hassell
M E Alexander
Real estate activity at Hempstead Woods Realty tract
Buyers show strong interest in Hempstead Square plots, planning to move remaining holdings off market in coming weeks. The center of Hempstead sits amid homes, near a new two thousand seat schoolhouse, churches, and stores. Plans filed for a $5,000 Queen Anne dwelling on Graham Ave and Monroe Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead Square
Hempstead
Graham Ave
Monroe Place
Homempany
Bronx Auction to Sell 191 Lots in Mount Hope Estate
James L. Wells conducts an auction in the Mount Hope section of The Bronx featuring 191 lots from the Thomas O. Woolf estate. The sale aims to settle estate affairs and will be without reserve, with lots fronting improved streets and avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Wells
Mount Hope
Bronx
Thomas O. Woolf
Harry Aronson Buys De Leon Seven-Story Building
Harry Aronson purchases the seven story elevator apartment house De Leon located at Nos. 48 60 and 52 West 112th Street. The structure sits on a plot of 7 11 feet and adjoins Lenox Avenue. Morris Freund acted as broker in the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Aronson
Montgomery Maze
de Leon
112Th St
Lenox Ave
Morris Freund
T Deal
Broadway Plots Sold in Broadway Flushing Tract
The Rickert Finlay Realty Company sold multiple plots in Broadway Flushing and Westmoreland. Buyers include A O Porter Jacob H Kiinger J N P Colwell F H Schmits William Kassebohm Emily R Du Be VineslS Terryth Matthew E Healy and others. Plots range from 60x100 to 409x100 feet with locations along 21st street Mitchell avenue Westmoreland avenue Park Lane and nearby crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickert-Finlay Realty Company
A. O. Porter
21St St
Mitchell Ave
Jacob H. Kiinger
224 St
State St
J. N. P. Colwell
F. H. Schmits
Westmoreland
William Kassebohm
Westmoreland Ave
Lafayette Place
Emily R. du Be
Yrien Ave
Cutter Ave
Vinesls
East River Heights Real Estate Deals Listed
The Rickert Finlay Realty Co reports multiple sales in East River Heights. Purchasers include T J Watson, Rudolph Haubold, George Busch, Charles M Hayward, John H Ridenour, and Christian Peterson. Properties range from 20x10 to 201100 feet on corners and sides of Potter Van Alstave Park Terrace Hoyt Barclay and Van Alstave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickert-Finlay Realty Company
East River Heights
T. J. Watson
Potter and van Alstaves
Rudolph ©. Haubold
Park Terrace
van Alstave
George Busch
van Aist Ave
Charles M. Hayward
John H. Ridenour
Hoyt Ave
Barclay St
Christian Peterson
Investor Buys 37th Street Brick Tenement Parcel
A buyer purchased the three story front and three story rear brick tenement houses on lot 235 by 100 feet at 420 West 37th Street from Pocher ce to M. J. Adrian for investment, with the transaction completed for the client.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocher @ ce
West 37Th St
M. J. Adrian
Real Estate Transfers in Richmond Hill South
The B N Bawley Real Estate Company sold parcels in Richmond Hill South to multiple buyers including Joseph S Strang Margaret O Connor Adolph and Max Feldblum Joseph Condermann Daniel P Moore Louie A Deltrich Dr George J Schreiber and John Knoll among others. Properties ranged along Walnut Lefferts Stoothoff Metropolis and Hamilton avenues with 40 by 100 foot plots and similar dimensions noting exact block and lot positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N Bawley Real Estate Company
Richmond Hill
Z. Lindsay
Walnut St
Liberty Ave
Joseph S. Strang
Metropolis Ave
Margaret O. Connor
Lefferts Ave
Adolph
Max Feldblum
Stoothoff Ave
Sutter Ave
Joseph Condermann
Hamilton Avenue
Daniel P. Moore
Cedar Ave
Louie A. Deltrich
Stoothoof Ave
George J. Schreiber
Hamilton Ave
Morepelie Ave
Annie Sause
John Knoll
James A
Jonnie E. Ball
Metropolis Eve
Italian Benevolent Institute Buys Malhouse at Washington Square
Celestino Piva, president of the Italian Benevolent Institute, purchased a four story Malhouse on a 251119 foot lot at No 00 Washington Square North. The institute now controls a plot measuring 70.7 feet on Washington Square, 20 feet on Thompson Street, and Sv feet on Westad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celestino Piva
The
Italian Benevolent Institute
Washington Square
Thompson St
Weat Ad St
Realty Transactions Reported Citywide Sales
J Tuott & Co and others announce numerous property transfers across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Buyers include Nazareno Gazzate, Valentine Borst, Edmund Stout, and various clients. properties range from five story tenements to three and four story dwellings, garages, and stone front houses on East 46th, East 62nd, East 64th, East 73rd, East 127th, and Division Street, plus a West Houston corner site. Transfers note occupancy, investment, and partial payments, with firms like Hill & Stout and BK Schlessinger involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Tuott & Co
Rocco M. Marasco
Nazareno
George Amend
Barnett & Co
Patrick McNally
Andrew H. Smith
East 46Th St
Alfred Busselle
Dr. Johnston
Peter A. Peterson
T.cea Brothers
H. Sokolski & Son
Second Ave
5Th St
Levinson
Thomas O'Brien
36Th St
Miller & Podolsky
East 10Th St
Alfred B. Jaworower
A. S. Welfish
Broome St
Brooklyn
Charlies Buermann & Co
Division St
Building Loan Contracts on 14th Street Area
Asher Holzman loans Lazarus Perelson with mortgage style agreement for property described as 130 by 96.11 feet at 14th street area near 7th avenue. The record notes similar loans with 12,000 figures tied to multiple parcels including 146th street segment and adjacent 100 feet boundaries.
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14Th St
7Th Ave
Asher Holzman
Lazarus Perelson God EG Dormnon
S. S
New York School for Applied Deere and adjacent lofts planned
A sequence of proposed brick and frame structures listed along Lexington Avenue to 214th Street includes a five story brick school for New York School for Applied Deere on Lexington Avenue at 30th Street by Pell & Corbitt with architect QUOER and several other buildings. Projects include seven story lofts by Jardine Kent Jardine, one story frame shops for Edward Netz, three six story tenements by the German Building Co. with B Ebeling as architect, and multiple two story to three story dwelling houses with various owners and architects. Prices noted include 85 009 75 000 and 80 000 sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Ave
N. W. Cor
30Th St
New York School For Applied Deere
Pell & Corbitt
Waverley
Christopher
One Mate Realty Company
Jardine, Kent & Jardine
Castle Hill
Salvadore Tozzini
H. Nordheim
Sugamane
Csasdurstecroxstitasceseer
Unionport Road
E. S
Burchell St
Louis Berger
T. J. Kelly
White Plat Road
Frank Pettinatt
Lt. Howard
Ave. W
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J.C. Sheehan
Ship
Assemblyman
Speeder
Dewey’s Messenger
Fifth Avenue
Andrews
Aqueduct Avenue
Sth Ave
Hth Ave
West 27Th St
H .L. Goodwin
East List St
Dth Ave
Sth
46Th Et
Joseph P. Day
Century Realty Company
Real Estate Exchange
Aqueduct Ave
Featherbed Lane
West 175Th St
Nelson Ave
Macombe's Road
West
175Th St
Macomb’s Road
W. C. Bergin
G. Brandt
Katherine Mackeown
John Davis
C. Halft
J. F. Kaiser
Abraham Chopok
Charles E. Dowdall
John Casey
Andrew J. King
George W. Whiteside
William Thalberg
Edward Danvewicz
Edward D. Loughman
Henry W. Hollgrieve
Theodore Rieme
Frank Hughes
S. M. Schatzkin
Jacob Axelred
West 14St St
Elred
Passaic
Park Heights Land and Water Company
172D St
Minford Place
Freeman St
Howe St
Jacob Neadle
Julian Benedict
L. Mordecai & Son. (Inc
West Side Construction Company
Jacob Axelrod
Frank Thorn
Church St
Henry L. Dyer
P. L. Lynch
Warren St
West St
Riverside Drive
Pease & Ehlman
Josephine Schmid
Mr. Coler
School OF Applied Design
Big Bronx
Country Property
Haworth
Uptown
West Shore
R. R
Franklin Society
Cor
Beekman Street
U. Y
Belmar
Honce & DU Bois
Tenth Ave
6Th Ave
125Th St
3D Ave
76Th
77Th Sts
1St St
1St Ave
89Th St
Tremont Ave
Sd Ave
Lare—Mount Park
Jerome Ave
Webster Ave
Park
Grand Boulevard
Concourse
Morris, Eastburn
Eden
174Th Sts
174Th St
Third Avenue Elevated
Harlem
Wendover Ave
Richmond Hill South
Transactions IN Realty
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Chester
New Haven
Sebago Lake
Edwards Farm Agency
Portland, Me
Uew
Morse & Mulville
New Canaan
Orange County
Goshen
H. Lee Walker
Newtown
Lake
Station
F A. Young
Berkshire Hills
Great Barrington
H. ¢. Woodin
Box S
Mass
Stamford
J. F. Bucckkhout
Springdale
Conn
North Castle - Westchester Co
Hudson River
Pennsylvania
Keats Estate and Builders Exchange
New Hee
H & Ball
Sarside St
Newark
Enel
Sale
Unadilla
J. W. Ballard
Hamton
Qlouth Orange
N. 13
Orange Mountai
Mountain Station
Mercer
White St
New Yor
Real Estate and Buers Exchange
New Rochelle
William W. White
Main Tel
LK County
Sound
Peconic
Great South Bay
William Hamilton
Sayville
Long Island
Geo. M’crea
Pera
Hull
Depot
D. Hull
Norwalk
Fourth Lake
Eagle Bay
Adirondacks
Geo. Rendell
Utea
N. A
Hughes Ave
Noroton
Noroton Station
Golf Links
Boston Post Road
Seely
West 39Th
Ruland & Whiting CO. Beekman ST
D. S. Hull
South
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