Metropolitan Street Railway Suit Details New York Finance Plan
Testimony in Isidor Wormser Jr. suit reveals promoters of Metropolitan Securities planned a 30 million dollar infusion to gain control of the elevated road via Interurban rights. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. credited with seeking 20 percent stock. witnesses dispute certain payments and book entries while noting 11 to 12 million debt and 10 million needed for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Whitney
Thomas F. Ryan
Jacob H. Schiff
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Augustus D. Juilliard
Thomas P. Fowler
Ontario and Western Railroad
Isidor Wormser, Jr
Interurban Street Railway Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Interurban
Securities Company
Schiff
Kuhn, Leech & Co
Hss
Ty Pauli D. Cravath
Ryan
Whitney
Cravath
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Metropolitan
Justice Scott
Stickney
Morton Trust Company
W Vreeland
Strong Melt
Vreeland
Kuhn, Imeb & Co
Form & Company
New York
Scott
Manhattan
Island
Metropolitan Railway Company
Flynn
Arrests Likely Soon in Post Office Scandal Probe
United States District Attorney Youngs in Brooklyn indicated arrests may come in the post office corruption case. He avoided confirming warrants, while Burnett claimed no actions in his office. The story ties to hotel chutes, the Ansonia owner W. E. D. Stokes, and patent holder Cutler Manufacturing. The matter also covers Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford vs Herman bids for the Post Office money order contract and internal company disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Youngs
Brooklyn
United States District Attorney
Burnett
Washington
Driggs
Automatic Cashier Company
van Cott
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia
James G. Cutler
Cutler Manufacturing Company
Stokes
Waldorf
Tribune
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck- Crawford Company
Post Office Department
Wynne
Paul Herman
Herman
James T. Metcalf
Wynkopp-Hallenbeck-Crawford Company
Wynkopp
Record of Destructive Disasters and Fatalities This Year
A yearly roundup details numerous disasters from January to June including train crashes in New Jersey, a Newark trolley collision, a Long Island Sound collision, tornadoes in Arkansas and Alabama, a Canadian landslide, Kansas and Missouri floods with massive losses, a Gainesville tornado, Clifton cloudburst, Mississippi River levee breaks near Granite City and East St. Louis, a Heppner cloudburst, and widespread forest fires in the Adirondacks White Mountains and Catskills causing high death tolls and extensive property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
N. J
New Jersey Central Railroad
Newark
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Long Island Sound
City of
Taunton
Plymouth
Fisher’s Island
Arkansas
Alabama
Frank
Alberta
Canada
Kansas
Missouri
Des Moines
North Topeka
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas City
Granite City
Mississippi River
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Heppner
Cre
Adirondacks
White Mountains
Catskills
Miners End Convention Accept Conciliators Board
Scranton June 16 The anthracite miners convention closed with delegates approving district United Mine Workers presidents as concilia tors on the board. National President Mitchell warned locals against leaving the union citing dues and meeting attendance. Baer’s operator conciliator Connell to seat district presidents on the board, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Scranton
Penn
United Mine Workers
Conciliation Board
Mitchell
Nichols
Fahy
Dettrey
Baer
Reading
W. L. Connell
Friars Attack Taft Over Philippine Policy
A Vatican report from the Philippines alleges Apostolic Delegate Guidi is under Governor Taft influence and targets banning Catholicism. Friars urge recall of Taft and favor General Leonard Wood to resolve Catholic questions, noting Wood’s Cuban role as precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Philippines
Monsignor
Guidi
Taft
Free Masons
Leonard Wood
Cuhba
Flood Toll in Oregon Many Bodies Found
Reports from flood wrecked Oregon towns indicate a rising death toll with Ione Heppner and Lexington heavily hit. About 150 bodies buried, property losses near 1 million dollars, and towns reel with missing residents and strained communications as relief efforts begin.
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the Tribune
Seattle
Oregon
Ione
Keppner
Lexington
Portland
Spokane
Heppner
Echo
Dailes
Ore
Julius Keitley
James Kernan
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Katie
Jerome starts Dock Inquiry into old Tammany graft
District Attorney Jerome opens John Doe proceedings before Justice Mayer to probe alleged graft in the old Dock Board led by Murphy Cram Meyer. Accounts show undervalued leases costing the city nearly $2 million, with dumping-board privileges steered to favored firms and long-term leases granted after Tammany’s 1901 defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
John Doe
Tammany Dock Department
Old Board
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
J. Sergeant Cram
van Wyck
Peter F. Meyer
Richard Croker
Old Dock Board
Tammany
Joseph Egan
A. C. Chenoweth
East Thirty-first St
John A. Beaker
State St
Charlies F. Murphy
John J. Murphy
Charles F Murphy
James E. Gaffney
E. I.” Gaffney
New York Contracting and Tracking Company
Seventy-ninth
Ninety-sixth St. Piers
North River
Daniel F. McMahon
Naughton & Co
Charles Brown
John Fleming
Brown & Fleming
William H. Burke
Messrs
Murphy, Cram
Meyer
Dock Board
Harlem
Cram- Meyer-Murphy Dock Board
Dock Department
Law Department
Commissioners of Accounts
East River
Ram, Meyer and Murphy
Hawkes
Giegerich
O’gorman
Sait
L. Laflin Kellogg
Justice Amend
Murphy-Cram-Meyer Board
Rives
John A. Booker
No. 24
Tribune
Murphy
Cram
West Side Association
Park Department
Mr. Gaffney
Mr. Bouker
Bouker
Upper West Side
Manhattan
United States
Governor's Island
T& F
Foxy
Canal St
Jerome to Probe Aqueduct Board Proceedings
District Attorney Jerome said he will begin John Dee proceedings over alleged irregularities of the Aqueduct Board. He indicated charges were recently raised by the Merchants Association and noted he would announce the plan when arrangements are made. Assistant District Attorney Train will lead the case for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dee
Merchants’ Association
Jerome
Aqueduct Board
Tadlereney Train
Pocono Mountain Special Train Ad Through the Ducts
Pocono Mountain Special via Lackawanna Railroad leaves New York for Delaware Water Gap Stroudsburg and Mt Pocono on Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays at 1 p m Returns Thursdays Sunday nights and Monday mornings Ad
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Richfield Springs
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Delaware Water Gap
Stroudsburg
Mt. Pocoro
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C. Whitney
M. S. R. Lease
Ww. C. Whitney
Mr. Stickney
Mr. Whitney
Guthrie
Kuhn, Leeh & Co
Louis A. Heinzheimer
Poughkeepsie
W. Chapin
Fall River Line
Pier &, N. R
THE
Metcalf
Norman R. Metcalf
Koop
Possib
Crawford
New Jersey
Metcolf
N. Y
West Fifty-Fifth ST. Pier
New-York Tribune
the Tribune Association
Canadian Pacific
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Central Railway System of America
Advt
Shore Line
Boston
Lower Wall St
Tammany Board
Mr. Croker
Pocono
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