Deficit figures mark Interurban lease trial testimony
Isidor Vermeer Jr sues to set aside the Metropolitan Street Railway lease to Interurban. H H Vreeland testifies deficits of 31 000 in 1901 and about 215 000 in 1902 exclude interest and franchise tax. Schiff and Ryan linked to underwriting syndicate profits while Morton Trust Company earned 300 000 as banking agent. The case details the syndicate, stock issues, and planned control of traction. The hearing continues with further witness testimonies and financial calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidor Vermeer, Jr
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Interurban Street Railway Company
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Schiff
Thomas F. Ryan
Securities Company
Messrs
iIt
Metropolitan Company
Interurban
The
Metropolitan Securities Company
Cravath
Interurban Company
Mr. Vreeland
Court of Appeals
D. Clifford Moorehead
Metropolitan System
Isidor Wermeer, Jr
Ryan
Morton Trust Company
Mr. Ryan
Treasury
Couny
Dresser in Sanatorium Expected Here Today
Reported absence of Dresser from New York city linked to nervous strain from Trust Company of the Republic troubles. A special shareholders meeting will consider a partial report by the reform committee led by Stuyvesant Fish George Boldt and James B Dill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company of the Republic
Stuyvesant Fish
George Boldt
James B. Dill
Wall Street
D. le Roy Dresser
Morris J. Hirsch
Dresser
Schwab silent on Untermyer offer to swap ships bonds for Bethlehem stock
No reply from Charles M Schwab to Samuel Untermyer regarding a proposed swap of United States Shipbuilding Company bonds and stock for 300,000 Bethlehem Steel shares. Conference of Shipbuilding reorganization committee held with no public comments. Navy may take over completion of ships. twelve warships under contract total about 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M Schwab
Samuel Untermyer
Schwab
United States Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Mr. Untermyer
Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem
United States Shipbuilding
Trust Company of the Republic
Sheldon Syndicate
North American Company
United States Shipbuilding Bond Syndicate
Navy Department
The
United States Navy
Schwab Not To Resign Denial Issued Last Night
A firm denial was issued last night to rumors that Charles M. Schwab has resigned or will resign as president of the United States Steel Corporation. The report had circulated in Walley yesterday, but officials stated Schwab remains in his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilts
Trust Company of the Republic
Dresser
Shipbuilding Company
Harry T. Gause
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Trust Company of the
United States Shipbuilding Company
Gause
Walley
Charles M. Schwab Haa
United States Sveci Corporation
Two millions waited. City losses on pier leases exposed
The article details alleged long running waste in pier and dumping leases, led by the Murphy board. It cites multi‑decade losses from biased leases on Ninety-sixth Street, East River piers, and dumps, with figures showing hundreds of thousands in reduced revenues over thirty years. It notes lower per cubic yard charges and public auction verdicts, urging scrutiny by city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphys and Gaffneys
Murphy Board
John J. Murphy
Gaffney
Brown & Fleming
Fortieth-st
Thirtieth-st
East Seventieth-st
Low
Commissioners of Accounts
District Attorney’s Office
Central's New System Electricity as Power
Utica dispatch outlines New York Central Railroad plans to replace steam with electric motive power within New York City. Division terminals shift to Utica and near Ossining, with Croton Landing becoming a major hub as electric locomotives move trains to Croton and White Plains before conventional locomotives finish to New York. Estimated cost exceeds 20 million dollars. construction to start in fall after summer planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Utica
N. Y
New-York Central Railroad
New York City
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
New York
Ossining
Croton
New- York
New-York
Croton Landing
Peekskill
Central
Grand
Grand Central Station
Forty-second St
White Plains
Harlem
Hudson Division
Grand Central Terminal
Westinghouse Company
General Electric Company
Judge Judges Style Prizes for Boys Suits At Auction
Judge for yourself we reject awarding the beauty prize for boys styles to either double breasted three piece or Norfolk suits. Each has merits and a capital stock beginning as low as 3 50. Washable suits season opens prices of broken lots sag down to 1 25. Rogers Peer Company 258 Broadway opposite City Hall and 7 and 9 Warren St. 42 Broadway cor 13th Wea orders and 140 to 148 4th Ave by matt 1260 Broadway cor 324 and 54 West 3234
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
City Hall
Warren
Wea
4Th Ave
West
Laborer Attacks Amory in Yard Then Chases Men
William N. Amory, suing Metropolitan Street Railway head, was seriously hurt when two laborers trespassed in his East Sixty-second Street yard. A crowbar blow cut his forehead, he was unconscious over five minutes, and he later struck one assailant with a hammer handle. A revolver chase ensued before the men fled. both were arrested on felonious assault warrants with £1000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Amory
Mr. Amory
Dr. St. Clair
Calls Judge Liar in Court in French Eversole Feud
Jackson Kentucky June 17 court session sees Judge B F French defend Jett and White and accuse County Judge Blanton of lying after a witness Crawford is said to have been arrested. Blanton confronts French. Redwine calms court as militia guards Captain Ewen is moved toward Lexington to misdirect rivals. Ewen arrives Lexington with twenty soldiers and daughter greeted by supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
B. F. French
Jett
White
Blanton
Crawford
French
Elisor Jones
Redwine
Ewen
Lexington
B. L. Ewen
Swere
Gordon
Pearls Recovered From Meadow Brook Polo Field
John Wood, an Meadow Brook polo field worker, recovered a string of pearls valued at over $7,000 found on the polo field after they slipped from Mrs. Reginald Brooks during a Meadow Brook versus Country Club of Westchester match. The loss was discovered as Mrs. Brooks prepared for a dinner party and guests helped search the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Long Island
John Wood
Meadow Brook
Reginald Brooks
Country Club
Westchester
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Across the City
HOME NEWS lists notable guests checked into major hotels including Benjamin M. Jackson of Providence, Viscount d Arte the Portuguese minister to the United States, Colonel Augustus Tyler of New London, Major H H Benham and Lt Alfred W Pressey of the U S Navy, General E F Harbison of Hartford, Major T E Carte of Rangoon, Assemblyman Louis Bedell of Goshen, Ex Mayor W W Jacobs of Hartford, Ex Senator J M Thurston of Nebraska, and railway president J N Beckley of Toronto among others at Waldorf Astoria, Grand Union, Manhattan and nearby venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
Benjamin M. Jackson
Providence
d’Arte
United States
Washington Fifth Avenue
Augustus ©. Tyler
New London
H. H. Benham
Alfred W. Pressey
Grand Union
E. F. Harbison
Hartford
Manhattan
T. E. Carte
R. A
Rangoon
Murray Hill
Louis Bedell
Goshen
N. Y
City Meetings and Commencements Across New York
Rapid Transit Commission meets at 3 p m while commencements occur at the College of the City of New York Carnegie Music Hall and Stevens Institute at Empire Theatre Hobo ken and a Republican County Committee gathering in the evening Public meeting of the Acorns at West Side Lyceum Fifty second street and Broadway An annual meeting of the New York City Christian Endeavor Society at Ma Presbyterian Church and a Cal Union gathering on ison Avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Transit Commission
College of the City of New York
Carnegie Music Hall
P. m. Stevens Institute
Empire Theatre
Hoboken
S P. m
Republican County Committee
The
Acorns
West Side Lyceum
Broadway
New-York City
Christian Endeavor Society
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Sunrise and Tide Data
Marine intelligence summary provides sunrise and sunset times, moonrise and moon age, and high water predictions for Sandy Hook Goverment Island and Hell Gate. It lists morning and afternoon high water times with corresponding locations and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Police appoints Murphy captain of Sixty-second Precinct
Police Commissioner Greene yesterday named Sergeant Patrick Murphy of the Coney Island station to command the Sixty-second Precinct at Humboldt and Herbert avenues Brooklyn. Royal Arcanum plans 26th birthday at Luna Ark next Tuesday. Parishioners bid farewell to Father Porcile at Luna Park Thursday for Rome pilgrimage. Navy League section meets and organizes. Tide Water Oil’s Charlies R Norman elected president with A W Smith, John V Barnes and A R Smith officers. Vegetarian Society to hold annual Bronx Park outing Saturday at 2 PM. gathering at Mansion House in the Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Patrick Murphy
Coney Island
Foster Ave
Parkville
Humboldt
Herbert Aves
Brooklyn
Royal Arcanum
Lunaark
Luna Park
Church of Our Lady of
New York Maritime Exchange
Navy League of the United States
Charlies R. Norman
Tide Water Oil Company
A. W. Smith
John V. Barnes
A. R. Smith
Vegetarian Society of New York
Bronx Park
Mansion House
Park
Bank of Commerce Plans August 5 Special Meeting Hints Western Union Merger
Shareholders of the National Bank of Commerce receive a circular dated June 16 seeking authority to call a special meeting on August 5 to approve acquiring the Western National Bank of the United States. The circular outlines terms of the proposed deal and amendments to raise the board from nine to forty eight, anticipating the Western National Bank’s entry. Valentine P. Snyder, president of Western National, is expected to become president of the enlarged Bank of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Commerce
Western National Bank of the
United States
Rev Dr Rossiter Named To Lead Manila Church
The Rev Dr S B Rossiter of this city is chosen to go to Manila to become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there. Plans call for building a new church. Rossiter, American in appearance, is secretary for the McAll Mission in France but will resign that role in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Rossiter
Manila
First Presbyterian Church
Shipping News Update From Port Departures and Arrivals
Steamer Graf Waldersee from Hamburg arriving at the Bar at 12:33 pm with 231 cabin and 1,270 steerage passengers. Steamer Flandria from Hamburg arriving at the Bar at 12:30 pm with 13 cabin passengers. Steamer Hermine from Trieste calling at Girgenti Messina and Palermo with moise. Steamer Erica from Kingston arriving at the Bar at 6 am with Montese Bay St Ann's Bay and Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf Waldersee
Ger
Kopf
Hamburg
Boulogne
Plymouth
Flandria
Bode
Savanikla
Kingston
Port-au-Prince
Inagua
Malls
Moise
Hermine
Ivancich
Trieste
May
Girgenti
Messina
Palermo
Phelps Bros & Co
Erica
Breemann
Saence la Mar
Montese Bay
St Ann's Bay
Port
Maria
J E Kerr & Co
Frederick de Barry
Creaser
Jacksonville
Charleston
William P Clyde & Co
Straits of Dover
Webber
Cardenas
Matanzas
W D Munson
Consuelo
Watsor
Hull
Joe Sanderson & Son
Stevens
Havana
James E Ward & Co
Cherokee
Garvin
Antun
San Domine
City Maceris
Sanchez
Samana
Puerto Pinata
Monte Cristi
Turks Island
Clyde & Co
Simon Dumois
Nor
Movements of Steamers Through Foreign Ports
A chaotic list of ships and routes from Liverpool to New York and beyond. Voyages include Oceanic and Moltke Gerry sailing to and from Queenstown Cherbourg Hamburg and London with arrivals at New York and Plymouth. Numerous steamers such as Minneapolis Teutonic Nauplia and Phoebus are noted with destinations including Genoa Cadiz and Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Oceanic
Canderon
New-York
Queenstown
Plymouth
Moltke Gerry
Dempwort
Cherbourg
Hamburg
London
Minneapolis
Gates
Teutonic
McKinstry
Stettin
Nauplia
Ger
Kreetz
Bremen
Kroaprins Wilhelm ¢Gery
Richter
Cherbours
Saited
Phoebus
Schierhorst
New- York
Cadiz
Manuel Calvo
Span
Oliver
Vera Cruz
Havana
New York
Barcelona
Genoa
Gibraltar
California
Keson
Naples
Hanks
Port Said
Breig Huet
Fr) Babin
Algiers
Singapore
Manila
Barbados
Hilary
Pope
Para
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M.S. R. Suit
Vreeland
Metropolitan and Interurban
Wormser
Messrs. Wormser
Justice Scott
Trust Co
Republic
MR. Dill
Bank of the Manhattan Company
Rush & Wetmore
Bank
Charles G. Gates
Harris, Gates & Co
Henry B. Anderson
Anderson & Anderson
Vanderbilt
Trust Company
Anderson
Navy
Shipbuilding Co
Dr. Lyon
FY Zam
New-York Central
Marbie Hill
New- York Central
Subway
Elevated
W. J. Wilgus
New York Central
Rogers, Peer & Company
Geo. C.faint Co
West 24Th ST
the Tribune
Oifice
Amory
Bar
Jackson, Ky
Home News
Ae Ae
Crystal Gardens
Gallery Gods
Prince
Pilsen
West End
Sac
ST. Nicholas
Gaeatore
Wrar
Taeoies Gardens
Casing Tas
Miss Fay Templeton
Madison Square Garden
Duss
Murray
Knickerbocker
Garrick Theatre
Henry E. Dixey
the Earl
Pawtucket
Majestic Wizard
OF Oz
Girdle Adjib Lions
Keith
56Th St
Matt
Ith Stroy & Clark
Hilda Thomas
Terrace Garden
Boccaccio
Musee
Wegra
Cinema
Charming Music
Island Epec
Brooklyn Bridge
Bridge Runty
Brighton Beach Road
Brighton
Ocean
Lander
the Heights
Marine Intelligence
Aurania
Cunard
Egyptian Prine Barbados
Phoenicia
Comal
Weer
Galveston
Majlory
el Paso
New Orleans
Morgan
Korona
Ampania
Philadelphia
Southampton
Celticiverpool
Hite Star
Blucher
Hamburg- Am Columbia Seo
Eee
Antes
Boston Cit
Swansea
Bristol City
Algeria
el Mar Jalveston
Morgan British Pire Antwerp
Phoenix Clay Ene Des Shields
Grings
Auguste Victoria
Hamb-A
la Lorraine
Havte
Kénig
Luise
NG Lievda
Vigilancia
Seneca Guantanamo
el Norte
Morgana
Princess Anne Norfolk Oona Dominion
Cedric
White Star
Menominee
Clyde
Arapahoe
San Marcos
Brunswick
Mallory
Jefferson
Norfolk
Etruria
Finland
Belgium
Konig Albert
Italy
G-Lievd
Anchorra
Glasgow
Mesaba
Pretoria
Hamb-Am
St Andrew
Antwerp
Phoenix
Newfoundland
Red Ross
Trinidad
Bermuda
Quebec
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Ponce
Porto Rico
Nueces
Jamestown
Old Dominion
el Pass
DR. Rossiter
Shipping News
Stearmers
Rotterdam
Durco
Boulogre
Attivitaital
Buenos
Irnster
Denver
Kiowa
Willie
Galishero
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