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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
17
Washington June 17 A rear admirals board will select twenty four officers above lieutenant to create vacancies and aid promotions The move prompts retirement offers and debate over board power and fairness The Navy reports several officer moves and vessel movements as the service reorganizes for the next phase
The Mayflower, after thirteen thousand miles in home waters since February, is in Brooklyn for repairs and alterations before further service for the President. Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt used the yacht on major tours including Jamestown and Mount Vernon. The battleship Connecticut and cruiser Tacoma also arrive for drydock work while the Fire Island lightship is in drydock replacing corroded iron bolts with bronze.
Captain C D Chandler of the signal corps filed a favorable report on a June 4 army balloon voyage from Washington to Harrisburg with two others. The War Department accepted the balloon and may consider purchasing more in fall. The craft traveled 103.8 miles at about 35 mph, starting 1 15 p m and landing 5 45 p m with total weight 2.42 pounds under partly cloudy weather.
Captain Winslow of the cruiser Charleston paid 26 in duties after sailors landed twenty nine cases of imported champagne and other wine two boxes of cigars and a large quantity of curios here with no concealment. He claimed the goods were household effects not subject to duty and a full written report has been sought from the San Diego customs collector by Secretary Cortelyou.
Miss Jane Teets, heir to one fourth of a $200000 estate, is insane per a White Plains hearing. Commissioners and a sheriff's jury found her incompetent to manage property after four years at Bloomingdale Asylum. Dr. Samuel B. Lyon testified she suffers paranoia and displayed dangerous behavior. Her brothers Joseph and Alonzo Teets filed the application.
Joseph Teets described his sister as a spendthrift who bought fine dresses and pawned them before confinement at Bloomingdale. He claimed she discovered in a closet five hundred empty whiskey bottles while recounting an odd possession by a spirit linked to Miss Jackson.
A select Board of Estimate hearing on Riverside Drive widening between 158th and 16th streets saw awards set at 32 277 a lot meet strong opposition from property owners led by the Washington Heights Taxpayers Association and the Dyckman Tract Association. Owners claimed valuations were unfair and called for a new commission. a property owners group formed to press for changes.
Real estate actions reported by City Investing Company president Robert E. Dowling and associates. Dowling leased the old Church Street police station at Liberty and Church for 21 years at 5000 dollars net. Alexander plans a three story arcade in Chinatown from Zipkes designs. Winans & May sold 17 East 61st Street, a five story basement dwelling, to Lyons Building and Operating Company. Kohler sold two five story double flats Nos 271 and 2737th Ave for investment. Acropolis Realty sold No 2330 7th Ave, a five story double flat with stores, for Isaac Woolf. Rooney sold No 5 West 5th Street, a five story two family house on 266x100 foot plot.
G F Gregory sold the four story and basement house at 700 St Nicholas Ave on June 19 by Mina Darker. The purchaser will occupy the premises.
Simon E. Bernheimer filed a Supreme Court case to foreclose a $124,000 mortgage on property on Manhattan west side between 107th and 10th streets. The mortgage was created May 2, 1906, against Northwestern Realty Company and others.
Frederick Fox & Co. lease No. 17 St 12th et to a client of Mrs. J. A. Grant of Tarrytown for long term occupancy. The Jessee will modify the building immediately for business purposes. Gross & Gross acted for Mrs. Grant in the deal.
Plans filed to remodel and modernize the five story Veasey Street office and loft structure at the southwest corner of Veey and Church Streets. Isaac Greenwood is the owner. Gillespie & Carrell are the architects.
John A Bremmetz and J J McCaffrey sold a plot measuring 110 by x at the northeast corner of Daly avenue and 178th street to Wahlig Sonsin Company. In exchange they received a six story tenement with stores at 1734 Street and Bathgate avenue in the Bronx.
The Hebrew Congregation of the Beth Hamedrash Hotel in the Bronx purchased a 63 by 50 foot plot on the north side of Forest Avenue near 160th Street from Artan Realty Scene via Reiter and Newman. A synagogue costing 50000 dollars will be built on the site.
The season’s opening Belle Harbor property sale by Joseph P. Day Saturday sold all 151 lots and two cottages. One cottage and three Dennison avenue lots brought $5,125 to Thomas A. Clute. another house fetched $6,000 for Connolly. details list Frank M. as participant.
The country department rents James T. Pyle’s Morriston house to Charles M. Fleischman and plans remodeling by Buildings Superintendent Murphy for Calvin Tomkins at 21 West 10th Street. An American basement front and a gym on the fourth story are planned with a $12,000 estimate from Rossiter and Wright. Architect W. Clarence Martin sold 50 acres on Merrick Road Babylon Long Island. Apostolo K Rings is the buyer. J Arthur Fischer leases 39 West 38th Street near Sixth Avenue for a term. Enrico V Peccia Company bought 1116 South Street Borough Park Brooklyn for a client.
Ponter and Crawford sold a 26 by 101 foot plot on Kingsbridge Terrace east of Kingsbridge Road to Dr. I M Nealy for John H Deane. J Hough arranged a sale of a six story double tenement on East 34th Street to Sidney M Teeter. Maria A Swift sold a three story dwelling on East 24th Street to Me Fettercorn. The Mechanics Bank sold a five story tenement at 1400 Avenue A to Max M Pullman. Ernst Cahn Realty sold for Te Salvo Green a six story low house on Wendover Avenue and another plot on Washington Avenue. J J Haggerty sold James C Meartry’s three family house on Hee Avenue to Edward O’Connor.
The report notes steady to soft trading in coffee with liquidations and ample absorption, quotes Rio spot at 44c, and Brazilian goldand loan rumors affecting prices. Cotton shows nervous, irregular moves with a daily loss around 2 points, 300,000 bale day sales, and documented regional receipts and futures movements.
New York June 17, 1907 The market shows stronger activity in California beans and kidney varieties with higher quotations. demand for fresh eggs and dairy products remains cautious with prices unchanged or softening on several items. Apples peaches strawberries melons and other produce fluctuate as demand steadies and supplies vary across regions and fleets.
Weekly cattle calf and sheep receipts show strong cattle demand in Reeves and Lehigh Valley yards with steers 450 to 845 per 100 pounds, bulls and cows varying up to 450 and 405 respectively. Exports list multiple firms including Schwarzschild, Shamberg, Morris Beef Co, Majestic, and J Shamberg & Son shipping to St Louis and London ports.
The market shows receipts of 6442 hogs and numerous sheep and lamb lots. Buyers from Newton & Co Tobin & Shannon and S. Judd & Co report varied prices from $3 to $750 for lambs and bucks, with Kentucky and Ohio lots dominating. Heavy hogs sell around 66 to 70 per hundred weight.
Closing prices show dull or steady trends across grains and meats in Liverpool. Wheat and corn futures firm though spot activity limited. returns listed for oats, peas, flour, hops, beef, pork, bacon, lard, cheese, tallow, turpentine and rosin with modest moves and widespread quiet or dull tones.
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