City reforms show savings and reorganized departments
The article recounts improvements under Major Woodbury and other officials in Brooklyn city government in 1902. It notes reduced costs in street cleaning, water department meter fraud crackdowns, arrears collections, dock department investigations, and Park Department reforms. It highlights staff reductions, new equipment, and plans for more schools and better public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
Nagle
Water Department
Hampden Dougherty
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Dougherty
Lew
Brooklyn
Martin Saxe
Tammany Administration
Tammany
Saxe
Law Department
Dock Department
McDougall Hawkes
Jackson Wallace
Police Department
Jerome
Bawkes
Corporation
Rives
Hawkes
Low
Board of Education
Friends of
Extra Session of Senate Focuses on Odds and Ends of Legislation
The Senate plans a busy week with limited chances for major reciprocity action. Key items include a possible discharge motion on the Omnibus Statehood bill, a national forest reserve proposal in the Southern Appalachian range, and the Pure Food bill hearing. Conference reports on appropriation bills and the Interoceanic Canal dispute will shape adjournment timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Quay
Committee On
Territories
Congress
Burton
Appalachian
McCumber
Committee On Appropriations
House
Sena
Friends
Cuba
Riot in Toronto Halts Streetcar Service During Strike
Toronto June 22. The first attempt by the Toronto street railway to run cars with substitute workers met violence. Only one trial occurred before strikers and sympathizers stopped all progress. Officials will seek troops and suspend service until protection arrives tomorrow morning. Stones sticks eggs and vegetables were used against the cars. Johnson a longtime motorman was nearly killed by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Toronto Street Railway
Johnson
Shenandoah
Socialist Party
Limited Clubs Outing At Saratoga In Fourth Annual Visit
The Saratoga Limted Club hosts 175 Armstrong Transfer Co Boston members for the fourth annual Adirondack excursion. June's clear weather enables springs visits drives and lake tours with a 6:30 am departure for New York City and a 10:41 am arrival tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triftne
Saratoga
N. Y
Adirondack
Saratoga Lake
Saratoga Limited
New York City
George H. Daniels
Armstrong Transfer Company
Boston
Real estate broker Charles Cass Minster dies suddenly
Charles Cass Minster a fifty five year old real estate broker and promoter residing at 25 Gramercy Park died of heart disease last night near the rapid transit tunnel excavation at Fourth Ave and Seventeenth St. He collapsed as a Madison Avenue car sped past. Passersby carried him to the sidewalk and a police officer and ambulance were summoned. He died before reaching Bellevue Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cass Minster
Gramercy Park
Fourth-aye
Seventeenth-st
Madison-ave
Murphy
East Twenty-second St
Bellevue Hos- Be
Miners Demand Higher Wages Amid Coal Trust Critique
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers accuses operators of inflating coal values and seeks arbitration. He cites government reports showing rising mine prices and argues workers deserve a share of increased wealth while condemning excessive railroad charges and impure tonnage deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Walcott
United States Geological Survey
Olyphant
Cecal
Coal Trust
Coal loading in Pocahontas falls short of prior day
Roanoke June 2 An official Norfolk and Western statement shows Pocahontas district coal loading at three hundred cars yesterday, down about fifty from the prior day yet above expectations since miners were paid monthly and many worked only half a day on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas District
Clinch Valley
Thacker Fields
Thacker
Gilliam
W. Va
Gillam
Elkhorn
North Fork Branch
Charleston
Winifred
Kanawha
Cael
Cassiday
Soft coal drive cuts city smoke as Health Board enforces ordinance
The Manhattan Railway Company switched to anthracite on all lines, reducing smoke others from Sound steamboats and ferries. Dr. Lederle says the Board of Health will continue enforcement and watch for more violators. Anthracite miners from Scranton arrived for charity concerts in support of the strike fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Railway Company
Department of Health
Sound
Manhattan
Board of Health
Dr. Lederle
Manhattan Company
G. I. Herbert
Central Federated Union
Thomas P. Williams
Anthracite Glee Club
Wilkesbarr
General Strike
Wiliams
Mitchell
United Mi! Workers
Centre Federated Union
In & We
John Evans
Scranton
Glee Club
Brooklyn Transit Faces Coal Shortage Presses for Anthracite
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company may run all elevated engines on soft coal this week due to a tight hard coal supply. Executives report limited gains from a search extending to Toledo Ohio while continuing to mix anthracite with soft coal in power houses. President Greatsinger stresses the high cost of using soft coal and urges securing hard coal at a fair price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Toledo
Ohio
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Greatsinger
Miners Glee Club Arrives in New York for Charity Concerts
The Anthracite Miners Glee Club from Wilkes Barre, twelve members, stays at Mills Hotel. They sang on the Jersey City ferry, aim to hold concerts in New York to help workers, and previously won top prizes at Scranton and Atlantic City festivals. Led by Professor Gwillym Amos with manager Thomas P. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Wilkesbarre
Mills Hotel
Thomas P. Williams
Jersey City
Wilkiebarre
New York
Dr. Mason
Singin Society
Scranton
Atlantic City
S Chorus
Allentown
Walter Domresch Wies
Gwillym Amos
Thomas P. Will
Train Hands Killed in Iowa Wreck Near Ashton
A Sioux City branch passenger train bound for St Paul derailed near Ashton Iowa at 145 AM. Two trainmen died five were seriously injured and several passengers had minor injuries. A misplaced switch and high speed caused the wreck. mail cars and a smoker piled atop the engine. Surging cars left the track but did not overturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Cleveland Revival Faces Democratic Backlash in Congress
Washington authorities report that Democrats in both houses lash at ex President Cleveland for his Tilden Club speech while praising Henry Hill and fearing a revival of old line Democracy. A Plaza Hotel conference reveals friction and a plan to unite anti imperialists for November.
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Tribune
Washington
Congress
Cleveland
Tilden Club
New York
Hill
Republic
Elba
Napoleon
Mr. Cleveland
House
Senate
Princeton
Ben’ Butler
Massachusetts
Bryanite
Henry Watterson
Bryan
Anti-Imperialistic League
Frouse
Charles Francis Adams
Carl Schurz
Horace White
Culberson
Plaza Hotel
Plaza
Edward M. Shepard
Mr. Shepard
University Club
Broadway
Fifth
Philippines
Mr. Williams
Judge Griggs
Congress Committee
Schurz
Williams
Senator Dubois
Sherard
White
Carmack
Lamont Seen as New York State Ticket Hopeful
Tammany to Cleveland and Hill seeks cordial ties as Lamont emerges as a potential gubernatorial candidate. Cleveland may back Lamont if he resists boss influence, while an upstate Democratic committeeman endorses the Lamont surge and notes Lamont’s possible pursuit of the State ticket next fall. Lamont is reportedly in Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hill
Lamont
Democratic State Committee
Labrador
Runaway Milk Wagon Injures Two In July Fourth Incident
A boy's firecracker alarmed a milk wagon on Twelfth Street near Fifth Avenue. The horse bolted, injuring Policeman Frank L. Johnson and Watchman Michael Sullivan as it collided with pillars and a streetcar. Johnson suffered a compound fracture. Sullivan had a severe scalp wound. Both were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Twelfth St
Fifth-ave
Benjamin F. Stage
East Fifty-first-st
West Twelfth-st
Sixth-ave
Tenth-st
Eighth-et
Michael Sullivan
Second-ave
Frank L. Johnson
Mercer St
Fourth-st
Johnson
Street
Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Fire destroys six blocks in Portland iron works
A midnight blaze at the Phenix Iron Works in Portland lasted four hours, wiping out six blocks of buildings valued at 0 and leaving the city short of water for firefighting. Two swans from the Madison street bridge burned and fell into the river as free baths moored at the bridge were towed to safety. The fire department faced water shortages and lacked a floodboat to fight the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Phenix Iron Works
Wolf & Zwicker
Madison St
Willamette River
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Cowen
Messrs. Hawkes and Wallace
Peter F. Meyer
Charles F. Murphy
Wallace
Park Department
Willcox, Young and
Eustis
Willcox
Seward Park
East Broadway
Division
Hester Sts
Park
Young
Old East Side
Willink
Prospect Park
Ronner
County Register
Reform
Wiliam McFadden
First Carc
John Markle
BE. Markle Coal Company
Lehigh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Markie Agt
Wilbur
Pennsylva
Markle
G. B. Markle
Truesdale
Delaware and Hudson
Ent Thaer
Rust
Peter
Paul
Daily Press
Hazleton
Shamokin
Burgess
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Ued States
John Mitchell
WOPK
BR. T
TLE
Miners’ Glee Club
RANK
Shepard
Griggs
Democratic Congress
Paris
New York Medical Society
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
Madison Ave
City Telephone
38Th Street
Yonkers
Warburton Ave
Tarrytown
Main St
Seventh Ave
City
Radway
Mark
L. J. Callanan
Vesey St
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