Meeting Held Shows Wilness Central stock fate decided
Chicago March 3 The Wilness Central Railroad annual meeting ends with four directors elected amid protests by Harriman and Sturvesant Fish factions. Titus fills unexpired term. Armour to be added once shares transfer. Fish absent. proxies limited. Board faces vote on Kensington Eastern and Memphis State Line deals and terminal purchases about 1 million dollars.
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Chicago
Wilness Central
Sturvegam Fich
E. M H. Harriman
John Jacob Aston
A. G. Heckstaff
Fish
Harahan
Kensington & Eastern
Memphis & State Line Railroad
Kensing & Eastern
Kensington
Hammond
Ind
Milnois Central
Memphis & State Line
Memphis
Sn A Chase
Mitneis Central
New Orleans
William Nelson Cromwell
E. H. Harriman
Frank S. Culver
Henry W. Leman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Securities Company
Stuyvesant Tosh
Pall
Mr. Léman
Illinois
Eign Cot
Paul F. Harris
William H. Emrich
Cromwell
Ares
Wentworth Holmes
Astor
Harrimen
Titus
Hackstaff
Aeeime
Armour
Bath for East Side Passengers Sparks Public Notice
Frederick W. Whitridge, receiver for the Third Avenue Railroad, told the Public Service Commission that immediate steps would be taken to improve the East Side car cleanliness. He noted that baths for riders were contemplated and urged aldermen to consider funding the remedy as fast as possible, while acknowledging sanitary issues stem from passenger behavior.
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Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad
Bligh
Public Service Commission
Board of Aldermen
Wine companies to reorganize plan announced
The Travers Brothers Company and the Com Mat Twine Company propose a reorganization plan creating two new tie firms, the Travers Company and the Travers Manufacturing Company. Creditors with claims over 200 will receive bonds of the Travers Company, secured by assets of both firms totaling about 660000, with trustees to distribute remaining funds to bondholders as they arise.
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Travers Brothers Company
Com- Mat Twine Company
We. S
Travers Company
Travers
Woman shoots friend in accidental home shooting
Mrs Mitzel Morok circus performer was killed at 216 West 424 Street last night. The shooter, Mrs Antoinette De Franne of 3 East Sth Street, alleged accidental discharge while inspecting a magazine revolver. Coroner Dooley noted the incident may be accidental. Patrolman Ahearn arrested De Franne for homicide.
Jumps to Death from Brooklyn Bridge
An unidentified 28 year old man leaped from the north driveway of the Brooklyn Bridge near the New York tower at noon yesterday. Witnesses saw him pass through the railing and into the water but his body has not been found despite harbor police searches and afloating Gerby hat observed by two witnesses and four barge loaders at the Clyde Line Pier.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York Tower
James Meehan
Meehan
Clyde Line
Ex Judge Parker Addresses Boys Aid Society Meeting
Ex Judge Alton B Parker and Dr Edward T Devine spoke at the first annual meeting of the Jewish Protectory and Aid Society at Temple Emanu El. The president’s report on the first year’s work at Hawthorne N Y was read and will go to the Legislature. The protectory aids boys arrested for misdemeanors, with 189 under care learning trades. Mayer urged a trade school, already begun. Parker urged saving boys from criminal paths and praised strong community support.
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Alton B. Parker
Edward T Devine
Charity Organization Society
Jewish Protectory and Aid Society
Temple Emanu-El
Julings M. Mayer
Jewish Protectory
Hawthorne
N. Y
Protectory Society
Jewish Aid Society
Mayer
Parker
Wesley M Oler Testifies Before Grand Jury
Wesley M. Oler, president of the American Ice Company, appeared before the grand jury with many company books and papers. Special Deputy Attorney Generals James W. Osborne and George Gordon Battle directed bringing in the materials for the trust investigation. The grand jury planned to call Oler after Osborne initially declined to call him. Oler followed John R. Bennett, secretary, on the stand yesterday and will be placed on the stand again today.
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Wesley M. Oler
American Ice Company
Grand Jury
James W. Osborne
George Gordon Battle
Mr. Oler
Osborne
John R. Bennett
First Paid Fire Chief Weds in New Jersey
Eli Bates, first paid chief of the New York Fire Department, married Nellie McBride two weeks ago. Retired April 28, 1884, he moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, at 733 Washington Street. Bates, 81, born Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, joined the volunteer force, led Engine Company 28 as foreman in 1855, became district engineer when the paid department formed in 1865, then assistant chief engineer in 1871 and chief in 1873.
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Eli Bates
New York Fire Department
Nellie McBride
Mr. Bates
Hoboken
N. J
Washington Street
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
Notice to Creditors in New York Surrogates Court
Notice to creditors of Isabel F. McCready deceased seeks letters of administration in New York County. Creditors must present claims to the Surrogates Court of New York County by March 20, 1998. Dated February 17, 1998. ESTHERINA F. McCREADT care John K. Erskine Jr 52 Well Street New York NY.
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New York
Isabel F. McCready
Isabel F. B McCready
County of
Estherina F. McCreadt
John K. Erskine, Jr
Well Street
N.Y
Notice of Summons in New York Court Case
The Supreme Court of New York action against Wolf Weinberg and Chana Diverja Weinberg is filed in New York County. Plaintiffs attorneys Purdy Squire & Rowe urge defendants to answer within twenty days, under a February 1968 order by Justice David Leventritt, with service to Pacific Broadway address in Manhattan.
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Supreme Coss Charles
Wein
Chana Divorjs Weinberg
Court OF the State OF New York
Berg
Wolf Weinberg
County of New York
Thaste
Purdy, Squire & Rowe
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York
Chana Diverja Weinberg
David Leventritt
Supreme Court of
State of New York
County Art House
City of York
Purdy
N. Y
Doxo logy in Song as Coamo Passengers Reach Brooklyn
The steamship Coamo of the New York and Porto Rico line refloated off Jones's Beach Fire Island and landed 120 passengers in Brooklyn. Bishop Luther B Wilson led a solo hymn sung by all aboard as onlookers expressed relief and crews evacuated with lifeboats ready amid fears of a coming gale. Captain Dalton blamed dead reckoning and Gulf Stream current for drifting beyond Barnegat, aided by Merritt Chapman wrecking tugs through fog.
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Coamo
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Jones’s Beach
Fire Island
Brooklyn
Luther B. Wilson
Chattanooga
Coame
Zach's Inlet
Captain Dalton
Merritt- Chapman
Dalton
Barnegat
Gulf Stream
Surrogates Notices Amid Estates in New York City
Notices issued under Surrogate orders urge all claimants against Joseph P. Smith of New York to file vouchers at Daly Hoyt Mason 15 William Street by May first, 1907, and against William Bartels at 166 Greenwich Street by July 18, 1908. Mary E. Smith and Ferdin and Bartels administer, with attorneys T Beardsley and Daly Hoyt Mason listed.
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Abner C
New York
Mary E. Smith
Daly, Hoyt & Mason
William Street
Manhattan
New York City
Charles HH. Beckett
County of York
William Bartels
County of
Greenwich Street
City of
Ferdixand Bartels
Borough
City of New York
T. Beardsley
Nassau Street
Abner C. Thomas
James M. Quigley
Alfred S. Brown
Willlam Street
Borough of
Anne D. Quigley
Ander
Edward Willis
Abner
Thomas
Edward Willis Candes
County of New York
Eame
Shiland
Shoemaker & Hedges
Pine Street
Mathews
Demaker & Hedges Attorneys
Atrix
Employment Agencies and Services Listed in City Ads
Lida A Seely tme Sanicomneat Gustane at 23 West 39th Street offers employment services with phone connections 2434 and 2435. Brooklyn office at 134 St Mark's Ave. Radda Wy?e details unclear. New York offices include 721 Lexington Ave and 19s Plaza. Old Gold and Silver valued at market. exchange for new Japanese goods at M F Tapper 41 West 23th St.
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Tme
Sanicomneat Gustane
39Th St
Ryeat
Brooklyn
St. Mark's
RADDA
BUREA
Lexington Ave
Plaza
M. F. Tapper
23Th St
Desirable Rooms Advertised in The Tribute Directory
The New York Tribune Directory of Desirable Rooms lists affordable lodging options with six teen word entries and fourteen day stays. Readers may inquire at the Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway, between Sth and STTH ST, for full circular details and free schematics.
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Rtser
New-York Tribune
Broadway
Sth
Stth ST
Larse and
Tale
Furnished Rooms for Rent Listed in Tribune Directory
Classic classified notice lists elegant furnished rooms for four ten days at Uptown Broadway between 36th and 37th streets. Details include running water heated, adjoining bath, private family options, breakfast possibly included, with contact through phone numbers and street addresses in Morningside and 58th Street area.
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Morningside
Help Wanted Mates and Clerks in City Ads
Classified job notices offer positions for canvassers at $3 daily with potential $25 to $35 weekly, bookkeepers, order clerks for knit goods, farm help on New York State farms, and a cashier overseer role with open salary. Requires neat appearance and good references. apply after 07:00 to Mr. Chariton at Tribune Building Room 421.
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Chariton
Tribune Building
New York State
Department of Agriculture
Park Row
Hapgoods
Broadway
Help wanted ads from a late 19th century paper
A cluttered classifieds fragment lists multiple positions and applicants. Entries indicate temporary or permanent work sought by individuals including a M% years old with an invalid mother seeking daytime work, a graduate nurse offering in-home care, a bookkeeper seeking mercantile or manufacturing roles, and various trades such as cashier collector chauffeur mechanic engineer furrier and engineer with broad references. Locations include Middletown N J Jersey City Guttenburg and Stamford Conn with contact hints like Nurses' Association Box 28 Middletown, EB Leuthner Jersey City, and F. Larkin Springdale Conn.
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Address
Nurses’ Association
Middletown
Help Wanted Classified Ad Excerpt With Numerous Jobs
A dense 19th or early 20th century style help wanted section lists many short notices. Entries include night watchman, office assistant, stenographer, typist, accountant, clerk, upholsterer, porter, poultryman, carpentry and metal work, and domestic staff. Names, addresses, and locations across New York City areas appear, with brief qualifications and contact reminders.
COMPFSTIC SITUATIONS WANTED COACHMAN AND GARDENER
Classified help wanted notes list many positions for coachman gardener cook maid and other domestic service roles. Entries include multiple locations such as West 16th Street West Main Street Tarrytown Broadway Hoboken and Kings Park with details on language skills temperance experience and references.
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West Main St
Tarrytown
Queens Protest Over Tube Sale Sparks Transit Debate
Two letters opposing the city purchase of the Steinway tunnel arrived at the Public Service Commission during a public meeting. They urged that Queens County Railroad entry into any profit sharing with the city for Belmont tunnel operation must precede running cars over the Blackwell's Island Bridge for a single fare from any Queens area. Carl Scharfenberg of Long Island City questioned plans, while the Blackwell's Island Bridge Association urged funds be directed to East Side subway expansion, arguing the bridge would greatly improve outer-borough communication.
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Queens County Railroad Company
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Queens
Public Service Commission
Bassett
Carl Scharfenberg
Long Island City
Queens County Railroad
Belmont Tunnel
Blackwell's Island Bridge Association
Public Service hearing on L station at 99th Street
Commissioner Eustis held a hearing on a proposed order for an elevated L line station at Columbus Avenue and 99th Street. Alderman Schloss noted the long span between 93rd and 194th Street stations. Hediey of IRT objected to costs and potential damages. Kempner offered to waive damage claims. Adjourned for two weeks.
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99Th Street
Eustis
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Columbus Avenue
Schloss
93D Street
194Th Street
Hediey
Isiagor H. Kempner
Commuter petition prompts NY Central recovery hearing
The Public Service Commission for the 2d District orders the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to show cause why pre increase commutation rates should not be restored. The move follows a petition signed by 247 commuters along the line, citing a 1891 circular offering low fare family tickets to settlements as far north as Poughkeepsie and Pawling, with those rates withdrawn on July 1, 1907.
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Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commission
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
New York
Poughkeepsie
Harlem
Pawling
Aldermen Back Resolution On Harmful To Children Issue
A city board meeting last night considered a resolution addressing actions deemed harmful to children. Police Commissioner Bingham reported arrests related to the matter. he stated he had no role in the alleged street race. The board adopted the resolution unanimously.
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Aldermen
Veiten
Alderimen
Bingham
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