Franchise Big Asset In 18 Percent Public Bond Plan
The Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company seeks approval to issue 350 million in bonds and 10 million in stock to finance real estate, a plant, and wiring in Manhattan. The firm, tied to Manhattan Transit and controlled by George E. Bouchie, plans to use bond proceeds to acquire property and build a 73 kilowatt plant, backing the mortgage with the franchise itself. The Public Service Commission hearing, led by Commissioner Maltbie, resumes Thursday. the company claims to offer cheaper electricity than Edison.
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Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
Edison Company
Public Service Commission
Manhattan Transit Company
John C. Sheehan
Long Acre Electric Light and Power
Manhattan
Bronx
Old City of
New York
American Electric Manufacturing Company
Frederick E. Townsend
American Electric Iluminating Company
Francis Dalton
John M. Ward
Mr. Ward
Selec
Hempstead
Martin Minturn
Minturn
Long Acre Electric and Power Company
Court of Appeals
J. Edgar van Etten
New York Central Railroad
Moe
Long Acre
British American Manufacturing Company
Security Ee
Walter A. Knight
Edison
Malthie
Public Service Corporation
ANOTHER ARREST IN PATERSON CASE
Paterson reports an arrest in New York of Rebecca J. Cummings charged with shooting Charles D. Alvandros a Brazilian. Alvandros, who later left the hospital, claimed to be a lawyer but was found to be a palm reader. The Paterson police seek Mrs. Hurd and her husband Edward Hurd. Alvandros married a Staten Island woman who says he deserted her and their child. Police note four marriages for Mrs. Hurd, three ending in evelving.
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Paterson
Rebecca J. Cummings
Charles D. Alvandros
Central Ofice
New York
Alvandros
Yonkers
Edward Hurd
Tottenville
Staten Island
Ridder disputes census figures on newsprint paper prices
Norman Ridder writes to the President challenging Director of the Census Bureau data presented to Representative Dalzell. He argues for years January 1, 187, to January 1, 19%- no quotations are given and prices fell to about 2 a ton, lower than current asking prices. He provides a self-made table comparing New York prices with census quotes and notes a nearby plant closing and shift of magazine printing to New York.
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Norman Ridder
Census Bureau
New York
The
Cenusus
Conners Returns Urges March State Committee Meeting
William J. Conners, Democratic State Committee chair, back from Palm Beach, plans a March 21 meeting at Hotel Victoria and a state convention about a month later. He favors nominating Minnesota Governor Johnson at Denver and predicts racing would fail 3 to 1 if put to a statewide vote. He mocks Hughes and discusses potential statewide ticket, joking about Auerbach and future roles, while noting Buffalo as a possible convention site.
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William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
New York
Palm Beach
State Committee
Hotel Victoria
Conners
Denver
Johnson
Minnesota
Bryan
Wemple
Hughes
Hearst
Jackson
Mr. Conners
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Bars Out Jury Record in City Railway Case
In a continuation of the AG suit to dissolve the New York City Railway Company, Justice Davis refused to admit grand jury minutes transcript as evidence. From 1902 to 1967, Metropolitan Securities Company paid 20.26 million cash for 23.59 million in securities and notes, with analysts noting potential additional bookkeeping assets. The hearing, addressing transfers of securities and franchise tax pledges, resumes today as Cravath and Limburg present further arguments.
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New York City Railway Company
New York City Raiway Company Capital
Metropolitan Securities Company
Herbert R. Limburg
City Railway
Cravath
H. A. Brown
General Auditor
Charles E. Warren
Vreeland
Limburg
Justice Davis
Mr. Cravath
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Joans
Vanderbilt Charge Dismissed In Yorkville Court
William K. Vanderbilt Jr and chauffeur Alfred Hummel faced speeding charges after a chase from Madison Avenue to East 14th Street ferry house. Magistrate Kernochan dismissed the case noting faulty speed readings. Vanderbilt testified his car was misfiring and towed by Bishop. The Hummel charge was dismissed as well.
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William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Yorkville Court
Senator Cohalan
Kernochan
Freddie
Mr Vanderbilt
Will
Morrison
Vanderbilt
Madison Avenue
41St Street
East 14Th Street
Alfred Hummel
David W. Bishop
Mr. Vanderbilt
Hummel
Special Detectives for East Side Bureau Opened
Commissioner Bingham has opened a new bureau at No 37 Allen Street to combat vice and organized crime. Alene street long noted for illicit activity saw cadets jailed during the early phase of the system. The commissioner received word of organized crime in the district and has assigned fifteen German and Undieh detectives plus five young Irishmen familiar with ghetto methods to the new headquarters.
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Bingham
Allen Street
Alen
Houston Street
Brooklyn
Lrdge
Cant Build Subways Metz Final Word
City finances cannot fund either the Brooklyn Fourth Avenue or the Broadway Lexington Avenue subway for the next two years. The Elsberg law may need amendment to attract private capital, with the Board of Estimate to decide final contracts. Budget gaps include 26 million in education and bridges, plus 15 and 11.9 million for bridges and schools respectively.
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Metz
Brooklyn Fourth Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Broadway
Bath Beach
Fourth Avenue
Pendleton
Nelson P. Lewis
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Charles S. Hervey
Department of Education
Department of Bridges
Manhattan
Blackwell's Island
Hudson Memorial
Board of Education
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate
McClellan
Elsberg
Haffen
Bronx
Albany
Grace Church
Willcox
Metz Freez eout at Bath Beach
Borough President Coler and Controller Metz headlined a Bath Beach meeting of Rent Payers and Taxpayers' Association urging Fourth avenue subway plans. Metz declared South Brooklyn subway impossible now while Coler asserted city funds exist, sparking clashes as an agitator was ejected and attendees cheered Coler as the meeting ended.
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Coler
Metz
Rent Payers and Taxpayers’ Association
29Th
21St Wards
Brooklyn
Sapper’s
Bath Beach
Fourth Avenue
South
Public Service Commission
Bedford
Bronx
Frank Hutson
Morton Defends Equitable Amid Ryan Attacks at Pittsburg Dinner
Paul Morton president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society addressed the Pittsburg agency dinner defending Thomas F. Ryan against muckraker attacks. He argued Ryan’s shares are held in trust, not controlled, and denied that Ryan dictates investments or assets. Morton praised the society’s finance committee and asserted Ryan’s noninterference stance mirrors the Monroe Doctrine.
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Pittsburg
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas F. Ryen
Morton
Ryan
Meeting of liquor dealers protests beer price rise
A Terrace Garden meeting of wine, liquor and beer dealers protested beer price increases. Nolan, a Pittsburg organizer, spoke of brewers as heartless oppressors while debates turned to the Central Brewing Company. The assembly adjourned after a resolution urging lower beer prices.
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Terrace Garden
Bishop Potter
Monsignor Lavelle
Rainsford
Nolan
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Books Not Produced In Bronx Public Works Probe
Henry A. Bruckner failed to win reappointment as Public Works Commissioner for The Bronx in 12. Commissioner Mitchel, asked about the matter, declined to fully address it. President Haffen defended his position, citing possible others who claimed time for work not performed. The probe expands as overdue books from the Borough President’s office were not produced and grand jury witnesses discuss highway bureau recordkeeping.
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Henry A. Bruckner
Public Works
The
Bronx
Haffen
John Purroy Mitchel
Mitchel
Bruckner
van Doren
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Highways
Grand Jury
Department
City News In Brief: Habeas Dismissal And Local Events
Judge Fitzgerald dismissed the writ of habeas corpus for Katherine and Charlotte Poilson, convicted of defrauding the Hotel Bristol and sentenced to three months each. Bird S. Coler to speak at the Thirteen Club dinner in Brooklyn. Inmates at the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum hold a regular meeting under Ernest Waddock. George S. Rice to speak on Transportation in New York to the West Side YMCA class. Victor Shaniey secured habeas corpus after a Tombs remand. Professor Griggs lectures at Hudson Theatre on Sonya Kovalevsky and the modern woman problem. Michael Hurley, known as Chinese Mike, charged.
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Fitzgerald
Katherine
Charlotte Poilson
Bristol
Bird S. Coler
Thirteen Club
Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn
Alexander S. Bacon
Mirabeau L. Towns
Frank G. Kernan
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum
Broadway
Ernest Waddock
New York
George S. Rice
Public Service Commission
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
West Sith Street
Victor Shaniey
Justice FitzGerald
Griggs
Hudson Theatre
Sonya Kovalevsky
Probate notice of Will for George A Audenried deceased
Henry Hollister and others petition to probate instruments dated May 15 1890s April 24 1901 and October 28 1901 as last Will of George A Audenried deceased. Cites to appear before Surrogate’s Court York County New York on March 13 1908 at 10:30 am. Includes guardianship notice for underage heirs and attorney credentials Dixon and Holmes 32 Liberty Street New York City.
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State OF
New
Hackes
Everett L. Hackes
Lottie Hoefner
Lo Hoefner
Hans P. Hoefner
Gerda F. Hoefner
Monte
Mount Sinai Hospital
Unt Hebrew Charities
Home For Aged
Gemelith Chesed Society
Society For Ethical Culture
Samuel Schulman
Henrietta Butzel
Mollie de Leuw
Fannie Butzel
Hattie Sinn
Louis Jans
Joseph Gans
Union Bank and Trust Company
Jacob H. Schiff
Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Widows’ and Orphans’ Home
Ladies Auxiliary Society of Temple Emanuel
Hebrew Benevolent Society
Kaufman Kohler
Moses Leon Heimann
Leon Hermann
Camilla Kohn Kerekes
Sarah Heimann
Babe Popper
Louisa Gans
Nannie Gans
Rose Gans
Jaz Herman
Charles Hoepfner
R. Arthur Fraser
Anford Mechusick
William L. Smith
Henry W. Damon
John +. Graift
Garnett L. Bryant
Robert Allinn
Marvin Lloyd’ Gans
Sara L. G. Flatow
Hattie Ga David Gans
Ada H. Merdtan
Louis Gans
County of
New York
Court House
John Frankenheimer
Edward A. Merdian
J. &) York
Abner C. Thomas
Daniel J. Dowdney
Ferdinand Kurzman
Broad Street
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Grace of
Maryay Audenried
Jane Graff
Anne Coates
Louise A. Crosby
Charles Audenried
Lewis Audenried
J. Fitler
Marian Rendrick
Helen Audenried
William G. Audenried
Louise Bole
May Linpard
Anna Audenried
Florence de la Forest Divonte
George A. Audenried
Henry H. Hollister
Henry D Babcock
Samuel D. Babcock
City of
County
York
Audenried
County of York
Abner C Thomas
Surrogate’s Court
Dixon & Holmes
Liberty Street
Surrogates Notices for Several Deceased Residents
Notices challenge creditors to present claims against Blanche Sterling Benjamin T Marten Samuel F Myers George F Seymour and others deceased in New York. Executors and attorneys instruct submission by specified dates at Manhattan or Wall Street offices with vouchers. Dates range 1907 1997 and vary by estate and executor.
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Arner C. Thomas
County of
New York
Blanche Sterling
Blanche G. Sterling
Hull & Horton, Esqs
Broad Street
City of
Daniel B. Childs
Edson Bradley
Hull & Horton
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Asner Co
Thomas
Samuel F. Myers
Broadway
Borough of
Manhattan
New York City
Benjamin F. Einstein
Bertha Myers
Einstein, Townsend & Gusterman
Abner C. Thomas
Abner
Georgianna F. Redmond
County of New York
Knickerbocker , Trust Company
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Nassau Street
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