Gas Case First Test Valuation of Franchise
Assistant Corporation Counsel W. P. Burr notes the United States Circuit Court decision in the Scent gas case is far reaching. He says the city still seeks a return on franchises not tied to legal investment and that the case will likely go to the Supreme Court after the decree, with seventeen volumes to print for the appeal. The judge’s opinions clarify that franchises may not be added to assets for a fair return, and the company seeks a substantial remedy on tangible and intangible assets including mains valued at 12 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Burr
Counse
Public Service Commission
Judge Hough
United States Circuit Court
Hrough
Consolidated Gas Company
Hough
United States Supreme Court
Burr
Public Service Corporation
Arthur H. Masten
Safeguard Meat Supply Meet Debates Cross State Cattle Disease
The Tastern Livestock Sanitary Association met at the Hotel Victorie with eight states represented to oppose shipping diseased cattle. Dr Willem H Kelly of New York urged stricter health certs as cattle cross state lines, while A D Melwin of the US Department of Agriculture pledged government aid for thorough pre shipping examinations. Leonard Pearson, Pennsylvania state veterinarian and newly elected president, warned that current rules allow hundreds of infected cows to be moved and called for harsh action against veterinarians issuing false health certificates.
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Tastern Livestock Sanitary Association
Hotel Victorie
New York
Willem H. Kelly
New York Department of Agriculture
D Melwin
United States
Department of Agriculture
Leonard Pearson
Pennsylvania
Tate
New Haven Rail Officials Suspend Piece Work Rule
In New Haven on March 12, railroad officials paused the rule establishing piece work in the shops pending further negotiations with the various shop unions. The final decision on its implementation will be determined later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Colonel 70 Weds Woman of 30 in New Jersey
Announcement from Trenton on March 12 reports Colonel William Serry, assistant quartermaster of the New Jersey National Guard, wed Miss Ada Comfor of Somerville. This is Colonel Early's first marriage, the groom being over sixty and the bride around thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
William Serry
New Jersey National Guard
Ada Comfor
Somerville
N. J
Early
State Farm Colony Talk At Charity Meeting
EAmond Kelly will discuss a State Farm Colony topic at the Charity Organization Society monthly conference in the United Charities Building Assembly Hall on Tuesday at 11. Robert W. Hebberd will answer whether the plan provides independence for the dependent and unem** telegraphed text truncated **.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eamond Kelly
Charity Organization Society
United Charities
Robert W. Hebberd
Department of Public Charities
Homer Folks
State Charities Aid Association
Premier Roblin Sees Room for Americans in Western Canada
Rodman P. Roblin Premier of Manitoba and Agriculture Minister toured St Louis en route to Oklahoma and Texas after Parliament. He stated western Canada especially Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan have room for 20 000 to 40 Americans as railways can move them.
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St. Louis
Rodman P. Roblin
Manitoba
S. Louis
Oklahoma
Texas
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchhewan
Spitzer Denies Charge In Brooklyn Dock Case
Oliver Spitzer, indicted dock superintendent of American Sugar Refining, faced defense in Kenit Court Brooklyn as witnesses for the prosecution tied a fixed scale at Williamsburg dock to alleged bribery attempts. Spitzer, the sole defense witness, denied the accusations as Clarence Lexow’s motion to dismiss was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Kenit Court
Brooklyn
Richard Parry
J. Brezinski
Wiliamsburg
Spitzer
Clarence Lexow
Flour Jobbers Dinner Highlights New York Produce Exchange Growth
The flour trade of the New York Produce Exchange held its sixth annual dinner at the Hotel Astor with 125 industry men in attendance. Grenville C. Parrin acted as toastmaster and William E. Douglas, exchange president, declared the institution the nation’s leading commercial body aside from Canada. Douglas warned we must secure our trade shares for New York, while Peter Henderson spoke on transportation legislation and A. L. Goetzman also addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Produce Exchange
Hotel Astor
Flour Jobbers’ Association
Grenville C. Parrin
The
Produce Exchange
William E. Douglas
Exchange
Douglas
Barnum & Bailey Will Keep Its Freaks At Madison Square Garden
Barnum and Bailey announced that the freaks will continue to perform their curiosities when the circus opens at Madison Square Garden next Thursday night. Circus workers defended the decision saying abolishing the freak department would be a great mistake and diminish the show’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bailey
Madison Uare Garden
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barnum
Death ends skunk cabbage feast in Hackensack
Coroner Curry investigated the death of three children aged five, eight, and nine who died after eating skunk cabbage root found near their Norwood home. Two other boys who ate the plant are seriously ill, with the case noted as the first of its kind on record. the coroner suggested sending a stomach sample to Columbia University for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Long Acre Company Hearing Probes Stock Bond Issue
Commission er Maltbie continues inquiry into Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company seeking approval to issue 10000 in stock and 5990 in bonds. Testimony notes assets barely above franchise, debts at 4000, bond outstandings 4608, no receipts, one major customer Manhattan Transit Company owning 49 percent, and price concessions for 16 candlepower lights discussed for next hearing set at 2 33 p.m. Tuesday.
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Martble
Public Service Commission
Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
Henry W. King
The
Tribune
Maltbie
Manhattan Transit Company
Malthie
Edison Company
King
Bricks and Bullets Disrupt Teamsters Meeting
Seven members waited for a secretary at Local 8 of the United Teamsters at 19 Cherry Street when two men approached. One threw a brick through a window and fired two pistol shots. Bullets damaged the interior but no one was hurt as occupants fled to the street and were coaxed back. Police blame a rival union for the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Teamsters of America
Cherry Street
Teamsters
PIANO MOVERS AS PALLBEARERS AT ODD FUNERAL
An unusual funeral in the city yesterday for Mrs. Margaret Morgan of 4m West 53d Street. Death due to dropsy. weight nearly 400 pounds. A special coffin was built and assembled in her apartment. Six piano movers with block and tackle lowered the coffin from a window, the narrow gap and street delays drawing a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Morgan
Pressley Not Lynched in Virginia Mob Rumor Denied
A Lebanon Virginia message denies that Jackson Pressley was abducted and lynched over the Sword’s Creek murder. Officials attribute the tale to mob agitation and lack of communication, noting Pressley had no connection to George Call and Joan Mutter's killings.
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Bristol
Lebanon
Jackson Pressley
George Call
Joan Mutter
Sword’s
Reek
Foundation
Wwe Pressley
Sword’s Creek
Mendoza
Girl Tells Her Story In Hitchcock Trial
In the Raymond Hitchcock case two jurors withdrew as trial continued in the Criminal Branch. Mary Von Hagen, mother of a 16 year old accuser, testified that her daughter rode with Hitchcock and that she and Elsie Voecks were taken to Great Neck and stayed there. Hitchcock had rented a furnished room at 124 West 41st Street and allegedly mistreated the girls during rides and visits.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Supreme Court
Mary von Hagen
Helen von Hagen
Hitchcock
Frank Garvan
von Hagen
Elsie Voecks
Great Neck
Elsie Veecks
Long Island
Montauk Theatre
Brooklyn
Grand Opera House
Manhattan
Flora Whiston
Sixth Avenue
41St Street
Whiston
West 41St Street
Big Broadway and Vesey Street property sales dominate markets
A flurry of large property transactions was reported. John H. Deane sold a 200 by 125 foot block front on Broadway to a building firm for immediate development. William A. White & Sons and Charles B. Van Valen moved four story rental property at No. 3 Maiden Lane to a long term lease holder. James Madden bought the Saxonia at Broadway and 136th Street, a six story apartment with stores, completed last May, for $2250. Auction room sales included several parcels in Vesey street with prices ranging from $1,700 to $42,390, and a March 26 adjournment for the No. 172 to 178 Houston Street sale.
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John H. Deane
Charlies Tharney
Broadway
William A. White & Sons
Charles B. van Valen
James Gibson, Jr
Maiden Lane
John R. Davidson
Times Realty and Construction Company
James Madden
Saxonia
136Th St
Vesey St
Joseph P. Dar
Washington Avenue
Thomas Lenane
East 14Th St
John A. Aaron
E. J. Hogan
West 6Th St
Westth St
Houston St
1St Ave
3D Ave
Henry Potthast
Robbins Ave
List St
Samuel Goldsticker
96Th St
Alfred Fickers
Joseph P. Day
Thaw Papers Served At Matteawan Insane Asylum
Justice O German secures court orders for personal service of the Evelyn Nesbit Thaw suit on Harry Kendall Thaw at Matteawan. Thaw accepted the summons at the asylum reception and said he would hand them to his lawyers, continuing his supper.
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Supreme Court
O'German
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan
Lamb
Dan” O'Reilly
Harry Kendall Thaw
N. Y
BUREAU DRAWER A PIGEON LOFT RAID
Police at Stagg Street Station Williamsburg raided No 18 Humboldt Street and found a bureau full of fancy pigeons and two closets packed with pigeons believed linked to months of loft raids in Brooklyn. Henry Steiger, John Gerrig, and Joseph Jacobs were arrested on burglary charges as detectives recovered tumblers pouters carriers and rats amid fluttering birds. The pigeons await identification.
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Stagg Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
McCauley
Salvey and
Ferris
No. 18
Humboldt Street
Henry Steiger
John Gerrig
Joseph Jacobs
Bushwick Avenue
WANTS WATER SYSTEM EXTENDED IN CENTRAL PARK
Manhattan park official Henry Smith urges Board of Estimate approval to extend the Central Park water system with $135 000. The plan would replace old pipes with cast iron from 19th to 7th Street on the west and 59th to 72nd on the east, reaching 97th Street if funded. He notes police control gains and cites taxicab complaints linked to oil smoke in the park.
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Henry Smith
Manhattan
Richmond
Tribune
Park Department
Sii
Board of Estimate
Central Park
19Th Street
7Th Street
59Th Street
72D Street
97Th Street
Smith
Police Department of
Geissenhainer Verdict Set Aside On Sea Cliff Suit
Miss Elizabeth Butcher of Sea Cliff New York sued for one third of the estate of Frederick W Geissenhainer also of Sea Cliff. She and Geissenhainer were companions for 17 years. The Appellate Division set aside the verdict and ordered a new trial against executor Jacob Geissenhainer of Freehold New Jersey. She contends a one third share was promised to her.
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Elizabeth Butcher
Sea Cliff
Long Island
Frederick W. Geissenhainer
Supreme Court
Miss Butcher
Geissenhainer
Jacob Geissenhainer
Frederick
Freehold
N. J
Man dies seeking priest at St. Michael's Church
An unidentified man collapsed outside St. Michael's Church at 424 Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn while seeking a priest's blessing. He spoke of being "all in" before dying of heart disease on the sidewalk before medical help arrived. The body was taken to the Fourth Avenue police station.
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St. Michael's Church
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Norton
Missionary Movement Convention Closes With Big Meeting
Pillsburg March 12 The first international convention of the Young People's Missionary Movement closed tonight with a monster meeting at Exposition Hall Dr William Douglas Mackenzie president of Hartford Theological Seminary Hartford Conn was the principal speaker The afternoon programme included denominational rallies in the principal churches of the city
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Pillsburg
Young People’s Missionary Movement
Exposition Hall
William Douglas Mackenzie
Hartford Theological Seminary
Hartford
Conn
Oly
Office Building to Be a Flat House on Broadway Corner
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy to remodell top two stories of a five story office and store building at Broadway and 72nd Street into flats for lessee Paul Arck. Hedman and Schoen are the architects. Other filings include converting part of Ursuline Academy property at Henry Street into clergy dwelling space and a four story dwelling at West 53d Street enlarged at $100 cost for owner James H. Ottley.
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Murphy
Broadway
David S. Brown
Paul Arck
Hedman & Schoen
Ursuline Academy
St. Theresa's
Henry St
Rutgers Street
Richard Berger
James H. Ottley
Fifth Ave
Mortimer L. Schiff
Theodore Visscher
C. P. H. Gilbert
Manhattan
Frank Sakser
Cortlandt St
Glynn Leases City Office Space in City Investing Building
Controller Martin H. Glynn of this state has leased the entire twenty ninth floor of the City Investing Building at Cortlandt st and Breedway for use as a city office. The transfer tax corporation tax and inheritance tax departments move from No 257 Broadway. Emmanuel G Bullard Howard B Bullard Frank E Smith and 3 Herbert Wolfe also lease suites in the same building.
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Martin H. Glynn
City Investing
Cortlandt St
Breedway
No. 257
Broadway
Emmanuel G
Howard B. Bullard
Frank E. Smith
Herbert Wolfe
Dyckman Taxpayers Association backs trolley line and paving
At the recent meeting the Dyckman Taxpayers Association adopted resolutions urging a trolley line across the 207th street bridge and paving Sherman avenue and 207th and 2ifth streets. A committee was appointed to campaign for bulkheads along the Harlem River where no public wharf exists north of Wasth street, citing large building operations at the borough's upper end needing docking facilities.
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Dyckman Taxpayers’ Association
207Th
Sherman Ave
2Ifth
Harlem River
Wasth St
Michael C Adrian Corp Incorporation in New York
The Michael ce Adrian Corporation of New York filed a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State in Albany on March 12. Directors listed are J. M. Adrian C. L. Adrian and F. L. Adrian, all of New York, with capital of 1,782.4 thousand dollars.
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Albany
Michael Ce Adrian
New York
J. M. Adrian
C. L. Adrian
F. L. Adrian
Private Sales Market Reports Multiple City Dwellings Sold
Post and Heexe wave sold for Latham at 4th Street duplex and 7 Reed. J Hopkins Smith buys a five story flat with stores at 146th Street corner. Solomon L. Kaye sells two buildings on West 11th Street. Louis Becker & Co. move Joby H. Pratt two story dwelling at 596 West 19th Street. Wiltebik duo sells six story tenement near Audubon Avenue. S. Leewenthal sells to Charles Luxtrum a three story frame at Prospect Avenue. Osborne Smithe Co. sell northwest corner of West 8th Street Macombs Road and adjacent lots. Ernst-Cahn Realty brokers arrange sale at 219 Burnside Avenue corner. Kaiser sells northwest corner and adjacent Featherbed Lane plots near Plympton Avenue. Minor listings on Campbelleng and Stebidnms avenues complete the roundup.
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Post & Heexe
Latham
Reed
4Th St
J Hopkins Smith
Siege Jaeger
Elehth Ave
146Th St
Solomon L. Kaye
New Law House
Louis Becker & Co
Heave
Joby H. Pratt
Igith
Audubon Ave
Fot
Louis
Samuel Wiltebik
Nortel
Broomest
S. Leewenthal
Charles Luxtrum
Aml
Prospect Ave
Jobbste
Osborne Smithe & Co
Kaiser
Woth Stam Macombs Road
Nelson Ave
Toree
Plympton Ave
Featherbed Lane
BR Coulter Hay
J. J. Pittman
Ernst-Cahn Realty Company
Burnside Ave
Anthony Ave
William (' Kell
Lazzie Cahn
Hraseche
Stebidnms
Real Estate Hoard Plans Meeting on Land Title Act
The Real Estate Hoard of Brokers schedules a 3 o'clock Thursday, March 1 meeting at its rooms Nu. 1 Broadway to advocate passage of the land title registration act. Multiple leases and transactions are reported, including Wilhelmina J. Nauss, United Merchants Realty, Folsom Frothers tenants on East and West 125th Street properties, and a brokerage action list.
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Nu. 1
Broadway
Harvey N. Bloomer
Wendelin J. Nauss
Nauss
West 125Th St
Yeats
Henry Weissman
Joseph C. Levy
United Merchants’ Realty and Improvement Company
Folsom Frothers
Howard Conkling
East Houston St
M. Casey
Paul Edelman
East Houst St
A. Ribands
H. Weiderman
Duross Company
Cienr
Hank St
May Irwin
Frederick A. Booth
Front St
Tomson & Co
Margaret ©. Sage
Russell Sage
Sth
G W. Douglas
Jere C. Lyons Building and Operating Company
A. Hollander
Franklin Ave
Brooklyn
Bronx building plans seek two family frame dwelling and coal pockets
Announcement records proposed construction on Westchester Avenue near Turnbull Avenue detailing a two family frame dwelling and coal pocket structures. Names listed include Joseph Waenes owner and A E Bennett with BR H Gilteapia as archivect. location notes reference Westchester Avenue area.
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Westchester Ave
Joseph Waenes
Arenitest
Zeregu
A E Bennett
BR H Gilteapia
Fire drill saves Peckville school from blaze
In Scranton on March 12 a small fire at No 1 School in Peckville was checked quickly as three hundred pupils were inside. A bucket brigade formed and teachers and janitors joined as firefighters with swift, orderly evacuation ensuing.
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Scranton
Penn
No. 1
Peckville
Capitol Case to End Today
Harrisburg, March 12 after a seven week trial the Capitol conspiracy case will be given to the jury tomorrow. The second prosecution will begin March 2 with W. P. Snyder W. L. Mathues and J. M. Shumaker involved in the case now drawing to a close and Congressman H Burd Cassel and Joseph M Huston the architect of the Capitol will be placed on trial.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Capitol
W. P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
J. M. Shumaker
Crose
H. Burd Cassel
Joseph M. Huston
Battery Arrowsmith Named for Gettysburg Hero
Trenton Marchis reports Governor Ford learned from War Department adjutant general F C Ainsworth that the Sandy Hook battery now under construction will be named Battery Arrowsmith. The honoree, Lieutenant Colonel George Arrowsmith, a Monmouth County native, was killed at Gettysburg on July 1 1883 while commanding the 167th New York Infantry.
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Trenton Marchis
Governor Ford
F.C Ainsworth
War Department
Sandy Hook
Arrowsmith
George Arrowsmith
Monmouth County
Gettysburg
New York Infantry
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City Mall
York
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Mark Tucker
Sound
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Great Sea Bays
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Sayville
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Bedford St
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Cranford
Ferguson & van Name
Pine “T
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Tentinen
Jackson Ave
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Foye Place
Jersey Iy
Aentlemans
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