Brooklyn yard strife prompts three union meetings
Discontent grows among naval yard workers in Brooklyn as three union meetings last week aired grievances. Issues include rigid Civil Service rules, delayed pay under new systems, and proposed weekly pay in contrast to private shops, with calls for yard roll resignations.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Eich
United States
Metcf
Wythe M. Perks
Hall
Department
Parks
mac@hinery
Tham
No Navy Yard Strike Claimed by Acting Commandant
Captain James D. Adams, acting commandant of the New York Navy Yard, dismisses reports of a steam engineering department strike as unfounded. He confirms wages stay fixed by November board decisions, with no changes possible, and notes hiring follows seniority with no union recognition. Furloughs due to slack work are in effect. a strike would not interrupt current operations.
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Goodrich
Jonathan Thorne
Isaac Chauncy
Samuel Evens
George W. Rodgers
James Renshaw
Silas H. Stringham
William D. Salter
Charles Boarman
Abraham Bigelow
Hiram Paulding
Charles H. Bell
Admira
Sylvanus W. Godon
Admire
Melancthon Smith
Ralph Chandler
Bancroft Gherard
Henry Erben
Addressine
Frank W. Kelloggs
Brookiyn Navy Yard
Blakely
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Atien
Steam Engineering Bureau
Florida
Crawall
Gregory
Lang
Aeew
Cox
Bureau
Ordnance Bureau
Demantle
Puiser
James D. Adams
New York Navy Yard
Adams
Old Navy Yard
Army General Staff
Fort Riley
Kansas
Army Ordnance Department
Carter
War Department
Army
Arbuckle Visits Yankee After Ledge Salvage Contract
John Arbuckle of New York who signed to salvage the stranded cruiser Yankee from Hen and Chickens ledge in Buzzard's Bay visited the ship today. He is accompanied by Paul Shuman an expert wrecker. The vessel shows little storm damage since striking the ledge.
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Newport
R. 1
John Arbuckle
New York
Navy Department
Buzzard's Bay
Paul Shuman
Alabama and Maine Part Company at Sea
The Navy reports the battleship Alabama and the Maine separated in mid ocean last Wednesday. The Alabama is expected in New York Tuesday while the Maine should reach Portsmouth tomorrow. Both ships had been leading the Atlantic fleet on its world voyage with Rear Admiral E. K. Moore confirming Maine’s arrival around seven tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Navy Department
Maine
Alabama
Midecean
New York
Portsmouth
Atlantic Fleet
N. H
E. K. Moore
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Pacific rate war looms between Pacific Mail and Nippon Yusen
San Francisco reports a Pacific Ocean rate war as the Pacific Mail Steamship Company cuts freight rates to meet Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The Japanese line reportedly reduces by 3 percent while Pacific Mail plans matching cuts. Pacific Mail operates five ships and has lately operated at a loss, with Japanese and Canadian subsidized rivals drawing government support.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Pacific Mail
Harriman
A. J. Frey
Pacific Mail Company
Canadian Pacific Company
Steamers To New Zealand Resume From San Francisco
Oceanic Steamship Co will restart service to New Zealand in January from San Francisco. Vessels will sail to Wellington rather than Auckland and operate with Union Steamship Co of New Zealand. Tahiti becomes a port of call as Oceanic seeks profitable routes after loss to subsidized Canadian Pacific line.
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San Francisco
Oceanic Steamship Company
New Zealand
Wellington
Auckland
Union Ship Company of
Tahiti
Oceanic Company
Canadian Pacific Line
British Columbia
Gay assignee defends actions in Gay & Co bankruptcy
Boston October 18 John P Reynolds Jr assignee in the Gay & Co bankruptcy issues a statement denying he acted for larger creditors and asserting he functioned as a receiver to maximize recovery for all creditors. He says there was no alternative plan proposed and claims the charge is unfair to major creditors.
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John P. Reynolds, Jr
Boston
E. H. Gay & Co
United States Court
Harriman Ties Between Ann Arbor and Wisconsin Central Directors
At Ann Arbor Railroad meeting in Detroit new directors named J. Ramsey Jr Hugh Harrison and Newman Erb. Erb also elected as a Wisconsin Central director, signaling likely reorganization of Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railroad into control of Harriman era financiers.
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Detroit
Ann Arbor
J. Ramsey, Jr
Hugh Harrison
Newman Erb
Erb
Wisconsin Central Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Wisconsin Central
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Canadian Wheat Movement Then and Now
Winnipeg reports 7 000 bushels of wheat passed inspection in the first half of October. Since September 1 the total reaches 17 506 10 bushels, over one sixth of Western Canada’s estimated crop. If navigation stays open like last year, about 36 000 000 bushels will reach the lake front this fall.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Uniform grain grading rules adopted nationwide
The National Grain Dealers Association voted favorably on a resolution to adopt uniform grading rules. Grain exchanges across the country will be required to implement the standardized rules.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Oct
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Plum Island Rent Hike Sparks Islander Row
Trouble brews on Plum Island Sheepshead Bay as ex judge Winfield Scott Overton allegedly raises rents for 164 families living there. Alderman J Dotzier says his $60 rent rose by 45 dollars with a lease to March 130 and plans to appeal to Washington. William Blau is hired as counsel and William A Engeman reportedly leases the other half of the island as efforts to locate an athletic facility unfold.
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Plum Island
Sheepshead Bay
Winfield Scott Overton
Rank J. Dotzier
4D Street
Manhattan
William Blau
Washington
William A. Engeman
Endurance of Scout Ships and Navy Trials
Three scout cruisers Birmingham Chester and Salem face a long series of trials from Boston to Hampton Roads to test auxiliary machinery under identical weather. Reports compare Parsons and Curtis turbine efficiency to guide next battleship designs.
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Washington
Birmingham
Chester
Salem
Boston
Hampton Roads
Parsons
Curtis
Building Loan Contracts and Real Estate Lines
Fragmentary OCR notes describe various loan contracts and real estate entities. References include Kelly Street, Meehan Construction, Realty Mortgage, Washington Heights Development, and Lawyers' Title Insurance. Amounts and corner locations are partially listed amid garbled text.
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Kelly St
Title Insurance and Trust Company
Meehan Construction Compenion
Ave
Tixico
Realty Mortgage Company
Washington Heights Development and Construction
Oruernsrsonsciers
Css
Andubor Ave
177Th St
Five Site Auction Sales Planned in Real Estate Exchange
Real Estate Exchange rooms at Vesey Street list multiple properties for sale this week. Items include several loft buildings on South Street and Front Street, a Jerome Avenue block, and various parcels across New York and Queens, with detailed addresses, mortgage statuses, and due amounts.
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Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
South Street
Front Street
Jerome Avenue
Offer Oakdale Plots Near Great South Bay
W K Aston owner of Pepperidge Hall Oakdale Long Island plans to subdivide a section for bungalow sites near the bay. Plots on high ground with shore rights in perpetuity offered at public sale noon Thursday at Vesey Street Real Estate Exchange Sales rooms. Enduring ownership and adjoining property quality cited. Mortgages 69 percent at 4 percent for three years.
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Bryan L Kennelly
Oakdale
Great South Bay
Lone Island
Joseph P Day
St. Ns
8Th Ave
F Runk
Jennie Thompson
Wbf Rogers
Park Ave
J D van Buren
P Macready
Harold Swain
S L H Ward
W. K. Aston
Peperidge
Bryan L. Kennelly
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey St
Leases Reported On Numerous New York Properties
Osgood Pell & Co and Charles S. Brown & Co list many leases in Manhattan. Properties include addresses on East 1st to West 71st streets and Riverside Drive. Notable tenants include Mrs Irving Cox Dr C R L Putnam and estate of William S Pyle. A four story factory at West 46th Street rents for ten years totaling 70000 dollars to an automobile company. Pease & Elliman conclude with further entries for Mrs M. L.
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Pease & Elliman
New York
Jane Bell
Katharine Black
John Dickson
Isabella Bell
Hush H. S Texson
Martha McIntyre
Mary J. Ferguson
Margaret A. Bell
Emma Porte
Robert J. Bell
Martha Dickson Bell
John James Bell
Martha Dickson Black
Jane McMullin
Maria Watson
Francis Dickson
Lewis J. Morrison
Lewis Hopkins Rutherford
Martha J. Dickson
County of
Hall of Records
Neil Dickson
Charles Hf.l &] Beckett
Sant
Daniel J. Dowdney
Surrogates’ Court
James R. Torrance
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
N. YT
Real Estate Transfers in New York City Firms Sell Multiple Properties
Cammann Voorhees & Floyd and Robert Colgate & Co. sell the four story building at 113 Beekman Street for George D. Waas. Shaw & Co. transfer 153 East 12th Street investment property to William Post. Ames & Co. and Arthur Cox move 40 West 1st Street five story double tenement to Henry Klein, plus 39 East Fifth Street five story double flat with stores. Edward H. Vogler sells 433 and 435 Lenox Avenue six story apartment house to Catharine Demarest, with Nos. 433 and 435. Demarest gives 18 West 128th Street three story dwelling in part payment. Estelle F. Taylor sells 7 First Avenue four story factory on 74.1 by ? feet. Nathalie Schriener sells 211 East 48th Street three story dwelling on 16.5 by 100.5 feet.
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Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd
Robert Colgate & Co
George D. Waas
Beekman Street
Shaw & Co
William Post
East 12d Street
Ames & Co
Arthur Cox
Henry Klein
West 1Eth Street
M. Hogan
East Fifth Street
Edward ©. H. Vogler
Max Lowenstein
Catharine Demarest
Lenox Avenue
Will Improve a Brooklyn Plot on DeKalb and Steuben
Ernestus Gulick Company sold a Brookyn plot at DeKalb avenue and Steuben street consisting of five lots for a six story mill construction by a leading shoe maker. Ground breaking is planned for this fall for Clarence True, owner.
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Ernestus Gulick Company
DeKalb Avenue
Steuben Street
Brooklyn
Clarence True
City funds rebuilds floors and front for fuel depot
Floors of steel and concrete laid and the front rebuilt. The improvements cost the city $10,000. The building will also serve as a fuel station for the department.
Richmond Terrace Lot Sales Reach 8 Percent Sold
W C Reeves & Co reports over eight percent of Richmond Terrace Long Island property sold at 300 per lot. The late sale is four blocks from the Long Island subway and steam station and one block from the trolley. another excursion by train leaves Long Island City and Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn today at 1 40 PM.
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W. C. Reeves & Co
Richmond Terrace
Long Island
Long Island City
Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn
Le Marquis Hotel Leased for 21 Years
The Northern Central Realty Company led by Joseph Fleischman has leased the twelve story fireproof Le Marquis at 14 and 16 East 1st Street to Edmond H. Chatillon for twenty-one years. Albert B. Ashforth acted as broker. Chatillon previously managed the Hotel Leonort.
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Northern Central Realty Company
Joseph Fleischman
le Marquis
East 1St St
Edmond H. Chatillon
Albert B. Ashforth
Mr. Chatillon
Leonort
Bronx Building Plans Publicized For Multiple Dwellings
Plans filed for several Bronx structures include two five story brick tenements on Tinton Avenue near 205.6 feet of 166th Street by One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Street Construction Company with owner George P. Pelham and architect Da alaipud da atheg aap dap ie atta. Additional projects: two two story and attic frame dwellings on Concourse near 178th Street by Hagerman Construction Company. six two story and attic frame dwellings on Martha Avenues near 240th Street by Ernest Keller with J J Vreeland as architect. Also a five story brick tenement on Franklin Avenue near 168th Street by Mary W Done hue with Moore & Landsieedel. four five story brick tenements on Kelly Street near Longwood Avenue by Kill Wood Realty Company. a five story brick tenement on Courtlands Avenue near Mist Street by Williams & Hart with Harry T Howell as architect. Total estimated costs listed.
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Tinton Ave
Hagerman Construction Company
J J Vreeland
Martha Avees
240Th St
Ernest Keller
Franklin Ave
Williams & Hart
Harry T Howell
Petroleum Field Activity Shows Mixed Production Trends
Weekly oil field report notes declines in the Mingo and Fal lansbee pools while Lincoln County production climbs as the narrow gauge railroad expansion promises easier delivery. A notable gain comes from the Douglas Lacy No. 22 in Creek County with initial 1 200 barrel output. Trenton Rock fields in Ohio show revival amid rising interest in Mexican fields. Refined petroleum held at 8 30 cents a barrel, 5 cents in bulk in New York. European markets steady.
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Mingo Pool
Fallansbee
Mountain State Gas Company
Ritchie County
Lincoln County
Mid-Continent
Douglas, Lacy Company
Creek County
Oklo
Trenton Rock
Ohio
Sandusky
Wood
Seneca
van Wert
New York
Philadelphia
London
Antwerp
Bremen
Big Fifth Avenue Mortgage Boosts Local Market
The Lawyers' Title Insurance and Trust Co lends 375 000 on premises 374 Fifth avenue bought from Mrs Charlotte Astor Haig by Robert E Dowling and resold to Thomas R Ball of Best Co. The loan carries 44 1/2 percent for three years as evidence of mortgage market improvement. The property sits 37 by 10 feet beside Fifth avenue and 23rd street corner, with Best & Co leasing the corner plot 74 by 125 feet for a children's clothing business.
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Title Insurance and Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Charlotte Astor Haig
Robert E. Dowling
Thomas R. Ball
Best & Co
Engineers’ Club
23Th Street
Bronx Boulevard Plot Sold by Kurz & Uren
Kurz and Uren sold to Christian H. Werner ten lots on the easterly side of Bronx Boulevard. The parcels lie 100 feet south of 235th Street and measure 250 by 855 feet in total.
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Kurz & Uren
Christian H. Werner
Bronx Boulevard
Fire Department Hospital Stable Enlargement Plans Filed
Alexander Stevens the department architect has filed plans with Buildings Superintendent Murphy to enlarge and renovate the three story hospital stable at No 19 Chrystle Street. A rear extension is to be built and new facilities added.
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Alexander Stevens
Fire Department
Murphy
No. 19
Chrystlest
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