Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company reports record earnings and high investment
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company posts its fiscal year end results with gross earnings of 19.87 million dollars, net earnings near 7.9 million, and a 61.25 percent operating-cost-to-earnings ratio. It notes 515 million passengers carried and extensive construction including 200 new cars. President Winter discusses transfer abuses and the need for safe returns on private capital to fund further transit improvements.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Winter
East River
Public Service Commission
Battery Park
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Mr. Winter
Controller Murray in Town Reviews Bank Receiverships
Lawrence O. Murray the new Controller of the Currency met with Charles A. Hanna receiver of the National Bank of North America to review the National Bank of America receivership. He reported improved health and said 75 percent in dividends has been paid and full payment to depositors may come soon. He will also inspect the suspended New Amsterdam National Bank with Receiver Edwards and commented on possible emergency currency to move crops.
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Lawrence O. Murray
William B. Ridgely
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Mr. Murray
Adirondacks
Washington
National Bank of South America
Anna
Murray
the Tribune
New Amsterdam National Bank
Edwards
August Deficit Small as Expenditures Fall
The government shows an August 1908 deficit of 23,909,127, smaller than July's 24,869,438 deficit, due to large expenditure cuts. Receipts were 6,875,060 below July 1908 and about 13,000,000 below August 1907. total two month deficit stands at 28,778,566. Public debt rises to 963,886,558 with cash in Treasury down or up by 35,076,765.
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Washington
War Department
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad July earnings decline across regions
The railroad reports July gross earnings on eastern lines down 3 318 000 and net down 317 000, with western lines posting a 1 714 000 gross drop and 311 000 net fall. For seven months to July 21, both eastern and western lines show combined gross decline of 31 366 000 and net decrease of 6 744 000 compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Suit Against Colonel W. C. Greene Filed for 112000
Dr. E. B. Perrin sues in the United States Circuit Court in San Francisco seeking 112000 as due for thirty two thousand acres from Colonel W. C. Greene the copper man. The action was filed yesterday.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court
E. B. Perrin
W. C. Greene
Land Contract in Arizona Alleged Payment Default
A complaint states land in Arizona was contracted for by Greene and that payment was not made as agreed. The document outlines the alleged breach and resulting dispute over the contract terms.
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Arizona
Greene
American arrivals at Hotel Regina in Baden Baden
The latest American arrivals include Professor Ashmore, Miss M Ashmore, Mr and Mrs L M Kirsch of New York, W B Oppenheim, Kempen K Knapp, Mrs William Schall and daughters of Chicago arrived at the Hotel Regina on August 2.
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Baden-Baden
Hotel Regina
Professor Ashmore
M. Ashmore
L. M., Kirsch
New York
W. 8. Oppenheim
Kempen K. Knapp
William Schall and
Chicago
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac For Early Shipping
Daily maritime notices list vessel movements and schedules with arrivals and expected dockings. Ships include The Pennsylvania Barbarossa Adriatic Altonia Laetitia Concho City of Atlanta Yumart Prinzess Irene El Dia Hamburg Hamburg Am San Giovann Arapahoe Iroquois Bristol City El Dorado and others with routes from Sandy Hook Nantucket Lightship and geolocated ports like Gibraltar Galveston Southampton and Havana.
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Pennsylvania
Sandy Hook
Nantucket
Altonia
Magialena
Kingston
Sarnia
Inagua
Gibraltar
Barbarossa
Bremen
Laetitia
Concho
Galveston
Troquois
Jacksonville
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Yumart
Manzanillo
Prinzess Irene
el Dia
Pacific
Adriatic
Southampton
White Star
Hamburg
Hamburg-Am San Giovann
Naples
ceeeessDtalian Arapahoe
Clyde FE
Valle
New Orleans
Cedric
Liverpool
Bahia
Lamp & Holt
Havana
Ward Inagua
Hamb-Am
Bermuda
Havre
Hull
Iroquois
London
Bristol City
Swansea
el Dorado
San Marcos
Mallory
Line
Mauretania
Cunard
Teutonic
Estonia
Libau
Alice
Aples
Comal
Monroe
Norfolk
Old Dom
Baltic
Amerika
Hamburg-Am
la Gascogne
French
Monterey
Ward
Guiana
Grenada
Quebec
Goyaz
Para
Brazilian
Oscar II
Christiansand
E Friedrich
Colombia
Cienfuegos
Tampico
Wardere Oo
Princess Anne
Port of New York Steamer Arrivals Report 1908
Port records list multiple ships docking at the bar with cargoes including fruit passengers and mail. Vessels include C F Tietgen Noordam Usk Kronprinz Wilhelm and others arriving from Copenhagen Rotterdam Nipe Bay Port Antonio and Bremen with varying passenger counts and goods.
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C F Tietgen
Dan
Thomeen
Copenhagen
Christiana
Christianes Nd
Finch, Edge & Co
Bennett
Nor
Olsen
Baracoa
Atlantic Fruit Company
Noordam
Stenger
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Moolland-Americanine
Bar
Usk
Fing
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Avalon
Rasmussen
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Company
Altamaha
Road
Sabine
Brunswick
Brunswick Steamship Company
Evernda
Barker
Rosario
Montevideo
Barbados
St. Lucia
Simpson, Spence & Young
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Ger
Misrich
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Oelrichs & Co
Bayonne
von Hugo
Algiers
Philip Ruprecht
Maracaibo
Hichborn
Charming excursions up the Hudson to West Point and Poughkeepsie
Palace steamers Hendrick Hudson New York Albany operate daily except Sunday with departures from Brooklyn Fulton Street Desbrosses Street and West 129th Street at 8:40 9:40 9:00 10:00 9:20 10:20 A M Returning to 42nd Street at 6:30 or 8:40 P M On Saturdays at West Point full dress inspection with the band at 1:25 P M Morning and afternoon concerts offered by the line.
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Hudson
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Palace Iron Day Lins
Hendrick Hudson
New York
Albany
Brooklyn
Fulton St
Annex
Desbrosses St
W. 129Th St
Labor Day Steamer to West Point Excursion
Leaving Desbrosses Street 1 45 PM W 42d Street 2 PM W 129th Street 2 20 PM Arrive West Point 5 PM with connection to Day Line steamer Albany Excursion fare 1 00 Also return option by West Shore or New York Central trains or Cent Hudson Street 1 10 These excursions made daily except Sunday
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Mary Powell
Desbrosses St
Eta
Marine Passenger Movements and Vessel Arrivals Amid Filtered Quarantine
The record lists arrivals and departures across multiple steamers including Ory Atlanta, Brantwood, Chicago, Saratoga, Monroe, Maracas, Concho, and Etelka among others. It notes cabin and steerage counts, destinations like Savannah, Rio de Janeiro, Havre, Havana, and Key West, quarantine statuses, bar arrivals, and ports of call such as Pekalongan, Algiers, Valparaiso, and Port Antonio.
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James W Elwell & Co
Har At &Am
Ory Atlanta
Smith
Savannah
The
Ocean Co
Duffield
Morgan
Sourapaya
Pekalongan
Perim
Port Said
Algiers
Delaware
Ater Bist
John C Seager Co
Bar
Brantwood
Booth
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Victorian
A m. Au
Callao
Salaverry
Junin
Iquique
Valparaiso
St Lucia
Charleston
Baltimore
Perth Amboy
Aang Duval & Co
Chicago
Cerdrngeon
Havre
Compagnie Nerale Transatlantique
Moise
Saratoga
Milier
Havana
New York and Cuba
Mdse
Etelka
Aust
Ticac
Rouen
Kronprinzesas
Cecilie
Ger
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Statendam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
le Cocq
Santander
Port Antonio
Port Maria
Cristobal
Comanche
Jacksonville
City of
Steamers Arrive at Foreign Ports From Various Nations
Shipping news lists arrivals and destinations for dozens of vessels including Copenhagen and Inverpool from New York, Kobe bound Indramayo to Yokohama, Konig Albert to Naples and Genoa, Orinoco to Colon and New York, and many more routes via Plymouth Cherbourg Dover Havre and Santos.
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Copenhagen
United States
New York
Christiansand
Inverpool
Lusitania
Kobe
Indramayo
Yokohama
Gibraltar
Konig Albert
Get
Naples
Genoa
Barbatos
Orinoco
Southampton
Colon
Kingston
Bristol
Jersey City
Bremen
Brilliant
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Marseilles
Roma
Amsterdam
Prins Willem IV
West Indies
Venezuela
Havre
Antwerp
St Leonards
Zeeland
Dover
Para
Cearense
Bar Dalny
Kasegga
Rio Janeiro
Natal
Pernambuco
Auckland
Jeanata
St Vincent
C V
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L. O. Murray
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Hell Gate
Shipping News
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Racers, Peet & Company
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34Th St
York Supreme Court
NEW_ YORK County
Sarah Bach
Pasquale Pati
Rosina Pati
Il Vatore Pati
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Jane
Achille Starace
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Salvatore Costanzi
Domenico Cusimano
Angelo Farranto
Guiseppe Pecorino
Carmelo Gino
Calogero Colletti
Francesco Asaro
Giuseppe Ali
David
Schuman
John Doe
James Doe
Joseph Doe
Richard Roe
Robert Roe
Jane Ros
Mary Roe
Morris Cooper
Vese
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Ving
Cuthbert W. Pound
Supreme Court of
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County of New York
Court House
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City of New York
Vesey Street
Luna Park
Dreamland
Jerusalem
Brighton Beach Park
Steeple
MUSEE
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Caiety
Army
First Sianhees Sit ‘Saa
Herald
Algeria
Evening Journal
Frank McKee
Victor Herbert
Glen Macdonough
Labor Day
New Amsterdam
Wage
Jardin de Paris
NEW Yyork Theatre
45Th St. Eves
F._ Ziegfeld, Jr
Academy OF Music
St. and
Irving PL
Garden Theatre
Henry W
Blaney
Emma Carus
Alex Carr & CO
Bianca Frolich
Frank Bush
Colonial Mat
Alhambra
Eva Tanguay
Salome
Amy Anderson & Co
Harry Allister
Jack Norworth
Howard & North, Stc
SSS
Barrison & Howard
Bernard
Stuart Barnes
Conroy le Maire Co
Asco Theatre
Next Sund
Golden Gate Professional Club
First Entertainment In of Building Fund
St West
Eve
Jay
New Jersey
ASTOR
Wallace
Arnold Daly
LSP
Weber
Aston
Winsom Pax
Wit
Daily Mata
Gertrude Hoffman
Iz “— Im Theatre
Vision of
Mendelssohn
Pammerstein
Oe Belasc Theatre
West
David Belasco
Mars
Harrison Grey Fiske
George
TYVF
Arliss
Alex
Konta
Khickerbogker
OF “Gottenbers
Bey Bggs
Garr Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Doris Keane
Way
Orher
Cy Theatre
Asterio
Isadora Duncan
Hattie Williams
45Th St
Lygeu Iss
Billie Burke
Robert Edeson
Hippodrome
Newaci
Ita Herald Sq
Lew Daly
Lyrig 'Ss
Mary Mannering
Sor
Hackett
Mata
John Mason
Marlborough
Blenheim
Atlantic
Josiah White & Sons
Walter J. Buzby
Sea View House
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Bryant
Peninsula House
Ocean Front
Canis River Pleasure Bay
Charles H. Dederer
Montclair Mn
Montclair, I N J
Pocono Mountains
Poconos
I. D. Mvison
Pocona
Kittatinny, Delaware Water Gap
Auto Mata G Prane Cope
Lakeville
Conn
Berkshire
Litchfield Hilla
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