Brooklyrn Rapid Transit Company Reports Record Year
The Brooklyrn Rapid Transit Company posts record gross earnings of 15,870,455 for the year ending June 3, net earnings of 7,930,887 and a net surplus of 1,844,092. The report notes rising construction expenditures and passenger totals, discusses the transfer system as a growing issue, and emphasizes the need for safe returns on private capital while outlining system improvements and future prospects.
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Brooklyrn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Winter
East River
Public Service Commission
Battery Park
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Mr. Winter
Controller Murray Visits City to Review Bank Receivership
Lawrence O. Murray former Controller of the Currency, now in town with Charles A. Hanna to review the National Bank of North America receivership. He reports the third 25 cent dividend brings total to 75 percent and sees funds likely to pay depositors in full soon. He will also examine New Amsterdam National Bank affairs with Receiver Edwards.
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Lawrence O. Murray
William B. Ridgely
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Mr. Murray
Adirondacks
Washington
Mr. Anna
Murray
the Tribune
New Amsterdam National Bank
Edwards
August Deficit Shrinks Amid Lower Expenditures
The August 1908 receipts and expenditures show a deficit of 3,909,127, greatly reduced from July’s 24,869,438 deficit. Compared with August 1907, August 1908 recorded a surplus in prior years, with declines in War Department and public works spending and a Navy decrease, while customs receipts rose about two million from July.
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Washington
War Department
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad Reports July Earnings Decline
The Pennsylvania Railroad records show July gross earnings down on the eastern lines by 3 318 000 and a net loss of 517 000, with western lines posting a 1 714 000 drop in gross and 311 000 in net. For seven months to July 21 overall, gross fell 31 366 000 and net declined 6 744 000 compared with last year.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Suit Against Colonel Greene Filed in Federal Court
San Francisco news item reports Dr. E. B. Perrin filed suit in the United States Circuit Court seeking $112,000 alleging it is due for thirty two thousand acres connected to Colonel W. C. Greene the copper man.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court
E. B. Perrin
W. C. Greene
Land in Arizona Contract Dispute Involving Greene
A complaint alleges a land contract in Arizona with Greene. payment under the agreement was not made as agreed, prompting the dispute and potential remedies.
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Arizona
Greene
Notable American arrivals at the Hotel Regina
The latest American arrivals in Baden Baden include Professor Ashmore Miss M Ashmore and Mr and Mrs LL M Kirsch of New York also W S Oppenheim Kempen K Knapp and Mrs William Schall and daughters of Chicago.
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Baden-Baden
Hotel Regina
Professor Ashmore
M. Ashmore
Ll. M., Kirsch
New York
W. S. Oppenheim
Kempen K. Knapp
William Schall and Daughters
Chicago
Maritime Almanac Reports Vessels and Schedules
The miniature almanac lists sunrises and moonrises, high water times, and vessel movements. It notes ships like the Pennsylvania, Adriatic, and Altonia with dock times, plus routes and sailings from White Star, Cunard, and other lines.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Port of New York Ship Arrivals Report September 1908
Maritime list from Port of New York shows multiple steamers arriving or leaving quarantine with passengers fruit mails and noise. Vessels include C F Tietgen Noordam Usk Carib Avalon Altamaha Evertida Kronpring Wilhelm Bayonne Maracaibo and Venezia with cabin steerage passengers and cargo details.
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C F Tietgen
Dan
Thomeen
Copenhagen
Christiana
Christiansand
Finch, Edge & Co
Bennett
Nor
Olsen
Baracoa
Atlantic Fruit Company
Noordam
Stenger
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Moolland-America Line
Bar
Usk
Fing
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Avalon
Rasmussen
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Company
Altamaha
Road
Sabine
Brunswick
Brunswick Steamship Company
Evertida
Barker
Rosario
Montevideo
Barbados
St. Lucia
Simpson, Spence & Young
Kronpring Wilhelm
Ger
Misrich
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Oelrichs & Co
Bayonne
von Hugo
Algiers
Philip Ruprecht
Maracaibo
Hichborn
Charming Excursions Up the Hudson by Palace Line Buses
Palace Iron Day Line steamers Hendrick Hudson New York Albany run from Brooklyn and Manhattan terminals with morning departures at 8 40 and 9 40 from Fulton Street annex and Desbrosses Street and 9 20 and 10 20 from West 129th Street. Returns by 6 30 or 6 40. Saturday West Point visit features full dress inspection with band at 1 25 p m. Morning and afternoon concerts.
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West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Palace Iron
Hendrick Hudson
New York
Albany
Brooklyn
Fulton St
Annex
Desbrosses St
W. 129Th St
Excursion to West Point Steamer Albany Daily
Ideal for labor buy steamer Mary Powell departs from Desbrosses Street at 1 45 PM and West 424 Street at 2 PM with connections to West Point arriving 5 PM for New York Day Line steamer Albany. Excursion fare 1 00 with return option by West Shore or N S Central or Cent Hudson line for 1 10. See Cadets, Camp, Public Buildings and onboard orchestra. Excursions made daily except Sunday.
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Mary Powell
Desbrosses St
W. 129Th
Eta
Hendrick Hudson
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Teave Desbrosses St
W. 129Th St
Steamer Voyages and Quarantine Notices Prevail in Shipping Log
A dense shipping ledger lists multiple steamers arriving, leaving quarantine, or sailing to various ports. Vessels include Cay of Atlanta, DuMeld, Brantwood, Daugheston, Chip, Saratoga, Monroe, Maracas, Concho, Ftelka and Kronprinzessin Cecille among others with destinations such as Bar, Havana, Callao, Norfolk, Newport News, Galveston, Le Havre, Rouen, and Port Antonio. It notes passenger counts, cargo types, and quarantine statuses for several ships under John Seager Co, Old Dominion S S Co, Mallory S S Co, and Trinidad Shipping and Trading Co.
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James W Elwell & Co
Cay
Atlanta
Smith
Savannah
The
Ocean Co
DuMeld
Sourapaya
Brantwood
Booth
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
John
Seager Co
Daugheston
Haig
Callao
Sala
Junin
Iquique
Valparaiso
Verry
Coronel
Montevideo
St Lucia
Charleston
Baltimore
Perth Amboy
Wessels, Duval & Co
Chip (Fr
Young
Key West
Galveston
Mallory Ss Co
Ftelka
Aust
Ticac
Rouen
Bar
Kronprinzessin Cecille
Ger
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Statendam
Rotterdam
Boulosne
le Cocq
Santander
Hilarius
la Plata
Buenos Ayres
Joseph J. Cuneo
Nor
Port Antonio
la Hesbaye
Antwerp
Steglinde
Rio Janeiro
Cuthbert
Barbados
Para
Phenix
Tilt Cove
N F
Windber
Steamers At Foreign Ports Arrived And Sailed
A list of steamships arriving at and sailing from various ports worldwide. Vessels include Lusitania Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Roma Prins Willem IV and African Prince among others with routes to New York, Naples, Havre and more, dated late August to early September.
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Copenhagen
United States
Christiansand
Inverpool
Lusitania
New York
Kobe
Indramayo
Yokohama
Gibraltar
Konig Albert
Naples
Genoa
Barbados
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
Barvedae
Dalny
New New York York
Rio Janeiro
Natal
Pernambuco
Auckland
Jeanara
St Vincent
C V
Istrar
Adelaide
Sydney
African Prince
Cape Town
Port Natal
Ben Nevis
Fremantle
Frankdale
Bombay
Philadelphia
Asama
Perim
Brett Huel
New Chwang
Algiers
Hyndford
Baltimore
Schonfels
Aden
Luisiana
Ital
Dunkirk
Louisiane
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Nostrand Avenue
Fulton Street
Gates Avenue
West 14Th Street
C. D. Meneely
Carlings
L. O. Murray
North America
Pennsylvania
New-York
Tribune
Marines Intelligence
Barbaroosa
Nantucket
Adriatic
Altonia
Toy
Magdalena
Sarnia
Inagua
Hamb-Am Ashtonia
Mallory
Jacksonville
Clyde
Savannah -Manzanillo
Wicease
Lloyd Petite Reessaae
Bo Pacific
White Star
Hamburg
Hamburg-Am
New Orleans
San Giovanni
Arapahoe
el Valle
Cedric
Liverpool
Voltaire
Bahia
Lamp & Holt
Merida
Havana
Altal
Hamb-Am
Berroud
Bermuda
Quebec
la Provence
Toronto
Hull
Wilson
London
Bristol City
Swansea
el Dorado
San Marcos
Mallory Crown Prince Iroquois
Mauretania
Cunard
Teutonic
Estonia
Libau
Alice
Austrian
Comal
Monroe
Norfolk
Old Dom
Baltic
Amerika
la Gascogne
French
Monterey
Ward
Guiana
Grenada
Goyaz
Brazilian
Eocee
Oscar II
Scand
Prinz F Wilhelm
Lloyd
Carpathia
Iroquois
Hamilton
City of Atlanta
E Friedrich
Colombia
Cienfuegos
Tampico
Wardsee
Princess Anne
Shipping News
Port of
Hudson
Ient AL
Labor Day
Atlantic City
Thousand Islands
Rapids
Montreal
Lakes
Nova Scotia
Boston
Yarmouth
Digby
Wolfville
Grand Pré
Halifax
N. S
St. John
N. B
Thos. Cook & Son
Broadway
Madison Ave
Fifth Ave
Long Island Sound
Chester W. Horwich
Pier
N. H
Clarkson St
East
Sae Dion
Norwich
Fisher's Island
Stonington
Watch Hill
Narragansett Pier
Newport
Providence
New Haven
Bridgeport
Island of
North River
Gramercy
RED Bank Line
Franklin &T
N.R
Highlands
Red Bank
Long Branch
AL Foster
Julia
Andes
Kentuck
Belcher Anesiene
Belcher
Occidental Bullion
Ophir
Caledonia
Cal & Va
Sierra Nevada
Imperial
St Louis
Crown Point
Union
Gould & Curry
Utah
Yellow Jackesone
Hale & Norcross
Racers, Peet & Company
Warren St
34Th St
TSS
NEW York Supreme Court
New York County
Sarah Bach
Pasquale Pati
Rosina Pati
Salvatore Pati
Jane’ Pati
Jane
Achille Starace
Copartners
Pasquale Pati and Son
State of New York
Peter Romano
Gaetano Maniscalco
Salvatore Costanzi
Domenico Cusimano
Angelo Farranto
Guiseppe Pecorino
Carmelo Gino
Calogero Colletti
Francesco Asaro
Giuseppe Ali
David’ Schuman
David
Plaintiff
John Doe
James Doe
Joseph Doe
Richard Roe
Robert Roe
Jane Roe
Mary Roe
Jane Doe
Julia Doe
Morris Cooper
Vesey Street
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Jane” Pati
Cuthbert W. Pound
Supreme Court of
County of New York
Court House
City of New York
Luna Park
Dreamland
Steeple
Musel
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
N. Y
Algeria
Frank M¢Kee
Victor Herbert
Glen Macdonot
New Amsterdam
Erry Widow
Witwe
Mon
Liberty
Mate
Lillian Russell
Saa
Geo
Hobart
Jardin de Paris
Gen
New York Theatre
45Th St. Eves
Carle Manv
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Vexson
Garden Theatre
Henry W
Lincoln SQ
Blaney S
Emma Carus
Alex Carr
Colonial Mat
Alhambra
Eva Tanguay
Salome
Amy Anderson & Co
Harry Allister
Jack Norworth
Howard & North
Barrison & Howard
Bernard
Stuart Barnes
Conroy le Maire Co
Lascothea Golden Gate
Wea
Wallace
Arnold Daly
W Weber
Astor
Man
Douglas Fairbanks
Pammerstein
Mendelssohn
Belasco Theatre
West
David Belasco
Mats
Harrison Grey Fiske
George —— Arliss
Alex
Ine Devil Ferenc Molnar
W. T. Larner
New Jersey
Trac
Marlborough
Blenheim
N. J
Attra
Atlantic
White Service
Josiah White & Sons
Bath St
Girls OF God
the Gaiety Theatre
Garr
Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Dor
Keane Empire Theatre
SAVOY
Diana OF
Dobson’s
Yernemene
Isadora Buncan
Hattie Williams
Lyceum
Miss Bills
Eiteee
Robert Edeson
Hippodrome
Newaci
Gasing
Eia Harald
Lisa
NEW Jerse
Walter J. Buzby
Sea View House
Atlantic Highlands
Ocean
Iryant
Peninsula House
Searriont
Ocean Front
Cisewnnian
Pleasure Bay
Charles H. Dederer
Montclair
Pocono
Poconos
I. D. Mvison
Prop
Mt. Pocono
Kittatinny
Delaware Water Gap
Stes
Frank Cop
Connecticut
Berkshire Hilla
Lakeville
Conn
Ikshire
NEW Yorks
Coney Island
Richard Anderson
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