Gerard at P S C Again Says Tracks Should Go
Justice Gerard in the Supreme Court criticized the Public Service Commission for inactivity over condemning New York Central tracks on Eleventh Avenue and 60th Street. Leopold Hellinger petitioned for mandamus to compel condemnation proceedings to remove the tracks and build a subway, arguing the 1906 act required action if the two sides failed to agree on a plan. The case hinges on whether the commission’s delays justify the Corporation Counsel declining to initiate condemnation, with implications for costs and the subway's fate.
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Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
New York Central
Eleventh Avenue
Leopold Hellinger
60Th Street
Gerard
Thomas J. O’neil
Saxe
Rapid Transit Board
Franklin Street
38Th Street
Plaa
Hellinger
O'Neill
Corporation Counsel
George 8
Coleman
William
H. Burr
Burr
Rapid Transit Commission
Mr. Burr
Tests to gauge trolley fenders wheel guards in Schenectady
Public Service Commission to run seventeen tests on safety devices for trolley cars. A. W. McLimont leads trials with lay figures on tracks at General Electric in Schenectady. Manufacturers from across the U.S. observe with many engineers and rail groups in attendance.
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Public Service Commission
New York
General Electric Company
Schenectady
A. W. McLimont
McCarroll
Eustis
Board of Supervising Engineers of
Chicago
L. H. McLain
Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Voting Machines a White Elephant in New Jersey
Secretary of State Dickinson seeks a solution for scattered voting machines unused by towns and state agencies. New Jersey spent about 596000 on them in three years, but most jurisdictions rejected them and many want them junked. Attorney General McCarter travels in Europe and may return soon to help resolve the issue.
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Trenton
Dickinson
New Jersey
McCarter
Europe
Dickneon
Glass cases for subway elevators approved in city plan
The Public Service Commission ordered grass enclosures around elevator shafts at the 168th street and Islet street stations on the Broadway line and at Mott avenue on the West Farms branch. The city bears the cost as an extra under Contract No 1, with work to be carried out by the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company.
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Public Service Commission
168Th Street
Islet Street
Broadway
Mott Avenue
West Farms
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Dollar dinner planned for Missouri editors in St Louis
The committee on arrangements announced that the dollar dinner for Democratic editors of Missouri at the Hotel Jefferson on September 25 will be strictly a cold water affair. Augustus Thomas, the playwright, has not yet accepted an invitation to speak. Thomas, once a St Louis journalist, did not secure a Missouri proxy to back Bryan at Denver.
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St. Louis
Committee On
Missouri
Hotel
Jefferson
Augustus Thomas
Thomas
Bryan
Denver
Cost of Forest Fires Across Northern States
Washington reports forest fires have devastated Minnesota Michigan and Wisconsin this year causing massive losses of timber. Officials warn 1908 may record one of the worst years for forest wealth across the northern United States.
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Washington
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
United States
Lake States
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
New England
Canada
Forest Service
Attacks on Canal Policy At Astor Hotel Meeting
At a New York business men gathering in the Hotel Astor Mayor William H. Follette of Tonawanda accused Canal Superintendent Stevens of serving railroad interests and opposing canal people. He claimed Governor Hughes appointed a legislator who had long opposed canals to the canal post.
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Astor
William H. Follette
Tonawanda
Buffalo
Stevens
Hughes
Howsasdeks
Roosevelt
New York City
Baltimore
Boston
Nation Faces Multi Million Fire Losses This Season
Forest fire losses across the country will run into the millions and could fill a sizable navy of battleships if timber values were cashed. Officials note fires are spurring states to adopt rational fire protection, while federal patrols and organized firefighting on national forests limit destruction. Total non-salary firefighting cost for the season tops $30,000, covering about 168 million acres.
Atlantic City Defiant In Sunday Liquor Debate
Atlantic City faces renewed pressure from saloon men as they plan Sunday sales amid Governor Fort’s threat to deploy militia. Dealers claim a $150000 loss last Sunday, and independents in Cape May County push to ignore closures, betting grand juries will not indict. Local leaders seek to avert another public flare up and national attention.
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Atlantic City
Governor Fort
Royal Arch
Café Men’s Protective Association
Governor Fort Will
Davis arraigned in murder case with alibi witness eyed
Omaha Sept 11 Charles E Davis was arraigned on first degree murder charges after Dr J P Lord identified him as the man seen near Dr Austins home shortly after the killing. Bail set at seven thousand dollars. Auditor Frank Graham may corroborate Daviss alibi regarding the 3 AM time.
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Omaha
Austin
J. P. Lord
Charles E. Davis
Dr. Lord
Davis
Dr. Austin
Latham Davis
Davis Brothers
Frank Graham
Omaha National Bank
Graham
Rustin
Roosevelt Welcomed In Muskegon On Campaign Cruise
Muskegon Michigan September 11 thousands turned out to greet the steamer Theodore Roosevelt as it sailed through Lake Michigan fog carrying the Marquette Marching Club of Chicago on a Republican national ticket campaign. Speakers from Indiana Kansas City Chicago Philadelphia and Illinois praised Taft Sherman and Roosevelt policies. A telegram of good wishes from William H Taft was read to cheering crowds before the steamer proceeded to Traverse City.
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Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Marquette
Clib
Chicago
Manitowoc
Wis
Grand Opera House
W. L Taylor
Indiana
W. K. Cubbison
Kansas City
Charles Malen
Albert Vinck
Philadelphia
R. H. McCormick
Illinois
Taft
Sherman
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Traverse City
Army march ravaged by heat and dust near Topeka
Four thousand regular army troops marching from Fort Riley to St. Joseph endure extreme heat and choking dust. In four days over 300 soldiers prostrated, more than 100 seriously, ferried to Topeka by rail as dust from the cavalry route blankets the road.
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The
Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Sept. U
Fort Riley
St. Joseph
New York canals and rail rates spark mayoral clash
Mayor Follette’s address on neglect of the canals launches a heated discussion over New York’s commerce decline. He blames rail rate discrimination, high wharfage, and a weak canal system, pressing for canal expansion, free unloading wharfage, and concrete docks to restore New York’s supremacy.
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Follette
Albert E. Henschel
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Montreal
Albany
Buffalo
Chicago
New York City
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Alaica Bay
Staten Island
Canada
Ferry service row as LIRR plans permanent cut
Public Service Commission hearings probe winter continuation of the Long Island Railroad ferry between Long Island City and Pier 8 Fast River. Commuters push for a fare to keep the route, while LIRR cites annual losses of about $40,000 to $45,000. A formal complaint will decide if service remains until its likely discontinuation next month.
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Bassett
Public Service Commission
Long Island Railroad Company
Long Island City
Pier 8
Fast River
Louis Windmuller
Sith Street
Eugene V. Daly
Port Washington
Long Island
C. L. Addison
Long Island Railroad
Russians Appeal To President At Cooper Union
A large crowd at Cooper Union urged President Roosevelt to reverse a Russian decision to extradite Jan Pouren a Lettish peasant charged with murder and arson. Speakers including Representative Parsons Franklin Wentworth and James Reynolds backed the petition and resolutions claiming Pouren as a political offender and a test case for liberty. Letters from prominent figures were read as supporters cheered.
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Jan Pouren
Pouren
Roosevelt
Herbert Parsons
State Department
United States
Lberty
Franklin H. Wentworth
Boston
James B. Reynolds
Society of Friends of Russian Freedom
Jacob Gordon
Meyer London
I. A. Hourwich
David Blaustein
Simon C. Pollock
Lyman Abbott
Samuel Greenbaum
John H. Finley
The
City College
Arthur Brisbane
David H. Greer
Samuel Gompers
Moon car leads in daring race with near track record
F. J. Davis won the Moon car in 0 55 31 while Ralph De Palma in the Fiat Cyclone matched Walter Christie and set a track record in an exhibition mile. The race drew many automobiles, faced disqualification threats from AAA for un sanctioned action, and saw a bright moonlight aiding visibility for a dramatic duel between the Simplex and Allen Kingston.
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F. J. Davis
Ralph de Palma
Walter Christie
American Automobile Association
Automobile Club of America
Simplex
Allen-Kingston
Erie Bill Narrowly Escapes in Court Fight
In Pittsburg on September 11, A. D. Andrew known as Erie Bill a bank burglar wanted in Ontario County N Y fought to avoid arrest after his cuffs were removed in court Pinkerton detectives intervened naming Eric Bill and recapturing him following a struggle. Andrew is accused of breaking into Shortsville N Y bank December 14 196 and stealing 6500 dollars.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
A. D. Andrew
Erie Bill
Ontario County
N. Y
van Voorhis
Pinkerton
Eric Bill
Andrew
Shortsville
Riverside Penitentiary
Public Service Commission seeks rail changes to fall schedules
Albany Sept 111 the Public Service Commission 24 District issued a circular to all railroad corporations asking for prompt proposed changes to passenger schedules that discontinue summer service and any fall or winter service planned for 1907 with justification and timetable train numbers. The circular notes railroads add to service June 1 to October 1 causing reduced complaints when travel is high, but after summer there is a drop in travel and a likely withdrawal of facilities.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
24 District
Dunning Murder Trial Verdict In Second Degree
Gouverneur New York September 1 The Dunning murder trial at Canton ended with a verdict of murder in the second degree. Rollin Dunning formerly of Rossie New York killed his young wife s father Jerry Apple and brother in law Albert Crowder at their home on an island in Black Lake eighteen miles from the village in jealous rage
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Gouverneur
N. Y
Dunning
Canton
Rollin Dunning
Rossie
Jerry” Apple
Albert Crowder
Black Lake
Theft of 30000 Bonds Stolen From Boston Broker
A. B. Turner & Co. reported the loss of bonds totaling 30000 face value. A swindler posing as a buyer paid with a worthless certified check and vanished with bonds including Chicago Burlington & Quincy joint 4s Oregon Short Line refunding 4s American Tobacco 4s Georgia Central 4s and New York Central 4s.
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Boston
A. B. Turner & Co
Milk Street
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Joint
Oregon Short Line
American Tobacco
Georgia Central
New York Central
Safebreakers Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Newark
George Williams alias Humpty with Richard Vaughan and Martin Tiffany were jailed for fourteen years by Judge Davis after being arrested in Newark for planning to crack the J Wiss & Sons safe at 68 Broad Street. They faced five burglary charges. Williams confessed to other large robberies in New York including Iver Johnson and Diamond Point Pen companies.
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George Williams
Humpty
Richard Vaughan
Martin Tiffany
Newark
J. Wiss & Sons
Broad Street
Davis
Williams
New York
Iver-Johnson Company
Diamond Point Pen Company
Lenox Private Hospital Opens for Inspection on East 67th
The Lenox Private Hospital at 149 and 151 East 67th Street opened for inspection yesterday. Dr and Mrs Philip Metrovitz head the institution which houses seven stories, fireproof construction, and all new equipment including beds operating tables and India rug furnishings. Accommodations for 100 patients, several rooms already engaged, and a root garden to serve as a sun parlor in winter.
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Lenox
East 67Th Street
Philip Metrovitz
Madison Avenue
Meiravitz
Patrolman Waltman Sentenced to State Prison
Judge Malone of General Sessions sentenced William F. Waltman, a Mercer Street patrolman, to prison for extortion after a conviction. Waltman must serve not less than three nor more than five years. His partner Benjamin Cordes pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on Monday for compelling two women on Lith Street to pay $3 each.
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Malone
Fm General Sessions
William F. Waltman
Mercer Street
Waltman
Benjamin Cordes
Cordes
Lith
Mrs G W Helme Scalded at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Mrs. George w Helme, wife of Waldorf origin founder, aged about seventy five, was severely scalded taking a bath at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. She fell after stepping on soap while turning off hot water, striking her head. physician reports a recovery expected.
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G. W. Helme
Waldorf Helmetta
N. J
George W. Helme
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
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