New Bills Propose Railways In City Streets Harrisburg Move
The Pennsylvania Senate introduced two bills as supplements to the Och-Emery acts. Senator Scott of this city would require a governing board including the Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Attorney General to approve overhead or underground railways in contested city streets. Senator Focht of Union County proposed authority to build via charters on any route, while expressing uncertainty about the supplements’ purposes.
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State Senate
Harrisburg
Scott
Focht
Union County
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Philadelphia Times
Senate
Philadelphia
Union
Fifteen Minute Council Action on Thirteen Street Railway Bills
Philadelphia Select Council swiftly referred thirteen trolley and elevated railway ordinances plus one repealing measure to the street railway committee after a brief session. The bills authorize multiple rapid transit firms to build trolleys elevated lines and a subway, with capital details, bond requirements, street repaving duties, fare limits, and oversight by public works.
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Select Council
Miles
Charles Seger
Seventh Ward
Mr. Seger
Chestnut Hill
Glenside
Passyunk Avenue Elevated Railway
Germantown Elevated Railway Company
Ridge Avenue Elevated Railway Company
Frankford Elevated Railway Company
Broad Street Subway Railway Company
Certificate OF
Frankford Elevated Passenger Railway CO
Broad Street Surface Line Franchise Granted in Philadelphia
The city council approves an ordinance granting the Broad Street Transit Street Railway Company a franchise to lay single or double tracks along Broad Street from Government Avenue to Clarkson Avenue, loop around City Hall, and return, using electric motors with underground wires, in a plan that avoids interference with any potential elevated railway developments.
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Broad Street
City of
Philadelphia
Bread Street
Government Avenue
City Hall
Clarkson Avenue
Broad St
County
Broad Street Transit Street Railway Company
Frankford Elevated Railway Ordinance Granted in Philadelphia
City councils authorize the Frankford Elevated Passenger Railway Company to build an electrical elevated line from Delaware avenue and South street through Vine, Front, Callowhill, New Market, Laurel, Frankford avenues to Bridge street with double tracks. Provisions set height clearances, power, wiring attachable to the structure, and strict noise and street preservation measures.
Broad Street Subway Ordinance Grants City Rail Route
The Broad Street Subway Passenger Railway Company is authorized to build a subterranean electric line from Broad street and Government avenue under Broad street to the county line with stations not over a half mile apart. The city may run its wires, the company must readjust utilities, fare not to exceed five cents, and work must start within two years and finish within five, with plans for public works approval and bond.
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Philadelphia
Departments of Public Works and Public Safety
Department of Public Works
Cornells
Connells
Broad Street
City of Philadelphia
Broad Street Subway Passenger Railway Company
Government Avenue
County Line
Board of Directors
Director of Public Works
Routes of Other Lines Trolley and streetcar routes listed in 1900s Philadelphia network
The document outlines multiple routes of the Eastern Rapid Transit Street Railway Company. It begins at Filbert and Juniper and traces a long path via Vine to Wood and numerous cross streets through Philadelphia to the Powder Mill road and Germantown areas. Additional start points include Seventh and Wood Streets and Parrish and Randolph corridors, with later routes extending toward Bustleton, Fox Chase road, and related streets.
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Eastern Rapid Transit Street Railway Company
Filbert
Juniper Streets
Juniper
Vine
Wood
Darien
Button
Marshall
Montgomery Avenue
Cadwalader
Lawrence
Cambria
Front
Clearfield
Nicetown Lane
Powder MI Road
Unity Street
Hedge
Orthodox
Salmon
Lefevre
Margaret
Mulberry
Foulkrod
Oakland
Powder Mill Road
Westmoreland
Clearfeld
Cedar
Lehigh Avenue
Susquehanna Avenue
Coral
Diamond
Mascher
Turner
Hancock
Eidward
Germantown Avenue
American
Buttonwood
York Avenue
Sixth
Cherry
Seventh
Wood Streets
Spring Garden
Marshal
Parrish Streets
Parrish
Randolph
Franklin
Foulkrod Streets
Duncanhon
Bustleton and
Somerton Turnpike
Welsh Road
Somerton
Belleau Street
Krewstown Road
Meeting House Road
Fox Chase Road
Foulkred Street
Oakland Street
Sixth and
New Bills Handed in for Harrisburg Rapid Transit
Special from Harrisburg reports two new bills added to rapid transit acts. One prohibits new railway charters except in congested areas after a public board review. The second lets chartered companies build elevated or underground lines with local authority consent, moving swiftly through committees.
Legal Battle Likely Over Transit Street Rights
Promoters face protracted court fight over street occupancy rights for rapid transit. Experts cite 1889 Northeastern Elevated Railroad ruling and Fecht-Emery bills as reshaping surface and elevated rail rights, risking $14,000,000 in paving and existing contracts.
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Union Traction Company
Supreme Court
Finletter
Fecht-Emery
Satire law tests vested street rights in Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia lawyer argues that striking down property rights on streets would threaten vast private investments and the chartered privileges of streetcar franchises. He cites Penn history and contracts with the city, warning that Fecht-Emery legislation faces a thorny judicial path.
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Supreme Court
Torday
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Pvery Street Car Company
Philadelphia
Fecht-Emery
Boston Elevated Opens with Crowd Rush at Start
Boston's new elevated railway from Dudley Street to Sullivan Square began service today. First trains left at 5 30 a m with crowds growing rapidly to 7 am. Platforms at the terminals were packed and police struggled to maintain order. Between 5 30 and 9 o'clock roughly 58 000 passengers were handled.
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Boston
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Keeping Tab on Time From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
An amused citizen calculates how much time is spent winding watches and clocks, estimating 100000 watches daily in a city like New Orleans would consume about 530 hours and 10 minutes weekly, and about 22 days 20 hours yearly per person in winding mechanisms. The piece highlights the vast aggregate of time devoted to timekeeping and the potential value of a dollar per day for that labor.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Orleans
Turtle Worship Rituals In Keotron Ivory Coast Story
From the London Express a Keotron tradition on the French Ivory Coast holds turtles sacred after a canoe disappearance legend. Natives believe eating a turtle brings death or sickness. when a turtle washes ashore the town gathers, white cloth is placed on its back, offerings are laid, and the creature is returned to sea amid singing and dancing.
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London Express
Keotron
Ivory Coast
Camden Police Dismiss Rumor in Marie Zendig Shooting
Chief John Foster and Camden officials refuted rumors about the Marie Zendig shooting at the Sands saloon corner of Haddon Avenue and Line Street. Zendig, wounded in the breast, is receiving care at Cooper Hospital. Assistant Prosecutor Morse F. Archer visited the hospital twice. Zendig said the wound was self inflicted.
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Hhief
John Foster
Camden
Marie Zendig
William Sands
Haddon Avenue
Line Street
Morse F. Archer
Cooper Hospital
French Inoited Tien Tsin Row
In the House of Commons Lord George Hamilton said General Gasele telegraphed that the only information on the Tien Tsin fracas cited French soldiers resenting the British military police closing a house. The report notes French origin of the disturbance and references the British India command.
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Philadelphia Times
London
House of Commons
Lord George Hamilton
India
Gasele
Tien Tsin
Parliamentry Grant to the Queen in Crown Bill Vote
The House of Commons defeated amendments to the civil list and Crown bill by large majorities. A motion reducing the grant from 2 350 000 to 2 075 000 failed. Sir Michael Hicks Beach opposed adding 250 000 for the New Consort for her sole use and said there was no need to conceal the amount for Queen Ab eabaee at 165 000.
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London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Abeabaee
Hotel Arrivals Lafayette and Nearby Guests
A fragmented hotel arrivals list shows guests including veterans and residents traveling through Lafayette and nearby towns. Names such as Patrick N. C and Teane appear amidst misspelled entries, with scattered place references and partial affiliations.
School Teachers and Pupils Contest Ends June 20 1901
The notice states the contest will terminate at midnight on Thursday June 20 1901 and prizes go to those with the highest vote totals. It mentions votes counting from submitted coupons and directs entries to THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES in Philadelphia PA.
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Iladelphia
Philadelphia
Barr Pumping Engine machinists strike in Germantown Junction
Fifty machinists from Barr Pumping Engine Company went on strike at noon, the second stoppage after a prior nine hour day walkout. After a Saturday return promised settlement, the only concession offered was a one hour week at reduced pay, prompting a firm refusal to return to work. Separately about 75 workers at Remington Safe Company in Vienna and Richmond streets notified they would strike unless the hour day without wage cuts was granted.
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Barr Pumping Engine Company
Germantown Junction
Remington Safe Company
Vienna
Richmond
Ladies Garment Workers Convention Elects Leaders and Adopts New Constitution
The second annual convention of the Ladies Garment Workers International Union ended with a reception in Pennsylvania Hall. A new constitution was adopted to boost membership. Groseman was elected delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention in Scranton next December, with A Rosenberg of New York named alternate.
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Ladies’ Garment Workers
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ International Union
Pennsylvania Hall
Eighth
Christian Streets
Constitution Committee
Groseman
American Federation of Labor
Scranton
A. Rosenberg
New York
Strike of workmen at Stafford building on Chestnut Street
A short union strike occurred yesterday afternoon at the Chestnut street building west of Eleventh for John M. Stafford. The dispute arose over pen-enien workers in various trades. Staffordspace promptly agreed, and the workers will resume by morning.
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Chestnut Street
Eleventh Street
John M. Stafford
Blacklisting Deemed Legal by Judge in Chicago
Judge Waterman rules that a stock yards firm legally blacklisted several girls after their February strike. The workers were refused reemployment by the firms and plan to appeal the decision.
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Chicago
Waterman
Elizabeth Strikers Discharged After Strike Ends
Special to THE PHILADELPHIA Times from Elizabeth New Jersey reports 900 strikers at Ball and Wood and A F Brown company discharged after failing to return to work by morning. A few A F Brown workers reportedly resumed tasks. Ball and Wood remained idle. Supervisors expect full force by week’s end as shops operated throughout the strike but were crippled.
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Elizabeth
Philadelphia Times
N. J
Ball & Wood Company
A. & F. Brown Company
Ball & Wood
Bird
A. & F. Brown
Labor Troubles on Government Vessels in Puget Sound
Tacoma report states transport Rosecrans and revenue cutter Bear were towed to Puget Sound Naval Station at Bremerton. A union delegate remains at the station aiming to press a settlement and end work stoppage on the vessels.
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Tacoma
Rosecrans
Bear
Puget Sound Naval Station
Bremerton
Naval Station
Striking Depew Machinists Return to Work After Review
In Buffalo on June 10, the International Association ruled the Depew New York Central Railroad strike was ill advised and 500 machinists returned to work today after the decision.
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Buffalo
The
International Association
New York Central Railroad
Lobdell Cat Wheel Company to grant nine hour shift
Wilmington June 10. The Lob dell Cat Wheel Company will grant its machinists a nine hour workday effective July 1. The move follows unrest over hours and aligns the factory with broader labor trends in the region.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Del
Lobdell Cat Wheel Company
Philadelphia Plate Printers to Convene Amid Strike Attention
Business Agent R H Keller of Line men’s Union No 21 denies West Chester report that the linemen strike of United Telephone Co in that city is near over. The Plate Printers International Union annual convention meets in Chicago June 19 to 2. Philadelphia delegates George M Chew Jackson Hobinson with alternates Charles Cook Thomas Kilpatrick will attend. The Philadelphia strike on December 15 will draw much attention at the convention.
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R. H. Keller
Linemen's Union
West Chester
United Telephone Company
Plate Printers’ International Union
Chicago
Thelphia Plate
George M. Chew
Jackson Hobinson
Charles Cook
Thomas Kilpatrick
Fragmentary Washington Star Quote Fails Coherence
A garbled OCR snippet from the Washington Star shows a character imploring someone not to persist in asking for money. The dialogue is incomplete and nonsensical, with distorted phrases and missing context, offering little clear event or attribution.
Man Charged With Intent to Kill in Street Incident
John Dougherty of 3242 Randolph street was arrested by Policeman Biatteau on charges of aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill. The victim named in filing is Cambell, an employee of the Reading Railway.
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John Dougherty
Randolph Street
Biatteau
Peavnai
Palledetonle Cambell
The
and Reading Railway
Dangers of the Bridge Builders
Cleveland Moret recalls the peril of the great Brooklyn Bridge construction as workers toil on towering iron and steel. He describes the exposed dangers, the enormous beds for cables, the greedy pull of gravity, and the constant risk faced by riveters, painters, and climbers high above the East River.
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Cleveland Moret
St Nicholas
Brooklyn
Gulf
A Romance of the West at Gilmore's Auditorium
The Loyola Dramatic Company presents A Romance of the West this evening. The leading Philadelphia Catholic society amateur group features John J. Ferrick Lawrence Sharkey Fred Brown Thomas Cabill Frank Beirn Samuel Brown Charles O'Donnell Louis Farren John Marnie Goggan Master Kelly Mary Chad e Jer Maand ler and Aue Laveenes in the cast.
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Loyola Dramatic Company
Gilmore's
Philadelphia
John J. Ferrick
Lawre F. Sharkey
Fred, E. Brown
Thos. A. Cabill
Frank W. Beirn
Samuel J. Brown
Charlee H. O'Donnell
Louis I. Farren
Jobn Marnie
Goggan
Master Kelly
Mary Chade Jer
Maandler
Aue Laveenes
Firecracker Explosion Injures Boy at Mount Vernon
John Morrison aged 10 of 3805 Mount Vernon street sustained eye injuries after a firecracker exploded in his face while he and other boys played yesterday. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.
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John Morrison
Mount Vernon Street
John
Feady
Presbyterian
Philopatrian Annual Play Presenting The Senator at Broad Street
Local amateur theater featuring W. H. Crane's The Senator at Broad Street Theatre with performances Friday June 15 and a Saturday matinee. John, directing the production, will portray Senator Hapulball Rivers in the story of political intrigue and public life.
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Philopatrian
The
Philopatrian Literary Institute
W. H. Crane
Broad Street
John
Semetor Hapulbail Rivers
Industrial Convention Opens With Morning Sessions
The event will begin at Locust Street with a 11 o clock start. Aimed at industry professionals, the convention will feature speakers and exhibits throughout the day. Attendees are advised to arrive early for registration and seating.
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Birgit
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