Interurban Merger Pushes Ahead in City
Movement toward an interurban merger concentrates on Indianapolis routes and terminal arrangements. Board of Public Works action expected to eliminate the car tax in the standard franchise. McGowan returns from New York as syndicate advances, with surveys and subway plans from Knightstown to Dublin and connections to Richmond. Tracklaying and construction progress toward two hour service Indianapolis to Lafayette.
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Board of Public Works
Hugh J. McGowan
New York
McGowan
Indianapolis, Greenfield & Eastern
Knightstown
Dublin
Murdock Mae
Richmond
James K
Murdock
Indiana
Indianapolis & Plainfield Road
Belt Railroad Company
Traction Company
Albert Lie- Reha
Une
Indianapolis
Shelbyville Interurban Cony
Big Four Railroad Company
Shelbyville
W. 8. Read
Townsend-Read Construction Meee
Townsend-Read Company
Lebanon Road
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Lafayette
Safety Board Sets Debts Policy For Firemen Pay
Indianapolis safety board held talks with fire department members on repayment of debts and adopted rules against delaying payment. It plans to seek funds for six new patrolmen and an Irvington water-main extension, while considering a fire department pay raise focusing on lower ranks. The ordinance would raise pay by about 240 annually, with resistance to large boosts for engineers.
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Board of Public Safety
Fire Department
Ife
Irvington
Tuxedo
North Indianapolis
Estion
Water Company
Board of Works
Weights and Measures Inspector Ordinance Passed
Mayor Rookwalter and Mayor Bookwalter prepared to sign the ordinance by Councilman Billingsley creating an inspector of weights and measures. It sets annual fees from 10 cents to 3 cents, requires sealing each weight or measure, and provides for staff, horses, and vehicles. The measure aims to protect the public and be self supporting. it becomes effective four weeks after signing.
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Bookwalter
Billingsley
Butler Summer School Begins Fourth Annual Session
The fourth annual Butler College Summer School opens today with registration completed yesterday. Courses span twelve weeks ending July 21, offering credit toward degrees and equal value with Chicago University credits. Popular offerings include English and Botany under Prof. Henry T. Bruner.
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Butler College
Chicago University
Henry T. Bruner
Butler
Scot Butler
Demarchus C. Brown
Butler Colle
Omar Wilson
P. B. Burnet
Will D. Howe
A. M
Charles 8. Thomas
Shortridge
J. Dorsey Forrest
Arthur K. Rogers
Christopher B. Coleman
A. B
William R. Longley
Izabel L. Vinzant
Henry L. Bruner
Che
William J. Karslake
M. S
H. L. Rietz
Cornell
Nelson Goes Blind to Interstate Construction Scheme
City Engineer Nelson, listed as a director of the Interstate Construction Company of Philadelphia, says he was approached by Frederick Balcom to invest and join the firm, which claimed to build ice, light and water plants. Nelson states he will sever ties, noting he believed the venture legitimate at first but found the charter powers broader than expected. He cites misrepresentation and the use of directors’ names to entice timid investors.
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Nelson
Interstate Construction Company
Philadelphia
Fred Balcom
W. H. O'Hara
Balcom
Lancaster
Delaware
Richmond
Ind
Robert Ashe
Ashe
Inter- State
Heliem
South
NONE BUT THE BRAVE BY HAMBLEN SEARS
Lieut Merton Balfort of the Continental army aids Deborah Philipse a Tory girl and overhears Arnold and Andre plot West Point. Washington sends Balfort to abduct Arnold and capture Hazeltine. Disguised as Argyle Bartlett he travels with Acton and Curtis, battles raiders at Holts tavern, and seizes British documents.
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Merton Balfort
Continental Army
Deborah Philipse
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
Andre
West Point
Washington
Star
Hazeltine
Balfort
New York
Arnold
Argyle Bartlett
Boston
Acton
Curtis
Holts Tavern
A Case of Mistaken Identity in the Hudson Chase
Balfort and Acton flee pursuers after entering British lines at Tarrytown, deceiving a wary lieutenant with Hazeltine's papers. A confrontation ensues as Hazeltine is captured amid a tense exchange over dispatches. They proceed toward Clinton's court at No. 2 Broadway, where Balfort glimpses a familiar, coldly distant woman.
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North Castle Road
The
Hudson
Tarrytown
Acton
Balfort
Rob
New York
Rob Curtis
John
Curtis
Hazeltine
Leutenant
Henry Clinton
Washington
Hageltine
Thieutenant
Heutenant
Neutral Country
Bilence
Paul Hazeltine
Holt
Majoribanks
Greenwich
Trinity Church
Clinton
George the Third
Windsor
Broadway
Dead man identified as Harry Dodge boarder
Mrs. Griffin of 26 South Senate avenue identified the man who died Monday near Eden as Harry Dodge, a boarding house renter. He traveled by bicycle from Anderson after leaving her home and carried about $5, knives, and a pistol. He had warned his health was failing and claimed a small leather trunk contained his possessions. He had no known relatives and his Wisconsin origins are noted among fading details.
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Wisconsin
Andraa Iheerson
Unionine
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Hugh J. Mgowan
Safety Board
Weights and Measures
Rookwalter
Philadelphia Company
Hamblen Sears
Standard Oil Co
Perfection Oil
Harmon & Hall
Westashington St
the Sunday Journal
Deborah
Frank A. Munsey
Dodd. Mead & Co
Harry Dodge
Eden
Tnd
Florodora
Cubanola
CREMO
GEO. W. Childs
Jackson Square
Standard Navy
J.T
Gremo S
California
Indiana Brigade
San Francisco
G. D. Maxfield
Jackson Place
Joseph Enre
Fe Wentarias
ENE Medicine CO
Union City
Henry J Huder
Drugers
Corser
Pennsylvania
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Ocean Steamers
Manitou
Chicago
Chartevoit
Petoskey
Harbor Springs
Bay Bay View
Mackinee Island
Sandee Deeemohio Company
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