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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1905

Page

5

Hines opposes Esch Townsend rebates bill at Senate hearing

Walker D Ilines continued his remarks before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce criticizing the Esch Townsend measure as impractical. He argued the ICC cannot prosecute rebates effectively, would delay rate changes, and that courts could instead fix maximum reasonable rates while opponents warned of reduced service and higher costs.

Walker D Ilines Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission Elkins Net Commission Hines Answeing Mir Congress Clapp

Townsend Answers Spencer Wholesale Rate Cuts Not Contemplated

Congressman Charles E Townsend of Jackson Mich, author of the Townsend Esen railroad bill, spoke to the Michigan Manufacturers Association about rate justice. He rejected wholesale reductions, urged a commission to set just rates, and argued against secret rebates while aligning with Roosevelt on keeping highways open on equal terms. Also mentions Wall Street era incidents and notable figures in transit and tech history.

Tellere Mich Charles E Townsend Jackson Mich Michigan Manufacturers” Association Townsend Spencer Southern Railway Pittsburg Roosevelt Rumerts

Parker, Bridget & Co. founder Harry B. Parker dies

Harry B. Parker born March 4 1850 in Charles County Maryland. He moved to the city at age nine and began work at twelve with Smith Brothers Co. Later he formed Robinson Parker Co., then Parker Bridget & Co. established 316 Seventh Street and later at Ninth and the Avenue. He retired in May 1948 and leaves a married daughter.

Harry B. Parker Parker, Bridget & Co Charles County Smith, Brothers & Co., Clothiers Robinson, Parker & Co Seventh Street Twelfth F Streets Ninth and the Avenue Parker Miss Eaton Frederick City

Deficit blame shifts to Shaw and Treasury estimates

Senators and lawmakers quote Secretary Shaw’s deficit estimates to argue the Treasury head shares responsibility for the current wasteful conditions. The article notes Congress underfunded appropriations, while executive departments spent beyond available money, prompting penalties for officers who overspend.

Treasury Department Shaw Treasury Congress Legislative House Fifty-Eighth Secretary of the Treasury House Committee On Appropriations Navy Department Livingston Fifty-eighth Congress Senate House

Carnegie Gift for Higher Education Across United States

Officials report Andrew Carnegie's gift may fund pensions for college professors nationwide. Trustees include Hadley Eliot Harner Butler Schurman Wilson and many university leaders. Reactions from Hart, Pritchett, Eliot, Hadley, Seelye, Schurman, Faunce, Peterson and Plantz call the donation a historic step boosting dignity and security for teachers and the profession. The plan envisions funds used flexibly by a two thirds vote to fit evolving needs in education.

A T. Hadley Yale University New Haven Mass Charles C. Harrison University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Alex. C. Humphreya Stevens Institut Hoboken N. J Cleveland Ohio Thomas McClelland Knox College Galesburg Erwin H. Hughes de Pauw University Greencastle Ind H. McClelland Bell Drake University Des Moines Iowa George H. Denny Washington and Les University Lexington Peterson McGil University Montreal Canada Samuel Plavtz Lawrence University of Wisconsin Appleton Wis David Boston Henry 8. Pritchett Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Eliot Harvard University Cann Hadley Fale Northampton L. Clark Seelye Smith College Ithaca Schurman Cornell America Providence H. J W.W. H. P. Faunce Brown University McGill University Carnegie Degeiver Samuel Plantz Lawrence University

Augusta Bridge Draw Decision Delayed Amid Cost Concerns

Secretary of War Taft may suspend indefinitely the order to install draws in three Savannah River bridges at Augusta Georgia. The proposed $60,000 to $70,000 city cost sparked citizen wavering while Senator Bacon and local leaders push delay. The Southern Railroad bridge draw issue remains tied to river navigation and rail side tracks.

Secretary of Taft Augusta Southern Railroad Savannah River Department Georgia Bacon Secretary of War Savannah Army Georgia River and Harbor District War Department

Army Officers Orders and Duty Transfers 1905

Compiled instructions list extensions of leave and sick leave for officers, transfers within Coast Artillery, reassignment of Chaplain Joseph Casey to First Infantry, and postings for Maj Rudolph Gibert and other staff. Paymaster movements include funds transport to posts and payments in person on muster lists for Fort Mott through Washington Barracks.

Samuel W. Robertson David L Stone Twenty-second Infantry Charles F. Donnahue Artillery Corps Coast Artillery Charles P. Stivers Kansas City Junction City Fort Myer Fort Wayne Mich Fort Mott New Jersey Fort du Post Fort Delaware Delaware Fort McHenry Fort Carroll Fort Armistead Fort Howard Fort Washington Maryland Fort Hunt Fort Montes Virginia Washington Barracks District of Columbia Quartermaster’s Department

Rizal Monument Design Prize Offer and Rules

The Bureau of Insular Affairs announces a Rizal Monument design contest in Manila with a $5000 Philippine currency prize and a $2000 secondary prize. Designs must cost under 100 Philippine currency and be submitted by November 30, 1905. materials should preferably come from the archipelago. Fifteen Naval Academy midshipmen are disqualified for physical reasons but may remain until next year’s exam. Naval movement notes: Hornet Shen Yan kee Sanchez Saturn arrive and depart various ports.

Committee On the Philippines Bureau of Insular Affairs The War Department Rizal Philippine Islands Philippine Commission Jose Rizal Manila Naval Academy

Carnegie Gift to Hospital in Wilkinsburg

Andrew Carnegie donates 16000 dollars to the Columbia Hospital now under construction at Wilkinsburg for furnishing and endowing two rooms named for Mrs Andrew Carnegie and Miss Margaret Carnegie his daughter. It is the first hospital gift from Mr Carnegie to the Woman's Association of the United Presbyterian Church.

Commodore Nicholson Coramore Sommerville Nicholson Reeinld F. Nicholson Tacoma Santo Domingo Helen M. Cooke Nineteenth Street W. S. Dixon Navy Carnegie Pittsburg Andrew Carnegie Columbia Hospital Wilkinsburg Margaret Carnegie Woman's Association of the United Presbyterian Church

Pennsylvanian Railroads Timetable and Connections

Station at Sixth and B Streets shows daily routes from Harrisburg to Chicago, Pittsburg, St Louis, and beyond with numerous parlor, dining, and sleeping cars. Also listed are Baltimore and Ohio line services to Philadelphia and New York, Atlantic Coast Line timing, Norfolk and Western connections, and Washington South ern Railway schedules with through sleepers and cafe cars.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co Norfolk Monroe Portsmouth Newport News Washington Alexandria Fort Monroe Ft. Monroe General Ticket 14Th St Colorado 6Th and Pa. Ave OLD Dominion Steamship CO New York Boston John Callahan American Line Cherbourg Southampton Philadelphia Queenstown Liverpool Atlantic Transport Line London Direct RED Star Line WERP Dover London Paris White Star Line York Mediterranean Canopic F Street N. WW David Lindsay Cunard Line North River Etruria Carolia Campanie Lucania Umbria Gibraltahr Ultonia Slavonia Pannonia Europe Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd Broadway N. Y State St Mass G. W. Moss Hamburg Plymouth S. S. Deutschland c.Deutschland Patricia Pennsylvade Pretoria Bluecher tDeutschland Fort Room Paria B. Frank C. Clark D. C Southern Railway Harrisonburg Warrenton Danville Way Washington and Florida Limited Columbia Savannah Jacksonville United States Fast Mall New Orleans Manassas Charlottesville Atlanta Columbus San Francisco Florida Express Augusta Port Tampa Memphis Limited Lynchburg Roanoke Knoxville Chattanooga Memphis Washington and Southwestern Limited Pullman Macon Nashville Memphia Bluemont Leesburg Garrisonburg Ell Paave Pennsylvania Station P. RK. R H. B. Spencer H Hardwick W. H. Taylor Pass Brown Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago ST. Louis Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis Chicags Virginia Hot Pennsylvania Avenue Fourteenth Street Pennsylvania R. R H.W. Fuller Pennsylvania Railroad Sixth B Streets Pittsburg Harrisburg THE Pennsylvania Limited Cleveland Toledo Detroit ST. Louis Limited St Louis Main Line St. Louie Chicago Limited ST. Louis Express Whiters, Express Cincinnati Express Pacific Express Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Erie Canandaigua East Congressional Limited New Bor ‘Ehhiagel Pha Atlantic City Baltimore Annapolis Pope's Creek Fifteenth W.W. Atterbury R. Wood GES W Boyd Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New Jersey Royal Blue Line Northwest Fittsburg Wheeling Winchester Frederick Hagerstow Union Transfer Company Pennsylvania Ave New York Ave Hegh Atlantic Coast Line Fla Thomasville Charleston Norfolk and Western Memnin Delly Bristol Wineton- Salem Naghville Berryville Lutay Shenandoah New York Avenue Washington Southern Railway Richmond Fredericksburg Florida Sesboart Air Line ‘Railway Ola Point Quantico E. W WD. Duke C. W.culp W. P. Taylor Gen. Man Man Richmond, Va Seaboard Air Line Railway Penna. Ave Petersburg Raleigh Wilmington Saverash Tampa Birmingham Mobile Pensacola Seaboard Mall Jackennville Hemiet Seaboard Expres Pull

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