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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1916

Page

8

District Officials Oppose Railway Bill and Utilities Oversight

District commissioners sent Congress an adverse report on authorizing the Washington and Maryland Railway to operate via earth return and urged replacing commissioners with a public utilities commission for ongoing approval. Also noted are local lectures, bond authorizations for Georgetown Gaslight, hospital and school events, a Washington interurban railroad debate, and upcoming Lenten organ recitals.

Washington and Maryland Railway Company Baltimore and Washington Transit Company Congress Act of Congress Public Utilities Commission Commissioners District of Columbia Georgetown Gaslight Company Woodley Park Washington-Rockville Railway Company Charles A. Douglas Hugh H. Obear Washington Interurban Railroad Company

Police Notes on Day of Reported Robberies

Police notes list robberies reported yesterday including harness sets at H J McCarthy 2016 Benning road NE and H L Ryan at Benning road NE between 17th and 18th Streets NE. Other losses include coal at William Kirksey 1234 Duncan St NE, rent paid to a fraudster for Agnes I Shannon, and various groceries at Samuel Rubin 200 Capitol Ave NE Ivy City.

H. J. McCarthy Benning Road H. L Ryan William Kirksey Duncan Street A. F. Fox Company Agnes I. Shannon Florida Avenue Samuel Rubin Capitol Avenue Ivy City D.C

Weather and Public Notices From The District

The page lists daily sun and tide times, weather notes, stolen items and valuables, accidents, and a district forecast. It includes bicycle and jewelry losses, a coal shipment, car collisions, a woodshed fire, and a charity transfer. It reports an injury to Samuel Minor from a bicycle clash near Dupont Circle and a collision involving a Washington Railway car. It closes with a formal weather outlook and a population of births and marriages.

W. G. Morgan Sixteenth Street John D. Joyner Fifteenth Street Connecticut Avenue Dupont Circle Samuel Minor New Jersey Avenue

Deaths Reported in Washington Area Aged Citizens

A long list of deaths from Washington area hospitals and streets includes John Ebert aged 78 from Govt Heap Inagne Derld Purchase and Harriet Hobbs 77 of Parkwood Apts with other survivors listed. The item notes surrounding details of ages addresses and institutions and mentions related local hospital victims and a few minor crime incidents. It also covers upcoming events such as Masonic baseball plans and government wage hearings, plus civic meetings and a marriage between Morris Shefferman and Veany Spigel.

John Ebert Heap Inagne Derld Purchase Harriet_N. Hobbs Parkwood Apts George E. Rose Tilden St Thomas J. Laaier Girard St Walter B. Meeteen Tasan ‘Alter Eotees Yin, Gort Gauield Ho Elian Overton Bisian Emrpan Amneds Willbanka Hutus Payne Tuberca Merle O'Neill Children's Hospital

Granite State Fire Insurance Co. 1915 financial report summary

Granite State Fire Insurance Co of Portsmouth New Hampshire appears on the December 1915 list under the District of Columbia code. The balance sheet shows capital stock 200000 cash in office 15580.27 cash in bank 85062.03 real estate 45000.09 real estate mortgages 24200.00 stocks and bonds 1952849.00 bills receivable 10000.60 premiums uncollected 122075.78 interest due 14598.58 total assets 1255217.25 liabilities net unpaid claims 9943809 reserve 2065802.04 reinsurance premiums salaries rents expenses tax etc capital stock 200090.00 amount of risk 183,156,47.00 losses sustained 57980.76 money received 708479.00 expended 675197.88 Calvin Page president Alfred F. Howard secretary sworn January 4 1918 by Wallace D. Smith notary public.

Granite State Fire Insurance Co Portsmouth N. H District of Columbia Agente i Non Calvin Page Alfred F. Howard Wallace D. Smith Crauma Fisk G. Leonard McNeill I M. Hathaway Cal Payson Dana Clark, Prentiss & Clark Frank H. Freerick Frederick J. Heid Hamilton

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