Trolley Line Franchise Rules Across Cities Survey
Congress instructed District Commissioners to study street railway franchises in cities over 20,000. Results show wide variation in taxation, transfer practices, and oversight while most cities charge gross receipts taxes or licenses. Details cover Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, and others, noting fare ranges and municipal ownership trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Engineer Department
Washington
New York
Manly
Maryland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Steet
Ans
Tae
Acense
Chicago
Cleveland Mide
Oho
Cleveland
Ciincinnais
Tte
Board of Control
Sears
Indianapolis
Salaries of Firemen Bill Proposed by Commissioner
Commissioner Macfarland with aid from the District law department drafts a bill to classify fire department officers and raise salaries. Key figures list chief engineer 5900, battal y chief engineers 42000, fire marshal 2009, inspectors 1980, clerks 1400 and 1200, captains 1400, lieutenants 1200, engineering staff 1400 down to 900, drivers and privates salaries, and stables staff.
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Macfarland
District Law Department
Distit Fire Department
Sufe
Tone Marine Engineers
Cass Nu
Staben
Police Win Laurels From District Merchants
Three merchants wrote to Maj. Sylvester praising police work. V Baldwin Johnson commended Officer McQuaide for rescuing his workers from assault and sent a $5 bill. H Kramer praised Officers Raedy and Kerby of Anacostia for saving him from a robbery. M Loveless commended Officer Hagan who saved him from injury by a runaway horse.
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Maj. Sylvester
V. Baldwin Johnson
McQuaide
Raedy and
Kerby
Anacostia
H Kramer
M. Loveless
Hagan
Anti-Saloon Revival at Wesley Church Promises Conclusion Tonight
The Anti-Saloon League revival drew many youths and elders to Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev D W Montgomery led prayer as the People's Mission male quartet sang temperance songs including The Saloon Must Go. Mr Wilcox opened with How Davy Grant Signed the Pledge for children. Tonight the revival ends with an illustrated lecture titled Who Killed Joe's Baby.
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Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
D. W. Montgomery
People's Mission
Mallia
Mr Wilcox
Davy Grant
Joe
Law Offices Wrecked Wife of Attorney Charged
Mrs Jennie Williamson, wife of attorney John B Collings, allegedly caused $300 damage to his office at 60 E Street NW. Detectives say she wrecked the office before they arrived. she was taken to the House of Detention and to be arraigned in Police Court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Wiliamson
John B Coillins
E Street
Williamson
Colling
Collins
Pratt
House of Detention
Mirage of a Great City Off Pribilof Islands
Off Pribilof Island in mid August a whaling crew on the Gay Head sighted a distant city lit with electric lights. The vision appeared real to Mate Pease and the deck crew but vanished at dawn, leaving only the sea.
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San Francisco
Gayhead
Pribtiof Island
Bering Bea
Mate Pease
Capt. Fisher
Goat Island
Fireboat Given Test and Trial Run for Acceptance
Commissioner Macfarland and Chief Engineer Belt inspected the District fire boat yesterday. A trial trip down to the District line and back reached twelve miles per hour. The pumps were tested and the chief engineer ordered a careful machinist inspection before formal acceptance by the Commissioners from the contractors.
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Macfarland
Belt
Bertie Breaks Engagement With Maude Northam
Bertie ends engagement to Maude Northam after confessing love, Eva confronts the affair at a dance. Maude’s earlier engagement to Lord Daren looms as Bertie seeks a new match. Eva endures heartbreak, recalls past honors, and the two share a final, uneasy moment before parting.
Edward Atkinson Predicts Large Cotton and Wheat Growth
Edward Atkinson argues from Manufacturers' Record that opening 230000 square miles in Northern Texas Oklahoma Indian Territory Northern Louisiana and parts of Arkansas could yield 6000000 bales of cotton and 300000000 bushels of wheat for the United States, aided by Italian and Southern European labor, rail and river systems, and an expanded education sector.
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Edward Atkinson
United States
Washington Post
Baltimore
Boston
England
Alaska
Great Britain
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Arkansas
Talgo
Red River
New Orleans
Tiverspool
Estate trustees sued for accounting in south district court
Andrew Wilson and the Tolliver heirs ask the District Supreme Court to compel an accounting from Isaac Neuman and Simon Oppenheimer trustees. The petition says William Tolliver deeded a trust on land in Windham Place to the trustees, default occurred, property sold in June, but no accounting given. Ethel Tolliver and James M Tolliver are named co-defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Wilson
Waller Tolliver
Bertha Tolliver
Tvsane
St Elizabeth Insane Hospital
District Supreme Court
Isaac Neuman
Simon Oppenheimer
Wilson and
Barksdale
Gon and Widoaw
William Tolliver
Wndingham Place
Ethel Tolliver
James M. Tolliver
Subterranean Channel Found Near Glasgow Junction
An immense subterranean channel, larger and more beautiful than Mammoth Cave, was found near Glasgow Junction in Barren County, Kentucky. Dr. Hazen and John Thompson explored seven miles of an underwater passage before a wide river halted further progress. they are building a boat to ferry the river. Also notes a marriage in Hamilton, Virginia between William James and Elizabeth Rose, ages 71 and 65, both natives of Virginia.
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Barren County
Louisville
Glasgow Junction
Barren
County
Hazen
John Thompson
William James
Elizabeth Rose
Hamilton
William Jamies & Son
Virginia
Miles' Anti-Pain Pills touted as quick headache cure
An ad touts Dr Miles' Anti-Pain Pills as a safe quick remedy for headache, nervousness, dizziness, indigestion and sleuralgia while claiming no harmful effects. It promotes household use and shares anecdotal success and a laundry-related scene to imply broad usefulness.
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Mum
Miles
Supreme Court adjourns as Equity and Circuit courts list cases
Dense calendar lists dozens of cases from The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company versus The Interstate Commerce Commission to California Reduction Company. It notes adjournment to Friday October 27 1905 and outlines assignments for equities circuit and criminal courts including probate actions. Major entities include The Interstate Commerce Commission The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and various district court dockets.
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United States Supreme Cont
Tos Chiat
Justice Harlan
Juatied Bravett
Jietics Brown
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice Mckenna
James Holmes
Justice Day
Hrenk D. Arthur
New York City
New York, New Haven and Bartford Railroad Company
Appellant
Inter- State Commmerce Commisston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Randolph Harrison
Gt al
John W Daniel
John W Grigge
New York, New Haven and Hertford Railroad Company
Asulstan
McReynolds
California Reduction Company Etc
Sanitary Reduction Works of
San Francisco
R T. Harding
Sheldon G Kellogg
Real estate transfers in several city neighborhoods
Real estate transfers listed include FIRST ADDITION TO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK, MARY L TWITEB VI and JAMES J to AUKUNIUS B and LULU T OMWAKE. WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS transfer from CHARLES G TAYLOR to HARRY C BRADLEY. EAST DEANWOOD Sydney F Mar ehall to JAMES A CUMBER. CLIVELAND PARK H ROSIER DULANY to RICHMOND BINGHAM. RANDLE HIGHLANDS NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT S & T CO to U REALTY CO. BLOODMINGDALE Jammie V and Everett G Haymiker to Samuel O Bars. INGLESIDE WILTTON L LAHALING et ax to REDFORD WO and WILLIAM H WALKER. DOBBINS ADDITIONS HARRY B WINGO N et ax to JOSEPH B and MERRY STENLEY.
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American University Park
Mary L Twiteb
James J
Aukunius B
Lulu T. Omwake
Biock
Washington Highlands
Charles G Taylor
Harry C. Bradley
Highteenth
Nineteenth
John W Filling
Atthue
Atthue A. Alexander, Part Lots 36 and 35, Edumre 182, $1,820 East Deanwood
Sydney
Merehal
James A. Cumber
Cliveland Park
H Rosier Dulany
Richmond
Bingham
Randle Highlands—National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
U. Realty Company
Bloodmingdale
Jammik “V
Everett G. Haymi
Arthur
Alexander
Maxwell Smart
Randolph W Lowe
Henry H. Lowrie
Prospect Hill
Joseph H. Shears
Randolph W Lowrie
Henry H Lowrie
Bloomingdale
Samuel D Harretux
Percy Metzger
Jacb Doermany
Goma V
Byerstt G. Haymaker
Pleasant Plains
Charles W. King, Jr
Datom Trust Company
District of Columbia
Edward L. Hulyer
Holmbad Manor
Robert H Warren
George U Rose, Jr
Henry W Sartel
Holmead Manor
Joseph W Little
Albert T. Sturtevant
Benjamin P. Davis
John C Spaulding
Lewis Brown
Dorbins
Washington
Joseph B Stanley
Harry B Willon
Percy H Runsel
George C Shoemaker
Solth Brookland
Chandler
James F Hood
Firman R Harner
McLachlen Real Estate and Loan Company
Block
Deeds of Trust Listings for Various District Properties
A compilation of deed of trust records across multiple local blocks and squares. Entries detail grantors, grantees, secured parties, loan amounts, terms, interest, and property locations such as Cleveland Park Prospect Hill and Bloomingdale, with suits listed including a $20,000 Land Filtration Corporation case. Historical trust actions and related equity suits appear in the docket.
Tribute meeting for late justices and Duvall
The bar of the Court of Appeals and the District Supreme Court will gather at 3 this afternoon to honor the memories of Justice Andrew Wylie, Andrew Brown Duvall, and William John Miller. District Commissioners are expected to attend. Duvall, long serving corporation counsel, died September 12 at sea near Liverpool from heart trouble. Funeral was September 20 at Metropolitan Memorial M E Church. Eulogies for Duvall expected from R Hoss Perry, J Hollsworth Gordon, Edward H Thomas, and others. speakers for Wylie and Miller unnamed. No formal invitations issued.
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Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Andrew Wylie
Andrew Brown Duvall
Wiliam John Miller
Duvall
Liverpool
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
R Hoss Perry
J Hollsworth Gordon
Edward H Thomas
Justice Wylie
William John Miller
Walked Out To Liberty: Prisoner Escapes After Sentence
Robert J. Haines, jailed for carrying concealed weapons, left the dock after sentencing, skipped $100 fine or a year in jail, and has been at large. Bailiff Sweitzer learned of the escape only after the fact. Haines had earlier refused to leave a hotel, drawing a revolver to assert his right to stay.
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Robert J. Haines
Mulloway
Sweitzer
Uberty
Henes
Whisky Leads to Penitentiary
In criminal court four, Justice Gould sentenced Melville Lenner to four years for housebreaking and larceny. He broke a window at Simon Gordon's Georgetown store on October 2 and stole whiskey bottles. Justice Wright ordered the commitment of George Brennan alias George Miera to fall. The prisoner was arrested in Burale and brought here on an alarm, accused of primiting Brooke on May 24 with intent to injure.
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Criminal Court No
Justice Gould
United Statess
Melville Lerner
Costigan
Gould
Melville Lenner
Lenner
Simon Gordon
M Street
Georgetown
Wright
District Supreme Court
George Brennan
George Miera
Burale
Ma.ee
Pronidin Brooke
Saengerbund Opens Dance Season With Varied Entertainment
The Saengerbund in Catreet opened its winter program with an informal dance attended by over forty members and guests. George L. Storm led floor activities as A O Hatterly was absent. Upcoming events include a grand ball November 6 at the National Rifles Hall, a Thanksgiving Tanz and a Washington Birthday masquerade, plus concerts, oyster roasts, theatre performances, and a closing anniversary celebration on April 22 marking 55 years of the society.
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Saengerbund
Catreet
George L. Storm
A. O. Hatterly
Washington
National Theater
Sand Filtration Plant Injury Leads to $20,000 Suit
Carpenter William Salzman sues Sand Filtration Corporation of America for $20,000 damages. He alleges a January 9 injury at the new filtration plant near the Soldiers' Home when earth bank collapse broke his leg and damaged his nervous system, blamed on the company's failure to warn of the hazard.
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Sand Filtration Corporation
Sand Filtration Corporation of America
William Salzman
Conrad H. Syme
Soldiers
Widow's Estates Tied to Remarriage in Ohio Will
An Ohio probate notice reports H N T Harris 1905 will leaving estate in trust for his widow and children with income to the widow during widowhood and to pass to the children if she remarries. An exemplified copy of Francis Moore 1905 will from Muskingum County was filed for probate naming widow Eudora Moore as executrix.
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H.N. T. Harris
Virginia
Eudora Moore
Robert L Moore
Olive Moore
Lizale Moore
Baum Wins Verdict Against Hutchins in Property Damage Case
William Baum obtained a $250 judgment in Circuit Court No 1 against Stilson Hutchins. Baum alleged that Hutchins tore down party walls at 1231 and 1233 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to build new structures, damaging Baum’s adjoining property by $3000. Leon Tobriner represented Baum. Brandenburg & Brandenburg appeared for Hutchins.
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William Baum
Cirurt
Stilson Hutchins
Hutchins
Pennsylvania Avenue
Baum
Leon Tobriner
Brandenburg
Hutching
Five Years for Theft in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Car
Justice Wright in Criminal Court No 1 yesterday sentenced William Gordon to five years in the penitentiary after conviction for larceny. The indictment stated Gordon broke into a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car on the outskirts of the hand stole items from an alley in South Washington, including ribbons and a quantity of ribbons was displayed.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Justice Wright
William Gordon
Gordon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Washington
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Bostani
School Chhildren
Will al
Chemical
No. * Chemical Company
WD Cantor
P WN Jeffries
C. C Weiz
Bucklen
Bertie
John Worne
Eva
Hfe
Farboroughs
Lfe
Thurboroughs
Tle
Academy
Wagner
Maude Northam
Maude
Eve
Maude Noreham
Lord Daren
Creegey
Bere
Joseph
Mowlta
Mammoth Cave
Supreme Court
Equity Court NO
Prinice Anderson
Benli
Beall
Complainand
JG. Bigelow
Spyuiars
H Adrinang
Birrans
Crowley
Com- Plainant
Millan & Smith
Walker Tolliver
Lanéveight
Plainant
Jamacon Va
Jamason
HB Moulton
Shoemaker
Ye Bell
Lambert & Baker
D. McKenney
Equity Court
Justice Stafford
Attoreys
G. C. Aukem
Gia
Washington Beneficies Endowment Association
Commercial Alliance Company
Toss Perry & Son
T Thomas— Gordon & Gordon
Miller & Smith
H E Davis
Padgett & Forrest
Huggins Va Hagoodk
C. F. Carust
Monongahela Bridge
Company
Taft
Samus
Maddox
Berger
Herger
Whitt
Woelloway & Balderston
Moore Ve Stewart
M. NW Richardson
J. H Stewart
Hariley
Wartley
W. A . Donch
W W Edwarde
J. L Pugh
Bulle +s
Butta Attorneyn
Wolf & Rosenberg
Lackie & Fulton
Cox
Morton Va
Columbia
Sand Dredging Company
Hamilton & Colbert
McCammon & Hayden
Shipleys, Shipley
BE. L Gtes
Bedekian
Sean Tobriner
Brandenburg & Brandenburg
Coteyva
Ralston & Siddona
Jones
B H Thomas
Blair
Modona
Wagner Va Wilkins
Datsh
Warren & Sholes
Ne & Wallerstein
Golden Attorneys
Hutty & Johnston
Southern Guilding and Loan Association
Mills
A H Bailey and Stetson
Brown Vs. Bavings Banks
Birney & Stewart
Robertson & White
Bel
Central National Bank
EH Burke
Turner
Quigley
WM OmMey
JJ Brosnan
JB Archer
Marshall
Washington Electric Vehicle Company
Donath
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Rolaton & Siddons
H Winship Wheatley
McKenney
Flannery
Henry
Baker
Hampbill
Circuit Court NO 2
Clabaugh
Arnold Ye Booth
Lester & Price
Mugese A Jones Meloy Va Meloy
Tucker & Kenyon
John Ridout
Motone
Oberlin
Palmer
Cole & Donaldson
White
Rosa Ys Robbtha
Warren & Ridout
American Security and Trust Company
Hamilton & Browne—Boh Thomas
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Washington Loan and Trust Company Vz
Meetze Ve
Attorneva
Thompsbn & Laskey
E H Thomas
H. P. Blair
Waeggamen
White & Mattingly
Brandenburg & Brandenbirs
Tendery
Charles H. Bax W
Henry I. Quinn
Churee Brennan
Tare Albert ¥. Wood
Willtess
Wood Guardian
Bond
J. B. Ayther
John Lewis Smith
William Nelson
Anzie B Nelson
George ©. Gertman
Catherine McGuinn
Henry J. Plair
Attornaye
Biaid & Tow
Thomas T. Crittenden
Gordon & Gordon
George H. Hoberts
Colé & Duhaldaon
Dleanore Batalfe
Francie H. Moore
Will Fied
Laura M. Fotterstel
Hell
Harry H. Hollander
Hatton
N. T. Hartin
Aled
W EK Quinter
Efa
William Salman
the Land Fiitration Corporation of America
Cho Byrne
Daniel T Birtwell
Board of Medical Supervisors of the
Mandamus Plaintf
W E Ambroge
J Barton Miller
Robert “ Campbell
Bundy
Jesse H Whinon
Jesse H Wilson
Preston Wilamaon
Edward Landvoigt
Liberty
Munich
National Capital Brewing Co
Pines
Newcorn & Green, Pepe Subuday
F Street
Washington Brewery Co
Sthaw FN
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
le. Ava
H.W
D St. Co
Home Savings Bank
Itiehe
Cook Remedy Co
Masons Temple
Eaieage
Tse
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