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Banks in Manhattan and Bronx.

BANKS IN MANHATTAN AND BRONX.

THE New York Clearing House at 77 Cedar Street is composed of banks and trust companies associated for exchanging checks and bills they hold against one another. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York also clear. Other banks, not members of the association, clear through members. The representatives of the members appear at the Clearing House at 10 o'clock every business day, with the checks and drafts to be exchanged. The resulting balances are ascertained in about an hour, and before 1.30 o'clock those indebted pay their balances, and after that hour the other banks receive the amounts due them. The Clearing House has been in operation since 1853. [? Elsewhere in this section of the ALMANAC, under the heading "Statement of Banks in the New York' Clearing House Association," will be found statistics as to the capital, profits, loans, gold holdings, and deposits of most of the institutions named in this table.

Commercial paper

Banks are open from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M., and on Saturdays from 10 A. M. to 12 noon. except sight or demand bills, falling due on Saturday is payable on the following business day.

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NATIONAL.

Location.

128 Broadway

257 Broadway

31 Nassau Street.

48 Wall Street.
2 Broadway.

369 E. 149th Streei
683 Broadway.
57 Broadway
149 Broadway.
270 Broadway
320 Broadway.
55 Wall Street.

143 Liberty Street.
680 Broadway.

Pine and Nassau Streets..
Lexington Ave. and 23d St..
2 Wall Street..

5th Ave., corner 23d Street..
1819 Broadway

Nassau Street corner Pine..
527 5th Avenue.
247 Broadway
Woolworth Building.
120 Broadway
60-70 E. 42d Street.
81 Fulton Street..
20 Nassau Street.
42 Wall Street...
1214 Broadway.

79 8th Avenuc
18 Broadway.

President.

Lewis L. Clarke.
H: D. Kountze.
James S. Alexander.
Herbert L. Griggs..
E. A. De Lima
F. A. Wurzbach
M. A. Rice..
A. H. Wiggin..
Louis G. Kaufman.
H. K. Twitchell.
Edwin S. Schenck..
F. A. Vanderlip..
John T. Sproull
Vincent Lõeser.
B. Strong, Jr., Gov.
E. E. Watts..
Francis L. Hine,
K. W. Poor..
Henry H. Bizallion.
William Woodward.
Jos. W. Harriman..
II. H. Powell..
R. P. Grant...
Harvey D. Gibson .
Chas. E. Warren.
Robert A. Parker.
G. W. McGarrah.
Theo, E. Burton.
Richard Delafield..
Oscar Cooper...
Samuel G. Bayne.

5th Avenue, corner 28th St... Wm. A. Simonson.
33d Street and Astor Court..E. C. Smith...
21st Street and 5th Avenue. S. H. Herman.

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Cashier.

Arthur P. Lee.

Frank E. Andruss.
R. W. Saunders
Joseph Andrews.
A. H. Merry.
Harry Kobe.
William L. Chase.
A. C. Andrews.
Bert. L. Haskins.
E. H. Smith.
A. K. Chapman.
W. H. Tappan.
Addison H. Day.`
George E. Hoyer.
L. F. Saller.
W. S. Beckley.
F. D. Bartow.
A. W. Snow.
Chas, A. Cornell.
W. E. Cable, Jr.
O. H. Harriman.
E. P. Townsend.
J. F. Bouker.
F. W. Wale.
John S. Sammis.
Wm. M. Rosendale.
Joseph S. House.
Owen P. Paynter.
E. V. Connolly.
L. J. Grinnon.
H. W. Donovan.
C. W. Case.

Chas. W. Hodson.
G. B. Connley.

W. M. Benuet,
Vincent W. Woytisek.
E. S. Laffey.
B. K. Marcus.
Charles Essig.
Francis Crave.
Wm. S. Germain..
E. F. Giese.
F. L. Fisher.
W. W. Tappan.
George S. Carr.
W. S. Griffith.
George Kern.
John Burckhardt.
F. H. Hornby.
Edward S. Malmar.
Wm. F. McLaughlio, i
E. W. Dutton.
W. G. Gaston.
J. F. Frederichs.
George Kern.
Loftin Love.
F. Hammond.
L. I. Sharp.
D. H. Pierson.
August C. Corby.
Hugh N. Kirkland.
Curtis J. Beard.
Thos. B. Nichols.
Snowden McGuaghey,
John B. Forsyth.
C. H. Baldwin.

A. I. Voorhis.
Charles P. Bogart.
W. H. Poggenburg.
Russell B. Smith.
Nat. Mills, Jr.
Ernest Wolkwitz.

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M. N. Buckner. C. H. Kelsey. Julius Pirnitzer. A. V. Ostrom. J. W. Platten.. 45 Wall Street.... E. W. Sheldon. BANKS FOR SAVINGS.

U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co. 55 Cedar Street. United States.

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(Deposit and Surplus figures are from the Bankers Register, July 1, 1918.)

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BANKS IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. NATIONAL AND STATE.

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Myrtle and Cypress Avenues 1255 Ryerson Street.

S. R. Smith.... W. J. Ward..

Starr Brinkerhoff.
John B. Reimer..
Joseph Huber.
D. E. Freudenberger.
Willard E. Edmister
Joel Fowler.

E. L. Rockefeller.
Harry M. De Mott.
Henry M. Randall
G. Foster Smith.
Henry M. Wells.
H. G. Heyson..
Paul E. Bonner.
George W. Spence
Louis Berger.
Chas. M. Pratt.

Cashier.

C. Straub, Asst. Mg.
George S. Downing.
G. H. Mailey.

Wm. Peterson. W. L. Hopkins. A. P. Verity. Walter Wilmurt. Geo. Hadden, Sec. Frederick Boschen. George L. Porter. Wilton C. Donn. Thos. M. Halsey. H. P. Schoenberner, B. T. Van Benthuysen J. A. Stanley. Henry Billman. W. F. Cawthorne. lo. V. Gunther. John C. Maddock.

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City Island to Harts Island (Dept. of Corrections): Clason Point Road, Bronx, to College Point (summer); E. 134th St. to North Beach: E. 132d St. to North Brother Island (Board of Health); E. 125th St. to Randall's Island (Dept. of Charities); E. 120th St. to Randall's Island (Dept. of Charities); E. 116th St. to Ward's Island (State Hospital Commission); E. 92d St. to Astoria; E. 70th St. to Blackwell's Island: E. 53d St. to Blackwell's Island; E. 34th St. to Long Island City; E. 26th St. to Blackwell's Island to Staten Island Farm Colony, to Hart's Island, to Riker's Island; E. 23d St. to Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn; also to to Broadway, Brooklyn; Roosevelt St. to Broadway, Brooklyn; Fulton St. to Fulton St., Brooklyn; Whitehall St. to Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn; also to Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, also the Municipal Ferry to 39th St.. South Brooklyn, to St. George, Staten Island and to Stapleton, Staten Island: Battery to Governor's | Island (U. S. Gov.), also to Ellis Island (U. S. Gov.), also to Liberty Statue.

YORK CITY.

Secretary..

Willard P. Schenck.
C. M. Fincke, Sec.
George Hadden.
Thomas Blake.
James H. Conroy.
C. L. Schenck.

REGISTER, JULY 1, 1918.

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Surplus.

$36,000

396.640

7,206,650

599,450

303.650

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UPPER BAY.

(Bay Ridge Ave.) 69th St., South Brooklyn, to St. George. Staten Island.

NORTH RIVER.

Liberty St. to Communipaw, Jersey City (Jersey Central, P. and R., and B. and O. Railroads); Cortlandt St. to Montgomery St., Jersey City (Pennsylvania Railroad); also to Weehawken (West | Shore and N. Y., O. & W. Railroads); Barclay St. to Hoboken, N. J. (Lackawanna Railroad); Chambers St. to Pavonia Ave., Jersey City (Erle Railroad); Desbrosses St. to Montgomery St., Jersey City (Pennsylvania Railroad); Christopher St. to Hoboken (Lackawanna Railroad); W. 23d St. to Communipaw (Jersey Central, P. and R., and B. & O. Railroads); also to Montgomery St., Jersey City (Pennsylvania Railroad); also to Hoboken (Lackawanna Railroad); also to Pavonia Ave., Jersey City (Erie Railroad); also to 14th St., Hoboken; W. 42₫ St. to Weeh wken (West Shore, and N. Y., O. & W. Railroads);W. 130th St. to Edgewater, N. J.; Dyckman St. to Englewood Cliffs (Palisades Interstate Park).

NEW YORK CITY.

STATE OFFICES IN Department of Agriculture-90 West Broad- Bureau-15 Pearl St. Food Commission-220 W. way: Chemical Laboratory, 50 E. 41st St. Dept. of 57th St. Health Officer of the Port-Quarantine › Architecture-233 Broadway. Arsenal-Seventh Station, Rosebank, Staten Island. Health OfficerLeland E. Cofer, M. D. ($12,500). State Dept. of Ave. and 35th St. Attorney-General-51 Chambers Health-25 W. 45th St. State Hospitals (Office of) St. Automobile Bureau, Secretary of State-31 Chambers St. Dept. of Insurance-165 127 W. 65th St. Dept. of Banking-Superintendent | Broadway; Brooklyn, 312 Jay St. Interstate Park of Banks, 61 Broadway. Commission for Blind- Commission-61 Broadway. New York State Hall of Records. Bridge and Tunnel Commission | Industrial Commission—230 Fifth Ave. Dept. of -115 Broadway. State Board of Charities-287 | Labor-230 Fifth Ave. Employment Bureau-230 Fourth Ave. State Comptroller-233 Broadway; Fifth Ave.; Brooklyn, 312 Jay St.; Queens, 436 Brooklyn, 215 Montague St. Transfer Tax Bureau Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Military Training -233 Broadway; Bronx, 2808 Third Ave.; Brooklyn, | Commission-105 E. 33d. St. Physical Training 215 Montague St. Clearing House for Employes Bureau-Convent Ave. and 138th St. New York -44 E. 23d St. Conservation Commission- Monuments Commission-Hall of Records. Broadway and 42d St. Forest, Fish, and Game State Nautical School-17 State St. New Jersey Commission-Broadway and 42d St. Bureau of Interstate Bridge and Tunnel CommissionDeportation-Hall of Records. State Superin- | 115 Broadway. Palisades Commission-61 tendent's Office of Elections-230 Fifth Ave. Broadway. Public Service Commission (Second State Engineer-Hall of Records. Branches-Pier District)-Hall of Records. State Hospital Com6. Fast River; Mott Haven: North River and 53d misslon-Hall of Records. State Tax Dept.-31 St.: Brooklyn-Foot Columbia St.; 261 Franklin St. Chambers St. St. (Hall of Records), Workmen's Dept. of Excise-1451 Broadway; Brooklyn, Eagle | Compensation Bureau-230 Fifth Ave.; Brooklyn, Building; 62 Jackson Ave. Long Island City. Farm 312 Jay St.

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American Bar Association.

THE HALL OF FAME.

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MARCH 5, 1900, the Council of New York University accepted a gift of $100,000, afterward increased to $250,000, from a donor, whose name was withheld, for the erection and completion on University Heights, New York City, of a building to be called "The Hall of Fame for Great Americans." A structure was built in the form of a terrace with superimposed colonnade connecting the University Hall of Philosophy with the Hall of Languages. On the ground floor is a museum 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, consisting of a corridor and six halls to contain mementoes of the names that are inscribed above. The colonnade over this is 600 feet long with provision for 150 panels, each about 2 feet by 6 feet, each to bear the name of a famous American.

Only persons who shall have been dead ten or more years are eligible to be chosen. Fifteen classes of citizens were recommended for eonsideration, to wit: Authors and editors, business men, educators, inventors, missionaries and explorers, philanthropists and reformers, preachers and theologians, scientists, engineers and architects, lawyers and judges, musicians, painters and sculptors, physicians and surgeons, rulers and statesmen, soldiers and sailors, distinguished men and women outside the above classes. Fifty names were to be inscribed on the tablets at the beginning, and five additional names every fifth year thereafter, unta the year 2000, when the 150 inscriptions will be completed. In case of failure to fill all the panels allotted. the vacancies are to be filled in a following year.

In February, 1904, the plan was announced of a Hall of Fame for Women near the former, with places for 50 tablets. Its foundation has been begun.

The rules prescribed that the council should invite nominations from the public. Every nomination seconded by a member of the University Senate should be submitted to an electorate of one hundred eminent citizens selected by the council. Chancellor Emeritus MacCracken, who is "committeeman" of the hall, presides in the Senate when the Hall of Fame is considered. Address University Heights, New York City. In October, 1900, the University Senate received the ballots of the electors. Of the one hundred judges selected ninety-seven voted. The number of names which had been submitted to them was 252. Of these cach judge returned a vote for fifty. The rule required that no candidate receiving less than fifty-one votes could be accepted. The returns showed that but twenty-nine candidates received the required number and were chosen. These were as follows: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Balph Waldo Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow, Robert Fulton, Washington Irving, Jonathan Edwards, Samuel F. B. Morse, David G. Farragut, Henry Clay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Peabody, Robert E. Lee, Peter Cooper, Elf Whitney, John J. Audubon, Horace Mann, Henry Ward Beecher, James Kent, Joseph Story, John Adams, William E. Channing, Gilbert Stuart and Asa Gray.

In October, 1905, under the rules named above, the Senate received the ballots of 95 electors out of 101 appointed, of whom only 85 undertook to consider the names of women. A majority of 51 was demanded, but in the case of the names of women, a majority of only 47. The following eight persons were found to be duly chosen: John Quincy Adams, 59; James Russell Lowell, 58; William Tecumseh Sherman, 58; James Madison, 56; John Greenleaf Whittier, 53; Mary Lyon, 58; Emma Willard, 50, and Maria Mitcheli, 48. The hall was dedicated May 30, 1901, when twenty-five or more National associations each unveiled one of the bronze tablets in the colonnade, and on May 30, 1907, eleven new tablets were unveiled, orations being given by the Governors of New York and Massachusetts.

In October, 1910, the next ballot was taken, the number east being 97 and the number required for a choice being 51. The following ten persons had the requisite number of votes: Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74; Oliver Wendell Holmes, 69; Edgar Allan Poe, 69; James Fenimore Cooper, 62: Phillips Brooks, 60; William Cullen Bryant, 59; Frances E. Willard, 56; Andrew Jackson, 53: George Bancroft, 53; John Lothrop Motley, 51. There were 211 nominees.

The fourth quinquennis) election in 1915 secured the ballots of ninety-seven electors, three electors having died within the year. Nine names were admitted, viz., Alexander Hamilton, 70 votes; Mark Hopkins, 69; Francis Parkman, 68; Agassiz, 64; Ellas Howe, 61; Joseph Henry, 56: Rufus Choate, 52; Daniet Boone, 52; with one woman, Charlotte Cushman, 53. Of these Hamilton and Agassiz had been elected in 1905 to the separate hall proposed for famous foreign-born Americans. When the Constitution was amended in 1914, to do away with the line of discrimination between native-born and foreign-born, it was required that the four foreign-born, already chosen, be re-elected in competition with the native-born pa in nomination. The two above named were approved, while John Paul Jones and Roger Williams lacked a majority, but remain in nomination for the year 1920. The total names admitted in the four quiikque)nial elections is 50 men and 6 women. No changes were made in 1918 in the constitution or rules. Nearly one-tenth of the electors katr died, but their places will not be filled until 1919. Henry M. MacCracken, Committeeman. University Heights, New York City.

BAR ASSOCIATION, CITY OF NEW YORK.

(Bar Association Building, No. 42 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City.) President George L. Ingraham. Vice-Presidents—J. Parker Kirlin, DeLancey Nicóll, Silas B. Brownell, E. Henry Lacombe, Edward W. Sheldon. Recording Secretary-Charles H. Strong. Corresponding Secretary Eliot Tuckerman. Treasurer-S. Sidney Smith.

The Organization has 2,168 members. It was instituted in 1869, and its Presidents have been as follows: 1870 to 1879, William M. Evarts; 1880 and 1881, Stephen P. Nash; 1882 and 1883, Francis N. Bangs; 1884 and 1885, James C. Carter; 1886 and 1887, William Allen Butler, 1888 and 1889, Joseph H. Choate: 1890 and 1891, Frederick R. Coudert; 1892 to IS94, Wheeler H. Peckham: 1895 and 1896, Joseph Larocque; 1897 to 1899, James C. Carter; 1900 and 1901, John E. Parsons; 1902 and 1903, William G. Choate: 1904 and 1905, Elihu Root; 1906 and 1907, John L. Cadwalader; 1908 and 1909, Edmund Wetmore; 1910 and 1911, Francis Lynde Stetson; 1912, Lewis Cass Ledyard; 1913 and 19, William B. Hornblower; 1914 to 1916, George W. Wickersham: 1917 and 1918, George L. Ingraham. The admission fee is $100 from restdent members and $50 from non-resident members; and the annual dues from resident members of more than six years' and less than twenty years standing, $55, and of more than twenty years' standing, $60, and from members having offices in New York City and residing elsewhere of less than twenty years' standing, $30, and of more than twenty years' standing, $35; from members of les than six years' standing, $25; from non-resident members, neither residing nor having offices in New York City, $35; from resident members temporarily absent from the city, $10.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.

EACH State and Territory is represented by one Vice-President and one member of the General Council, Membership about 11,000. This association of lawyers of the United States was organized in 1878. Officers: President George T. Page, Peoria, Ill. Secretary-George Whitelock, 1416 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md. Freisurer-Frederick E. Wadhams, 78 Chapel Street, Albany, N. Y. Assistant Secretaries—W. Thomas Kemp, Gaylord Lee Clark, 1416 Munsey Building. Baltimore. Md.

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Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities.

TUNNELS IN OPERATION IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK CITY. (For Subways in and about New York City. see Index). PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SYSTEM-Tunnels under Hudson River extend from Pennsylvania Rallroad Station, New York, to Weehawken, N. J. There is no station at Weehawken, the electrle trains from the Pennsylvania Station run to Manhattan Transfer, near Newark, Newark, N. J., without a stop. Work started April 1, 1904; completed in 1910. Two tubes of cast iron rings, 23 feet outside diameter and 21 feet 2 Inches Inside diameter; subaqueous portion 6,118 feet long. Manhattan cross-town tunnels from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, mentioned above. across New York under 32d and 33d Sts. to First Ave. Started July, 1905, completed in 1910. There are two tunnels, each with two tracks. The tunnels are bullt of concrete with the crown about 60 feet below the surface of the street. East River Tunnels connect with the cross-town tunnels and extend under the East River to Long Island City. Started September, 1904; completed in 1910. Four separate tubes with rings 23 feet outside diameter, each tube from the Manhattan shaft to the Long Island City shaft, 3.900 feet long.

BELMONT TUNNEL under the East River from 42d
St., New York, to Long Island City. Subaqueous
portion two single track tubes with cast-iron rings
16 feet 10 inches outside diameter, and a clear in-
side diameter of 15 feet 6 inches. Through rock
a horseshoe shaped concrete section is used and
In other places a rectangular double track cross
section, with reinforced concrete lining. Con-
struction started by New York and Long Island
Railroad, July 12, 1905; practically completed
January 1. 1908. (Commonly known as the
Steinway Tunnel).

HUDSON AND MANHATTAN RAILROAD SYSTEM-
North tunnels under the Hudson River from Jersey
City to Morton St., New York. Started Novem-
ber, 1874; the first in New York, oficially opened
February 25, 1908. Two single track tubes, with
a minimum inside diameter of 15 feet 3 inches,
and approximately 5,700 feet long.
Up-town tunnels connect with north tunnels at Mor-
ton St. and extend to Christopher St. thence to
Sixth Ave, and up Sixth Ave. tô 33d St. Started
March, 1904, completed in 1910. Section from
Morton to 12th St. shield construction, remainder
cut and cover.

South tunnels under Hudson River from Jersey City
to the Church St. Terminal Buildings (Cortlandt,
Church and Fulton Sts.), New York. Started
May, 1905; opened for traffic July, 1909. Two
tubes about 5,950 feet long with cast iron rings,
16 feet 7 inches outside diameter and 15 feet 3
Inches inside diameter.
Tunnels (consisting of two single track tubes) extend
from the Hoboken terminal of the Lackawanna
Rallroad to Washington St., Jersey City, with con-
nections to the north tunnels and to the Erle
Railroad Station. At Washington St. a brauch
runs to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at
Jersey City, where connections are made with the
south tunnels. West from Washington St. to a
point east of Summit Ave. Is a double track con-
crete tunnel with a centre wall dividing the
tracks. Work started March, 1906; completed in
July, 1911.

RAPID TRANSIT TUNNEL under the East River from
the Battery, New York, to Joralemon St., Brook-
lyn, connecting the New York and Brooklyn sub-
ways. Started April, 1903; trains running Janu-
ary 9, 1908. Two tubes, 6,784 feet long, with a
finished inside diameter of 15 feet 6 inches.
WEST SHORE RAILROAD TUNNEL, WEEHAWKEN
NEW JERSEY-Commenced in 1881, and completed
twenty-three months later, at a cost of $525,000.
It is double-tracked and the original length was
3,983 feet. A steel and concrete portal, con-
structed in 1907 at the cast increased its length
to 4,273 feet. One-fourth of the tunnel is brick-
lined, the remaining portion, unlined. The nor-
mal section is 27 feet in width and 19 feet high.
80,500 cubic yards of rock were removed, and
five vertical shafts were utilized, giving ten work-
ing faces, and average progress of 173 linear feet
per month was maintained. The average expend!-
ture per linear foot of lined section was $200, and
of unlined section, $110, and equivalent of $7.00
per cubic yard of excavation. The tunnel is a
tangent, with the exception of the extended por-
tion of the east end, previously mentioned, at
which point the freight and passenger tracks
divide. There is a grade of 0.30% towards the
east, and 0.34% towards the west, from approxi-
mately the centre of the tunnel. It is ventilated
by rotary fans, installed in 1911.
BERGEN CUT of Erle Railroad through Bergen Hill,
Jersey City parallel to the present tunnel, which
Is 4,700 feet long. The Bergen cut was started
March, 1906, and completed July 1, 1910. It
has five four-track tunnels, with open cuts be-
tween the tunnels, making a total length of 4,300
feet.
Tunnel sections 58 feet wide at the bottom
and 21 feet high.
LACKAWANNA RAILROAD TUNNEL through Bergen
Hill, Jersey City. Started February 28, 1906;
completed February 14, 1909. Parallel to and
24 feet away from old tunuel and of the same
length, viz., 4,283 fect. New tunnel is double
tracked, lined with concrete, having inside dimen-
sions 23 feet high by 30 feet wide. Bush track
construction used.

Tunnels from Whitehall St., Manhattan, to Montague St., Brooklyn, from Old Slip, Manhattan, to Clark St., Brooklyn, from 14th St., Manhattan, to North 7th St., Brooklyn, and from 60th St., Manhattan, under Blackwell's Island to Queens, are under construction, all of which are part of the new subway system ia New York. The Arst two and the last named will. It was stated, be completed and in service in 1919.

BROOKLYN FEDERATION OF JEWISH CHARITIES.

President-Edward Lazansky. First Vice-President-Simon F. Rothschild. Second Vice-PresidentJacob Levy. Treasurer-Julius Dahlman. Honorary Secretary-Nathan S. Jonas. Executive DirectorMax Abelman. President of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum-Louis L. Firuski. President of the Jewish Hospital-Edward C. Blum. President of the United Jewish Aid Societtes-Adolf Bergida. President of the Hebrew Educational Society-Aaron Williain Levy President of the Young Men's Hebrew Association -Grover M. Moscowitz. President of the Training School for Nurses-Hugo Hirsh. President of the Council of Jewish Women and Council Home for Jewish Girls-Mrs. A. H. Arons. President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum-Mrs. Otto Kempner. President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Jewish Hospital-Mrs. Nathaniel H. Levi. President of the "Young Men's and Women's Social Service Auxiliary of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities-Algernon 1. Nova.

The Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities is the central organization for the collection and distribution of the funds for the maintenance, in whole or in part, of the following institutions: Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum The Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, United Jewish Aid Societies, Hebrew Educational Society, Training School for Nurses, Young Men's Hebrew Association, Women's Auxiliary Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Women's Auxiliary the Jewish Hospital, Council of Jewish Women (Brooklyn Section), Council Home for Jewish Girls (Amalie Seldner Memorial), Young Men's Hebrew Association of Bath Beach, Young Men's Hebrew Association of Borough Park, Machzike Talmud Torah, Hebrew National Schools, Glory of Israel Institute, Free Talmud Torah Association of Brownsville. New Hebrew School of Brooklyn, and the Young Men's and Women's Social Service Auxiliary. Other affiliated societies to which allotments are made: Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids of New York City, Jewish Protectory and Aid Society (Brooklyn Cottage), Hawthorne, N. Y.; National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Col: Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Denver. Col.

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