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William F. King provides justification for the building of new postal service facilities in New York City and reviews the Merchants’ Association of New York’s efforts to secure the necessary legislation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-01
Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, writes to set up a time to meet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-21
Photograph of President Roosevelt exiting the stairs of a ship.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-10-01
Complimentary 1902 pass for free travel on the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for President Roosevelt.
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1902
Alexander J. Cassatt, the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, encloses an annual pass for 1904.
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1903-12-24
Matthew Stanley Quay alerts President Roosevelt that Quay has sent a promised Alaskan caribou head to the White House. Quay discusses the bleak business outlook, particularly as seen in the railroad companies, which are laying aside cars for want of business. Quay will be in Washington soon, and he plans to “have a scrap” with Ethan Allen Hitchcock, United States Secretary of the Interior, and to talk to A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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1903-10-25
Benjamin F. Montgomery writes to William Loeb to inform him that he has enclosed rail tickets for Loeb, and informs him of a minor error made by the Pennsylvania Railroad regarding point of departure for one set of tickets.
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1903-07-14
Nicholas Murray Butler believes Norton Goddard would be of little use to Theodore Roosevelt if selected as Chairman of the County Committee, and he urges him to stay out of the selection process completely, as it could hurt him if things turn sour.
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1903-06-01
The coal supply in Massachusetts is low due to strikes and Governor Crane suggests that the duty on coal be removed to facilitate shipment of foreign coal. He encourages Senator Lodge to back this suggestion. Crane points out that the bituminous coal field of West Virginia is operating at 28% of capacity and that the Pennsylvania Railroad could end the strike if they chose to do so.
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1902-12-24
A. J. Cassatt encloses an annual pass for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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1902-12-23
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad declines to attend the Anthracite Coal Strike conference. The Pennsylvania Railroad has not taken any part in previous anthracite negotiations and has limited interests in the anthracite region. Cassatt believes that the strike is unwarranted and that the operators should not yield.
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1902-10-02
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad asks to be excused from the meeting as his company primarily carries bituminous coal. He believes that the Anthracite Coal Strike is unwarranted and can only end when the miners return to work at their old wages.
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1902-10-02
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company endorses T. B. Ferguson, assuming he is under consideration, for appointment as Commissioner for the District of Columbia.
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1902-08-02
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad encloses an amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act which enlarges the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission and places railroads under government regulation. Cassatt supports the bill but does not believe that it will pass without active support from President Roosevelt.
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1902-04-01
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad encloses a 1902 annual pass.
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1901-12-24
The services of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be at the service of President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-18
Volume I, Number 6 of the newspaper, “a National Journal devoted to Politics, Literature and Finance.” This issue includes a portion of an address on federalism by Alexander Del Mar given before the Liberal Club of New York City, as well as details of the debate that followed Del Mar’s remarks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1873-02-22
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