This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...held on the 7th of the following month, and although Mayor Timanus received the support of a large number of independent voters who believed he deserved to be elected in recognition of the excellence of his administration during a trying period in the city's history, Mahool came out ahead in the poll, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...held on the 7th of the following month, and although Mayor Timanus received the support of a large number of independent voters who believed he deserved to be elected in recognition of the excellence of his administration during a trying period in the city's history, Mahool came out ahead in the poll, receiving 48,254 votes while Timanus received 43,584. On the 27th of April, 1907, a pier in course of construction at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tidewater terminal at Locust Point collapsed, killing several persons and causing a property loss of about $400,000. The pier was being built at a contract price of $750,000, and was to be one of the largest and best equipped in the country. About ten days before the accident it was noticed that the outward edge of the pier was moving, and a close watch was kept by the engineers and contractors. On the day of the collapse an observer stationed on an adjacent pier gave the foreman warning, and ten minutes before the catastrophe occurred the workmen were ordered off the structure. Through recklessness, or delay from some other cause, some of them failed to heed the warning, and were still on the pier when the crash came. One man, after reaching a place of safety, returned for his tools and was killed. Three others retreated an insufficient distance and were crushed beneath a falling wall. The superintendent of the contracting company met death while heroically attempting to rescue his men. On the 26th of April, 1907, the Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition was formally opened on a site overlooking the lower Chesapeake Bay, near Norfolk. The State of Maryland and the city of Baltimore made creditable displays of the products of the soil and of their industries, each having a building on the grounds. Day...
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