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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1914
Page
13
Monday column answers reader questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. It covers industrial, public utility, bank and mill companies with impartial data. Include full name and address, subject focus, and send to FINANCIAL EDITOR Boston Post Boston Mass.
The American Car & Foundry Company formed in 1899 with half preferred and half common stock. Preferred covers plant and cash in the combine. watered common covers faith in large scale profits and expense duplication. The company is well managed with nominal common dividends and earnings funded working capital rather than debt.
Fall River Gas Works Company of Fall River Massachusetts declares quarterly dividend of 3.00 per share payable May 1 1914 to stockholders of record at close of business April 18 1914 Stone Webster Transfer Agents
The article discusses how surplus earnings and two stock classes raise asset backing beyond 80 dollars per share, with a strong 2 percent dividend and a reserve fund to cover a year’s dividend. It frames current earnings as sturdy and potential dividend increases likely in forthcoming prosperity. It also surveys reader questions on various bonds and utilities, offering concise opinions on the risk and outlook for multiple issuers.
Directors urge stockholders to approve terms with the federal government ending the Boston & Maine and related lines' unification under a divestiture plan. They cite $135 million in assets, $54 million notes maturing by July 1914, and widespread economic pressure across New England. Massachusetts holds most shares and stockholders, with 12,238 residents, including 11,034 women.
Market prices drifted lower as leaders such as Steel, Amalgamated, and Reading showed divergent moves. The crop report promises a record wheat harvest, but the stock market stalled on the news. Copper output reached new highs, while New Haven earnings disappointed, signaling a difficult near term though cash buildup could spur a future boom.
The Weather Bureau forecasts generally fair Easter week nationwide. The South Atlantic States may see rain early in the week while Central and Eastern districts remain cool and frosty. No disturbances are expected in the Northwest for several days, with mild temperatures returning.
William Seaward aged five and his brother Charles rode a narrow gauge train to the West seeking Indians and adventures. At Beachmont station Charles wandered off and did not return while a crowd found the boy crying for his mother. A family friend later took him home. The brother arrived home later.
Mrs. Charles Cary of Buffalo presented an attractive Votes for Women poster to the Empire State Suffrage Campaign Association. The design will be used in the equal franchise battle in New York with greater vigor, as announced by the campaign committee.
The British schooner Percy B. from Port Clyde was floated off the shoal near Vineyard Haven after grounding Saturday morning. The vessel, with a cargo of no pulp, headed for New London after the revenue cutter Acushnet hauled her free. The sea remained calm overnight and the ship appeared undamaged.
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