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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1909

Page

14

Prices Pursue Irregular Course In Yesterday's Markets

Total sales New York 647 900 shares Boston 66 279 shares Most active issue in New York Reading common 113 800 shares Most active issue in Boston Superior Boston 8561 shares Greatest gain in New York list Pittsburg Coal pref 31 8 to 737 8 Greatest loss in New York list N Y N H and H 2 to 156% Greatest gain in Boston list Lake Copper 25 8 to 6234 S test loss in Boston list Superior Copper 114 to 601% All money in New York 47 8 per cent In Boston 5 to 6 per cent Time money in New York 4% to 434 per cent In Boston 434 to 5% per cent

New York Boston Reading Common Superior Pittsburg Coal Pref N. Y

Wall Street Session Mixed As Steel and Reading Lead Trades

State Street reports a volatile morning with Steel common slipping early then recovering to 91 1 4 amid mixed readings for Reading after a dividend shift to 3 per cent semi annual. Amalgamated copper attracts buyers while Amalgamated and other rails draw interest. market closes firm with uneven gains across 25 leading issues and notable activity in copper shares and utilities.

State Street American Federation of Labor Steel Common Steel Corporation Samuel Gompers Reading Atchison Louisville & Nashville Brooklyn Rapid Transit Amalgamated Southern Pacific Union Pacific Steel Superior & Boston Miami Boston Consolidated Winona Amster Arizona Commercial Franklin Abbott Massachusetts Electric Companies Massachusetts Superior Boston Wake Copper Massachusetts Electric North Butte Boston & Corbin

Boston and New England Trusts Hold Annual Meeting Highlights

At the Massachusetts Electric Companies annual meeting Everett W Burdett Philip Dexter William F Fitzgerald Philip S Saltonstall and Galen L Stone were re elected trustees for three years. They authorized sale of preferred stock and notes up to 5 000 000 to refund 3 500 000 notes due next July. The Boston Curb listed 50 000 Live Oak Development shares and 100 000 New Baltic Mining shares in different departments.

Massachusetts Electric Companies Everett W. Burdett Philip Dexter William F. Fitzgerald Philip S. Saltonstall Galen L. Stone Boston & Northern Old Colony Boston Curb Live Oak Development Company New Baltic Mining Company Revere Rubber Company Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company First National Bank of New York

Boston Market Stock and Bond Market Prices Summary

The Boston Market reports daily stock and bond prices with total sales for the day. The table records the course of markets and overall turnover, reflecting price moves and trading activity across securities.

Boston

Boston curb market gains with new issues debuting

Boston curb market activity stays firm as three new issues Live Oak New Baltic and Humboldt Smelters begin trading amid active trades in Inspiration Cactus Raven Oneco Ohio and Corbin. Full day fluctuations provided.

Boston Live Oak New Baltic Humboldt Inspiration Cactus Raven Oneco Ohio Corbin

Marblehead issues lighting bonds to Farnsworth firm

Marblehead Massachusetts has awarded bonds totaling $30,000 at 103.25 to E. M. Farnsworth & Co for lighting projects dated November 1, 1909 and maturing annually 1910 to 1924. Malden plans a temporary loan of $100,000 payable in four installments.

Boston Dee Marblehead Mass E. M. Farnsworth & Co Malden

Railroad Commissioners Approve Bond Issue for Norfolk & Bristol Street Ry

The railroad commissioners approved a $50,000 20 year equipment bond issue at 6 percent for the Norfolk & Bristol Street Railway Company. The bonds will be issued at a discount of 4.36 percent to Bond & Goodwin.

Bond & Goodwin Norfolk & Bristol Street Railway Company

Calendar notes ex dividend dates for Toray and others

Calendar items list ex dividend dates and book opens for Toray American Can Norwich Worcester Twin City FR Laclede Gas Mass Electric and associated preferred stock symbols. Includes note of outstanding and listed securities and pledge dates for investors.

Norwich & Worcester Twin City FR. T

Dividends Declared by Various Companies

A list of forthcoming dividend dates and record dates for multiple firms. Bell Telephone Co of Missouri on 2 percent quarterly. Empire Steel & Iron 3 percent semi annual preferred. Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse 1 percent. Baldwin Co both common 2 percent and preferred 114 percent. Westinghouse Air Brake Co specials. Standard Coupler Co both preferred 4 percent and common 1 percent. Detroit Edison 1 percent. Canadian General Electric 14 er cent. Otis Elevator 1 percent preferred. Salmon Falls Mfg 9. Corliss Limb Specialty 1. Bigelow Carpet semi-annual 3 and extra 2. Lehigh Valley Railroad semi-annual 3 percent common and 5 percent preferred. Commonwealth Trust 1.5 percent. Waltham Watch 14 percent. Reading 8 percent. Books close on various December dates with reopenings in January.

Bell Telephone Co Missouri Empire Steel & Iron Co Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Co Baldwin Co Sitc Ompeli Air Brake Co Air Brake Co Westinghouse Air Brake Co Standard Coupler Co Detroit Edison Co Canadian General Electric Co Otis Elevator Co Salmon Falls Mfg. Co Corliss Limb Specialty Co Bigelow Carpet Co Lehigh Valley Railroad Co Commonwealth Trust Co Waltham Watch Co Reading Co

Annual report highlights of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company

The annual report of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company as of June 380 is issued and presents the following in come account.

The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company

Busy Holiday Theatrical Scene Faces New Shows

The Globe blazes with rapid shows led by The Jolly Bachelors and A Fool There Was at the Jolily, Deborah of Tods at the Majestic closes this week, while Wilton Lackaye debuts The Battle. Holiday crowds fill Keiths and Bowdoin Square, with acts by Eva Tanguay, Fannie Ward, Grace Ia Rue, and many vaudeville and musical numbers across Boston venues.

Globe Robert Hilliard Jtlolls Deborah of Tod the Majestic Wilton Lackaye Tremont Eva Tanguay Fannie Ward van Allen Grace Ia Rue Molly May Colonial Boston Theatre Castle Square Theatre Cecil Spooner Howard North Julian Eltinge Consul Man Monkey Virginia Phillips Pee Wee’ Paxton The Charlotte Hunt Fred van Rensselaer Bowdoin Square Theatre Columbia Farren Waldron Casino Theatre Florence Quinn the Red Mill Charles Lovenberg Keith's Gaiety Bob Bertha Hyde DeCorret and Rego Hub Theatre Seven Russells Grand Opera House Sousa Mi'es Raymond Kelley Parks Sloan Bell and Richards New Palace Theatre Popular Theatre Comique

Government after Ludlow mill men inquiry focuses on criminal case

Assistant U.S. Attorney E. Mark Sullivan and Inspector Burke work on a report for prosecution over Ludlow Manufacturing Associates. Government weighs criminal charges for alleged contract labor law violations, similar to a prior Manchaug mills case, with potential action against the company or individual officials.

United States E. Mark Sullivan Inspector Burke Burke Sullivan Manchaug Mills Worcester County Ludlow Manufacturing Associates Ludlow Austrian Poland Sidney Stevens Ludlow Associates

Nebraska Battleship not to be drydocked after collision

Brooklyn navy yard officials informed Secretary Meyer that the battleship Nebraska will undergo six days of repairs without docking after colliding with the Georgia off the Virginia capes. One armor plate was pressed into the wood backing by about an inch at the forward end. rectification to be postponed until next spring.

Washington Brooklyn Navy Yard Nebraska Georgia Virginia Capes Meyer

Grand Trunk and connected lines offer low fares to West

Fare ad notes daily service from Boston via Grand Trunk with Central Vermont and Boston and Maine to Detroit Chicago St Louis St Paul and more. Includes special round trip sale from Dec 30 1909 to Jan 2 1910 Boston Montreal 10 65 Boston Quebec 12 10 final return Jan 25 1910. Contact E H Boynton 360 Washington St Boston MA.

Grand Trunk Railway System Vermont Boston & Maine Roads Boston New England Detroit Chicago St. Louis St. Paul Montreal Bostona Quebec E. H. Boynton N. OB. A Washington Street Mass

Strikers Vote to Return to Work in Wage Dispute

After a conference with the State Board of Arbitration and Central Labor Union leaders, a Springfield mass meeting voted to return to work at the reduced wage while arbitration proceeds. The company will reinstate strikers at the lower scale, consider wage adjustments, and rehouse evicted workers as needed. Nearly 500 strike breakers must be removed and 100 extra officers planned to maintain order.

Bay State Gas South Western Providence Coal A. M. Manning & CQ State St Boston Mass Eureka Mines Company Consolidated W. C. Spencer State Street Soston Ludlow State Board of Arbitration and Liabor Foresters’ Hall Springfield State Board of Arbitration Richard P. Barry Bernard F. Supple State Board

Heflin Proposes Jim Crow Street Car Bill in DC

Representative Heflin of Alabama introduced a bill to force DC streetcar companies to run separate white and Negro cars with a $100 fine for mixing riders. The measure recalls an old incident when Heflin shot a Black man after a streetcar altercation.

Washington Heflin Alabama District of Columbia

Tug Portland wreckage washes ashore off York Harbor

The tug Portland after sinking off York Harbor on December 106 sent its first wreckage ashore today. The pilot house and several deck components were recovered as the ship continues to break up after Tuesday's storm. The vessel is valued at about $10,000.

Portsmouth Portland York Harbor

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