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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
12
Trading in stocks opens with a heavy drag as New York and Boston totals show large blocks and muted gains. Steel issues top activity in both cities while forecasts hint at steel price cuts and continued stagnation into February.
Prices across the Boston curb list showed a reactionary day with Ely declined from 9.78 to 0.78 dollars, Rhode Island Coal slipping to 0.06, Ely Consolidated down to 0.04, Raven easing to 0.42, and Inspiration breaking 0.09. Amalgamated Nevada paid its first assessment at 0.10 to 0.11 while Mackinaw recovered a previous four cent drop.
The Boston Market reports the day’s stock and bond price movements along with total sales and a comparison to the previous close. Prices fluctuated as traders reacted to early and late session activity.
Auburn Maine invites bids by noon December 27 for a 24 thousand dollar 10 year bond issue. The sale aims to fund municipal needs and set project financing terms.
Ann Arbor calendar items show meeting notices and freight pass requests. References include railroad companies and stock ex-dividend notes.
A list of upcoming dividend declarations includes Osceola Mining semi annual 4 payable Jan 26. State Street Trust quarterly 2 payable Jan 2. Massachusetts Breweries extra 1 payable Jan 14. Dorchester Trust semi annual 8 payable Dec 15. Mattapan Trust semi annual 8 payable Jan 2. Walpole Rubber common quarterly 1 payable Jan 15. Walpole Rubber preferred quarterly 1 1/4 payable Jan 15. Chicago City Railway quarterly 2 1/4 payable Dec 80. Tonopah Mining quarterly 25 payable Jan 21. Tonopah Mining extra 15 payable Jan 21. Alabama Great Southern common 2 1/4 payable Dec 30. Alabama Great Southern preferred semi annual 8 payable Feb 25. Providence Gas quarterly 1 payable Jan 2. Shelby trey 2 payable Jan 10. Irving Machine preferred semi annual 4 payable Jan 8. Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction common quarterly 1 1/2 payable Jan 2. Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction preferred quarterly 1 4 payable Jan 2. Sao Paulo Tramway quarterly 2 payable Jan 2. Philadelphia Company common quarterly 1 1/8 payable Feb 1. De Long Hook & Eye quarterly 2 payable Jan 8. N J Consolidated Gas 1 payable Jan 16. Virginia Railway & Power preferred semi annual 2 4 payable Jan 5. Columbus Electric preferred semi-annual 3 payable Jan 8.
Traders faced a slow day with 14,377 shares changing hands, well below recent totals. Rumors of a Lake properties merger and a possible new holding company under another state’s laws spurred talk of consolidating Calumet & Hecla assets to cut costs and boost copper operations. European visible copper supply fell 1,291 tons from the prior half, totaling 84,959 tons for December’s first half, about 20 percent below a year ago.
The Osceola Consolidated announces a $4 dividend as total disbursements reach $9,387,250. A $396,600 distribution is planned with Calumet & Hecla receiving $131,124. The Tomboy No 2 shaft at Arizona Mines reports ore assays of 14 percent copper and $18 per ton in gold, valuing ore at $64.40 per ton. Fidelity Trust opens new rooms in Monument Square Monday.
R G Dun weekly trade review notes brisk retail holiday trade but cautious wholesale buying. Distributors hold light stocks, reducing speculative purchases and hinting at near term demand expansion. Dry goods retail active. jobbing quiet. cotton goods and yarns subdued. leather trade dull. failures rise to 283 in the US and 31 in Canada.
Bradstreet's report notes increased retail activity but slower wholesale and jobber activity, with a general slowdown in industrial lines and easier money due to weaker demand. Manufacturing trends toward quiet, iron and steel curtailed, cotton goods likely, and logging preparations up. Copper soft, stocks light, and holiday quiet dominates late-year markets.Canada shows quiet wholesale trade in the East and active trade in the West as holidays boost demand.
At a December meeting in Philadelphia the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company announced a quarterly dividend of 1 1/4 percent payable January 10 to stock on record December 28. The firm plans 3 900 000 dollars in new preferred stock. 2 800 000 subscribed by stockholders under a Chandler Brothers plan. About 1 700 900 dollars paid in to treasury. no increase in total capitalization. convertible notes retired except 43 000 dollars due March 1 1911. The plan leaves the company free of floating debt with roughly 400 000 dollars available for corporate purposes. The 2 900 900 dollars common stock is listed on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. 2 100 000 dollars of preferred listed as of December 5, 1910, with the remainder to be listed as paid for.
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