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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
16
Haverhill Gas Light Company of Haverhill Massachusetts declares a quarterly dividend of 9 percent per annum amounting to 1.121% per share payable January 1 1916 to stockholders of record December 22 1915. Ona Webster transfer agents.
New York stocks report shows Nipe Bay for the year ending June 80 1915 with a balance of earnings on its 4 500 000 stock at 99 6 percent the best exhibit in its history.
Total sales in New York reached 405 700 shares while Boston reported 39 424. Adams Express led gains in New York and General Motors showed losses. In Boston, Boston & Maine preferred rose and Greene Cananea frac fell.
New York market pauses on foreign worries and low Anglo French bonds. General Motors and Bethlehem Steel slip while rail earnings and London exchange offer some support. St Paul rises, US Steel and others dip, oil shares advance late. Total volume about 400000 shares.
The Boston market shows firmness but traders avoid commitments due to the approaching double holiday and fears of a possible deterioration in relations with Austria. U S Smelting recovers after dividend news while Greene Cananea declares a 1 percent dividend and notes it won’t affect March proceedings. Miami Copper sells copper for late 1916 delivery as American Smelting and Anaconda trigger large 120 million pound sales, boosting mining firms’ near term earnings outlook.
Boston reports the day’s high and low bond prices with fast quotes and comparison to the previous close. The brief notes the security performance on the Boston Stock Exchange for December 26.
The foreign exchange market shows strong activity with sterling leading. Afternoon rates among bankers list Sterling-Cables at 4.75 dollars, demand 4.74, and francs 5.84, marks 7634, guilders 43, lire 6.57.
On the London Metal Exchange December 29 G M B spot copper rose 24 6d to £85 17s 6d with futures up 6s to £86. Electrolytic copper hit a yearly high with a £1 gain to £108. Spot tin fell 10s to £167 5s while futures rose 15s to £168 6s and Straits to £169 10s. Spelter held at £9 spot as futures climbed £4 to £82.
The Autocar Company board voted a cash dividend payable Dec. 31 to stock of record at the meeting. It also approved converting 400000 dollars of accumulated surplus into permanent capital by issuing stock. The action follows an authorized capital increase to two million dollars on Oct. 14, 1915.
The Metropolitan Trust Co. declares a dividend of $2 per share at a directors meeting. The dividend is payable January 1 to stock of record December 29. In three and a half months deposits rose to 3,690,000 with undivided profits at 21,509 as of December 20.
Eight arrivals at the Fish Pier include the Arethusa with 104000 pounds of mixed fish and 11700 pounds of cask plus 2400 pounds of scrod. Wool shipments worth about 2 million dollars arrive on the British steamers Dongarra and Fiylas, with 17 ships total bearing 17 million dollars in wool. Other notes cover cargoes on the Cape Finisterre and Cambrian, stowaways on the Cambrian, and damage to the Bay Port and Embiricos after a gale.
Steamers Dongarra De Carteret Melbourne Adelaide Sydney and others sail via St Lucia. Coast Guard cutter Gresham sails from Philadelphia with steamers Amelia Tansing and more. Tugs and barges move among Portland Gloucester New York and Baltimore as vessels depart for Lynn Danversport Rockport and Portland.
The market rose then stalled as traders awaited Austria's response to the President’s note. Banking circles fear a diplomatic break if Germany does not press Austria, unsettling securities. St Paul reports record earnings for November and hints at restoring a 5 percent dividend.
The January disbursements by American corporations total an estimated 350 million dollars. AT&T leads with over 7.5 million on 377.67 million in stock, as market strength grows on reinvestment hopes. Erie borrows 20 million on 50 year bonds at about 6 percent, with new bonds bearing 4 percent and conversion options. United States Steel offers stock to employees again, at 8 percent, with no preferred stock. Anglo-French bond issue priced near 937 8, sterling chooses rise to 4.74, and foreign selling pushes sterling higher.
The governing committee votes to close the Boston Stock Exchange on Saturday January 1, marking an unusual start to a weekend trading pause.
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