Inquiries on Adirondack Electric Power and Rock Island stock
The Boston Post’s financial editor answers reader questions on Adirondack Electric Power preferred stock earnings and dividend prospects, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific stock price and upcoming assessments, American and New England Telephone yields, and Republic Iron and Steel common dividend prospects with notes on earnings, regulations, and likely timelines. It discusses earnings, cumulation dates, reorganization plans, and the relative safety of investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondack Electric Power
A. AK
Wollaston
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Winchester
WATERFRONT CALENDAR FOR JULY 31 AND PORT NOTES
Waterfront calendar entries note tides and astronomical data for July 31, including high and low tide details and visible celestial bodies. The fish market reports nine vessels at the pier with fresh fish, four swordfish arrivals, five groundfish trips, and scarce mackerel driving high prices. Several steamers and ships are mentioned as arriving or in port, with crews and command changes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nunan
Priscilla
Metacomet
LaFayette
Breaker
Wave
Valerie
Genesta
Ralph Brown
New England
Bay State
Warren Line
Liverpool
Jones
Wilson
Trinick
Cypress
San Francisco
John Willys
Toledo
Maine
Carolina
Gothenburg
Shields
Hoosack
Boston
Wardha
Leghorn
Italy
Eurymedon
Manila
Benguela
Coast Guard
Washington
Market Review Highlights Drift in Stocks Amid Broad Lethargy
The week showed little price movement with rails soft and averaged down. Industrials rose slightly while coppers dipped, as overall market activity stayed muted. Despite earnings by Steel Corp failing to ignite buying, bears struggle with lack of a clear catalyst and money conditions uneven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Corporation
Bears
Barge J. B. Walker Runs Aground Near Half Moon Shoal
The barge J. B. Walker traveling from Norfolk to Boston struck bottom off Great Round Shoal Vineyard Haven yesterday while in tow of tug Walter A. Luckenbach. It was towed aground on the south side of the main channel near Half Moon Shoals. The vessel is full of water with seas washing over decks. A wrecking lighter was sent from New London. The captain and four crew members were taken to Vineyard Haven today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Walker
Norfolk
Boston
Great Round Shoal
Vineyard Haven
Walter A. Luckenbach
Half Moon Shoals
New London
Shipping News Snapshot of Steamers and Towing Barges
A long shipping listing records numerous steamers and tugs sailing and arriving at East Coast ports. Entries name vessels such as Bay State, Governor Dingley, City of Bangor, Prince Arthur, and Cretic, with towed barges and lighters, port calls at Portland, Gloucester, New York, Norfolk, and Newport News, and notes on departures to Gibraltar, Genoa, and the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Wilson
Liverpool
England
Limon
Terfry
Port Limon
C. R
Prince Arthur
Kinney
Yarmouth
N. S
Dingley
Ingalls
St. John
N. B
City of
New York
Coastwise
Stromberg
Baltimore
Camden
Sawyer
Bangor
Ransom B
Fuller
Strout
Portland
City of Bangor
Hathorne
Path
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Thompson
Reliance
Brattleberg
Scituate
Honeybrook
Wentworth
Port Johnson
Thomas J
Hampton and
P. N. No. 12
Berwick
Five Islands
Lynn
Cretic
Azores
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
Vila New York
Glenmount
Sydney
C. B
Prince George
Calvin Austin
Nacoochee
Savannah
Newton
Lamberts Point
Bunker Hill
Leviathan
Seituate
W. H. Moody
Rockport
Mass
West End
Neptune
Portsmouth
Providence
Norfolk
Beverly
Edgar F. Luckenbach
W. F. Babcock
Josephus
Gwalia
Alice
Clara
Binabik
Boxer
Philadelphia
Bethayres
Cocalico
Franklin
Concord
Man Fractures Spine In Stair Fall At Home
Daniel Doherty 39 of 1 Academy Hill Brighton fractured his spine and suffered internal injuries in a fall down stairs at his home last night. He was removed to Boston City Hospital by Dr. EF Shortell. He is listed as dangerous and not expected to live. He is single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Doherty
Academy Hill Road
Brighton
Boston City Hospital
EF. J. Shortell
Market Outlook Prefers Optimism Despite Caution in Stocks
Over eight months investors faced limited advances and rising supply as demand lagged. Europe sells while flotations surge, yet the street remains hopeful prices stay high through August. A railroad labor vote looms, promising to remove a key market drag once settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lift embargo on freight in New Haven area
New Haven railroad officials predicted the embargo on freight last Thursday will be lifted at midnight Wednesday with a possibility of earlier release. The embargo covers all carload and less than carload shipments to lines of the company and Central New England railroad via Harlem River and Maybrook, N Y, excluding perishable freight live stock government freight newsprint paper and materials for the two companies, and freight common to several listed roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Railroad
Central New England Railroad
Harlem River
Maybrook
N. Y
United States
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Central Vermont
New York Central
Ontario & Western Lines
Baby Killed in Air Shaft Death at Home Window plunge
John Silva a 16 month old boy of 4 Chambers Street climbed from a table through a third floor air shaft window and fell to the bottom. Neighbors found him dead in rubbish. The father Emanuel Silva and mother Mrs Silva brought the body to Dr Levins's office but he could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Silva
Emanuel Silva
Chambers Street
Nathan M. Levins
Plans reception for excluded Irish visitors in Lowell
Lowell July 30 The local Friends of Irish Freedom plan a reception for Joseph E. Smith and Thomas Hughes Kelly aides to Irish relief fund officials who were denied land in England after arriving in Liverpool. Plans depend on State Department and British authority negotiations over entry withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Friends of Irish Freedom
Joseph E. Smith
Thomas Hughes Kelly
Irish Relief Fund
Mr. Kelly
England
Liverpool
State Department
Smith
Emerson Four Motor Car Introduced By Robert Hupp
The Stock of the Company is placed among a broad range of investors as capital suffices for profitable manufacturing. Cars are now being built, led by the Emerson Four designed by Robert Craig Hupp, a pioneer in low-priced autos. Hupp’s background includes time with the Ford Motor Company before forming Hupp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Robert Craig Hupp
Hupp Motor Company
Hupp
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Car
American Audit Company
Cmpany
Emerson Motors poised to enter low priced car market
An Emerson Motors Company promotional notice extols the EMERSON FOUR as a standout low priced automobile and projects $69 net profit per car in 1917 with 30,000 planned. It urges quick purchase of Emerson Motors common stock at six dollars per share, claims strong demand, and notes Boston display plans with Broad Street showroom success in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Motors Company, Inc
REO Motor Car Company
REO Motor Truck Company
REO
Henry Ford
Chalmers
Hupp, Packard
Paige-Detroit
Reo, White
Iwederal Motor Truck
Stock Exchange
United States
Emerson Cowman
Robert P. Matches & CO
Co. R. Berry & CO
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
New York City
Oldsmobile
Emerson
Hupp
Emerson Motors
New York
Emerson Company
Broadway
Robert P. Matches & Company
C. R. Berry & Co
Devonshire Street
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Rockingham County Light & Power Co
New Hampshire
Messrs. Stone & Webster
Merrill Oldham & Company
Congress Street
Boston Post
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Adirondack Electric Preferred
Adirondack Electric
Rock Island
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
M. Lynn
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
A. B
New England Telephone
American Telephone
Republic Iron & Steel
John H. Powers & Company, Inc
East Jackson Boulevard
Illinois
Emerson Motors Co., Inc
R. C. Hupp
Hupmobile
B. P
John
Cedar Street
Det Lei
Mars
Jupiter
Albany
Montreal
Atlantic City
Kansas City
Nantucket
Bismarck
New Orlean
Buffalo
Covesses
Charleston
Pittsburg
Denver
Portland, Me
Des Moines
Portland, Ore
Eastport
Galveston
St. Louis
Es Boul
Helena
Jacksonville
H. C. Spiller & Co., Inc
Wall Street
State Street
Shipping News
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
Farwell
Utah Metal and Tunnel Company
Commonwealth Trust Company
W. BE. L
Dillaway, Tressurer
New Haven
Stone & Webster Management
Milk Street
Baton Rouge Electric Company
First Mortgage
Old Colony Trust Company
Dallas Electric Corporation
American Trust Company
Houston Electric Company
First
Office of International Trust Company
Key West Electric Company
Office of
State Street Trust Company
Pensacola Electric Company
Puget Sound Electric Railway
First Consolidated Mortgage
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Seattle Electric Company
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
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