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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1914
Page
14
A market advance is noted as general with unsettled abroad having little influence on American markets. Butte and Superior are reported to have doubled ore reserves while copper irregularities and specialty activities surface in New York.
Yesterday and year to date stock activity in New York and Boston showing total shares traded, most active issues, notable gains and losses, and money rates. Studebaker pref and Cal & Hecla movements among highlighted items.
In New York on March 13 the market opened weak but soon gained breadth and strength as professional traders pushed prices higher. Canadian Pacific fell to a record low while Denver and Rio Grande preferred hit a new low. later Canadian Pacific rose sharply and New Haven and Chesapeake & Ohio showed notable gains. London bought on moderate scale and bonds remained steady after early weakness. Total sales par value reached 2.3 million. U.S. bonds unchanged on call.
The Local Market reports a steady session with many issues advancing. Butte & Superior led with 4725 shares traded, closing up 21⁄4 points at 3738⁄4, while New Arcadian held around 6 dollars on 2800 shares amid favorable property developments. Old Dominion weakened, and Western Union rights plus bonds drew notable activity.
Reading awarded a temporary 75000 loan to Bond and Goodwin with maturities of 50000 on Oct 7 1907 and 25000 on Nov 10 plus 20000 on Dec 10 1914. Loring Tolman and Tupper bid. Pacific Gas and Electric issued 5000000 one year notes to refund 6 percent bonds maturing March 26. United States Light and Heating plans 1590000 first mortgage 15 year bonds. Quincy bids due March 17 for 100000 temporary loan maturing March 18 1911. Pittsfield awarded 100000 temporary loan to First National Bank of Boston with other bidders Blake Bros and Day and Curtis. Fitchburg R R Co permitted to issue 1872000 bonds dated Jan 3 1914.
Bradstreet's reports cautious buying for spring and summer with conservatism for distant positions. Wool goods show more activity than cotton, while heavy cotton exports hint at price stabilization. Iron and steel demand remains quiet. February steel prices rose briefly but weren't sustained. Bank clears total 3,241,218,000 dollars, down 14 percent year over year, with Canada showing slight improvement in trade expectations.
Thursday's rebound was offset by a similar recovery the next day as trading slowed to nominal volume. Cash in New York clearing banks rose about 2.6 million, while money reserves suggest rising rates if funds tighten. Copper prices in London drifted and Butte & Superior reported a new rich zinc silver ore body, boosting its stock. Pacific Gas & Electric earnings rose sharply in 1915, while California Petroleum Corp posted a 1913 deficit amid higher depreciation charges.
Stockholders face assessments of 25 per share for preferred and 12.50 for common, aiming to raise 640000 in new money. New issues total 1813000 in preferred and 1000000 in common, with creditors to be paid 40 percent in cash and 60 percent in notes in three installments. General Electric reports a 20 percent lag in business versus last year for the period, with no immediate improvement seen and competition rising. crews not reduced but hours cut, about 60000 on payroll.
The New York bond market reports total sales of 2,251,000 dollars, below yesterday's 2,320,000 and below last week’s 3,481,000 but above the year-ago figure of 1,513,000. From January 1 to date, totals reach 185,269,000 dollars, compared with 125,053,000 a year ago.
In yesterday’s trading haddock closed at 83-4 to 6 cents a pound and steak cod at 71-2 cents with 61-2 cents top bids amid plentiful offerings. Vessels report rough seas, wreck sightings, and several vessels anchored or towed for repairs, while forecasts anticipate further price declines due to light arrivals.
Hedley Gold Mining Company announces net profits of 405255 for the year ended December 31, with 360000 paid as dividends leaving a 45255 surplus. Prior year profits were 885880 with a 25880 surplus. Odd lot Sugar transactions clear. American Zinc removed from clearing list. East Butte February output: 1192960 pounds copper 36486 ounces silver 270 ounces gold, compared with January output of 1009800 pounds copper 4122 ounces silver 831 ounces gold. C B Vandusen named vice president and director of S S Kresge Company. 3 B Know resigns. C B Tuttle to succeed Vandusen as secretary treasurer. Mass Consolidated levy of 1 dollar brings total 24 per share called. 1 per share remains available. American Trust Company appointed registrar for Massachusetts Lighting Companies.
Dividend announcements cover Guaranty Trust Cambridge American Iron & Steel Manufacturing Bones Te Lynn Railroad Threshing Machine City Commercial Town Company and more. Payable April 1 to stockholders of record March dates ranging from March 16 to March 21 across multiple firms including General Fire Proofing and United States Printing Company with preferred and common stock details and notes on record dates.
Copper on the New York market shows quiet trading with spot and futures for April at 12.25 and 14.00, electrolytic at 14.124 and 14.25, plus lake and casting quotes. Tin remains quiet on spot with June at 38.00 and 38.37, lead and speller near 5.25 to 5.30, antimony at 7.25, and iron unchanged.
Shipping news records arrivals and departures including revenue cutters Androscoggin Michigan and Cambrian, steamers Memphian and Grand Turk, tugs Pooll and Nesquehoning left at Fall River, several barges and schooners noted. Ports mentioned include Gloucester Portland New York Baltimore Philadelphia and Norfolk with multiple vessels named and reported drifting.
In Phoenix on March 13 an unnamed woman who claimed to be Mme Arriola wife of a San Francisco musician faced exposure after posing as a rich socialite. She spent time cooking at a fashionable apartment house hosting luncheons at a hotel and attempting to buy a music school before killing herself. Police confirm she was a former cook in the Arriola family.
R G Dun & Co Review of Trade reports irregular business conditions with inconsistent statistics across centers. Transportation congestion lingers in dry goods, but retail prospects improve. cotton goods ease, wool and silks steady, carpet mills cut output, footwear benefiting from favorable weather. New U.S. contracts lag. failures total 341 in the U S and 32 in Canada, versus 309 and 35 a year ago.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's public rehearsal in Symphony Hall featured living composers present, with Chadwick's F major Symphony praised as solid though verbose, Goldmark's Samson viewed as earnest but uneven, and Paderewski delivering a commanding piano concerto that blended orchestral and pianistic strengths into a dramatic, almost orchestral solo performance.
Professor Barrett Wendell of Harvard English has left college duties for the year after a growth was removed from his ear. His condition is reported as favorable. Wendell had been chosen as a German exchange professor to Berlin but declined due to illness.
Office notice dated March 14 1914 states Jeremiah P and Elizabeth F E Driscoll operating as J P Driscoll & Co have applied for a First Class liquor license to sell intoxicating liquors as victualers at 104 Summer Street and 56 Milton Place entrance via alley and freight elevator entrance to the premises under Chapter 100 Revised Laws.
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