Market Specialties Rise Across New York and Boston
Total sales in New York reached 578,800 shares with 49,888 in Boston. Reading led New York with 128,200 shares while Mass Consolidated topped Boston at 5,492. Notable gains: Col. & So. Ist pfd 314 to 85 in New York and Western Tel. & Tel. pfd 514 to 87 in Boston. Losses: Hock Valley 4 to 98 in New York and Edison Electric 3 to 253 in Boston. Call money NY 134 pct, Boston 2 to 3 pct. Time money NY 2 4 to 3/4 pct, Boston 3 to 4 pct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Reading
Mass Consolidated
Col. & So
Hock Valley
Western Tel. & Tel
Edison Electric
General Electric
Calumet & Hecla
Wolverine
North Butte
Western Telephone & Telegraph
Sound railway and lighting ties with Stone Webster era
Sound railway and lighting properties under Stone Webster management. Longtime Boston Elevated Railway associate later served as Worcester Consolidated Street Railway general manager. He resigned to become vice president and GM of Manila Electric Railway and spent four years in the Philippines establishing its operating organization. NYSE seats shifted among Huntington to Stuyvesant Fish Jr and Mayer to Reynolds Jr. Stone and Raymond left for Jacksonville as Clyde Steamship expands terminals. Lovell returns from Southwest trip.
Storied stock market turn with Erie rise and rail optimism
Price action shifted from yesterday's trend to a broad upswing in low priced issues. Erie led gains on improved earnings and bond financing, with Interboro Metropolitan, Colorado & Southern, Western Union, and the Eries advancing. Reading and Amalgamated posted solid rises as broader market strength supported industrials and utilities. closing tones were firm with selective gains across Reading, Amalgamated, Smelting, and Union Pacific.
Boston curb market features list with strong prices
In Boston on April 30 a dozen or more curb market features appeared with Bay State Gas First National Southwestern Development Bullfrog Mining Geyser Arizpe Eclipse Oil and Rawhide Coalition among the strongest. The curb list showed broad price strength and fluctuations detailed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bay State Gas
First National
Southwestern Development
Bullfrog Mining
Geyser, Arizpe
Eclipse Oil
Rawhide Coalition
Bond Market Notes and Various Bond Listings
Up to April 28, 66,287,000 of American Telephone convertibles presented for conversion leaving 83,713,000 outstanding. Converts into just under 50,000,000 in new stock. Newport Rhode Island granted a 30,000 temporary loan dated May 4 1909 at 2.75 percent discount to Aquidneck National Bank. Bethel Connecticut treasurer invites bids May 8 for 40,000 four percent water bonds 30 year maturity. Springfield to issue 600,000 bonds dated April 1 1910 and 400,000 dated April 1 1911. Chicopee Massachusetts aldermen approve 24,000 street improvement notes maturing 1910–1915. Tintic Utah authorizes 500,000 six percent 12 year bonds for current expenses. Attleboro treasurer awards 25,000 temporary loan maturing Nov 1 to George Mixter at 2.75 percent discount. Hudson River Water Power pays 49,500 defaulted interest on 1,980,000 first mortgage five percent bonds. Connecticut 3-12 percent bonds 1,000,000 awarded among several bidders at varied prices. London Stock Exchange lists American Telephone & Telegraph 50,000,000 additional four percent convertibles of 1928 Cuba Railroad 150,000 additional first mortgage five percent 50-year gold and Canadian Northern Railway first mortgage and land grant notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
Southern Railway
Interboro
Colorado & Southern Group
Western Union
Eries
Erie
Erie Road
Public Service Commission
Enormou
Harriman Group
Reading
Amalgamated
Smelters
General Electric
Union Pacific
Steel Common
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Agricul Chem
G & W Indies
Central
Vermont
B& Jt
Illinois Steel Ss
Atchison
Ipsas
West End
Arcadian
Greene Cananea
la Salle
MexiCo
Michigan
Nevada
North Butte
Old Dominion
Quincy
Bos & Sub
Bos & Wer
Edison Electric
Georgia el Tel
Mass Electric
the Pullman Co
Torrington
United Trust
United Shoe M
U_ S Steel
Amalgamated Eroe
Alantiec G& Wis
Sis
Boston
Boston & Corbin
Butte
Hancock Enetaly
Isle Royale
Kerr Lake
Keweenaw
Superior & Titts
Swift & Co
S Coal & Ol
Utah-Apex
Hich
Amalgamated Copper
Amer Car & Foundry
Pe Soo We
Amer Ice Securities
Amer Locomotive
Amer
Amer Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio Sete
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Trly
Canadian Pacific Oe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ah Toy
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwest
Chi
Mil & St Paul
C & St Louiis
Colorado Muel & Tron
Colorado & Southern
Consolidated Gas
Oon, Delaware & Nudson
Enver
Sinois Central
Interboro-Met
Wee
International Paper
International Pump
New Iowa
Reese Soo
Louisville & Nashville
Minneapolis & St Louis
Ste M
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Texas
Dea
Republic Steel Ee Ee
Rock Island Co
St L
Tennessee Copper
Texas & Pacific
Utah
Virginia
American Telephone
Newport
R. I
Aquidneck National Bank of
Attleboro
George Mixter
London Stock Exchange
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Cuba
HYSTERICS OVER WHITE ORDER
Norman White and supporters sparked chaos in the Legislature prompting an early adjournment as senators fled the scene amid anger over his remark that the Senate acts like a corrupt city council A counter order praised White for speaking the truth while cheering echoed through corridors and in the House chamber where White was carried aloft by supporters including Tom Riley with the latter waving a vindication order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman White
House
White
Senate
Frank Dickinson
Springfield
Treadway
Riley
Mr. Treadway
Dan Mahoney
Gwan
Dickinson
Norman
Calendar for Today Bond list notes various company stocks
A catalog style listing shows daily percentages for a wide range of railroad electric and industrial stocks. Companies include Central railroad of New Jersey J G Brill Commonwealth Edison Pacific Coast and United Cigar among others with preferred and common shares quoted in fractions and cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Steam Pumps
Keokuk & Des Moines
Mexican Telephone and Telegraph
Michigan State Telephone
New Central Coal
New England
Northern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania Steel
Philadelphia Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
United Cigar Manufacturing Common
United Electric Securities
United States Realty & Improvement
J. G. Brill
Commonwealth Edison Company
Consolidation Coal
New England Cotton Yarn
United Cigar Manufacturing
Trade Review notes iron and steel demand lift
Dun and Co reports a distinct improvement in the iron and steel trade with reduced prices spurring demand, lifting prices on several products, and boosting construction and agricultural activity. Foreign trade shows extraordinary imports of crude materials for manufacturers, signaling revived industry as railroad earnings rise 13 percent in three weeks of April over 1908 and fall 6.6 percent versus 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Bradstreet report outlook for New York trade conditions
Bradstreet's report notes current trade better than last year but disappointing overall with optimistic future tone. Cotton goods lead, raw wool signals confidence in finished lines, West paying high prices for new wool, leather trades strong, copper active then soft, fewer sales pressures, steady quotations. Weekly business failures total 268 for week ending April 29, compares with prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
West
Lke
General Asphalt Company reports strong year end results
General Asphalt Company released its sixth annual report for the year ending April 80 detailing operations of its subsidiaries Barber Asphalt Paving, New York Bermudez, New Trinidad Lake Asphalt, and Uintah Railway. Net earnings reached $1,027,130.43 with a surplus gain of $871,704.50, over 6.6 percent on $13 million preferred stock. Working capital rose to a record $4.64 million as of January 31, 1909, with inventory and current assets at $4,894,881 and current liabilities at $254,601.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Asphalt Company
Stock Exchange
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
New York & Bermudez Company
New Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company, Ltd
Uintah Railway Company
Dividends Declared by Sagamore and Buffalo Mines
Sagamore Manufacturing Company of Fall River declared a quarterly dividend of two percent on May 6. Buffalo Mines Company Limited of Cobnit issued an extra dividend of two percent on May 15. Books close on May 3 and reopen May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Copper Company
Sagamore Manufacturing Company
Fall River
Buffalo Mines Company, Ltd
Cobnit
Record of 69½ mile run in 72 minutes from Boston to Newport
W A Sampson of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad recounts a 69 half mile speed run made from Park Square to Newport seventeen years ago. An engine and coach covered 69 1 2 miles in 72 minutes amid minor delays including oiling stops and a drawbridge. Sampson, 62, then ran Fall River line, narrates the remarkable trip that reportedly set a speed record under those conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times Today
Reading
Jersey Central
Boston
Newport
W. A. Sampson
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mr. Sampson
Old Park Square
Sampson
Canada
Fall River
Washington Park Dedicated in Alexandria with Taft in Attendance
President Taft attended a ceremony in Alexandria Virginia marking the 120th anniversary of George Washingtons first inauguration and the dedication of a park cornerstone. Vice President Sherman Speaker Cannon Governor Swanson and a large congressional party observed a grand parade and Masonic cornerstone laying by the Alexandria Lodge A F A M with Washington as first master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Taft
George Washington
Sherman
Cannon
Swanson
Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington
United States
Old Dominion
Alexandria Lodge
A. W. Ellis Agency Textile Show Display
A display at the textile show draws attention for its outside the technical scope impact. The exhibit by A. W. Ellis Advertising Agency of 10 High Street Boston features an artistically arranged drawing of publicity forms produced by the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Ellis
10 High Street
Boston
Elks Charity Ball Planned in Mechanics Building
Boston Lodge No 10 of Elks prepares a charity ball at Mechanics Building on Monday night May 24. Committees have worked weeks to ensure a grand event for thousands of Elks and friends with plans for surprises and large delegations from other lodges in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Lodge No. 10 of Elks
Mechanics' Building
Elks
Luke D. Mullen
Boston Lodge of Elks
New England
Boston
South Is Swept By Tornado
An epidemic of cyclones and tornadoes swept through the South from Atlanta to surrounding areas, leaving hundreds dead and mangled bodies with wrecked property worth millions. Officials expect a full death toll and precise losses to take days to compile as reports flood in from towns and villages along the storm path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Deadly Tennessee tornado devastates towns and counties
A vast Tennessee tornado and associated storms killed at least 50 people across the state, with heavy property losses in Franklin, Hillsboro, Centerville, Giles county near Pulaski, and Chattanooga. Damage extended to Knoxville, Fayetteville, and areas across Mississippi and Arkansas, with rail and telegraph disruption and widespread wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Franklin
Hillsboro
Centerville
Pulaski
Giles County
Chattanooga
Cumberland Valley
Ebenezer
Knoxville
Charlestown
Hiawasse
Tennessee Valley
Fayetteville
Memphis
Hornlake
Miss
Arkansas
Mammoth Springs
Stage and theatre notes dominate Boston entertainment scene
David Warfield draws large crowds at the Majestic as May engagements unfold. F. H. Sothern arrives May 17, with a slate of plays including A Stubborn Cinderella at the Colonial, The Travelling Salesman at the Park, and The Runaway Girl at Castle Square. Various acts headline Keith's Theatre, the Howard, the Orpheum, and other venues as May shows, burlesques, and vaudeville fill the season. The week features benefit performances for James R Keen and Al Lothian, with prominent stars such as Grace Van Studdeford, Marie Cahill, and Juliet? drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Warfield
Majestic
F. H. Sothern
Colonial
John Barrymore
Sallie Fisher
Boston
Chauncey Olcott
Marie Cahill
Mary
Castle Square Theatre
Grand Opera House
Montana
Collie Ballet
Kriss Kringle
van Dyck
London
Keith's Theatre
Melville
Higgins
Carroll Johnson
Howard
Billy Watson
Bowuoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
Juliet
Orpheum Theatre
Elsie Janis
Columbia
Beatrice Haynes
Gaiety Theatre
Harry Bryant
I'red Wykoff
James R. Keen
Frank Cauley
Park Theatre
al. Lothian
Tom Crowell
To To
Leslie & Baker
Empire Women’s Orchestra
St. George and Henry
Amy Phillips
Macy
Homer
Mephisto and
The
House of Terrors
Ladies
Popular Theatre Comique
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. D. Huntington
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Edgar J. Mayer
John H. Reynolds, Jr
Galen L. Stone
WH. H. Raymond
Clyde Steamship Company
Jacksonville
Pla
Joseph N. Lovell
Towle & Fitzgerald
Southwest
William E. Soule
Adventure
East Boston
Nipissing
Chambers-Ferland
la Rose
O'Brien
Toronto
Lawson
R. B. Watson
Boston Consolidated Copper Company
Boston & Montana Copper Company
Butte, Mont
Sidney Chase
John D. Ryan
B. B. Thayer
D. B. Hennessey
A. H. Grafius
J. W. Bennie
Arizona Commercial Copper Company
National Mining Exploration Company
National Company
Arizona Commercial
Wyandot Copper Company
Watson
Wyandot
Baltic
Lake
Richard T. Laffin
Stone & Webster Management Association
Seattle Electric Company
Puget
Susc
Stete Eee
Sub-treasury
Fete Eee
Sete Eeee
Eaee
Sub-treasury Steet Eee
Ree Bankers
Gterling
Tteeeae Oe
Vranes
Mankeneae
Reichsmarks Ten Eeee Seve
Charles A. Stoneham & Co
State St
Broad St
U. S
Common Sense Gum Co
James Shay & CO
GO State St
Masa
Broadway
Glock
UH. Melin
Cl&s&s
Acme Consol
Almeek
Amal Nevada
Ariz Michigan
Reuve Etvebe
Boston Ely
British Columbia
Loo Orbin Pre Teres
Cumberland Ely
Davis Daly
Giroux
Tau Majestica
Ae Mass Brew
Mines Co of
Nipissing Oe
Raven Fee Tee
Ray Central
Shattuck Ariz
Silver Queen
Sonora Mineeeee Ht OS AG
Southwest Devel
Superior & Globe
Yukon
Wanes
Railway Co
Alaska
Amer Tobacco
Douglas DD
Roux Minings
Kerr Lakesaeee
Manhattan Transit
Miami
Miemae
Ns M & Ss
Nipissing M Co
Ohio
Superior & Pitts
Trinity Copper
United Copper Ne
Carisa
NEW York Bonds
Japan
Cot
Os Lake
Louis & Nun
Allis-C
Agri
T & T cv
Tobacco
Mo Pacific
Ape Balt & Ohio
Pacific
Oregon ST. Rig
Ches & O
Chie & Alton
Seaboard
M& SP
Rl&p
Col Indus
Col Mid
Col & Soyr
del & Hudey
Wabash
den & RG
Distillers
Nat Roof
soty!Adams
So Pacific Co
Bethel, Conn
Chicopee
Mass
Tintic Company of
Er Aead
Hudson River Water Power Company
State of Connecticut
N. W. Harris & Co
Hincks Bros. & Co
L. H. Parkhurst
Connecticut Savings Bank of New Haven
TI. W. Brooks
State House
American District Telegraph, People's Gas, Sears, Roebuck & Co
Delaware & Hudson
Dun’s Trade Review
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Washington Park
Mechanics
Chicago
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