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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1909

Page

10

Irregular Stock Price Movements Across Markets

Total sales New York 511100 shares Boston 44670 shares. Reading 91300 shares was the most active New York issue. North Butte 17137 shares led Boston. Toledo Railway & Lighting rose 2 3 8 to 11 in New York. Smelting preferred 11 4 to 88 5 8 led losses in New York. Smelting common gained 1 in Boston while Calumet & Hecla fell 5 to 640. Call money New York 2 percent Boston 2 to 3 1 2 percent Time money New York 2 1 4 to 3 3 4 percent Boston 3 1 2 to 4 1 2 percent.

New York Boston Reading North Butte Toledo Railway & Lighting Calumet & Hecla

Steel hits new high as market shows improving tone

Stock market today moved in moderate volume with steel shares leading after yesterday’s record high of 60, fresh up to 60 1 8. General Electric, Bethlehem Steel, Colorado Fuel and Republic Iron & Steel rose while Western Union news weighed on American Telephone. North Butte and Calumet & Hecla traded unevenly as the day closed firmer amid mixed calls on copper and a 2 percent money rate on call funds.

State Street Steel Common London General Electric Car Foundry Bethlehem Steel Colorado Fuel Republic Iron & Steel Hocking Coal Harriman Great Northern Northern Pacific Western Union Telegraph Company American Telephone & Telegraph Company Atchison Reading Southern Pacific Union Pacific Steel Belo New York Stock Exchange North Butte Western Union Calumet & Hecla Allis Chalmers Amalgamated Copper Amer Agricultural Nee Go Amer Car & Foundry Ee Amer Amer Hide & I Amer Tee Securities Amer Locomotive See Amer Smelt & Refining Amer Sugar Refining Rae Amer Tel Amer Tobacco Amer Woolen Atchison Anaconda Mining Co Atlantic Coast Line We Baltimore & Ohio Tae Bethlehem Steel Ter Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ace Central of New Jersey Kesapeake & Ohio We Tiny Tsh Chicago & Alton Aeoae Oe Great Western Tee Chie & Northwestern Sae Soo Chie Mil & St Paul Colorado Fuel & Ironeae Colorado & Southern Consolidated Gas Delaware & Hudson Jenver & Rio Grande Inter Harvester Inter Marine Iowa Central Kansas City Loursville & Nashville Mion & St Louis Missouri Pacific Kansas & Texas Es National Biscuit Nat Rys Mex Ist Toby New York Central Ontario & Western Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania People’s Gas Pitts CG & St Louis Pullman Palace Republic Steel Eee Rock Island Co St Louis Southwestern Sheffield S & I Southern Railwees Tennessee Copper Texas & Pacific Tolst L& W Us Realty U S Steel Utah Carolina Chemical Western Maryland Westinghouse Electric Thom Wheeling & Lake Erie Sederquist, Barry & Co E. P. Cramm & Co M. Rothenberger & Co W. D

Boston curb market features and notable issues today

Boston curb market report details Southwestern Development with price moves from 30 to 26 and back to 88, closing at 386 cents. Other interesting issues include Ohio Copper, Davis Daly, Helvetia and Yukon with fluctuations summarized in the day’s list.

Boston Ohio Copper Davis Daly Helvetia Yukon

New York Bonds and Near Eastern Bond Listings

A dense list of securities and bond notes across U S and international issues including Japan, Canada, and various U S railroads and utilities. Prices and yields are given in percent with serials like 4s 5s and 6s, reflecting intermarket debt activity and interest expectations. The document compiles daily bond quotations across diverse issuers and maturities with emphasis on yield changes and credit status.

City and County Bond Bidding and Indorsement Notices

Gloucester and Hartford bid notices seek loans and bond issues from May to June 1909. Bristol County and Attleboro announce bond offerings and water loan actions. Denver Rio Grande pledges interest guarantee on Western Pacific bonds. Blair & Co. arrange endorsements and temporary receipts for bond holders.

Gloucester Mass Jeffreys Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company Western Pacific Railway Company First Blair & Co

Calendar for Today Mining Lines and Regions

Adventure Mining Chicago and Fast Illinois Des Moines and Fort Dodge Quincy Mining Rhode Island Copper highlight today’s calendar items across several regional operations. Readers see a mix of mining sites and corporate names tied to current activities and schedules.

Adventure Mining Chicago & Fast Illinois Des Moines & Fort Dodge Quincy Mining Rhode Island Copper

Trade outlook gains despite tariff debate says Dun report

R G Dun Co weekly review notes almost all developments favorable with gains in spite of tariff disturbances. Cotton goods prices stay high while raw material costs stay elevated. Print cloth and woolen goods show firm demand and expected improvements. Shoe conditions improve and footwear market may recover to normal. Failures total 288 in US and 23 in Canada, down from last year.

New York R. G. Dun & Co New England United States Canada

Freight Line Authorized on Boston Elevated L Line

Revelations in a damage suit show the Boston Elevated is chartered to carry freight on the Atlantic avenue L line. The company has long avoided using the clause but could run freight trains over elevated tracks to connect North and South stations.

Boston Atlantic Avenue

Freight tunnel idea hidden in Boston Elevated plan

The Boston Elevated Company secured a charter permission to build a heavier Atlantic avenue structure capable of hauling railroad cars while still allowing passenger trains. The plan, opposed by local leaders, would solve freight transit across the city, but officials kept it quiet amid debates over a broader tunnel system and concerns from teamsters.

Boston Elevated Company Atlantic Avenue Tremont Street Washington Street Boston Elevated Railway Trump Ecard O’meara Bernard J. Rothwell Chamber of Commerce George F. Stebbins Master Teamsters’ Association Stebbins Teamsters Chicago

Bradstreet's Review Outlook Mixed as Trade Conditions Shift

Bradstreet's says in New York May 21 that weather remains irregular but crop conditions improve and retail trade is slightly better though still disappointing. Reorder activity from jobbers is quiet while optimism grows for fall and winter trade. cold wet weather hurts parts of New England and the mid Atlantic.

New York Bradstreet New England Middle Atlantic Canada

Dividends Declared by Major Companies This Summer

The Boston and Lowell Railroad plans a semi annual dividend of 4 dollars with a record date May 22. Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company declares 3 dollars semi annual for preferred stock with a record date June 5. Davis Daly Estates Copper Company approves 50 cents on July 1. Utah Copper Company issues 50 cents quarterly with June 30 date. Federal Mining and Smelting Company pays 134 percent quarterly for preferred stock with record date May 28. Calumet and Hecla Mining Company declares 6 dollars quarterly with June 22. Rocks close May 22 reopen June 23. General Electric Company sets 2 dollars quarterly with record date June 3.

Agricul Chem Atchison Adj Atlantic Gulf Central Vermont Chicago West Tel & Tel Atchison Boston & Albany Boston Elevated Boston & Maine Con & N Fuehbt Am Arizona Atlantic Daly Rosy Psi Ie Sy O Tranklin Dominion Coal Pr Teewes Granby Sere Nevada North Butte Old Dominion Shannon Sewer Trinity Seeeae United Copper Utah Consol Utah Victoria Winona Mergenthaler Lee Ned Torrington United Shoe Seceussace Stevl Reser Amalgamated Sete Eutopilas Sheen Boston Consol Boston & Corbin Boston el East Butte Giroux Hancock Isle Royale Ae Lake Kerr Lake Keweenaw Miami Boston & Lowell Railroad Company Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company Davis-Daly Estates Copper Company Utah Copper Company Federal Mining and Smelting Company Calumet & Hecla Mining Company

Passage of New Charter Urged by Ex-Members

A statement from former Finance Commission members urges adoption of charter amendments in the City of Boston. They praise reforms for better government, support the Finance Commission plan on mayoral term, nominating system, and City Council size, and urge voters to back the bill at the State election. Signatories include Nathan Matthews George A Crocker George A O Ernst John F Moors Randall G Morris and John A Sullivan.

Finance Commission Th Committee On Metropolitan Affairs Boston Finance Commission Committee On Nathan Matthews George A. Crocker George A. O. Ernst John F. Moors Randall G. Morris John A. Sullivan

Stage matters in Boston theatre line up this week

This afternoon E H Sothern presents Lord Dundreary at the Majestic Theatre. The first week ends tonight with Hamlet with Sothern as Hamlet and Julia Marlowe as Ophelia. May include notes on other shows and venues around town.

E. H. Sothern Lord Dundreary Majestic Theatre Mr. Sothern Julia Marlowe Ophelia

Western Union Awarded About 6 Million in Suit

Everett W. Burdett as master in a long running case awarded nearly six million dollars to the Western Union Telegraph Company from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The suit has been on local court records for about 30 years.

Willet Silver Mines Elk Lake City Montreal River Western Union Telegraph Company Everett W. Burdett American Telephone and Telegraph Company United States

Long-running stock rental suit seeks accounting from telegraph firms

The Western Union and four telephone related companies sue to recover 39 million dollars representing 20 percent of stock rents and cash received for telephone rentals dating back to 1879. Key figures include dividends of 13.69 million and interest totaling 7.34 million plus 167 thousand cash rentals. Notable counsel included Olney and Grey with Benton for Western Union.

Western Union American Speaking Telephone Company Gold and Stock Telegraph Company Harmonic Telegraph Company John Lowell United States Circuit Court United States Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Court Burdett American Telephone & Telegraph Company Navy William G. Russell R. Hoar Storrow Richard Olney Olney John C. Grey R. W. Boyden Mr. Fish J. H. Benton

Senate set to fix a voting day on tariff bill

Senator Aldrich, growing impatient, will ask the Senate to fix a day for voting on the tariff bill. The House rates are kept in the proposed paragraph with changes possible when the bill moves from committee to the Senate. Debate centers on plate glass and carbon duties and the balance between protection and revenue.

Washington Aldrich Senate House Oliver Pennsylvania Culberson LaFollette Gore National Carbon Company Standard Oil Company Burton Cleveland Carbon Finance Committee Gallinger Hale Beveridge Indiana

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William E. Soule George Wingfield Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company Senator Nixon New York City Davis- Daly Copper Company Davis-Daly Copper Company Raven Mining Company Raven Vulture Mines Company Hassayampa The Waltham Watch Company E. A. Marsh B. F. Brown H. M. Stonemetz J. W. Bowen & Co Calumet & Hecla Company M Houghton Learings Tieston Sub-Treasury Credit Bog Sub Treasury Vranes Reichsmarks Alaska Mines Bay State Gas Giroux Mining Bly ROO Greene Cananea Keates North Lake Superior Superior & Pitts Swift & Co O'S Cir Michigan Butte Laramie Majestic Mason Valley Nipissing Seeee Ohio Sonora Southwest Bullfrog Pilgrim Mining Company Locklin, Manning & Martin Co. Brokers State St Standard Oil NEW York Bonds Japan K &T Allis- Chal Am Ag T & T Ev Atl C L Balt & Ohio BO RR Penney Brook Tran cv St L & S F Fe Y City Hew Do Sh Ll NH & H Co EO RY Do Ist M & St P So Railway RI & P Ae & Ref del & Hud Sony Wa D & RG St L & S F Interbor So Pacific Adams Hartford Bristol County Tailer & Co St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Attleboro Attleboro Water Loan Dun Bradstreet’s Montreal Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Ss. W James J. Benelisha & CO Boston Curb Devonshire Street Colonial Chauncey Olcott Grace van Studdiford Hollis Castle Square Keith Vesta Tilley Keith's Thompson Carter Howard Bowdoin Square Theatre Charlotte Hunt Jolly Emma Carus Orpheum Theatre Salvation Army Sulzer Army Columbia Farren Washington Society Mlle. de Leon Clark Gaiety Theatre Charles Waldron Scenic Temple New Palace Theatre Ed Estus Moore Hanson Lillian Houston Harrington Giles William Burt Teddy Popular Theatre Comique Hub Theatre the Lambs Boston Theatre Reorganization Committee Dominion Copper Protective Committee J. Thomas Reinhardt Exchange PA Broad Street Congress Street News Maine California Co. B. Barnard CO Congress# St Los Ole
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