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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1912

Page

12

Uncovering Stop Loss Orders and April Earnings in Copper Market

The report notes stop loss orders as a recession factor with copper shares paying scant attention to further advances. It lists New York and Boston total and daily sales, and highlights greatest gains and losses among Canadian Pacific Edison Allouez Mining and Kansas City Southern with call and time money rates in New York and Boston.

Canadian Pacific New York Boston Reading Greene -Cananea

Market slips as stock prices drop on railroad and coal shares

The New York market shows renewed selling pressure with coal and railroad issues leading declines. Reading and Erie report losses linked to April results and the anthracite strike, while Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Central of Georgia rebound. London buys US stocks amid carry trade worries. banks’ losses deepen. bond market weak as Rock Island collateral falters.

New York Missouri Pacific Rock Island Kansas City Southern Com Ptd Chicago Altoon Reading Erie Canadian Pacific Northern Pacific Central of Georgia Mississippi Valley United States Steel Amalgamated Copper American Smelting Union Pacific Steel Can New England Berlin Paris London Amalgamated Panama

Copper market slips as Boston stocks show mixed action

Boston market May 29 reports a total $2,179 in listed and unlisted shares with prices broadly uneven. Calumet & Arizona eased from 76 to 74 1 2 before recovering to 75 3 4 amid dividend speculation. Greene Cananea and Duluth New York led volume while industrials edged lower. Steel common traded 69 to 70 1 2, closing near 69 3 4 as overall tone weakened.

Boston London Calumet & Arizona Greene-Cananea Duluth New York Shannon and Amalgamated Steel Common Ayay High T & Ten CB & Jt Fon Ill Steel Tess Adventure Algomah Allouezee Tel & el Arizona Com Eevee Ba Bost & Albany Bos & Maine Cal & Hecta Oe East Boston East Butte Edison Elec Fitchburg Giroux Granby Greene Can Hedley Gold Elvella Ees Eee Indiana Island Creek Isle Royale Kerr Lake Mason Valley Mayflower Bey Sarai Michigan Mohawk Eee Nevada New Arcadian New A Tei Incest North Butte North Lake Old Colony US Smelt P Se US Steel Utah Apex Tee Utah Cop Co West End Pf Ene Wolverine Teeme

Boston curb market leads with Nevada Douglas at yearly high

Nevada Douglas headed yesterday's curb market activity in Boston with a price peak of 4.50 before easing to 4.25 late trading. Other notable issues included Majestic, Laramie, Davis Daly, Rhode Island Coal and Krugers, with detailed fluctuations provided.

Nevada Douglas Majestic Laramie Davis Daly Rhode Island Coal Krugers

Quiet New York metal trading with firm prices

The New York metal market closed quietly with firm prices and a small bid rise. Copper and other metals showed steady to mixed quotations with spot and futures levels reported for copper tin lead spelter and antimony.

New York Exchange Deeliveries New York East St. Louis Cookson’s

Market closes with losses after New Jersey primaries

Traders react to New Jersey results amid volatile activity. Bears face dividend ex dates on Steel, Union Pacific, Sugar and other names as fear of debt and new issue supply weighs on prices. American Telephone subsidiaries fund parent while Rock Island shows earnings weakness and heavy control via preferred stock remains.

Steel Common Union Pacific Southern Pacific Sugar Common Preferred Canadian Pacific General Electric Boston & Maine Kerr Lake

Boardroom Changes Across Major Firms Update

P H Nelson resigns as president of Butte Ballaklava Copper Company with George C Swallow elected to the board. J W Ogden joins American Can Company board and also serves as director of National Biscuit. Norfolk and Southern Railway directors Schoonmaker and Clark resign. United States Realty and Improvement Company names W S Kinnear and B W Fellows as directors, succeeding Gates Hawley. International Steam Pump adds Schumacher and S R Guggenheim succeeds Tanzer. Cosmopolitan Trust appointed public agency for savings bank life insurance with Massachusetts insur ers totaling 2 300 000 in force and over 6000 policy holders. C H Babcock Jr joins Burgess Lang office in New York.

P. H. Nelson Butte Ballaklava Copper Company George C. Swallow The United States Realty and Improvement Company W. S. Kinnear John W. Gates B. W. Fellows Edwin Hawley Cosmopolitan Trust Company Savings Bank Life Insurance Massachusetts Savings Banks Life Insurance

Bond Market Pressure Diversifies Across Treasuries

The bond market shows continued pressure on Rock Island collateral 4s drawing attention while prices remain irregular elsewhere. Government bonds in the United States show varied activity with no uniform direction.

Rock Island

Bond market notes and bond issue awards across several states

J P Morgan & Co offer to deliver bonds in exchange for trust receipts on Monongahela Coal first mortgage bonds. Bell Telephone Co of Canada plans to issue 2,500,999 bonds secured by American houses. Nashua New Hampshire awards 10,000 4 percent coupon refunding bonds to George A Fernald & Co at 100.06. Lawrence Massachusetts awards 500,000 4 percent bonds to Merrill Oldham & Co at 100.529. St Albans Vermont 12,000 four and one half percent coupon bonds to sell privately after bids rejected. Framingham Massachusetts awards 35,000 four percent water bonds to Curtis & Sanger at 101.69.

Georgia Ry. & Power Co Georgia Railway & Power Co Atlanta T&t At&sf At&s Baldwin Loco Pf Ohio Beth Steel Klyn U Gas Roch & Pitts Ches Ohio Om& Pf Renee Nes Cm&sppf B&w Liggett & Mey Lonilard Cof Louis Nag Miami Co MSP & BM FE & Bes Nevada O & W. Sapere New York St Ry Nor Southern Serene Nor & West Ten Rock Island Interborough Rapid Transit Brooklyn Rapid Transit New York States New York City Eeesrons Arlington Mills Eeeeereeerens Douglas Shoepf Draper Mfg First Nail Bank Nbypt Ee Ee Farr Alpac Ee Fitch & Leominster St Ry Wees Wartford Carpet Eee Do Pf Wey Bros & W Com Hood Rubber Anston Eereee Niles Bement Oswego Syracuse Otie Elevator Pere Marquette Eeessevere Eeeeenee Ss Gypaan Pf Eeee Utica, Chenango & Sus Waltham Watch Wamsutta Mills Ask Am Real Estate Eereers A B& A Canton New Phila Pol Eastern Steamship Eeeereeen Hudson RW P Swift & Co U S CM & Stp Norf & W Nor & W North Pacific Louis Penn and Ais Penn Eee Penn Aes Allis-Chalmers Lora Haineél Trote Ee Teense Stampe Dis S van Sense Lorard Erie Erie Galien Ev &T ii Ann Arbor Illinois Steel ATSE Indiana Steel Rome W & Og Trust Co Ctfs LIM Ia Is LIM & S-Rio Sacca Pina Sey & O Pines Montana S& M Kans City Pacific Col Canada Texas Co Liggett & M7 Knos Union Pac Cc & Alton Ees Riz CB & Q MK & T East Il Mil & St Dineen Teeter Li Air A. i. Ei Tr Co Otis J. P. Morgan & Co Bell Telephone Company of Canada Nashua N. H George A. Fernald & Co Lawrence Mass Merrill, Oldham & Co St. Albans Framingham Curtis & Sanger

White Weld & Co moves to new Quarters in Minot Building

White Weld and Co will move their offices to the sixth floor of the new Minot building at 111 Devonshire Street on June 1. The firm operates a main office in New York with additional offices in Boston Chicago and Buffalo. Resident partners in Boston are Philip Cabot and Henry B Thompson.

White, Weld & Co Minot Devonshire Street New York Boston Chicago Buffalo Philip Cabot Henry 8. Thompson

Big Bore Starts On Winter Street Dorchester Tunnel

The first steps in building the Dorchester tunnel from Park Street began yesterday as workers from Contractors Coughlan & Shiels marked work spaces in Tremont Street and Winter Street in preparation for excavation.

Dorchester Tunnel Park Street Coughlan & Shiels Tremont Street Winter Street

Ground Breaking Initiated on Winter Street Section

Two locations identified as entry points for initial work under the street surface. Ground will be broken today and excavation rushes ahead until Section A is complete. The Winter street contract sets a December 31 1912 deadline with Coughlan Shiels bid at 241475 dollars, excavation totaling 101500 dollars.

Coughlan & Shiels

Mayor doubts Wiley will lead Boston Health Board

Mayor Fitzgerald said he is doubtful Rose ton can secure Dr Harvey Wiley to head the Health Board. He did not meet Wiley in Washington and sent a representative to offer the chairmanship while the doctor is ill in bed. The mayor will still try.

Fitzgerald Roseton Harvey Wiley Health Board Dr. Wiley Washington Boston Health Board

Dividends Declared by Multiple Companies This Season

Several firms announce regular or semi annual cash dividends on preferred and common stock. Payments range from 1 2 to 5 percent with record dates in May and June and payments in June July. Books close dates are noted for several issues.

Cindy Ste Chicago City Railways Company Virginia Railways and Power Company Railway Steel Spring Swift & Co Electric Light and Power Company of Abington and Rockland Converse Rubber Shoe Company Galen Signal Oil Company Lao F Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, Ltd

Dull Cotton Market Sees late Selling On Rain News

The cotton market was dull and inactive yesterday except for a late selling movement triggered by detailed weather reports of beneficial rains in the central and eastern belts. Moisture aids cotton cultivation and germination of recently planted seed, with pre holiday trading on light scale and private reports due Friday expected to influence minor price moves.

Money Markets Show Dulness Still Dominant

Money market dullness remains the salient feature with an easy tone. Call money in New York yesterday stood at 2 3-4 percent. Time money quoted 3 percent for 60 days, 8 1-4 percent for four months, and 8 1-2 percent for six months. Local money and foreign exchange rates were listed.

New York

Boston letter carriers decorate grave of Hibbard

Boston letter carriers will decorate the grave of comeare Hibbard in Cedar Grove Cemetery Milton Lower Mills today.

Boston Comeare Hibbard Cedar Grove Cemeery Milton Lower Mills

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