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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
10
Wall Street sees abrupt shift from confident buying to heavy selling as prices slide. Amid a mixed message from bankers and traders, gains turn to weakness while money markets firm and expectations for rates shift with Japanese loan payments looming.
A Boston broker urges investors to buy Douglas Copper Company first mortgage 6 percent convertible bonds at 112 flat before October 14. He promises rapid price gains to at least 115 flat and explains extensive mine development, smelter plans, railroad subsidies, and strong management backing. Bonds are convertible to stock at par and offer March and September coupons with optional full or partial payments.
Gossip on copper demand highlights strong trading in Allouez Old Dominion and North Butte with Pittsburg buyers and Boston orders. A Pittsburg broker buys a seat to handle large orders. Greene Consolidated Copper elects directors Eugene N Foss H C Hulbert Thomas B Wilson W A Woodberry L D Baldwin A Bleecker Banks as stockholders reject a suggested measure.
Stocks and dividends dominate a brisk Boston market scene with moves on the Boston & Maine rail bonds, Utah Copper Company, and new Boston offices by Jones Gott & Co. plus Charles K Fankhauser & Co. growth. Nevada mining news notes Mammoth smelter's impact and high grade ore demand.
Frederick Irving Dow, an accountant formerly of Boston, filed a bankruptcy petition in Buffalo. Dow, a protege of Arthur Appleyard, owes as an indorser on Appleyard paper. Secured claims total 5120, secured by stock in Columbus London and Springfield Co. now held by a receiver, with doubtful value.
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