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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
14
The piece argues that during periods of cash scarcity banks struggle to meet demands and small depositors wish for a second account. It suggests that a conservative small bank serves as a valuable safeguard for funds and stability when larger banks face liquidity issues.
Total sales in New York 297 400 shares and Boston 22 494 shares. Most active New York steel common 79 200 shares. Boston American Telephone 2 287 shares. Jan 1 1911 to date New York 72 891 100 shares. Boston 4 118 402. Year-ago New York 122 317 200. Boston 8 592 313. Biggest New York gain Minneapolis & St Louis pref 5 to 62. Biggest New York loss P C C & St L 2% to 9174. Boston gain American Telephone 234 to 134. Boston loss Massachusetts Electric pref 1 to 87. Call money New York 2 34 to 2 38%, Boston 2% to 3%. Time money New York 2 34 to 4%, Boston 4 to 41% 4%.
The weather reduced floor activity and brokerage attendance yet traders showed firmer tones. Short covering helped push prices up as unions and tariff worries tempered, with many investors returning to cautious optimism and the market closing near best levels.
Trading in New York mood spills into the local market with strong buying in Calumet & Arizona East Butte Giroux and Shoe Machinery. Telephone climbs 21-8 to 1337-8 amid broad demand while Shoe Machinery advances 18-4 points to 44. Financing rates and exchange quotations noted.
Reports outline diverging dividend figures for the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway and debate whether a final rate has been set. La Rose mine shows July profits of 105 121 with seven month output of 2 152 798 ounces valued at 1 131 489. Stewart Mining profits half year reach 140 796 on 321 310 gross. Boston Stock Exchange and curb trading suspend over the weekend.
Alfred E Long and Co of 81 State Street Boston state they will buy or sell the stock of the Anti Friction Bearing Company. They note considerable activity expected in this stock in the year future following successful experiments and improvements in the invention.
Nevada Utah led yesterday's curb session with prices easing from 60 to 42 cents and closing at 45 cents. Corbin Copper rose from 92 to 1116 cents and closed firm at 1. Variations across the curb list are detailed in the report.
The Boston Market reports daily stock and bond price movements with total sales and comparisons to the prior close. The listing includes bond offerings and market activity across borrowers with brief status notes.
The calendar lists assorted securities with current yields and prices including Atchison common 11 2 percent, Baltimore Ohio issues, Boston and Maine preferred, Illinois Central, Inter Harvester preferred, New York Central and others. Several entries show percent returns and par values across railroads, utilities, and industrials.
The week’s rough weather kept five vessels with limited catches at the Boston wharf, with yesterday’s receipts totaling 100,000 pounds haddock 98,00 pounds cod 18,500 hake 6,000 pollock and 6,000 cask. The Maud F. Silva ferried the cask and the Sabine carried nine swordfish. Ethel B Penney and Clara G Silva reported groundfish scores while a capsized dory near Thacher’s Island may have drowned occupants. A new Plant line steamer Evangeline is under construction in Glasgow for Boston to Halifax service, and the Monitor carried 14,282 children in 44 trips this season. The Bunker Hill hull damage assessment shows 45 plates to be removed or faired.
Massachusetts motorists praised Colonel Harold Parker after he resigned as Chairman of the Highway Commission. The touring club of America opened a branch at the Hotel Lenox with John A. Coulthurst as vice president and Charles Cabot Johnson as Eastern department manager.
Norwood Mass awarded 80 000 four percent water bonds dated Sept 1 1911 maturing 4000 annually 1919 1932 to Blake Bros Co at 193 09. Essex County Mass sold 75 000 four percent bonds dated Sept 1 1911 with varied annual payments 1912 1932 and 10 000 coupon notes 4 percent dated Sept 1 1911 maturing 1912 to Manufacturers National Bank of Lynn at 101 671. NYSE listed certificates of deposit for American Tobacco Company preferred stock and four and six percent bonds under three protective committees.
American Car and Foundry Company declares quarterly dividends of 1 3 4 percent on preferred and 1 2 percent on common stock, payable Oct 2 to holders of record Sept 11. Brooklyn Union Gas pays 1 1 2 percent quarterly on Oct 2 to record Sept 11. Swift & Co. announces $1.75 quarterly dividend payable Oct 1 to holders of record Sept 9. Butte Electric & Power declares 1 4 percent common dividend payable Oct 2 to record Sept 20.
The Bunker Hill will remain out of service for several weeks while repairs are made to seaworthy condition and the North Land fills its New York run in the interim. Immigration cases include Mary Maclean of Bt. Martin N B and a seventh removal for insanity. The Parisian of the Allan line sails to Glasgow with 45 cabin and 60 steerage passengers. Trachoma barred Lithuanians travel in steerage. A large freight includes nearly 1000 barrels of apples and Halifax port loads more. Hedge Fence Shoals Lightship fog whistle is broken and will be repaired with a hand bell used in the meantime.
Maritime notes list arriving steamers and schooners from Europe and Canada including Soestdyk Swaan Prince George and Gov Cobb with cargoes and tug arrivals. Cleared vessels include Parisian Glasgow Limon and Boston Digby while torpedo boat Walke sails Newport and others depart for various ports.
Fire Commissioner Johnson moved to revoke the clubs license after the Wells vs Brown bout. Patrick Powers, a fight manager, was served with notice for allowing 800 plus spectators to stand in the arena, violating the city charter. A copy went to the corporation counsel for possible legal action. Powers denied expecting such a crowd and said no further standing will be allowed.
Classified notices advertise a 5 passenger touring car with extra runabout body for sale at a sacrifice. Also listed are a turret lathe motor for electric auto Ford and Stanley parts and a Winton 5 passenger car overhauled in 1908 with high prices. Other items include Arabian pony with Princess phaeton, and second hand wagons from Henderson Bros with large stock.
The new State Athletic Commission faces scrutiny after a Madison Square Garden crowd for the Matt Wells Knockout Brown fight. Tickets and leases come under fire as promoters and police clash with critics. Madison Square Garden faces demolition plans, while Bangor and Boston bouts add to a busy Labor Day boxing slate with Moha, Berger, and other notable matchups.
Fifty entrants listed across 105 125 145 and 135 pound classes for the Armory A A boxing event on Friday evening. Notable clubs include Elm A C Pastime A A U S S Nashville Benedict Associates and Prince A C with boxers from Boston Roxbury Cambridge Dorchester and surrounding areas.
Mrs W S Stokell offers private lessons and a 5 dollar sewing course. Drophead Singer sewing machine for cash advertised. Call 352 Somerville Ave Somerville. Also mentions free advice on law and domestic relations and an office at 1 Beacon St. Tonson Law.
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