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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
9
Chicago trading closed near day’s highs as May wheat rose to 94 cents, corn gained about a half cent, and oats stayed steady. Provisions fell, with May pork and lard down while receipts and supplies shifted. Tomorrow’s projections call for 42 wheat and 274 corn cars, plus hogs and oats figures.
Cincinnati market page notes wheat ease and firm corn demand with No 2 white and No 3 white prices listed. Rye offerings light. flour steady. hay price declines amid fiberal offerings. extensive grain receipts and mixed car lots for corn oats rye and barley plus whisky sales and commodity counts.
New York reports mixed grain activity with wheat advancing to around $1.01% to $1.02% for May and July. Corn and oats show firm spot prices and steady or weaker cash bids across Minneapolis St Louis and Milwaukee markets as drought news supports corn strength while rye and barley soften. Multiple regional price levels and receipts indicate cautious trading and varied mill demand.
Market notes report varied activity in oil and spirits markets on March 23. North Lima shows price at 1.04 with mixed consents and Indiana crossing. Savah reports spirits turpentine sales and receipts, rosin steady with notable volumes, while Chaton notes nothing doing and quotations omitted.
A sprawling list of prices for produce and meats appears, including apples per barrel, bananas by bunch, cranberries four dollars a box, onions and potatoes by standard measures, and various cuts of beef, pork, and lard. Also noted are cheeses, butter, and dairy items with regional marks and grades.
Washington March 23 statement of the Treasury balances in the general fund lists available cash at 263 489 960, gold coin seicheon 23 399 565, and gold certificates 29 829 890, excluding the 151 000 090 gold reserve.
Cincinnati market reports 24 hour cattle and hog receipts with district spreads from Cincinnati and St Louis to New York and Chicago. Prices show firm ranges for heavy and light cattle while hogs and sheep see general strength amid steady to higher quotes.
New York reports butter receipts 2 820 pkgs with creamery specials at 29c and various grades. eggs firm at 19 20c for fancy white in state and 17 18% for good to renotee. Chicago lists butter steady with cream eries 2 1/2 5c and cheese prices. Elgin notes butter firm at 29c. Kansas City reports eggs firm at 15c for fresh extras.
In New York on March 23 lines of cotton blankets opened at January prices with later advances. Trade in retail stores and jobbing houses was light due to weather. Dress goods show slight fall movement for fall while raw silk firms and print cloths ease.
Special Dispatch lists new Ohio incorporations including The Cincinnati Crushed Stone and Gravel Company with 60000 dollars by Rooney Coney Kirchner and others. The Junction City Oil and Gas Company 36000 dollars by Silbaugh Hynts Klinger How ard and Silbaugh. Westwood Golf Club Bay Village 1500 dollars by James Schryver Dreher York Ernst. Hoover Sell Company Ashtabula 312000 dollars by Hoover Sell Reed and Reed. Progressive Rubber Company Mineral City 25000 dollars by Vankirk O Vankirk Fisher Upton and Vankirk. Bird’s Run Oil and Gas Company 10000 dollars by Clemens Foiney Carruthers Wililatte Fife. Kent’s Run Oil and Gas Company 45000 dollars by Ransbottom Patterson Nichols Linsér Knoedier. Euclid Paint Company Cleveland capital increase to 150000. Schoepfle Manufacturing and Lumber Company Sandusky capital increase to 150000.
The Cincinnati Southern Railway seeks sealed bids by April 7 1908 for piers abutments and retaining walls for the terminal track viaduct from Eighth Street and McLean Avenue to Third and Front Streets Cincinnati Hamilton County Ohio Plans and specifications are available in Ward Baldwin office Bid bonds of 2000 via certified check accompany each bid The board may reject any or all bids R Sayler President Stanley Ferguson Secretary
The American Sugar Refining Company releases its annual report dated December 28, 1907. Net earnings for 1907 amount to 8,749,291 dollars with 7 percent dividends, including January 2, 1907. surplus for the year stands at 2,449,361 dollars.
An ordinance authorizes a special real estate tax on parcels bounding Edwards Road between Observatory and 2307 feet south to fund 86 percent of Edwards Road improvements. It details assessment, installments, and bond issuance to cover costs excluding intersections as approved by the City Council and Chief Engineer.
The council approves selling bonds to fund Edwards road sewering and paving costs. Bonds issued in installments cover remaining costs after cash payments, with an option for buyers to receive bonds per installment. Funds from Special Improvement Fund 215 may cover city costs. Contractors receive 86 percent of certified amounts, with ten percent retained for two years. Total project cost listed as 8,443.20 dollars.
City of Cincinnati plans sewering and road improvement on Riddle road between 402 feet east of Marshall and north of Foulke street. It levies 95 percent of costs, issues bonds for $5264.15, payable over five years at 4 percent interest, with provisions for cash prepayment and sinking fund deposits. funds to pay Martin & Nolte and related expenses.
Federal Building Chicago March 21 1908 sealed proposals in triplicate due by 10 am April 1 for 385 tons oats and 1.7 tons hay for Cuba delivery f o b cars New Orleans Havana or docks Havana Cuba blanks furnished on request envelopes indorsed Proposals for Por opened April 1 1908 W W Robertson Chief Quartermaster
Ordinance No 462 establishes the street name Inwood Gate for a 35 foot wide land strip from Mulberry to Excelsior, formerly Main Street Inclined Plane, conveyed to the city and now improved with cement steps, approved March 16, 108. Bathgate presiding.
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