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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1908

Page

12

Outside securities market slips amid Brazilian valorization loan debut

The outside securities market showed little activity with the Brazilian valorization loan beginning trading at 93.93 percent of par value $535,000. American Tobacco fell five points while Standard Oil rose to 70414, later easing to 700. Central Foundry preferred hit a new yearly high at 17. Mining shares were uneven, with copper firms firmer and Bilger weaker. Cobalt Central fell to .62 and Goldfield Daisy to .78. Rawhide Coalition recovered 7 to .75, with Gold Earner at .79.

American Tobacco Eee Central Foundry Preferred Cobalt Central Goldfield Daisy Rawhide Coalition Fee Ae -Am Houston Oil Standard Oil United Cigar Boston Copper B. Col Butte Coalit'n Butte & N. Y Ariz Daisy Greene Can Uy Ak Ind Val Kerr Lake la Rose McKin.Dar Mex Miami New Con. C Nevada S Nipis. M. Co Butte Sup & Pitts Tramps Tayra Dev. Pf Tri- Bullion Union Mines United Copper United Rice Utah G Yukon G. M Con. Steamship Brazil S. P Adams Express Tobacco Ste Bay State Gas Butte & New York Central Foundry Central Foundry Pl Chicago Subway Gumberland-Ely Min oBolores Douglas Copper First National Copper Goldfield Con Oead Greene-Cananea O Mavana Tobacco Pravana Tobacco Pf Indian Valley Con Ee King Edward Manhattan Transit _ ee Micmac Mines Miami Copper O McKinley-Darragh Nevada Smelting Nevada Utah M.&s Nipissing Mines Co North Butte Searchlight M. & S Yukon

Iron trade conditions and rail orders noted

The Iron Age reports large 1909 deliveries by the Pennsylvania Railroad and CB&Q order for 40 000 tons with 10 000 to Colorado mill and 36 000 to Steel Corporation. Steel plants run near capacity. Eastern ore purchases reach about 600 000 tons for 1909. Major car and locomotive orders from New York Central, Carolina Clinchfield Ohio, Pittsburg Lake Erie, Standard Steel Car, and American Locomotive Company are noted.

Iron Age Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Colorado Mill Steel Corporation The Iron Trade Review Eastern Furnace Spain Newfoundland New York Central Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Pressed Steel Car Company Pittsburg & Lake Erie Standard Steel Car Company American Locomotive Company

Madison approves big Milwaukee Road stock issue for Pacific coast line

The State Railroad Commission approved a 150 million dollar stock issue by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad to finance a Pacific coast extension. About 919 million remains to be spent. President Earling testified at the commission meeting as the railroad filed notice and paid fees. In London, the South Manchurian Railroad loan prospectus was issued for 10 million dollars with 5 percent interest.

Madison Wis State Raiload Commission Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Earling the .Commission Yindon London

Securities Auction Results From Adrian Muller & Son Sale

Securities disposed at yesterday’s auction at the Exchange Salesroom Adrian Muller & Son include Union Elevated Railroad first mortgage bonds due 1986, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway first mortgage bonds due 1922, Railway Steel Company first mortgage bonds due 1921, and many others plus daily traded shares of large firms like United States Steel, American Sugar Refining, and Amalgamated Copper. The list covers bonds and preferred and common shares with varied due dates and interest payments, highlighting a broad liquidation of railroad, utility, and industrial securities.

Exchange Vepey Street Adrian H. Muller & Son Ieneers Union Elevated Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Company Railway Steel S Company Anda Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company First Consolidated Gas and Electric Light and Power Company Baltimore Santa Fe, Prescott & Phenix Railway Company Minneapolis Street Railway Company St. Paul City Railway St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company General Consolidated New Orleans St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company Southern Railway Company People’s Gas Light and Coke Company National Biscuit Company Preac Ae Amalgamated Copper Company United States Steel Corporation American Sugar Refining Company Corn Products Refining Company Standard Oil Company of New Jersey American Telegraph and Cable Company International Ocean Telegraph Company Greene Consolidated Gold Company West Virginia Standard Rope and Twine Company Porto Rico Railway Company, Limited Woman's Hotel Company Sethe William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company Dynelectron Company Central New Jersey Land Improvement Company Morris & Essex Railroad Company Porto Rico Railways Company, Limited First Mortgage American Steel Foundries American Type Founders Company Brooklyn Union Gas Company Hudson River Realty Company Northwestern Commercial Company Mine Securities Corporation Broadway Building Company Broadway Building Company Common Cripple Creek Central Railway ‘Company Cripple Creek Central Railways Company Mineral Hill Consolidated Mines Company William Linkin Sebastian J. Breihof Third Avenue Mount Vernon Westchester County N. Y Chase National Bank First National Bank International Elevating Company New York Newhouse Mill and Lumber Company of Gould, Ark Morris & Essex Railroad Clinton Hall Association Belgravia Hotel Company New York City Mahonitz Coal Railroad Company Richmond Light & Railroad Company Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn Chanute Cement and Clay Product Company Interim Chanute Cement and Clay Product Company Guggenheim Exploration Company Northern Pacific Railway Ontario Power Company First Mortgage Fraser Tablet Company Common Brooklyn Academy of Music Hanover National Bank Virginia Railway Company

Coffee Market Steady After Mixed Trading Decline

The market opened five points higher then fell to steady near unchanged as the mid session progressed. Close stayed steady to five points lower with 27 250 bags sold. Hamburg Havre unchanged. Brazil Rio 7s down 25 rels. Fort receipts 36 000, Junh diahy 25 600, yearly comparisons noted. Spot Rio No 7 quiet. Contract price ranges listed.

Hamburg Havre Brazil Rio No. 7

Fidelity Trust Declares First Dividend

Fidelity Trust Company announced yesterday its first dividend a semi annual payment of 81 to stockholders of record on a date to be announced.

Fidelity Trust Fidelity Trust Company

Old Morse Bank Not To Reopen

The National Bank of North America will not reopen. Col. R. M. Thompson led attempts to rehabilitate the bank but admitted failure. John W. McKinnon now holds the assets as receiver after a plan to restart the bank stalled over a preferred presidential candidate.

National Bank of North America Col. R. M. Thompson Col. Thompson John W. McKinnon National Bank Charles A. Hanna McKinnon Joseph H. King A. W. Damon Frederick R. Eaton Assets Realization Company W. F. Havemeyer John HM. Flagler Washington C. W Morse Morse

Proposals for New York canals bridge project invited

Albany December 9 1908 notice invites sealed proposals for Erie Canal Section 9 highway bridge at Wappings 2.5 miles west of Fairport N Y with contract specifics plans and bonds available in Albany and Buffalo offices. proposals due January 5 1909 at noon. deposits bonds percentages include 5 6 25 and 10 percent. award to lowest responsive bidder subject to state requirements. and Navy yard supplies bid openings set for December 29 1908 with items including silverware glassware gravel sand and fans.

State OF New York Albany Capitol N. Y New York State Erie Canal Wappings Fairport Superintendent Middle Division Use Sperintendent Western Division Rochester Spaulding’s Exchange Buffalo New York Superintendent of Public Works Suii F. C. Stevens Washington ASC Ash D. C Loe A. M Navy Yard

Exchange motions to list unlisted stocks on New York market

The New York Stock Exchange seeks to move securities from the unlisted to the listed department, hoping for stricter reporting and oversight. National Lead Company has applied to have its stock transferred to the listed division, while American Sugar Refining and Amalgamated Copper remain in the unlisted group.

New York Stock Exchange Stock Exchange American Sugar Refining Amalgamated Copper

Cotton Market Slips on Ginners' Revised Figures

Cotton closed steady to 7 points lower after a downtrend spurred by Memphis reports that the National Ginners' Association raised its Dec 1-18 ginned tally to 860,000 bales. Interior prices held firm while Southern spot markets showed mixed movements across Mobile Savannah Norfolk Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis and Houston with varied sales.

Memphis National Ginners’ Association Gulf Savannah Norfolk Augusta Galveston New Orleans Houston

Weather forecast for cotton and grain states

The United States Weather Bureau forecast for Thursday and Friday covers multiple states. General patterns include fair conditions with moderate variable winds in the Carolinas Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana. Snow is expected in the Dakotas Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and parts of Iowa Kansas Nebraska while other areas face rain or colder readings and possible snow.

New York Times Washington United States Weather Bureau North South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana South Dakota Andriday Oklahoma Arkansas Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska North Dakota

Western Indiana Bond Sale Details Consolidated 4 Per Cent Bonds

The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad sold 12.271 million dollars of its consolidated four percent mortgage bonds to William Salomon & Co with Moffat White and Equitable Trust Co. Also to retire eight million dollars of five percent collateral trust notes due February 1 1909. Proceeds fund refinancing and Chicago tracks improvements. The firm controls a Chicago terminal linking five railroads each holding a fifth of its five million dollar capital stock.

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad William Salomon & Co Moffat & White The Equitable Trust Company Chicago Wabash Grand Trunk Western Chicago & Erie Chicago & East Illinois Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville

Pennsylvania Railroad Sets Rail Orders for 185000 Tons

The Pennsylvania Railroad has ordered 185000 tons of rails for the year with options on 25000 tons. About 63000 tons go to Illinois Steel, while Cambria Steel, Pennsylvania Steel, Lackawanna Steel, and Bethlehem Steel receive 25000, 25000, 13000, and 10000 tons respectively. Price is 28 dollars per ton unless special manufacturing features raise the cost, and indemnity claims against tariff cuts are denied.

Pennsylvania Railroad Illinois Steel Company United States Steel Corporation Cambria Steel Company Pennsylvania Steel Company Lackawanna Steel Company Bethlehem ‘Steel Corporation Pittsburg Pennsylvania Steel Corporation

Wabash seeks listing of $2 million refunding bonds

The Wabash Railroad applied to the Stock Exchange for permission to list 2 million dollars in refunding 4 percent bonds. The issue partly exchanges for Debenture A and B, most of which has been retired. Arrangements to sell 1,326,000 dollars were made and some say they have been sold, though Tailer & Co. claims they have not yet been placed.

Wabash Railroad The Stock Exchange Tailer & Co

Twombly Leaves Lehigh Valley Board After Sale

The Lehigh Valley Railroad directors declare regular semi annual dividends of 2 and 5 percent on common and preferred stock and accept the resignation of H McK Twombly of New York. P A B Widener of Philadelphia elected to succeed him on the board and to join the Executive and Finance Committees. Twombly represented the New York Central’s interest and his withdrawal follows last week’s sale of Lake Shore holdings in Lehigh Valley.

New York Times Philadelphia Amal Ceses Broooklyn Rap Cambria Steel Eees Delaware Insurance Elec. Co Amseeeee General Asphalt Ins. Co Nmace Inter.-Met Secon Wee Lake Sup. Corp. T. c Lehigh 3A Alley Aeeneees Lit Brothers Lehigh Valley Tr.ps Marsden Co K. & T. P Seevee Northern Central Pennsylvania Eeesene Ee Eas Peta Inte Heise Iladelphie Iladelphia Ra i Philadelphia Traction Rock Island Pf Tonopah Belmont Tonopah Mining Thirteenth & Fifteenth Ee Traction Cseeresas BS. S Eee Ee S. S. Pf Eaetas Warwick Steel West Jersey & Sea Lehigh Valley Railroad Company H. McK. Twombly New York P. A. B. Widener Widener Twombly New York Central Lehigh Valley Lake Shore

Shipping and Maite Miniature Almanac Today

Today’s brief almanac notes sunrise at 7 14 and sunset around 4 30 with moonrise listed. tides are provided for the day. No further events or named entities are present in readable text.

Shipping sailings listed from ports worldwide

SS Vaderland Antwerp Dec. 5. SS Columbia Glasgow Dec. 5. SS Insbrook Swansea Nov. 27. SS Coppename Trinidad Dec. 9. SS El Rio Galveston Dec. 10. SS Chalmette New Orleans Dec. 9. SS Pawnee Philadelphia Dec. 15. SS Monroe Norfolk Dec. 15.

Vaderland Antwerp Columbia Glasgow Insbrook Swansea Coppename Trinidad el Rio Galveston Chalmette New Orleans Pawnee Philadelphia Monroe Norfolk

Steamship Arrivals From Europe With Scheduled Piers

Ancona from Naples reported 747 miles east of Sandy Hook at 6 45 A M yesterday. Due at her pier about 9 A M Friday Teutonic from Southampton reported 1068 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 A M yesterday. Due at her pier about 6 P M Friday.

Ancona Naples Marconi Wireless Sandy Hook Teutonic Southampton

Shipping Arrivals and Departures From Foreign Ports

Arrivals list includes Majestic Plymouth Dec 16, California Glasgow Dec 16, Lucania Liverpool Dec 16, S Delaware Manchester Dec 15, American Antwerp Dec 15, Indiana Gibraltar Dec 16, Celtic Princess Rio Janeiro Dec 14, Mira Calais Dec 15, Gowanburn Lyttleton Dec 13. Departures show Adriatic Southampton Dec 16, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Cherbourg Dec 16, C F Tietgen Copenhagen Dec 16, Crispin Para Dec 15, Bovic Liverpool Dec 16, Wray Castle Singapore Dec 16, Texas Havre Dec 15, Siegmund Santos Dec 12, New York Rotterdam Dec 15, Orinoco Barbados Dec 15. Passed: Carpathia New York Nas Gibraltar, Ir Pie Braemar Singapore New York, Drachenfels New York Bald Tarifa.

la Bretagne Havre Mexico Havana Guiana Barbados Cearense Para Kansas City Savannah Princess Anne Norfolk Vigilancia Nassau Wilhelm II Haiti Aller St. Kitts Comanche Jacksonville Hamilton Philadelphia Southampton Celtic Liverpool Richmond Brazil Voltaire Curacao Karen Mohawk Concho Galveston Columbus Jefferson Norfol Majestic Plymouth California Glasgow Lucania Delaware Manchester American Antwerp Indiana Gibraltar Celtic Princess Rio Janeiro Mira Calais Gowanburn Lyttleton Adriatic Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Cherebourg C. F. Tietgen Copenhagen Crispin Bovic Wray Castle Singapore Texas Siegmund Santos New York Rotterdam Orinoco Carpathia Nas Ir Pie Braemar Erim

Transoceanic Steamship Schedules From San Francisco and Pacific Ports

The notice lists multiple steamship departures with destinations including Hawaii Japan Korea China and the Philippines. Ships named Mariposa Teucer Empress of China Nippon Maru U S Transc etc appear with December 17 23 25 28 and January 14 departure times around 6:30 PM, from San Francisco Tacoma Vancouver Seattle and related routes, detailing via routes and island destinations.

Hawaii Japan Korea China Philippine Islands San Francisco Tahiti Marquesas Islands New Zealand Amsterdam Mariposa Tacoma Teucer Vancouver Victoria B. C Australia West Fiji Islands New Caledonia Guam U. S Seattle

Weathering West storms bring general precip across Lake region

The weather note reports stationary storms in the West cause widespread precipitation from the Lake region southwestward. Temperatures hold with colder conditions on the North Atlantic coast. Winds vary by coast with northwest to variable along New England and East Gulf coasts.

Washington Grand Banks New York New Jersey Pennsylvania New England

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