Bond notices and annual bank elections across New York
Multiple securities notices from 1908 detail coupons due on bonds from Bangor & Aroostook and other issuers. Also listed are dividend declarations by Bank of the Manhattan and Empire City Savings Bank, plus numerous annual election notices for directors of banks like The Bank of America and Hanover National Bank.
Auto theft attempt leads to street brawl near Nevada Apartments
Chauffeur Joseph Puster, driving broker Edward S. Steinam’s touring auto, was assaulted as two men tried to steal the car outside the Nevada Apartments on Amsterdam Avenue. Police arrested John McDermott and Frederick Langenger after a fierce street fight, while Steinam may not own the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qolke Say
Edward
Siinam
William Street
St. Urban
Central Park West
Joseph G. Puster
S04
East 158Th Street
West Sixty-eighth Street
Steinam
Nevada Apartments
Sixty-ninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Buzzer
Seventy-second
Stret
West Sixty-eeighth Street
Nevada
Busgzer
John McDermott
West 125Th Street
Frederick Langenger
Duffield Street
Brooklyn
S T. Urban
Steinham
Buster
Mr. Steinam
Nevzeda
Police Abolish Snug Harbor Headquarters in Brooklyn
Commissioner Bingham ordered the Snug Harbor precinct abolished. Police will report to different station houses while continuing court duties. Capt. Charles Wendell transfers to the Jamaica Precinct as officers adjust to the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Coler
McCarren
Metz
Trolmen
Charles Wendell
American Express to Return to Wagon Deliveries After Express Service Ends
After failed talks, Brooklyn Rapid Transit adopts plan to discontinue trolley express service in Brooklyn and terminate lease with American Express Company. The twelve year contract expires tomorrow night, forcing AmEx to resume wagon deliveries. Service area includes Brooklyn suburbs such as Jamaica Flushing College Point and adjacent communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Express Company
American Express
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Communo
Brooklyn
Orday
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Subu
Jamaica
Flushing
College Point
Mercantile Marine conducts leadership changes
The International Mercantile Marine Company accepts James F. Fahnestock Jr's resignation as Treasurer to join the Pennsylvania Railroad. Horace G. Philips becomes Treasurer and E. Edgar Heston moves to Assistant Treasurer. Charles G. Fahlgren is named cashier. Changes take effect January 1. Philips previously served in Philadelphia in 1877 and later in New York as cashier before becoming Assistant Treasurer of the IMMC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Mercantile Marine Company
James F. Fahnestock, Jr
Fahnestock
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Horace G. Philips
E. Edgar Heston
Charles G. Fahlgren
Heston
Philips
American Ad Red Star Lines
Philadelphia
New York
Sugar Tariff Regulations Upheld by Judge Somerville
Judge Somerville of the Board of General Appraisers ruled against Arbuckle Brothers American Trading Co Western Sugar Refining Co Franklin Sugar Refining Co G Amsinck Co and others in sugar duty cases. Rulings uphold regulations defining duty on sugar not above sixteen patch standard in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Board of General Appraisers
Arbuckle Brothers
American Trading Company
Western Sugar Refining Company
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
G. Amsinck & Co
Ees
New York Employing Printers to Draft Constitution
Secretary C. W. Smith states the appointed committee will form a business oriented body not tied to ism or non unionism or to existing printer unions. Its aim is to fix prices ensuring fair profits for the trade. The French cruiser Amiral Aube sailed from New York seeking instructions regarding the overdue steamship Neustria and its voyage to Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Smith
New York
Neustria
Amiral Aube
Nuestria
Fabre Covagony
Marseilles
Rubber bonds sell well for United States Rubber
Stockholders approved a 20 million dollar issue of six percent ten year collateral trust bonds. Subscriptions for 15 million dollars were taken by J and W Seligman and Kidder Peabody at 10 percent. Mortgage includes a 500 thousand dollar annual sinking fund and requires net reassets to stay at least 130 percent of bonds outstanding. Banks report the issue is over subscribed with advance subscriptions covering the full issue. Later subscriptions may be allotted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Kidder, Peabody & Co
New Gas Engine Promises Major Fuel Savings
The New York Air Brake Company and associates launch a large scale gas engine project via the New York One Company with $3.5 million capital. President Charles A. Starbuck notes engines to be built in Watertown plant, designed for 73 percent fuel savings over steam, delivering up to 60 horsepower per unit and one horsepower per hour per pound of coal. Delivery expected in about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Airrake Company
New York One Company
Ae Air Brake Company
Charles A. Starbuck
The
Air Brake Company
New Engine Company
Watertown
Russia
New York Air Brake Company
Customs Rulings on Duty for Public Library Books
The Board of United States General Appraisers ruled the Morrisson-Reeves Free Public Library import must pay 2 percent duty under the Dinghey tariff for books. The librarian argued free entry for public use, but the required oath was filed over a year late, so protest overruled. A separate protest by Hensel, Bruckmann & Lorbacher on oil and water color paintings from France was also overruled as not proven produced there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Morrisson-Reeves Free Public Library
Richmond
Ind
Adam L. Bernhardt
Hay
Rct
Hensel, Bruckmann & Lorbacher
France
Waite
Freight rate dispute prompts trunk line meeting
New Haven Connecticut December 29. A meeting of trunk line Executive Committee is set for January 5 in New York to address Canadian differential freight rates westward. Representatives from New Haven along with Baltimore & Ohio Pennsylvania New York Central Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Lehigh Valley will attend. Also involved are the Southern Steamship lines serving westward routes and the Clyde Old Dominion Malory Savannah Morgan Lines which have benefited from the differentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Trunk Line Executive Committee
New York
New Haven Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Delaware, Lackawanna & Weatern
Lehigh Valley
Old Dominion
Ma'loary
Clyde Steamship Company
Savannah and
Morgan Lines
Stock Exchange to Probe Failure of H. W. Poor & Co
The Stock Exchange Committee on Insolvencies will investigate the failure of H. W. Poor & Co after an assignment filed by H. W. Poor. The withdrawal of the firm’s other members was not reported to the Exchange, and the panel awaits asset and liability statements before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange Committee
H. W. Poor & Co
H. W. Poor
The
Stock Exchange
Mr. Poor
Trunk Line Rate Meeting Hopes For Rate Unity
The Trunk Line Association executive committee and New Haven Railroad traffic officials will convene soon to discuss trunk line traffic losses caused by New Haven joining Canadian Pacific Despatch freight rates. Meetings are seen as possible to reconcile rates and limit diverted traffic.
New Haven Railroad Yields Trolley Lines in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court had ordered the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to relinquish sixteen trolley lines in the state. At a Springfield meeting of the New England Investment and Securities Company the decree was carried out with two trustees also serving as New Haven directors taking action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New England Investment and Securities Company
New Haven Company
Nathaniel
Cotton market shows steady tone amid mixed Liverpool outlook
Cotton trading yesterday stayed narrow with a steady undertone and demand at soft spots. Spot market held steady with middling uplands at 8 3/4 and middling Gulf at 9 1/4. US regional quotes were largely unchanged or marginally higher with varied daily sales across Mobile Savannah Norfolk Augusta St Louis Houston Galveston New Orleans Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Savannah
Norfolk
Augusta
St. Louis
Houston
Galveston
New
Memphis
Weather forecast for cotton and grain states
The United States Weather Bureau forecast rain and colder conditions across the cotton and grain states for Wednesday and Thursday. Regions noted include North Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Indiana Illinois Lower Michigan Upper Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota with varying precipitation chances and temperature drops, some snow and strong winds anticipated in the lake regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Der
United States Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indiana
Iiltnois
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Public auction of United States Mortgage & Trust securities
Notice announces Adrian H. Muller & Son to sell for United States Mortgage & Trust Company at 10 30 A M on multiple adjourned dates in New York City. Lot one includes Consolidated Mortgage bonds. lot two includes Ann Arbor Railroad preferred and common stock. Bids require certified checks or equivalent notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. McCormack
Adrian H. Muller & Son
William ST
Exchange
Vesey Street
T. A. McIntyre )& CO
Pennsylvania Canal
C. Béa
Fraser Mt. Copper Co
Western Ice Co
N. Y. Air Brake Co. Scrip
Northern Pacific R. R
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Missouri Pacific R. R. Scrip
Hocking Coal & Iron Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
American Hide & Leather Co
Mitchell Mining Co
Mitchell Mining Ctfs
Hay State Gas Co
Greene-Cananea Copper Co
Dominion Copper Co
Davis Daly Estates Copper Co
Newhouse Mines & Smelters Co
King Edward Silver Mines
Gold Hill Copper Co
Manhattan Transit Co
Alaska Mines
Colonial Silver Mines
Portland Copper Mining Co
Colorado & Southern
National Sugar Mfg. Co
Tana Sugar Mfg
National Beet Sugar Co
N. J. & Penn
Winona & Southwestern Ry. Co
Np. c. Bad
Wale Ae
Eastern Steel Co
Charles Baker
A. A. Barham
Jacob Maisel
Ray Malisel
Max L. Rohmar
Regina Rohman
Ye Mutual Aas Trust Co
N. A
Lawyers
National Bank of Commerce
Bank of New York
Merchants’ National Bank
N. Y. Produce Exchange Bank
Guardian Trust Co
British Guiana Gold Concessions Con, Ltd
Adams Express Co
Newport Trust Co
Mines Securities Corp
American Pianoo
Toledo Traction Co
Khs
William Cramp & Sons Ship Engine Building Co
Siare
Ward Bank
Garfield Nat'l Panx
Woodlawn
Guaranty Trust Co
Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Co
C. Bda
Guar
Lawyers’ Mortgage Co
Columbia Trust Co
Phenix Ins. Co
Brooklyn
United Cities Realty Corp
Pfa
Ee Ferry Co
Sp. c. Bia
Jefferson R. R
N. c. Bas
Buffalo & Susquehiana
R.crimos
Carnegie Safe Deposit Co
Mortxaze Road Co
She. Metronelitan Trust Co
Union Typewriter Co. Common
Baseett Maguig. Co
Carnegie At Co
Carnegie Trust Co
Avenue R. R. 1St Se
Fort Bank
N. Y
Bshikera Realty & Security Co
B. Bonds
New York
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
Detroit, Toledo & Irontonway Company
Mortgase
Detroit, Toledo & Ronton Railway
Consolidat Mortnase
Detroit, Toledo & Norten Railway Company
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Aen Arbor Railroad Company
Ann Arbor Railroad Cou Fe
Uck
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway Erani
United States Mortgage and Trust Compay
John W. Pilatten
Notice of Coupon Payment for Port of Para Bonds
Notice is given that Coupons No 4 due January 1 1909 on 5 percent first mortgage 59 year gold bonds Port of Para will be paid in New York after that date at Empire Trust Company Coupons must be left three clear days for examination prior to payment between 10 A M and 2 P M Saturdays excluded Dated this 21st day of December 1908
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Guaranty Trust Co
New
Nansau St
New York
Edward Stetson
Bangor
Gor & Aroostook Railroad Co
Guaranty Trust Co. of
Nassau St
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co
Consolidated Boone
Consolidated
Mesers
State Street
Boston
Edward. Grent
San Francisco
Cal
National Park Bank
Broadway
St. Se
WM. H. Chase
Detroit United Railway
Detroit Og Rail Consolidated
G. H. Russel
Pany Wi
Wall Street
New Ny
Chicago & Alton Railroad Co
F. H. Davis
Banco DE LA Habana
Cuba Street
Havana
Cuba
Paris
Banque Fra Pour le Commerce Et L'Industrie
London Bank of Mexico and America, Ltd
Ne National City Bank of
Delaware
Eastern Railroad
Dean County
W York
Delaware and Eastern. Railroad Company
B. M. George
New York City
Plaza Bank
Plaza Bar
58Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
E. M. Clarke
National Bank OF Commerce
Nassau Street
Borough of Manhattan
Hees
Neilson “Scott
Chatham National Bank
Thia Bank
Banking House
Articles of Association
William H. Strawn
N. Y
Pythagoras Realty Company
Pythagoras
Fast Broadway
Joseph Lipnik
Bei.ig Victor
East Broadway and Battery Railiéed Company
Grand Street
Middleton G. Borland
Nassau Bank New York
Edward Eari
Broadway Trust Company
Manhattan Borough
John W. H. Bergen
Mount Morris Bank
125Th St
Lindley H. Hill
the Peoples Bank
Canal Street
William Milne
Davis Sulphur Ore Co
Beaver Street
Benj. A. Keiley
John J. Crooke Company
William Street
William J. Irwin
the Mutual Bank
Hugh N. Kirkland
Lawyers’ Surety Company OF
Liberty Street
A. van Tambacht
Merchants National Bank of
New _York
Joseph Byrx E. Cashier
National Butchers and Drovers Bank of the
Barking Rooms
Delaware —_ Eastern Railway Company
Delaware and Eastern Railway Company
Jos
M. George
Wille ¢«& Saam
Wille & Saam
Hubert Street
Charles H. Schindler
ETN Egg al the Anh Menadome Ts Twenty-third Ward Bank
Pacific Bank
Merwin
Thomas Iresa
Rose St
Moonreis Re Thomas
UNITED STATES + MORTGAGE AND TRUST COMPANY
John W. Play. Vige
Para
Empire Trust Company
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Roe
Merchants National Bank
City OF
Joseph Byrne
Bank OF the Manhattan Company
Manhattan Company
H. Pierson
Virginia-Carolina Chemical CO
Virginia
Tariesa
W. Travers
W. H. Strawn
Garfield National Bank
Twenty-third St. & Sixth Ave
Ins Bank
W. L. Douglass
Maryland Coal Company
Board of Directors
H. B. Nedham
Fourth Nations Bank of the City of
New York and
New Jersey
Zebmart Castine
Bank of New York National Banking Association
Chas. Olney
Atchison, Topeka and Santa FE Railroad Company
C. K. Cooper
Nansea Street
Empire City Savings Bank
J. A. Hopper
A. T. Timpson
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
WM. C. Alderson
United Gas Inrovement Company
N. W. Corner Broad and
Arch Streets
Lewis Lillie
Hanover National Bank
Elmer F. Whittaker
Bank OF America
W. M. Bennet
Market and Fultom National Bank
T. J. Stevens
the Bank OF New York
National Banking Association
Street
CIEAS
Olney
Robinson
Charles 8. Brown
Arthur W. Weed
Irving National Exchange Bank
West Broadway
Benjamin F. Werner. Cahier
Ork
Nassau and
Pine Streets
M. Elmer &. Whittaker
Cashler
Fourteenth Street Bank
East 14Th Street
Banking
Louis V. Ennis
Cashier
George E. Edwards
Ensd
H. Haggerty
Ebunx Borough Bank of
Horough
Bronz
Avenue Burt
Jay Lehrbach
Aste Scolith Manufacturing Company
C. Burnside
Federal Lumber Company
Wall Sts
Borough Manhattan
Embick
Dailey Manufacturing Co
Duane Street
Dalley Mfg. CO
Alex. Fisher
West Twenty-Sixth Street
George B. Burroughs
Croker Steinam
Bingham
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Ib. R. T
Mercantile Marine Changes
H. C. Fahnestock
H.G. Phillips
Hig Place
Trunk Line Association
Canadian Pacific
Massachusetts
Rene
Liverpool
Ways Lowe
Gald
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
John W. Platten
United States Mortgage and Trust Ner
These States Mortgage & Trust Company
Cedar ST
Minneapolis
Mino
Court House
Mostask Extension R. R. Company
Moaterey & Pacific Grove Railway Co
Mestgomery
M. Y
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual Terminal Co
Buffalo
Milwaukee& Lake Wisnebage R . Ce
Miaseapolis Terminal
Meaney
Multnomah County
Ore
New York Bay Extension Railways
North Spring Lake
N. J
Northern Indiana Railway
Compac- Norwalk
Oskaleesa Traction & Light Co
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Pelham
Scheel
Pensacola
Fla
Philipeburgh
Mont
Pittsburg & Pairment Fuel Company
Sasta Fe
Liberal
Englewood
Scheel City
Fort Wayne
Stesiagtes
South Orange
Sullivan Water Company
Syracuse
N.Y
Vari
Tampa
Fis
Telfale County
Court Hous
Toledo
Vari Tereste, Canada. U. S. Mige. & Trust Co., Series | U. S. Mige. & Trust Co
Water, Light & Power Co
Fset
Springs
S.C
I Water Works Co
Sea Antenne
Westerly
R. J
West Indias
Far West Orange
Wilkes-Garre
Wilmwingtes
N. C
Wisconsin Central RR. Co
Wisconsin Central R.R Co
Wisconsin Cestral R. R. Co
Yellowstone Co
Wesemite Valley R.R. Co
Zenith Steamship Co
Acker, Morrall & Condit
Alexandria
Imp
American Felt Company
Arkansas, Girlehams & Western Railroad
Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway
Atlanta & Charlotte Ale Line
Baton Rouge
Billings
Bloomfield
Camdes County
Caire
Canandaigea
Cedartowa
Cohees
Coldwater Gas, Light & Fuel Co
Detroit, Mosree & Toledo Short Life Railway Company
Durham
Easton, Palmer & Bethlehem Street Railway Company
Elbertes
Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Co
Kiyria
Fresno City
Gaileway Coal Company
Gisssport
Scheel District
Greensboro
Griffin, Ge
Sewer
Hawaii Territory
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Municipal
Ocean Steamship Company
Jenalngs
Kilckitet County
Wask
Long Island Railroad Company Cos
Long Island Railroad Company
New Con
North Shore
Marquette & Bessemer Deck & Navigation Co
Tess
Teda
Teas
Hesse
Port OF Para
Port OF
B. H. Binder
H. M. Gough
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