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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
10
Trading remained dull and narrow with many down town participants making early vacations. Bond traders reported steady but quiet activity and old issues drawing more interest than new, as golf and vacations alter the seasonal pattern.
The Corn Exchange Bank and Williamsburg Trust Company duel over a Broadway Myrtle Avenue branch dispute. The bank paid $20,000 to receivers, claiming it bought the lease and goodwill. the trust says only the lease was acquired and vows to contest in court.
In Pittsburg on June 26 the Ex change closed at 1 o clock due to Grover Cleveland s funeral. A brief session recorded several transactions before closing.
The consolidated 5 percent bonds of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad will pay the overdue interest that fell due January 1 starting June 30 upon presentation to Dent, Palmer & Co. at 52 William Street. The January coupon payment corrects the default and preserves the company’s finances.
Dun's Review notes midsummer quiet and broad contraction across trade while crops advance and land prep grows for fall business. Erratic raw material prices slow cotton goods but shoe factories gain on leather demand. steel mills see healthy new business. Retail clearance sales strong, idle freight cars drop, rail repairs resume, but June car loads fall 20.1 percent from last year. Street forecasts call for cautious optimism amid widespread warm weather boosting apparel demand.
Special to The San Francisco New York Times lists mining prices and quotations for Goldfield and surrounding camps. Entries include Mohawk Extension Bullfrog Redhills Silverpick Mount Montgomery Crackerjack Original Bullfrog Tramp Cons Digmond Field and others with prices such as .08 .03 .31 .05 .16.
At the annual meeting of the Manhattan Fire Alarm Company William Gellatly was elected a Director to succeed F R Rohl. Other retiring directors and officers were re elected. The Stock Exchange firm of R H Fiero Co installed a private wire to the Adirondacks and will have summer branch offices at the Stevens House Lake Placid and Paul Smiths. Alfred Blenzig of Deutsche Bank offers cautious optimism on crops and industry. Official notice from Knickerbocker Trust Co closes transfer books for surplus certificates to July 1 and reopens July 2. Spencer Trask Co buys $800000 first lien refunding bonds from the Kansas City Railway and Light Co due 1918. Maurice Muhleman, ex Deputy Assistant Treasurer, publishes Monetary and Banking Systems. A Bache Co to open branch.
Official report by Col. Edward Fowler shows New York Port foreign commerce fell by 142,773,208 in the year ending June 30. Total commerce reached 1,327,890,250, with imports down to 689,617,060 and exports up to 668,265,190. Duties totaled 186,747,429. bullion imports and exports are noted, with heavy movement in November and December and an April bullion export of 15,397,462. Exports for May reach 28,208,808. current month projections around 4,000,000 more.
Andrew J. McCormack regular auction sale of stocks and bonds to be held Wednesday July 1 1908 at 12 30 oclock at office No 55 William St Brooklyn by order of executors. Listed are numerous securities including Brooklyn Union Elevated R R United Shoe Machinery Co Prefd Union Pacific R R Prefd United States Steel Corp Prefd and others. Also notes on Chicago Mil w St Paul R R common and various railroad and industrial stocks with many specific par values and issuers.
The Erie Railroad Company announces an extension offer for Buffalo & Southwestern Mortgage bonds until July 1, 1915, with 5 percent interest paid semiannually in gold coin and redemption options. A separate notice to bondholders outlines deposit deadlines and cash payments per bond for extensions. Also, a semiannual dividend of 2 percent tax free is declared by the board for the twelfth ward tank stockholders. A lost certificate notice for United States Trust Company deposit No. B26,267 is included.
The Erie Railroad proposes to purchase in cash all coupons due July 1 1908 for Prior Lien and General Lien Bonds under the First Consolidated Mortgage. The move aims to bolster liquidity amid a depressed earnings period and fund ongoing improvements. J. P. Morgan & Co. will handle the purchases at par on or before June 30 1908.
A financial note lists total capital surplus and undivided profits along with deposits and other liabilities. It outlines the balance sheet items in concise form for the period reported.
At the close of business on the 17th day of June 1998 the document lists resources such as loans and discounts overdrafts due from reserve depositaries real estate mortgages and other assets including furniture and fixtures. Liabilities include undivided profits deposits not preferred and other items.
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