Financial Markets See Sharp Declines After Central Dividend Cut
Stocks fall as New York Central trims its dividend to 5 percent, dragging rail shares in heavy trading. Prices slid from early gains to broad weakness with losses around four points for leaders like New York Central Union Pacific and Reading. The move follows restrained earnings, while other firms cut or omitted distributions. idle cars drop, and money markets show mixed signals amid anticipated rate cuts in London and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Union Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Balti Ohio
Atchison
Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Union Typewriter Company
American Railway Association
New York Stock Exchange Update for March 18 1908
Wall Street activity on Wednesday March 18 1908 shows mixed quotes and notable shifts across major listings. Traders reported varied gains and losses with some securities moving sharply on volume.
Railroad Earnings Report Highlights 1907 1908
Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg and other lines show mileage, revenue, and surplus figures for the periods ending March and March 14, with totals across railroads including Missouri Pacific and Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic. Results include gross and net income, dividends, and adjustments, alongside notable copper stock activity in Boston markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Rochester & Pittsburg
Denver & Rio Bes
Detroit United
Great Northern
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & ST
Missouri Pacific
Central Branch
Missouri
Inc
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Raleigh & Southport
Bell Telephone CO. of
Consolidation Coal Company OF
Maryland
Electric
Fairmount Coal Company
Sluggish Market Stocks Narrow as Storm Suppresses Trade
Outside securities show a dull curb market with limited activity and sagging prices. Cumberland-Ely copper shares held steady at 84 after 14,200 shares traded, Nevada Consolidated slipped to 11 after 4,500 shares, while when issued Nevada Consolidated 63 traded 120 to 127 with a 45,000 dollar block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland-Ely
Nevada Consolidated
Transactions in Bonds on New York Stock Exchange
On Wednesday March 18 1908 traders reported activity across bonds and industrials with prices for Allis Chalmers Chesapeake and Ohio and Nevada company debentures amid fluctuating quotes in copper steel and oil related issues. Market notes include Odd Lots and bid asks for various securities as ticker data circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peices
Bay State Gas
Brooklyn Ferry
Boston
O Butte Coalition
Butte
New York
Us Cobalt Central
Central Foundry
Chicago Subway
Cumberland-Ely Mining
Davis-Daly
Teeese
Dominion Copper
Central
Cseecreser
Ely
Goldfield
Eseas
Goldfield Daisy
Gol GH
Greene Cananea
Greene
Guggenheim
Havana Tobacco
International Salt
Manhattan Transit
Micmac
Mines Co. of America
Nevada Copper
Nevada-Utah
Otis Elevator
Standard Milling
Standard Oil
United Copper
Government bond prices and maturing notes listed
Bond market brief listing government bond issues with various maturities and rates including 2s 1950 108 percent, 8s 1918 at 101 and 101, 4s 1925 at 21 percent, Panama 2s at 105. The entry notes no travel movements for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Fragmented Stock Quotations From an Old Market Page
The readable text shows scattered stock quotes, prices, and bidder codes, including references to utilities, rail lines, and various issue identifiers. It reads like a partial financial page with numbers, percentages, and two-letter symbology typical of 19th or early 20th century market reports.
Annual Meetings Notice for Multiple Firms Sets Calendar
Calendar shows today as books close for several companies including American Pipe Manufacturing Co American Telephone and Telegraph Co Cumberland Teléphone and Telegraph Co Union Typewriter Co first and second preferred shares Federal Lithograph Co Mauser Manufacturing Co and outlines dates for annual meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Pipe Manufacturing Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Cumberland Teléphone & Telegraph Co
Union Typewriter Co
Federal Lithograph Co
Mauser Manufacturing Co
Money Market Leads as Banks Report Gains and Rates
Money on call on the Stock Exchange shows loans at 1 to 2 percent with most at 2 percent. Time money ranges from 3 4 to 3 percent for various terms, mercantile paper at 5 1 4 to 6 percent for four to six months. Clearing House totals show exchanges at 245.2 million and balances at 9.05 million. Local banks in positive territory since Friday, Sterling and continental exchange quoted with multiple rates across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Mercantile Paper
Clearing House
Treasury
Sterling Exchange
Slagbouslnss
Reichsmarks
Guilders
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
New Orleans
Bank
San Francisco
Silver Quotations and Mexican Dollar Prices
London recorded bar silver at 259 16d per ounce and New York quoted 56 5/6 cents per ounce Mexican dollars listed at 47 cents each in market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Frisco Mining Stocks Close With Varied Quotations
Official closing quotations for mining stocks list numerous tickers across towns Frisco and Tonopah including Porcos Occidental Con Ophir and Bekee with small gains and losses. Silver bars Mexican dollars drafts and telegraph premiums noted. market activity shows mixed sentiment across districts Manhattan Goldfield Bullfrog and other camps with varied per-share figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco
Porcos
Hale & Norcross
Belcher
Ophir
Chollar
Savage
Cal
Sierra Nevada
Imperial
Union
Crown Point
Utah
Tee Gould & Curry
Grain and Provisions Trade Mixed on Wheat and Corn News
A quiet trading session closed with a small net gain in grains. Wheat receipts at interior points compare favorably to last year, while foreign markets show modest advances in Liverpool and Budapest. Cash wheat prices in New York range from 1.01% to 1.14% per bushel, with other notes on exports and imports. Corn futures gain in Chicago and New York as rains curb receipts and exporters buy limited loads. Futures and spot quotes appear for wheat, corn, and related grains with varying regional figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Budapest
India
New York
Duluth
Chicago
Wmlseheerdse
Sieh
Sceneche Ooo
Closing stock quotations from the focal Exchange
The closing quotations list bids and asks for several securities with prices, including Acacia, Gold Dollar, Dante, Elkton, Portland, El Paso, Vindicator, McKinney, Findlay, and Rawlings. The report notes the final bid and ask values for several issues and includes a few quoted percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Colorado Springs
Col
Focal Exchange
Acacia
Fas Dante
Isanella
McKinney
Elkton
Portland
el Paso
Chicago shares advance on local Exchange trading day
Chicago market shows mixed moves with Chicago Telephone rising to 118 and Kansas City Railway and Light preferred up to 77. Canal and Dock slips to 44 1/4 while many issues stay inactive. Daily sales listed with multiple price points and several preferred issues listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Chicago Telephone
Kansas City Railway and Light
American Can of
American Shipbuilding
Amalgamated Copper
Canal and Dock
Chicago Subway
Chicago Title & Trust
Commonwealth Edison
Tlinois Brick
K. Co. Ry
Big Fs
Cotton Market Ends Lower Amid Easier Southern Prices
The cotton market fell to new lows for the move, with May at 83 points under the month’s high and near October’s season low amid weaker exports and steady Liverpool cables. Spot cotton in the local market eased five points, while Southern markets across Mobile, Savannah, Norfolk, Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Memphis, and Houston showed softer quotes and modest sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Aernae
Gulf
Salea
Mobile
LiPo
Savannah
Norfolk
Augusta Bready
Galeveston
New Orleans
Memphis
Houston
Copper and metals close mixed on London and New York markets
Copper futures rose to 17s 64 after spot prices closed at £59 2s 6d and £59 10s for futures in London. Pig tin eased to £138 spot and £134 futures while lead held at £18 0s 0d and spelter fell to £21 5s 0d. New York Metal Exchange bids and asks showed modest shifts from the prior day across electrolytic copper and related metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Standard
Middlesborough
Sis Sd
New York Metal Exchange
Cceveceee
Peltel Ecssveces
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Brown Brothers & Co
Wall Street
Philadelphia
A.B. Leach& Co
Broadway
Henry Clews & Co
Broad ST
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Pgue
Bertron, Storrs
Griscom Bankers
New Yordianiae
Igo
Tolman Bros, Securities CO
Pine Street
Caty
W.L. Lyons & CO
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Louisville Stock Exchanges
Exchange Place
Spring Flatiron
Louisville
Keller Building
New York City
N. W. Harris & GO
Bankers Pini Street
Comer
Withem
Dees
EADY
Schmidt & Gallatin
Otis Elevator Co
Havana
Tobacco Com
New York Transportation
Royal Baking Powder
De.altin
Wl L
McCormack
Tel
Plympton, Gardiner & Go
New York Stock and Other Exchanges
Baggot & Co
Dominick & Dominick Bankers
Ana New York
Cortlandt
Nassau ST
Bank & Trust Co
Gerold & Banfield
Simon Borg & CO Bankers
Investment Securities
William P. Bonbright
Bankers
George St
Colorado
Ansion House
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Washington Trust Company Postal
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Chat
ScaUdas
Sub-Treasury
Berlin
Illinois Central
Chicago Gas Company
New York Air Brake Company
Uys Ba
Vw Bay
Jan
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Allis-Chalmers
Amer. Agricul. Chem
Can & Amer
Oundry
Amer
Ice
Locomotive
B. Ioio
Am. Steel
Fo. Pf. T. R
Amer. Tel
Tobacco
Top
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Top &S.F Pf
Atlantic Oast
Baltimore & Ohio
Batopilas Mining Ce
Brook. Rapid. Transit
Canadian Pacific
Can. Pac. Cfs
1St Pd
Chesapeake & Qohio
BERG
Chicago Great West
Chi., Mil
Colorado Southern
Col. Southern Ist
Southern 2d
Col. & H. Co. & Iron
Esas
Consolidated
Delaware & Hudson
Lack & West
Denver & Rio Grande
Distillers Securities
Erie
General Electric
G. N. Pf. Rec
Soc Pd
G. N. Cts
Interborough-Met
Steam Daag
Steam P
Moat
Louisville & Nash
Mackay Cos
Metropolitan St. Ry
Mexican Central
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National Biscuit Co
National Lead. Co
National Lead Co
Newhouse M. & S
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People’s Gas
Pitts
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Pittsburg Coal
Repub. Iron & Steel
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Union Pacific Pf
U. S
U. S. Reduc. & OL
U. Ss. Steel
Utah Copper
Caro. Chem
Watash
Western Union
Wisconsin Central
Comstock
Somenset Coal Company
Aera Grogs
Lee
Boston Stock Market
North Butte
American Telephone
Bell Tel
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West
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Atchison Pf
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Swift
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United Fruit
United Shoe
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Amalgamated
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Osceola
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Mohawk Extension
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Montana
St Tvess Ieee Ogiahe Tonopah
Plek
West Sand
Manhattan
Bullfrog
Atlanta
Bulfrog
Blue Belt
Montgomery Mtn
Diamondfield
C. M
Grain and Provisions
Chicago Stock Market
Pittsburg Transactions
Pittsburg
Crucible Steel
Inter
Pittsburg Brewing
Pittsburg Plate Eee
River Coa
River Coal
Ce.ee
Union Switch
Baty
Steel Pr
Westing
Elec
Pitts. Brewlag
Metal Market Reports
Kountze Bros
Fulton Trust Co. OF
Su and
Ngay
Henry C. SwanDs
H. H. Cammann
HL. W. Reighley
Bankleeck
Guaranty Trust Co
Nassau SE
Sceence St.s . C
Joan W. Castles
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