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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
13
After the close traders debated whether the rally reflects solid fundamentals or a temporary push by professionals. Brokers noted holders chose to keep gains, while uncertainty and rumors swirl around Morgan & Co becoming Brookly n Rapid Transit fiscal agents and the impact on sentiment.
The United States Steel Corporation reports 1907 net earnings of 160,964,673 with a 69,179,836 surplus after charges and dividends. Orders rose in early 1907 then slowed, total 1907 shipments fall slightly from 1906, payroll climbs by over 18 million, and Gary notes improving bookings through February. Exports total 1,014,082 tons while domestic demand lags.
State Controller Glynn designates the Car negie Trust Company as a lawful depository for all New York courts funds. N. W. Harris & Co offer investors 1 million dollars in People’s Gas Light & Coke Refunding Mortgage bonds due 1947. John P. Grier retires from Bartlett Frazier & Carrington on July 1 and joins C. D. Barney & Co. in Bartlett offices. A Louisville Traction stockholders meeting in Jersey City on April 15 considers increasing capital to 18.5 million dollars via 1 million additional preferred shares. Security Company officer list includes Edgar Levy president John Cimmins Cyril Burdett secretary William Harte treasurer Chauncey Humphreys assistant treasurer. The 7 Court of the New York Mortgage &
National bank mates redeemed totaling 1,487,736 dollars. Government receipts from Internal Revenue 791,095 and customs 822,849 with miscellaneous 20,250. Expenditures reached 2,310,000. Reserve fund holds 150,000,000 in gold. Trust funds to redeem outstanding certificates total 835,519,869. Silver dollars total 453,009,050 with 1800 issue noted. Current liabilities stand at 126,861,980.
March 20 market notes show larger money supply and steady discounts in London with dull business in most sectors. American securities held up early but Wall Street dividend fears capped activity while New York lifted Union Pacific and Steel briefly. Paris firm on the Bourse with three percent rentes at 96 francs 97 12. Berlin prices firm yet trading quiet.
The census reports 1907 cotton crop at 11,261,168 running bales with 27,577 ginneries. States show running bales by Alabama 1,126,028 Arkansas 760,162 Florida 57,616 Georgia 1,891,900 and more. Average bale weight 501.8 pounds. linters total 276,500 bales. Sea Island 86,798 bales.
Fall River plants owned by M C D Borden will close next week and run on alternate weeks until four weeks of curtailment are completed. The American Printing Company, largest producer of printed fabrics in the U S, employs about 750 workers. The Iron Works Company runs seven mills and employs 5,000 workers.
Cotton advanced on hopeful cables then weakened to new lows after reports of reduced Fall River production. The market closed steady with a 10 17 point decline and 350 000 bales sold. Census shows 11 261 000 bales for 1907 08. weather and movement figures are noted, with port receipts and inland stocks detailed.
J. C. Stubbs in charge of traffic reports departure to the West. Union Pacific official notes general merchandise movement and traffic volume not materially different from the same period last year.
A notice to holders of the 6 million dollar two year collateral trust gold notes announces details of a forthcoming event. The document outlines rights and obligations for the noteholders and related trustees under the collateral agreement.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company extends notes until April 1 1909 through Speyer & Co. Investors may renew at 6 percent interest payable semi annually with 5 per 1000 note cash incentive. Extended notes secured by Rock Island Arkansas Louisiana R R Co 4 percent bonds.
At a Brooklyn Board of Estimate meeting a plan to build the Fourth Avenue subway was sent to a select committee to study finances and contract forms. Citizens jeered Controller Metz while Brooklyn Borough President Coler condemned the delay as stalling the project.
Albany notices list multiple New York enterprises formed March 29 with varied capitals and directors. The Independent Brewing Co. in NYC leads, joined by Golden Hill Building Co. and many others in Brooklyn, Yonkers, Freeport, New Rochelle and across Long Island with capitals ranging from 1,000 to 200,000 dollars and new corporate officers named.
The Board of Directors of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad declares a dividend of one and one quarter percent payable April 15 to stockholders of record April 24. Havana Electric Railway Co announces a 1.50 dividend per preferred share payable April 15 to stockholders of record March 31. National Bank of Commerce in New York proclaims a 2 percent quarterly dividend payable April 1. Hudson Realty Co and American Coal Products Co also declare quarterly dividends with books closed around late March and early April.
A fragment notes Samuel Ingtermyer as counsel for the committee with a March 16 reference. The text appears as a quoted position in a legal or official proceeding.
A notice for an auction on March 25, 1908 at 12:30 PM in Vesey Street Salesroom, by order of the executors of Mary W. Wrights estate. The listing includes numerous bonds and mortgages from railways and corporations, with details of series, interest and maturity. Also notes a dissolution of Kelley Miller Co and formation of Kelley Howell Co by Albert T Kelley Austin P Kelley and Charles L Howell.
A compilation of bank notices announces annual and quarterly dividends for various New York and Philadelphia institutions. Details include transfer book closes, record dates around March 25 to March 31 1908, and dividends ranging from two percent to one and a half percent with payments scheduled through April 1908.
The New York Times Weekly Financial Quotation Review offers full and accurate tables of prices for bonds, stocks, industries, and outside securities for one dollar a year mailed to any U S address. This leading authority on world finance is universally acknowledged.
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