Renew Stock Fight Against T. G. Platt
United States Express shareholders plan to press for a higher dividend after the rate was cut from 6 to 4 percent last spring. The Hart and Banister Committee seeks to overhaul management and reduce influence of Thomas Platt and the American and Adams Express companies. Earnings for the first six months show improvement, and new ten year contracts with Frisco lines and Central Railroad of New Jersey strengthen the company’s position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Express Company
Hatt Ane Sausfer
Hatt_and Banister Committee
Thomas @. Platt
American
Adams Express
United States Express Board
Hart
Laaretwobiers
American Adams
Frisco
Wells-Fargo Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Western Union Reports Decline in Revenues and Surplus
The annual report for the year ended June 10 shows revenues down 4.27 million to 28.58 million and expenses down to 25.18 million. Net revenue equals 3.40 million with cash dividends paid of 1.71 million, leaving a deficit of 43,820 and a total surplus of 16.84 million, after dividends and stock payments. Offices declined by 907 due to closing small railroad outlets amid labor-hour reductions and a strike from August to November last year. Messages dropped by 12.43 million compared with the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Crowry
Enee
Abor
Grass Twine Changes Name and Capitalization
Stockholders of the American Grass Twine Company approved reducing capitalization from 15 million to 3 million and changing the name to Crex Carpet Company. Exchange rate set at one Crex share for five Grass Twine shares. director declared a 2 percent dividend on Crex stock, with no period specified. Last Grass Twine dividend was in 1903. two years later about $650,000 was refunded to the Treasury from unearned dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Grass Twine Company
Crex Carpet Company
Treasury
Exchange adopts by law changes and new associate members
The New York Produce Exchange voted 758 to 247 at a special meeting to amend the by laws to modify the Gratuity Fund and to admit associate members who enjoy trading privileges but cannot vote or hold office. Newly admitted members may later become full or associate members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Producexchange
Exchange
New Boston and Maine Board Sees Major New Members
Nine new directors join the Boston and Maine Board at Lawrence stockholders meeting led by John L. Billard of Meriden. New faces include Samuel Hemingway and Frank T. Brown with several long-time executives retained. board shakeup aims at possible merger with New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
John L. Hillard
Meriden
Conn
Samuel Hemingway
Second National Bank of New
Pacific Mills
J. M. Prendergast
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Fred E. Richards
Portland
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
Edward P. Ricker
South Poland
Maine Central Railroad
Walter Humewell
Wellesley
Henry F. Dimock
New York
Alexander Cochrane
Thomas P. Beal
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Massachusetts
Billard
Gooman
Annie Ix. Brown
Brown
Tuttle
Egin
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Pacific Coast Co. Fights Loss After Directors Resign
At the annual stockholders meeting Pacific Coast Company filled the vacancy from H A Tucker resignation with W B Thomas of American Sugar Refining as president. Dividends were declared at 14 percent on first preferred and 1 percent on second preferred and common. The annual report shows gross earnings 7 272 958 and net 1 150 155 with declines, and Pacific Coast Coal Co. was formed as a subsidiary to handle coal and lumber business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Company
H. A. Tucker
W. B. Thomas
American Sugar Refining Company
David Zieley, Jr
Pacific Coast Coal Company
The
Copper Giant ASCS Contract Expands Copper Output
American Smelting and Refining Company signs one year selling contracts with Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely Copper, basing commissions at 1 percent. The trio now controls about 20 million pounds annually, rising to 60 million and then 100 million as output grows. Guggenheim associates gain market share after United Metals’ contract ended last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Smelting and Refining Company
Allied Nevada Consolidated
Cumberland-Ely Copper Companies
Ely
Guggenheim
United Metals
Guggenheim Associates
Jury selected for Morse and Curtis fraud trial in federal court
The indictment accuses Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis of overcertification misapplication of funds and false entries in the National Bank of North America affair. Eighteen provisional talesmen were drawn with eighteen to be seated for the full jury. trial set to start after challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Curtis
United States Circuit Court
Hough
National Bank
National Bank of North America
Curtis
Morse
Charles F. Elder
Lehigh Valley Railroad
West 165Th Street
Leonard D. White
Broadway
Senate
Olcott
Col
R. M. Thompson
Curtiss
F. Augustus Heinze
Hanna
Talesmen
William Sage
Frederick J. Goensch
Otto. Heinze
John B. Woodman
West 107Th Street
Macfarlane
Frank Tucker
Bureau of Municipal Research
Mr. Olcott
United States
Otto
Mercantile National Bank
DULL MONTH IN STEEL
The Iron Age reports October as a time of drift after prior gains in iron market buying power. Railroads prep for equipment needs while standard rail output drops. only about 3,000 tons of rail orders noted. Structural work shows life but lags behind last year.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Iron Trade Review
Birmingham
St. Louis
Railroad Presidents Meet at New York Conference
Western railroad executives including Eqrling of St Paul and Winchell of Rock Island met at the Waldorf Astoria with T P Shoats of Underwood Erie to discuss the American Railway Employer and Investors Association formed to protect railroads from undue legislative interference. An Eastern delegation was expected to attend a future meeting to acquaint them with the association aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eqrling
St. Paul
Winchell
Rock Island
General Edward T Molineux Celebrates Milestone Birthday in Brooklyn
General Edward T Molineux marked his sixth birthday at 117 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn surrounded by surviving members of the 159th Regiment New York Volunteers. The drawing room held floral tributes and congratulatory letters from old comrades nationwide. An original poem dictated to Molineux by General Horatio C King was read.
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Edward T., Molineux
Fort Greene Place
Brooklyn
159Th Regiment
New York Volunteers
United States
Molineux
Horatio C. King
Fragmented OCR listing of addresses and names in New York area
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous New York street addresses and personal names such as 45-240 East 148th Street and 105-227 East 1st Street. Entries include taxicab company and individuals like Isaac Cohen and Dorothy Williams, with scattered notes and unclear amounts or roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly Ce
Entil Shaub
Anton Dijarkt
R. H. Crumpel
Sit Tsaac Cohen
G. Morella
East
Samuel Sit
Broadway
N. Y
Jerome Clashes Over Tenderloin Gambling Tax and Police
District Attorney Jerome claims a $650 monthly tax on gambling houses in the Tenderloin and demands police reports. Gen. Bingham challenges the DA, noting past efforts to jail gamblers and questioning enforcement. Washington County era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenderloin
Jerome
Steinbrook
Captain Murphy
Bingham
Criminal Courts
Canfield
District Attorney's Office
Reardon
Mr. Jerome
Gen. Bingham
Betts
Colum
Suspected Gambling Houses Redefined in Nineteenth Precinct Records
Reports show at least a third of gambling houses in the records labeled as suspected have been torn down or abandoned by gamblers. One lingering case, Marie's on East Twenty seventh Street, now covered by a steel structure, remains listed as suspected.
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Jerome
Marie
Mrs Hart May Contest Ben Hart Will
Surrogate Beckett allowed Estelle Nitty Hart widow of Benjamin Hart to contest the will in Paris estate case valued at 2 million dollars. The challenge cites a claimed prior divorce, argued by counsel Franklin Bien as illegal since Hart and his wife were residents in Paris at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckett
Estelle Nitty Hart
Benjamin Hart
Paris
Hart
France
Tiptonie Curb Sparks Bay State Gas Trading Rush
Boston observers reported a volatile curb scene over Bay State Gas today as shares sold at varying prices. C. C. Clapp & Co announced a 40 000 share purchase at low prices and demanded margin at the selling price while other brokers flooded the area taking offerings, causing a quick price surge.
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New York
Boston
Tiptonie
Bay Gas
Austin
Wh Ch
Bay State
Morrow
C. C. Clapp & Co
Bay State Gas
Chetkad
Lawyson Brokers
Bay State Gps
Rescue at sea nets man after ducking from sailboat
In Eastport on October 7 142 a man fell from a sailboat into icy water. He fought waters for minutes until a boatman pulled him aboard. The rescued man was then brought to safety by other rescuers nearby.
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Eastport
Uay
Oliver Raynor
Lwater
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T. G. Platt
U. S. Express
Western Union Report
Crex Carpet Co
New Amsterdam Bank
Edwards
New Amsterdam National Bank
New ‘Haven
NEW Boston & Maine Board
J. L. Billard
New Haven, Conn
Boston,& Maine
New England
John F. Stevens
New Haven Company
Pacific Coast CO
Old Board
Nevada
Cumberland-Ely
American Smelting Co
F. A. Heinzel
Stimson
Wise and
Frankfurter
Wallace Macfarlane
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Eugene Carver
W. M. Ds. Olcott
Talisman
Moe Levy & Co
Walker St
Fulton St
Directoire
Chas. R. de Bevoise Co
Mfrs
Union Square, New York
Gen
Dowling
Jerome Calls
Lou” Betts
Oxford
Arnheim
Red Man
Hippodrome
Earl & Wilson
Makers OF
Flatiron
Chinatown
Ari the Bowery
Gramercy
Mate
Sporting Ave
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Unio Incircus
Louise GU
Marcelle Foes
Lulu Glaser
14Th
Irving
Thompson
Academy OF Muenman
Old Homestead
Denman Thompson
Uen
Josh
Mats
Steve
Bianca Froehlich
Johannis Feuer
Hermann Sudermann
Yorkville
Hurtig Seamon Colonial
Aluahera
HIM & I
iMeintyre & Heath
Claire ‘Romaine, Robledijla
Harry Gilfort
Tom Nawn & Co., &c
Carlears
Edwin Stevens
H. W. Savage
St Imat
Mortons
Alex Carr & Co
Minnie Falmer
Jap. J.morton
Grace Hazard
Harry Lauder
Ae “Husarenfieber
Itessars
Jyammerstein
Edna Wallace Hopper
Frank Moulam & Co
Basaston
Fadettles
Lady Orchestra
Elinore Sisters
Jas Thornton
James K. Hackett
Hackett
WAX
Pey Music
New
Snake C’ Er Group
Daly
Tad M. Mark
Ming
Rels
Tribune
Mele
Mathe
SEF
Alan Dale
Herald $Q
West End
Sth
David Belascoppy Warrens
Virginia
Nazimova
Hedda Gabler
Comtesse Coquette
Belasco' Tuyvesan
Mann
Woman
Blanche Bates
Bors
Dorothy Dix
Belasco Artiss
Atre
West
St. By
Carnegie Hall
Mme
Johanna
Steinway
St. Mat
Smok Olympic
Murray
Cuggudars A Sau
Mississippi
Beth
Louis Mann Han
Sura
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A.wise
Fairbanks
Weber
Mrs. W Dd & Tof
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Qi Way
Lord Si
Bor Wallace West
Cate
Ie Adiek
Arnold Daly
Sowphow Society
Walter
Damrosch
Ncerts
Sollists
Geraldine
Jeanne
Alwin
Hroeder
Albert Spalding
Gustav
Carnegie Hd Phillharmonic Society of New York
Safo Noff
Arthur Hart Tank
Rider
Leo
Hitlz Joreph
Mischelman
Hnitzer A
Fyctoner
Genert
Carni Estefia
Brooklyn Acadeay
Ia Orchestra
Hin Sauer
Germany
Tarnegie
Lyceum
Riviera
Rome
Beingle
Adela
Mrs. Hart
Wallach Bros
Third Avenue, Cor
Meay
29Th Street
Hart,Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Schaffner & Marx
Schaffner &Marx
Hart. Sch
Haffner & Marx
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
MT. Sat
Wee
Henry W
Kiaw & Erlanger
Bway
45Th St
Art Geo. M. Cohan
Lillian Russell
Broadwa
Bway & Sist St. Evs
Press
Grace van. Studdiford
Smith & de Keven
Victor Herbert Ixcestra
Gaie
Y Sires
the Traveling Salesman
Empire 'Aran ii
John Drew
MISS
Hattie
Bea the Girls of
Hudson
Edgar
Wed
Selwyn
Fay, Es
Fae
Eve Ats
Lerg
Pierre
Tha
Ty T
Garrick
Joseph CO
Alexandre May
Savoy
Henry Miller
Acs
Ayers
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