Consolidation Up Town Zones Active Harriman In Control
Expect consolidation of Wheeling & Lake Erie and Wabash Pittsburg Terminal under Harriman with sale of combined properties to Erie or Baltimore & Ohio. Gould nearly retired as Harriman interests rescued Wabash notes, securing Wheeling & Lake Erie. Receivership looms for both lines, but reorganization into a single company is anticipated to develop untapped line resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wabash-Pittsburg
Harriman
the Erie
Baltimore & Ohio
Harriman Properties
Gould
Wabash
Kuhn, Loch & Co
Wabash- Pittsburg
Wheeling
Toledo
Cleveland
Jewett
Ohio
Pittsborg
Wabbash-Pittsburg
Pittsburg
Gould Western
Big West Side housing sales mark busy real estate day
In the upper West Side market Butler & Herrman sold 1109 111 Amsterdam to Caroline Uhrich and reports say 1113 1115 Amsterdam others sold. Mrs Matilda S Jones sold El Dorado at 56 West 129th to an investor. Althea S Rudd Ward sold 2741 2787 Broadway. A James Realty project plans a six story brick apartment at 119th east of Amsterdam near Columbia University. Plans filed to add a third story to 408 412 East Tith and remodel Lenox Ave 116th St offices for Simon E Bernheimer. Henry T Bulman buys Broadway block 163d 169th Sts. two new elevator apartment houses planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper West Side
Butler & Herrman Company
Frederick Ruth Realty Company
Caroline Uhrich
Amsterdam
Matilda S. Jones
el Dorado
West 129Th St
Althea S. Rudd Ward
Broadway
Schuyler Square
James Realty and Construction Company
119Th St
Amsterdam Ave
Columbia University
Sommerfeld & Steckler
East Tith St
F. H. Werner
Lenox Ave
116Th St
Simon E. Bernheimer
John C. Watson
David E. Klein
Henry T. Bulman
Wannegan Realty Company
Marcus
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Vanderbilt Syndicate
Bulman
HARRIMAN LINES EARNINGS HITS AND PERCENTAGES
The Union Pacific Railroad reports a small drop in net earnings for the year despite industrial depression, finishing with a $1,803,708 decline and gross earnings of $76,039,225. Southern Pacific shows a June gross loss of $1,903,145 but trims expenses to post a net gain of $18,101. The year ends with a projected surplus of about $15.63 million against $27.70 million prior. After dividends, remaining balance sits at $474,559.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railway
Seaboard Air
Lross
Toledo & Ohio Central
Rutland
Union Pacific
Denver
Rio Grande
Montreal Reduces Grain Rates At Harbor
Montreal Harbor Commissioners set a new rail car grain hauling rate cutting transshipment costs from one and five eighths to nine tenths of a cent per bushel. Major Stephens, harbor president, said the change reduces export grain charges to align with New York Philadelphia and Boston terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Major Stephens
Harbor Commissioners
Whitehall Street
New York
Dept Quartermaster
Philadelphia
Coal Company Bondholders Unite For Action
A bondholders committee forms to protect investors in the Pennsyl vania Coal and Coke Company. John W. Castles chairs the Guaranty Trust Company group joined by James Kerr, Marence D. Simpson, W. A. Lothrop, and Stacy C. Richmond. Total funded debt includes $1,171,608 Series A bonds and $3,000,000 Webster Coal and Coke first consolidated mortgage bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated First
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
John W. Castles
Guaranty Trust Company
James Kerr
Marence D. Simpson
W. A. Lothrop
Stacy C
Suspension of Fred Dorr on New York Stock Exchange
The suspension of Fred Dorr a Los Angeles broker was announced on the NYSE floor yesterday. Dorr joined the local exchange on June 28, 186. His activity here was small with no outstanding contracts, and his embarrassment had been the subject of persistent rumors for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dorr
Los Angeles
New York Stock Exchange
Dorr
Local Exchange
Exchange
CHECK OFF UP IN PITTSBURG MINES
Pittsburg coal operators plan a meeting to decide continuation of the check off system. For years 25 cents monthly has been deducted for unions, but union officials now demand 50 cents, threatening a district strike. Operators may vote to end the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
The Latest Guess On Lawson Campaign
Well Street offers a theory that John D Rockefeller and his partner sold stocks tied to the Marines during the 1907 panic to force the System to yield. They grew disgusted with the System and allied with Mr Lawson to smash it using the Bay Store Gas as a potent engine. The explanation hints at a dramatic political maneuver and alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Well Street
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Mr. Lawson
Drought Ties Up Coal Mines Along Monongahela
Pittsburg August 17 Eighty percent of the coal mines along the Monongahela River idle thousands of miners are out of work due to low Ohio River water. Coal from this district is shipped by river but for weeks slow water has hampered equipment and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Ohio River
Gallatin Hotel Sold in Foreclosure Auction
Two auction items drew bids in Vesey street rooms. The Gallatin Hotel at 70 and 72 West 46th Street, nine stories on a 45 by 105 foot plot, sold to the plaintiff for $2,525.00 with about $234,200 due. A four story tenement at 121st Street and Park Avenue was withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey St
Gallatin
West 46Th St
121St St
Park Ave
Real estate sale for garage site at 114 East 2d Street
The William Rosenzweig Realty Operating Company sold 114 East 2d Street, a 25 by 190.8 foot parcel, to Charter Realty Company, which bought for Anson Phelps Stokes. Mr Stokes plans to build a garage on the lot with William A White & Sons as brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rosenzweig Realty Operating Company
East $2d
Charter Realty Company
Anson Phelps Stokes
Stokes
William A. White & Sons
Will Improve Irving Place House for Business Occupancy
Plans filed to convert the four story plus basement house at the southeast corner of Irving Place and 19th street into a business building. A mezzanine will be added between basement and first floor with nine stores across basement first and mezzanine levels. Owner Mrs. O. B. Halsey. cost $10.01. Architects Thain and Thain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Place
19Th Street
O. B. Halsey
Thain
Everett House Title Transfer In Seattle Newton Era
The Everett Investing Company took title yesterday to the Everett House at the northwest corner of 11th Street and 4th Avenue from Alliance Realty Century Investing and Star Holding. The property carries a $713,000 mortgage. Plans are filed for a large office structure on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Investing Company
Everett House
11Th St
4Th Ave
Alliance Realty
Century Investing Companies
Star Holding Company
Midtown Lease Secures 20 Year Term for 18 West 37th St
A Herrmann leases the entire building at 18 West 37th Street to William A. Pond & Co for twenty years in a deal totaling 150000 dollars. Pond plans to use the space as a music and piano salesroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Herrmann
August Miller
William A. Pond
Mortgage Loan For Rock Plaster Company At 312 Percent
Mary S Stevens loaned $300000 at 314 percent for twenty years to the Rock Plaster Manufacturing Company on a tract 2x50 feet fronting the East River between lands of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company and the East Bay Land Improvement Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Stevens
The
Rock Plaster Manufacturing Company
East River
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
East Bay Land Improvement Company
Realty Notes and Local Business Move In Cairo
James C Fuller transferred title for No 202 West 424 ft to Commercial Savings Bank of Cairo Michigan to secure a 2300 dollar note and to J F Seeley for 1500 dollars. The Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Company moved into its new building at No 10 Broad way after twenty one years in business. It organized in 1887 with capital 60000 dollars, now has capital 4000000 dollars and surplus 6500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Fuller
West
Commercial Savings Bank of
Cairo
Mich
J. F. Seeley
Lawyers’ Title Insurance and Trust Company
Broadway
Beans and Peas Market Review From New York Aug 17 1908
Receipts include 352 sacks beans and sacks peas with buyers taking small sets. Beans mostly steady with fine goods firm. Scotch peas higher. Prices quoted for various beans and marrow varieties. peas scotch bags per bushel $28.50 to $29.50. Butter market shows slight gains with creamery and undergrades mixed. cheese and eggs imports and local receipts detailed. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and grapes listed with multiple regional and variety price points. Hay, straw, hops and poultry markets described with steady to firm tendencies and inventories noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lima
California
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Jersey
Pearl. Hartlett
Clapp
Bell
Catherine
Acme
Southern
Pine Island
Virginia
West
Maryland
Delaware
Moore
Niagara
North Carolina
Florida
Pacific Coast
Mstec
Iladelphia
Long Island
Jerses
Ste. de Longe Island
da Jersen S
Horhow
GSI
Fereey State
Rockland
Massachusetts
OKRA
Long
South der Vey
Bae
Baltimore
OGRA
Renleors
National Stock Prices and a Bold Market Promise
A speculative broker asserts National Stock will rise above ten dollars, touts Smelters and St Paul as leading moves, and promises further gains in Amalgamated Yukon Trinity First National. He claims to expose gambling in stocks while promoting a sure-thing end for the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Lead
Amalgamated
Reading
Yukon
Trinity
First National
Wall Street
P. S
Markets Report From No. Long Island Farm Prices
A dense price list covers poultry FOWLS and ducks, vegetables, potatoes, and fruits with regional notes. It includes dayold and mature lots for Western and Eastern shires, itemized per box and per basket, plus extensive livestock receipts and prices for calves, sheep, lambs, and cattle across Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and New Jersey markets.
State Lambs and Hogs Receipts Lead Market Update
Receipts show 65 hog cars totaling 1 290 head to be sold after regional markets in New York and Pennsylvania. Proposals list state lamb and sheep lots with various bid prices. buyers include Sanders Curtis Hollis and Otis & Co. Prices cited range from 4 to 8 per head, with averages around 7 10 per 100 for hogs and 350 for some sheep lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd & Co
S. Sanders
Grassers
Tobin & Shanoen Veals
Lalo
Do Coults
Kerns Commission Company
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
William Everett
Fred J. Kratz
West Virginia
Kentucky Lambs
Virginia
Tobin & Shannon
Newton & Co
Indiana
McPherson
Ohio
S. Judd & Co
Do. Sim
At & J. G. Curtis & Son
Hollis
Otis & Co
At & i
New York State
Cattle and hog markets vary across major markets on Aug 17
Telegraph market summaries from Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo Kansas City and Pittsburg show mixed results with cattle receipts around 22 000 to 25 000 head and hogs about 22 000 head. Prices range from steers 47 50 to 50 per 100 pounds, cows 34 to 36, heifers 29 to 36, and hogs 6 50 to 7 10 with notable regional shifts and active stockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gath Street
Jersey City
Curtis & Son
J. P. Nelson
H. H Hollis
Wright & Co
Genres & L. S.dillenback
Rh. W. Otts & (O
Phew Mullen
New York
Reeves
Fortieth Street
Lrhigh Valley
Weehawken
Wes West Shore
Issah
Reef
Schwarzschild & S
Mesaba Ae
Schwarzschild & S. Merabs
J. Shamberg & Son
Swift Reef Co
Morris Heef
Cedric
Morris Beef
Armour &N
Ss. Bermudian
Boston
Haltimore
Philadelphia
Montreal
Liverpool
Glasgow
Bristol
Manchester
Bermuda
West Indies
Jersey
True
Stow
City
London
Salesa
Newton & Co
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
S& Vows
Sanders
Telegraph
Chicago
Cincinnati
West East
Buffalo
Sningine
Dairies
Sears
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Aus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wheeling & Lake Erie and
Wwabash- Pittsburg Terminal Companies
Harriman Lines
Union and
Southern Pacific
United States
Coal Company Bondholders
Lawson
Drouth
Gallatin Hotel
10Th St
Benziger
Fritzel
R Seitz
F Doyle
1St Ave
Amelia Hartung
Hartung
Volke
Atty
Herbert
Brook Ave
S Weor
W Curry
McKinley Realty.& Con Co
Cropser
W Cor
Son Lith
Becor Ave
Drexler
Kanawha
Michigan
San Francisco
Julia
Andes Coos
Belcher
Ophir
Caledonia
Savage O
Fan Belcher
Sierra Nevada
Utah Cor Oy Gould & Curry
Hale & Norcross
Country Produce Markets
Thomas W. Lawson
Doe
State
Inc
Rm An
McPherson & S Do
Kerns Commission Mpany
Pennayivania
Juda & Co
I. Curtis & Son
John Tricev
Jelliffe, Wright
EK Hue
Tleorge & L
Pillenback
Tae Bow Otts
Department OF Park Arsenal
Fifth Avenue
Sifty-fours Street
Borough of Manhattan
Fort Slocuum
XN. Y
Q. M
Q@ M
Fort Slocum
Ffice OF Commissioners
District OF O
Brookland
District of Columbia
Clee
District
Washington, DP
Henry L. West
Jay J. Morrow
Eis Iland
Ellis Island
U. S. Immigrados
N.Y. Eo
Arm
Patchogue River
Suth Fay, N
Browns Creek
John G. B. Knight
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!