Pullman Berth Debates Spark Intercity Sleepers Inquiry
In Chicago on December 16 the interstate inquiry into sleeping car rates examined upper and lower berths porters sanitation and operating costs. Dean and Hough of Pillman Company and Underwood of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rail Road testified on tips salaries and car costs. Dean defended high berth preference and noted one death among 18 600 passengers last year while claiming no insider passes and describing Pullman Wagner Palace Car acquisition by directors including William K Vanderbilt.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Dean
Hough
Pillman Company
Underwood
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
New York
Boston
Under
St. Paul Road
Pullman Company
Mr. Dean
Wagner Palace Car Comx
Letter Company
William K. Vanderpit
King's Associates Tells Of Methods In Stock Scams
At King's trial for larceny prosecutors reveal he paid associates to advise buyers to purchase listed stocks to attract clients. Witnesses describe King promising to stop advertising his own securities and steer funds to other stocks to gain customers, while delays in stock certificates fueled by King and his clerks.]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caréenio F. King
King
National Lead Seeks Transfer to Listed Stock Department
The National Lead Company applies to the Stock Exchange to move its common and preferred stock from unlisted to listed, joining other firms like American Locomotive American Snuff and Butterick. The move aligns with exchange policy to restrict unlisted entries while preserving a temporary market for new issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
The
Stock Exchange
American Locomotive Company
American Snuff Company
Butterick Company
Whitridge Ordered to Pay Repairs Claim in Rail Case
Frederick W. Whitridge as receiver for the Third Avenue Railroad Company is ordered to pay 42772.21 with 6 percent interest from May 1 to William W. Ladd, receiver of the New York City Railway Company. The payment covers coal and other supplies surrendered by ex receivers Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson. The court split the valuation of NY City Railway property and sent disputed claims to special master William J. Turner for report.
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Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
United States
William W. Ladd
New York City Railway Company
Whitridge
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
Ladd
Alabama
Great Southern
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
RIO Grandp Southern
Joseph Walker & Sons
Broad Street
Ags Ks
Alb & Susq
Omy
Little Miami
Alb & Vermont
LSN R&c
Allegh & West
Mahon Coal R Pf
Am Tei & Cabie
Manches & Law
At & C A Line
Manhattan
Aug & Saw
Massawipp
Avon G & Mt M
Beech Creek
Bleech S& F F
M&ostktre Bost & Albany
More & Bak Bost & Lowell
Rey Bost & Prov
Morris & Esse
B & 7Th Ave
Go Extension
Brooklyn City
Nash & Decatur
Bur & Susq Pf
Nashua & Low
Ce New Lon Nor
Canada South
Cam & Bur Co
Ny&hce&p
Cataw
Jnyl&É
Cayuga Crosstown
Ninth Avenue
North Carolina
Cccpn&er
Northern
Chat’chee & G
N J
Chris & 10Th Sts
Cs& Eit
North Penn
C & Eit
Northwest Tei R & Wore
Do Etfe
Clearfield
Pitts B & LE
Conn River
Ry & L
Pitts
Pitts Mck & Y
Dayton & M Pa
del & Bd
Sixth Avenue
South
Southwest
Franklin Tel
St Louis
GRR & B Co
St OG
Gold & Stk
Ist
J & So
Greene R CN
Syra G & C
Hart & Conn
Troy & GR As
Hereford
St I
Ll & Miss
Tel. Gs
Utica & Bik Riv
Utica C & S Vy
Joliet
Utica Clin & B
K A & Gr Rap
Valley of
Money Market and Exchange Report
Money on call opened at 3 percent with highs to 8 percent and last loan 34 percent as rate lines show. Foreign exchange opened weak narrowing later. cables around 4.87, sterling near 4.86, sixty day bills about 4.85 amid steadier afternoon. Bank clearings show York at 443.59 million, Boston 28.78 million, Chicago 44.86 million with rising balances. silver and gold premiums noted and government receipts reveal a day deficit of 208,?
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Mercantile
Reichsmarks
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Holland
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Charleston
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
London
Madrid
Lisbon
Washington
Sub-Treasury
Clearing House
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Improved cash wheat demand from Southwest millers lifted prices with May at 1.065 and July at 88.5 to 89. Steady cash corn and weaker oats followed a firm wheat session amid mixed receipts. Provisions softened on ample hog supplies. tomorrow’s estimated receipts include 2,824 corn cars and 41,060 hogs.
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Chicago
Southwest
St. Louis
Kansas City
Milters
Missouri
Illinois
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shorts
Collateral Trust Notes at Lak onal The Et
A brief legals item notes collateral trust notes involving Lak onal. The sparse OCR reads as a property security notice with names and dates unclear, but indicates a formal financial instrument and trust arrangement. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
State Trust Companies Prosperous in Three Months
State Banking Department reports major gains for trust firms Albany December 16 showing resources rising from 1 355 311 819 to 1 426 653 559 and total deposits increasing from 1 075 474 994 to 1 137 414 850 between August 31 and November 27.
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Albany
State Banking Department
State Department
8&7
Crucible Steel Reports Quarter Ended November 30 1908
Crucible Steel shows total net earnings for the quarter ending November 30 1908 at 103 524 542 845 with monthly earnings of 90967 156878 and 163887. The surplus on November 30 1908 stood at 2 098 882 up from 1 602 804 a rise of 405 988. Repairs and renewals cost 140 336 during the quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crucible Steel
Securities Auction Summary from New York Exchange Salesroom
Securities sold include numerous bonds and debentures from American Type Founders, American Steel Foundries, Brooklyn Union Gas, Cripple Creek Central Railway, Consolidated Gas and Electric of Baltimore, Santa Fe Prescott & Phenix Railway, Minneapolis Street Railway, and more. Notable items: 6 per cent bonds due 1928 and 1947, 5 per cent bonds due 1930, 1945, 1952, and various mortgage and convertible debentures. Also listed are shares in Hudson River Realty, Broadway Building Company, Amalgamated Copper, United States Steel, Amoco? and other named firms, with quantities ranging from hundreds to thousands, plus several bank and railroad issues. The sale was conducted by Adrian H. Muller & Son for account of various executors and holders.
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Sccceen
First Mo
E Sau
American Steel Foundries
Ee Pons
American Type Founders Company
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Wwe
Eaemnar
Hudson River
Joeuae Mea
Northwestern Commercial
Erence Mine Securities Corporation
Lot
Broadway Building Company
Cripple Creek Central Railway Company
Cripple Creek Company
Sinestal Hill Consolidated M Company
William Lipkin
Sebastian J. Riiehof
Third Avenue
Mount Vernon
Westcnester County
N. Y
Chase National Bank
First National Bank
International Elevate
New York
Newhouse Mill
Copany
Gould, Ark
Union Elevated Railroad
Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Company
Consolidated
Railway Steel Spring Company
First Mortee
Dagens Ce
Union Bag and Paper Company
First Mortage
Chicago
Indianapolis & Louisville Rail Way Company
BMG
Edience Adiewswmons
Gul & Ship Company
First
Consolidated Gas and Electric Light and Power Company of
Baltimore
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phenix Railway Company
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
St. Paul City Railway
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company
General Consolidated
New Orleans
St. Louis
Corn Products Refining Company
Standard Oil
Greene Consol
West Virginia
Ae Rope and Baine Limited
Woman's Hotel Company
Cramp & Sons
Broadway “Building Company
Broadway Building Company Rg
Morris & E. Railroad
Clinton Lal Association
Belgravia Hotel Company
New ‘Tork City
Jet
Mahoning Coal Railroad “Company Ptelotter
Ween
Eeeness
Ric
Nd Light & Railroad Company
Phenix Insurance Company of
Brooklyn
Chanute
Cr Po
Chanute Cement
Comany Interim
Chanute Cement and Clay Product Company
Canute Cement and Clay Product Company
Guggenheim Explorationompany
Northern Pacific Railway
Ontario Power Company First Mortgage
Assis Cere Teseaesieceane
Stoney Creek Coal and Coke Com
Ates Nents Secak Peat
Fraser Tablet Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hanover National Bank
Virginian Railway Company
Cattle and hog markets mixed across multiple cities
Telegraph listings show national livestock activity with large receipts and varied prices. Chicago cattle $460–$780. hogs $4.50–$5.75. sheep $4.25–$7.20, with declines seen in several regions and steady to weak movement in others.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Fe East
Ittsburg
Tober
Alsieh
Coffee and Cotton Markets Ease as Reports Stall Demand
The December 16 1908 market report shows coffee trading mixed with a late steady close as imports and Brazil port receipts paint a cautious scene. Cotton falls to near fresh lows amid bearish Southern sentiment and revised production figures, while wheat and grain markets rise on government crop estimates and Northwest demand.
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New York
Hamburg
Havre
Jundiahy
Sao Paulo
Rio No
Savannah
Memphis
National Gunners’ Association
Gulf
St. Louis
Little Rock
Mobile
Saies
Charleston
Norfolk
Baltimore
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Wilmington
Houston
Housto
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
Manchester
Kansas
New York Produce Exchange
Amon Bear
Gay
Chicago
Wever
Ndia
Seaboard
Duluth
Tee
Eleator
Buffalo
New York Market Reports on Beans Butter Cheese and More
Readable excerpts show 12 16 market notes from New York on beans and peas prices, butter receipts and dull undergrades, cheese stocks and shipments, eggs and fruit supplies, hops, hay, rye, poultry, and dairy items. Names of commodities and varied prices are listed with minimal context.
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New York
California
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Fiesda
Ben Davis
Florida
CRAN
Deica
Pacific Coast
New York Central
130Th Street
Melrose Junction
New York State
Jersey
Marylan
Delaware
State
Pennsylvaia
Ohio
Michigan
Philadelphia
WBIG
Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Report
New York December 14 190% Beef and veal prices move amid 107 cars received with cattle held over 83. Bulls cows and steers show mixed changes as market clears. Milks cows calves and hogs listed with multiple shippers and price ranges across Ohio Virginia Indiana Illinois and Vermont stockyards.
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New York
6Th Street
Newton & Co
Ohio
Virginia
A. Ceu
On & Co
Rg & Son
Illinois
Shannon
Indiana
Mulien
A. McCabe
Saeles—J. Grtis & Son
Kerns Commission Company
Juda & Co
W. R. Hume
Jelliffe, Wright & Co
Andrew Mullen
John P. Nelson
McPherson & Co
H. H. Hollis
Shippers’ Commission Company
Buffalo Com
Saies
J. G. Curtis & Son
Vermont
Market notes on metals oils and sugars from London and New York
The report covers molasses and syrups steady in New Orleans and New York. tin and copper markets quiet with London prices down. lead and spelter little changed. Oil and fat products hold, with refined petroleum steady. sugar prices list a wide range of refined grades and Cuba and beet markets noted.
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New York
New Orleans
London
Cleveland
Northern
Philadelphia
Calcutta
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
India
South America
Continent
Brazil
Patna
Siam
Rangoon
Federal
Cuba
Arbuckle Bros
Muscovado
Willett & Gray
United States
Market Report Summary of Poultry Game and Potatoes
Wholesale prices for game birds show ducks, quail, partridges and woodcock varied by type and quality with per dozen or per pair rates. Produce notes list potatoes and vegetables with Florida, New Orleans, Jersey and Long Island varieties plus assorted greens and roots. milk and cream prices and weekly receipts also recorded.
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Florida
Bermuda
New Orleans
Maine
Long Island
Jersey
California
Island
Orleans
Norfolk
Sogdie
North Carolina
Okra
Connecticut
Orange County
Carly
Romaine
el Hubbard
Ontario
Michae
Eiactas
Lehigh Valley
Homer Ramsdell
New Haven
Susquehanna West Shore
Lackawanr
New York Central
Harlem
European Produce Market Summary from Liverpool Trade Report
The Liverpool market reports mixed grain and animal product prices for December 16. Wheat futures ease while spot wheat remains dul ne. corn and peas hold steady. flour, hops, beef, pork, lard, butter, cheese, and turpentine show varied but largely steady tones across commodities and regions.
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Liverpool
Galveson
London
Pacific East
United States
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Pullman
Vnline
RP. L. Day & Co
Wall Street
Beer & Albany
Granby
New Eng
Tamarack
Te &T Co
Wolverine
UN Smelters Co
Atcetics
Atlantic
Mass Gas
Shennen
Utah
Prattene
Lexan City
Y& ER
Paterson & P G
Con
Paul Gas Bs
Intienapolis
Syra Lt & P Ss
Toronto
Pat & Lockwood
Bangs Prid
Bia
McKinley
Nipissing
Ferland
Nova Scotia
Peterson Lake
Faealt Lake
Oster Jos
Temiske Ming
Trethewey
Charles ID
Barney & Co
South 4Th Street
Street
Lehigh Val R
Ry Co
Marsden
Phila Co Aa
Exec & Bet Co
Penn R R Co
Penn Steel Co
Parrmount Trac
Phia Elec Co
Union Traction
Tinton
Welshach Co
Money and Exchange
Lakonal
Pine St
Swartweut & Appenzellar
Tel & Tel
Ap c
An At Coast Line
Hes & Chic
Chic & W Ind & P
W & St L
Lackwanna Steel
Amhors
Uetral S
Sorl Pacific
Nyc&hars
Nyc
Southern Ry
Tidewater Co
Exchange
Adrian H. Muller & Son
Telegraph
Edo
Trancy
Rioa Steel Ratis
General Market Report
Country Produce Markets
Tobin
Andrew
R. Hume
John Ducey
Jelliffe
Wright & Co
Peru
Tobin & Shannon
Orio
Maryland
New York City
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