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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
13
City street addresses listed as part of a brief item noting locations in Boston and Chicago. No additional details or events provided.
The New York Cen tral issues gain value as money poured into property. Call rates may rise slightly today and tomorrow but no major disturbance is seen. A year ago call money hit 2.6 percent. January payouts of over 200 million dollars to holders of American securities expected to reinvest portion in markets, suggesting higher value levels early next year while current quotations reflect industry improvements. Small operators should keep accounts well protected amid large investor positioning.
Investors weigh the risk of liquidating speculative holdings as they bet on a January rise, signaling potential days of sharp market reactions and volatility ahead.
London and New York quotes show irregular activity with small moves. Prices listed include Anaconda, Canadian Pacific, Erie, Illinois Central, Reading, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, U Steel, and other major issues, with variations between London and New York closes. Foreign money rates feature call money at 2 percent and Berlin and Paris discount rates, with British consols and French rentes noted.
Government bond market recap shows yesterday's closing quotes with bids and asks across various issues. Details include 2a 2s 3s and Ss registered and coupon statuses, with values like 108 to 130 for several bonds and notes index levels around 10% to 12% for select issues, reflecting mixed demand and distinctive coupon maturities.
A dense listing of bid and asked prices for numerous trust and surety companies and related mortgage and insurance entities in New York, including entries for Alliance Realty, Astor, Lincoln, Metropolitan, Mortgage Bond, Mutual Alliance, Nat Surety, and Palm Trust Co of Am among others. The fragment shows varied quotes and firm names with no coherent narrative beyond market rate snapshots.
The Baltimore stock column lists traded items with bids and asks across various issues. Rail, bank, and trust company shares appear, including Maryland Trust and Fidelity name references, alongside miscellaneous railroad and commodities notes.
Readable items mention Booth Packing, Quaker brand, telephone, stable car, and Swift and Co in Chicago. Details are garbled with many errors and missing context. No coherent events or names beyond generic references to brands and locations emerge.
Trading featured Allis-Chalmers Amalgamated Copper and major groups like American Can and United States Steel. Large volume noted in rail and ore shares with some percent gains and declines across Chicago and New York listings as investors weighed industrials, utilities, and transport stocks.
Stocks mostly slipped with scattered new year highs in a few issues. Wabash and Reading rose on strong demand while Amalgamated, New York Central, and Union Pacific weakened late trading. Bonds traded heavily amid broad selling, yet market absorption remained robust, fueling hopes for higher quotations and a prospective bull move in Pennsylvania and other rail securities.
A list of collateral trust notes furnished by Swartwout and Appenzellar with varied maturities from 1908 to 1931. Entries include issuers such as American Cigar, Kansas City Southern, Lackawanna Steel, Missouri Pacific, and Rubber holdings, with stated bid percentages and yields.
Outside securities showed strength with gains early in the session and a midday pullback after notable price advances in copper and allied metal shares. Miami, Goldfield Consolidated, La Rose, United, Kerr Lake and Nevada Consolidated led activity while British Columbia slipped after a brief early gain. Standard Oil and American Tobacco rose as trading in bonds remained active in narrow limits.
The list details last actual sales and closing quotations for stocks with no transactions yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Entries include Adams Ex, Am Coal, Am Tel, Am Express, Am Ling, Am Mail, Am Snuff, T & 78, Ann Arbor Bank, BR & P, Can South, Int Power, Ke & DM, Lac Gas, Lake Sh, Mackay Co, Nat of M, News Coal, NYC StLp, Pac Coast, Pitts Coal, Quicksilver, Sears Roebuck, US Express, US Leather, Wells Fargo, and other listed fixtures. Closing figures show varied bid and asked prices across many issues.
Proposals due 3 p m Thursday December 31 at The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance and Granting Annuities 117 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Trustee offers to sell as many of Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad stock certificates as 90542 90 will purchase Lowest prices not exceeding par will be accepted and notified immediately after certificates are received Bids to be sent to Philadelphia Lane 2d 1909 Ches W Packard agent Philadelphia Proposals for sale of stock bonds and annuities
Trading on the Consolidated Exchange opened with bullish sentiment and intraday prices at times above the Stock Exchange. Later, demand eased and late offerings pushed the entire list below the rival board. Notable up moves showed Southern Pacific 122% to 122% and United States Steel Common at 55% to 55%. Union Pacific saw especially large activity with 599 share lots common.
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