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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
The report shows movements in treasury holdings and currency by franc amounts. Gold on hand rose by 3 950 000 francs while silver declined by 5 975 990 francs, deposits increased by 101 376 francs, and advances fell by 10 200 000 francs amid broader stock movements.
Trading was light with under 490000 shares as banks news tempered activity. Railroads and utility stocks fluctuated with little change, bonds stayed firm, and Interborough Metropolitan issues remained heavily traded near 60. Big Four rose to 50 1 2 while Delaware & Hudson and Illinois Central edged lower.
Money market opening at 2 percent with 4 to 4 1/2 percent for short terms and 4 1/2 to 6 percent for longer indorsed bills. Foreign exchange opens firm with sterling around 4.87 to 4.89 and cables near 4.87 to 4.88. Bank clearings data provided for major cities. silver and gold prices noted. government receipts and expenditures show a daily deficit. Sub-Treasury debt position listed.
London January 36 Bank of England reserve rose 1 409 000 with circulation down 224 000 bullion up 1 175 000 and other securities and deposits adjusted. Public deposits grew 2 121 000 while government securities stayed unchanged. Reserve to liabilities ratio now 66.60 percent, up from 54.89 percent last week. Faris January 30 Bank of France weekly returns indicate note changes.
Notices list executor dividend proceedings under a chartered firm dating to 1822. Trustees include Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company with offices on William Street and Fifth Avenue New York. International offices in London Paris provide letters of credit bills of exchange and cable transfers.
Listings show due payments and renewals at offices including Paducah Kentucky Pleasantville New York Putnam County Georgia Skaneateles Syracuse City Hall South Orange New Jersey and Toledo Ohio with references to sewer works and various companies and districts across multiple states including Rhode Island Maryland and New York with series designations and assorted unpaid assessments.
The market for outside securities showed further shrinkage as prices slid across mining, with losses from a small fraction to half a point. Midday recoveries appeared in some areas while specialties edged up, notably Standard Oil. Mining groups saw mixed results with several names easing or steady, Goldfield stocks rebounding after early weakness. Bonds remained quiet and irregular.
A catalog of bonds due on or after February 1 1908 and February 15 1908 including American Chocolate Machinery Co American Hawaiian Steamship Co Series B bonds Automatic Refrigerating Co Ballard City of Washington Water Bonds Bass Foundry Buck Rut Coal Catawba Power Croatan Detroit & Flint Railway Everett King County school districts Lincoln County Jail Bonds Lockport Gas & Electric Madison County Gas & Electric Monte Cristo Metals Newburgh Light Heat & Power Peoria Straw Board Pierce County St Clair St Regis Spokane funding Ticonderoga Pulp & Paper Whitman County School Districts Copper Co Federal Publishing Natural Carbonic Gas Portland City & Oregon Ry Tacoma funding bonds and more with various first mortgages debentures and 20 year notes.
The board declares the seventeenth regular monthly dividend of one percent on stock issued before December 1. Payable February 1 to stockholders of record at close of business January 25. Transfer books close January 25 at 5 PM and reopen February 5. Isaac Thorman, Treasurer.
Several 1908 dividend notices issued by major firms and railroads including Crowell Publishing Company Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Louis Grand Central Station New York New York Chicago & St Louis Railroad Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad and associated officers outline quarterly or regular dividends payable to stockholders of record February or March 1908 with transfer books closing dates and treasurer signatures. The notices reflect early 20th century corporate finance practices and the coordination of dividend payments across multiple lines.
The American Locomotive Company at 111 Broadway New York announces a cash stock dividend of one and one quarter percent on capital stock payable February 24 1908 to common stockholders of record at close of business February 6 1908. Checks mailed. Transfer books close February 6 1908 at 5 P M and reopen February 8. Callaway secretary.
Transactions for foreign accounts in this market totalled 10 000 shares with buys and sells split roughly. American stocks in London were steady with firm general tone as dividends and corporate moves dominate. Western Union eyes stock dividend, Hamilton Bank taps Martin McHale as vice president, American Ice replaces directors in Jersey City.
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