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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1906
Page
2
A dense listing shows the highest, lowest and final prices for June 10 1905, plus weekly net changes and year 1906 figures for numerous stocks. It includes detailed price points for American Sugar, American Tobacco pref, Union Pacific, New York Central, and many others, with final weekly totals and totals of shares traded.
A scanned ledger lists numerous New Jersey utilities and rail stocks with Ist 4s 5s and other vintages. Firms include Hackensack Water Company Jersey City Gas Light Co Passaic Lighting Co Edison Battery Paterson Gas Light Co Public Service Corp United Electric Co etc. The page notes preferred issues and dividend references amid a dense run of bond and stock identifiers across NJ utilities and transit firms.
Fragmentary OCR yields scattered numbers and symbols about dividends and rates. no clear entities or dates present. The legible portions imply financial notices, but precise terms, parties, and dates are unreadable.
A party of forty two military prisoners from posts in the Department of the East departed Governor's Island yesterday for Fort Kavenworth Kansas. They left Castle Williams at 4 p m after a delay from the expected 2 30 p m start. Two thirds had been held at Fort Jay with others from Madison Barracks Fort Dupont Fort Howard Fort Monroe Fort Preble Fort Banks Fort Ethan Allen and Plattsburg Barracks. Guards included twelve privates a sergeant three corporals and First Lieutenant Wallace McNamara of the 12th Infantry. The group rode in a Special car.
Miss May Rose of Staten Island is found by her father J Rose in Port Chester after a letter left at Albion Place Port Richmond led to the reunion. The girl had responded to an ad and traveled with a companion, seeking her mother, while her father confronted the man who had placed the notice. The reunion occurred in Port Chester after the girl indicated she wished to stay where she was.
Robert A. C. Smith president of the American Mail Steamship Company arrived yesterday on the Celtic after an extended overseas trip begun last February. He toured in a 45 horsepower automobile covering 4200 miles from Naples to Glasgow and met Sir Thomas Lipton aboard his yacht in the Mediterranean. Lipton is said to be building two new yachts and plans to visit the United States within two months.
The Rev. James B. Curry of St. James's Roman Catholic Church arrived from Liverpool aboard the Celtic after a month in Rome. He brings the Pope's benediction to his parishioners.
The Hamburg American liner Blocher reported the cable repair ship Mackay Bennett halted in thick fog about sixty miles south and fifteen miles west of Cape Sable. Captain Shenk of Mackay Bennett asked Captain Stoessing of the Pitcher to report the halt. The Blacher received the message at noon Saturday.
The week saw strong buying by powerful financiers on the bull side, lifting quotations to attract forthcoming stock and bond issues. Public interest remained light, but bankers and traders anticipate increased outside activity if prices rise further, with major rails like St Paul Wabash and New York Central planning large financing, and railway construction expanding toward the Pacific. Money markets show tighter rates in New York with higher sterling, while gold movement potential remains guarded, and the economy displays broad strength despite some crop worries and labor tensions.
A dense listing of bond sales and yields featuring numerous issuers such as Adams Ex, Am Tobacco, Ann Arbor, Cent Leather, Col Ind, Erie, Gulf & Ship, Kansas City, Milwaukee Gas, and many others. The table notes par values, issue types, and price movements, with weekly totals and percentage bid-offer levels across hundreds of securities.
Government bonds show bid and asked prices for U S issues including 2p registered 1930 at 103 102 and 103 108 percent, 4s coupon 1925, 28 coupon 1030, and 4s registered 1025, with varying percentages. District of Columbia, Philippine and U S 3s 1918 1907 notes appear among listed issues.
The New York Clearing House banks exchanged 1 732 508 786 last week, versus 1 472 048 404 a year ago and 979 612 029 in 1904. Shares traded totaled 3 992 200 2 290 006 and 1 285 169 respectively.
The Tribune lists gross earnings from thirty-six railroads for the fourth week in May. Nineteen have gains totaling $1,875,062, while six show losses of $198,197. Overall, combined rail systems report a $1,679,866 gain (14.2 percent). Details include Grand Trunk and Wheeling & Lake Erie figures and year-to-date totals through May 31.
In the week ended June 2 Ohio oil wells rose in the lower Southwest and Southeast with more wells completed than any week this year. Keener sand pool in Tyler County and a potential 30-foot pool in Marion County are notable exceptions. A new Berea-like formation in Mercer County yielded three fair producers, starting at about twelve barrels daily. Shire pool in Crawford County produced several strong wells, while market prices and refining details from Philadelphia and London are noted.
A fragmented securities list shows multiple companies and preferred shares with varying percentages. Entries include Hatch, Singer Manufacturing, Standard Oil, Empire Steel, Havana Tobacco, Union Ferry, United Bank Note, Inter Marine, Inter Salt, and other listed firms with class designations and percent values.
Report details numerous real estate loan firms and banks in New York area names and figures. Entries include Alliance Realty, Bankers Mercantile, Metropolitan, Mutual Alliance City Inv, Guaranty Trust, and Standard Trust among others with assorted mortgage bonds and trust sums. Dense OCR yields varied figures like 86200, 500, 6530, 8415, 860s, 425, 165 Fifth Avenue, and 590 400 Windsor.
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