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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
2
The latest market brief shows renewed activity in the financial markets with notes on federal treasury actions and railroad earnings. It lists several active stocks and their recent movements, highlighting changes in dividends and sales performance across numerous issues.
Last week the market opened weak on fears from a poor bank statement and anxieties over the government crop report. Monday’s crop data calmed bears as prospects for record harvests and strong exports lifted sentiment, with railroads and unions poised for further consolidation.
The New York Clearing House and the New York Stock Exchange reported last week and the same week in the prior two years showing expenses of 1 537 320 585 and 74 270 406 with shares sold totaling 1 137 462 046 and 2 469 718 in the two comparative periods.
A historical stock table lists multiple rail and industrial company shares with last week trading data, week highs and lows, week closing, prior week closing, and yearly high and low prices. Companies include Evansville and Ft Worth Gas and Electric, Illinois National, Missouri Pacific, Louisville and Nashville, Reading, Pullman, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and others with various ex div and preferred listings.
The London Stock Exchange remains dull as traders await clear signals from New York and developments in the South African war. Banks face strain from operator support and consols subscriptions loom. Optimists note New York’s foreign investments may keep exchange favorable to Europe despite grain and harvest concerns.
A Reuters telegram reported that the censor had impounded a message of inquiry sent to Reuters' correspondent in South Africa. The status of the week’s events remains unconfirmed, and the Prospective outlook is not improved by the censorship action.
In Manchester on June 16, buyers showed steady inquiry for cloth while turnover remained unsatisfactory and price advances frequent. Bombay led India demand with Calcutta and China showing activity in better shirtings. Levant buyers picked up finishing cloths, South American purchases were moderate, and yarn spinners firm after a prior cotton advance. Buyers remained cautious, buying only immediate needs.
Kuhn Loeb & Co and Spencer Trask announce subscriptions opened for part of the Rio Grande Western Railway first consolidated mortgage four percent fifty year gold bonds at 96 percent plus accrued interest. The issue totals 600,000 dollars with much already placed. Subscriptions open June 25 and close at 3 PM. bonds paid for by July 10.
The Tribune reports fourth week in May gross earnings for sixty railroads, with forty-nine gains totaling 1,563,572 and eleven losses of 90,558, yielding a net rise of 1,472,914. For first week in June, fifty-nine railroads show gains of 723,609 and losses of 29,416, total 694,193. Figures include lineups such as the Columbus Sandusky and Hocking and Louisville Nashville, with miles and weekly or year-to-date totals.
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