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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
3
The record shows earnings changes for the Detroit and Mackinac line for the period ending June. It reports figures for the third week of June with $24,951 and $22,344 increases and a July 1 to June 21 span totaling 1,264,064 versus 1,112,817 in the prior period, an increase of 151,847.
The American Car and Foundry Company presents its annual results ending April 30 1907 with working capital details. Net income after preferred dividends stands at 29.123 percent on 20 9 million common stock while surplus earnings for the year total 5 439 535. Investments include a new electric car plant at St Louis extensions to other plants and reserve for the Wilmington Del plant. Working capital shows 14 741 114 in 1906 rising to 17 001 119 in 1907.
Fragmentary OCR hints at numerical values and acronyms within a city context. Likely unrelated codes appear alongside percentages and identifiers. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge from the readable fragments.
Van Cline Holmes, a Boston broker, confronts Thomas W. Lawson over a claimed panic trigger in stock trades. Holmes seeks $5 or $100,000 depending on a court test, while Lawson delays and offers no payment. Holmes cites NYSE margin rules and vows to press suit.
The American Car and Foundry Company reports total earnings of 11 115 057 and net earnings of 9 347 987 for the last fiscal year. Surplus after dividends stands at 5 439 538. Output could have been 25 percent higher if materials had matched demand. At year end, work on hand reached a historic high and assets show strong liquidity. New directors include A Barton Hepburn replacing Walter J. McBride, with Clarence Price named vice president and other officers re-elected.
Wheat prices jump on the Board of Trade as the September option rises to $1 and December to $1.08. A statistician’s revised crop forecast cites Kansas damage reducing output by about 10 million bushels, prompting shorts to cover before profit taking pared gains.
A binding uniform bill of lading is nearly ready for ratification by railroad and commercial interests. Representatives of railroads, the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the American Shippers' Association have settled the form with the Interstate Commerce Commission's concurrence. The bill binds the initial carrier from delivery to consignee, shaping interstate commerce law.
Travelers letters of credit payable throughout the world offered by The Farmers Loan and Trust Company with branch offices in New York London Paris and services including bills of exchange cheques and cable transfers.
A conference of railroad officials and rail manufacturers led by E. H. Gary of United States Steel met at 71 Broadway to review steel rail quality and usage. A joint committee will report before an adjourned meeting, with expectations of a mutually satisfactory standard and added production costs. The meeting followed complaints of rail breaks and threats to source rails from independents if output did not improve. The price of standard rails is $28 per ton.
City plans to issue 29 million dollars in four percent bonds with subscriptions opening today, seen as likely to be taken at or above par. Bankers note improved bond market conditions and expect some investor relief, while a February offering failed to attract subscriptions. Controller Metz reports a Chicago bid for the full issue, though sealed bids must be opened publicly.
Wheat futures rallied sharply as shorts covered driving December to $1.03 and September to $1.00. By close September at 99 cents, December near $1.01. corn and oats rose modestly while provisions firm. Local receipts and market activity described amid a bullish North West crop outlook.
Notice from The Thirty Fourth Street National Bank of New York stating a special stockholders meeting on Sunday in July 1997 at 4 PM to consider voluntary liquidation under federal statutes and to authorize organization of a new bank named New Netherland Bank of New York. Curtis J. Beard signs as cashier.
In Chicago on June 27 subpoenas were issued in U S District Court returnable July 6 for top officers of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and Indiana. Names include John D Rockefeller and John D Archbold for New Jersey and J A Moffett for Indiana. Judge Landis sought financial data to size fines, and subpoenas extend to other company officers if needed.
Robert Mather president of the Rock Island company said reports of a $1,490,000 loan to the Chicago & Alton Railroad and a further possible $600,000 were incorrect. He noted a tentative agreement to take notes up to $1,1460 over two years for new work, with $1,000,000 to Union Pacific and $64,000 to Rock Island, but no notes or loans have been issued and no money is needed before January 1, 1808.
Theodore H Price denies reports he aims to corner the cotton market and says he is buying cotton as a commercial operation. He predicts higher prices for July and August deliveries and notes investors hold substantial spot cotton in New York awaiting spinners' demand.
A compilation of historic dividend announcements from The New Jersey Telephone Company and various firms. Notices include dividend rates, payable dates, stock transfer book closing and reopening times, and treasury signs. Firms listed include The New Jersey Telephone Company, B A Claflin Company, Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Co, U S Realty Building, and Delaware Lackawanna & Western R R Co.
The Board of Directors declares a one percent dividend on the Preferred Capital Stock payable June 28 1907 to stockholders of record at six P M on June 28 1907. Charles F Cox treasurer confirms.
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