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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
Edward B Smith and Company bankers announce location details listing 27 Pine Street New York and Chestnut Street Philadelphia for their offices and services. The notice cites branch access and contact points for client inquiries.
The Manhattan S R T Company issues a QIII dividend of one and three quarters percent on capital stock, payable after April 16 to stockholders of record March 6. Transfer books reopen March 26 at 1:40 A M. Treasurer W M Williams signs. Also notes dividends declared by the Abostas company and New York & Harlem Railroad, with payment dates and record cutoffs. Ads list Uptown Office subscription drop locations.
Closing stock prices show broad advances with gains in Am Can pref, New Cent Coal, Northern Pac, Reading, and Union Pacific among others. Bond listings follow with mixed moves as investors weigh government receipts and tax data. Sub-Treasury reports a net clearance with substantial daily activity in major exchanges.
The market rose at opening and advanced intermittently, then declined on profit taking before a late active bid lifted prices above Wednesdays. Union Pacific led gains after heavy trading, while Western Union fell on a stock dividend news. Copper prices strengthened Amalgamated Copper, and bank reserves rose with gold holdings at record March levels.
Money on call opened at 2 percent with a wide band to 4 percent as last loans. Time money offered for sixty to ninety days at 3 1/2 to 4 percent, and up to five to six months at 4 to 4 1/4 percent. Mercantile paper bought moderately. demand strongest for high grades. Foreign exchange opened steady with cables around 4.56 to 4.86, demand sterling near 4.96, sixty day bills about 4.53 to 4.60, short francs around 5.17 to 5.18, and reichsmarks near 5.15 to 5.16, weakening in afternoon. Bankers' rates show mixed levels for sixty days in sterling and Germany, with Paris around 51/4 and 174? derivations. Additional discounts and premiums noted in regional markets.
Swartwout and Appenzelier furnish details on maturing stocks in the 190s to 7 range. The report outlines prospects for railroad and related securities, highlighting impending maturities and market implications for investors and brokers.
London report shows American securities steady with final prices and London New York equivalencies. Foreign money rates include cash London 4 31 percent open market discounts short bills 3 3 percent long bills 3 1/2 percent. Berlin and Paris discount rates noted with exchange values and French rentes at 97 francs 624 centimes.
London reports a Bank of England weekly return showing reserve up 972000 pounds and circulation down 254000, bullion up 718000, other securities up 929000, other deposits up 886000, public deposits up 552, and government securities down 559000. France’s Bank weekly: notes in circulation down 7,125,000 francs, treasury and general deposits down 7,975,000 and 7,125,000 francs, gold down 4,750,000 francs, silver down 2 francs, discounts down 45,150,000 francs, advances down 25,225,000 francs.
In the outside securities market activity was subdued with pockets of animation. Micmac Mining saw the largest transactions yet recorded with a sharp rise, while Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely drifted after early firmness. Nipissing advanced, Tri-Bullion remained active but irregular, and Goldfield stocks stayed about steady. Nevada Consolidated bonds rose 2 points to a new high as others held.
Fragmentary financial note lists bids and asks for German securities incl Cs and Ss from various city and state issuers. Mentions Cologne Augsburg Saxony Hamburg Mes gov and 3s 4s factors with percentages and prices, but data incomplete.
Foreign houses bought about 10 900 shares with Union Pacific and United States Steel among buyers. London buying strength softened by close. American stocks followed. Dividends declared include Texas and Pacific Coal 1 percent payable March 31, Coal and Iron National Bank 1 ½ percent payable April, United Gas Improvement 2 percent payable April 15, Colorado & Southern 2 percent semiannual, Toledo, St Louis & Western 2 percent semiannual on April 15. Edward J Smith & Co issued a Decade of Progress for PA Railroad 1898–1907. American Agricultural Chemical paid 3 percent semiannual on preferred stock payable April 15. record March 15. John Bottomley elected Empire City Savings Bank trustee. Cornelison, Anderson, Knebel elected to Consolidated Stock Exchange. New York State highway bonds listed at 1958 maturity. first issues quoted March 1. Copper prices rose about ½ to 1 cent per pound on local Metal Exchange. Hudson Trust surplus remains 690 000 after capital cut to 500 000.
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