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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
14
A collection of old stock company notices from New York banks and transfer agents announces quarterly dividends, share par value details, and transfer book closing dates. Documents include Beasol of Thectorvs and other firms detailing payment periods, record dates, and book closures.
The table shows March earnings and operating expenses for several railroads including Colorado & Southern, Southern, and Missouri Pacific. Figures include net earnings for March and year-to-date amounts, with miles operated and costs listed alongside.
A garbled OCR excerpt references Bavarian and Munich areas with percentages and government entities. It mentions Cologne Augsburg and Munich, with figures like 45,100 and 4s.10, plus various abbreviations for states or ministries. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent events or actions.
Closing stock prices show mixed changes with notable activity among Allis Chalmers Am Can Amalgamated and Copper companies. Bond quotes also feature varied yields while Sub Treasury reports large year to date deficits and a tax revenue tally for the period.
The market shows fractional advances early, a midday decline, and a late buying surge restoring losses. Rail stocks gain modestly while Missouri Pacific and New York Central show mixed results. Rio Tinto and Grand Trunk Pacific weigh on copper and bond markets. London selling pressure lingers despite a Bank of England rate cut to 3 percent, with expectations of further easing as reserves rise and gold holdings increase.
Money on call opened at 1 percent with activity modest and liquidity ample. Domestic exchange shows cables at 4.864, demand sterling around 4.58, and sixty day bills near 4.83. bank rates steady in afternoon. Gold and silver markets noted with premiums in Madrid and Lisbon, Mexican exchange quoted at 20.2 to 1, government receipts listed.
A brief note records 1,200 total sales for the day with no additional details on products or vendors. The entry provides no further context or identifiers.
The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company lists offices at 16 18 20 22 William Street and a branch at 475 Fifth Avenue with London Paris addresses and an 18 Bishopsgate St London office. It offers letters of credit bills of exchange and cable transfers.
London markets report American securities closing generally higher. Call money in London at ae per cent, open market discount 3 per cent, long bills 2% per cent. Paris discount 2 9 16 per cent. Paris exchange on London 25 france 17 centimes. Bar gold 77s 0d. Berlin on London 20 marks 44 pfennigs. Consols 71 1/2 per cent. Rentes 97 francs 20 centimes.
The Bank of England weekly report in London notes total reserves up 787000 pounds while circulation fell 172400. Bullion rose 615000, other securities fell 727000, other deposits dropped 272000, public deposits gained 306000, government securities steady. Bank reserve ratio sits at 5.20 percent, rate of discount cut to 3 percent. Paris reports a Bank of France weekly figure with note circulation down 14925000 francs, Treasury and general deposits rising, gold and silver holdings up, discounts and advances moving.
American Steel Foundries and subsidiaries report net earnings from operations of 824 224 65 after expenses and reserves. Interest and miscellaneous items bring total income to 845 188 87. After bond interest 116 150 sinking fund 62 500 and depreciation 111 500 the net income equals 566 005 87.
The Treasury at start of business reports the reserve and bullion figures, including gold holdings and silver certificates, with totals of funds in national banks and Philippine Treasury reimbursements and liabilities.
Trading in outside securities showed little interest with most prices fluctuating in narrow ranges. Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely dominated activity, Nipissing eased, Tri Bullion and Montezuma Mines stayed active, and bonds saw mixed moves with Consolidated Steamship 4s up 7 percent and Nevada Consolidated 6s down 22.
Foreign houses held about 15 000 shares with little activity led by Asia Pacific and Southern Pacific. Dividends declared include 1 percent by Columbus and Hocking Coal, 1 1 2 percent by American Shipping, 5 percent by Bowlin Green Trust, 1 1 2 percent by Metropolitan Bank, 3 percent by Island Loan and Trust, and 1 1 2 percent by Mechanics. Protective committee formed for stockholders of Chicago Great Western. certificates of deposit to be issued. London bond offering seen as unsuccessful. Trunk Pacific Railways bond syndicate reportedly large. Dividends reduced at Flint Mills and De Long and Co. Columbia Trust to certify Rochester bonds. New steel records at United States Steel in Alabama. Stock exchange seats and listings noted with Davenport, Smith, Lyon Baen elected. Great Western Railway and Minnesota Eastern rail issues discussed.
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