Kansas City Southern reports fiscal year surplus and earnings
Kansas City Southern Railway reports gross earnings of 8 758 828 with expenses and taxes of 6 007 433 leaving a net surplus of 773 271 on 29 million common stock. The year saw traffic shifts north to south and high material and labor costs. Total improvements and additions cost 1 666 825 as depreciation and depreciation adjustments affected net results.
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E@son
Galleas
Coal Suit Resumes With Testimony On Coal Prices
The government suit against Reading Co resumes testimony before special examiner Walter H. Five as cross examination proceeds. Percy B. Heimmer of Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co cites annual output near three million tons and price rises May to September to about 4% per ton for tidewater sites. G A Richardson of Erie discusses Hillside Coal Co properties and notes prices not fixed far in advance, with no sign of uniform pricing among big coal firms. Testimony will resume next Wednesday for three days then adjourn to Philadelphia. Lackawanna VP Isomis is among witnesses planned for the following week.
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Reading Company
Reading
Percy B. Heimmer
Lehigh
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
New Jersey Central
Tidewater
G A. Richardson
The
Erie
Hillside Coal Company
Perates
Philadelphia
Isomis
Lackawanna
Greene Securities On Sale At Weser Street Auction
Securities to be auctioned at the Exchange Salesroom Weser Street on Wednesday October 2 include 706.00 first Tigage per cent gold bonds of Sierra Madre Land and Lumber and 14.6 shares of Greene Gold Silver Company preferred stock valued at 10 each. The sale aims to close out a scam as Greene Gold Silver Company transfer office in this city recently closed for lack of funds and its properties are mortgaged up to the hill. Colonel W C Greene, founder of both firms, is said to be in Mexico in poor health.
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Exchange
Weser Street
Sierra Madre Land and Lumber Company
Greene Gold-Silver Company
W. CC. Greene
Mexico
Grave irregularities charged by Pillsbury Ashburn Flour Mills panel
The English committee of shareholders of Pillsbury Ashburn Flour Mills Company Limited issues a circular accusing grave irregularities of American management and says it will contest much of the alleged indebtedness created in the company name unless a satisfactory adjustment is reached. It invites all American shareholders to cooperate.
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Pillsbury
Ashburn Flour Mills Company, Limited
Prudential Unveils New Monthly Income Insurance Policy
The Prudential Insurance Company announces a new Monthly Income Policy designed to provide a guaranteed monthly income to a wife. Starting at fifty cents a day, the plan promises regular payments for twenty years or for the widow’s lifetime, safeguarded against loss or depreciation.
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Prudential Insurance Company
Opens New Northwest Territory Coast Extension
The Pacific Coast extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway reaches Butte Mont marking 3.46 miles of new line. In 1875 the road ran 6 miles from Chicago to Milwaukee and St Paul with a branch to Prairie du Chien. The coast extension, to be finished next year, will unlock 19 settlement thousands of square miles previously untapped due to absent railroads.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Butte Mont
Chicage
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Mississippi
Prairie de Chien
Bankrupt petitions filed in US district court many debts listed
Bankruptcy filings in New York reveal multiple debtors including Thomas Russell of Tird avenue, Samuel Kleinberg of Forsyth Street, and John F Flannery. Aggregate liabilities reach about 390 900 with various assets listed. Other parties include Philip Gordon trading as Philip & Co, the American Woollen Company, and the Fidelity Funding Company with related executions noted. Local deputies report two large executions against the Fidelity Funding Company and James B Crow & Sons.
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Forsyth Free
F. Kleinberg & Son
Max Sasa
Herris Lee Sander
John F Flannery
Paul F. Q
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Philip Gordon
Philip & Co
Facth Street
American Woollen Company
Fifth Avenue
Walker Street
Mare Bank
Grand
Norfolk Streets
Fey
Fidelity Funding Company
Broadway
Heany Fire
Eer
Pennsylvania
St. Biars's Academy of Benedictine Sisters of
Reliance To Insurance Company
James B. Crow & Sons
Slate Color Chosen For Navy War Paint
The Navy will repaint ships in slate color to aid night maneuvers. First to wear the new shade include the New Hampshire Idaho Mississippi Montana North Carolina and scout ships Chester Salem Birmingham. Army and Navy orders list transfers leaves for numerous officers, while warship movements report arrivals at Norfolk Tangier Sound Annapolis Mare Island and related docking notes.
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Tucker Suit Dropped Amid Illness in Hot Springs
State's Attorney Healy said no action would be taken against Colonel William F. Tucker while he remains ill at Hot Springs. Mrs. Tucker had withdrawn the charge of wife abandonment to allow grand jury indictment and extradition steps. Doctors report Tucker in extremely serious condition.
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Healy
Haynie R. Pearson
Tucker
William F. Tucker
Hot Springs
Ark
Pearson
Grand
Army Costs in Cuban Pacification Report
Paymaster General Whipple reports that through June 2 the army’s Cuban pacification cost the government $506,515 more than normal duty. The army’s expenses for the year reached $25,231,857, with $33,921,9 for officer and soldier pay.
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General Whipple
North Carolina Passes Final Acceptance Trial at Norfolk Yard
Washington October 16 Captain Thomas C Mc Lean chairman of the board of inspection and survey reported that the battleship North Carolina passed its final acceptance trial at the Norfolk navy yard. The 22 knot battle ship completed tests successfully and the Navy Department received a favorable message regarding ship and machinery satisfaction.
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Navy Department
Thomas C. McLean
Board of Inspection and Survey
North Carolina
Norfolk Navy Yard
Sao Paulo to secure big coffee loan deal with banks
Government of Sao Paulo plans a coffee valorization loan of 75 million dollars led by foreign banks. Local banks may participate for up to 19 million, consolidating past loans used to buy and bury coffee. The aim is to steady prices by gradual release, not flood markets.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sao Paaulo
Government of
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Chicago Docks and Cars
Property valued near a million dollars was destroyed in Chicago by a blaze that consumed the International Salt Company docks the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway offices and fifty freight cars at 10d street and the Calu met River. Four years earlier docks burned with a loss over a million dollars.
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International Salt Company
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Calumet River
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company Earnings
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company reports gross earnings for the year ended June 3 at 2,171,837, down from 2,272,345. Expenses and taxes total 1,786,238 with net earnings of 395.50 percent, against 393,136 prior year. Total income 398,119 after charges 288,751 dividends 85,400 and additions 16,528, leaving net surplus 4,470.
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Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company
Casualty firms reach common basis on bonds
In Baltimore on October 16 representatives of leading casualty insurance companies met and agreed on a common basis for business. No merger occurred but reinsurance will be possible, placing all firms on equal footing for bonds in U S contracts and enabling harmonious cooperation going forward.
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Steel orders million dollar equipment for Ensley furnaces
United States Steel Corporation placed a one million dollar order for new machinery and equipment intended for the blast furnaces at the Ensley plant of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in Pittsburg.
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
New York Market Report October 15 1908 Coffee and Cotton
The New York market report shows quiet steady action in coffee with a near unchanged close after 7,750 bags traded and heavy Brazilian receipts, while cotton rises 10 to 14 points on near month shorts covering. Spot markets remain firm in Southern towns as rains affect crop prospects and monthly movements show large port and overland arrivals.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rio No T
Manchester
Liverpool
Mills
Canada
New York Market Notes on Beans Peas Butter and More 1908
Market roundup from New York on October 16 1908 covers beans peas and butter with receipts totals and price ranges. Beans marrow white kidney red kidney and black turtle show varied activity with some stockholding and unsettled sentiment. Butter receipts and prices drift lower under dull trade while eggs fruit and other fresh goods move with muted changes and buyers present.
Prices and markets recorded with brief commodity notes
Last week and bush last year figures, New York prices for Tester Wheat, Corn and Wheat in Chicago markets, tin copper lead spelt and sugar notes. Lubricant and molasses markets mentioned with varied quotes. poultry, vegetables, and livestock prices listed alongside storage and transport notes.
Livestock Market in New York Oct 16 1908
Receipts 149 cars 2770 head with 17 export, 95 slaughterers, 1 market. dull opening, steers demoralized 2c off, late sales strong. Cattle sold 440 to 630 per 100 lb, bulls and cows easier, 10 cars unsold. Dressed beef quiet. Exports later: Minnehaha and others shipping hundreds of cattle and beef quarters. total weekly port shipments over 752 cattle 50 sheep 8710 quarters beef. Calves ventas mixed. veals steady to firm, Western calves easy. Sheep and lambs 11,457 head. fair demand, some holding over. lambs 6-6.50 per 100 lb. dressed mutton and lambs steady. Hogs 3090 head. steady for good hogs. country dressed slow.
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S. Judd & Co
Market reports from Chicago and peers show mixed cattle and hog trends
Cattle receipts about 2 500 head in Chicago steady with varied ranges from 322 84 to 750 for beeves and westerns, drafts and calves trading near 6 to 84. sheep receipts about 10 000 with natives and westerns quoted 27 to 34. hogs active with heavies around 5 50 to 6 50, S five to six dollars for various classes. Other markets at Pittsburg Kansas City Cincinnati note slow to steady hogs and mixed cattle, with calves and steers moving within narrow bands.
Market Report Shows Mixed Sheep Cattle Hogs Prices
Toledo market notes cattle receipts 200 head with slow steady tone. Veals 850 head down 2c to 69 percent. hogs 11,600 head slow with prices e.g. 619 mixed 35. sheep and lambs active with lambs 4986, ewes 3s. clover seed cash 475 and futures 452 for December March 4 percent. ALSIKE prime 3&.
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European Produce Market Summary
The report lists closing prices and steady or quiet trends across key commodities. Wheat and corn show spot steadiness with futures mixed to steady, while flour patents hold level. Beef and pork values are firm to strong, with various cuts and fats showing dull to easy movement. Lard and torpedo oils steady or dull, with seed oil and pine products steady to easy.
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Frost in Argentina Shifts Chicago Wheat Prices Upward
Frost reported in Rosario Argentina impacts the Chicago wheat market as bulls push prices above day’s low. December and May futures rise, with nearby gains aided by cooler Argentine weather and strong export demand in Duluth and Minneapolis. Corn advances on wet-weather fears, oats steady, and provisions weaken due to abundant hog supplies.
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