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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1900
Page
2
In Boston reports indicate Ontario and Western may cut capital stock to boost dividends despite robust 1900 results. The line railway posts gross earnings of 4.963 million, a 14 percent rise, with a 859 thousand surplus on 48 million capital and prospects of dividend resumption if stock is reduced.
The Pressed Steel Car company of Pittsburg secured a record order from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president J K Cowan for four thousand gondolas and two thousand self clearing hopper cars of 100000 pounds capacity each. The price per car is 1100 dollars totaling 4600000. Manufacturing will use 100000 tons of steel and delivery will begin after completion. The company also booked 700 cars for Union Pacific and 400 for a South African road, totaling over seven million dollars.
Boston reports a strategic shift as the New England Cotton Yarn company ends indirect sales through middlemen. The unit, formed last year by nine New England mills, will sell its cotton yarns directly via its own offices and sales force, aiming for prompt quotations and quicker adjustments for customers nationwide. The move impacts mill clients and suppliers, given New England’s central role in supplying yarns for U S mills.
The American Steel and Wire Co is near completion of a blast furnace on Neville Island near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and expects to blow it in within months. Ore delivery has started to stockpile for winter operation and the plant will have a 600 ton per day capacity. Plans for three additional furnaces by Julian Kennedy of Pittsburgh have been completed. each will stand 103 feet high with an eighteen foot base. Construction on the Bessemer plant will begin in winter.
The Lackawanna railroad implements signal upgrades at Pittston and Bergen tunnel with a one arm semaphore Home signal. Eastbound trains run on the westbound track between West Lackawanna Ave crossing and the stone bridge due to repairs. Night telegraph offices at multiple stations close and Wayland tank replaces Cohoc ton for night trains. Conductors adjust car handling and billing practices. A new Risdon Iron Works shipyard plant in San Francisco will be built by American Bridge Company with a floating dry dock project at the old Pacific Rolling mills site.
The market shows renewed activity as professionals return from summer, with overall strength in many blue chips but closes heavy. Union Pacific leads gains in strong trading, while American Steel and Wire stays quiet and several railroads move in sympathy amid rumors of mergers. Total sales reach about 301,100 shares with irregular bond activity and notable price shifts in refunds and new issues.
Wholesale dairy and produce prices listed by I G Dale at Lackawanna Avenue. Items include Creamery butter, Western cheese, full cream cheese, marrow bones, potatoes, peas, flour boost patent, with prices noted like 240, 2.00 and 84.00.
Market bulletin shows mixed wheat and flour prices with firm sentiment for winter and spring clears. Rye and butter hold steady while cheese and refined products move marginally. live poultry and dressed birds show steady demand with regional firm to strong quotes.
Oct 1 report shows firming wheat with No 2 rods around 24 cents and dull early options turning positive. Corn and oats rise modestly while butter remains steady and cheese prices gain with packing grades steady to lower.
Chicago markets report wheat starting easy but stalling on weather and outside strength with Nov futures up 4a plus higher on the day. Corn and oats edged higher as cash quotes show varied values for flour and grains, with pork and lard futures mixed and whiskey at 1.27.
East Buffalo market data shows receipts of 225 cattle, 6 sheep, and 5 hogs with 68 cattle shipments and 42 hog carloads. Prices vary across categories from export cattle at around 5.15 to 5.75 per hundredweight to sheep and lambs generally between 5.10 and 5.20, with bulls and cows also listed.
New York livestock prices show varied movements as of Oct 1. Bulls and cows firm, hogs and lambs slow, with cows selling around 1.50 to 8.75 and hogs around 5.85 or higher for fancy pigs. sheep and lambs dull with limited demand. Prices include bulls 2.50 to 3.00, cows 1.50 to 8.75, Canada lambs 106.05, and hogs near 3.00 to 5.85.
East Liberty market notes show varied cattle prices with terms like prime and common weights. Quotes cover beef cattle hogs sheep lambs calves and workers with ranges from under a dollar to several dollars per hundredweight.
Credit balances stand at 115 with no bids on certificates. Shipments show average values for VR at 2018 levels. Jtuns recorded at 277814 with an average of 2.14.
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