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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
2
The report notes broader tin demand and rising hopes for new credits among major rail and steel sectors. European governments seek financing while exports and shipbuilding face movement in orders. London markets cheer as banks monitor overseas finance and industrial outlook.
New York bond market reports a steady to firm tone with the ruling rate unchanged while closing bids show mixed activity. Traders note calm credit availability as Mercantile and Sterling exchange rates hover in narrow ranges. details list various names and instruments without clear standout movers.
Live stock markets show receipts across hogs cattle and sheep with totals around 7 000 head of cattle and steers 1 100 head of hogs and 650 head of sheep. Butter eggs ship rates and wheat futures are noted with current receipts and prices for Western markets and rail shipments.
Brokers failed to secure bid and ask levels near trading triggers with only one sale recorded, a $500 Capital Traction 6 at 106. The market showed little interest in calls or quotatons. Capital Traction declares a 1.14 percent quarterly dividend payable January 1 to holders of record December 13, Union Trust Company 1.125 percent payable January 15 to holders of record January 1, and Eastern Light and Fuel 2 percent payable January 2 to holders of record December 18.
A dense excerpt lists final prices of stocks and extensive Treasury assets and receipts. It includes daily revenue, ordinary disbursements, and year to date figures, with totals for general fund assets and cash assets. Names of instruments such as gold certificates silver certificates and national bank notes appear amid totals and balances.
NY grain notes show irregular spot wheat and steady oats with export sales hints and futures trading. A separate New York report highlights a Lloyds era cotton crop estimate of about 15.9 million bales, exceeding private forecasts and signaling strong production expectations amid muted interest.
A scanned price list shows wholesale quotes for poultry and dairy items including spring chickens, hens, turkeys, New York State cheese, butter tub prices, and nearby eggs. It lists vegetables such as potatoes, lettuce, peppers, okra, carrots, string beans, eggplant, tomatoes, cabbage, celery, and greens with per unit and per crate pricing, plus green fruit like oranges, grapefruit, and apples with box or barrel rates.
New York December 10 butter steady at 5 245 tabs with various current make and packing values, cheese irregular and unchanged, receipts 646 boxes for cheese and 7101 cans for hogs. poultry native firm with Western hens 12 to 13 percent, fowls 18 143g, turkeys 12 to 15. flour steady with fair to good values, buckwheat flour quiet, rye steady, pork quiet, middle West l0c to 10.00, coffee firm with Hilo Santos quotes, sugar raw centrifugal 3.30 to 3.05, molasses sugar 3.24 to 3.00, refined stable.
New York reports copper prices steady with electrolytic at 32.50 to 33.00, casting 42.75, and related spreads. London metals list quiet with spot copper around 50 pounds 12 shillings per ton equivalent, futures near 146 pounds, and related bid figures.
United States Steel reports 3,324,692 tons unfilled on its books as of November 30, a drop of 1.05 tons for the month. In Canada, Pacific Railway earnings for the week ended December 7 totaled 1,766,000 dollars, down 1,543,000 from the year-ago period.
Albion K Parris was elected president of the Sons of the Revolution Society of the District of Columbia at the annual Army and Navy Club gathering Tuesday. All board candidates were elected, including Gaillard Hunt as vice president and Col. George Richards as secretary. Nevil Monroe Hopkins displayed Belgium war photos, and the group received a Star-Spangled Banner commemoration medal with a Balti more mayor’s letter of thanks reading to members.
The Navy Department said the collier Jupiter incurred only slight damage after a gale off the New England coast. The vessel, reported injured late last night, was proceeding to New York under her own steam on the Philadelphia to Boston run.
The article notes general improvement in all sections, the inauguration of the Federal Reserve System, and railroads needing new capital. It reports on New York bank actions lowering call loan rates, abundant funds, and expected continued financial expansion. It highlights cotton production records, war financing abroad, and anticipated positive effects on U.S. business and railroads with new capital.
Legal records list numerous Supreme Court justices and attorneys, with names from New York to Indiana. Cases include United States v Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and Martin Lawlor v Loewe, plus ongoing proceedings in the United States Court of Customs Appeals, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and various equity and probate matters.
A compiled list details multiple deeds of trust from numerous lenders to varied borrowers including Ena E Tubhert, Harold Bayle, and Helen K Gavin. Values range from 600 to 6 000 dollars with terms from 1 to 8 years at rates of 5 6 or 6 percent, covering lots in sections such as Forall Heights Washington Heights and Grovers Park.
Real estate transfers reported include Anna L. Morton transferring lots 88 to 40 in square 197 for 75000 dollars on Sixteenth Street Northwest between L and M. Groves Park listings show Groves Park Company acquiring lot 36 in block 4127 for 10 pounds and later transferring to Lucy and Babneen for 10 dollars. Additional transfers involve Slather A to Preston for lots 25 and 26 in Petworth and Campbell Carrington to Malin Philippe for a single lot in Eli ? square.
Dividend notice declares a regular quarterly dividend of one and a half percent on preferred stock of American Woollen Company with record date December 18 1914 and payment January 15 1915 transfer books close December 18 1914 reopen January 4 1915. checks mailed. Numerous property conveyances and trustee actions listed for multiple blocks and streets including Frust Company North West Whitaker, Willian Miner, Petworth, Woodley Park, Brightwood Park, Lanier Heights, and Lanier Heights properties with various lot transfers and trustees.
At yesterday's board meeting the Commercial Fire Insurance Company approved the sale of its half interest in the Southern Building at Fifteenth and H streets NW, valued at 100. The First National Fire Insurance Company holds the other half. The Commercials’ share was mortgaged, and it is reported they will receive 155,008 for their unencumbered equity. Mr Story did not disclose the buyer. Henry Patterson of Wirrinla will take title.
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