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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1913
Page
8
A clipped OCR snippet shows scattered numbers including 42 296.87 and 250 000.00 in unclear context. Without readable entities or events the fragment hints at financial figures but lacks identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations to anchor a full news item.
New York reports from Philadelphia say the Pennsylvania Railroad plans large financing to fund future capacity. Analysts anticipate broad railroad capital needs across the United States in coming years for terminals, trackage, equipment, and infrastructure, with consolidation trends likely to ease reliance on new mergers.
New York dealers hold back funds as supply of money remains abundant yet banks show restraint on time borrowers. Proposed stock exchange regulation tempers speculative activity and weighs on market sentiment amid European tension and currency strains.
The article notes the Supreme Court adjournment for three weeks without ruling on the Minnesota rate case and an injunction on New York subway contracts. It cites renewed speculation after Union Pacific dissolution plans, copper stock gains of about 18,000 pounds in January, and cautious optimism in iron and steel trade journals.
New York reports strong steel demand with large orders for bars plates and billets. Motive power orders remain high while rail orders stay light. Major contracts include 12 000 tons for elevated rail extensions and 23 000 tons bids, with 22 000 tons for Panama postponed. January bookings average 40 000 tons daily with shipments exceeding orders by 70 000 tons. Coke prices fall to 50 cents per ton.
New London, February organized to build military flying machines and marine aeroplanes for sportsmen. Jerome Fanciutli leads as president and GM, with Henry Bond Jr, Edward Hammond, and P LeRoy Harwood as officers. Factory secured on the Thames River near Fort Trumbull. president's office will be in Washington.
The parade departs from Sixteenth and Untreete NorthWest at 2 pm with marshals reporting by 12:30 pm. Division A led by R H Martin lists Abbott through Hupp Yeats, Division B led by Charles Miller lists Ford through Oldsmobile, Division C led by R C Smith lists Overland through Standard, and Division D led by J H Pilling forms on A street north side with others welcome in this division.
Cars decorate showroom fronts for a two o’clock parade led by Samuel Luttrell. Delegates route from Scott Circle to Peace Monument and back as exhibitors open showrooms for visitors. Dozens of dealers including Buick and Overland join with planning committees led by Luttrell, Leary, and Stoddard for a week of displays and rides.
Simeon Goodnew recalls a brutal mutiny aboard a schooner out of Melbourne and the brutal clash between Captain Hackley and Starin. A storm whips and Starin falls to the sea, while Hackley saves the crew from mutineers. After a moonlit confrontation, mutineers are repelled, five wounded, two drown, and two later rejoin the voyage toward New York under strict discipline.
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