Wall Street Gossip Highlights Railroads and Mergers
New York Jan 20 Traders profited on a strong bank report and expected merger moves. Favorable railroad activity boosted St Paul Reading Great Northern Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Union Pacific while Pennsylvanias short interest aided potential bond conversions. Industry stock shifts centered on Union Pacific, American Agricultural Chemical, Virginia Carolina Chemical and National Linseed amid merger talks and dividend expectations in Union Pacific and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
St. Paul
Reading
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
lHguiaatha
Union Pacle
Holdinga
Hill
American AgriTicnitural Chemical
National Linseed
Virginia-Carolna Chemical
American Cotton Oil
American Agrcultural Company
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
American Cotton Oil Union
Standard Owl
Washington Railway and Electric Bonds Lead Trading on Yesterday
Tradme was active on the stock exchange with a sharp rise in volume from Friday. Bond sales totaled 27,660 dollars, vs 4,200, led by Washington Railway and Electric 4s at 25,509 dollars. large blocks traded by a single broker. Lane Railway stocks stayed prominent, with limited Cabal Traction activity. Mergenthaler climbed to 1923-8 after 911 earlier weeks, and a Washington Railway and Electric directors list was elected with Dawson replacing Shober Jr. in the officers.
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Tradme
Stock Exchange
Washington Railway and Electric
Adale
Capital Traction
Pune
Lane Railway
Natonal Bank
National Safe Deposit Company
Nationality Bank
Signs
Commercal
Mergenthaler
Tanston
The
Washington Railway and Electrica Conpary
George Truesdell
John C. Davtson
R W Ol Duke
Allan L. McDermot
George H Harries
George W. Young
James B Lackey
Mr. Dawson
Sol. Shober
Allan L. McDermott
George H. Harries
Treaster
Willliam £. Ham
H . Fuller
Washington Stock Exchange Closing Quotations Report
Closing bid quotations from Washington markets show varied prices across railroad and utility securities including Capital Traction Railroad 4s 1903 20, Metropolitan Railroad 5m 1925 117%, Washington Railway and Electric 4s 1902 51 87%, and Washington Gas certificates of Indebtedness with diverse yields. Notable listings include Potomac Insurance 25 at 305 and National Bank notes around 186-188 with multiple small lots traded.
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United States Electric Light
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Washington Maret
Potomac Electric Light
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Sade Deposit and Trust
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Washington Loan and Trust
American Security and Trust
Union Trust Company
Washington Savings Bank
Capital
American
Edncoln
Riggs
National City
Insurance
tocks—Firemen's
Franklin
Metropolitan
Corcoran
Potomac
Arington
National Union
Columbia
Pepple's
Commercial
Colonial
Realty Apnraleal and Agency Company
Mitchell Mining Company
Southern Public Service Corporation
Anettland
Washington Railway and Electric
Sts
SOOO
Washington
Washington Hrailway and Filtie
Washington Railway and Electric Common
Arrana’ Safa
Secuil National Bank
Nationality Bank
Potomac Insurance Company
Washington Ges
Morgenthaler
Larston
Mitchell Mining
Washington Railway
Toceric Common
Hanston
Batturday
District of Columbia
bonte—Capital Traction Railroad
Metropolitan Railroad
Columbia Railroad
City and Suburban Railroad
Anacostia and
Washington Produce Market Mixed as Prices Expected to Fall
The Washington produce market shows an unchanged overall trend since Friday with liberal supply and a likely drop in prices due to potential severe weather halting production. Fresh Virginia and nearby regional stocks remain active while butter and cheese markets stay steady though demand varies. live and dressed poultry show mixed receipts with turkeys and ducks priced per pound, and vegetables and fruits sustain dull activity with cranberries scarce and prices firm.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Southern
New York State
Washington cattle market report with mixed prices
Cattle hold steady on better grades while ordinary grades show little change. Fat sheep and lambs in demand at quotes. calves remain active at high figures but some lots condemned for age or thinness. Hogs, sheep, calves, and cows listed with varying per hundredweight and per pound prices, noting health cautions for too young calves.
Metal Market Sluggish Trading Amid Absence of Cables
New York Jan 20 metal markets show apathy as cables are absent and quotations stay largely nominal. Spottis at 28.75. Lake and electrolytic copper at 18.60 with casting at 18.00. Lead dust around 5.90. Spelter 0.065. Iron firm and unchanged.
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New York
Live Stock Market Report Summary for Jan 20
Chicago results show cattle receipts around 400 head with steers and cows trading steady to higher. Hogs see strong to slightly higher prices with about 2,000 head. sheep and lambs light trading with steady to firm quotes. Calves and veal trading mixed. dull conditions noted in some categories.
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Nativa Eidzs
Chicago
Belves
New York Cotton and Carnegie Relief Fund Note
New York cotton opened steady with a 2.6 point advance on a bullish National Ginnered Association report showing 176 000 bales ginned. Cables muted. Atlantic State offerings rise, then prices close near yesterday amid light liquidity. Carnegie Relief Fund disburses 266 200 15 to 8 beneficiaries for accident death and pension benefits in Pittsburgh. A World quote questions moral law on Wall Street. A joke exchange from the New York Sun ends the item.
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New York
National
Atlantic States
Carnegie Relief Fund
Pittsburg
Carnege Steel Company
Wall Street
New Jersey
George W. Harris
Theodore W. Myers
Foot Soldier Pack Favors French Field Equipment Study
The Second division of the general staff released Comparative Studies of the Field Equipment of the Foot Soldier of the French and Foreign Armies by Commandant Lavisse with Capt. Lawton’s translation. It analyzes knapsacks clothing and gear, advocating lighter, modular systems and a leather knapsack with interior divisions. The study notes U S officers already pursued similar lines for decades and endorses helmet over campaign hat and leather leggings.
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Commandant Lavisse
Capt
Lawton
General Staff of
United States
Necaru
Dure Jing
Modern Shoe Dressings Change From Old Time Blacking
A shoe dressing manufacturer explains the shift from traditional round tins of blacking to a diverse, science driven industry. Driven by new shoe leathers and white canvas, dressings now come as powders, cakes, cleaners, and dyes. American dressings now reach buyers worldwide, reflecting a globalizing market and evolving chemistries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Ready-Witted Motorman Quickly Clears Fallen Horse Blockade
A motorman on a brewery wagon team faced a fallen horse blocking both tracks. He set brakes, released track sand to create a footing, used the car hood plate as a shovel to spread grit, and freed the wagon with the horse standing. The rapid, cool tactic allowed the street cars to pass and the outfit to proceed.
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Cara
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Colorado Fuel Common
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Smith
Mass
Lenard
le Nard
C. Lenard
Bright
J. W. Bassett
Treasury Department
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P. Carlin
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Washington C
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Carlin
Thomas Boyie
Riges Market
Scholson
Washington, D. C
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Atlanta
Psave
Home Savings Bank
Adler
7Th St. and
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Meeferm
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Victor E. Adler
Sireze
Connecticut
Erecer
Lewe
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