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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1911

Page

2

Hill Shares Strong New York Traction Muddle

Unexpected developments in New York traction stirred market confusion. Interborough Metropolitan bonds and stock opened weak after Mayor Gaynor denounced the plan and the Board of Estimate rejected it, awarding subway contracts to Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Brooklyn Rapid Transit recovered briefly on the news but closed near unchanged as the mayor vowed to contest. Market overall drifted, grain futures rose, and weather signs suggested a mixed week with crop prospects solid in parts.

New York New York Traction Inter Borough Metropolitan Company Gaynor Board of Estimate Interborough Brooklyn Rapid Transit Interborough Metropolitan Stock Exchange Geyner Board of Estimates

New York Money Market Steady Amid Rates Across Instruments

New York on July 20 reports money on call steady at 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 percent with ruling rate at 2 percent. Time loans show 60 to 90 days at 4 percent and 6 months at 3 1 2 yet prime mercantile paper remains at 4 to 4 1 2 percent. Sterling exchange weak with bankers bills bid at 4 8 4 7 for 60- day and 4 2 6 2 for demand. Government and railroad bonds steady.

New York Sterling Exchange

Financial Market Brief from Washington and New York

Treasury and stock exchange notes show call rates and bond prices for railroads and utilities, with quotes on Washington gas, Mergenthaler Linotype, American Telegraph, and other issues. Commodity prices list copper, oysters, eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, vegetables, and fruits with regional variations and recent shipments and balances across cities.

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Washington Stock Exchange trades buoyed by steady demand

Light attendance at the Washington Stock Exchange session saw prices held firm with substantial support for Washington Railway and Electric Company shares. Preferred stock traded around 90 with small blocks at 91, while the market also reflected strength in Washington Gas and Mergenthaler. Other items note a new firm at Munford & Lurston, a western tour by Union Savings Bank’s E Quincy Smith, and regulatory moves affecting Mobile port charges and Chicago district switching fees. Farm land values surged by over 18 percent since 1900 per the census, with total farm assets rising. A new counterfeit ten dollar note circulated in the Midwest.

Washington Stock Exchange Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Gag Mergenthaler Hugh Allis-Chalmers Iowa Central Amalgamated Copper Kansas City Ate American Agricultural Kansas City Southern Ynto American Laclede Gas Lahigh Car and Foundry Bisa Ste Louisvile and Nashville Minneapolis St. Louis Am. Hide and Leather Ptd Minn St. PB St. M American Top Securities Kans Tex American Linseed Kana Missouri Pacific American Locomotive National Biscuit Ara National Lead Ooh American Steel Mouridrien Nat'l Rys. of Mexico American Sugar Refining New York Central N. Y Ontario Atchison Pfd Pennsylvania Hs Atlantic Coast Line People’s Go Baltimore and Ohio Aoo Pitts Bethlehem Steel Pittsburg Coal Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Republic Steel Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Alton Rock Island Co Chicago Great West St. L Sanratza Chicago Northwestern Louis Southwestern Chi. Mil St. Paul St. Louis Southwestern St. Louia Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Colorado Southern Pacific Colorado and Southern Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Texas and Pacific Delaware and Union Pacific Ptd United States Healty Erie United States Rubber United States Steel Goldfeld Con Great Northern Ctah Copper Great Northern Crect Virginia-Carolina Chemical Wabash Hlinats Central Wrbanh Interborough-Met

New York Produce Prices Mixed Across Commodities

New York markets show steady to unchanged tones for butter cheese eggs pork and beef. Grain oils and key items like coffee and potatos list varied quotes with spot and futures notes, including hogs and turpentine, reflecting a broad, steady to fluctuating trade landscape.

Wall Street Gossip and Market Conditions July Report

Special to the Washington Post from New York July 20 compares prices and conditions a year apart. It notes declines in December wheat and corn in Chicago, oats, and cotton and discusses government wheat conditions, acreage, and tariff fears. Also mentions Canada's hay imports, H B Claflin tariff impact, and National Lead Company dividend timing.

Washington Post New York Chicago Claflin H. B. Claflin Company Claffin Unike

New York Stock Market Ex Dividend Report

Ex dividend notices from the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade reflect a shift in listed equities as W. B. Hibbs & Co. reports reception of tanker-related shares. Partial text notes divisions between exchange floors and shipping sector listings.

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Baltimore Markets Wheat and live poultry prices July report

Baltimore markets report firm wheat and dull corn with assorted live poultry prices. Butter eggs and dairy grades published. cattle hogs and sheep receipts noted in New York and Philadelphia with steady to firm tendencies.

New York Grain Markets July 20 Overview

Wheat futures slight gains on outside market strength and export demand as reports of black rust and a slim export push appear. Spot No. 2 red new at 90% elevator and 92% afloat, July 92% close. Corn firm on light receipts and crop woes, September 69 near 69.5, December 69. Oats quiet with standard white at 48-44. Barley nominal.

Chicago Philadelphia Biel EGGE Popneylvania New York Jersey Duluth Elouing Yowa

Subway Award Fight Ends In City Transit Decision

New York July 2 The board of estimate backed Mayor Gaynor by ten to six and rejected the Interborough Rapid Transit Company plan. It then approved a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company bid by 1 to 5 for the subway system but delayed final action to a future meeting over charter vote concerns. Gaynor opposed the Brooklyn plan citing a contract with a later formed corporation.

New York Board of Estimate Gaynor Interborough Rapid Transit Company Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

New York Cotton Prices End With Mixed Day On Short Covering

In New York July cotton trading, a first wave of fresh selling produced new low records before active covering and trade buying pushed prices higher from the day’s lows. Reports show spinners hedging forward needs, yet overall sentiment remained cautious with a modest net decline from the session’s earlier lows.

New York

Equity and bankruptcy court actions in Washington DC district

Supreme Court equity matters before Justice Wright include release of Ira J. Lynch and multiple rule returns. Diet of cases covers Mills v Mills, Fidelity and Deposit Co. v Whyte, Hoake v Marshell, McArdle v Jennings, and receiver approvals. Bankruptcy and bar cases list receivers, adjudications, and sale orders. Probate and certificates note wills, probate filings, and estate actions with numerous property transfers across wards and streets.

Douglas & Baker C. L. Wilson Peelle Hoake Ve Marshell Plaintiff Douglas & Douglas McArdle Jennings Baker, Sheehy & Hogan Hallant Va Heinricha W. H. Dennis Coldren & Penning John W. Langhan W. J. Lambert W. Carr George Ve. Watera Aot Thompson & Laskey J. K. M. Norton van Senden Devis Charles ‘Poe Kluckbubn Va Schneider W. A. Pierce R. F. Downing Justice Wright Ronard Baltzley McCalmont Abraham M. Frechie George O Donnell Bond Cirowlt Ocourt Scofield

Real Estate Transfers Across City Blocks Including University Heights

Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in areas such as Grant Fare and University Heights. Transactions include Burton Burke, Harris, Connor, Kuhner, and Smith families with numerous lots and squares in blocks 6 21 61 384 385 708 744. Values range from 1 to 2300 dollars, with dates unspecified. Julius Poyser notes Swann Street Northwest as a location.

George H. Burke Charles A. McHuen Thomas Walker John P. &. White Henry Harria Charles A. McBuen John B. ¥. White Brightwood Park Mattie D. Wise H. Ehason Rogers Israel J. Smith George W Winifred J. Davis A. Lecarpentier George H Charles E. Worthington Frederick J. Rice Florence B. MacAulifte Square Myer M. Stamet Ax L. W. Richardson and Riggins Terry Capital Realty Company Mount Pleasant Frances Augustetter James Berry William McK. Clayton Perpetual Building Association Elies Henson Ot Ax George R. Linkins Violet A. Clagett Charles J. Hanback George C. Aukam Nellie J Hanback William D. Crist Ernest L. Sehmidt George M. Emmerich German-American Building Association John Mangold Edmond Fitzgerald John J. Fegan Enterpe Serial Building Association Scheutzen Park Frederick J. Doering Martin L. Gottwals Charles F. Waring Edith H. Gottwall LE Droit Park Ann FE Mahone Royal EK Wilbur Charles W. Fairfax Paul H. Moreland John Fitsmorris Washington, Loan and Trust Company Equitable Cooperative Building Association Biock Ware Julian Abramson James F. Ellerson Thomas H. Pickford Barbara M. Graf Herman R. Howenstein Alexander T. Hensey Fred W. Reeves Augusta A. Ketcham Nannie F. Phillips John D. Coughlan H. Gleon Phelps William E. Edmonston Wumbia Heights Addie Blum Mark William J. Lather J. Louis Willige Joh M. Jones Wyatt Archer Herbert ‘A. Gut Whitefield McKihlay Mary EF. Biddle Grant John P. F. White Henry Harris Jennie Harris Walter S. Pandington Sarah &. Budington Augustus Hubner Ya A. Kuhner University Heights Qarry Barton Paul OG. Connor Paul D. Connor Catholic Education Press Harlem Cornelia P. Randolph St. Alban’s Parish Dobbins Annie E. Gill Garnett A. Smith

Condemnation Notice for Van Buren Street Extension DC

Public notice in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia details DC commissioners petitioning to condemn land for a 60 foot wide Van Buren Street Northwest extension from Piney Branch Road to the west terminus. It orders owners to appear by October 8 1911 and directs publication in local papers. Also includes probate and other court notices for DC judgeships and estates.

Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia District Court van Buren Street Congress Piney Branch Road Third Street United States Columbia Roazan Eaid Street Washington Law Reporter Eix Washington Evening Sar Washington Times Washington Fest Thos H. Anderson Justics J. B. Young F. E. Cunningham Charles Poe Colorado Building Supreme Court OF the District OF Coumbia Herman W. van Senden Alfred G. Davis James Lowadas Widow's Mite Kalorama Heights Clement H. Gibson Washington Post Wright Young F. W. Smith Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia Matilda Annetta Magee Aicena Layond Samuel H. Magee George WW. Magee Edward A. Magee Charles A. Simmons Isabella IL. Brady Fila Simmons Mary Lefabvre The Thos. H. Anderson James Tanner Register of Wire Chas F. Widmayer H. Bauman LEGAL Maryland Bernard L. Dixon James B. Dixon Barnsville Wilton J. Lambert Frances Long Root Laurel Walter H. Marlow, Jr John Marshall Place Chas. H. Bauman Elmira Foley Alcona Lamond L Cabell Willam Register of Wills L. Cabell Williamson Ivi Mary Cecelia Haupt Walter EB. Rex Charles Herman Haupt Hf. Anderson James Tanner, Begigger of Wille For the Distriet of Columbia Prat Pate Stanton U. Peelle

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