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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1916

Page

2

Financial Market Roundup on Rail Stocks Munitions and Oils Rise

Trading on March 23 showedRail stocks gain with munitions and oils contributing heavily while Mexican petroleum led declines before recovering. United States Steel resisted earnings fears as Bethlehem Steel fell, and metal shares like American Zinc and Butte rose. Bond activity remained steady as England and France increased gold holdings amid weak franc and dollar pressures.

England France Helland Bank of England Bank of France Southern Pacific Honda United States

New York Bond Market March 23 1925 Highlights

New York bond market report lists numerous bond prices and yields for railroad utilities and industrial issues. Notable entries include American Agricultural 5s at 102% American Cotton 5s at 97% and American Tobacco at 69 2, with various railroads such as Chicago and North Western, Pennsylvania, Reading, and Union Pacific showing mixed quotes. Mercantile paper 3 3 4 percent. sterling 4 65. time loans steady. total sales 473 585 shares.

New York Telco Armour & Co Bethlehem Steel Frrooklyn Entral of Georgia Hasapeake Ohio Nesapeake Ohio Co Ubbago, & and Quincy Joint Hicago Quincy Chicago Real Western Mil St. P St. P Gen Hicago, O Pac Chicago and Northwestern Colorado and Southern Consolidated Gas Co Cy Denver and Rio Grande Con Pratingrs Securities Hirle Erlegen Cepneral Electric Uire Northern Lats Tus Inoig Central Nitola Steel Interborough Rapid Transit Bn Interborough Met Tnt Mfer Marine Cts Kansas City Kansas City Southern Refics. . . 92 Lackawanna Steels Lake Shore Tlawett & Myers Loutavitte Nashville Vigsouri, Kaw Texas Ist Jesours Pacific Con Montana Power New York Central New York City Eeee Lotm New York Railways Adj Hartford Norfolk and Western Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Oregon Short Line Sacife Tel and Tel Pennsylvania Republic Steel Cissus St Louis San Fran Louis Southwestern Seaboard Air Line Southern Bell Tallon Southern Pitific Co Southern Railway Bs Nouthern Railway Ken Tann Copper Texas Company Texas and Pacific Third Avenue Union Pacific Union Pacific cv. A Steel Ba Virginia-Car ( Chemical Western Union Woeatinghouse Electric Cy toMered Mercantile

HOGS AND CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET REPORTS

Baltimore market reports hog receipts 21 000 weak with range daily prices. cattle receipts 2 000 firm including native cattle and calves. sheep receipts 12 000 steady with wethers ewes lambs price ranges. New York notes no trading in calves sheep and hogs. calves 8.00 11.50. hogs 9.00 10.10. lambs 8.75 9.00.

Chicago Lamba New York

Philadelphia and Reading orders for steel hopper coal cars

The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company announced orders for 1 000 steel hopper coal cars of 100 000 pound capacity each. Standard Steel Car Company gets 600 cars. the remaining 600 to be built by Pressed Steel Car Company. Cost estimated between 4 260 000 and 1 500 000. The move follows allied supply expectations and affects steelmakers across the industry.

New York Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company Standard Steel Car Company Pressed Steel Car Company

Holland Recall Ties to U S Copper Ventures in South Africa

Adolph Lewison and William B Thompson organize a syndicate to finance South African copper ventures amid rising American interest. Thompson, a major copper figure with Alaska properties and the Alaska railroad, is highlighted as a key financier. European conflict and British embargo push American capital toward new foreign opportunities.

New York Adolph Lewisohn William B. Thompson United States Mr.Thompson Alaska Mr. Lewisohn Mr. Thompson South Africa Lewisohn Thompson Financial District U. S Rand William R. Grace Grace Publc W. B. Thompson Willam B. Thompson Federal Reagive Bank of New York Central Africa Thomas F. Eyen Holland

Washington Stocks Steady Amid Mixed Railway Demand

Local financial notes show dull trading overall with Washington Railway and Electric issues in demand at 82. A round lot of 100 pref shares and more odd lots traded at 82, while 15 Railway common moved at 84. Bond activity included $6,000 of 4 percent bonds at 81. Other quotes mostly unchanged. Greene Cananea slumped to 45 and Washington Gas eased to 74 bid. Norfolk Steamship, Mergenthaler, and Continental Trust rose modestly, with Eastern Light and Fuel declaring a 2 percent dividend for stockholders of record March 22 payable April 1.

Butte Superior Washington Greece England New York Baltimore Isaues National Bank of Balte Chevrolet Motor United Bys EB. Co Cosden & Co Con Kenefick Zinc Lynn Phonog Magma Con AMM K U. Rys E. 1St Maxim Muntee United Rys E. Inc Midvale Steel W., B. and A. Ba Peerless Motor Ray Hercules Submarine Corp Triangle Film Zinc Con U.S W. i Panama Atlas Baltimore Tube du Pont Havana Tobacco Hercules Lake Torpedo Lehigh C. Salea St. Oil N. J St. Oit S.-W. Ppl St. On Cal Indiana Adams Alaska Gold Juneau Jewell Tea Allis Hal. Pf Am. Ag. Chem Kan City Se Ag. Ch. Pf Kennecott Kelly Spring Kelly Spr Kinga B. UL Hide & L Lack. Stee H&h Lake BE Les Rub. & TI Louis & Nash Locomo Maxwell M. Co Maxwell M. Ipf Am. Smelt. Pt Mex Am. Sm Miami Copper Minn. & St. L. A Steel Froiry Mo. Pac. Etfs Mo. Kan Am. Tel Tel Mont Power Am, T. Pf Ne Alot Am. Woolen N. Y. Central N. Y West Nort. & Weat Atchison North, Pacific Ontario Bilver Atchison Pf Bald. Loco. Pf Pa. BR. Re Phila Co Balt Ohio Pitts. Coal Batopolis Beth. Steel Pitts. Steel Brown Shoe Preas. Steel Car Burns Bros Pull Butte & Sup Quicksilver Buttrick Co Ry. Steel Sp Cal. Petrol Ray Con. Cop Cal. Petrol. Pf Can. Pacific Rep L & Steel Rep. I Chandler Ches. & Ohio St. L 8. F Gt. West Chic. M. & St. Pl Sears Roebuck M. & St-P.pf South. Ry China Con. Co Col Fuel & I Studebaker Col. & So.ist Tex. & Pacifich G.E. L Texasa Co Ex. Co. Righte Crucible Steel Third Ave Crucible S. Pf Tobac. Pr. P Dome Mines Union B.&p. Pf Det Rehts Union Pacific Dist. Securities Union Pac. Pf D. S UN. Cig Ban Erie Bay United Fruit Erie Ist P U. S Lalco. Pf F. M Gen. Electric Gen. Motors Pt Steel Goodrich B. F Weabash Pt. A Greene-C. Cop Wabash Pt. B Int Agricul. Pf Wells Fargo Weat Mary Interboro Con Har Weston, Tel Mar N.j.pf Weatinghouse M. M Woolworth M.M Washington Stock Exchange Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Greene-Cananea Washington Gas Norfolk Steamboat Mergenthaler Norfolk and Washington Steamseat Company Continental Trust Company Eastern Light and Fuel Company Eastern Light and Fuel Real Estate Trust Bldg Phila

Washington stock table with bonds and utilities notes

Local stock exchange listings show bids and prices across GAS BONDS RAILROAD BONDS and MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS including Georgetown Gas Washington Gas Columbia Gas Potomac Electric Power and Capital Traction Co with various bonds and percentage values along with public utility and title insurance stocks and several mining and banking listings. The sheet also notes ex dividend statuses and specific share prices for Mer gENTHALER Linotype and Washington Market Co among others.

United States Treasury reports 1916 fiscal figures and balances

The Treasury shows a net general fund balance of 118,070,645.80 with total assets of 209,949,889.58 and liabilities at 41,673,438.39. Revenue receipts for the month and year are listed alongside ordinary disbursements and totals for gold and silver holdings across reserves and the Philippines treasury.

United States Treasury Aes Treasury United States Federal Reserve Philippines

Philadelphia Markets Roundup March 23

Commodity notes show butter ready and eggs unchanged in Philadelphia. Wheat prices slipped for No 2 red and No 2 Southern red, corn eased for No 2 yellow with local and steamer bids around 78 to 80 cents. Live poultry steady, hides firm in city markets. tallow higher for prime and country grades in tierces.

Philadelphia Chesse New York Tierce

Washington cattle market summary in noisy OCR

Market report shows hogs at nine and nine-tenths percent dressed, with small and medium sizes around eleven percent and heavy at ten. Sheep veal calves and lambs appear with fragmented figures. overall data is incomplete and labeled with garbled digits.

Baltimore Markets Reported Grain and Livestock Prices

Baltimore markets list oats poultry eggs and butter prices with quality distinctions. Entries cover white oats numbers, poultry rates for chickens ducks and pigeons, Maryland Pennsylvania and Western egg prices, and creamery butter grades and related dairy products.

Baltimore Maryland Virginia Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Southern Ohio

New York cotton slips on rains and Mexican unrest

Reports of rains in the Southwest and unsettled Mexico sparked liquidation in the New York cotton market. July futures fell from 12.10 to 11.98, closing around 12.02 as overall closes showed a slight loss. Prices for May July October and December notes show varied retreat and close levels.

New York Mexico

The Metal Market Steady Copper Futures Mixed and London Tin

Copper in New York steadies at 23.00 to 27.60 for June and later, with iron unchanged. London quotes show copper at £1121 futures, electrolytic £136, tin quiet at £49 to £60, with Sn futures around £191.

New York London

Oil Quotations From Sil City Pa March 23

Credit balances 2 60. Runs 102 200 average 78 537. Shipments 124 497 average 43 340.

Sil City Shipmenta

Renewed submarine activity weighs on Chicago grain prices

Chicago grain traders face a market downturn as renewed submarine activity drives losses across the wheat and corn pits. May futures slip to 1.08 while July falls to 1.06% amid broader declines in cash grain and related provisions among mixed price moves.

Chicago United States

New York Produce Prices and Market Notes

New York market report dated March 23 shows butter steady with 490 receipts across creamery and other lines. eggs barely steady with mixed lots including extra firsts and nearby hennery whites and browns. cheese firm with Wisconsin twins held. dressed poultry firm with turkeys and fowls moving unevenly. sugar raw steady and coffee futures firm. London reports Baron Scarsdale Alfred Curzon, father of Earl Curzon of Kedleston, died after several months illness at age 83.

New York State Elgin Virginia Florida California New York Beconis Hennery Wisconsin Rio Middle West Earl Curzon London Baron Scarsdale Alfred Curzon Earl Curzon Kedleston

Sale of Southern building assets sparks insurance case

In a bitter mandamus fight, O O Sutton seeks stock lists from First National Fire Insurance Co over the Southern building at 15th and H nw. The executive committee explains a realty firm holds paper for the insurance company while keeping title in escrow to keep assets liquid. Court hearings resume after authorities note a joint investigation by district Maryland and Virginia insurance departments.

First National Insurance Company Fifteenth H Streets O. O. Sutton Insurance Company Justice Stafford District Supreme Court Sutton James S. Eesbey-Smith James H. Archer Equity Southern Insurance Southern Realty Corporation Aost Robert J. Wynne John Lewis Smith George C. Aukam Daniel V. Chisholm James S. Hasby-Smith H. M Warrenfeltz Chester Tomson Realty Corporation First National Fire Insurance Company Fire Insurance Company Charles T. Nesbit Commercial Insurance Company First Trust Insurance Company Real Owner Insurances Comany Maryland Virginia Ecompany Nes

District sewer construction proposals due March 28 1916

Proposals open sealed March 28 1916 in Room 502 District Building for sewer work in the District of Columbia. Includes restoration of about 1250 feet of trunk sewers and 900 linear feet of invert work. Specifications and preliminary information available from Pierce Bait Washingtoner, D. Co. Oliver Charles Bennett, Commissioners, B.C. middle.

Commissioners D. Co Oliver Charles BN B.C

Financial stock notes and bank listings with bids

Listing of Capital Traction, Washington Electric, Mergenthaler, Lunaton, American Vat Bank, National Savings and Trust, Continental Trust and others with ex div, percent bids, and offering terms. Notices state subject to prior acceptance or cancellation and cash delivery on 1 bank.

Capital Traction Wash, Ry Elec Wash, Ky Elec. Com Washington Gan Mergenthaler Lunaton American National Savings and Trust Ag Continental Trust Washington Bnerball Club Nech District of Columbia

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