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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
25
Holiday slowdown drives minor gains and notable absences as stock dealing flags across rail, equipment and steel sectors. Banks report mixed loan growth while demand for money wanes, with rail and industrial shares showing resilience amid broader market hesitancy and seasonally light business.
Wide quotations show wholesale prices across grains, meats, and securities. Highlights include Virginia tobacco and Tennessee NC produce, poultry, dairy, and rail stock futures with Chicago and Washington exchanges cited as primary quotation sources.
New York Nov 1 market notes show broad activity across poultry butter cheese flour and various grains. Prices drift with bearish trend in wheat corn rye and cottonseed oil while beef and lard remain steady and spot markets reflect mixed demand across regions and commodities.
The New Fork Nor market showed quiet activity with copper prices for spot November and December closing around 12 59 to 12 90 for January and February futures. London market edged higher, lead and zinc largely unchanged, and tin sale noted for December delivery at 2085.
The report details unsettled live stock receipts and pricing including cattle hogs and sheep, with references to markets in Baltimore and New Orleans. It notes cotton and grain activity, futures shifts, and market sentiment, plus regional traffic management changes and a Baltimore railroad appointment. Prices and receipts for cattle hogs and sheep are listed alongside wholesale grain terms and farm product movements.
Wall Street notes the Pennsylvania stock offering aligns with recent policy, rights trading weak to moderate, and estimated proceeds near 79 million dollars. Analysts discuss impact on dividends, construction funding, and potential future rail financings while tracking convertible bonds, rights value, and key holders such as Kennedy and James.
Quotations furnished by Thomas L. Hume list securities in categories including National Bank, Washington Steamboat, Capital Treglion, and telecommunication stocks. The fragment notes various prices and institutional names such as American Telephone and Telegraph, Mergenthaler Lipotype, United States Tract, Home Savings, East Washington Saving, and Columbia, with references to Washington Market and public utilities stocks.
New York November 1 reports a sale of about 7 000 000 pounds of copper by United Matale Sellins Company acting for Amalgamated Copper. Large additional sales are under way with talks limited to saying substantial deals were made. Price to consumers not disclosed but believed just under 13 cents per pound for electrolytic copper. The market, unsettled by past overproduction, views today’s sale of 30 million pounds as a hopeful step toward improved conditions.
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors announce a 35 percent par stock allotment valued to raise about 50 million dollars to cover 80 million in notes and 20 million in general mortgage bonds maturing in 1910. Funds will finance New York tunnel extension upgrades and future equipment needs. Rights on the new issue total about 93 percent of existing stock. A 3 percent semiannual dividend was declared.
Bartlesville Oklahoma November 1 The Standard Owl Company has formed the Oklahoma Pipe Line Company to construct a pipeline of inches to the Standard refinery at Baton Rouge Louisiana The enterprise will be an Oklahoma corporation under the oversight of the State corporation commission which may regulate rates in the venture
New York Nov 1 A Broughton was elected president of the Virginian Railway Company succeeding the late H H Rogers E Marston was elected a director to succeed Mr Rogers and Walter P Windsor of Fairaven Nassau elected a director to succeed C Uhiman resigned
The Washington Gaslight Company and Ashley M Gould plaintiffs in error against Henry L West and Jay J Morrow and others had their case dismissed at their attorney R Hees Perry's request. Filed February 1908 the suit challenged district and supreme court proceedings on plant appraisement and stock issuance following a district appeals court decision.
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