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The Washington times., 1903-06-28

BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.

BALTIMORE. June 27.-FIour-Thc
market was quiet. These prices arc FOR
old wheat FOUR Winter extra 60 q5e5
80; winter clear, s3.4OG25O: winter
straight, s3.55G3.s0; winter patent. s.. 90
44.uo spring clear, $3.4502 $50: spring
s1ralght, $hloQ 4-30; spring patent. $3.50
G4O5; city mills best patent S4qO. citv
mills high grade patent. 81 so. eify p,iIIs
hlSh grade straight. $40: city mills
enoice family. S4.15; city mills super.
SS-Oo4SlO; Rio extra. $390Q41O: rye
hour, medium 10 choice. S3.OOd3. o
Oats-Market very firm. Stock In ele-
Vaiors, 2l9,S5S bus. No. . white 47H
4I1zc; No. 3. 46646iac; No. 4. 4sa44c :
mlTed No. 2. 42648iAc; No 5. 42d 42Ibc:
No 4. f0G41c
Rye-The market was quiet. Stock
Ia elevators, Sl,457 bus. No. , spot in
export elevator. 56056Ikc: No. g $50
5bl2c; No. T. 54lzc: No. Western snot
o'ci 5I0 5I1ac for July No. 2 Western.
Hay-Market was firm The quotations
are as follows per ton. No. 1 timothy
large bales, S2150G22: do. small bales
NLI 5OuZ2; No timothy. S2OH2I: No. 2
timothy. $l6H19; No. ! clover mixed
SlSql9; No. clover mixed. $15GI7. No
l clover, SliH15; No. 2 clover, $11.5Od
1850; no-grade hay. S7G10.
StTaw-Market was firm. Straight rye
No. ?. Si7.00d1S.00; tangled rye. blocks.
Sll.0OG 1900; wheat. $10.50d11.00: oat
straw. common to prime. SfO.00d11.O0.
MIL feed-Market firm. Winter bran.
as TO weight and bulk. $4,000 10. 90.
spring bran, In 2C0-lb sacks. 500. .gO1f
2O5O: City Mills middlIng. $1,000 a ton.
Grain freights-The market was very
dull. Liverpool. Ter bus. 1Ikd. JULY:
London, Is sd. July; Glasgow. per
quarter. Is Cd July; Bristol. none offer
ed; Cardiff, per quarter, Is Cd. JulY;
Dublin, per quarter, is Sd. July; Leith.
Is Sd, July; Cork. Z. o.. 2s Iikd. JULY;
picked ports. Is Cd, July; Antwerp. Is
Cd. July; Hamburg. per quarter. Is, July:
Rotterdam. per quarter. Is I'd, July,
Bremen, per quarter 20 pigs. July.
BCtter-MarEet was steady. Creamery
separator, extra. 23G24c. extra first.
pc: do. imitation. extra. 2O02Ic: do.
extra first, 1sdl9c; Elgin creamery
prints. 12-lb. 24G 25c; lib. 24G25c: do.
2-lb. .240D25c; Maryland and PennsyIva-
MIA creamery prints. ia-lb. 2ic: do. lib.
Z3G24c; West Virginia rolls. 14G15c; do,
Ohio. f4G15c: West Virginia store
packed. 14616c.
Eggs-The market was steady. Strictly
fresh-laid, near by. per doz. 16c; West
ern. 15lRc; Southern. 15c. (These quo
tations arc wholesale only. Jobbing. Lc
to 1c higherD
Poultry - The market was about
steady. Chickens, spring about . lbs.
lGU l7c; do. young. rough and shaggy.
per 10, 14d15c; do, old roosters. each.
25Q 30: old hens. per lb. 13c; ducks.
old MuscOvy and mongrel per Ib, 90
LOc; do. young white Pekins. per ID. 15d
l6c; do, puddle. choice old, per ID, 1Oa
lie; do. poor, thin and old, per ID. S0
&c; spring. B lbs and over. per ID. 146 !
l5c; guinea fowls, old and young. each |
s0G25c; pigeons, pair, choice young, |
,5c; do, old, 20d25c.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. juno 27.-Rain fell in small
quantities today in some sections of tho
Red River Valley, and the cry went
forth that the drought was broken. The
best accounts from various sections did
not suggest enough rain 10 warrant ,he
assertion referred to. but the leading
bulls scld out their wheat and brought
about "a cents decline in July and 2is
cents in September. ST Louis declined
S1z cents for July and cents for Sep
tember wheat and Northern markets
dropped from ia to cents. Corn AMI
oats were in line with wheat and pro
visions were, II anything. weaker than
the grain market. with the long show
Ing the way it was apparently a sure
thing for short sellers In a very few
minutes July wheat was down TO S1A
cents. as against s2ss cents at the close
Of yesterdays session. and September
was down 10 1875 cents, compared with
8o% cents Friday. Liverpool quoted ru-
lures I'D higher. Paris from unchanged
10 nc a bushel lower. Antwerp was
unchanged.
Prices for futures:
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. June 2T.-Money on call
nominally per cent.
Time money during the week was Of
fered with some liberality, but with a
predominance OF short time funds The
demand was chiefly for the renewal OF
maturing obligations. the light business
In stock commission houses naturally
not tending TO create heavy demand for
additional accommodations. Rates per
cent for sixty TO ninety days. 1905 per
cent for four and six months. and 5G51z
Tor six and seven months.
Mercantile paper was in very light de-
mand this week. Local institutions did
practically nothing. and sales elsew here
were few and small Merchants re-
Trained from issuing paper. except in
very moderate amounts. Rates 3 per
cent for sixty to ninety days indorsed
bills receivable. 5051a per cent for
choice four TO six months single names.
per cent for others.
Interior money rates unchanged. Quo
tations al four important points report
ed by telegraph we're as follows:
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FOREIGN MONEY MARKETS.

i-O-NDON. June 27-Money was in good
eemand today and supplies were short.
On TIE stock exchange the attendance
~'as unusually meager. and there were
lew dealings. The undertone was firm.
consois were buoyant. owing 20 the pros
pect OF cheap money. Americans opened
lower and siagnant and closed quiet and
firm.
PARIS. June 27.-Business was inac-
tive on the Bourse today. and stocks
were rather heavy throughout lowing 70
tne depression in French rentes). with
The exception OF Rio Tintos and other
ih.ustrials, which were flrmer on i'm
gtFed New York advices. At the close
Ilding was calm.
The private rate OF discount was 1916
per cent
BERLIN, June 27.--Prices on the
Dosrse today opened firm. Coal and iron
sLares later showed increased strength.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

| S17 Market Space northwest-Mary c.
Howard ct al. trustees. 20 Mary L. G..
I Clagett. lot a. square 4Os. $40.
1892 Eighth Street northwest-Edwin
T.. Dom OF Tx. to Mabel Stevens. part
lot 30l. Mount Pleasant and Pleasant
Plains, SO.
H Street northwest, between Twen-
I tieth and Twenty-frst Streets-William
y. Cogan ct ux- to Edsar T. Goodman.
original lot 3. square 101. $40.
Street northwest, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Streets-T. Percy Myers
ct al. trustees. 20 Mary L. Norton, part
lots IL and p. square 1eS. $500.
Street northeast. between Delaware
avenue and Second Street-Louis Y.
Robinson ct uN. 20 Washington Terminal
Company, part original lot Is, square
719. 80 500
% Quincy Street northeast-Alex-
ander Millar ct ux. 10 Percy E. Budlong
lot So, square 4. West lexington. $40.
Jackson Alley northeast. between
North Capitol and First Streets-Cath-
erIne Gleason TO Washington Terminal
Company, lot 122, square 677, $1,000.
Eighth Street northeast. between F and
c Streets-Mary B. Zeller to Ella ID
Gable, part lot %, square 913, so.
No. $50 Eleventh Street northeast-
LOttie L. Burn ct vir James r. 20 Ben
iamin ID. and Jennie Klopfer. part lot %,
square s36. 81. 800
G Street southwest. between Four-and-
a-Half and Sixth Strects-Charles Fl.
Parker ct ux. to Francis NJ. Smithson,
lot Il, square 4St. so.
B Street southeast. between Third and
Fourth Streets - Lewis d. Wilson to
Myrtle Il. Wilson, part original lot /,
square 7SS. SO.
Street,. Albert Houghton ct ux TO
Michael Morris. part lot p. square 1897.
$40
Moore and Barbour's addition-George
y. Bell to Washington Topham, lot 16.
block (. $40.
Moore and Barbour's second addi-
tion-John 5. Melton ct ux. 10 Cassius
NJ. and Lizzie A. Puntenney. lot 13
block 6, SO.
Colombia Heights-CharIes d. Lie
hermann ct al. trustees, to William H.
Michael. lot 50. block so. S1O.IT5.
Noungs Dorough-Da McFarlan Il
al. to Real Estate and improvement.
Company, part S31 $50.
Montello-Charles c. MAYER to c. \.
". Wells. lots l TO 3. block Il. $40.
Eighteenth and c Streets northeast
Thomas =. Waggaman, trustee, to
Henry A. Herrell and John f. O'Nein.
original lots 5, g. II, 13, IA. square 1907,
$40
Long Meadows-Cuvier Green ct al.
trustees. to Harry NJ. Latham. lots 223
TO 229. block 27. 81 900.
Long Meadows-Henry J. Rupert ct |
al. trustees. 10 Harry NJ. Latham, lot |
272. block q. $40.
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COTTON MARKET MORE
THAN STAGNANT
Hardly Any Trading Done and That
at Lower Figures.

NEW YORK. June 27.-There was a
continuation of yesterdays dullness in
'ne Gotten market this morning. On the
one hand, weather conditions we're not
sufficiently favorable TO bring about ag-
gressive selling in the new crop posi-
tions, and, on the other. rather unfa-
vorablc reports and interviews from
prominent manufacturers prevented an
advance in either new or old crops.
some idea of the Stagnation prevail
ing IN the market at the present time
Is gained from the fact that July was
not traded in for nearly fifteen minutes.
and August and October had but few
trades. An advance of > points in one
OF the options in Liverpool brought
about slight upturn in September here.
Dut this advance was soon lost and
prices sagged back to last nights clos
ing leyel. II was a subject Of comment
around the room that brokers had fewer
orders above and below the market than
have been furnished them In great
many months.
Inc market was not sufficiently ac-
tive during the early dealings to attract
scalPing interests, and. as heretofore
commission houses are doing their ut
most TO discourage the buying or sell
ing OF cotton by the average customers.
temperatures in the cotton belt we're
TOO low to permit the best progress OF
the plant. Showers were general over
the entire belt. but at no point we're
rains heavy enough to do any serious
INJURY. In fact, low temperatures and
the accompanying cold nights are the
most unfavorabie factors in conditions
In the South Notwithstanding this fact,
present conditions are better than those
existing a month ago.
Tho daN.a nricas .-aro a- fnIln-.--.
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DAILY STOCK MARKET REVIEW
o00a BANK statement and Ready Absorption of New
pennsylvania Stock Lifted All Prices Toward
Higher Leve-Recessions Few, and
Market Closed Strong

NEW YORK, June 27.-The stock mar
ket today. while continuing duh. showed
decided strength through the short sos
. sion. A strongly favorable influence was
the obvious success of the Pennsvlvani
Railroad stock Offering. The market
showed little hesitation however nrior
to the publication of the hank state
Dlen'. out when that appeared with its
Iarse expansion in surplus reserve n
buying movement set in throughout the
list
IN the last hair hour Pennsylvania
Hailroad became the leader in strength.
advancing over 1 per cent from yester-
! days close. Baltimore and Ohio was
sympathetically strong. also gaining
nearly a point. Canadian Pacific. on
fine crop reports from the Dominion. was
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also prominent with a gain of IA per
cent The Erie issues were materially
higher, in consequence of the fine show
Ing OF the May statement and the second
preferred was conspicuous with an i'm
provement of over 1 per cent. Else
where the advances extended 10 stout
fractions.
The industrial list as a rule was
neglected. Colorado Fuel and Iron was
somewhat unsettled. but ended with .
small net gain. Amalgamated Copper
was well supported. but after advancing
l per cent Il suffered a fractional set
back American Car and Foundry rose
over l per cent
The market closed strong and gener-
ally at best prices
Government bonds unchanged; rail-
read bonds showed firmness.
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Call money In London frmer at 21ka3
per cent; short bills. pa per cent; three
months bills. 29sa2% per cent. The
amount Of gold taken into the Bank OF
England on balance today was c 23O. 900
being received from Cape Town. The
sum of G25, COO was Withdrawn for ship
ment to South America. Press dis
patches reported bar gold on the open
London market at us 9ssd per ounce.
United States gold coin 76s 45hd per
ounce.
Sterling exchange was dull and nomi-
nal today, with rates unchanged.
Rates for actual business were as fol-
lows: Sixty days. ASS: demand. 4.s7Ib:
cables, 4.sS. Commercial bills were
4,8@Ss. The supply OF grain and cotton
bills was scarce
Continental bills were quoted as fol-
lows: Francs. 5.1slk and 5.15%: reichs-
marks. 95 and 9535; guilders, iOH and
30 5-16
Following are the posted rates of the
leading drawers OF foreign EXCHANGE.
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Prices Tor futures.
WHEAT.
LONDON CABLE LETTER.

LONDON, June 27.-Money was ~
good demand today and supplies wors
short. On the stock exchange the at
tendance was unusually meaRer and
there were few dealings The under.
tone was firm. Consols were buoyant
owing 70 the prospect OF cheap money.
Americans opened lower and stagnanr
and closed quiet and firm.
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LOANS nE $40

AND UPWARD ON FURNITURE AND PIANOS
at lowest rates and on the day yOG apply. We
are loaning the Building md Loan Associs.
'tion plan which makes the cost OF Carrying
loans much less than you pay elsewhere and
allows yod 10 pay it Of in any sized notes you
desire. running frUm one 10 twelve months II
you have a loan With some other company We
win pay IL Of and advance you more money il
desired Rates cheeTfully given, aud no cost
tc you unless loan is made. Call and get ratez
Front room, first floor.
NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN CO.
62S ST. N W api-tf
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FTNANCIAL AND COMNER GIL
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

Skepticism concerning the glowing
reports of Erie earnings, which has
been voiced in the street many times.
has given way to surprise at the ac-
tual showing made in the Official state
ment of earnings for the month Of May.
II IS better even than had been pre-
dicted. and moro than justifles the op-
timism OF some OF the officers Of the
road The increase in gross earnings
for the month is nearly 81 600. 900. and
the increase in net is $626, 762. The to-
tai gross earnings for the month were
$4.264.190. and the total net reached
the a.~ost unprecedented sum of ST.
1887 Operating expenses for the
month increased S316, ,199 The showing
for eleven months is equally interest
Ing. Gross earnings for that period
show an increase of 1886. .O1s. and net
earnings. which total $13, ,295. COZ. in
creased s2.02S, 526 When it was assert
ed some months ago that the Erie was
earning enough to pay full dividends
on the first and second preferred and
something on the common it was not
taken seriously. These figures, how
ever, fully justify that statement.
Holders of the first preferred look for
ward TO a ? per cent dividend at the
next semi-anrual payment and the es-
tablishment OF the stock on a perma-
nent per cent basis Holders OF the
second preferred have reason to expect
some good news also. The payment of
two consecutive dividends of 2 per cent
on the Erie first preferred will dis
solve the voting trust Some say that
is scheduled for next February, but the
turning of the property over to the
stockholders will not make any mate
rial difference so far as its policy and
management are concerned
No better illustration of the stagnant
condition of the market and the low
level of prices OF good stocks can be
found than in the prices commanded by
some high-class guaranteed issues and
the relative quotations for these stocks
and some non-dividend payers. A case
in point is preferred stock OF the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis, which
excited so much comment yesterday by
selling of a point without any appar-
ent cause other than the extreme dull
ness of the market and the lack of de-
mand. The stock is selling in the
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WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK, June 27.-The statement
OF the associated banks for the week
shows the following changes from last
week: Reserve on all deposits increased
SZ.SZ4,275; reserve on deposits other than
United States Increased s2,SO5, ,425; loans
Increased sS.925. SEQ. and deposits in
creased S13.94O. 500; specie increased
S5.Slo.500, and legal tender increased
S99s 900. Circulation increased 81, 500.
The detailed statement follows:
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Bar silver in London was steady and
l-l6 higher at 242sd per ounce today.
Today's New York price for commercial
bars . higher at 53@54B cents. Gov
eTnment assay bars 4 higher at 53LsQ
549s. Mexican dollars unchanged ar II
N4f.
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New YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. June 27.-The following
table shows the highest. lowest. and last
prices Of the most active stocks sold on
The stock Exchange today and the net
changes from yesterdays closing prices;
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Substituted States regular S's 1000
610SM.
United States coupons 3's. 1.OO0q 1Os15.
Capital Traction, 5G1241a.
Mergenthaler. S. o. B., 5d1sO1z.
GTaphophone common, 1O0as1z, 10Od
81, 1OOG31k. 2593h, 1OOa3h, 1OOa3h.
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PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

NEW YORK. June 27.-FoIlowing are
the highest lowest, and last prices. and
the number OF shares OF the more active
securities sold on the stock exchange in
the past week:
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.ices VOC Is follows:
U. S. TREASURY FINANCES.

The United States Treasury state
ment. issued Friday, covering actual
results of two days before. compares in
Its net balances as follows with the
same date one and two years ago. The
statement subjoined, for ali three
years. excludes the $3.50, ,0OO. 600 reserv-
ed against Government notes:
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$4,000 TO LOAN

On Furniture, Pianos, Organs, etc Without re-
mOvAl, without publicity, without delay. a
you have a loan with another company, we viii
pay the same OF for you, Snd advance you more
money Cal and get rates, Or drop portal
aid agent viii cali at your house.
No EXPENSE TO YOU UNLESS LOAN is MADE
COLUMBIA GUARANTEE CO.,
L1S + ST. y. W.
once HJuTs: From j. n 70 p m
Telephone 509-Y East ap5-tf
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NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET
WHEAT.

NEW YORK. June 27.-The following
prices ruled on the Produce Exchange
today: oN
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

NEW YORK. June 27.-FoIlowing are
the quotations OF stocks on the curb to-
dav-
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IMPORTS AT NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Imports of
dry goods and general merchandise at
New York this week, reported in full
at the custom house today, were s95.-
S31 below this week last year. but
s42l.6O5 above last week. The weeks
figures compare as follows with last
week and with the corresponding week
a year ago:
This week. Last week Last year
Dry goods .....S1 Dos 32s 81 s45 sp3 a. 100 Oi5
General mdse. -. s,1Gs, ,Os9 7,s05.0lg 1910 99I
Total. O,65l,sI2 IOlOo. .24s
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Do YOU NEED MONEY t?

We loan from 5000 TO $4,000 on furniture.
Ii9uos, horses, wagons. etc. and you get tha
full amount you ask for, and the same day you
ask f5c H.
Our rates are as low as anv and you make
your own terms. 70 trouble 70 give rates and
explain our methods
MUTUAL LOAN & TRUST CO.
0lS STREET
ROOMS 70 AND L., NATIONAL UNION BLDG.
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neighborhood of "a. II is a per cent
stock, the dividends being guaranteed
| by the St Louis and San Francisco. and
these dividends must be provided by the
Frisco before the dividends on its own
first preferred can be paid. Yet the two
stocks are now selling at the same price,
and Frisco common, which pays moth
ing. is selling only points lower and
has sold 10 points higher The Fort
Scott road is the most valuable asset
OF the Frisco. In 1901. as an inde-
pendent property, IL paid 8 per cent A.
the present prices it nets the investor
51a per cent on his money. Several big
houses are heavy holders of the stock,
and they predict that il will verify their
predictions with regard to it. The pre-
fcrred stock must be retired at par and
interest in 1921. 1t is believed that
this will be done before that time.
The meeting of the directors of the
The question OF paying interest on the
p debentures will be taken up. and
that is the one in which the street 3
most deeply interested. Some very con,
fidently predict that per cent will be
declared, others are not so sangliine
and submit that per cent is more
likely, while a third contingent hold to
the belief that the result Of the meet
ing Will be a plan to retire the B de-
bentures by a per cent collateral
trust bond. The directors are reticeut,
so theorizing Is possible until the re-
suit IS officially announced.
An officer of the United States steel
Corporation is quoted as follows: THE
market for finished steel has shown i'm
provement since June 1. Pig iron
prices have continued to sag, but there
is heavier buying than for months. and
the demand for steel rails for 1904 de-
livery is such as to convinve any pes
simist that he is wrong. l do not be-
lieve that steel rails can be secured
during 1904 at less than SIS per ton.
and l doubt IL the prices of the other
finished products will be reduced Pig
iron prices are getting close to the bot
tom. and are now low enough practically
TO exclude all imports. The foundations
in the steel trade are sound, and as soon
as the confidence OF capital is regained
we shall see an active steel market"
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
RAILROAD BONDS

Wash. Gas Co.. ser A, 6's lgO2-27.. 10!
Wash. Gas Co. ser b. 6's Ip04-27.. l19 -
y. 5. Elec Light, Deb. Imp. 1902. IU3X iOik
y. s Flee Light, Cert. Indebt... lC3 -.
Ches. Pot. Tel. Com. 6's....... l05 iO7H
Wash. Market Co., lst C's 1892
1911, Q. J.....................IO IOSX 49,
$1,000 retired annually.
Mlsnr,fn Ill -
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Total. AZ O,65l ,sI2 TO- 100, Gas
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National Safe Deposit and Trust. 90. liT Is:
W Warrington Loan and Trust. ..... 2l0 2l.
Amer. Security and Trust. 2l5 ..
Washington Safe Deposit. t.... 81
Union Trust and Storage. ........ lO6 lG-
W Washington Savings Bank. .....-.. lO6 II.