The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-15
LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES.

having sold from 203 1-2 to 2O1 1-2, clos ing at POP.
 American Bank Note Co., rights ex- pired on Saturday and subscriptions were payable in full on that date. It is expected that the temporary receipts for deposit of this stock will be ex- changed in two or three weeks for the certificates of the ne wcompany known as the United Bank Note corporation.
 Greene Copper rights are now on the market and selling from 25 to 95 cents. Tie stock is selling eX-dividend from 27 1-2 to 2S.
 Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing company rights expire on Wednesday of this week. They have sold from 25 to 37 1-2 cents per share. A large majority of them are being taken by present holders
 Swift & Go. closed at 104 1-4. The stock exchanges of New York, Boston and Chicago will be closed to-day.
 The Diamond Match company is about to increase it's capital to $160OO,- 900 from $15,0OO,0OO. Notices to stock holders will be sent out the latter part of the month The present company was organized in 1889 under the laws of Illinois, having succeeded Connecti- cut corporation of the same name. In 1893 the full paid capital was $,5OO00O' which was increased that year to $9,- 100000. In February, 1895, there was a further increase of $2,0n0, 900, bringing the capital to $11,000,00; half of this in- crease was given as an extra dividend, and $1,O0,000 paid in cash. In August, 1899, the company bought out a rival the Continental Match company, large ly owned by Edwin Gould and friends, and the capital was increased by S4.0O0,- GOO, making the total as at present, $l5,- 00O,000. This business, as is well known locally, had it's origin among the small match makers, who half century ago lined the streams of Woodbridge, later in Westville the Beecher family added largely to It's growth and invented in genious machines which reduced the cost of the output
 Dividends soon due are:
 Amalgamated Copper, 1-2 per cent; payable February 26; books close, January 25.
 Adams Express, $2; payable, Febru- ary 26; books close, February 9.
 American Smelling Securities, A pfd., 1 1-2 per cent; payable, March i; books close, February 21.
 American Smelling Securities, B pfd., 1 IA per cent; payable, March 1; books close, February 21.
 American Tobacco, common, 1-2 per cent; payable, March 1; books close, February IA.
 B. X O., common 1-2 per cent; pay able March l. books close, February IA
 B. & O., preferred, 2 per cent; paya- ble, March 1; books close, February IA. payable March 1; books close, Febru- ary 10.
 Buffalo, Rock Island & Pttsburg, pfd., per cent; payable February 15; books close, February G.
 Cambra Steel, 1-2 per cent; paya- ble, February 15; books close, January 31.
 c. c. C. X St. L., per cent; paya- ble, March 1; books close February 10.
 Cleveland & Plttsburg, 3-4 per cent; payable, March l; books close, Febru- ary 10.
 Consolidated Gas, N. Y., 9 per cent; payable, March 15; books close, Febru- ary 24.
 Delaware & Hudson, S-4 per cent; payable, March 15; books close, Febru- ary 2S.
 Diamond Match, 1-2 per cent; paya- be, March Is; books close, March 10.
 Erien 1st pfd., per cent; payable, February 2S; books close, January S1
 General Chemical Co.,, per cent; payable, March '; books close, Febru- ary "A.
 Greene Consolidated Copper, 4 per cent; payable, February 2S; books close, February 20.
 Illinois Central, 1-2 per cent; pay able, March 1; books close, January S1.
 New England Tel & Tel. $1.50; pay able, February 15; books close, Janu- ary 31.
 N' T., CHl. & pI. LOUIS, lSt pfd., , per cent; payable, March i; books close, February 1.
 Norfolk X Western, preferred, 9 per cent; payable, March 1; books close. February 15,
 North American, IA per cent; pay able, March 1; books close, February 10.
 Pressed Steel Car, pfd., 1 3-4 per cent; payable, February g; books close, February 2.
 Proctor & Gamble, common, per cent; payable, February 15; books close, January 31.
 Pullman, $2; payable, February 15; books close January 31.
 Quincy Mining, s; payable, Febru- ary 26; books close, February 1.
 Reading, 1st pfd., per cent: paya- bl2, March 10; books close, February 21.
 Republic Iron & Steel, pfd., 3 3-4 per cent, payable, April 2; books close, March 16.
 Rome, Watertown & ogdensburg, 1 IA par cent; payable, February Is; books close, January 31.
 United States Cast Iron Pipe, pfd.. 1