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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

builder; one and one-hslf-story. seven-roon
residence. $500.
Berenice avenue, 42o7-M. E. johnson
4122 North Griffin avenue, owner and build
er; one-story, slx-room residence, $4,000.
Harvard boulevard, S1s-W. B. Drackett
324 Douglas boulevard, owner and builder
one-story, seven-room residence, s225O.
Lake street, 1o23-Clara Kingslarker 500
Grand View, owner; w. J. Hatton, builder
two-story, eight-room residence, S435O.
Fifty-fourth street, s19 West-F. J. Don
aldson, 1919 Brighton avenue, owner; u
Williamson, builder; one-story, hve-roon
residence, $1600'
289 West Fiftieth street. owner: Clara Al
den. builder; one-story' ix-room residence
$500.
Fifty-sixth street, so1 west-F. E. Edmi,
SON. 9O2 West Fifty-fifth street. owner ano
builder; one story, six-room residence, $lsOO
Lincoln street, 925-Ed Medler. at lot
owner and builder; alterations TO residence
$1,000.
ment company, 3S7 South Hill street, own
ers and builders; one-story. fve-room resi-
De Frees street. 1422--J. B. Roberts. at
lot. owner and builder; one-story, hve-room
seventh street 1886 west-Los Angeles
building company, owners and builders; two
story, seven-room residence. $4,000
Elden avenue. 956-Same as above.
roster fASS%N+AAe~--'
lot. owner and builder; one-story, six-room
residence, $500.
Spring street. 211S-Mrs e. Hollenbeck'
owner; Weber Case company, builders' al
terations to building. $4,000.
Fifth street 1915 West-Ernest Wood, 52a
Bullard building, owner and builder; two
story, twenty-room flats. S4sO0.
Fortieth place. 1106 West-F' Harris
owner; B. Gibson, builder; one-story iour'
room residence, $1,000. -.
Alta street. 145 south-Ed H Rich. iS'
West First street, owner; H e. Beer nullo'
er; one-story, fve-room residence, s16Sz.
Twenty-eighth street. 6S1 West-Jen r
chandler owner and builder; two-storJ
nine-room residence. $500.
Jasmine street, 699-J. W. Henderson oz'
South Main street, owner and builder; Two
story, ten-room residence, $4,000.
macher, e23 South Spring street, owner; d
w Aaron builder; one-story' seven-roon
residence, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
POMONA PROPERTY is
TRADED FOR CITY LOTS
Vermont Avenue Cottage Sells for
$33oo-Ten-Acre Orange Grove
Is Exchanged for Seaside
Beach House

Arthur G.. Mum has exchanged a
ten-acre orange grove Of 12-year-
trees, formerly known as part Of the
Mosgrove property, on Fifth street,
Pomona, valued at $4,000, and owned
by George Il. Hart of this city. He
exchanges this for a ten-room mod
ern residence at 1922 South Figueroa
street, owned by Thomas K. Miller,
and valued at $4,000 clear. 1t is Mr..
MiIder's intention of building at once
a very handsome and attractive bum
galow on the lot.
Mum has also exchanged a two
story brick and frame building on lot
10 in the Dakota tract at 1929 East
Fourth street, owned by ID. l. Imbert
and valued.at $500, including stock
of merchandise, all of which he ex-
changed with G. T. Daggett for a
handsome brick building at San ia
cinto, valued at $4,000 and $500 cash.
Mum has sold a siX-room modern
cottage at 974 West Forty-siXth and
Vermont avenue, the seller beiTg Mrs.
f. w. Fitzpatrick and the buyer Mrs.
Lizzie Hyel of Yuma, Ariz.; consider
alton $4,000.
Also a seven room, two-story build
ing on Bay island at East Newport
Beach, owned by A. w. Wright, to
Mr.. loettigrew, assistant cashier of the
Citizens National bank, for $4,000.
Ten acres of orange land at Cotton,
valued at $4,000, was traded by Mum
for Miss Mary 2oak, Hho transferred
it to A. Crawford for his tive-room
cottage at Seaside Beach, valued at
$4,000, clear for clear. In this deal
Mum was assisted by the firm OF
Meyer & Johnson.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
PERMITS SMASH
FORMER RECORDS
GREAT GROWTH IS SEEN IN
AMOUNTS INVESTED
UPWARD TREND sTARTLEs EVEN
THE BOOSTERS
Boom Spirit Pervades the Community.
Figures Show Astonishing In
crease Over the Same
Week of Last Year

The first week in August was
boomer in building circles, permits
amounting, to noon on Saturday TO
s3246s4.
The building inspectors report,
which follows, does not include a per-
nit for a SIS, 600 residence to be built
by Ida Hancock, nor does it include
thirty-ffve additional permits, amount
ing to about $35, 900, which were Issued
too late on Saturday to be included in
the report.
The Hancock mansion is to be erect
ed at Wiltshire boulevard and Vermont
avenue of brick, concrete and tile.
other fine structures are included in
the permits for the week.
Mark c. Cohn, chief clerk of the de-
partment of buildings, says that build
Ing in Los Angeles is growing with
marked rapidity and that the forces of
the building department are pressed to
the maximum in taking care of the
business which is fairly leaping for
ward. The permits themselves make
good Cohn's declaration.
AS the report stands, without the
additions made on Saturday, 1t is
ahead of the corresponding week of last
year by $50, ,064; and there were fewer
permits to boot. There were issued
fifty-six permits amounting to $50, ,12O
for class d structures and four per-
mits, amounting to $4,000, for class c
structures. The total issue for the
week was 146 permits. Results have
startled even the boosters.
The report of Chief Inspector Back
us, as segregated by Chief Clerk Cohn,
is as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
BUILDS LARGE HOUSE
ON MANHATTAN PLACE
Plans Are Ready for Apartment Build
ing to Be Erected on Edgeware
Road - Cold Storage
Plant

Robert Hamerton is building two
story nine-room frame residence at 9SS
Manhattan place. 1t will be of at
tractive design and contain modern
conveniences Work will be carried on
under the supervision of Architects
Dennis & Farwell.
c. N. Mcdonald, SIS Byrne building,
has had the plans drawn and VIII
erect a two-story frame building, to
contain four fve-room flats at the
northwest corner of Edgeware road
and Kellam avenue, for G. M. Brax-
ton. Each fiat will have first class
conveniences. The building VIII cost
S65O0.
A cold storage building 5Ox15O feet
and two stories high is being built in
Old Town, San Diego, for Charles 5.
Hardy. 1t will be equipped with mod
nacitv of 100 head day. A thirty-ton
compound condensing engine and 125
horsepower engine will be Installed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
BIG RANCH is TRADED
FOR VALUABLE TOWNSHIP
Ninety-two Acres In slmi Valley,
Valued at 100000, Exchanged
for Riverside County
Tract

Arthur G. Mum, 2O2 Mason building,
reports the exchange of ninety-two
acres in Simi Valley, tnirty-seven
miles north of Los Angeles, planted to
twelve-year-old prunes, peaches ap-
pies, olives and other fruits. 1t is said
to be one of the handsomest deciduous
fruit ranches in the state and was
formerly owned by George e. Hart OF
Los Angeles, and considered good value
at 100000.
This property was exchanged for the
townsite of Winchester, in Riverside
county, on the branch line of the Santa
Fe, running to San Jacinto, and con-
sists of 25O town lots, 1O5 acres Of al
falfa land two-story brickbuilding,
6Ox9O feet, valued at 100000.
This property was owned by the Ne
vada Realty company of Los Angeles,
which exchanged it clear for Harts
Simi fruit ranch, the Nevada Realty
company assuming a certain mortgage
of $14,500.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
SAN PEDRO VALUES
SHOW BIG INCREASE
CORPORATIONS BUY LAND AT
HANDSOME FIGURES
Block Is Sold at Three Times lts
Value a Few Years Ago-Many
Improvements Are
Planned

Special to The Herald
SAN PEDRO, Aug. S.-There has
been more activity in the realty market
here during the past few weeks than
has been manifest before for more than
a year. Inquiries have been numerous
and number of good sales have been
made in the past week.
1t is reported that w. S. Heinemann
of Los Angeles has purchased the Grif-
fin block, fronting on Fifth, Front and
Beacon streets, for the sum of $4S,000.
This block was transferred few years
ago for $4,000, thus showing that val
ues are not only holding their own, but
are making gratifying gains. 1t is also
rumored that the Standard Oil COM
pany has purchased a portion of the
Crescent wharf and tract of land east
of the Salt Lake railway. The COM
pany will build a large plant for the
distribution of refined products
1t is thought that the establishment
of the narbor lines will result in i'm
mediate action on several dredging pro-
iects on the upper harbor, and, If so,
the end of the year may see many i'm
portant improvements that have been
waiting on this decision.
George H. Peck & Co. report the
sale of lot 10, block 16, Pacific Improve
ment tract, to E. Ludwig, for $1,000; lot
15, block 16 same tract, to H. r. Nc
Claim for $1,000; lot Ii, block 81, Alma
tract, to Allie Muller for $500; lot IL,
block 81, same tract, to AL Larsen, for
$500. They also report the sale of lots
8, 8, 10, 13, IA and Is, block 81, same
tract for $13,500.
Lot 10, block I, Esperanza tract was
sold tot Miss Blanche Buckout for $1,000.
George r. Hobart reports the sale of
lots l and 16, block 81, James subdi-
vision, fronting on Ancon and Orizaba
streets, to Mrs. A. M. Perks of San
Francisco for 5000 cash, also lot 10,
block 7, Palos Verdes tract, to R. S.
Lord, Miss C. Rogers & Co. have made
several sales which are not closed.
Starts Eight-Room Frame
ca1.,,1- 1,ae Sfartad tba araofiov,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
RoL KING SELLS 100
ACRES OF STONE LAND

Rol King of the Hollenbeck hotel has
sold 100 acres of stone property in San
Bernardino county to a syndicate com
posed of A. D. Myers, ]. w. F. Diss,
j. B. Alexander, j. A. Armitage and
E. w. Gebauer. King retains large
interest in the property. A company
is being formed by the above named
men,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

BUILDS 100000 HOUSE
OF HOLLOW TILE DESIGN

zone of the most unique houses in the
city is being built for L. Lindsey on
West Adams street near the city limits.
1t is of hollow tile with facing of spe-
cial pattern of brown and white terra
Gotta tile. Interior walls of basement
are white glazed tile. Porches, retain
ing walls, barn and garage are all made
of tiling. The cost of all buildings will
be close to 100000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
orsnqe to Have Library

The town of Orange is to have 4.
Carnegie library to cost about $4,000.
The plans are by c. Fl. Bradshaw and
call for a building S5x61 feet, prac-
tically fireproof construction, and fin
ished in buff brick. Bids will be asked
for in two weeks.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
BUYS VALUABLE LOTS;
TO BUILD A MANSION

Mrs. George Mitchell has bought from
the Mckenzie Ramsey Investment
company the lots cornering at Tenth
avenue and West Adams street, meas
uring $50 by 23O feet, at reported price
of $4,000. The buyer will erect resi-
dence to cost about 100000. The lots
are very slightly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Buvs at Riverside

]. P. sanborn has sold to A. ]. Aber
of Fort Wayne, Ind, his attractive
home place at 1914 Eighth street, Riv-
erside, the consideration being $4,000.
The price included furnishings and
library. The property has been rented
for wear to Eugene H. Day. Mr..
Sanborn contemplates building in an
other part of the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Plans for Cottage

M. T. Cunniff, who recently sold his
home place on Orange street, Riverside,
to George N. Reynolds, is having plans
drawn for handsome modern cottage
on East Seventh street, between Pine
and Pepper streets. The new home
will cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Secures Valuable Lot

James McClaren has secured from
Ann e. Bliss a lot, 145x206 feet, locat-
ed on Central avenue, between Forty
seventh and Forty y-eighth streets, on
the basis OF $4,000. Ile exchanged an
sO-acre ranch lying five miles west Of
Santa Ana. -.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Work Is Rushea on Theater

Work is being rushed on the new
opera house at Santa Ana, wnlch IS
financed by DR.. Roberts. 1t will cost
about $4,000 furnished, and the fon-
tract is in the hands Of g, M. Jordan
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
GIendaIe Is Active

In Bowen & Normans Glendale tract
several sales have recently been made
and in all cases the buyers will put up
houses. Among them is G. n. War
wick. All portions of Glendale are
a active.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

Racon-What makes him chesty?
Egbert-Why, when he goes away he takes
a trunks with him!-YonSers Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

Starts Eight-Room Frame
c. J. Schulz has started the erection
of an eight-room frame residence at
1926 Echo street.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

Duncommum street, 427-29 = William
Lawrence, owner; Pozzo Construction COM
pany, builder; alteration of building, $1,000.
Avenue Sixty-six, 7SS North-A. ]. Morri-
son, at lot, owner and builder; one and one
half-story, seven-room residence, $4,000
Adams street, 931 West-T. P. Newton
2653 Hoover street, owner; Daniels, builder
two and ne-half-story, ten-room residence,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

Call money in New York, h@11a per
sent. The New York sub-treasury was
a debtor at the Clearing House this
morning for $685., 525 and it has lost to
the banks since last Friday. 81, 299, 900.
Commercial bar silver in New York,
51b cents; Mexican dollars, As cents;
bar silver In London. 235sd.; bar gold,
us. 1O$d.; American eagles, 76s. sgd.
Paris closing rentes, SO francs 80 CEN
times. Berlin private rate of discount.
2% per cent; exchange on London, 20
marks 4O% pigs. Paris private rate of
discount remained unchanged.
Money IN call in London, q per cent.
Rates of discount for short bills, 1 7-16
to Ia per cent; for three months bills.
1hq1 ole per cent. Consols for money
sc 5-16d.; for account, sc 7-16d.
The foreign exchange market held a
steady ton with rates practically I'M
changed. Demand sterling was quoted,
Assn; cables, 4.S590@4. 1886; sixty day
bills, 4.S4A; short francs, 5.171a, and
short marks, 95 3-1e.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
THE T MARKET.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The cotton
market opened steady at a decline of
S@6 points, in response to weak cables
and favorable weather reports, n af-
ter a rally of 4 or 3 points on scattered
covering, eased off again under spot
house selling and liquidation. Before
the end of the first hour October con-
tracts had sold at S.43, or 10 points net
lower. and at a new low record for the
bear movement. Business was quiet at
the start. but became more active on
the decline, when there was considerable
covering, with the market about 5 to
s points net lower on the active months
during the middle of the morning.
The market was quiet late in the
forenoon with prices holding steady and
within . or 8 points of last nights
finals on the active months, as a result
of scattered covering and expectations
that the weekly weather report tomor-
row would make a bullish showing
owing to the recent storm damage.
Quotations furnished by Van Schaick
& Co.: $50
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
THE D MARKET.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Receipts, "a
535 barrels; sales, 1000 barrels; quiet
and barely steady.
Wheat-Receipts, 113, 800; sales, $780,
600; after an easy opening, due to big
Northwest receipts and heavy worlds
shipments, wheat rallied on wet
weather in the Canadian Northwest.
September, 1O1%@1O1%; December, 102
11-16@103; May, 1047s@105.
Rye-Dull; No. 3 Western, 81 f. o. b.
New York.
Corn-Receipts, "a. 725; sales, 10000;
market opened lower under Liverpool
cables. but steadied later on fears of
cold weather and covering of shorts.
December, 77A@77S.
~Beef-Firm.
Pork-Steady.
Lard-Firm; Western, 9.66@9.75.
Sugar-Raw, quiet; fair refining. $40;
centrifugal 96 test, 800; molasses sugar,
$40. Refined, quiet; crushed, $40; pow
dered, $40; ~granulated, 800.
Petroleum-Steady; refined, all ports,
S.700S.75.
Coffee-Quiet; No. Z Rio, SIS; No. 4
Santos, S3s.
Molasses-Quiet: New Orleans, 2S@42.
Sleduy, western
spring chickens, 12d19; spring turkeys,
20m25: fowls, 1904.
Butter-Steady; receipts. 6,397; cream
cry specials, "a: creamery, extras, 231a;
creamery, thirds to firsts. 1S@22; State
dairy, common to finest. 1922; process,
common to special. 15@21Ea; Western
factory tirsts, 10; imitation creamery
~firsts, $4,000.
Cheese-Steady; receipts, SO2; State,
full cream, specials, 12A@13%; do.
small, colored or white. fancy, IL; do.
large, colored or white. fancy. 11%; do.
good to prime, 11@111A; do. common to
fair, 9A@10%; do. Skins, 11a@9H.
E~ggs-Firm; receipts. 7,159; State,
Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy, Sc
lected, white, $1,000; good to choice, "a
@2S; brown and mixed, fancy. %; fair
to choice, 2S@25: Western firsts, 21@22;
seconds, 191a@20h.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
II LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, Aug. S1.--American securi-
ties opened steady today. First prices
were about unchanged from Saturdays
New York closing. Later Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul and Reading ad-
vanced half a point. but the rest of the
market remained unchanged from the
opening level.
American securities advanced firmly
In the forenoon, under the lead of Har-
riman tocks and u. s. Steel, but
yielded a fraction in the afternoon on
proft-taking. The New York opening
caused renewed strength, and, after a
slight setback, the market finished
steady.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
TRADING IN WALL
STREET OPENS ON
A RISING MARKET
When Prices Drop Back Large
Orders for Coppers Renew
Advance.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The first
prices than on Saturday with very few
exceptions. Heavy blocks of some Of
the favorite trading stocks changed
hands, but their gains were restricted
to small fractions. Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, Colorado Fuel, Republic Stee
preferred and Westinghouse Electric
rose n point and United States Stee
preferred and Consolidated Gas went
up a large fraction.
The market reacted when the OPEN
ing purchases had been completed. but
when the list had receded to about
where it left off Saturday, large orders
for the copper stocks appeared and the
advance was renewed.
The specialties were the chief fea-
lures of h trading. Chicago Great
Western preferred advanced 6 points;
Westinghouse Electric 5h, Norfolk and
Western preferred and General Electric
2. American Smelling and New York
Air Brake tx, National Lead Us, st.
Louis Southwestern preferred and
American Ice IL and Northwestern,
New Haven, Amalgamated Copper and
Anaconda 1.
Noon.-Prices reacted sharply when
the advances in the specialties were
checked. Railroad stocks sold at frac-
tional declines from last weeks final
prices. Trading became dull and prices
steadied. Consolidated Gas rose ia,
Brooklyn Union Gas Ia, and Utah Cop
per Ia. Bonds were strong.
1 p. authorizations in the we'll
known stocks were unimportant, but
there was a tirmer undertone to the
market owing to the strength shown
by some of the minor s~pecialtles. Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey and Third
improved 3, Colorado Fuel 1I
and Southern Pacific preferred, Inter-
borough-Metropolitan preferred and
Smelling preferred /.
2 p. m.-The Hartman Paciics be-
came strong, Southern Pacific rising
Ia and Union Pacific l, but the rail-
road list as q whole was sluggish.
Lackawanna rose 5, Illinois Central 21h,
P~ittsburg, c., c.. and st. Louis 2, Sloss-
Sheffield Steel ~, American Sugar 1k
and Norfolk and Western 1.
3 p. m.-The market closed easy and
duh. Prices receded moderately in the
some resistance to the decline. Mis-
Pacific. Atchison and Chicago
and Alton got a point under Saturday,
and Wheeling and Lake Erie first pre-
1ss.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.--Wheat prices at
the start today were unchanged to Il
lower, chiefly as the result of a heavy
movement of new wheat md because
Of liberia. increases in the amount of
wheat on passage and in the worlds
shipments. December opened at 94A@
941s n advanced to 94s4 on rains in
the Northwest.
December corn advanced to 6e1a, after
opening at 66666M.
December oats advanced from 40, the
opening figure, to 49A.
Provisions were firm but trade was
quiet and chiefly In pork. Initial quo
tations were unchanged to 10 cents
higher. compared with Saturdays
closing prices.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
MORE REDUCTION OF IDLE CARS.

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-A further
reduction in the number of idle
cars within two weeks is indicated
by the figures made public by the COM
mittee Oil car efficiency of the American
Railway Association. The total num-
Der of stored ears In this country and
Canada on August 10 was 1884, 03. a de-
crease of 2S.61S, as compared with the
number of idle cars on August 5. This
is regarded as a pronounced improve
ment over the preceding two weeks, and
is the greatest reduction in the number
of idle cars since the period ended on
June "a.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
JOINT RATES RESTORED.

NEW YORK, Aug. S1.-The fight
which the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company has been
making since last fall with the Baltj-
more and Ohio, the Central Railroad of
New Jersey and the Reading over the
question of a connecting quite from the
South to New England, has been ended
and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has given permission to the New
Haven to restore on September 1 the
joint tariffs which were in effect pre-
vious to December II and were finally
Cancelled in March.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

Newark, n. j., Aug. ~, l9S.
report Of interments for the week ending
fr~ust 90. 1908:
Non. 20: boys. "a; women, Il: girls, 2e;
trt-L. 81.
y ;es-One year and undcr. ~; between and
. ,sars. s; between 9 and 5 years, 4; between
~ md 20 years, 6: between 90 and 30 years, q:
/ "t veen 20 and 40 years. s.; between 40 and :"
,"'rs. s: between 5n and go years, &; between
"a nd 20 years, 4; between 70 and so years, 81;
81 nd over, /.
Uiseases-Alcohollsm, .: a%poplexy or cerebral
fe'rmorrhage. .; appendicitis. 1; asthenia. l.;
a~tlma. 1: bronchitis, I; cancer. breast. j;
cne %ialties, 3: cholera infantum or summer COM
i'aint. s; commissions. |; delirium tremens. ];
tvs antery. 9: neglect. /: endocar ditis. s: entero-
crli It's. 2; gastro-enteritis. II; marasmus or
nutrition. G: meningitis. acute. /; menin-
r''is. tubercular, .; meningitis, cerebro-spinal.
: nephritis. &: oedema. CLOTHS. I; oedema.
- ;s. 4; phthlsis pulmonalis, /; pneumonia, 4;
vs. umonia, broncho. 4. premature birth, .;
nal diseases. l.; still born. 8: tetanus, i, tu-
~ mlosis, 7: whooping cough. !.
Places of Nativity-United States. 70: ireland,
z. England, |. Scotland, .; France, !. Germany
6: Canada, /; Russia. 2: colored. 2; unknown, /.
NJ T. CONNOLLY,
City Clerk.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
BUCKET-SHOP LAW
in EFFECT TOMORROW.
Penalty $4,000 Fine, Five Years
or Both in New Yc-k.

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. S1.-A number
of bills passed by the Legislature this
year and approved by Governor
Hughes amending the penal code, the
called anti-bucket shop law, go into
effect tomorrow. The act aimed at
bucket shops prohibited purchase or
sale of securities when the contract is
based merely on the public market
quotations and there is no actual. bona
fide receipts or delivery of such securi-
ties.
Violation of the law is made a felony,
punishable by a fine of S., 200 or impris-
onment for not more than five years,
or both.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Mobile and Ohio, for June, gross oper-
ating revenue $721, 621. decrease $209, 500;
operating expenses $512, 319, decrease
$1s4, 5sS; operating income $16S, 1913. de-
rea SIG, 42S.
Fol third week in August:
Detroit United $143, $40, decrease s12,-
1863. From January l 81, 403. $50, decrease
$40. 083.
Chicago Great Western $180,07s. in
crease s21. 7o4. From July l $1.165. 076.
decrease s1S, 2s9.