Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-08
Days Financial
News and Gossip,

Bos ton--Gay & Surgis have the fol-
lowing dispatch from Boughton: The
of figures this week show
ing the result Of Lakes shipments from
Feb. 20 tn April ! has caused consider
able inquiry and invited severa, COM
PARSONS with ether mines. The rook
forwarded during the period. which con-
tanned "a working days, weighed $500
tons or an average OF lJ3 tons per day
and the. mineral produced amounted to
101.420 pounds. which is at the rate of
about IS pounds per ton of rock The
mineral contains about - per cent cop
per. and the production. therefore, was
fined copper per ton of rock.
F. Cbicago-Tratic on the Harrison.
Lines in March showed a better ratio
of gain than in February, and operat-
ing conditions were generally favorable.
California fruit movement is heavy, but
it is not ur to that of year ago. The
industrial and general freight show big
gest gains
New York-Farm prospects are fully
IS favorable as they have been in any
record years within the past decade
There is no doubt initiating in land val
ues and considerable waste in over-ex-
penditure. But that is not peculiar to
farming communities. Nor is the crop
prospect thus described confirmed sole
ly confined to the Upited States. There
is hardly a country, apart from Spain
and portions Of North America, where
damaging droughts prevail. that does
not face the new season with a better
than average promise.
Boston--At the close of business April
the combined deposits of the 10 Bos-
ton Savings Banks reached the record
total of $235.16S00 compared with $232.-
1875 900 i've months ago, an increase of
$3.043,000 or 1.31 per cent. In the past
year the Boston Savings Bank deposits
have increased s7,725,000 or 3.4 per cent
Chicago-More small packing plants
here and throughout the West are clos
ing down because of the high prices. The
|Boyd-Lurham house in Chicago has been
closed since last Monday; the Morton
|Gregson house at Nebraska City has
been closed six weeks and some of the
East st. Louis plants shut their doors.
Eastern meat trade is exceptionally poor.
WashingtOn--One of the largest steel
contracts ever made in the United States
IL III Sl6Hl Dy liN Sd.idl Npli-
mission which soon will call for bids
for the construction Of gates to the locks
with which the isthmian canal will be
Equipped. The price will approximate $6,
100000 The specifications will be ready
in about month and the bids will be
opened perhaps two months later. The
|raquisition calls for the manufacture,
delivery and erection of about $4,000
tons Of steel parts.
Boston--March earnings of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit showed another
phenomenal gain. The increase for the
month was $19H,000 or nearly per cent.
which compares with n per cent. gain
in February and an average monthly
gain for the seven months to JAN 81,
fof IL per cent.
Eoston-James A. Rice former pump
imam at the Inspiration property. has filed
la suit against the Inspiration Copper
ECo. for 100000 dan,ages as reparation for
alleged permanent injuries inflicted by
falling sr,okestack. He claims negli-
gence on the part of the company's of
ficials.
New York--Thc average price of 20
active stocks at the close Wednesday
Yves 1871, an advance of 80 compared
with Tuesdays close. A year ago the
average was 122.Gs.