The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
FINANCE AND REALTY

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The common stock or the Warrington
Railway and Electric Company created
quite q surprise at the meeting OF the
local stock exchange yesterday when II
took G sudden jump OF two and 4 haif
points and sold at 50.
Prices for this stock have been ad-
vancing for several weeks past, but here
tofore the daily gains have been frac-
tionaL The highest price paid at the
meeting Friday was sex. The flrst sale
recorded yesterday was at STA The next
sale was one point better. The selling
then advanced by fractional gains until
the eliminating point was reached. when
100 shares sold AT &c.
Al the close the bid vas 5T,S. ana the
stock was still offered at 50. After call
a quotation lot sold at 5sh and another
100 shares at 50. The total amount OF
trading in this stock yesterday was SO
shares.
Railway preferred sold at ssx and then
fell back to ssh. The selling then ad-
vanced one-eighth Of a point. The sup
ply of the stock at this price was great
er than the demand. At the close the
] stock was still TO be had at sssS, but the
bidding remained firm at ssh.
washington Gas sold on a lower level,
The highest price paid for quotation lots
was so7-S The stock sold as low as
SoS-S The closing bid was % is and
the asking price q quarter point higher
than this igure.
The only other stocks dealt in yester-
day were the typesettsrs. MerEenthaler
sold odd lots at 2a1 IL and odd lots Of
Lanston sold at 81 L.
The bid for the stock of the Citizens
Savings Bank. which Jumped to IT FRI
day. resumed its forme1 level yesterday
at Is -. The asking price was IS. The
broker who bid for 1000 shares Friday
renewed his bid again yesterday with
out resulting in any trading. Yesterday
Bestor r Walters. treasurer-cashier OF
the bank. denied that negotiations were
under way for the purchase OF the in
stitution. He said: No offer has been
made for the purchase OF the bank by
the representatives Of any other bank.
II seems that once In every twelve
months q report is circulated that the
control Of the bank Is to be changed.
! will now state positively that this bank
is not for sale. The stockholders are en-
reach per cent on q stock valuation Of
$50 per share and II per cent on the par
value Of SO"
Colliere Made Superintendent.
The appointment Of Richard C. Colliere
as superintendent of agents in the WASH
ington once Of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company has been announced The
appointment marks a change IN the sys-
tenn in the local once. Mr.. CoIliere has
been connected with the company for
the past four years.
Chevy Chase Properties Sold.
Walter H. Barley has purchased from
William L. Browning the new ten-room
residence at SI3S Northampton street,
Chevy Chase. for about s11,oOo. The sale
was made through the once Of Thomas
]. Fisher & Co., Inc. The house is the
detached type, and is on q lot nifty feet
wide. A sleeping porch with q south and
east exposure Is one OF its features.
A. c. Wsrthen purchased lot 81, square
1875. Chevy Chase Heights. q sixty-foot
frontage. on the north side OF Jenlfer
street. between Connecticut avenue and
Thirty-eighth street. Mr.. warthen plans
to build q ten-room detached dwelling on
the site The consideration named In the
transfer was $500. This sale was also
effected through the ONCE OF Thomas ].
Fisher & Co, Inc.
Sold to Investor.
Mrs. Sarah r. Broome has sold TO an
investor the three-story dwelling at 1908
Twenty-third street northwest for $500.
The sale was made through the ONCE Of
the J. Louis wIIlIge Company.
Committee Appointments Made.
William H. Singleton has been appoint
ed chairman Of the public schools COM
mittee OF the Board Of Trade in place Of
Odell Smith, and Louis A. Dent was
selected as chairman Of the law COM
mittee. President Soyes yesterday an
nounced the appointment Of the following
committee on public transportation: E. c.
Graham, chairman: John L. Weaver, vice
chairman: II. clifford Bangs, W. W. Bo-
vie, L. S. Brown, Frank 4. Butts,
Charles T. Clagett, William P. Emo. Nor
ris F. Frey, William F. Ham. Thomas NJ.
Henry, S. B. Hege, William T. Galliher,
Stirling Kerr, Lee d. Latimer, Ralph W.
Lee, William II. Rapley. Charles p. Ra-
venburg. W. s. Richardson, George Cur
tbs Shinn, Odell s. Smith, Thomas W.
Smith, George F. Schutt, James H. Tay- |
lor, A. Coulter Wells, G. Langford Whit |
ford.