The Washington herald., 1912-01-09
FINANCE AND REALTY

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Railway common. which sold so freely
during the sessions Of the week just
passed. was practically neglected during
yesterdays meeting OF the local stock
exchange. During the regular can no
trading in this stock was recorded, not
withstandlnE a bid OF So was made. There
was fairly good demand for the stock.
but nothing was offered at a price which
could be met. by the brokers holding
buying orders. At the close the bid was
s. IL. and the stock was then offered
al 50 IL. After cali one sale of a quo-
tation lot Of twenty-five shares. at s..
was recorded.
The preferred stock of the washington
Railway and Electric Company was
quite active at SS1-2. The stock was
freely offered at this price, the supply
at this figure apparently being greater
than the demand. At the close OF the
regular call the bid was s. 3-s. and the
stock was offered at IS SIS
Washington Gas touched a new high
level, when fifty shares sold at 81. This
price was paid for a small odd lot sew
eral days ago. but yesterday was the first
time quotation lots have sold at that
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81 was the asking price. After call TWEEN
ty-five shares sold at 81.
Capital Traction stock was to be had
yesterday at a half point lower than the
bid recorded at the session Saturday. A
i0O-share lot, offered at lsil-2. and also
quotation lot at the 6 me price failed
to bring forth a purcha- II. Twenty-Five
shares sold al 124 3-4. At the close the
bid was l23 and the asking price 12I IL.
The bid for Graphophone preferred ad-
vanced a half point without resulting in
any trading. The lowest asking price
| recorded was 30.
There was some demand for bonds. Gas
IS sold at 10; Railway Is brought s. p,
and Potomac consolidated IS IOI IL.
Four Directors Elected.
At a meeting Of the board of direc-
tors OF the Union Trust Company, held
yesterday afternoon. four new directors
were elected. The names OF the newly
created directors will be announced this
afternoon at the conclusion Of the an
nual meeting of the bank.
InEIesIde Residence Sold.
The J. Louis wIIlige Company has
sold for Messrs. Cayhin and Dunigan
premises 1870 Monroe street northwest,
in the Ingieside subdivision. The prop
erty is one Of the row recently complet-
ed by these builders on the south side
Of Monroe street, adjoining the former
residence OF Chester A. Snow.
The house has an attractive Roman
brick front. with colonial porch and
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rooms and attic, with fulfilled bath and
hot-water heat. The house is finished
out in mahogI ny and white, and the
rooms and halls are deliberately deco
rated. II is unit erstood that in the neigh
borhood OF $3.50 was paid for the prop
erty, which will be occupied by the pur-
chaser, Leslie b. Gray.
Insurance Directors Elected.
At meeting yesterday Of the stock
holders of the District Title Insurance
Company and OF the Washington Title
Insurance Company, J. ThIlman Hen
drick and Bestor r. Walters were elect
ed directors OF the two organizations.
No other changes in the two companies
were made, as the former directors OF
both were reelected.
The Washington Title Insurance Com
pany elected the following directors:
Rignald W. BealI, Arthur c. Bishop,
William v. Cox, II. Bradley Davidson.
Daniel Fraser. William T Galliher. FL
bridge z. Jordan, John B. Larner, Fred
Mckee, Clarence r. Norment george
III. o'Connor. J. Thilman Hendrick, B.
Francis Saul Ernest L. Schmidt, and
s. W. Woodward.
The newly-elected board OF directors of
the District Title Insurance Company fol-
low: Charles @. Allen. Arthur @. Bishop
Myer Cohen, Charles A. Douglas, George
F. Hane. Alexander T. Hensey. Fred Nc
Kee. William r. Mattingly, Theodore W.
Noyes, Harry NJ. Packard, Z. Southard
Parker, Ernest L. Schmidt Z. Quincy
Smith. Joseph I. Weller. and Bestor r.
Walters.