The Washington times., 1916-01-18
v. RY. & T. COMMON
SELLS UP A POINT
Shares Form Strongest Issue
on Washington Exchange.
Firmer Tone Prevails.

Washington Railway and Electric
common stock was the strongest
issue In market Of hrmer tone that
prevailed on the Washington Ex-
change today.
After fifty shares of the railway
stock had sold at SS or several points
above the price that has recently pre-
vailed. the bid for quotation lots was
established at SS, an advance of a full
point above the bid of the previous
day. An odd lot of ten shares OF the
preferred stock of the company
brought SS 3-S
Capital Traction stock was also in
better demand. and sold up fraction
ally. An odd lot of ten shares sold at
ass, and twenty-seven additional
share sat $50.
Other sales of the day included 81 900
worth of Washington Railway and
Electric per cent bonds at sos: a $500
pond Off the same company at Sllk; a
Washington Gas at l05A: ten shares
or Washington Gas stock at 74h;
twenty shares of Mergenthaler Limo
type stock at 10 to l70i4. and forty
shares OF American GRAPHIC phone com
mon stock at ia to 125.
The board of directors OF the District
National Bank will give n dinner to-
morrow evening in honor of Col. Robert
P''' VI tbt DdIh, At tnt
Willard.
Stockholders of the National Savings
and Trust Company at their annual
board of directors. They are Wood
bury Blair. John c. Boyd. James A.
buchanan, William a. II. Church. wal
ter G. Clephane. 'William V. Cox, WI
liam f. Edmonston, George W. Gray.
William j. Hoover, George Howard.
Reginald :. lIuidekopor, O. II. +. John
son, Thomas K: Jones, Victor Ksufr
mann. Edward Mclean. Samuel Mad
dox, William +. Quicksall, Frank ".
stone, William II. Walker and Henry
No changes were made in the Of
hcial staff. The officers are William
-; Hoover. president: Woodbury.
blair. FIRST vice president: Frank W.
Howard. treasurer; Charles T.. Ny
man. secretary. Charles G. Lamborn.
assistant treasurer. and Frank Stct-
son. trust officer.
To meet the increased demand Tor
Iullman service to Doints In the south
the southern Railway Company will re-
store Thursday the observation sIaeu-
ing car on the birmingham Srecial."
the train which leaves Washington at
$50 O'Clock in the afternoon and ar
riVes at birmingham at J:45 the next
afternoon.
This service was discontinued several
months ago because of the business de-
preston that prevailed at that time
PARTICULARLY in the South. The service
Will be especially convenient for travel
out of Washington to charlottesville
LynchburG and other Virginia points.
The retirement Of E l.. Norton and
the election Of f. Fl. Coy as his sue
cessor was the only change effected In
the personnel Of the directorate OF tho
Munsey Trust Company at the annual
meeting OF stockholders today. The
other directors are Frank A. Munsey,
Wilton J. Lambert, 4. r. ClaxtOn, Ash
ley VI. Gould. Perry Belmont. w T.
Dewart, c. II. Pope, William +. GUIDE.
+. A. Walker. George r. Gather. and
Colin II. Livingstone.
The board organized Immediately fol-
lowing the election and reelected the
officers Of the company. They are
Frank \. Muns"y, president G. II.
Pope, vice president: Wilton j. Lam
hert. secretary and general counsel, A.
Il. ClaXtOn. treasurer. and O. q. ClaX-
ton, assistant treasurer.