New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
WAR STOCKS AGAIN
 EXHIBIT STRENGT
Tone of Entire Local Market
 One Of Promise
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 There has been a decidedly bett
 tone to the local market the past tv
 Or three days and considerable inte
 est has been manifested in the Wi
 stocks, which have been quiet a1
 reaCtionary for several months pad
 Buying has principally been by trade
 who anticipate a further rise in tl
 fall. The largest advance has bed in ScOvill which has advanced fro 545, the market closing with sales
 high as 570. At the closing the ma M ket was quoted 567 bid, 572 asked. C considerable interest to local investoM N was the dividend declaration made IM the Niles -Bement-Pond company o3 their common stock yesterday.
 this meeting the regular quarterly divN dend was increased from F per cenN to F per cent, thus placing thS stock on a 10 per cent annual basi4 The dividend is payable Septembei 20th to stockholders of record Septemz Der 9th. On the announcement therI was considerable activity in the stocA which advanced from 159 to I'll ana has advanced several points furthel today with sales from 169 to 171I Standard Screw remains about thu same at 330 bid, 335 asked and ColtA is 81O bid, 82O asked AmericaI Brass has been fairly active and il quoted PTS bid, 28O asked.
 New Britain Stocks Quiet.
 There has been very litIe doing irI the New Britain stocks and prices rel main practically the same. Amerj ican Hardware is quoted 132 bid, 13d asked, and North & Judd is 90 bidj 92 asked. Stanley Works is a littld stronger and is quoted 84 bid, Sd asked, and Union Manufacturing company is quoted 90 bid, 92 asked New Britain Machine is quoted S1| bid, S4 asked and Landers, Frary &| Clark Is offered at 70 bid. Traut &I Hine is offered at AZ and National Spring Bed at 27. There has beenI recent sales of Hart & Cooley stock in the neighborhood of 400, and sales of Commercial Trust company stock have ranged from 145 to 1855. 225 is bid for New Britain Trust company stock and 25O asked American Ho- siery is quoted 135 bid, 145 asked.
 Eagle Lock has been active and in and Is quoted 73 bid, "A asked Bristol Brass is also some- what more active and has sold as high as 65 bid, 67 asked Sales of American Silver has ranged from 27 O 29.
 The Hartford Life Insurance com- Dany stocks have been more active with sales of Aetna Life from 718 O 72O and Travellers from SIS to S16. Aetna Accident & Liability is quoted 30 bid, 44O asked and Connecticut 1eneral Life is 625 bid. Hartford team Boiler is 412 bid, 425 asked.
 The Fire Insurance Company stocks emain the same with Aetna Fire at 94 bid, 400 asked. Hartford Fire ; 8O5 bid, S20 asked, National Fire 1885 bid 395 asked Phoenix Fire 395 bid, 400 asked and Standard ire is 60 bid. 65 asked.
 Stocks Recommended. During the past two or three days lere has been a little public buying the manufacturing company stocks. he result has been a slight advance Id we believe that this is an indI- tiOn that with the end of the vaca- on season approaching the public III enter the market again, the re- It being higher prices all along the le. In our opinion Colts Arms Sco- II, Niles -Bement-Pond Common. nerican Brass, Standard Screw and the New Britain manufacturing ocks are bound for much higher iceS