The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
LIGHT TRADING NOTED ON
WASHINGTON EXCHANGE
No Marked Price Changes Reg
istered - Washington Gas
Stock Bid Reduced Hall
Point-Ten Shares Sell at
71-Sixty-four Shares Of
National Union Sell at 6 IA.

Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today was lighter In volume
than for several days past, and with
the exception OF further weakness in
Mergenthalcr Linotype shares, and a
drop OF several points In the bid for
Graphophonc common, there were NO
marked price changes. Odd lots OF
Capital Traction stock aggregating
twenty.cight shares sold at SO, yester.
days low level, while 81 u was the
The bid for Washington Gas stock
was. reduced a half point to 10. but
the. stock was held .hrmly at II, at
which figure an odd lot Of ten shares
sold after call.
a stock sale worthy OF mention
principally because OF the infreauency
In which tho shares are traded In was
sixty-four shares OF National Union
at 81 a.. this being the nrst sale re.
price Is the same>as the last previous
sale. Both ,the common and preferred
stocks OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company were traded In
mon brought 20 and a single share
sold for NO, while n total OF twenty.
three shares of the preferred stock
sold Eat NJ y and siS.
With the exception OF Traction b's.
which were offered after call At los V,
sl,5oo worth OF Warrington Gas SIS
at io7, and $1,000 Potomac Electric
c9p 9;rnaao IS a. ioik. s..,.
Bank announce a semi-snDuai divi-
dend OF per cent, payable to stock
holders ~ record December 81. The
Lincoln National Rank has declared
annual eG paSabic per bc Sn1 also 40 'm 10
shareholders OF record December 20.
other diyiden dannouncsments
made today Included a semi annual
d DIV , q per cen. OF the ,Coiym-
cembcr 30 TO shareholders or record
December 20. and a similar dividend
by the Real Estate Title Insurance
coFRSRs"s ou Rfssas' RsM shs ' spss, E
T3e,4s3 for labor. material. supplies
and other purposes. during October.
1919, according To figures just made
or hi. amount. ss.Tis.iss was paid
TO individuals and industries OF the
South. which represents s8t2,o34
more than was paid TO the road by
the South for. transportstion pur.
provements to It's roadway and struc.
tuNS, the southern spent Si.371, t24..
~ In October. 1919, as against 1901.
35Ttt during October, 1913. During
sI.Ta7.sa7.Ss was expended in i'm.
iplb.
An Investment oi 81 200. 900 for cut.
ting timber and manufacturing lum
her In Louisiana, 81, 100000 for a
plant TO refine and otherwise handle
petroleum In Missouri, Ss5O.OOO for
improvements TO a rhipbuilding plant
In Virginia, $500, 900 for improving an
oil refinery In Texas, a '12s, 900 acre
livestock farm development enter.
Prise In Georgia and "a s32J.oOO cor.
poration for mining graphite In Ala.
bama are among some OF the impor-
tant Southern deyclopmcntal enter.
prizes announced during the past
week. according TO the Manufae.
tuners Record.
Another high mark for the price
OF steel products II shown by this
weeks tabulated steel price table OF
Dow, Jones a. Co, which reveals n
gain OF 81 30 a gross ton In average
quotation for eight leading products.
The present average In s121c, com.
pared with STO03 last week. x6T.2s q
month ago and s3s.0s a year ago.