The Washington times., 1916-01-18
". RY. & {. 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 a 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
at SS. an advance of full
point above the bid Of the previous
day. An odd lot of ten shares OF the
preferred stock of the company
brought s8 as.
Capital Traction stock was also in
better demand. and sold up fraction
ally. An odd lot of ten shares sold at
Ssh, and twenty-seven additional
share sat SSk.
Other sales of the day included 1900
worth Of Washington Railway and
Electric per cent bonds at S05h; a $500
bond Off the same company at SlM; a
Washington Gas at 1O5%: ten shares
OF Washington Gas stock at 741k;
twenty shares of Mergenthaler Limo
type stock at 10 to l7OA. and forty
shares OF American Graphophone COM
mon stock at 14 to 125.
The board OF directors Of the District
National Bank will give n dinner to-
morrow evening in honor of Col. Robert
n. Harper, president of the bank, at the
Willard.
Stockholders of the National Savings
and Trust Company at their annual
meeting late yesterday reelected the
bury Blair. ' John c. @Ss Boyd SIs James @0o% a.
Buchanan. William A. II. Church. Wal
ter G. Clephane. sWilliam v. Cox, VIII
liam T.. Edmonston, George w. Gray,
William j. Hoover, George Howard.
RautnaIH IT,ttIaEpnar 1 III
son. Thomas r: Jones, Victor Kaufr-
mann, Edward Mclean, Samuel Mad
dox. William +. Quicksall. Frank W.
Stone, William II. Walker and Henry
X. Willard.
No changes were made in the Of
hcial staff. The officers are William
d. Hoover, president; woodbury
Blair. FIRST vice president Frank w.
Stone, second vice president; George
Howard. treasurer; Charles f.. Ny
assistant treasurer, and Frank Stet-
son. trust officer,
To meet the increased demand for
Pullman service to points in the South
the Southern Railway Company will re-
store Thursday the observation sleep
ing car on the birmingham Special {"
the train which leaves Washington at
4:35 o'clock In the afternoon and ar
rives at Birmingham at 5:45 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 +. II. Coy as his sue
cessor was the only change effected In
the personnel of the directorate Of the
Munsey Trust Company at the annual
meeting OF stockholders today. The
other directors are Frank A. Munsey
Wilton ]. Lambert, A. B. Claxton. Ash
ley NJ. Gould, Perry Belmont w. T.
Dewart, c. II. Pope, William +. GUIDE,
f. 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 A. Munsey, president; c. II.
Pope, vice president; Wilton J. Lam
bert, secretary and general counsel; A.
Il. Claxton, treasurer. and o. G. ClaX-
ton, assistant treasurer.