Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-16
NOTE PROTECTORS
FIGHT FOR v. R. {.
Holders Committee Here to
Meet Tomorrow Morning;
Will Press Needs.
CO-OPERATES WITH LINE

The note holders protective COM
mittee of the Washington Utilities
Corporation will hold meeting to-
morrow morning Al 1890 o'clock al
| the New Willard. The names of the
| members of this committee are: Rob
| ert n. Harper, president of the DIS
| trict National Bank, chairman: Will
| liam T. Cadwallader, cashier of the
Commercial National. secretary: W. l.
j Galliher. president of the American
National; John Pole. president of the
Federal National; George w. White,
president of the National Metronoli-
tan; c. W. Warden, vice president of
| the Continental Trust Company: Har-
| old d. Thorn. of the Metropolitan
Trust Company. New York, and Henry
D. Harlan of the Fidelity Trust Com
| pany. Baltimore
| The purpose of this committee, as
announced by various members of it.
| is to cooperate with the manage
ment of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company in pressing the
needs OF that company before the
public of Washington and the Public
Utilities Commission and in bringing
about a better car service on it's
lines.
The stock brokerage firm of Lind1ey
&, Co. has opened Offices in the South
ern building. with George Agnus Gar
rett as resident manager Mr.. Gar
rett is we'll known in Washington
At one time he was connected with
Lee Higginson & Co. and was a mem
|
National Bank, from which position
he retired Later he was appointed
assistant director of war risk insur-
ance.
Lindley & Co. is one of the old
Wall street firms.
One of the stock market reports is
that the big tire-making companies
have laid aside their project for max
ing Is per cent reduction in tire
prices. When the Is per cent cut in
tire prices was made last May it was
agreed to make a similar cut in mid
summer.
The Mdvale Steel and Ordnance
Company has made announcement of
its pension and BODYBUILDING plan for
employees. The company reports that
it has set aside $2,500.000 as home
building fund.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the National Union Fire Insurance
Company of Washington. held Mon
day, the following were elected men,
bers of the board of directors: Charles
3. Bailey. Thomas Bradley. Floyd e.
Davis, Albert F. Fox. w. T. Galliher.
J. Leo kolb. John B. Larner, Philip
F. arner. Walter s. Pratt, jr.; B. F.
Saul George Spransy, John c.
ganized by the election of the follow
ing officers: A. F. Fox. president;
Charles B. Bailey. vice president;
Philip F. Larner, secretary; William
H. Somervell, assistant secretary.
On the Washington Stock Exchange
today $1,000 Potomac Electric general
Is changed hands at 9SA. five shares
of Capital Traction at 89lk and ten
shares at S9A twelve shares Of
Lanston at 69a ard ten shares at 70,
and eleven shares in two lots of Mer-
After call $1,000 Washington Gas
SIS sold at 96A, five ttn-share lots of
Columbia Graphophonc preferred at
95B. twenty shares & Washington
Railway and Electric =, eferred at SIS,
ten shares of Washington Gas at Six
and two fractions of Columbia
Graphophone common at AT.
Roy L. Neuhauser of the Washing
ton branch of the National City Com
pany was elected vice president Of
the Citizens Savings Bank yesterday
Mr.. Neuhauser served two terms as
president of the Washington Chapter
of the American Institute of Banking
and is chairman of the public affairs
committee of the institute for this
federal reserve district He was one
of the organizers of the Citizens Saw
ings Bank and member of its first
directorate.
\Edward ]. Stellwagen. president of
the Union Trust Company, is spend
ing his vacation at Poland Springs,
Me. He will return September 1.