The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-02
MARKET NOTES.

The disposition is to speculate on the
prosperity of the country and yet the
machinery for speculation is curtailed be-
cause OF this very prosperity,
Applications for prepayment of govern
ment bond interest has almost ceased. On
| SS4 100000 bonds held to secure public de-
posits, less than 1900, 900 interest has been
called for by the banks having them on
deposit
Chicago: Curb December wheat 7O1k, off
X
Exports of copper from New York yes
terday aggregated 100 tons These figures
are compiled by the New York metal ex-
change from returns OF the United States
bureau of statistics: September dong
tons, imports $3.50, exports 1865, bonded
stock Sept 80 1899
A leading New York banking 'institu-
ton called loans extensively Monday but
| Tuesday made new ones to the extent of
| $3.50, 900 at 20 per cent
The market turned somewhat dull on
apparent realizing. During the first hour
shorts. traders and commission houses
We're good buyers of nearly whole list
| A director of the Atchison is quoted as
saying that Atchison preferred dividends
will be increased. The situation all con-
sidered induces the managers of the
Atchison property to arrange for the
regular per cent dividend basis
| An official of the ST. Paul says: 1.-The
road is still short of cars, but the situa-
| ton is much improved over the condition
moving In equal volume both ways and
! the management is taking advantage of
| the prosperity and expending liberal por-
ton of earnings for betterment of the
physical condition of the property gen
| orally"
| Some of the large financial institutions
| of New York recently have been quiet
labsorbers of dividend-paying securities.
! One of the prominent life insurance com
panies Is credited with having bought and
taken from the market about 10000 shares
n anf al ncl,or S.fT MI,
ware and Hudson
Total exports of manufactured goods
from the United States for September
aggregated $31, 373, 264, compared with
$25, 020.O47 for the CORES ponding month in
1898. For the nine months exports of
manufactured ma goods increased from
s221, 822 C45 out Of total merchandise ex-
out of total merchandise exports of
1855, 294, 3S9 in 1899
! The United States Oil company is stated
| to have earned its full quarterly dtvi-
dend in the month of October
| Current rumor now says that the next
dividend on Osceola will be 81, an increase
of 81 over the June dividend
| Charles R. Flint, the famous promoter,
| mas successfully promoted in the last two
years industrial companies whose Rzre-
gate capitalization foot up $3.50, 900, 600.
| ulative month
| The great physical strain among finan-
| cial circles this year and the ,overworked
! coHultloH OF some financial institutions
may be in a measure illustrated bv the
| fact that It is rumored that one trust
company in Boston, and not large one.
| has lost q of Its employees since January
!, and the 2Sth has sent in his resignation.
| director of the National Steel Com
pany says that company will earn $12, :
| 600 this year. They now have a working
capital of 81, 100000
! An increase of 81, 600. 900 net is looked for
| in the quarterly exhibit of the New York.
| New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The quarterly statement of the New
| York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
will show nearly 1900 900 increase in the
| net, OF D. c. on share capital In july
the gross earnings gained 100000 and the
net earnings 100000 and similar gains in
both gross and net were made in August.
The Dewey business should have insured
fully as much gain in September.
New York, New Haven and Hartford
would probably be selling higher but for
the company's increase in its share can't
tai. The last increase was the sale this
year of 1900 shares at nearly 5000 per
share, or sufficient to enable the company
to retire 81, 100000 of its maturing debts