New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
WHEAT.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

OUTSIDE SECURJTIES-Market Irregular ana
quiet Standard OIL closed at Tlg47S against fSg
47lIa on Monday Last prices OF other prominent
issues were Otis Elevating 10; preferred S1hp
ssiA; New Amsterdam Gas. common. SzAaSzH; pre-
ferred s7as7s.: Wagner Palace Car. lslals5; Cont
mental Tobacco. common. 3ilaa35; preferred 74'ag70
Air Power. 67d69. against 6Sq7O on Monday
FEDERAL STEEL DIVIDENDS-The directors
of the Federal Steel Company will meet the latter
mart OF this month 10 take action on the dividends
both on the common and preferred stocks me
preferred will be put upon s per cent OASIS with
the first dividend ~ per cent payable on OF aoou'
April l. No decision has yet been reached regard
ing the rate to be declared on the common stock.
FOREIGN TRADING.-London prices were lower
and arbitrage houses sold on balance ABOUT zen
thousand shares I'm this market the heaviest sen
ing being in the Northern Paclhcs Southern Hail-
way common and preferred were bousht i"' NV
foreign account.
CHANGES IN ABBREVIATIONS.-A NUMBER Oh
changes have been made in the Stock Ehchanse
ticker abbrevations for the names OF stqChs dro one
object being to shorten me eVstf,ting each
symbol thus allowing the quotations 10 Ue 80
of more rapidly than at present , dnf is as
follows ANS american spirs a Man9 9AmeTican
Company VIII be changed TO 40; az IHnn Arbor
Railway viii be An. BIS National Biscuit Coih
pan will be 81 BsW Bdltm9re ana TGiU Fuel
and Iron Company will be CT. Gel !ChiSago aie
ESi'1Tq p9' vii h2 be fP vi" FAC East
Company viii be EG. ICE Consolidated Ice G@m,
pany) will be t.. JOL Dolet and ShIeaFgUo NJ Iii
10, INST minneapolis and 81. Louis isdllIoa, d .,
be MS, psf Gttsburg Cincinnati Cni.aHT h hu P1'.
Louis better known as "Panhandle') VIII be ~
P&G Trocter e. Gamble Company Will pe 81
RGW fT.io Crande Western Railway VIII De ~,
TCI Tennessee Coal. Iron and KalI0ad OH y, ~
VIII be II TPW Toledo, Peoria and Western KaM sI
road will he TP T,FC Union Ferry company VII
be UF WIGS (Western Gas Company VII De W.
WIS wisconsin Central Company VIII pe "
1T AVE Third Avenue Railroad Will De ~
= RailrOd01
EIGHTH AVE eighth Avenue Rairoad) VIII De
cav.
ELECTED A DTRECTOR-At a meeting yester-
day OF the Board OF Directors Of the Union To-
bacco Company Anthony y BRADY was s siIgin q
comprise the Board OF Directors: William Il But
ler Thomas F Ryan Frank nlford (of Park &
Tilfordl Samuel Thomas. Frank Mccoy. X a. Z.
" Bremen and Frederick =. Voorhees,.
TO PAY DIVIDENDS -Farson Leach & Co.. ".
W Harris & Co.. Winslow. Lanier x Co and the
Knickerbocker Trust Company will pay dividends
on a number OF securities. lists OF which Will be
found in another column.
THE COA1PANY,s sHOWING-The Liverpool
and London and Globe Insurance Company pub
fishes It's ffty-frst annual statement OF its United
states branch. Notwithstanding the unfavoraole
conditions which governed the insurance business
the total assets being S9.7o351, and the surplus
S4FBql6 both a handsome Increase over the same
dgl,res OF last year Henry W Eaton Is The resi-
dent manager in New-York.
OUTSIDE SECURITY MARKET.
NETWORK STREET RAILROADS.