New-York tribune., 1900-10-24

Pacific common 11b612: Northern Pacific preferred
and Southern Railway preferred. 3; Sugar Refining
Manhattan Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Federal Steel
common and American Steel and Wire common
s1kQ4; Delaware and Hudson. q Western Union lg
H. Baltimore and Ohio preferred. B.
AMERICAN LINSEBD.-American Linseed STOCK
was bought by a good class of buyers. purchases
by F. w Savin were thought to represent chicago
interests The American Linseed Company is doing
business in excess of 1,750OOO month. which Is
equal in round numbers to S21OOO0Oo year 1t mas
paid six quarterly dividends of ia per cent on its
preferred stock and will declare another diVidehu
on November 15 which Will be payable on Decenl-
Der 16
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON.-Tennessee Coal
and Iron interests laugh at the report that the
company has passed or is about to pass to the
control of the American Steel and Wire Company
American Steel and Wire officers profess to kno"
nothing about the report
NORTHERN PACIFIC.-Northern Pacific was
strong on buying for strong interests Morgan
brokers took the stock in round amounts r W.
Savin & Co. and H. G. Campbell & co. were large
buyers and Chicago buying orders were heavy
Various runors were put out regarding the prop
erty among them being one that closer arrange
ment would be made with the Great Northern.
AMERICAN TOBACCO.-Buying of American To-
bacco was heavy and the general reaction did not
have much effect upon the price F. L. Seligsberg
and Clarke, Dodge Co. were active buyers OF this
issue. Street & Norton also took round amounts
Bell & Co. and ]. NJ. Amory sold, There were no
news developments affecting the stock but talk of
big earnings again heard
SUGAR REFINING.-Lower Wall Street interests
bought Sugar stock. L. w. Wormser sold. 1t was
reported in the day that new pool had been
formed in the stock The buying yesterday was
better than the selling. Van Emburgh & Atterbury
heavy buyers.
MEXICAN ISSUES.-Mexcan Central stock
firm on good class of buying and it thought
that this stock and Mexican National would go
higher account of the rise in the price Of sill
Central
PENNSYLvANIA's DIVIDEND.-The regular
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to consider the question
of the semi-annual dividend will be held November
l. The dividend which may he declared will be
payable to the shareholders they stand regis
tered the books of the company at o'clock
p n October 81, 1900.
PACIFIC MAIL.-PaciAc Mail stock is being ad-
Vanced on the prospects of the passage of the
Subsidy bill at the coming session of Congress
Buying yesterday was considered good.
MANHATTAN.-The early strength in Manhat-
tan was accompanied with the stock report that
Metropolitan interests had secured control Of the
road.
UNION PACIFIC.-vanderbilt interests were
said to be picking up Union Pacific.
GATES A SELLER.-It said yesterday by
several of his intimate friends that John w Gates
was seller of over thirty thousand shares of stock
Monday. and is now practically out of the market
so far speculative holdings are concerned
OFFERS OF BONDS.-AIbert Loeb & Co. offer
market price the ST. Louis and Southwestern
Railway Company first mortgage per cent gold
bonds, due 1889, being absolute first lien of S2O
100000, which cannot be increased. on a system OF
over 1900 miles Of railway, which has in the last
fiscal year. ending June 80 last earned twice
the amount necessary to pay the interest on these
bonds. The present quotation of the bonds is 81
and interest. at which price they yield nearly AZ
per cent on the investment.
Charles Minzesheimer & Co. offer to investors first
lien 81A per cent gold bonds Of the Chicago and
Alton Railway Company