New-York tribune., 1900-10-19

trail Reading first preferred. Rock Island, st.
Paul. Sugar Refining. Union Pacific common Amer
lean Tobacco common Continental Tobacco COM
mon Manhattan. Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Ten
nessee Coal and Iron. Southern Railway preferred
Federal Steel common and American Steel and
Wire common. ~; General Electric. Northern Pa
cihc common and Western Union, /; Louisville ana
! Nashville and Baltimore and Ohio common, 2a21s
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING.-Seling of
Sugar Refining stock continued IN yesterdays mar
ket for pool account. The Wormser selling was
conspicuous and a Consolidated Exchange interest
also active seller Buying was said TO De
for lower Wall Street. 1t is understood that the
selling of Sugar. outside ot the Wormser deal
ings has been the result of a bull campaign start
ed several months ago. The stock was oousIi'
around 125, and when decline TO 1l2l2 took place
more stock secured, and profits are now oelns
taken on the averaged stock.
VANDERBILT BUYING.-Vanderbilt brokers
were buyers OF Canada Southern and Lake Erie ana
Western. Nickel Plate issues were in moderate de-
mand and New-York Central was well taken Inc
character Of buying in the so-called Nanderoit
shares helped the general market especially IN the
afternoon when New-York Central became active
SPECTATORS SELLING.-The Gates crowd
sold stocks yesterday. and it was reported that
John w. Gates had been a heavy seller all the
week despite some known buying orders for his
account Keene brokers also sold, and traders who
follow the lead of the big" were sellers. The
most prominent spectators were sellers, large
part of the business being sales against calls
bought in London to ma ture there in the NoVem-
her settlement One house alone borrowed 10000
shares for delivery on sales against these calls.
ATCHISON PREFERRED - Heavy realizing
sales were made in Atchison preferred, prominent
bull interest taking profits. Bell & Co. sold o0o
shares. Halle & Stiegitz bought. and, as a rule.
the buying good as the selling. Investment
buying in this stock was noted.
UNION PACIFIC.-Housman & Co. and other
firms who represent substantial interests were
active buyers of Union Pacific. Content & Co
were the chief sellers; L. w. Wormser sold lol0
shares London also sold Union Pacific.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.-Chesapeake and
Ohio stock is in good demand. and apparently it is
being absorbed by people who know good deal
about the affairs of the company. meeting Of
the directors has been called for October 26, when
a dividend may be declared.
PENNSYLVANIA AND BALTIMORE AND
OHIO.-Sellne in PENNSYLVANIA and Baltimore
and Ohio came from the same sources, and was
thought to be for the account of Broad-st. op-
orator recently a buyer
CONSOLIDATED GAS.-Bulls on Consolidated
Gas stock revived the old report that at the next
dividend meeting the directors would declare an
extra dividend offset to the losses due the
reduction in the dividend to per cent at the time
of the gas war. The next dividend period comes in
December
GEORGIA SOCTHERN.-The directors of the
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway have de-
cared a dividend of 2l2 per cent on the first pre-
ferred stock and per cent on the second preferred
DISTILLING COMPANY'S MEETING-The ad-
journed annual meeting Of the Distilling Company
Of America yesterday again adjourned -
o'clock to-day account Of quorum being
present.
A j. ELIAS'S NEW BUsINEss.-AIbert ].
Elias formerly president of the Third Avenue
Railroad Company. has opened Offices at No %
Broadway the transaction Of a general bond
and investment securities business
NAMED AS A DEPOSITORY.-The Trust Com
pany of New-York has been designated a depository
Of the Conee, Cotton and Produce exchanges of
New-York and appointed by the Bank Superin-
teEdeut depository of lawful money reserves for
the banks and individual bankers for the State of
New-York and depository by the State OF New
York FOR State funds