New-York tribune., 1900-12-28
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for foreign
account amounted to about 5000 shares Aroitrage
houses bought balance.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS--Ioan Quotatlons
were: Atchison common. Third Avenue end Erie
first and second preferred, 2; Atchison preferred
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, General Electric
Northern Pacific preferred Reading hrst preIerreo'
Rock Island St. Paul, Union Pacific common
I7r,on Pacific preferred, Manhattan. Delaware and
Hudson Southern Railway, Louisville and Nasn-
yillc Baltimore and Ohio common Paclnc MALL
a.; Peoples Gas, Sugar Refining, American To-
bacco common Continental Tobacco common
Tinted States Leather preferred, Brooklyn Rapid
Trans,+ Tennessee Coal and Iron, Amalgamated
Conner Federal Steel common and American Steel
and Wire common, 1895; Missouri Pacinc ana HI-
nois Ceatral 8; Northwestern, Northern facllc
common and Western Union A. Ne"-iorA NeAi'i''i'
4041s; Erie common, fiat
COAL sTOCKS-Commission houses were active
buyers of the coal stocks. especially the fseaoihs
shares II is thought that the price OF antnracles
will be raised again on January 1here was d
eood demand for Delaware and Hudson OUT htte
80, nos offered It is not generally believed that
+ba DaIaware and Hudson Company will make any
change in it's dividend rate for 1901 despite DIG earn
t, Jersey CentraIs November report. received
Yesterday showed decrease of $6l6oS In net earn
mos The soft coal stocks were well taken
1E>vER AND RIO GRANDE-Denver and Rio
rtrapde common enjoyed striking Improvement en-
a fair volume of business. AS prospective oiV-
dend payer this stock is selling Wen uhuer i's
actual worth. and as one or the attIdcu'e o"eap
stocks # is quite likely to make material ad-
-, l., tho course of the next sixty days. 1t Is
renorted that a bull pool has been formed In this
security. -, nj.
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSlT.-Brooklyn Napiu
Transit stock maintains its advance III d nIaillei
.ho+ Indicates strong buying and coming faVoraoe
developments. This issue is going up TINS time OH
r,ari+s which have appealed to conservative oper-
o+ors and leading banking and railroad interests
Although heavy realizing sales TOOK place. SeS'er-
dav the stock was generally strong
pEoPI E'S GAS.-People's Gas was the feature AT
+ha onerng and continued to occupy prominent
nosition throughout the day Chicago was heaVy
buver and local interests were active In this ISSUE
Tho Vanderbilts have not, reported, bought con-
troll of the Peoples Gas Company, but many prom
nent interests have taken the stock as an invest
ment including perhaps. the Vanderbilts
MEXICAN CENTRAL-Mexican Central issues
were strong and active features particularly the in
come bonds Boston interests were supposed to
have been active buyers. No news developments
accompanied the activity in these stocks, the buy
ing doubtless being based upon the theory that the
cononanvs prospects warranted better prices Mext-
can National stock moved up in sympathy
NORFOLK AND MISREPRESENTATION and West
ern reports gross earnings of SOs5S for the third
mel, IN Decenber an increase OF $44.142 the
same week a year ago. For the three weeks of the
month the increase has been SloO'lSo ana Tor the
fiscal year to December 2. SS7S,03o.
GRANGER SHARES.-Heavy buying OF Buriing-
ST.
for Western account Rock Island is being absorbed
bv conservative buyers who believe that 1t is selling
too low in view of the advanced level OF several
other 5 per cent securities.
RECORD BANK CLEARINGS-The exchanges
at the Clearing House yesterday were $36i,OlS2sO.
This is the high record. The preceding high record
was on November 20, 1900. when the exchanges were
626. The clearngs for the week of November
"a were the highest on record They viii not he
ceeded this week. because Monday the Stock
Exchange was closed and Christmas legal
holiday.
PETROLEUM PRICES UP.-Rehned petroleum
has been advanced 10 points to 81 40 In barrels and
s4 s5 in bulk Philadelphia prices being basis of
points lower.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-The American To-
bacco Company has declared quarterly dividend
of per its preferred stock and 1lS per
on its common stock The Dry Dock Savings In
stituton. Nos 34i and si3 Bowery. announces
that has declared interest at the OF Sla per
The American Ice Company has declared
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent on It's preferred