New-York tribune., 1900-11-13
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES,

FOREIGN TRADING.-London dealt in about
70 900 shares the local market sales on balance
amounting to $1,000 shares. Arbitrage houses were
large borrowers OF stocks
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
were Atchison common and preferred, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Missouri Pacific New-York
Central Northwestern, Northern Pacific preferred,
Reading first preferred. Rock Island, st. Paul.
Union Pacific common and preferred. Manhattan,
Delaware and Hudson, Louisville and Nashville and
Baltimore and Ohio common per cent; Peoples
Gas. Sugar Refining. American Tobacco common.
Continental Tobacco common. United States
Leather preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Ten
nessee Coal and Iron. Federal Steel common and
American Steel and Wire common. 3d312; Northern
Pacific common and Linseed Oil common and pre-
ferred, fiat; Western Union. .. and Southern Rail-
way preferred 3D..
AMERICAN CAR AND FOJNDRY-The i'm
preston has gone abroad that the American Car
and Foundry Company will increase the dividend
on the common stock to a per cent basis. 1t may
he said authority that increase will not be
made. The common stock has been advanced
the report Of an increase IN the dividend The pre-
ferred stock is safe per cent investment but
earnings are now not heavy as they were
year ago, owing the higher price of labor and
the lower prices received for cars.
INACTIVE STOCKS SADVANCE.-Adams Express
stock advanced 10 points sales of 100 shares.
American Tobacco preferred gained : points: Chi
cago Great Western preferred A, Sas points: Cleve-
land. Lorain and Wheeling. 81. points: Evansville
Power. 3k per cent New-York Air Brake. points:
Panhandle" rs points Pullman. points; Rio
Grande Western. Az points: st. Louis points: St
Louis and San Francisco first preferred 2'a points;
United States Rubber preferred. "a points, and
Wells-Fargo. 10 points
INTERNATIONAL PAPER.-IntcrnattonaI Paper
preferred bought for interests who took the
stock for investment account The final quotation
showed a net gain of pa points The Stock sold
above 80 in 1899 and 1t is believed that it will go
even better in the course of the next few months
Earnings heavy and the prospects for year
are unusually promising. The preferred stock is
held by some OF the strongest investment interests
In the Street.
LONDON'S SHORT ACCOUNT.-It is estimated
that Londons short account in American stocks :s
about $4,000 shares. This Includes large number
of calls bought in August and September 1t s
SAID that Jonn ". Gates has made fortune
August - i-0''1''' ''S
UNITED STATES LEATHER ER-Leather COM
mon is being taken by a bull pool and the advance
IS not due to any expected developments in the
anairs Of the company. The company is doing a
coed bus, business; but the common stock is long
ST LOUIS SOUTHW WISTERN.-E arnings of the
st Louis Southwestern continue heavy, and a good
class of buyers are taking the preferred stock in
expectation Of a dividend next year. Gross earn
| lrgs for the first week in November Increased
year from July l.
CHARACTER OF BUYING-Commission houses
were heavy buyers. Keene brokers worked on the
| bull side; also Standard on brokers' Insiders In
| Peoples Gas and American Tobacco bought The
so-called Gates crowd bought American Steel and
| Wire and Vanderbilt buying was reported In tho.
| coal stocks especially Reading. There was go III
| investment buying in the nigh grade stocks Penn
| sylvan!a and Burlington being In particular le-
mand Gould brokers bought Missouri Pacific A
Western pool bought Southern Pacific Chicago
| shorts covered in Peoples Gas
| TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON - Tennessee
| Coal and Iron the feature at the opening,
| making sharp advance inside manipulation
| Insiders assert that the CCmpany's business en-
| titles the stock to considerable advance. The
principal factors which expected to bring about
a rise the fact that the comnanys cars Of Mo
| iron are now about double the present OUTPUT the
| advance of 80 cents ton made in the price this
week, and the expected Infusion of blood into
| the management.
| NORFOLK AND WESTERN-Norfok and
Western reports increase IN gross earnings for
the first week In November Of $40 454 over the same
! week year aeo From July gross earnings have
increased %ols@ AT the current rate the road
for the year, and II Is quite likely that afr H.
| close OF the fiscal year a dividend will be paid
| AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN.-The renort NJ
/ the American Soda Fountain Company for the
ending August 81 shows total assets Of 81 1ss
624 exceeding total liabilities by $S3s7s This s
best year the company has made for a considera bic
| period
| VOTING TRUST DISSOLVED-At a meeting OF
tie voting trustees OF the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company, held yesterday II was decided to
| "issolVe the voting trust on January next
STANDARD OIL.-Standard OH stock was traded
| In TO the extent OF 200 shares from 700 to 7O4
BANK DIRECTORS ELECTED.-At a meeting
| yesterday OF the stockholders OF the Washington
| National Bank James II. Hyde. DR.. j. H. Parker
and William Haisn were elected directors Mr.
Hyde s the viceprrsldent OF Equitable Life AS
| surance Society
| BUYERS AND SELLERS