New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-21
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London not active in
the local market. but bought on balance. taking
quite good deal Of Union Pacific.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Prevailin loan
quotations are: Atchson common. Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy. New-York Central, United
States Leather preferred and Baltimore and Ohio
common 212 per cent; Atchison preferred, Mis-
souri, Pacific, Reading first preferred Rock Island,
St Paul Union Pacific common and preferred Con-
tinental Tobacco common, American Tobacco com
mon Manhattan Brooklyn Rapid Transit Ten
nessee Coal and Iron. Southern Railway preferred,
Federal Steel common and American Steel and
Wire common 21z9S; Peoples Gas and Sugar Re
fning 8: Northwestern. Northern Pacific common
and Western Union, l; Northern Pacific preferred,
Delaware and Hudson and Ontario and Western, p;
Louisville and Nashville, 214dS.
ATCHISON.-Further speculative buying took
place in Atchison common the carefully cir
culated reports that dividend would be declared
this winter. According to people who are in close
touch with the management Of the company, no
dividend will be declared the common stock be
fore the end of the fiscal year, and probably not
then In December the regular 21a per cent will
be declared on the preferred l. W. Wormser
sold 5000 shares of the common. Clarke, Dodge
& Co. again bought the preferred
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.-Poorly informed
traders continue to buy Chesapeake and Ohio on
the theory that more than per cent will be de-
cIared on the stock this week. There is no GER
tainty that per cent will be paid, as the company
only earned 10 per cent last year. The Pennsyl-
Vania
the Pennsylvania people are conservative in the
matter of dividends
NATIONAL TUBE-There was an active demand
for National Tube. with sharp advance in the
price The company has been compelled to in
crea SO its output by blowing in additional fur
naces This is one of the most successful Of the
industrial companies. Its earnings phenomenal.
In It's first fiscal year after deducng for the divi
dend on the preferred stock. earnings of something
like 80 per were shown on the common stock.
he will ha
much greater.
MANHATTAN. - Manhattan stock has been
bought by representative houses in the last few
DAYS and the rumor is again going the rounds that
Metropolitan will secure the company. Hollins &
Co have been active in the stock and much sig
nifcance is credited to their buying. II may be
said on authority that insiders have been active
FEDERAL STEEL.-FederaI Steel was strong
in spite Of heavy realizing. Active buying for
Western interests was reported. on the other
hand the West sold Peoples Gas which was one
Of the few heavy features Of the market. F, W
prominent brokers had buying orders.
PACIFIC MAIL4-Active buying of Pacific Mall
stock was a feature in yesterdays market. The
stock made a sharp advance, and the Street put
that the Subsidy bill would be Immediately taken
W the next meeting of Congress. The stock
was evidently manipulated
UNION PACIFTC.-J H. Davis & Co. were active
buyers Of Union Pacific. taking In all about three
thousand shares Housman & Co. and London also
by investors. At its present price it yields
per cent
BANK CLEARINGS.-Tota bank cleariuSs Of an
the clearing houses of the United States for the
week ending October 90 have been s. l0.625 So.
against Sl.5S9 6SS 5+o in the preceding week and
$ls5 S9iS,1i3 the corresponding week Of last ear
RAILROAD EARNINGS.-"The Financial enron
i,e computes the gross earnings Of sixty-six roads
for the first week Of October. 1900 al SOsS3Sl2 an
increase Il S3l46lS. or 3l5 per cent: fOrty-three
roads the second week of October at s. So SOS
increase of SS7e,ll2 or 4g7 per cent
EEINSTATED AS MEMBERS. G. Schiller
ard his son. Guy L. Schiller WHO made individual
assignments during the recent boom in cotton
yesterday reinstated 70 membership ~ tho
New-YOTk Cotton Exchange.