New-York tribune., 1900-12-14
MINING STOCKS.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

rOprrcN RA0INC-Iondon bought about 70. .
in the local market Atchlson oo5
and Chesapeake and Ohio common 'l.s,.Io, "e,e -
demand Arbitrage houses sold Erie common.
STOCK LOAN OIJOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
follow: Atchison common. 2ia per cent A'eunso' ,
preferred Missouri Pacific, Reading hrst
Rock Island ST. Paul. Union Pacthc coinil,"" a"'
n,sferred Manhattan. Delaware and Huoson.
sou,bern Railway preferred and Louisville ana
Nashville. 4G4h Chicago. Burlington ana quincy
New-York Central. Northwestern, Northern Fscllc
common and Baltimore and Ohio common ., 60
p,e,s Gas Northern Pacific preferred Sugar Renn-
ing American Tobacco common. Continental 10
bacco common Urited States Leather preferred
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Tennessee Coal ana IRON @
Federal Steel common. American steel ana ""e
common and Amalgamated Copper 412 lhiru AVe-
nue. and Illinois Central ?; Western Union o. rfIe
common and second preferred. nat; Erie Hrs' P'e-
ferred 2G3 and Pacific Mail. 4d4lH
RIVERS OF ERIE-A A. Housman GO. were
the heaviest buyers of Erie stocks. Other actiVe
buyers were Talbot J. Taylor Co. "asserrndn
Brothers III. r. Hollins & Co. Costar q hhapp
and Fl l. Nicholas Sales I'm the common were haoe
"seIler IS" in large amounts. and there appeared
70 he practically a corner I'm the stock Erie nrst
nreferred sold above So the highest price tor all
Erie stocks I'm twenty-eight years.
coal, STOCKS-Confirmato Of the coal deal
belned the Erie and other anthracite coal shares
Delaware and Hudson was bought in the carry
trading on reports that the dividend would ne
raised to per There is no official authority
for the statement that the company Will cnanee i'S
dividend rate ~,
ACTIVE BONDS.-Dealings in the Erie, MIS-
souri Kansas and Texas. St. Louis southwestern
and wabash issues were extremely heavy THESE
securities are selling under their true worth. ana
current buvfng reflects purchases by careful IN
vestors and spectators. Kansas and Texas ISL
and Cd As promise to become particularly active
features.
FEDERAL STEEL.-There is good authority Tor
the statement that Federal Steel common will re-
ceIve a : per cent dividend early in 1901, but no
resnonsibIe interest identified with the company
will indorse the report that extra dividend OF
per cent will be paid. and that next years dlVi-
dends on the common will be paid quarterly.
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON-Tennessee
Coal and Iron was sold by traders. and II was re-
ported that some Of the largest insiders had re-
duced their holdings. Profit taking sales caused
heaviness in all the steei shares.
WESTERN UNION-Western Union stock mas
been strong in the last few days but no new de-
velopments or rumors OF coming developments
have attended the advance. Bulls on the stock
point out that as steady per cent dividend payer
the stock is selling below its actual worth The
per cent dividends. however. have been barely
earned last few years. and this fact accounts
FOR the present level of the stock
ELECTED MEMBERS.-E H. II. Simon No.
"A Broad-st.; John N. Drummond, jr., and Aaron
L. Bloom, of Chicago. have been elected 10 mem
bership I'm the Stock Exchange.
ST. JOSEPH AND GRAND ISLAND-The ST.
Joseph and Grand Island Railway Company has
declared a semi-annual dividend OF pa cent on
company paid per cent in 1888. per cent in 1899
and per cent so far in 1900.
COTTON EXCHANGE HOLIDAY.-The Board
OF Managers Of the Cotton Exchange yesterday
voted to make Monday December "a, holiday.
The motion to close on December 81 was lost