New-York tribune., 1901-12-21

, --,errad Wabash preferred, Western Union, oqo1s
! ner cent; Baltimore and Ohio common, o.
| NEW ORDERS FOR CARS.-The following coii-
nonies have ordered cars from the American Car
| end Foundry Company: The Texas ana PACING
Railway Company, $500 freight cars; the Balunore
and Ohio Railroad Company, 1,3O box ana foV ia.
cars: the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, hoVo
stock cars the Central Railroad Company OF New
Jersey $50 hopper 500 gondoa and 600 refrigerator
cars in addition to last weeks orders' the f'e"
York Ontario and Western Railway Company 0o
coal of $4,000 pounds capacity the ISoi
Pacific Railway Company. 800 ballast cars liie
Great Northern Railway Company, Is passenger
cars the Chicago Great Western Railway com
pany 20 freight cars; the Guayaquil ana quito tdi
road Company, II handcars: from various par lies
100 cars of different 1t is reported that the
A+cbison Toneka and Santa Fe Railway Company
has ordered 25O cars from the American Company
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY PRoo-
PECTS.-It is currently reported in circles usuailS
well informed on Southern Railway affairs that the
next semi-annual dividend the company 5 pre-
ferred stock will be raised to 21a per cent or at
the rate of per cent a year. The company showed
about per cent earned on its preferred STOCK 1or
the fiscal year 80 last, but II 1t nao not
expended large sums out of earnings on improve
ments to the property the company could nave
made much better showing. The gain in net
earnings for the first four months of the current
fiscal year has been about per cent above the
same period in the preceding year
AMERICAN CHICLE.-Amercan Chicle direc-
of ~ per cent on the preferred stock and the
regular quarterly dividend of per cent on the
common stock. payable January 2 At the speclai
meeting of American Chicle stockholders calleo
for the purpose of increasing the capital STOCK
So 600 no action was taken the matter. be-
cause the directors had found other ways by which
plans of the company could be carried out Win
out increasing the capital stock. 1t Is of1clally
stated that the earnings Of the company are satis-
factory.
DISTILLING COMPANY OF AMERICA--At the
special meeting of stockholders of the Distillins
Company of America S29529 shares of common and
900 400 shares of the preferred stock were voted.
representing more than twothirds of the outstand-
ing stock of the company. The reduction in the
ca pital was made without dissenting vote
NATIONAL LEAD-The directors of the Ma
tional Lead Company have reduced the price Of
white lead one-fourth of cent pound, making
the price six cents less per cent cash in nf-
teen days This is partly the result of the cut In
pig lead recently made.
APPLICATION TO LIST-Application has been
made to list at the Stock Exchange S3l5,OOO addi-
tfonal St Lawrence and Adirondack Railway Com
pany stock.
SILVER EXPORTS-The steamship Etrurfa,
sailing for Europe to-day, will take out 10000
ounces of silver shipped by the United Metals Sell
ing Company and Zimmerman & Forshay.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE-Th directors Of the
American Locomotive Company have declared the
regular quarterly dividend or Ia per cent on the
preferred stock
WABASH a. INTEREST DECLARED.-The
Wabash Railroad Company has declared the regu-
lar semi annual dividend of per cent its deben-
ture "A" bonds. payable January to holders OF
record December 81. No payment declared on
the ..B'' bonds.
ELECTED A DIRECTOR-Edward R. Thomas,
president of the Evansville and Terre Haute Rail
way Company has been elected a director of the
Bowling Green Trust Company to fill vacancy.