New-York tribune., 1901-05-30
WHEAT.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London prices were firm
and arbtrage houses bought in the local market.
Total purchases about 90 900 shares including
United States Steel common and preferred. Union
Pacific Atchison. Southern Pacific and Eries in
considerable quantities Arbitrage houses said that
their reports showed the London settlement
proceeding in satisfactory manner
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
Atchison common. 3; Atchison preferred.
Chicago Burlington and Quincy. Peoples Gas
General Electric. Missouri Pacific. New-York Cen
trail, Northwestern. Southern Pacific ST. Paul
Sugar, Union Pacific common and preferred Amer
lean Tobacco common. Continental Tobacco com
mon. Amalgamated Copper Manhattan, United
States Leather preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Delaware and Hudson, Tennessee Coal and Iron,
Western Union. Southern Railway preferred Louis
vile and Nashville. Baltimore and Ohio common
and United States Steel common and preferred.
312 to +; Northern Pacific preferred and Rock
Island, 2; Reading first preferred BY.
UNITED STATES STEEL CALLS Active
trading is reported in calls United States Steel
stock These are offered in lots of 1000 shares and
upward on the common. good until September at
61i per cent with the privilege guaranteed by a
Stock Exchange house. These options are on New
York quotations.
SOUTHERN PACIFICS EARNINGS - The
Southern Pacific company reports gross earnings
of $6SSe5S2 for the month of April an increase of
81 4s3.5o6 over April. 1900 Net earnings increased
S729.s9I. For the ten months of the fiscal year
gross earnings have increased S7O64.953 and net
earnings $3,65S. 1914 Last year the road showed a
surplus after charges of 81. .253 45O or less than
per cent the stock At the current rate the sur
plus for this year will equal per better on
the stock
HEAVY NET EARNINGS.-Net earnings re-
ceived yesterday for April showed many striking
gains as compared with the same time last year
Southern Pacific increased $729 S97; Southern Rail
way. $7S.662 Alabama Great Southern, $l6579. Mex
lean International. $5s.7iS St Paul. sl33u: Union
Pacific, $7S0S6 and Fort Worth and Denver city
$L66; st. Louis and San Francisco, $7OIS0. big
Four showed decrease of Sl3. .134
BAY STATE GAS.-The Bay State Gas Com
Pany, Of Massachusetts. files the following state
ment of condition with the Massachusetts, Com
missioner Of Corporations Of date June 30 1869:
Assets-ReaI estate ana machinery. $2320,S6i; cash
and debts receivable 1926 400; stock in process $5
655 miscellaneous. &255f9 Total. S273s024 Liza
btes-Capital stock. 100000; debts S02,167; bal
auce profit and loss 500 ,S57. Total 81 273S,02i
IOWA CENTRAL REFUNDING.-A special
meeting of the stockholders of the Iowa Central
Railway Company will be held Chicago on July
81 for the purpose Of authorizing the issue of not
exceed $25oooo0o per cent fifty year gold bonds.
The Morton Trust Company of this city, will he
trustee under the mortgage. The bonds are to be
issued for refuuding purposes and for future inn
provemeuts and extensions
CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS.-The
directors Of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois have
declared the regular quarterly dividend OF IL per
cent on the preferred stock the regular semi-an-
nua dividend Of per cent on the common and an
extra dividend OF / per cent the common.
CONTINENTAL TOBACCO DIVIDEND.-The
directors Of the Continental Tobacco Company de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend of u. per
cent the preferred stock
INTERNATIONAL PAPER DIVIDEND.-The
directors Of the international Paper Company have
declared the regular quarterly dividend Of IL per
cent the preferred stock
PEOPLES GAS-There was good buying Of
Peoples Gas on the reported agreement with the
Chicago municipality pay the city lump sum Of
Sy75 90 a year instead Of the 3's per cent formerly
paid. Chicago houses were buyers.