New-York tribune., 1901-02-08
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN TRADING.-London active
in the local market. dealing in about 100000
shares. The transactions in great part were pur-
chases.
STOCK LOAN QUoTArIoNS.-Loan quotations
were: Atchison common Missouri Pacific and
Baltimore and Ohio. IL: Atchison preferred. Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy, Peoples Gas. General
Electric. New-York Central. Northwestern. North
Pacific preferred. Reading first preferred, Rock
Island. Sugar Refining. Union Pacific common and
preferred. American Tobacco common. Continental
Tobacco common. United States Leather preferred.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Tennessee Coal and Iron,
Southern Railway preferred. Federal Steel COM
mon. AmaIgamated Copper. American Steel and
Wire common Missouri Kansas and Texas pre-
ferred and Erie common first preferred and second
preferred. 2: Third Avenue fiat; Northern Pacific
common ST. Paul Manhattan. Louisville and Nash
willie and Missouri. Kansas and Texas common. 1ia
G2 Delaware and Hudson. Western Union and
Illinois Central !.
LAST LOAN TRADING.-The so-called Waldorf
crowd made active attack upon the market in
the last hour. Federal Steel and American Steel
and Wire were pressed by the bears. but both
stocks rallied before the close Wasserman Broth
ers took large amounts OF Steel and Wire. Many
small commission house traders suffered heavy
losses in the break in the Steel shares.
ST LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO.-st Louis
and San Francisco directors have declared a semi
annual dividend OF III per cent the second pre-
ferred stock This places the stock on a per cent
basis. against per basis last year
Earnings are heavy and the company could pay 4
per cent on the second preferred and show 4 good
surplus for the common.
COAL sHAREs.-Heavy profit taking sales IN
Reading first preferred followed by mod
crate reaction in the other hard coal shares Read
ing sold the theory that all the good news
regarding the property was known. The soft coal
stocks. especially Wheeling and Lake Erie and
Hooking Valley we're IN demand from good quar-
ters
AT,c-1IsOS R0NCDs In the las, annual -.,o-, -.
the Atehison system II stated that the com
pany entitled to issue s. 75ssoo general mort
gaze bonds 10 reimburse It's treasury for capital
expenditures prior 10 June 81 1900 OF these bonds
the company has Just issued s. 10000.
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE.-The buying Of
the preferred and common stocks OF the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad Company is due a
recognition ootn mere and ABROAD or the fact that
provement tor the last two or three years. II has
financial backing
No MONEY DISTURBANCE-The bankers who
active in conducting the negotiations for closer
relations among the larger iron and steel com
panies say that suggestions that the money market
may be disturbed misleading and absolutely
unwarranted. II the proposed programme is car
change OF securities but the amount of money
in proportion the magnitude OF he transaction.
GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY.-The Cen
eral Chemical Compan reports for the year ended
December g. 1900 ~ offs OF 81 25s 9f. dividends
OF S79079. and surplus after all charges OF ssS9
los In the year there expended ssSs 500 IN
construction and better.nents.
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS.-How-
ard Crosby Foster. Daniel A. Loring. tr.. Eugene
Meyer. jr.. of Lazard Freres and Jesse L. Bos-
kowitz have been admitted to membership on the
Stock Exchange.
RAILROAD BONDS OFFERED-Charles Min
zesheimer & Co. offer Missouri Pacific first mort
gage guaranteed gold bonds and Colorado Midland
first mortgage gold bonds. property Jointly owned
railroads. At a price netting the investors per