New-York tribune., 1901-04-03
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING-Iondon prices were
heavy and foreign houses sold about 5000 shares
n Rd 1dG local msrket and bought 5ooo shares. Erie
Purchases were confined TO Southern Pacfc
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Atchison common. ldIIs; Atchison preferred
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy and Eric common
first preferred and second preferred 2T2i3: Peope,
Gas Northern Pacific preferred Reading first pre-
ferred. Rock Island. ST Paul. Sugar Refining
Union Pacific preferred American Tobacco com
mon, Continental Tobacco common United States
Leather preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Ten
nessee Coal and Iron. Southern Railway preferred
Southern Pacific Federal Steel common ana Amer
!Can SIeel and Wire common 2i.; Third Avenue
Federal Steel Preferred American Steel and Wire
trc. New-York Central Northwestern NorthSTn r.eg
6t, ZINC common; Manhattan and Baltimore and
Delaware and Hudson and Western sHsTTnon;
ferred J. N-t' "Hlei'l"s pre-
CAR AND FOUNDRY DIvIDENDs-The Amer
lean Car and Foundry Company has declared the
usual quarterly dividend OF Ia per cent on tho
pTeIerTed stock and one-hah Of l per cent on the
iHE STEEL STANDARDIZATION DEALINGS
marked the course OF trading in the steel stocks
Transactions in United States Steel and in the con-
sutuent companies were accompanied by frrnness
despite heavy realizing sales. Buying OF outside
Independent iron and stocks was based on tba
belief that their position would be improved as a
result or the steel combination Republic Steel
went on this theory sirsa, yu Soal ana Iron
heavy sellers of United States Steel A A Hous-
ton & Co. active buyers - 49, 4i''-
PENNSYLVANIA Observation-Disclosures Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad for February show on the
lines east OF Pittsburg an increase of s4s3 300 in
gross and $500 in making for the two months
Of the year gain in of s77l 100 On lines west
OF Plttsburg net earnings decreased $1,000. Com
traffic was extremely heavy.
DENVER AND SOUTHWESTERN Securities
OF the Denver and Southwestern will soon be listed
on the Stock Exchange The road was formed by
consolidating a number Of carrying properties
In Colorado and runs from Divide on the Colorado
midland, TO Florence, on the Denver and Rio
trict 'f'' 'eeN LIS
Observation-Disclosures sold to 1sOls. closing
at net gain Of 5& per Moore & SchIey
Strong, Sturgis & Co.. Clarke. Dodge & Co. Hall
garten & Co. and Van Emburgh & Atterbury were
was was within To- point and half of the high record
ROCK ISLAND.-Rock Islands earnings for
February increased in gross S2364O5 and in net Sil
2S7. For the eleven months Of the company's fiscal
year gross earnings increased s. $50, ,702 and net
earnings, after charges $94 659 Surplus for eleven
stock. Buying of the stock on the decline yester-
day was for the account of substantial interests
EXPORTS OF SILVER.-The steamship St
Louis sailing for Europe to-day. will take out 4o7-
600 ounces Of silver shipped follows: NJ Gug-
Metals Selling Company $1,000 ounces.
LARGE BANK CLEARINGS.-Bank clearings at
New-York yesterday $4l4 924 49, the high rec
ord was on January 2, $i27 9o32 262 year. sas4
i75I4L Balances yesterday, 81. $50 with a debit
balance of $2332,S22
PARTNERSHIP CHANGE Referring TO the an
nouncement of change in the partnership of
n. w. Harris & Co.. Isaac Sprague and Percy w
Brooks have been connected with the firms Ros-
ton office for ten years, and longer the former
as manager of the office, and the latter in a most
responsible capacity In the sales department
Allen b. Forbes has been for ten years in charge
OF the corporation bond department Mr. Forbes
and Mr. Brooks will be the active partners at the
New-fork office. John ". Edminson has for tif-
Teen years peen connected in responsible capacity
WIN the chicago oihce particularly in connection
WIN ITS municipal bond business. and Will continue
TO give direction to that work
BUTTE AND BOSTON.-At the meeting yester-
day of the directors of the Butte and Boston Con-
solidated Mining Company Adolph Lewisobn and
James Philips, Jr, were reelected as directors 10
serve three years. 'i9 ~