New-York tribune., 1901-02-19
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN TRADING-London prices were low
er and foreign houses sold in tie local market.
Total transactions were small amounting 10 about
25ooO shares.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS Loan quotations
were Atchison common and preferred. Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy. Peoples Gas. New-York
Central. Northwestern. Northern Pacific preferred.
Reading first preferred. Rock Island. Sugar Refn-
inr Union Pacific common and preferred. Ameri-
can Tobacco common. Continental Tobacco COM
mon United States Leather preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Trarst Tennessee Coal and Iron. Southern
Railway preferred. ATnalgamated Copper, Federal
Steel common. Southern Pacific and American
Steel and Wire common. 2; Third Avenue. fat;
Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific common and
Manhattan IL: St Paul. Louisville and Nash
willie and Baltimore and Ohio common. 1I292:
Illinois Central. Delaware and Hudson and West
ern Union. l. Smelling common. hat91; Smelling
preferred i-255
CoAI. sHAREs-DeIaware and Hudson ad-
vanced 10 l7F3 and fell back 10 1854 Tilghman.
Rowland & Co. sold 400 shares in the afternoon
The principal buyers were Dominck & Dominick
and Halsey & Hudnut. The other hard coal shares
we're heavy selling. induced by reports OF the
possibility OF a strike al the mines IN April
Steel. sECURITIES-Beu & Co. and houses
supposed 70 represent inside interests heavy
sellers Of the common steel stocks Important
speculative interests bought the preferred shares
'on advice Il said. Federal Steel common
sold down i71a closing al a net loss Of nearly
three points The preferred gained over three
points Steel and Wire preferred closed at S7lA
and the common at 81 OF the preferred stocks OF
the eight companies other than the Carnegie COM
pany which II Is understood Will be parties TO
the proposed consolidation all except Federal Steel
preferred are entitled accumulative dividends
In the case Of Federal Steel. the preferred stock
has preference 10 assets in event OF iiquida-
ton and the same Is true OF nearly all the other
companies.
GRANGER sHAREs.-Chicago houses were large
buvers Of Rock Island and Keene buying re-
ported in Burlington Both stocks were early strong
features but lost part Of the gain before the close
Rock Island and Burlington are both strongly
held and much higher prices are predicted Sellers
Of ST Paul were buyers OF Burlington yesterday.
A A. Housman. Strong. Sturgs & Co and Was
sermann Brothers were heavy buyers.
ST. PAULS TRAFFIC.-An officer Of the 81.
Paul road says: THE movement OF general mer-
chandtse into territory is on the increase and
freight rates we'll held all around. There is a
better movement Of grain and live stock, and the
general business OF the system could not well be
improved upon We look with confidence upon a
further increase in the earnings
FINANCIAL. REVIEW FOR 1900.-The publishers
NJ THE Financial Chronicle have Just issued
their annual publication. THE Financial Review"
II gives a comprehensive review of the business OF
1850 with comparative statistics for a series of
wears; the money market. daily prices Of call
loans time loans and commercial paper for the last
seven wears: daily prices of foreign exchange for
three years the weekly bank statements In 1900 the
production OF the precious metals and staples for
a series OF years imports and exports since 1870.
prices of United States Government and State Sc
c,,rties since 1860 monthly Of prices OF rail-
road bonds and railroad stocks for five years. These
and MANY other statistics conveniently arranged
make up the contents Of this very useful volume
ATCHIsoN's PROSPECTS.-An Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe Railway official says that the
February traffic record will be broken, and the
weather has permitted the operating account 10
average normal Storms thus far have not worked
injury to business The winter wheat outlook was
never more promising