New-York tribune., 1901-01-08
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London prices were
strong and foreign houses dealt in about lou"
shares in the local market. Arbitrage dealings
amounted to about 25.co shares purchases on
balance
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIoNS-Ioan quotations
were: Atchison common. 3d4; AtchisOn preferred,
Chicago Burlington and Quincy. Missouri Pacific.
Northern Pacific preferred. Reading LIST pre-
ferred Rock Island Union Pacific common and
preferred. Manhattan Delaware and Hudson.
Southern Railway preferred. Louisville and Nash
ville Pacific Mail. 4G4a: Peoples Gas, General
Electric American Tobacco common Continental
Tobacco common. United States Leather preferred.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Tennessee Coal and Iron,
Federal Steel common and American Steel and
Wire common, ~; New-York Central Northwest
ern, Northern Pacific common, Sugar, Baltimore
and Ohio common, A. st. Paul. gas; Western
Union. Illinois Central. Tube common and Erie LIST
preferred, 3: Erie common and I'd preferred. 2;
Amalgamated Copper, AZ.
ROCK ISLAND-Rock Island stock bought
by the leading houses In the Street. large amounts
being taken by Flower & Co.. T. ]. Taylor & Co.,
Boody Mcclellan & Co. A. A. Housman & Co.
and the Wormsers. II said that the stock
would receive per cent rate at the next divi-
dend period, and that alliance might be made
with the Atchison An officer Of the road said
yesterday that the increase in earnings due
TO gain In all classes Of traffic. The stock after
advancing 12s9s reacted 10 125ss. gain Of
nearly points for the day.
RECORD TRANSACTION.-A block OF 1900
a,
largest single transaction at price ever re-
corded. The best preceding record was made last
week. when 1900 shares of st. Paul sold In one
block one price.
EARLY TRADING.-Heavy commission house
buying at the opening met by big selling or
ders from number OF prominent traders and
houses. T. W. Thorne sold 1900 Northern Pacific
John Griesel sold 10000 AtchisOn Van Emburgh &
Atterbury sold a large block OF ST. Paul. and Was
sermann Brothers sold 1900 Reading Accom-
panying and following these heavy selling orders
Talbot J. Taylor & Co. bought heavily of Pennsyl-
vania, Eries and Baltimore and Ohio; A. A. Hous-
Dodge Co bought ST. Paul from i5s 10 leo 't1 and
AN ,Emburgh & Atterbury. after selling St. Paul
Keene active on the bull side. '"A' S'0CA MI
SUGAR REFINING.-Sugar stock was ad-
vanced by buying induced by the rise in price OF the
refined product The American Sugar Refining
points to all grades Of refined sugars.
DELAWARE AND HUDSON.-DeIaware and
Hudson bought on the Street belief that the
company would increase the dividend rate also on
the report that the company Will figure in deal
gained io points for the day Kssam Wbst0eX stOex
Kerr Cere e were 4ege also oGysS ve II H9Ssmn 3S Co and
RUBBER AND TENNESSEE CoAIA-United
States Rubber stock was sold poor trade pros
pects and Tennessee Goal and Iron on the pass
the noteworthy weak features OF the day
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMMON BUYING.-A
brokerage firm in past years generally connected
with Vandernilt enterprises was quietly very
heavy buyer OF Southern Railway common yester-
day morning 1t is said that about $1,000 shares
or the stock have been accumulated by a single
interest in the last week.
ANTHRACITE IN DECEMBER.-The prelirni-
nary estimate OF the production Of anthracite coal
IN December is 5.06l ,S2s TONS against an official
estimate production OF 450ooO0 tons in December
1899.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-The directors OF the
Central Railroad of New-Jersey have declared the
regular quarterly dividend OF Ia per cent The
directors OF Great Northern have declared the
regular quarterly dividend Of ia per cent the
preferred stock, payable February I TO holders of
record that date