New-York tribune., 1901-05-07
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING-I.ondon prices were higher
and foreign houses dealt in about ls0OO shares in
the local market. Purchases exceeded sales by 15O
600 shares
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONs.-Loan quotations
were: Atchson common. Northern Pacific common,
Union Pacific common. Delaware and Hudson,
Western Union, Louisville and Nashville Bal
timore and Ohio common per cent; Atchison pre-
ferred. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. Missouri
Pacific. Northern Pacific preferred, Reading first
preferred. St Paul. Sugar Refining. Union Pacific
preferred. American Tobacco common. Continental
Tobacco common. United States Leather preferred,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Tennessee Coal and Iron.
Southern Railway preferred. United States Steel,
Amalgamated Copper. Slzq4; Peoples Gas. 4; Gen
Manhattan. United States Steel preferred. SA; Rock
Island.
ENORMOUS EARNINGs-Roads reporting for
the fourth week in April show. as a rule, enor-
nous gains over the same week a year ago. Mis-
souri. Kansas and Texas increased S3o275: Mis-
Pacific S227OO. and Southern Railway Sis 426.
OF The country but the Southern and Southwestern
roads returning the heaviest receipts.
FEWER NATIONAL TUBE DIRECTORS-At a
special meeting OF the National Tube Company,
held in Jersey City yesterday, resolution was
unanimously adopted reducing the number OF d.
rectors from twenty-three to nine. The following
members Of the board Will retire. Joshua Rhodes.
Francis L. Potts, Daniel O'Day. ]. N Vance. Will
lam : Eaton William r. Rhodes F. r. Tobley.
John Eaton. j. K. De Lamar. John Don. Arthur
+. Luke. Henry Arid. William 2. Hamilton and
Robert Bacon Those who remain +. J. Hearne.
f. g. Converse. William Nelson Cromwell. William
j. Curtis. Charles Steele, William b. Schiller, Will
lam n. LaishdW, j. u. Cubertson and A. ;.
Mathesou. The executive Offices OF the company
will be moved 10 Pittsburg at once.
BURLINGTON'S TRAFFIC PROSPECTS.-Bur-
linston officers saw that while the March state
ment Of earnings did not make a very good show
ing In the public the figures were satisfactory TO
them The April figures may reflect much the
same condition, the grain traffic has been cur
tailed by bad roads and the fact that farmers have
been bustly engaged putting in crops May Will
be a better month The outlook is hattering, and
with good crops the road Will break the record
again.
UNITED STATES RUBBERS CALL-The sec
ond call for proxies sent by the United States
Rubber Company is due the fact that at the
coming annual meeting an amendment TO the ny
laws viii be voted upon 1t has been the rule IN the
past that when a change in the bylaws Is antlcl-
order 20 get large vote possible
ATCHISON. TOPEKA AND SANTA FE.-The
Atchison car movement in March was the largest
in the history Of the road, the daily average being
l3 s5G. which was 1857 i'm Of the same time
last year. There was an Increase or Z,Sbf cars IN
February over last year. The April figures promise
TO be phenomenay large.
MEXICAN BCNDS.-At time when continued
excitement in financial circles has, in many cases.
forced prices considerably above actual values the
per cent silver bonds OF the Mexican Government
al worthy of more general attention by investors
The advertisement oi the George u COOK Company,
In another column. gives a few facts