New-York tribune., 1901-03-01
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN TRADINC.-London not active in
the local market. Total dealings amounted TO
about 1900 shares evenly distributed between
sales and purchases
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
WERE Atchison common. Manhattan, 11a; Atchison
preferred. Chicago burlington and Quincy. People $
Gas, General Electric Northwestern. Northern Pa
cihc preferred Reading first preferred. Rock ISL
and Sugar. Union Pacific common and preferred.
American Tobacco common, Continental Tobacco
( common, United States Leather preferred. Brook
lyn Rapid Transit. Tennessee Coal and Iron. South
Railway preferred, Southern Pacific. Federal
Steel common. American Steel and Wire common.
q Third Avenue Baltimore and Ohio common, Fed
eral Steel preferred. American Steel and Wire
preferred fiat: Missouri Pacinc fatq1e; New-York
Central. ST. Paul. Louisville and Nashville, 1zd2;
Northern Pacific common. IG113; Delaware and
Hudson. Smelling common. /; Western Union.
fatql: Smelling preferred. 1-64.
SOUTHWESTERN STOCKS.-St. Louis and San
Francisco and St Louis Southwestern were strong
pool buying. There was very little Frisco"
stock Offering. and the common advanced In the
face of a generally weak market. Dividend talk
helped ST. Louis Southwestern preferred ST. Louis
and San Francisco earnings for January reported
yesterday showed gain in net OF S69,7li. making a
total gain for the months OF the fiscal year
OF s6752S6 ST. Louis Southwestern's earnings for
seven months show, after charges. a surplus Of
81 $50 equal to cent on the preferred stock
for the full year and Ia per cent on the common
THE STEEL SHARES.-Persistcnt selling OF the
tional Tube issues particularly weak. and 1t
said that the stockholders would not accept
the terms under which 1t is proposed to take over
the National Tube Company by Mr.. Morgan and
his associates. Disgruntled spectators appear TO
be the chief directors TO the steel combination
plan. but there IS considerable actual liquidation
by people who simply do not to hold the
curites OF a billion dollar trust
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS-Gross earn
ings OF the Minneapolis and St Louis from July /
sl.
OF Sl7o.953 Minneapolis and ST. Louis showed
net earnings OF s1.4s3O67 for the year ending June
30. 1900 After the payment OF the fixed charges,
preferred dividend and the first dividend the
common stock of liz per cent. which was made
IN July. there then remained a balance surplus of
sl2i62i, equal slightly over 2 per cent on the
common stock In January the dividend was In
creased 10 . per cent
AMALGAMATED COPPER.-Current activity In
Amagamated Copper is due in part to the fact
that the Montana legislature is about 10 adjourn
and will again for two wears This frees
the company from the possibility OF adverse legis-
ation for long period.
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON.-Tennessee Coal
and Iron directors have decided to discontinue Is
suance OF monthly statements of earnings here
after on the ground that existing competito-s do
not, as n rule. make such statements and that the
new steel combination will probably not do any,
thing OF the kind to give insight into its busi-
ness.
UNION PACIFTC.-ITnion Pacific earnings for the
month Of January show Increase in gross OF
s29l,3ls. and in net of No2Osi For the fiscal wear
to January 81 gross earnings increased s276s $40
and net earnings s946.039
CONTINENTAL TOBACCO.-The directors of the
continental Tobacco Company have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of ia per cent on the
preferred stock.
DIVIDENDS ON SECUR1TIES-The Farmers
Loan and Trust Company Farson Leach 4 90
the knickerhocker Trust Company. Winsow La
nier Co. the New-York SECURITY and Trust Com
rany and n w. Harris & Co. will pay dividends
found in another column.