New-York tribune., 1902-02-08
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODS.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London was not an &C
tive factor in the local market Total dealings
were under fifteen thousand shares with sales pre-
dominating.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda. Atchison
common and preferred, Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
Baltimore and Ohio common, Chicago Terminal
Delaware and Hudson, Erie common, first and
second preferred; Louisville and Nashville Man
haitian, Missouri Pacific, New-York Central North
western, Peoples Gas, Reading first preferred. Re
public Steel common and preferred, Rock Island
ST. Paul. Southern Railway preferred Southern
Pacific. Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union Pa
cifc common and preferred. United States Steel
common and preferred, United States Leather pre-
ferred. Wabash and Western Union, 21a per cent.
NEW RAILWAY Observation-Disclosures con-
tinue TO place heavy orders for new equipment, and
consequence car building companies over
whemed with work. The same conditions prevail
among the locomotive building companies. Rail-
roads in all parts of the country report busi
ness than they can handle. and their confidence in
the outlook for heavy traffic for many months to
is reflected in their enormous orders for new
cars The recent orders Of the American Car and
Foundry Company amount to $4,000 cars. including
4,OOO steel underframe gondoa for the Penn
sylvania. The Central Railroad of New-Jersey has
ordered 1900 cars the Atchson 400 cars the Balti
more and Ohio 1000 steel underframe cars the
Southern Pacific 3,lG0 cars. Norfolk and Western
1000 steel frame and the Reading 1900 cars
The Pressed Steel Car Company's business is
double its record OF year ago. while that of the
Pullman company is equally heavy.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL--Many recent buyers OF
the stock OF the Illinois Central have been actu-
ated not much by any expectation Of extraordi-
nary enlargement of the companys business as by
the dividend record made by this road. In this
respect the road is almost. II not quite. unique
Within the last twenty years II has paid dividends
ranging from 10 per cent to per cent. From 1891
to 1901 per cent paid stockholders, but the
company is a dividend paying basis of 8
per cent II paid per cent when New-York Cen
trail fell to per cent. Pennsylvania Railroad from
to per cent New-York, New Haven and Hart
ford from 10 TO per cent. Michigan Central from
5Ia to per cent. Chicago Burlington and Quincy
from to per cent, Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific from to per cent. Chicago and North
from to per cent and Chicago Mil
waukee and ST Paul from to per cent.
PEOPLES GAS REPORT.-Frends of the Peo-
pies Gas Company. OF Chicago, who have seen
the annual report which is 10 be mailed the
stockholders along with dividend checks on Feb
ruary "a say that the report is an extremely ia
voraole one. and will show increased earnings or
considerably more than $600.000 and the net earn
ings will show fully ~ per cent the stock It
will also show very considerable increase OF gas
mains laid during the year which indicates the
continued growth OF the gas business in Chicago.
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.-"Brad-
streets" reports the exports OF wheat. including
-four. in bushels. for the week aggregating
4,S00,457 against 4997.Sl3 in the week last
year: since July l. 70.l46.977 against u9.T6lS in
the corresponding period last year. The exports
of for the week aggregate 169.l45. against
2.4Sl,707 in the week last year; since July
l. 22O3 400. against uSS62059 in the corresponding
period last year.