New-York tribune., 1902-01-24
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
upward OF % 600 shares. mostly sales. The heaviest
trading in United States Steel. Baltimore and
Ohio and Southern Pacific. London is heavily
short Of the local market, and IT shows no dispo-
sition to change it's position. Many calls have
been sold in London New-York
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-There was but
little inquiry In the stock loan department of the
Stock Exchange yesterday. Loan quotations were:
Amalgamated Copper Anaconda, Atchison common
and preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Baltimore
and Ohio common. Delaware and Hudson Erie
common first and second preferred. Louisville and
Nashville. Manhattan. Missouri Pacific. New-York
Central. Peoples Gas. Reading first preferred
Rock Island. St. Paul. Southern Railway preferred
Southern Pacific. Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron.
Union Pacific common and preferred. United States
Steel common and preferred, United States Leather
preferred. Wabash preferred. Western Union
Chicago Terminal. Republic Steel common and
preferred. 3ls per cent
CONSPICUOUS ADVANCEs-A number Of the
usually inactive stocks made sharp advances
Commercial Gable. dealings OF 100 shares ad-
vanced s points Great Northern preferred
advanced points; Northwest preferred H. points;
New-York Air Brake, 3& points and St Lawrence
and Adirondack as points. There was no news
affecting these issues The sharp advance In St
Lawrence and Adirondack stock was said to be due
70 purchases by inside interests II was reported
that the company has entered into a favorable
contract which will be Of considerable advantage
II.
STOCK EXCHANGE SEAT SOLD-Frederick r
Anes has sold his seat the New-YorE Stock F,x-
change 10 James Miller for $4,000. Several mem
oerships have been sold recently $50 90 the high
record price. Mr.. Ames. who is a member OF the
firm OF Ames & Miller Joined the Stock Exchange
in June. 1897.
OFFER OF SYRACUSE LIGHTING BONDS
Redmond. Kerr Co. offer for sale 50 10000 Syra-
Gus" Lighting Company FIRST mortgage per cent
gold bonds at 1929 and interest The companv
owns all the electric light plants and subways in
the CITY OF Syracuse. and also a controlling in
terest In the stock Of the company. giving IT
control Of the entire electric light and power and
gas business Of the city. The COMPANY is pavinr
per cent dividends on it's preferred stock and has
In its treasury a surplus of about $1,000 The
bonds arc an absolute first mortgage on the entire
property Of the company. The earnings for 100
were Sl355T'. against present interest charges Of
100000 For the last six months they were uet
@S'S5S 81. charges S00o, surplus SS S3S 81 A large
proportion Of the bonds have already been sold
AMERICAN ICE DIvIDEND.-The American Ice
Company has declared a dividend Of / per rent an
its common stock. payable February Is Books
close February and reopen February Il
METROPoLITAN.-Met Street Railway
was heavily bought by Edward Sweet & Co II was
reported that &OO0ooOn new stock would be offered
at l25' at which rate valuable rights would
accrue 10 the present stockholders The stock sold
as high as 173 yesterday. closing at 17lls
REFINED AND RAW SUGARS ADVANCED
All relners have advanced refined sugar 10 points
to Also for granulated This gives a wide margin
for profit II raws continue TO advance <rrtber
advances in refined sugar are looked for II is
thought that instead of shutting off business the
demand will be stimulated. The European markets
also are moving upward, and the advance of a,d
TO I'd in price for beet sugar in London appeared
to be well sustained Quotations are 3i.c for o.
degrees test centrifugal &c for SO degrees test mus
covado and 224c for SO degrees test molasses
GOVERNMENT BOND PURCHASES sub
Treasury yesterday purchased government bonds
Of the par value of s527 2io; the amount disbursed
was s72s.252 The purchases of government bonds
were mostly As of 1925
NEW MEMBERS OF STOCK EXCHANGE
NJ j. Dannenberg, of Sutro Bros. & Co; William
D. Wood. of Ladd, Wood & King. and Charles II
Theriot OF L. Hoffman & Co., were elected
members OF the Stock Exchange yesterday
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.-Activty In Central of
Georgia bonds has been feature of the bond mar
ket in the last two days. The second incomes NAV
be made valuable by a possible readjustment
of the company's capital
MISSOURI PACIFIC.-Mssouri Pacific reports
gross earnings for November of .455. an in
crease of $4lS.763 the same time in 1900 Net
earnings increased s120.SSS For the eleven months
of 1901 to November 80 gross earnings increased
S4479,11s, and net earnings So 296,131