New-York tribune., 1902-05-16
MINING STOCKS.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

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FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
about 1900 shares. selling balance The largest
sales were in Southern Pacific. In the London
market dealings in American shares small
LOAN QUOTATIONs.-FinaI loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda, Amertcan
Ice. Atchison common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. Baltin and Ohio common Chi
cago Terminal Colorado and Southern Delaware
and Hudson. Erie common first and second pre-
ferred; Louisville and Nashville, Manhattan. Mis-
souri, Pacific, New-York Central, Northwestern.
Metropolitan Street Railway, Peoples Gas. Read
ing first preferred Rock Island. St Paul, Southern
Railway preferred Southern Pacific. Sugar. Ten
nessee Coal and Iron. Union Pacific common and
preferred. United States Steel common and pre-
ferrcd. United States Leather preferred. Wabash
preferred and Western Union. per cent.
WABASH EARNINGS.-There has been. accord
ing THE Wall Street Journal an impression
that the Increases shown in Wabash earnings, as
compared with those of year ago. have been the
result altogether of the increased mileage OF the
system. This is not the The earnings per
mile show a small increase each week. that
there is no denying that the volume of business is
increasing in the roads territory. The Wabash
management seems TO be working up considerable
business simultaneously with strady Improvement
in the physical condition of the property. People
who have recently been the road report the
crops in good condition. being materially improved
since the data was collected for the government
report of Nav l.
NIRGINIA-CAROLINA-A quarterly dividend Of
IA per cent. payable June l. was declared
yesterday on the common stock of the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company. The dividend previ-
ously had been per cent quarterly. Earnings
have been sufficient for a still larger dividend. but
1t was deemed wiser to a portion of them in
the purchase Of potash and chemical works abroad
Talk continues of a probable combination between
the Nirgnia-Carona company and the America Il
Cotton Oil Company.
STOCK EXCHANGE NOTICE-George A. Fuller
COMPANY
FL; Southern Railway Company Mobile and Ohio
stock trust certificates abbreviation SRM; General
Chemical Company common and preferred. alb
breviation &C: Railroad Securities Company per
cent Illinois Central stock interest certificates
Series A, abbrevaton RSY.
CHICAGO AND ALTON AND KANSAS CITY
SOUTHERN-A leading director in the Chicago
and Alton Railway Company and in the Kansas
city Southern Railway Company says that there
are no developments in either property to account
for the sudden rise in the price OF the stocks but
that in his opinion both have been selling below
their intrinsic value
COPPER PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS.-John
Stanton has issued the figures of production and
exports Of copper for April They follows:
Produced by United States reporting mines 20.s .s24
tons produced by outside sources. estimated. $500
tons: produced by foreign reporting mines 1O.l6s
tons exports. 1924 tonsal in tons OF 2,24O pounds
OF fine copper.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-The National Lead
Company has declared the regular quarterly dvi-
dend of =. per its preferred stock payabI.
July Is. The National Biscuit Company has de-
clared the regular quarterly dividends OF ~ per
cent on its preferred stock and per cent on it's
common stock
STOCK EXCHANGE TO CLOSE MAY 3l.-The
New-York Stock Exchange will be closed Sat
urday. May 81, well Memorial Day preced-
ing.
APPLICATION FOR STOCK EXCHANGE LIST
ING.-Application has been made TO the Stock Ex-
change to list $4,000 additional unified mortgage
sixty per cent gold bonds OF 1919 OF the Long
Island Railroad Company.
STEEL PLATE MEETING POSTPONED.-The
meeting OF the Steel Plate Pool scheduled for
yesterday at the Waldorf-Astora postponed
subject 10 the call OF the chair owing to the en-
forced absence from tho city Of the representatives
OF several Of the companies I'm the pool.
ELECTED DIRECTORS.-Coloncl George r
Dyer OF c. l. Hudson & Co. members OF the New
York Stock Exchange. and James c. Bishop of
New-York were yesterday elected directors of the
Guanajusto Consolidated Mining and Milling Com
pany. vice c. b. Holman Of Hopkinton. Mass. and
George a. McClone. OF New York. resigned.
GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY DIVIDEND
The General Chemical Company Of No. = Broad
will pay It's regular quarterly dividend Of per
cent on June to common stockholders of record
at p. m. May %. The transfer books Of common
stock will he closed from May p 10 June 3. James
l. Morgan is treasurer Of the company.