New-York tribune., 1902-12-05

R.,.a 7.r.n.,t Baltimore and Ohio common, Chi
cago Terminal Colorado Fuel and 1ron' Deia"are
and Hudson. Erie common. first and second pre-
ferred, Louisville and Nashville, Manhattan MIS-
souri, Pacific New-York Central, Northwestern
Norfolk and Western common, Peoples Gas Feao-
ing first preferred. Rock Island, St Paul. Soulnefh
Railway preferred. Southern Pacific, sugar len
nes.ee Coal and Iron, Union Pacific common,
TTnted States Steel common and preferred. United
States Leather preferred, Wabash preferred ana
Western Union, per cent: Union Pacinc pre-
ferred and Republic Steel common ano preiefreo'
per cent
NEW LEAD CoMBINATIoN.-The merger OF the
lead manufacturing concerns in the United ~ staIes
Is practically completed only a few minor oetaIs
yet remaining to be settled Under the pian ~
National Lead Company will become the hoioens
and operating company. The National I-eaa ooii
pany is capitalized at sl6,"SW Per te'
preferred stock and s150O00co common stock IL IS
probable that the company will increase us capi'ai
ization to about s30.Oo0,0oo Of common STOCK anu
about sS0Oo00o0 Of debenture bonds, the common
stock to be used take up the common STOCK
of +be OUTLYING companies as we'll its own
preferred stock, thus leaving In the reorGanizeo
National Lead Company only one Grass Vi s''on,
nc CAST IRON PIPE CONTRACT COM
PLETED-The United States Cast Iron Fipe COM
MANY has lust completed the largest contract Ior
cast iron pipe ever executed in this country II
has finished the delivery of eighteen miles OF TOUR
foot water mains for the borough OF brooklyn pe
tween Baldwin station and Aqueduct station IN the
eastern outskirts of the city of Brooklyn Inc COLI
tract price about 100000
AMERICAN COTTON OIL ELECT1ON.-At tne
annual meeting of the stockholders OF the Amerl-
can Cotton Oil Company the members whose terms
expired. H. c. Fahnestock, E. Urauhart and Brad
sh Johnson were reelected The annual report OF
the company has been already published.
ROCK ISLAND DIvIDEND-The Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company has declared
the regular quarterly dividend of IL per cent pay
able January 9 Books close December 10 and re-
open January ).
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN DIVl-
Company will pay the regular dividend of per
cent for the the preferred stock holders
and 3l5 per cent for the half year to the common
stock holders on January to holders of record
December 13.
ELECTED A DIRECTOR.--At a meeting of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society James B. For
gan president OF the First National Bank, of Chi
caso was elected a director
W E. Frenaye of w =. Bonbright Co. No 10
Wall-st, yesterday fcte tied member Oh tue
New-York Stock Exchange.
METROPOLITAN ANNUAL MEET1NG--The
annual meeting of the stockholders OF the Metro
politan Street Railway Company was held yester-
day The following directors were elected: H. H.
Vreeland w /. Elkins, p. a. b Widener Thomas
Dolan D. B. Hasbrouck Henry A. Robinson Will
lam Fahnestock. d. c. Moorhead and r. W. Meade
The only change in the board is the substitution Of
Mr. Fahnestock for VI. @. Starrett.
TOD ELECTED a ADIRECTOR.-William S Tod,
a member Of the banking house of j. Kennedy Tod
& Co. has been elected a director of the Bank of
the Manhattan Company.