New-York tribune., 1902-12-20
wAII STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London Sold 5oVU sldles
in this market and bought about 5000 Most OF the
,i,,e, p,az again of Southern Pacific representing
covering of short contracts. The sales were mace
against purchases the decline in London neIore
the opening of the market here
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONs.-Loa quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common. chi
Caeo Terminal Colorado Fuel and Iron. Delaware
and Hudson. Erie common. first and second pre-
ferrad Louisville and Nashville Manhattan, MIS-
souri, Pacific New-York Central, Northwestern
Norfolk and Western. Peoples Gas. Reading first
preferred Rock Island. St. Paul, Southern Railway
preferred. Southern Pacific. Sugar Tennessee Coai
and Iron, Union Pacific common. United States
Steel common and preferred United States Leather
n-eferred Wabash preferred and Western Union
per cent: Union Pacific preferred. per cent
MOVEMENT OF MONEY.-''The Wall Street
Journal said yesterday: The gain from the in
terror was s2.2165Oo. The banks received new gold
to the amount of $3.50 800 of which 1904 400 was in
New-York assay office checks and $46100 in Seattle
assay Office checks The total gain from the in
terror and new gold S2.S67.O0: deducting the
loss to the Sub Treasury of 81 500 the net gain
was s611 100. The features this week are: First
The large net gain from the interior, in spite OF
the fact that there considerable shipments OF
currency to nearby cities Jnd to the South 81
Paul and Minneapolis sent to New-York close to
$4,000 The receipts of currency from the South
were much in excess of the shipments to that
section. Second-The compa lively small loss
Sub-1Teasury operations which is less than half
OF last weeks loss. This is due chiefly to the
falling off in internal revenue collections and partly
70 the increase in pension payments, which were
& s54 600 this week. compared with $4,000 last
week Collections Of customs for the week were
s. O2OOO0 an increase over last week of S6S3,Soo.
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.-"Brad-
streets reports the exports of grain. in bushels,
for the week with comparisons, as follows: Wheat
Gncluding four, 3,256037 bushels, compared with
322 S32 bushels in this week last year; since July
l. 123 763 533 bushels. against 14os3s23 bushels In
the corresponding period last year. Corn. 1.52614
bushels compared with 33O941 bushels in this week
last year; since July l. 6,sse,s27 bushels. against
90 1853 bushels for the corresponding period in
1901.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-The Buffalo and Sus
quehanna Railroad Company has declared the resu-
lar quarterly dividend of IA cent on the COM
mon stock payable January g The North Ameri-
can Trust Company has declared semi i-annual
dividend Of 31z per cent, payable December 81 The
Morton Trust Company has declared the regular
her 81 The Colonial Trust Company has declared
semi-annual DIVIDEND Of per cent me tolIGT 9TSb
Avenue bank Of New-York. regular dividend of 20
s6e anusry % ;: az the National Brosdway Bank SENT
annual dividend OF per cent payable January ar AZ =,
per cent, payable January :; the Peoples bank
a9marv ua 8 the Mechanics Natonal Bank divi
dend OF per cent. payable January Z; the P%ourIn %
cent, payable January >. and the Mechanics and
Traders Bank semt-annual DIVIDEND OF PEI
cent. payable January ,. an increase "i per cent
over that declared last july.
EUROPE AND NEW-YORK CENTRAL
BONDS-A Wall Street journal said yesterday;
The report that negotiations pending or have
already been completed by which block ot oonds
Of the New-York Central or it's allied companies,
amounting TO SIS 0n06d0 will he taken by European
interests generally dtsCredlted in quarters whcn
should be thoroughly Informed the matter IN
the nrst place IT is stated that that amount OF
New York Central bonds is not at present on Tn
Its last issue of S2S,Hptpo is understood
TO have been almost, II not entirely. taken up ~
local interests. Should further issue ne MADE OF
nnanciers point out that the bonds could De piaceo
more advautageously in this country than IN tu-
rope In any event. II is generally conceded that
IL an such bond transaction is made with Europe
at ali tho amount involved will by no means as
sumo anything like the proportions or the reporter
deal
INTERNATIONAL. BANKING OF'tIC GERS ;o-At
"a r1e-fing OF the directors of the International
F{ankinR CORPORATION held yesterday the follow
ing ofucers were elected. William J.. Meyer. presi-
dent: Thomas II. Hubbard, chairman OF the board;
John Il Lee general manager; John duDoaIu'
trca James II. Rogers, secretary: AIehdHueI
4 Green counsel. and Allen ". Page resident az
lorusy bridgeport. Conn. The following comprise
tho executive committee: Thomas n. Hubbard
William Meyer. Haley Fiske. Edwin Gould, James
II Hyde. Luther kountze. John J. McCooK VIII
am A Read and William Salomen
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE AFFAIRS
-onccrnfnE the reports which have been current III
louisville and Nashville were To be taken care or
-,. The bankers making the sale. at about $50 =
share of the OF the property II is said that
hing contemplation for the LOUISVILLE ana
SashviIlc minority SC far the banking interests
are concerned The directors OF Louisville ana
Nashville organized yesterday by re-electing nin
officers. with the exception OF : n: tlgar; vice
PRESIDENT who was succeeded by A. w Morris.