New-York tribune., 1902-11-18
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Iondon houses were buy
ers in all Of 20OO0 o 90 shares OF stocks, but
sold out on the advances buying on balance
for the day was between 15,cOo and 2O.CO" shares.
The early quotations for American stocks in the
London market averaged about I'D higher. The
market closed the curb firm, at about the best
figures The belief expressed in the cables
that liquidation had been finished. The Parts
Bourse quiet and the Berlin Boerse heavy.
The Bank Of England sold 10000 gold for ship
ment 10 Paris Bar silver in the London market
touched another low record. falling 1-1sd TO
% Il-l6d
STOCK LOAN QUOTATGONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper Anaconda. American
Ice. Atchison common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common. Chi
caEo Terminal. Delaware and Hudson. Erie com
mon, first and second preferred, Louisville and
Nashville Manhattan Missouri Pacific New-York
Central Northwestern Norfolk and Western, Peo-
pies Gas. Reading first preferred. Rock Island, St
Paul Southern Railway preferred Southern Pa
cihc Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union Pa
ciac common and preferred United States Steel
common and preferred. United States Leather pre-
ferred Wabash preferred and Western Union. az
per cent Colorado Fuel and Iron loaned from fiat
10 lis and closed at l-22
MONEY TRANSFERS Last week several re-
ports came from Washington stating that requests
had been received from San Francisco for the de-
posit I'm New York OF considerable sums of money
for transfer TO the Pacific Coast II is not believed
however that the amount OF money that will be
actually transferred will be large indi-
Gated In the reports Yesterday there was de
posted at the local Sub-Treasury $4,000 for
fer to san Francisco and $4,000 for shipment to
New-Oreans making total Of sl.l5o,O(0 FOR the
day.
PRESSED STEEL CAR-Pittsburg advices state
that the Pressed steel Car Company is relieving
the congestion Of freight in that city by furnish
ing its own locomotives and to move the
tonnage TO its plants from the Carnegie works of
the United States Steel Cooperation. This tonnage
said amount TO almost two thousand tons a
day In addition. the Pressed Steel Car Company
is helping to relieve the situation 10y building for
the railroads over one hundred daily.
STANDARD OIL DIVIDEND.-The Standard OIL
Company. Of New-Jersey. has declared dividend
Of 80 share for the quarter. payable December
Is. 10 stock OF record November 2 This makes $40
for the year against $s in 1901. $iS In 1900 3 in
1899 $50 In 1895 s33 in 1897 So. in 1896 and S2 year
from 1891 10 1895
NORFOLK AND WESTERN DIVIDEND-For
some weeks there have been various rumors re-
gardins the rate of the seIni-annual dividend on
Norfolk and Western common stock. Action
expected the first week in the current month and
1t seemed to be believed pretty generally that the
rate would be advanced Yesterday the directors
met in Philadelphia and declared "A semi-annual
dividend of III per cent. payable December 10 to
stock Of record December S This is an increase
of u per the last payment and places
the stock per cent basis.
UNITED STATES STEEL-Advices from Duluth
state that the United States Steel Corporation has
advertised for bids for the construction of Zen
steel steamships to be placed in its ore carrying
service. and to cost $lO0OO,OOO Advance estimates
of next years tonnage are placed high S0O0O-
90 tons. Navigation on the lakes will be closed in
a short time. The tonnage for the year just clos-
ing has been extremely large.
II. r. WINTHROP ELECTED DIRECTOR
Henry Rogers Winthrop. of the Equitable Life As
surance Society. yesterday elected director
of the Fidelity Trust Company of Newark, n. ].