New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-19

drmer in both Paris and Berlin.
STOCK LOAN QUoTATIONs.-Loa quotations
were. Amalganated Copper. Anaconda AheIt'"
Ice Atchison common and preferred eroohlS"
Ranid Transit Baltimore and ONO Coi"'hV"
Chicago Terminal Colorado and Southern Lena
ware and Hudson. Erie common. first ana Sec"'id
nreferred Louisville and Nashville Manhattan
Missouri Pc cihc New-York Central northwestern
Northern Pacific preferred Peoples Gas ReanhR
first preferred Republic Steel common ffepuph'
s+eeI preferred Rock Island. st. Paul. Southern
Railway preferred. Southern Pacific, sugar rem
nessee Coal and Iron, Union Pacific common
Union Pacific preferred. United States Steel COM
mon. United States steN preferred, United states
leather preferred Wabash preferred western
Union. %. per cent
ITNIrED STATES SrEEL.-The United States
c..eI (-ornora ton has Just completed arrangements
to secure 100000 of Bessemer pig IRON during
1908 from Ohio furnaces at slS ton In return the
furnaces are to secure coke from the friCh oohs
Company which is controlled by the Steel corpora
ton at 81 a ton The price Of coke is now 81 30 a
ton This deal is one of the most important mat
has been made months and Will nave a Tar
reaching effect the entire trade. Orders on the
books of the United States Steel Corporation have
increased 100000 tons since January l. ana no"
amount to 57O0GoO
ERIES HEAVY EARNINGS--"The Wall street
Journal" says: I'VE understand that in the months
of January and December the net increase in Fries
profits from operation and from the coal companies
was nearly sufficient pay the full dividend on the
first and second preferred stock for the year In
December the railroad reported a net increase OF
some 5000 900 but did not report the increase in the
coal companys profits. This. We understand. was
in excess of $4,000 The total gain for the month
was over 81 ooloo. In January similar result was
obtained. Business will undoubtedly he on some
thing like the same scale for long time 10 come.
The anthracite coal roads will unquestionabiy have
the greatest year In their history in 1903
PRESSED STEEL CAR MEETINCi.-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the Pressed
Steel Car Company, held yesterday, the Following
board Of directors was elected In classified form:
Directors of the first class term Of one year,
James A Blair, A. S. Matheson and f G. Ely;
second class (term of two years., James H Reed
T. H. Given and G. E. Macklin; third class term
of three years.. F. N Hoffstot, j. W. Friend ana
Adrian H Larkin. The vote taken was 81 4eS shares
of common and 97,S2S preferred, the largest stock
representation made at meetings of this COM
pany. The company's annual report was published
In The Tribune several weeks ago Gross sales
for the year increased 47.1O per cent over 1901
CHICAGO GREAT wEsTERN.-The stockhold-
ers of the Chicago Great Western have unani-
rnousy voted increase the common stock from
100000 1000 Part of the increase will be
exchanged for the entire issue of Mason City and
Fort Dodge Railway Company, thus adding Ok
miles to the Great Western system Seventy per
cent of the stock was represented.
AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES--Several large
blocks of American Steel Foundres stock have
changed hands in the last few days at private sale
the buyers being well known Wall Street interests
In Yesterdays market there was sale of 100 shares
of the preferred at advance of IL points over
the last preceding sale. The common, selling at H.
will it is said, be taken in hand by powerful in
terests when general bull market develops The
company is earning over per cent on the common
stock.
MISSOURI KANSAS AND TEXAS.-Earnings OF
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas for the second
week in February increased s5015S over the same
week a year ago, making gain in the last three
weeks of nearly s000o 1t is generally believed that
the companys preferred stock will soon be placed
on dividend basis, earnings are at a rate that
would permit the full per cent for the preferred
with a large surplus for the common.
sITB-TREAsURY TRANSFERS.-The Sub-Treas-
ury transferred yesterday 100000 for local banks to
Orleans making 100000 SO far this week The
banks have lost on Sub-Treasury operations up
ward of 81 100000 since last Friday night.
STOCK. EXCHANGE HOLIDAY.-The governing
committee of the New-York Stock Exchange has
exchange from Friday evening. February %, until
Tuesday morning, February "a
MISSOURI PACIFIC.-Earnings OF the Missouri
Pacific increased for the second week in February
s1OS 900 over the time in 1902 From January
earnings have increased S722 1S2-
BICYCLE REORGANIZATION-Th reorganiza-
ton committee of the American Bicycle Company
William A Read, chairman. has given notice that
the third and final instanent of g share has been
called for payment by the depositors of preferred
and common stock required by the plan and agree
ment of the committee. the payment to he made tn |
the Central Trust Company or before March :