New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-08
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

EopEIC,N TRADING-Foreign houses deat IN
1000 shares in the local market, all safes. IN In
don consos were lower. and the Bank OF fnsldiu
dtd NOT change its rate The weekly return mace
q strong showing with an exceptionally hlsh plo-
norton of reserve liabilities Inc announcement
of the Transvaal loan as per cent issue DIT pa,
redeemabe in fifty years was the mus IN 49,
feature of the cables. Money was harder IN Aoiooi
- consequences and Paris exchange was strong
presumably on the requirements OF Foreign Suo-
scribers Bar silver was a little easier.
sToCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were. Amalgarnated Copper Anaconda, American
Ire Atchison common and preferred. Brookyh
pand Transit Baltimore and Ohio common Coz
orado Fuel Delaware and Hudson. Erie common
first and second preferred. Louisvlle ana NdSh-
VILE Manhattan Missouri Pacific, New-1orR ZEN
trail. Norfolk and Western. Metropolitan street
Railway. Peoples Gas Reading first preferred
penublic Steel preferred. Rock Island. ST. raul
southern Railway preferred. Southern racine
Sugar Tennessee Coal and Iron Union aeiiiI
common and preferred, United states steer coiii-
mon and preferred United States Leather pre-
xs yvobaeb nreferred and Western Union, 2l2
per cent; Canadian Pacific and pennsylvania per
cent. -
ATCHISON.-It is ofhcially stated tnat 'he iunioi
If a nendirg bond issue by the Atchison company
is entirely without foundation. Inc company uoes
not contemplate issuing any bonds. and there Is no
-, INV n should do so. The only ground that
on he imagined for the rumor. it was said is mat
* 6o0 600 Eastern Oklahoma bonds were sou '"o
months ago particulars being announced at the
+,e and for the temporary certificates then issued
N. regular coupon bonds are now being eXchahseu'
DI-,TOt2 OF A BIG NEW BOND ISSUE.-1n re
gard TO the rumor current at the STOCK ENehahse
yesterday afternoon, that western railfoau Is
abot 10 issue s35 0oGo9 bonds. 1t Is suggested III
we'll informed quarters that the Tunor Illsn' nave
he'd its foundation in the fact that s216SgtVO per
a,+ bonds of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company fall due on July l. II is sald
70 he the intention CT the company to retund TINS
Issue by an issue of per cent bonds whlch lacI
-ioh+ have been twisted into the shape which the
rumor assumed
-ExaS CROPS-Reports from Texas show that
The iniurv to growing crops in that State by the
recent frost was overestmated In some spots
corn and cotton were injured, but On the whoie
the damage Is not so serious as estlHhateu' a
con,ous rain soon is what farmers say IS all that
&c NODDED although repantirg will have TO
he done to repair injuries in some sections OF the
State.
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN.-The officers OF
tho Chtcapo Great Western expect to be running
+be,r trains into Omaha by the end of December.
,oo2 When this work was undertaken II was esti-
mated that II would not be completed before April
1904 during which month II was hoped that trains
would be running into both Omaha and Sioux CITY.
--b, MAN of the Great Western management in
contracting for these extensions was to convert
ranroad built to carry a light traffic at high rates
into a road that carry heavy traffic at low
rates and to produce the traffic The estimate OF
increase in earnings through the operation OF the
new lines IS s.. 0OOOOO ret a year
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANsIT.-The Brooklyn
TIaipbts Railroad Company reports for the quarter
ended March 81 net earnings of sS.4-o,ISO an IN
crease of 22.2O3 over the same time year ago
Cross earnings increased s52S,154 and operating
exnanses decreased s29iO49. Surplus after charges
was $40 os against deficit of 1853 52 in the cor
responding period in 1902
ATLANTIC COAST LINE-The Atlantic Coast
Tine Company has sent n circular 20 its stock
boIders offering 5000 shares of stock for sale
at $50 a share. Each stakeholder owning twenty
shares Of stock or fraction thereof is entitled
IN purchase one share OF new stock This will
nrovide 81 10000 capital for the company. but
tho nurpose for which 1t will be used is stated.