The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
WALL STREET GOSSIP
Activity in Rock Island "a Buying il Ten
nessee Coal Good.
Special to The :rilnes:DisPateh2

Especial te The Time j. Dis FPhu u, n,
tendency Of exchange as. indicating no
gold exports for the present was ehc ,tnnl
deal IL Of Importance e. the probable pas
sage Of the Aldrich bill Neither Of these
considerat tons, however, checked the
hardening o. mehey n
some of the largest commission houses.
The active speculation in Wabash was
to some extent checked by the labor SIT
uatlon there, which was regarded 1s1, as; as
rather seronS rave poo aSu s
port.
..AMAIGAMATED COPPER:
able strength and activity on the bu]lish
attitude Of important trade interests tt, The l.,
street takes It that the present bnl IN n
tluence the price Of the metal, and there
is a growing belief that trade authori-
ties abroad are cooperating IN TN re, rS1
Amnlgamated and Anaconda both We're
helped by the advance IN the Prlcce u
metal.
METROPOLITAN:
There seemed to be a powerful pear
clique operating in Metropolitan AND
there was revival Of rnmors. al.no u =,
~ those recently current. Traders said
that there was no real difficulty in bor-
rowing stock at prevalent rates.
SUGARS ADVANCE CHECKED:
The Sugar advance was checked When
ii became apparent that what few shorts
there were In the market had covered.
LEATHER EASY:
Leather isues were inclined to sell off,
as there seemed good evidence that any
contemplated scheme for financing the
preferred dividends in arrears and raising
more money b. O bond issue had been
Abandoned
ROCK ISLANDS ACTIVITY:
The activity in Rock Island was ac-
companIed BY the usual rumors of the
ST. Louis and San francisco seemed to
be the favorite The professional opinion
was that, as In the case Of the advance
in Erie. the strength In frisco GO. Wns be,
little Rock Island stock. The buSlng Or
dera appeared to come from the New;
York Representatives Of the Chicago con-
troll.
TENNESSEE coal, AND IRON
The buying in Tennessee Goal and Iron
SAINT with the affairs OF. the company say
that under It's new pig iron and coal con-
tracts and with Its improved faculties
1t can earn IL per cent. on the STOCK
ST PAUL:
St. Paul failed to retain tho advance
of tho early morning, and from the char-
acter of selling It was inferred that no
action on the authorized new issue need
be expected In tho near future.
some evidence Of good accumulation was
seen in Baltimore and Ohio
UNITED STATES STEEL!
n Steel Issues acted WELL although tho
hest information did not Indicate the like
l!hood OF an Immediate announcement OF
the bond Issue.
UNITED STATES RIlALTY:
q The buying In Realty was nsplred by
ORC or two firms who were understood to
have bcen Interested In tho underwriting.
i'll was claimed that the company was
ren ping tho full advantage of tho present
boom In construction and real estate.
BANKS LOSE HEAVILY:
The sub-Trensury gained $4,000 from
banks yesterday, making a gain since
last Friday OF SS,3390Oo,
TTTEf CLOSE:
XIV The close was rather inactive and some
what irregular with n tendency to take
profits In recently active stocks Ike the
Wabash Issues and ST. Louis and San
Francisco, but hard tone elsewhere, The
professional element did not seem disposed
to take any decided position, and traders
evened up their books mostly covering
shorts.