New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt IN
5000 shares in the local market, mostly purchases
in London Consols were nOtceably strong at 9Z7s'
an advance of q per cent. The money market was
easier in consequence Of the release of the suhscrip-
tions to the Transvaal loan. This tendency was
reflected in Paris where exchange on London con-
tinued at point where gold shipments from New
York would he profitable Bar silver was inclined
to ease off
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loa quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common Colo
rado Fuel Delaware and Hudson, Erie common
first and second preferred. Louisville and Nash
VILE Manhattan. Missouri Pacific. New-York Cen
trail Norfolk and Western. Metropolitan Street
Railway PEOPLES Gas. Reading first preferred, Re
public Steel preferred. Rock Island St Paul. South
arn Railway preferred, Southern Pacific Sugar.
Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union Pacific common
I'D preferred United States Steel common and
preferred United States Leather preferred, Wabash
preferred Western Union Canadian Pacific and
Pennsylvania, 2Q215 per cent.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO.-A Baltimore report
saws that the Baltimore and Ohio Company has
offered the State of Maryland 800 share for the
minority stock of the Washington branch Of its
system The whole amount of stock is d6S0,0tO
of which Baltimore and Ohio now owns majority
The accumulated surplus on this branch amounts
to 81 079 as shown by the last annual report
Of the Baltimore and Ohio. OF the minority stock
the State of MARYLAND owns 500 shares.
SUGAR MARKET CONDITIONS.-A more con-
ddent feeling is noted in the market for raw sugar
and importers are disposed to store their current
arrivals unless they get full quoted rates
Cost and freight sugar is not obtainable at the
moment at less than cents. Sc test and duty
paid centrifugals are quoted at 11-16c.
KLONDIKE GOLD SOON TO ARRIVE>-Ad-
vices from Vancouver are that the opening of
navigation on the Yukon is looked for daily. A
large amount of gold has been sluced and is
ebi is afpd about
SIS. 900 will come down from the Klondike this
year and first receipts the Pacific Coast are ex
pected in about three weeks.
APPLICATIONS TO LIST.-Application has been
made to the Stock Exchange to list 81 692 200 adji
tonal common stock of the st, Louis and San
Francisco Railroad Company. The Electric Stor-
age Battery Company has applied to the Stock
Exchange for the listing Of M5.795 700 common
stock. 1t will be remembered that this company
recently took steps to secure the exchange of it's
preferred stock in+o common stock. the former
issue being limited 10 dividends while the lat
ter was not.
ROCK ISLAND BONDS-The new Rock Island
bonds were a feature on the curb. The first sale
was made at 92la, and the price bid by
q Stock Exchange firm for 100000. Another firm
offered such block at SO. This brought buyers.
and more sales were then made 9212 followed
by others down TO 90. More than 100000 changed
hands.
INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE
A sale OF one bond of the International Mercantile
Marine Companys issue of $5o.Oo00OO AZ per cent
bonds was reported the curb at 75 seller 80.
This is the first recorded public sale of the bonds
They had previously been quoted the curb at so
bid par offered The bonds and stock of the
pany have not yet been listed and application
has been made.
WABASH DEBENTURE Bs-The Wabash de-
benture B bonds the chief active feature in
the bond department. These issues have been ac-
cumulated by buyers who well informed regard
ing the affairs of the company.