New-York tribune., 1903-02-07
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.


WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.
FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
1900 shares in the local market. mostly sales. In
London the general market was featureiess ana
consols were unchanged. Money and exchange quo
tations were not materially changed
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred, Broohiyh
Rapid transit Baltimore and Ohio common Ch,-
caso Terminal Colorado Fuel. Delaware ana HUI
son. Erie common and first and second Pieie'l
louisville and Nashville Manhattan. missouri a
cifc New-York Central. Northwestern NorloiN
and western Peoples Gas, Reading hrst preieIfeu'
RenubIc Steel common and preferred, ROCK isiahu'
ST Paul Southern Railway preferred oouthe'
Pacific Sugar, Tennessee Coal and lron' Cnoi,
Pacific common and preferred. Unteo o''te9 N
common and preferred. United States Leather pie-
ferred, Wabash preferred ana "e'
cent .., ,o,e
CURRENCY MOVEMENTS-Ihe prihclpal inone NJ
ments of currency this week as comphed oy i"
VII street Journal indicate that the banks lost
harebv 81 OH 100 The banks received from the III
ror e. Os 900 and sent to the interior S2ls5Voo oi
which 100000 was transferred through the "uo
Treasury to New-Orleans. The gain from tiie HI
terror was So 225 900. Receipts OF ne" soIu We
s54o 100 of which s5OO.2o0 was on New-1ork assaS
office checks and $780, 900 Seattle assay oAi'9
checks The bank received from the Sub-IreasuIy
on ordinary government disbursements Si'''
and paid to the Sun-Treasury for CUSTOMS ni' no.
revenue ) per cent redemption lUilu -
of circulation ETC. s25.7S2 900. The loss on ouo
,rr,, onerations proper was s6,S00,10o. Deduct
,,, tho gain from the interior and new Soid vi
! 60 7ss COO from the loss of s6S00lW on oup 80.
onerations the net loss is S.o34l"- Inc iii'eiiO
movement for the week without speciai lea-
ture The large loss Sub-IreaSuiy oPel''i
u.as due chiefly to the payment by the Cehtrai
Pacific Railway Company of its note TOT heafy
So 600 900 due February /. on account OF gov
aid in construction Deposits of lawful money
to retire bank circulation were about sl'o'o'' anu
collections of customs were S3,ol0,Uo-
N,pKET GOSSIP-Standard OIL interests were
not in the market and none of the larger opeIaoi
had important orders. The decline IN Olh'eu '''
Steel common helped to check tradlne. Inc So
called Waldorf Astoria crowd sold stocks as a
ru1a although there were attempts TO Dull Norioih
ord Western The soft coal stocks were heaVy on
light sales Wisconsin Central was oiu up oS
Western operator. There was sooo oea vi pioii'
taking in AmaIgamated Copper, Boston houses ouS
ing Traders were bearish on 'B. r. l. opinion
in the Street was divided as to the pohcy oi 10
s,,irg tho United States Steel bonds On the one
hand it was urged that the underwriters "ouiu M
sist on some compensation for thelr iois "hi' anu
for the provision of credit throughout the i'ie'
market strain of last year. There was however.
- oo,era, oninion that the company would
strengthen its position by abandoning the project
.srecialv as it's earnings had notably Increased
since the plans were made
so1-THERN PACIFICS EARNINGS - Gross
cen,ber ss15 476 and earnings increased sloo''
Total balance after charges and rentals was $i,-'
40 Expenditures for betterments ahlouhteu W
50 o4e s leaving deficit for the month OF s'V'oi'
For the first half the fiscal year gross earnings
increased 1868 Net earnings decreased ss-ooii'
and after charges and rentals there was balance
of 81 703953 Betterments and additions. ho"eVei'
were large enough to leave deficit of S5'o'SeZs-
NEW RAILROAD. .EQUIPMENT-Ihe 1oho"lhs
coupanies have ordered cars from the American
Car and Foundry Company: The Atchison and To-
peka and Santa Fe Railway Company, LOU boX
cars; the Cleveland, Cincinnati chicago ana ot-
Louis Railway Company, 1OG0 gondola cars 'ce
Ney-York Ontario and Western Railway COM
panv 100 box cars: the Tacoma Eastern Railway
Comnanv 90 freight cars: the Mexican Coal ana
Coke Company. 20 freight cars the Edison Crusheu
Stone Company 16 freight cars; the Texas southern
Railway Company, freight cars; the ohlcaso' III
5iararoIis and Louisville Railway Company,
coaches; miscellaneous parties, 21S cars OF various
types.
GRAIN Observation-Disclosures reports the eA-
ports of wheat the week 39659l6 bushels against
442OG5 bushels last week and 4soo.i'' oushels as'
wear; since July l. 152.565.5SS bushels, against Io
146 GAG bushels last year Corn for the week 2ioSo
bushels against 2O45.9S9 bushels last X week e anu ana
bushels 81 last o 10 ye1T Bushels last year
BOOKLOvERS' LIBRARY STATEMESNT,nD IN Doane
of profit and loss account rd 0l inc Of Dpo
ana loss account December 81 lsos $o S - heen N
declared for the five months ended December 81:
nayabIe ON February 20. The dividend period mas
hen changed Sc as end December 81 ana June
80 g.,
STANDARD STEEL CAR.-The Standard ioG s{eel 4at
Car Company received an order Ior itVu ttr tor
cars the Union Pacific and an t}er 9rqe[ heinz
eco box cars from the Atchson the latter pIirrS @
placed with the Southern Car ana fouiiulS Oo'i
nany which the Standard controls
Mr. KEENE'S HEALTH-There is no truth III
Keene is seriously Ill ne 10 PSI
fectly well except for slight injury 10 ms hlee'
which confines him temporarily TO his apartiheht9-
He will be in day or two
AMERICAN I.OCOMOTIVE.-The following com
panies have ordered locomotives from the AMER
ear Locomotive Company: The Norfolk and west
ern Railway Company, thirty locomotives the
buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co. II Is re
uorted five locomotives of the Chautauqua type
and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail
way Company, locomotive.
APPLICATION TO LIST.-Applicaton has been
made to the Stock Exchange by the Manhattan
Railway Company list N,20O,0W additional capl-
tai
NATIONAL. LEAD MEETING.-The Stockhold-
ers of the National Lead Company will hold a spe-
cia meeting February -. to consider and act
upon proposed amendments to the charter of the
company.
MADE ASSISTANT CASHIERS.-Frank NJ.
Burger and David II. CT Penny have been appointed
assistant cashiers OF the New-Yorh National Ex-
change Bank.
UNITED STATES STEEL ORDERS IN