New-York tribune., 1903-01-03
MINING STOCKS.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.
EcR EIcsN TRADING Foreign trading in the To-
cal market amounted 20 about 15 900 shares, mostly
purchases. In the London market kafhr stocks
were firm and consols were strong at S3A an ao-
vance of Il per cent. The Bank OF England ola not
change its rate and money in the open discount
market was much easier in London and Berlin Elk
change continued firm in the various Continental
centres. New-York was a buyer OF Americans In
London.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amagamated Copper Anaconda, American
Ice Atchson common and preferred, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common. Chi
cago Terminal, Colorado Fuel and lron Delaware
and Hudson, Erie common, first and second pre-
ferred Louisville and Nashville. Manhattan. Mis-
souri Pacific New-York Central. Northwestern,
Norfolk and Western, Peoples Cas- Reading hrst
preferred Republic Steel common and preferred
Rock Island ST. Paul, Southern Railway preferred
Southern Pacific, Sugar. Tennessee Coal and lron'
Union Pacific common United States steel COM
mon and preferred, United States Leather pre-
ferred Wabash preferred and Western Union, 10
per cent Union Pacific preferred. per cent
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE-Cross earn
ings of the Louisville for November increased s4s
$50 and earnings increased s94604 making gain
in net from July / of $7S5, ,198
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.-A decrease of SS3, ,42S
in the net earnings of the Southern Railway in
November due to gain in expenses in excess
of the increase of $2O7 267 in gross earnings The
company is spending large amounts OF money on
its property out of earnings.
HARTMAN & co. COPARTNERSHIP.-Th
firm of Hartman & Co. dissolved on December
81 and new copartnershp under the same name
was formed January / The following are
the members of the firm: William NJ. Hartman.
Oliver Hartman. jr., Joseph W. Hartman and j.
Borden Hartman.
PRESSED STEEL CARS ORDERS.-The follow
ing companies have ordered cars from the Pressed
Steel Car Company: The Pennsylvania Gas and Coal
DIoIIa I'll nj
phia and Norfolk Railroad Company $50 box cars of
10000 pounds capacity.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES-The following com
panies have ordered locomotives from the Ameri-
can Locomotive Company: The Fremont Elkhorn
and Missouri Valley Railroad Company, ten loco
motives; the Fort Smith and Western Railroad
Company. four locomotives; the Union Railroad
COMPANY, of Pittsburg, five locomotives
ST. PAUL EARNINGS.-Gross earnings of the St
Paul company for the month of November in
creased S213,64 and net earnings increased SS9oi
From July 1 net earnings have increased s55S4 1872
CANCEILING DISTILLING CO.'S BONDS
The Distilling COMPANY of America has cancelled
$500 OOO of per cent bonds. leaving outstanding
So of the original issue of s5OOO0 The Dist1l-
ling Securities Company will, within day or two'
declare its first dividend at the rate of per cent
its stock
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK.-"Brad-
streets reports the exports of grain, in bushels,
for the week, with comparisons as follows: Wheat,
-four included 1886, ,206 contrasted with 4SlS,4n In
this week year ago; since July l. 13O66o,zL5 COM
pared with 76227 in the like time in 1901; corn
25s7 52 against 2O236 in this week last year; since
TI 10 726 40 contra sted with 90 4S1 in the like
period year ago.
ORDERS FOR NEW CARS-The following COM
panies have ordered cars from the American Car
and Foundry Company: The New-York, New-Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad Company, % coaches
and 600 box cars; the Illinois Central Railroad
Company 1000 coal cars; the Vandalia, 200 gon-
dolas: the Shreveport and Red River Valley Rail
way Company, 100 fiat cars; the Fort Smith and
Western Railroad Company, coaches; the Ma
tfonal Coal Company, freight cars; the Delaware
and Hudson Company, 10 coaches; the Alabama
and Vicksburg Railway Company coaches. COM
bination baggage and passenger car and bag
gage cars for June delivery the Vicksburg ShreVe-
port and Pacific Railway Company combination
baggage and passenger cars; the New-Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad Company. coaches for
June delivery; the Evansville and Terre Haute
Railroad Company. few coaches; miscellaneous
orders, 13 cars.
CURRENCY MOVEMENT.-The principal move
ments of currency this week. as compiled by The
Wall Street Journal" indicate that the banks
gained thereby s258S 800. "They received from the
interior ST. ,1O0 including s250O00 transferred
through the sub-treasury from San Francisco and
sent to interior s 300 including $3.50 900 trans
ferred through the sub-treasury to New-Orleans.
The gain from the interior S.43i, 500 The banks
received gold to the amount of S64s5oo. of
which $625 600 New-York Assay Office
checks and s23 900 Seattle assay Office checks
The banks received from the sub-treasury ordi-
nary government disbursements Sl5816,500 of which
only s6G5 coo was pension checks; and paid to
the sub-treasury for customs. internal revenue, 5
per redemption fund etc. Sl7,315000, of which
81 s34 500 was for customs. The loss sub-treas-
ury transactions proper was A,49S,5o0. The total
gain from the interior and gold "a. 0S7 800:
deducting the loss on 'sub-treasury operations of
81 .49S 500 the net gain $685. 500
Mr.. ROUSE'S TRIP.-Henry c. Rouse. chairman
and president Of the Missouri Kansas and Texas
Railway, who accompanied General Miles in his
trip in the Philippines and in China left Pekng
December So and is returning home by the
Siberian Railway. After brief stay at St Peters
burg Mr.. Rouse will proceed directly to New-York
ELECTED MISUNDERSTANDING Turnbuil of Post
& Flagg, and Harry Bamberger, OF Wolf Bros. &
Co. have been elected members of the Stock Ex-
change.
NEW WALL STREET FIRM.-James N. Brown
has entered into partnership with Edward H Jew
ell and Leigh NJ. Pearsa to conduct general
banking. stock. bond and cotton business under the