New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-17
2.4OO Total sales.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADINCf.-Foreign houses deaIt IN
1900 shares in the local market mostly sales IN
London the copper stocks lost little ground out
consols were shade frmer at S794 There was
better demand for day to day money, but dis
counts were not quotably changed There was no
feature in foreign exchange quotations
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS--Loan quotauohs
were: Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. Delaware and Hudson. Erie com
mon first and second preferred Louisville ana
Nashville Manhattan, Missouri PACING Norloih
and Western. Metropolitan Street Railway. Peo-
pies Gas. Reading first preferred. Rock Island
St Paul. Southern Railway preferred Southern
Pacific Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union
Pacific common and preferred United States Steel
common and preferred. United States Leather pre-
ferred. Wabash preferred Shelters common and
Republic Steel common. per cent; Baltimore and
Ohio common. Canadian Pacific and Colorado Fuel
and Iron 3Ia per cent; New-York Central and
PENNSYLVANIA 212d3 per cent. and Western Union.
per cent
GOLD IMPORTs-Ths National City Bank has
engaged $4,000 gold in London for import This
brings the total engagements, officially announced.
to date on this movement UP 70 $6,550,O00. The
receipts thus far 81 337 including the SS50OOO
which arrived on the steamship New-YOrk on Sat
urday. OF this last amount 100000 was for the
National City Bank and the remaining S2500oo was
FOR Muller. Scha G. Co.
STANDARD OH. DIVIDEND-Standard Oil d-
rectors have declared dividend of $12. This divi-
dend compares with s. for the preceding quarter
and SO for the corresponding quarter last year
The company has paid dividends follows for
the last twelve years: 1891 to 1855 Il per cent a
year. 1896 81 per cent 1891 SO per cent; 1898. 80 per
cent; 1899, 80 per cent; 1900. 4S per cent; 1901. IS
per cent, 1892. 45 per cent. and per cent for this
year.
COLORADO FUEL AND IRoN-Proxies for the
special meeting of Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany stockholders. to be held in Denver on De-
cember Is, asked for in the names of George J.
Gould, John d. Rockefeller. jr., and Julian A
Kebler. 1t is understood that as soon as the
stockholders authorize the proposed amendments
to the articles of Incorporation, the Rockefeller
Gould interests will proceed raise about 81 600 900
capital. of which 100000 will be used TO
repay the money advanced by the new control
last year. and the remainder for improvements
betterments and extensions.
UNITED STATES STEEL.-The tenth quarterly
dividend of 81 70 on the preferred shares of United
States Steel paid yesterday. Over $1,000 hold
of the preferred received checks This makes
the total amount the Steel Corporation has paid
out for preferred stock dividends since January
l, Sl592l93, compared with S12,7O7 $50 declared
on the common stock, of which the last quarter
is not payable until December. The undivided
profits of the corporation for the nine months
were $29 34S7 42. 50 100000 month. For the three
months the present quarter 1t is known that the
returns will be at least one-third smaller than
for the preceding three months.
CHICAGO AM Attenuation was again ad-
vanced. and the preferred at least showed that
there was little stock in the market. The Hawley
pool appeared to have picked up most OF the float
ing supply. presumably with the consent of the
Hartman interest Traders were the principal
buyers. and for this reason people who had fol-
lowed the pool sold stock the advance.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES R. Galloway.
president of the American Locomotive Company is
quoted follows:
We are doing an exceptionally big business We
turning out fifty engines every week. and do
not need to tell you that that is a big lot of en-
gines our eight plants working night and
day, and far behind in orders. Next
year. however. business will probably drop
down to normal-for the first half of the year at
try has been keyed up to the highest pitch in busi
ness.
UNITED STATES CAST IRON PIPE.-A prom
inent holder of the United States Cast Iron Pipe
and Foundry says that earnings continue a
heavy scale, that dividends are in absolutely no
danger of being reduced and that there is every
to believe that pending litigation will be ter
minated in favor of the company.
CHICAGO BORROWS IN NEW-YORK.-Not-
withstanding the assertion Of Chicago that it is
lending money to New-York there is a considerable
amount Of Chicago commercial paper in this mar
ket. and sales OF some of it are reported at about
Z Der
BALTIMORE AND OHIO DIRECTORS RE
ELECTED.-At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yester
day the retiring directors reelected.