New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-04
1880 Total sales.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foregn houses dealt IN
1900 shares in the local market, all sales The
trading light in all departments in London but
the tendency was lower. American stocks gen.
orally lost little ground scattering local real
izing and very moderate New-York selling. The
copper stocks were noticeably weak, and consOls
lost "A per cent Of their recent advance Money
was easier in Berlin and exchange was harder, but
Paris exchange continues weak enough to make
the international gold situation uncertain.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda, American
Ice, Atchson common and preferred. Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common. Cana
dian Pacific, Colorado Fuel Delaware and Hudson
Erie common, first and second preferred Louisville
and Nashville Manhattan. Missouri Pacific. New
York Central Norfolk and Western. Metropolitan
Street Railway, Pennsylvania, Peoples Gas, Read
Ing first preferred. Rock Island. ST. Paul. Southern
Railway preferred. Southern Pacific. Sugar Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific common and
preferred, United States Steel common and pre-
ferred. United States Leather preferred, Wabash
preferred and Western Union, 1884, per cent.
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR BALTIMORE AND
OHIO.-The passenger business of the Baltimore
and Ohio has increased so rapidly during the last
three years to make necessary the purchase of
a large number of passenger cars. During the last
two years 100 passenger coaches have been bought.
The equipment will be increased next year by the
addition of forty coaches each 60 feet in length;
fifteen 6O-foot baggage cars. fifteen 6O-foot COM
bination baggage and passenger cars ten COM
bination mail and baggage and two 40-foot
postal cars, at cost of nearly 100000 Contracts
will be let in the future 1t is expected that
by the spring of 1904 the line will have to care for
very largely increased business in addition to the
travel to the st. Louis Exposition. The passenger
revenue Of the Baltimore and Ohio exceeds
100000 year.
BANK CLEARINGS-''Br adstreets" says that
bank clearngs at 80 cities of the United states in
June aggregated 50 597 694 gain of "a per cent
over those for May of 148 per cent over June 1902
and decrease of only 81 per cent from the
ord total for June, made in that month of 1901.
Swelled by the heavy June figures the calendar
year returns make much better record than for
some time past, the aggregate for six months
-$56 993, 675 27S-being only A of par cent below
last year. and only 1O6 per cent below the record
totals for six months made i'll the first half IF
1901.
ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE wORKs-At a recent
stockholders meeting of the Rogers Locomotive
Works the following officials and directors were
elected to serve for the year: William Barbour,
John E. Burne, John ". Ciriggs, John Havron,
Franklin B. Lord e. H. Norton. Stephen Peabody.
John D. Probst, Robert Pruym, James Henry
Smith. Sir William c. Vanhorne and Reuben
Wells John L. Bronze was elected chairman Of the
board; John Havron, president; George E. Hanna,
assistant to the president; Frank B. Halron treas
urer; Charles H Warner. secretary, and Reuben
Wells, general manager.
ADDED TO GREENE CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
John w Gates and Frank H. Ray have been
elected directors of the Greene Consolidated Copper
Huntington and Messrs. Gates and Ray have been
elected members of the executive committee.
GRAIN Observation-Disclosures reports the
ports wheat the week 29666S2 bushels. against
351S152 bushels last week and 3211215 bushels last
year Since July1 1902, "a 4SO bushels against 25
$40 900 bushels last year. Corn for the week. 142
172 bushels, against 1,2S5.74 bushels last week and
127 1863 bushels last year. Since July l. 1902 Go 64
bushels, against % 450,SS2 bushels last year
COPPER SLIGHTLY LOWER.-A leading pro-
Queer O. copper that the copper market X
tremely dull and prices slightly lower. Pro-
ducers selling lake as low Ii cents and cast
ings low at 1872 cents. The official quotations
on the New-YOrk Metal Exchange which have for
some time been one-haf cent below those of the
producers. one-quarter cent above. in spite
of one-quarter reduction which has just been
made.
AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY.-The Ameri-
can Car and Foundry Company has received
orders for cars follows: International and Great
Northern, 100 stock; Denver and Rio Grande L
coaches; Virginia and Southwestern, go. and mis-
celIaneous orders aggregating 14O cars OF various
fIyDaS