New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN HOTTSES-Foreign houses were active
buyers in the local market dealing in 6O00 shares
all purchases. In London consols were notlceaDIy
strong at 916s gain of g per cent since Thursday
The weakness Of Paris and Berlin exchange was
a feature of some Importance in the 1nterhduohdl
money markets The foreign purchases in the
local market noticeable in Baltimore ana
Ohio Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Atchi-
son IT looked as if foreign operators were either
taking the bull side of this market or else aVerag-
ing d previous long position on declines The
sentiment in London was bullish. and the foreign
feeling was that this market would not take long
TO adjust itself the Northern Securities decision
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
were: AmaIgamated Copper, Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred, Brooklyn
RAND Transit Baltimore and Ohio common. Col
orado Fuel Delaware and Hudson Erie common
first and second preferred. Louisville and Nash-
Vile Manhattan, Missouri Pacific New-4o ork Cen
trail Metropolitan Street Railway, Norfolk ana
Western Peoples Gas, Reading first preferred
Republic Steel preferred, Rock Island St PAU,
Southern Railway preferred, Southern Pacific.
Sugar Tennessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific com
mon and preferred, United States Steel common
and preferred United States Leather preferred
Wabash preferred, Western Union, per cent;
Canadian Pacific and Pennsylvania, Az per cent
NEW-YORK CENTRAL.-The annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the New-York Central ana
Hudson River Railroad Company will be held IN
the directors rooms in Union Station. Albany at
1890 o'clock to-day 1t is understood that william
H Newman will be reelected president 1t Is pe-
ljeved that there will be no important change IN
the directors of the company The vacancy caused
bv the death of Samuel B. Babcock will have 10 be
filled and there may be some other minor changes.
MANHATTAN.-Good buying of Manhattan was
reported in Mondays decline, and IN yesterday s
market While it is not believed that strike VIII
develop on the Manhattan lines, investors in the
stock will in no way he affected if labor trouble
should take place the issue is guaranteed as TO
its dividends. it's present price Manhattan. like
many other investment issues, is extremely cheap.
BALTIMORE AND OHIC.-The engineering de-
partment of the Baltimore and Ohio is drawing
up plans for number of new railroad passenger
stations. Some replace those now in use.
and others will established The first to be
erected will be at GIensraw. on the Pittsburg and
Western division. Four stations to be
built this spring Two will he on the Wheeling di-
vision and two the Pittsburg division
BALTIMORE IS BCLLISH.-The general feeling
of the investing and speculative public IN Baltimore
is that Mondays break carried prices near to rock
bottom This is shown Iy the fact that numerous
buying orders have been forwarded through COM
mission houses in Baltimore.
NORTH AMERICAN-The rally In North Anneri-
can was said to be connected with its possible
usefulness in the event of a Supreme Court deci-
sion against the Northern Securities merger. The
rlmor not treated with much respect in well
Informed quarters
MR.. SPENCER A TRUST COMPANY DIREC-
TOR-Samuel Spencer president of the Southern
Railway Company was yesterday elected a di-
rector of the North American Trust Company
UNITED STATES STEEL-Three investment
houses bought 25,O00 shares of United States Steel
common on investment orders in Mondays mark At.
GULF AND SHIP ISLAND DIVIDEND.-The
hoard of directors of the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad Company has declared a dividend of |
per cent on the capital stock of the company. pay
able to-day from the earnings of the quarter ended