New-York tribune., 1903-01-28

tinued low but 1t was not expected that demand
sterling in New-york would advance to point
where gold shipments would become undFoicapie
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Analgamated Copper. Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred. BROOKLYN
Rapid Transit. Baltimore and Ohio common ohi-
cago Terminal. Colorado Fuel, Delaware and Ftuo-
son, Erie common. first and second pfeIerre''
Louisville and Nashville Manhattan Missouri IA
ciic New-York Central, Northwestern, Norfoik
and Western. Peoples Gas. Reading first preferreo
Republic Steel common and preferred, ROCK lslaho'
St Paul Southern Railway preferred, Southern
Pacific Sugar Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union IA
cic common and preferred United States steel
common and preferred, United States Leather pre-
ferred Wabash preferred Western Union per
cent.
FORE RIVER SHIP AND ENGINE COMPANf-
The directors of the Fore River Ship and Engine
connanv explaiu in a circular the passing of the
dividend as follows:
During fiscal ended DecembsT dsSt r. f. l the
aonnt she 6 ] r. paS for ge
in construction and equipment the ss0Gsnoo tio Of
81 10000 first mortgage bonds in order to secure ao
ditiona capital to pay for the rnce noang meeting not
to declare the usual dividend because II woniq .7 De
for the best interests of the company 10 oscoh'iu
the dividend at present
PEOPLES GAS-People's Gas was taken oy a
good class of buyers. including the Flower lntei
ests. This stock is of the cheap issues lna1
IS intrinsically valuable and worth 125 IN the
dividends. earning much more than per cent ana
the investment value of its stock is highly thoug
of by conservative interests 1t was reported IN
Chica go yesterday that large amount or the
stock had been acquired by large life insurance
company.
PROFITS OF SMELLING AND REFINING
COMPANY.-It is reported that. the surplus earn
ings of the American Smelling and Refining Com
pany In December were equal to about L per cent
on the company's common stock The prohts are
haar1 I1oti
some time that the company now has cash sur
plus of $4,000 900 for use AS working capital
AMALGAMATED CoPPER.-Bull talk on Anal
gamated Copper was current yesterday, and the
stock was one of the few active market features
Boston was a moderate buyer. The metal was
firm in London and higher prices were predlcte9
No actual news affecting the company developed
The report that the ANA malgamated is connected
with American interests that reported pur-
chasers of copper mines in Northern sweden ana
Norway is not generally believed.
ST. LOUIS AND SAN, ,FRANCISCO.-There was a
revival of runors that the St Louis and San Fran
1t was reported that interests identlhed with the
Frisco system took over some pool holdlngs OIL
Evansville and Terre Haute early in December
JERSEY CENTRAL'S EARNINGS.-Earnings OF
the Jersey Central for December show increase
in gross s419951 and increase in net OF s6l2
over the same month in 1902 For the year gross
earnings decreased s1675,S34 and net earnings de-
creased $2.075,551.
ATCHISON'S EARNINGS.-Gross earnings of the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe for December in
creased s210,914 over the same time last year. ana
net earnings increased S2t,4g1.
COTTON EXCHANGE TO BUY BUILDING
The members of the New-York Cotton Exchange
yesterday voted to buy the building adjoining the
Exchange for the purpose of using 1t for an IN
spection and sample department. The board OF
managers has been authorized to bid $4,000 for
the building.