New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-30
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London houses were not
active IN the local market buying 1000 shares on
balance In London tho features OF the securities
markets were tho Paris buying OF international
stocks and the good support exhibited in consols
and other investments. In most departments
strength displayed South African mining
stocks were firm without quotabls change curb
prices subsequently showing great strength and
activity and RIO Tintos strong at 54Ss, with
transactions that figure. Money was plentiful
and discounts were inclined TO advance. feat
ure was the persistent weakening in Paris eX-
change.
STOCK LOAN QUJOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper Anaconda, American
Ice Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Erie common Peo-
Pics Gas. Reading first preferred. Rock Island.
Southern Railway preferred, Southern Paclnc.
Sugar Tennessee Coal and Iron. United states
Steel common United States Leather preferred.
wabash preferred. Shelters common and Republic
Steel common. IA per cent: AtchLson common and
preferred Baltimore and Ohio common, Canadian
Pacific Consolidated Gas. Delaware and Hudson.
Erie first and second preferred Louisville and
Nashville. Manhattan Missouri Pacific. Norfolk
and Western. Metropolitan Street Railway and
Union Pacific common and preferred. per cent;
PENNSYLVANIA and United States Steel preferred.
I74N per cent; New-Yorlk Central. Il per cent:
St Paul. a per cent, and Western Union Shelters
preferred Republic Steel preferred and American
Locomotive preferred. fiat.
NEW RAILROAD EQUIPMENT.-The following
companies have ordered cars from the American
bosses: the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico
Railroad Company, tank cars. 1t Is reported that
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Company in the market for 600 steel coal cars
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railway Company.
It IS rumored is in the market for about 800 freight
cars It is said that the New-York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company Is in the market
for 800 fat cars. The Black Lick Mining Company
Of Philadelphia, is reported to have ordered 200
steel coal cars. The Maine Central Railroad Com
lie hfr{Tt Ma
I cial Coal Mining Company OF Philadelphia, has
contracted for 300 steel coal Tho Central
Northern Railway OF Argentina, is reported in the
market for 200 cars
AMERICAN OMOTTVE--Accor1ing TO THE
RaiIoad Gazette the following companies have
ordered locomotives from the American Iocomo-
tive Company The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany thirty consolidation locomotives: the Chi
| cago. Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company
eight switching locomotives and four consolidation
/ locomotives: the Grand Trunk Railway Company
five simple passenger locomotives. The Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company is SIX
ing bids forty prairie type passenger 1ocono-
tives and ten Atlantic type passenger locomotives
The Central Northern Railway Of Argentina is re-
ported in the market for twelve locomotives The
/ El Paso and Northeastern Railway Company Is
having ten locomotives built. The Illinois Central
Railroad Company has ordered five Atlantic type
/ locomotives from the Rogers Locomotive Works
GRAIN EXPORTS DECLINE "Bradstreet's'
reports the exports Of grain for the week. IT.
bushels with comparisons follows: Wheat flour
included 1o0&H. against 6l5.42S last week 34ls $50
IN this week last year. 5So5l55 in 1902 and 500 s
IN 1901. from July 121 70 137. compared with 1Ss
S345 last season. I'll 1896 in 1902 and I72 gss in
1901 corn l901S3. contrasted with s2s7s2 last eek
22l05 year ago. 1859 in 1902 and 81 s99 in 1901
from July ]. 4s5250, ccntrasted with $50 last
season. 2403i52 in 1902 AMI 153O251fS in 1901 The
! exports Of wheat this week the smallest in
! fourteen years
NORTHERN PACIFIC DIVIDEND-Anuounce-
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dividend of IL Per cent and extra dividend of
per cent on Northern Pacific Railway stock for
the current quarter About February l a dividend
of IL per cent for the quarter declared This
makes ga per cent for the last half OF the present
fiscal year. and makes the distribution on North
ern Pacific stock for the quarter the same as IL is
expected will be declared Great Northern stock
It u officially announced that the Northern Pacific