New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-14

Ice. Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Erie common. Peo-
pies Gas Reading first preferred, Rock island
Southern Railway preferred. Southern Pac'nc'
Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron. United states
Steel common. United States Leather preferred
Wabash preferred. SHELTERS common and Republic
Steel common. ia per cent Atchison common ana
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 Penn
syvania Union Pacific common and preferred and
United States Steel preferred. ~ per cent; New
York Central Il. per cent; St Paul. lAali2 per
cent and Western Union. Smelters preferred. Re
public Steel preferred and American Locomotive
preferred. fat
SECURITIES LISTED.-The following securities
have been added TO the Stock Exchange list: Texas
and Pacific. $1,000 additional first mortgage per
cent coupon bonds of 1000. making the total listed
$22. 254O00 100000 additional general mortgage
per cent coupon bonds of 1858 of the Cleveland
Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Com
pany making the total listed S1S.7490O0 s.0eS90O
additional ca pitaI stock of the New-York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, making
total listed $4,000 cO: $50 900 additional Chattanooga
division purchase money mortgage per cent cou-
pom bonds OF 1851. of the Central Of Georgia Rail-
way Company. making total listed a,99o,OO0; S03.-
600 additional general consolidated first mortgage
per cent coupon bonds of 1887 of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, making total
listed S15323OOO 100000 additional az per cent
funding and real estate mortgage coupon bonds Of
1880 of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
making total listed 100000; s06,Co0 additional
unifying and refundnE mortgage per cent coupon
bonds of 1929 of the St. Louis Iron Mountain ana
Southern Railway Company, and S.6@pn addi-
tional River and Gulf division first mortgage per
cent SO-year coupon bonds IF 1883 Of the same COM
pany; $4,000 additional per cent guaranteed re-
funding mortgage coupon bonds or 1880 OF the nan
sas CITY Fort Scott and Memphis Railway COM
mn rst lien
coupon bonds of the Wabash Railroad company ,
s23OooOCO 25-year collateral trust bonds OF 1915 oi
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company .
s. si3 90 5-year AZ per cent gold coupon notes
1908 of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Company and s74oooo additional per cent refund
ing mortgage coupon bonds of 1851 of the same
company making total listed s565S5Co
AMERICAN steel. FOUNDRIEs.-The officers
Of the American Steel Foundries Company nave
sent a circular to stockholders explaining the pro-
nrietv of the declaration of the dividend OF IL
per cent on the company's preferred stock Tor the
o,,arter ended January 81 last. In this circular II
is stated that the Audit Company OF NeW-horK
has examined the accounts Of the company up 10
and including February 90 and II appears from
the Audit Company's report that the American
Stool Froundries Company has accumulated. as Of
February o. and has net surplus ana current
net earnings Of 1851 81 IL is also stated that TIE
outlook for the business Of the company IN the
immediate future is materially better than the
business
sorabI, good 1t Is further stated that the com
pany has discounted and paid all current neo's
and liabilities and has ut the present time cash III
hand and in hank to the sum Of sTl3.S3s. and that
tho cash and convertible resources of the company
are more than sufficient to meet all expected bust
ness requirements after paying the ~ per cent
dividend.
COTTON EXCHANGE CLEARING HOUSE
The following committee has been appointed by the
president OF the New-York Cotton Exchange 10
prepare and report to the board Of managers
plan for establishing a clearing house for con
tracts Edward Y Wells Edward X. Come. Dan
ieI O'DeH. Charles W. Lee. Edward Shearson
William Mohr and David II. Miller
AMERICAN TELEPHONE NOTES ALL SOLD.
1t Is authoritatvely stated that the $2oV"V"
American Telephone and Telegraph notes. pur-
chased By Speyer & Co. and Lee, Higginson q
CO. on Monday. have all been sold
READING SECOND PREFERRED DIVIDEND
INCREASED Reading Company has declared
n dividend Of per cent on its second preferred
stock The last preceding dividend was IL per cent
and was paid on November 10. 1903
MEXICAN CENTRAL.-It is reported In Boston
that "A plan is being prepared to scale down all the
Mexican Central. securities and 20 raise money oy
a stock assessment. In order to do this. however.
n foreclosure will be necessary. unless the Stock
holders agree TO assessment.
NETWORK LGFE-At the annual election for
trustees OF the New-York Life Insurance Com
pany held yesterday, the following persons were
elected TO I'LL the memberships expiring in 1904:
Thomas A Buckner. Thomas p. Fowler. Henry
g Mortimer william Il. Plunkett Hiram r.
Steele and Clarence II. Mackay. Mr. Mackay
the president of the Commercial Cable Company
was elected in place Of W r. Grace, deceased