New-York tribune., 1904-10-21
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING-Foreign houses dealt IN
over 5000 shares the local market selling 5000
shares on balance. In London British consols were
strong, and the general market was firm. prices
being helped by the strong showing made by the
Bank of England in its weekly return. Its percent
age Of reserve TO liability advancing TO 666S com
pared with 64e0 in the preceding week and +4so IN
the same week a year ago According 10 cable dis
patches London bankers expect easy money for the
next three weeks at least
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Erie common. Southern Pacific, United States
Steel common and preferred United States Leather
preferred and Wabash preferred. per cnt: Atchi-
aon common and preferred, Baltimore and Ohio
common, Canadian Pacific. Consolidated Cas- Del
aware and Hudson, Metropolitan Street Railway
Rock Island preferred, Sugar and Union Pacific
common and preferred 124 per cent; Erie first and
second preferred 'rennessee Coal and Iron. 12sq3
per cent; Pennsylvania, 124Gl12 per cent New-Eork
Central Norfolk and Western and St Paul, Tx per
cent; Southern Railway preferred and western
Union u per cent; Railway Spring preferred 1-S3
BALTIMORE AND OHIO IMPROVEMENTS
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has let
a contract for the construction of ten stall round
house al Grafton w Va. estimated cost Of
$4,000 A large new freight house is to be erected
this fall at Columbus Ohio, and new team tracks
put I'm for the better accommodation of business at
that point The contract for building the freight
house was awarded to James a. Stuart & Co, OF
Pittsburg at estimated cost OF $u1ooO me
railroad company has also let contract for new
station at Uniontown, Penn. to 7. Z. Hill & Co.
OF Chicago the structure to cost about $4,000 At
Youngstown new station IS TO be built I'm connec-
ton with the rebuilding OF the Newcastle division
It win cost about $50 CO. and the contract has been
awarded to Niedermeier & Restle. OF Youngstown.
An extension be built to the freight shed and
platform MorgaEtown. which will cost between
$500 and $1,000 This work viii be done by Hol-
bert & spedden. OF Fairmont w. Va.
MOVEMENT OF MONEY.-Ths banks lost on
against a gain in the same time last week (Which
failed entirely 10 show in the bank statement) of
So $4,000. The Sub-Treasury debtor tho
Clearing House yesterday for $557. .245. New gold
the amount Of $1i5,0O0 has been deposited IN San
Francisco for payment in New-YorF.
800" EARNINGS MISUNDERSTANDING Of
the Minneapolis St Paul and SaIilt Ste. Marie for
the second week in October show an increase OF
S34S SG5. compared with the time year ago
making from July l a gain Of S247.S44. The outlook
for traffic is promising in the 500 territory and
officers OF the road believe that in the next twelve
months earnings viii show greater improve
ment than recorded in the last few weeks
CANADIAN PACIFTC'S CROPS-It is estimated
that the yield OF wheat in the Canadian Pacifc's
territory for the current year viii aggregate 7OO0O
600 bushels increase of 100000 bushels over the
preceding year
AMALGAMATED DIVIDEND.-The Amalga-
mated Copper directors have declared the regular
quarterly dividend of one-taIf Of per cent paya-
BILE November IS to stockholders of record Octo-
ber 81
ELECTED MT0MBERS-James T. Mathews and
Morton G Nichols have been elected members OF
the Stock Exchange.