New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-24
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-The London market was
closed and foreign houses were not factors on the
local exchange.
STOCK EXCHANGE RULINGs.-Iuformati alton
having been received that one-haf OF per cent
IN addition 20 the , per cent interest due Feb
ruary /. 1904 will be paid February !. 1904. 20
holders OF record January &c OF oregon Short Line
Railroad Company per cent and participating reg
istered bonds. and that IS will be paid Febru-
AIRY coupons from said bonds the committee on Sc
curties rules that oil transactions in the registered
bonds on January . viii be ex 2is per cent interest
and that February l all transactions in the
companys coupon bonds will be coupon Pa per
cent. The committee on stock list under authority
from the governing committee. directed that on
January is 100000 additional Atchison Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway Company general mortgage
( per cent lc0-year coupon bonds OF 1895. No NJ
uSIsl 70 M-il3197 and M-lo7ss 10 M-l2.l5 In
elusive. for 1900 each. be added TO amount now
on the list. making total amount listed at that
date si4s l55OCO No. M-OOCN to M123.lso inclusive
for 1900 each and No D-OoOOl 10 D-4995o inclusive
Cor ECO each.
PEOPLES GAS-The current advance IN the
price Of Peoples Gas stock is based the fact
that the company has had prosperous year and
IS now doing the largest business I'm its history It
has continued To- pay its per cent dividends de-
spite frequent rumors that the rate might be re-
duced and earnings have now reached volume
which seems preclude any probability OF
ducton I'm the return the stock In the near fUt-
It is certain that there is buying by some
we'll informed interests. who believe that the per
cent rate be continued indefinitely.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT According TO The
Financial Chronicle" the total receipts OF cotton
for the week ended January % reached 162 7s bales
against 1883 last week and 2S59lS the previous
week making the total receipts since September l.
1903. 5.s6691 bales. against 5634660 bales for the
same period OF 1902 o. showing increase since
September /. 1903. of ls2 O31 bales.
SOUTHERN Acknowledgement Railway pre-
terred stock sold below 20 IN the decline last fall
and has now recovered some Is points The semi
annual dividend declaration will be made before
very long Last fall there some belief that
the dividend rate would be cut from the per cent
basis. but it is practically certain that the
directors will continue the per cent rate and
declare 2lz per cent semi-annually usual.
ONTARIO AND WESTERN.-The buying OF
Ontario and Western by W. T. Hatch & Son at
tracted attention. traders consider they repre-
sent we'll informed people There IS very little OF
the stock left in the Street. while It was COM
paratively plentiful few months
PENNSYLVANIA AND GOULD STOCKS.-Phu
adelpha houses and the Gould brokers were both
represented in the advance in Pennsylvania. Wa
bash and Missouri Pacific The bull point on
Wabash was rather general in the opening trading
but people who usually TO be trusted say there
is nothing new in the Pennsylvania Gould stua-
ton
HAWLEY POOL ACTIVE.-The Hawley pool was
active in the market again. paying particular at
tention to Detroit Southern and Glover Leaf The
former movement is not discouraged by people who
control the property, but they say that they have
not taken any part IN it.
BANK CLEARINGs.-The total bank clearings OF
all the clearing houses OF the United States for
the week ending January % were $2.1s460s. Al.
against g 225 SIS in the preceding week and
So 251. 92O.167 the corresponding week last year
JAPANESE GOLD FOR NETWORK United
States Treasurer Roberts has authorized the tele-
graphic transmission of $4,000 Japanese yens from
San Francisco TO New-York.
CORN PRODUCTS ADVANCES PRICES The
Corn Products Company and the New-York Clu-
cose Company have advanced prices for glucose
10 cents hundred pounds to 81 s. a hundred The
price of cornstarch was also advanced