The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-16
Receipts of Produce.
STOCK MARKET.
Continued Sharp Decline In Alaska
Packers Stock.
FOR SATURDAY. OCTOBER Il

A further drop in Alaska Packers from Sl2O
to $117 under small sales attracted general at
tention yesterday and set the street guessing
as to the cause, for which several reasons
were assigned by the brokers One was that
the large Indebtedness OF the company had
led a number of parties to unload their stock,
another was manipulation; and thlrd vas
that the company was contemplating an issue
of more stock 1t was said that OF the oO,OUO
shares capital stock As, 000 have been issued
and that the remaining 1000 are now 10 oe
sold 1t was argued however, that the issu-
anee of these 200O shares would be about SUI
notable fluctuations were increased frmness in
Hawaiian Commercial and Spring Valley
Water shares and further decline In Gas and
Electric TO $50 s7i2 though the stock closed
stronger at SCI 3715 bid. There was sale OF
Mutual Savings Bank at $100.
There was nothing new worthy OF note IN
the oil or mining stocks.
Sales on the California Exchange last week
ing sales being as follows: Associated OIL,
5000 shares and $1,000 bonds; Four Oil, HOO
shares Home 1900; Junction. 1000; indie
pendence 1000: Oil City. 100; Monte Cristo,
Late assesmeits are: Lake Land Canal and
i2; junction 1e OH ioc deIinquent November 3:
Grand Prize on. lie, November /; Airline OIL
1c November IA
Ex-dvidend yesterday: Port Costa Water
Company, regular monthly SOC per snare.
amounting to $500; Bank Of California regu-
600; California Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany. regular quarterly 81 so per share,
amounting TO S15, 600; Nevada National Bank,
regular quarterly, 81 20 per share. amounting
to $50. 500; California Gas and Electric Cor
poration. regular monthly. Csc per share
amounting to sos. 600: Preside Railroad Com
pany, regular monthly. zoe per share. amount
ing to $1,000; Pacific States Telegraph and
Telephone Company. regular quarterly 81 %
per share amounting to 1927, O94; Caribou Oil
Company, regular monthly, &c per share.
amounting TO $500; Union Oil Company. regu
lar quarterly. roc per share, amounting to
$40. 600; United Petroleum. regular quarterly.
81 Is per. share, amounting to Sl6.ss2; Daily
West Mining Company OF Utah. a regular
monthly of 40c; Pacific Surety Company. quar-
terly Of 81 So
Ciaremont Oil Company has declared a reg
ular monthly dividend Of lie per share. amount
ing to $4,000. payable November 1. and an
$1,000 payable later in November
An assessment OF 10c per share was deln-
quent yesterday on the capital stock OF the
Hama Plantation Company
An assessment Of $50 per share was deln-
quent yesterday on the capital stock Of the
Settlers Ditch Company
An assessment Of SOC per share was delin-
quent yesterday the capital stock of the
Western Dredging Company Of Alameda
County
Eastern corporations paid regular quarterly
dividends yesterday follows: Western Union
| Telegraph Company. Ia per cent; American
Wooden Company, / q per cent on the preferred
stock; American Shipbuilding Company. ia
per cent on the preferred stock; General Elec-
The California Fruit Gamers Association
| will pay a regular monthly dividend (No. so
| of coo per share October 90
The Bevedere Land Company of Marin
| County has levied assessment Of IS per
share, delinquent November IS
The following have been elected members Of
the San Francisco and Tonopah Mining Ex-
change: Peyton H. Brooks. John HinkeI H
/ G. Dodds F. o. Chamberlain c. E. Hudson
The yield Of the Consolidated California and
deposit on the $3.50 level consisted Of IS cars
of ore assayng Ss1 Is per ton and "a cars
assaying $50 O6 per ton.