New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-18

FOREIGN TRADINC.-Foreisn houses dealt IN
5000 shares in the local market evenly divided. In
London there little activity and strength in
the mining market but taken as a whole trading
was staguant pending real news from the Far
East. ConsoIs We're unchanged and Russian and
japanese bonds y per cent lower. The strength
IN money in the open market in Berlin the
feature Of the foreign bourses London is i'm
clined 10 expect some further liquidation Of
American stocks and bonds from that centre.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loa quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper Anaconda American
Ice. Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Erie common and
second preferred. Louisville and Nashville, Man
haitian. Missouri Pacific. Norfolk and Western.
Metropolitan street Railway. Peoples Gas, Read
ing first preferred. Southern Railway preferred.
southern Pacific. Sugar. Tennessee Coal and Iron.
Union Pacific common and preferred. r. S.
Leather preferred. Shelters common. Republic
Steel common. u. per cents Atchison common.
baltimore and Ohio common. Canadian Pacific.
Delaware and Hudson United states steel conn
mon. M per cent. Atchi-ou preferred Erie first
preferred. New York Central Pennsylvania I per
cent. Consolidated Gas. 20 ~ cent: St Paul.
United States steel preferred. ! 20 Ia per cent:
Western Union. SHELTERS preferred Republic Steel
preferred. American Locomotive preferred. Fat.
EARNING POWER or RAILROADS.&C. w.
Nundy. OF tho banking house OF James IT. Olphant
& Co. has compiled valuable work the earning
power o. railroads. which oucht 20 become popular
with investors and spectators. The statistics in
the book cover tho earnings. capitalization. etc. OF
railroads operating over 17So01 miles the gross
earnings OF which exceed S151CooC coo. while in adj
dtion 20 these figures comprehensive explanations
% how 20 ascertain the ability Of a road 10 pay
interest and dividends given.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE APPLIES TO LIST
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company has ap-
piled 10 the New-York Stock Exchange 10 LIST
$4,000 additional first consolidated MORTGAGE 4
per cent bonds OF 1862.
INTERNATIONAL. PAPER--The international
Paper Company has declared tho regular quarterly
dividend OF ~ per cent on tho preferred stock.
payable April 1.
SUCCEEDS WILLIAM g. WHITNEY,. n
meeting Of the directors OF the Morton Trust Com
pany yesterday afternoon Harry Payne Whitney
was elected member Of tho board of directors and
OF the executive committee TO al the vacancy Gre
ated by the death OF William c. whitney
DIVIDENDS DUE ASIALGANATED.-I IS IN
derstood that tho deferred dividends due 70 the
Amalgamated Copper Company from the Boston
and Montana and Parrot companies Will. within
day two. be paid into the Arnalgamated's treas
ury. the Judgment OF the Supreme Court or Mon
IN the MagInnis case having now become abSo-
lutte II is estimated that these dividends aggregate
nearly $4,000. Whether or rot the Amalgamated
will Increase its next dividend IN consequence OF
The best opinion IS. however that the dividend viii
for tho present be maintained at per cent year
tho Boston and Montana and Parrot dividend
moneys being held in the treasury part Of the
corporations surplus