Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-08
BULLS AND BEARS

NEW YORK, December S.-Tennesseo
coal has had corner-like possibilities lately.
1t was stated here some days ago that
the Schier-Guthrie syndicate did not only
have actual certificate control OF the conn
mon stock, but had contracts for anywhere
from $1,000 to 10000 shares more. It is
said. however. that no advantage will be
taken OF the shorts oversoId condition to
make real old-fashion corner, although
undoubtedly shorts WIN have to pay
sufficiently round sum to make the syn
dictate average we'll down from the top
prices that had to be paid for certain
holdings that were obtained recently.
The New York Central Lackawanna. and
Norfolk and Western railroads have Joined
the anti-pass movement. Dsad-heads
promise to be scarce on the eastern lines
after January /.
Reporting new equipment the Railroad
Gazette says:
''The following companies have ordered
cars from the American Car and Foundry:
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
$3.50 freight cars; the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific, 1000 box cars, 400 stock
cars. 10 cabooses. passenger cars. and
combination cars; the Illinois Central. 1,6O0
box cars and 500 refrigerator cars: the Buff
falo. Rochester and Pittsburg. 100 box cars.
100 hopper cars, and 200 gondola cars; the
Suffolk and Carolina, % boxe cars and 40
fiat cars the Virginia Carolina. 40 fiat cars
and % box cars: the Lehigh Valley, 20 min
Ing cars; the Mexican Central Railway. 50
tank cars; the ST. Louis, Rocky Mountain
and Pacific, 20 gondola cars and 10 box
cars: the Duluth MIssabe and Northern, 70
refrigerator cars; the Ell Paso and South
western has ordered 30 convertible cars.
The American Locomotive Company has
received an order from st. Louis and San
Francisco for twenty locomotives. and the
st. Louis and San Francisco Company has
Germ in Philadelphia The Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe has ordered twenty To-
comotives. The Canadian Northern is hav-
ing ten locomotives built. The Guayaquil
and Quito has ordered six locomotives
The Peoples Gas Light and Coal Com
pany has offered 0o-cent gas to Chicago
for f1ve-year term beginning January
next, without compensation to the city
The general counsel for the company in
making the offer said that it cost between
~ and 50 cents thousand feet to make
and distribute gas to Chicago. pay bond in
terest and q per cent on the stock.
1T Is obvious that such money rates as
have prevailed this week attracted funds
all over the continent. At the same time
there is a great demand for money at all
interior points for the holiday movement
of merchandise. and 1t would appear that
only raising Of bids for money for mer-
camille purposes could prevent a material
flow of funds to this city. 1t Is not very
hard to see how the exigencies Of Wall
street could work hardships to the bust
ness community in this and other ways.
and Secretary Shaw PROFESSIONALLY appre-
ciated the bearings of the Wall street stu
alton on general business.
Compilations of railroad earnings made
by Wall street news agency show the fol-
lowing results. compared with the CORES
ponding months last year:
For the fourth week Of November the
gross earnings Of twenty-five railroads ag-
gregated s1o.627.7s4 an increase of 1891, 7s5,
or $50 per cent.
For the month of November the gross
earnings of twenty-eight railroads aggre-
gated s17,984. 262, an increase of s., s4s, 712
or s.12 per cent. From July / to November
30 the gross earnings of twenty EIGHT rail-
roads aggregated s226, S2S, 795, an increase
of SIG. ISf 100 90 nor cant