New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-12

bought something like COCO shares It thought
that II. Contents buying was for this source.
There IS a good deal OF grumbling among the bulls
of Mexican Central, who declare that Henry Clay
Pierce has not been looking after the stock IN the
market or been at the company's Office for
the last three weeks. 1t Is understood that he
wishes 20 avoid subpoena in the case of the
State OF Missouri against the Standard Oil Com
pany- Clark, Dodge & Co. the heaviest buy
ers of Missouri Kansas and Texas taking 1890
shares.
COLORADO AND SOUTHERN DIVIDEND NOT
CoNSIDERED-At the meeting Of the directors OF
the Colorado and Southern Railway Company yes
terday the question of resunning dividends the
first preferred stock not considered. The up
ward movement in the company shares due
a rumor that a dividend would be declared
within week. When the company paid dividends
regularly on the first preferred the disbursements
made in April and October. and it is not like
". therefore, that the question of returning the
stock 10 the dividend column will be brought up
before the end of February.
DUNS INDEX NUMBER. - Dun's Index
number of commodity prices proportioned TO con
sumption s104.464 the first business day OF
1906, moderate decline compared with Sloo.Sl2
on December !, but an advance of about per cent
over January l. 1906 when the index number was
s0o31S The decline in the general level of prices
IN tho month of December was confined to articles
of food all four divisions under this head Show
ing more or less fall in price Breadstuns de-
clined; most. nearly al! grain quotations being
lower and there was also considerable difference in
the dairy and garden class mainly due 10 Feac-
ton of seven cents dozen in the price OF eggs
Owing to the large per capita consumption OF eggs
this change in price had considerable effect on the
index number After leaving foodstuffs, however.
every class shows more or less rise for the month,
the index number for clothing being the highest
in about twenty years while it is necessary TO go
back three years to find metals as high. and mis-
celIaneous products make much the same com
harrison as clothing equally high figures not being
discernfble since the early SOS. The chlef lnnu-
ences in the miscellaneous class arc the various
kinds Of lumber, brick and other buldlhg Ilate-
rails which have gone so heavily into consurnp-
ton in the last year Of unprecedented structural
activity.
NEW BROKERAGE FTRAL-William A
Greer who vas elected member OF the STOCK
Exchange yesterday, will be the board member Oh
the new banking house which will organize ABOUT
APRIL under the name of Du Val, Greer d -
The now firm will be composed Of H c. Du Val
w A Greer and ". s Crane. Mr. Du Val mas
been connected with the New-1ork central ran
road since the early 70s, and has handled 1nuch
confidential and important business for that com
pany Both Mr. Greer and Mr. Crane also have
flled responsible positions with the New-York Cen
tral for many years. Mr.. Greer is the son or Bsh-
op Greer, and Mr. Crane is the son of John NJ
Crane the late president of the National Shoe ana
Leather Bank
RECORD IRON PRODUCTJoN.-The production
of anthracite and coke pig iron in the year 1905
reached a total of 225s2,1S2 tons, exceeding the
previous banner year 1893, when 1So9252 tons were
produced. By more than A500000 tons The output
Of iron in December was 2052397 tons, Or about
% 600 tons in excess of the preceding month In
December 1904 10000 tons were produced. and
in the corresponding month of the preceding year
GOO tons
UNION PACIFIC.-Union Pacific was bought by
The best houses in the Street including Morgan
brokers' Talk is heard of an increase in the divi-
dend and it is thought probable that such action
viii be taken The roads assets have increased
wonderfully in value in the last twelve months and
the stock has now taken its place among the gilt
edged American Investments.
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEI;S PRESIDENT.
At the meeting Of the board OF directors Of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company John A Topping.
formerly president of the American Sheet Steel
and Tin Plate Company. was elected president.
succeeding s c. Cooper. E. ". Oglebay was elect
ed a member OF the executive committee.
CANADIAN PACIFTCS BIG EARNINGS.-Earn-
ings of the Canadian Pacific for the first week in
January show gain of $24S, 600 making from July
q gain of $4.67s914, comparison being made with
the same period a year ago.
UNITED RAILWAYS INVESTMENT. - The
stock Exchange has received notice OF the proposed
increase of the common stock OF the United Rail
WAYS Investment Company Of San Francisco from
100000 to So, 100000
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS. x Oscar
NJ Herzog. William A Greer, William H. Remck,
Joseph /, Lilienthal and William Thompson Starr
have been elected members Of the Network Stock
Exchange
MONEY FROM SAN FRANCIsCO.-San Fran
cisco has sent New York $4,000 new gold.
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