New-York tribune., 1908-12-10
TOPICS OF THE STREET

v-,zE7cN TRADTNG-Foresgn houses dealt IN
e 100 shares n tie local market, selling on BAL
- N London consols were hrTner. but the cop
- shares and general mining issues were lower
Era British market busy with the first day
az he settlement and as 8 consequence trading
,as Isht. The cCl1anEo on American stocks IN
-be carry-over was per cent and banks charged
s. per cent for Stock Exchange loans A small
nj account disclosed Open market dis
counts were Hrmer- Paris exchange on London
sdvaaced-
-,-v70ENDS Observation-Disclosures have been
secla-ed as follows American Iron and Steel
NE-UfsCtu-1ng Company regular quarterly - Per
cert the preferred. payable January l. and reg
Ta- quarterly ~ per cent on the common payable
January 4. Chicago & Altcn regular senli-anTuaA
-e- cent the preferred payable January To-
kansas city Fort Scott & Memphis, regular quar-
-e-,y ! pe- cent payable January ,; Otis Elevator
Company. regular quarterly II per cent on the
preferred payable January l5; Boston & Maine.
res--a az quarterly ~ per cent on the common,
-aya1le January :. Rubber Goods Manufacturing
Company. regular quarterly - Per cent on LIo
preferred payable December %; Minneapolis & St
Louis Railroad. regular semi annual "a per cen1
CT The preferred. payable January Is
WESTERN UNION DIVIDEND INCREASED
TIE directors of the Western Union Telegraph
Company have declared quarterly dividend Of
g. q Per cent, increase Of = Of per cent as
compared with the last preceding payment The
curl1a-v's quarterly statement for the three
months ended September 30 shows surplus aIter
dividends C S5s71S, against deficit In the same
tine Il 1907 OF s15S0 The statement Tor the last
Quarter of the year estimated II part shows net
revenue o5 Se05,te and surplus atJeT o4VldeL1~s
G SSCO--6. compared with deficit IN the cor
responding period last year of SS46l2a
SECURITIES LISTED.-The following securt-
les have been added 70 the Stock Exchange list:
So y. 90 consolidated mortgage per cent bonds OF
-sss q tNe Great Northern Railway Company,
& S5 90 additional first mortgage per cent thirty
year sinking 1C1d bones OF Ihe Ph4Lpl--e Lz--Na a.
COMPANY s.. 5J2,ooo common and l5I54.+o Pre-
se--el stock Of the consolidated Denver q RIO
ts-s-1e Railroad Company and S-4-5VtS tlTee-g cd
convertible Per cent notes OF -Sl OF TIE Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company
The COPPER NARkET-Certain large pro-
- 10 all - "
a. -4-- cents 3 pound are making concessions
ranging from 3 C 70 = pound for fairly large
blocks The leading producers and selling agen-
C3es report that The market Is excepaoha
s7d that the amount Of copper changing haICs :
smaller than al any since eIectrolyUc cop
per sold around - cents e pound ne @ ou2---s
Tor export has fallen OF. and local consumers
have assumed 81 Indifferent stand
To Enter BANKERS TRUST COMPANY.-
r-as T Ee7r manager OF the foreign exchange
ce-a-r-e-s o- the First National Bank OF Ch.-
czE0 viii become a member OF the or1cial s1a1
oe rle Bankers Trust Company OF ---S C-@S' q
United STATES REALTY AND IMPROVE
Z-ENT-H S lack president OF ne Ca-te0
states Realty and Improvement Company STATES
--e- Ire contracts Of the company IN al parts ot
~-e country aggregate total Of about SS00Oooo0,
--a -a-res- amount Of business the company has
earnings OF S-6=sO7 for the month OF November
establish & new -4iga monthly record
UNITED STATES STEEI~-A study n value
--g- ne United states steel Corporation has been
issued by Curtis. Freeman & Co. Il shows the
average mex earnings 1Or TIE PERIOD OF seven
a-E & ha-1 years since rhe organization OF the
e.---a-y TO be $40 600 900 Per a1uurn- and the
E-lu1- q ta-s sPphea5le 70 dividends on the
common stock 10 be So. 900 900. equal 10 S Per
cent After discussing the appropriations cor
maintenance and improvements since The 1oT1na-
-.-- q ne company and tabuIatiag the assets.
C1-c-l -lsiCls are drawn as % the warrant Tor
lz-Es- dividends EpCo the COMMON stock
Au2-T-ED TO QCOTATION-The Stock EI-
e r=-Ee a--Curces thar the tlstalue1t receipts,
s-7l pa.5. for the American Telephone and Tele-
E-z-L Company convertible per cent bonds
have been admitted 10 quotation n the unlisted
Cs-a---1e-t-
new PENNSYLVANIA OFFTCEF2-The board
O. directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
PAY yesterday appointed James E. Fehoestock II,
assistant treasurer Of The company, with head
quarters a. New York Office Nj. Eah1estOCk
Ezs been connected for z number OF years with the
---e--z-5Czzl Mercantile Marine Company It's
treasurer. a1d before that Eag with the Llcerna-
-0Isl Navigation Company and with the firm Of
Peter Wright 3 SC-E-