New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING for for
eign account IN this market were about fifteen
thousand shares all sales American stocks IN
London advanced. largely on orders from this city,
declining a little on the curb The general mar
ket quiet with a heavy tone in consols-
DIVIDENDS DECLARED-The regular divi-
dends of 1 q per cent each have been declared on
the preferred and common stock Of the American
Sugar Refining Company. both payable on April 2
have declared a quarterly dividend Of 81 so a
sbara navabIa on March o. this dividend COM
pares with 81 a share declared three months ago.
A dividend of so cents a share has been declared
on the stock of the HOmestake Mining Company.
The directors Of the Quaker Oats company nave
declared the regular quarterly dividend or L Per
cent on the preferred stock. payable on February
90 and the regular quarterly dividend Of I y per
cent and extra dividend Of L per cent on ths
common stock payable on April 10
NEW MEMBERS OF COTTON EXCHANGE
Sterling S BeardSley and Robert b Finn have
been elected members of the New York Cotton
Exchange
SECURITIES LISTED-The following secur,-
ties have been added the Stock Exchange list:
100000 additional capital stock of the Lincoln
National Bank 81. 500. 900 additional refundinE
mortgage per cent bonds of 1884 of the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, s1.000oof
additional consolidated mortgage per cent sina-
ing fund convertible coupon bonds of 1885 of the
International Paper Company, S1,5ooooo add
tionaI refunding and extension mortgage Al per
cent coupon bonds of 1888 OF the Colorado s
Southern Railway Company. and the following
securities of subsidiaries Of the New York New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company s11.o5s'oeo
first mortgage 4 per cent fifty-year gold bonds OF
1854 of the Harlem River-Portchester Railroad
Company. ST. .0OO. 900 per cent general mortgage
bonds OF 1912 of the New York, Providence g
Boston Railroad Company, S75O-0OO per cent
first mortgage coupon bonds of 1922 OF the Prosl.
dence & Springfield Railroad Company, s25oO''v.
first mortgage 4 per cent ffty-year gold oonds %
1884 of the Naugatuck Railroad Company, 81
$4,000 first mortgage per cent ffty-year soo
bonds of the Boston & New York AIT Line HaI
road Company, s4,0O0.000 first mortgage Per
cent ffty-year gold bonds OF 1855 OF the HroNi-
dence Terminal Company. st.992OOO hrSt mort
gage 41a per cent coupon bonds or !s4S $50 0t - 80
Worcester & Connecticut Eastern Railway Con-
pany, s50O.00o per cent first mortgage coupon.
bonds Of 1912 of the Winchester Avenue kalIroa0
Company S60O, 900 per cent first mortgage tou-
pom bonds of 1918 OF the New Haven Street Rai.
way Company. S2,500.00O per cent hrst , nIo
gage coupon bonds OF 1880 Of the Hartford otss -,
Railway Company. s1.000.00o per cent . IT.
mortgage coupon bonds of 1889 OF the New luz
& New England Railroad. Boston terHlnaI, -,
100000 guaranteed per cent consoIidateS1 - -.
gage ffty-year gold coupon bonds or lS-o oi -
New England Railroad Company. sl,0VuVuV -, .V
convertible debentures OF the Consolidated Ha ..
way Company. sI3.010.O0O ga per cent conFs1u e.
BILE debenture certificates OF 1885 OF the Wv. "
York New Haven & Hartford Railroad CompaI, opss,
and s55.0OO.000 3t2 and per cent nOn-convere.s rs
debentures OF the New York, New HaFeh u A
ford Railroad Company
FOR REORGANIZING SOUTHERN STEEL,
A reorganization cOmpittee for the southern -
Company has been organized. consistlns ol
first mortgage bOndhOlders committee James
Woodward, Robert B. Van Cortiandt. Nai'es
Rosen and Franklin q Brown. TO whom have ~ ~
added Otto T Barnard. Cornelius ahuel l1SI.sr-sl
w T. Gs Harding. president OF the FIRST NSI -
Bank OF birmingham. Ala The counnlit'eo
retained IIorublower. Miller s. Potter as cou1s
and has designated the New York Trust Co-'k
as depositary for the securities
IRON AND STEEL CONDITIONS Ahe -
Trade Review" says .,e
The Pennsylvania Steel Company Is ihcrss ,,s
tts production. and a part OF the PLANK oi -
National Tube Company. at Lorain - u sssns
tion The sheared plate mill and the sisoS..s
mill al the South Works OF the Illinois s'7ea Co.
pany were started this week. and thero try
creased activity In other parts or the .rs
Newspaper reports OF plant resumpuons
greatly exaggerated sas
The deadlock IN the steel rail- rnAiAe ,ss
been broken IN a disappointing manner, cor
order OF the Pennsylvania Railroad CompA.. ,sar
55 600 tons. coupled with the announcing az ooa
the company Will probably use totAt %. y. ousr
tons this year. indicates the laying OF aoo- s,ur
half the trackage laid during the pIeNiGs-s f,r
years Other railroads have placed 'i"
some ten thousand tons