New-York tribune., 1909-01-06
TOPICS OF THE STREET

,.-,.,- TRADING-Foregn houses traded
FOR, On both sides Of the account In the local
tefi,;; selling 1900 shares on palahce- IN & Lph-
TnaEke,L. General market was dun ana ratheF
don ul1 .,o,rrh closing firm. BUSINESS In Amerl-
heavy, = -estricfed Call money was easy at me
cans w. and short time bills were hrrner
british - market repaid a large amount Of
al ~ i.Llnt-edness to the Bank Of England. Paris
ifs los on London was AT Monday IeFe!. Ooh-
eKchalSS discounts were unchanged
uheH-I- .TFARINGS.-Bank cleaTlngs IN De-
Han hoearr nearly large a volume of pay
oen1pei .l,ro1,Ch the banks as in November show
Tents sustained recovery over the depression
ing W a. the earlier months Of the year total
eIsthe Lsnres for the month at all cities re-
bsnk =. he United States, embracing more than
ue OF OF Of r O. Dun q Co. being Ni5l4'4oS: zeS'
sisieHols ner cent over December, 1895, when
gan r-as active. The Improvement Is more
raos a. New York City than at most OF lhe
naTheGI 1zir~ Eastern centres, stock market OPP
ohel ~ having contributed materially TO the larger
srations &c &c -aZrnenfs through the banks at New
volume = E-asreru cities report larger clearings
Tork. Ilo.a-,fleT 1906. among them Worcester,
than so7d - Scranton Reading, Buffalo ana Syra-
sTbere Is a trifing gain at Boston Whlle
ehse,, e,,rsae AT philadelphia ana PlttSpuFS sun re-
the losss s,-ions in The iron trade At the West
fect fectoTtIy gains appear, and many cities report
hOVe bank cearings than for December I$J9
larger 80 ,.r, chicago Milwaukee, Cincinnati, In
among ,!IeH g paul Kansas City, St. Joseph and
disnal A. 1ba leading Southern cities ciearlngs
Omaha s,,a lier than in December. 1885, though
cohsnond Norfolk. Atlanta. st LOUIS ana LoIiS us
Rlchio.t- xcarrjcrls and report gains At the Pa
WIZ WIZ cast points decreases also appear
oaG oaG,ICAc0 DSc0 & ALTON.-The executive committee
ChiS11Li. 1cLi..-o <. Alton Railroad Company held
e. the +i-, o yesterday but il officially an
iols oFter lie close that the question OF de-
nou.O a.. diyidend the common STOCK al Ilis
cIS-4-e not even mentioned a pIotiiiiieIl' eIl
tine We o,,77irtee said. however, that the ques-
ber OF -. be taken up at the next meeting OF me
uon rs-5 me-, which, i is understood VIII ne heiu
next week --,,-C, --,. annual meeting
Thl-n -nIIoI5ars OF the Tri-Bullion Smelling and
Of the So COMPANY was held Oh Monday. There
as-rese5ltod in person or 10y proxy 'o''uSo
were Ien - an "a shares issued and outstand-
shares 9o- H.. reading Of the annual reports OF
ing ssosrs the old board Of directors was elected
tne Vl-s.;o, votes were cast. After the meeting
No efps' - directors organized hy the election Of
the NE - pasc-si president and general manager
sa-T1eI " TrayIor, consulting ehs'ieeI; N y
Its es. secretary and treasurer, and H w Sun
seistant general manager l. u -d'-AleiS' Va ''i'
stI was also elected a director
az ACTIVE COTTON PORT.-As cotton port
-, c. broke al records yesterday re-
D. Gov. exrorr more than 100 cars and lhcTe2s-
etI'-s ,a..f s,o,s, on hand TO more than soc car
osds the greatest quantity ot cotton ever heIo III
+bs, city AZ one time The SoIli-sIl "
.nId train a forty cIrs Of cottoE Whle the CoasI
line and the Atlanta, Birmingham O Atai,i- ~
- en- aoual showing The Suachan Line has
,hTee steamships loading for Europe anu n'e
others ere expected IN ihe coming '"o NSeN
Ct Louis & SAN FRANCISCO BoNDS-The
'Isc-5,7t;0- lists for the St Louis * San Fran
cisco Per cent bonds were closed Al lhe once OF
& as lhe- Nt-V opeLIeu SooLcI
a. morning II was stated AZ the Office OF the
beTlers that While small investors would probably
receive the fun amount asked for, the larger appll-
cations will have 10 be conslaeTapIN TeuuctH- oh
o-oo,,r, m the large number OF applications, 1t
viii take two OF three DAYS before the allotment
Ietrers can BE sent out
nTvrDEE0S DECLARED.-D Dividends have
-. 5s-lared as follows. Associated Merchants
tIor1nanv regular quarterly = per cent on the
e-e- rrefsrred and Z per cent on the second pre-
ferred payable January .; Central Railroad OF
Tsvr Jersey. regular quarterly, per cent, pay
able February .
NEW FIRM NENIBBERS.-Arthur c Badeau
sna Charles y. Daily have been admitted as part
-e-s IN the business Of Frederic II. Hatch. which
hereafter will be conducted under the name of
Frederic H Hatch & Co.
STOCK EXCHANGE SEAT SODA Stock
Exchange membership was reported sold yester-
6sy for SIS. .090 The last previous sale Of d seat
was at tsi ,000