The San Francisco call., 1910-02-25
Loans, Exchange and silver
STOCK MARKET

Yesterday another active day in local
stocks and bonds the sales Of bonds footing up
SlZl,oOU. Peoples water , per cents declined
from 500 to s67. 81 l5 but partially recovered to
SOS. Spring Valley water As were higher SOL
Telephone common stock was lower at $50. 10.
There were sales of Bank of California stock at
S41230. Union sugar was ex dividend OF 40c.
In the unlisted department Pacific gas common
was quoted at $5l.30d53, preferred at SST6s9.
Peoples water common al S2M3 and California
wine association S31. 80 bid $3s.50 asked.
The only activity in mining stocks was I'm Flor
ence and Godfeld Consolidated the latter sell
ing from 81 80 up 70 81 on the declaration Of the
regular dividend OF 3Uc and an extra one of zoe,
making the current dividend 5oc Florence
showed little variation. Tonopal Of Nevada lost
loc on the day. being quoted al $500.
A party of local stock and oil brokers will take
a trip to the Santa Maria oil fields Saturday,
March .. They We're TO have gone tomorrow, but
postponed their departure week, owing to the
cave in the railroad tunnel near Santa Marga-
rita: They will be the guests of the Brown,
Walker Simmons company who coutrol the
Palmer oil company
he Pioneer Midway oil company has levied an
assessment of loc, delinquent March 2S.
The regular annual meeting of the stock hold
ers of the United Railroads OF San Francisco has
been called for March 10.
Philadelphia advices say that since January l..
l90S. the 1onopah mining company has paid on
S625. 600 dne TO banks. $4,000 account of the
old Midway mill and seven dividends aggregating
y lou VOV Inc company now has IN cash
Sl2oO6Oe, making a grand total of S4.035, 900
earned in about - months, or an average of
Sl6l 600 each month.
The mill report OF the Tonopah mining com
pany for the last week shows that an average Of
96 stamps ont of 100 were dropping constantly.
crushing 3,225 tons of of an average value
of 81 per ton. The bullion shipments consisted
of IS bars, valued at S47 $50. and 80 tons of
centrates worth s12.750. making the total bull
lion shipments amount to $50. COO. An average
extraction of 81 per cent was recorded
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mining company
has increased It's February dividend from $40 900
TO 100000. which is advance of > cents a
share of stock. The total dividends paid by the
company amount 10 $40. IT6, 900 and there are
1000, 600 tons of reserve in sight the
mine. The company owns $50 claims covering
5000 acres Of ground, near Wardner and Kel-
logg. Idaho.
Largely increased profits are shown in the an
nusl report of the Il. J. du Pont de Nemours
powder company including the subsidiary COM
panes, for the year ended December 81 1909
Gross earnings up S2.T7s S22 and net
Sl,054 ,90s The company carried 1.9SS.1 1863 20
the surplus account increase Of $3.50, 2s4. As
result the total is sl3.S11 800. The per-
eentage earned on the S2s 07S 363 common stock
was 1885 per cent compared with 81 per
cent earned on the S27, ,9l4 952 common stock last
year.
At the annual meeting OF the stock holders of
the kilaGea sugar plantation company the fol-
lowing directors elected: John ID. Spreck-
els, A. B. Spreckels. William g. Ir,fin. Henry
F. Bothin and ". ID. X. Gibson John ID.
Spreekels WAS elected president A. r. Spreckels
vice president and treasurer. and Fl. W. Thomas
secretary. During the year the overdraft was
reduced SlO6.500. of which reduction $40. $50 was
from the collection of assessment. The over
draft at the close of the year S34+ 800. B.
The net profits of the year S91, ,397 49, of
which SsS.242 was from sugar sales.