The San Francisco call., 1910-04-15
STOCK MARKET

Peoples water bonds continued the leading
feature on the stock and bond exchange and
suffered a further decline from $3.50 TO Sll,
closing at $1l.50 under numerous sales The
United Railroads bonds were also lower falling
water was advanced from 500 to Sol. City elec-
rric advanced to S5S. 10 Philippine telephone and
telegraph to $3.50 North Alaska salmon to
$ll5 and Pacific lighting preferred TO S11.J0 bid.
Sales of bonds SIS 001.
The Comstock shares continued active and firm,
with the leaders generally higher Trading in
deposit receipts continued brisk, with quota
tions ranging somewhat above those for the
regular stocks. The southern Nevadas showed no
important changes.
The Barkentine Amazon company. local cor
! poration, has levied an assessment Of SIS per
share. delinquent June ].
The mill report OF the Tonopah mining COM
pany for the last week shows that average OF
9S stamps ont Of loo were dropping constantly.
crushing also tons of ore, of an average value
| Of Sl9 per ton. SiXty-seyen bars of bullion,
worth SjS.o00. were shipped. An average extrac-
tion of 90 per cent recorded.
George Wingfeld, president, and ]. II. Mac
kenzie, former general manager of the Goldheld
Consolidated mines company, are in Goldheld
comforting with the other officials as to opera
tlons at the mill and mines. General Manager
Finlay believes that within less than go days
the mill VIII be rehablitated and running al lis
full capacity, as before the fire. 1t may be pos
sible 10 start portion Of the mill within 80
| days. Mining operations will be curtailed in the
meantime so far as production Of ore is con
cerned, bat development work in the mines will
be continued on large scale.
At the regular annual meeting of the stock
! holders of the Hawaiian commercial and sugar
company the following directors were elected:
H: z. Baldwin, " NJ. Alexander &. NJ. Walsh.
! Albert Meyer. Edward Pollitz, +. b. Anderson
and X. T. Rolph Officers were chosen fol
/ lows: II. L. Baldwin president: Albert Meyer.
! vice president Emil Tschumi, secretary; Daniel
Meyer. treasurer f. F. Baldwin. manager. The
net cash balance April 10. 1910. $1,045,-
! 3T7. To date there has been accounted for
/ 1886 tons Of sugar, or about SO per cent Of
/ the 1910 crop. which sold at the average
! basis of 4.23c per 10. Up to March 81. 1910,
| there had been bagged 35.2l9 tons of sugar, and
7 AprfI fbaft tho pnf
he less than 5000 tons. During 1909 the COM
pany paid regular monthly dividend Of 20 cents
/ per share and two extra dividends of 30 cents
year 1910 Increased with the January divi-
ing thar il the present prices for sugar con
tinue for the balance Of the crop at least two
extra dividends of 90 cents per share will he paid
during 1910. the first of which will probably be
/ in June and the second in the latter part of the
year.
! At the regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Spring Valley water company the
J following directors elected: F. B. Ander-
son, T. B. Berry, ". b. Bourn. 4. Borel, S p.
Eastman, F. L. Eyre, C. 0sgood Hooker, l. W.
! Hellmsn Jr.. Homer s. King. f. ]. McCutcheon,
Louis F. Monteagle, A. II. Payson and j. NJ.
Quay. The board Of directors organized by elect
I ing W 4. Bourn president: A. II. Payson. vice
president; $ y. Eastman, second vice president
and manager; T. B. Berry. treasurer; J. L. Be
/ han. secretary, and T. NJ Edmunds. assistant
/ secretary