New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
TOPICS OF THE STREET

-,oprTGN TRADING.-Foreign houses
"a "a the extent OF about 5000 shares LII
che local stock market
.-r.~ys LOSE cAsE-The reported
-s:s.sre-1ents of currency this week indicate
ss foss in cash held by the banks OF s2ZVo'ooe'
&c result being influenced by the loss 10
,,-e1s Sl,b-Treasury. on other counts Ine
,,.,ks gained moderately. The eahhs re-
,,,as from the interior se.aZi.coO ana
.buped into the interior sS.625,coo' inciuoihs
~s-snsfsrs through the Sub-Treasury OF sSoo.'
aos m New Orleans. s20a.oIe to washington
-a,5 100 TO San Francisco. aS5ao0o taken
~ Cuha. and Ss.ol5.Ooo national bank notes
,ent TO Washington for redemption The
,-.,5 from the interior was sl096,o60. Re
ee,nts OF new gold were sSss. .oo0 namely, on
Gsv York Assay Office checks SeSs.eO0. on
e., Francisco Mint checks $4,000 and on
SEATTLE Assay Office checks sia.00a. Ordi-
a,arv disbursements by the Sub-Trsasury
Fvere s25. IS, ,0a9 Payments by the banks TO
The Sub-Treasury for customs. internal
revenue. : per cent redemption fund. etc,
amounted 10 s2s.777,eea. showing loss on
srJ9sc Sub Treasury operations proper OF
q 1ys(slt The total gain from the interior
5tnd- by new. gold amounted TO &Gso'cN
= -fJeiu6IiTg this from me Sub-TreasuTy op-
-sFations proper the net loss TO the banks
-2pas s. .20a.9aa
DIVIDENDS DECLARED - Dividends
Rave been declared as follows: The Phila-
feIphia Company, regular quarterly Ii per
aalr payable February !; the Crown Re
Serve Mining Company, regular quarterly
5snuaTy 5,9 T 16; the United States Finishing
company. regular quarterly la per cent on
the preferred and ] per cent on the COM
mon, payable January ?; the Garvin Ma
ehine Company, regular semi-annual S1a per
cent on the preferred. payable January 3;
fhs City Invesrng Company. regular quar-
ned I
January 81 the American Gas and Electric
tompany. regular quarterly II per cent on
LInsS l7referred, payable February l. and IL
-9,Ft cent on the common payable JasuaTy
= ard the New ldria Quicksilver Company,
Regular quarterly 81 cents and an extra 80
rents, payable January :.
LEAD MARKET CONDITIONS.-Oficer
e the American Smelling and Refining
Company report that the stock Of lead on
band has been nearly wiped out and that
The demands Of consumers have increased
Fithin the last week The plants OF the Ma
-tznnal Lead Company are being operated to
TN capacity. and the surplus OF lead. which
-tAo years ago amounted to more than
< SO tons, has been gradually reduced. At
tie present time there is less than 3 week s
kupply op hand II is understood that the
sales Of lead in November for domestic use
( Increased III excess OF output and that more
Kan $3.50 tons Of surplus stock had been
foid.
ISIS OF the American Cities Railway and
: triRkt Company have declared a Seuli-an-
e-GuaA dividend Of per cent and at extra
sivlrend OF one-quarter OF i per cent on
-otlle common. making per cent for the
Fsgr and placing the issue on q per cent
Annual basis. A year ago IL per cent was
feoEred. The directors also have declared
aae regular quarterly dividend OF Iz per
eslf on the preferred.
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK
BradsireeL's reports the exports Of grain
Ter the week. with comparisons. figures in
bushels. follows: Wheat, -four Included,
s.Es2. .5g7. against 3,z9e e5S last week and g.
f- r
ts1s01s7 contrasted with Se.2Io.7 7o5 IL the
corresponding period year ago Corn,
fS2. .s3s, compared with 16l,el5 last week ana
s.01S-6s5 in this week IN 1875 fiscal year,
ssT.ee3. against 5.ss4.4as IN this period a
bear ago
- ALABAMA GREAT soUTHERN.-The
atlabana Great Southern Railway Com
Esany has declared a dividend Of II per
bent on the ordinary stock, payable De
Eetrn5eE &c TO stock of record December IL:
Fhe directors also declared a seEni-apnuai
dividend of 3 per cent on the preferred
stock. payable February e to stock OF
tecprd February & The dividend on the or,
sinsrv stock is an increase Of one-hah OF
/ per cent from the last preceding pay
Gent.
EXPORTS OF COPPER = Exports Of
copper for the week ended December "a
srere 7.Tsi tons. making from Decenner ]
\ total OF rsfss tons, compared with II, ,46l
sons in the same time last year.
NEW FULTON TRUST TRUsTEE-
flames S. Alexander vice-president OF the
IA arional Bank OF Commerce has been
elected a trustee Of the Fulton Trust Com
Inv 10 succeed the late Joel f Freeman
S0T-THERN BELL TELEPHONE COA-
->.aS BONDS-The sl6.000.e 600 bonds sold
kV the Southern Bell Telephone company
s:are taken Jointly by kidder. Peaoooy q
20 ard N ". Harris & Co. The bones are
.i-irty-year first mortgage per cent opn-
saIions- -,
4foN4y FOR SAN. FRANcdscoETThe Th.s
snb-Treasury transfsTreH sl,s-o,Vg ,J,t 10 as ~
.arsl- banks E--E