New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-09
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING-Foreign houses
Dealt in upward Of 5000 shares in the local
stock market. buying on balance.
= DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
have been declared as follows: The Manu-
featured Rubber Company regular quarter
ly u per cent on the preferred, payable
September ! The Vandals Railroad Com
pany regular quarterly l per cent, pay
able August o. The Philadelphia Electric
Company regular quarterly IL per cent.
payable September Is. The American
Sugar Refining Company regular quarter
ly "a. per cent on the preferred and com
mon stocks payable october ?
ANTHRACITE SHIPMENTS IN JULY.
Shipments OF anthracite coal in July.
While larger than in the same time IN
EN we're l.4ll.2a2 tons less than in the
preceding month This falling or was ex-
rscted, as the shipments then were alb
normally large All the companies except
the Central RAILROAD Of New Jersey and
te Ontario & Western made increases,
and Lehigh Valley was again the largest
poducer leading Reading by 5000 tons
MISSOURI PACIFIC - The Missouri
Pacific and the Iron Mountain have let
contracts for fifty passenger coaches TO
tns Pullman Company and for fifteen bag
ssge cars and fourteen mail cars 70 the Am
erican Car and Foundry Company, all cars
y be steel construction b + Bush has let a.
contract for fifty freight engines OF Mikado
Vpe 20 the American Locomotive WORKS
% Be delivered by end Of August Bios
have been asked on large number OF pas
tsnger locomotives and big equipment OF
freight cars and 5000 tons OF new ralls
are being laid
CHICAGO & ALTON.-The directors
Of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
have declared the regular semi annual
CWlqend OF per cent. on the prior Hen
ana participating stock, payable August
PACIFIC BONDS SOLD The entire g.
1000 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph first
hnQ collateral per cent bonds brought
oW By the Harris Trust Company ana
DVho q Goodwin have been sold.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY STATISTICS
statistics published in the 1911 edition OF
The McGraw Electric Railway Manual
snow, according 20 the total returns Tor
40 companies. that the aggregate num-
TTeI q miles operated in 1910 was 4O.OSS
Inc Comparison shows O small increase IN
we operating companies, the number OF
,"uich was 1883 IN 1919 The total mies Oh
Gs.K reported in 1909 was 40.4sJ, ana !ne
eeeeiease that is shown is due TO the OH
,eeencts IN the classification OF the hguress
~ Two years. The aggregate NUMBER Oh
III operated in 1899 was 81 ,S53, accoroih5
~ me returns compiled for that year. a
s..lar reduction Is shown in capital stoCh
,exauding which amounted 10 &,+Zf S5o'59I
1919 The apparent decrease Is que 10
80 80 eimlnation. so far az could ne oelei
,,iGaheo, OF intercorporate holdings OF securi-
ssst The amount Of funded debt outstand-
,ns On the other hand. shows an increadssne
.si9 as compared with 1903 OF SuEf,o.'
., ny isl change IN total capitalization O oooo
s-aMulhg IN 1910 as compared Win ie''
ssshs 20 the increase I'm funded oept II q
s ssh OF ~ 3T0.5s4 The total authoiIHe
s.,y-ht Of stock Of electric railway coi cor,
Ei.ss IN the United States IN lslv va
30 70 f1S,pG. The amount OF authoIlsSg"
TX tssH oeot AT the same time was stVfii;
10 making total authorized c"PI.dp
sSSuDn Of NlS2.7ls.2l2 The actual nuniDei
sa, "NlaHies for which the principal iJ
tsssn 81 operation are reported u Ihu,i'
,fe' than that for which the otheI re
H. arc given. This is due In patt "
a., taxi that the total number OF CON- com,
ana winch report capitalization, tn,,,-
L. vars include many underlying C Oiii
IA,.ss, whose earnings and expenses az =
oe,' e1 ~ the returns OF a larger opeIa'" 80
~. TIE discrepancy Is also uue 40
ne, asfi that some Of the companies ~
ths,.m MAKE public details of the resuIts eSa
operation The gross revenue in 10 60
,i-s'tpShles as given amounted IN 1910 ~
rs,,.,,s'd. The gross earnings incluGs VIC
r.Dar.S Ok some companies when dl9 NJ ~,
reyet Their operating expenses ana NJ
ksnsy-t The operating expenses o. In IN,
trv.L lnat furnished figures flor thlh Ii,.i,
rssstsated Z72.0C2i3. The net revenue "a
s"''lea was 195.22i.s?S.