New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-03
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING. Transactions 70.
foreign account in the local stock market
aggregated $500 shares, mostly sales Of
United States Steel common
ASSAY OFFICE SALES OF GOLD
Sales OF gold bars over the counter az the
Assay Oftico az New York for the month
Of October. excluding exports passing
through the same Office, were s20335i-
That total for Industrial uses is easily the
best of any month this year, but II falls
slightly behind the aggregate for October.
1910 September sales for Industrial piir-
poses were s2,e79,335, and the sales Of De-
tober $40, amounted 10 S0ej.SH. compared
With SS47s93 for 1909 and s2.5l6lll for leG.
The Disposal of bar gold for the last month
has therefore 'been practically equal 10 ths
best record of last year, october, III, %
ing only s43.T73 below the total In 1910.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
have been declared as follows: The crey
Carpet Company. semi-annual , per cent,
PAYABLE on December Is; the Federal Utili-.
ties Company. regular quarterly pr
cent on the preferred, payable on Decem-i
Der ]: the Virginia Hot Springs Company.
initial { per cent, payable on December j.:
the Fedora Light and Traction Company,
regular quarterly ~ per cent on me prs-
ferred, payable on December !. the Amen
can Radiator Company. regular quarterly
Ia. per cent on the preferred. syable ~
November -. and regular quarterly per
cent on the common, payable on pecem-
Der 30.
FAILURES IN OCTOBER There were
97O failures reported TO "Bradstreets' TO-
October this year, an increase o. T. per
cent over October. 1910, and OF 81 per Gent
over 1909 but a decrease Of per cent from
October. 1905, willie as compared with DC
tot or 1907 II is found the number IL prae-
tically identical. The liabilities for Oct9ps'
Ibis year amounted Ia SliS5ISob, a decrease
'of T. per cent from September. but an W
crease Of 2t3 per cent over pctober SIS
wear and OF & per cent over october, -
but decrease Of - per cent from Octo9se1,s
1908. and q total Of only about one-t"el.''
Of those Of October, 1907.
ALBANY & SUSQUEHANNA. Arthur
" Butler. Of Butler. Herrick 6 Kip. has
been elected president and director o. nc
Albany & Susquehanua Railroad, succeed
ing his brother. the late George =. butle,
The regular semi-snnusl dividend or -
per cent on the Albany 4 Susqueha
guaranteed by the Delaware & Hudson
Company. will be paid on January l..
STOCK EXCHANGE NEWs-chsr les Il
Gay and Hubert Mcdonnell have oeen
elected members of the New YORK So
Exchange The Stock Exchange meniper
ship Of Edward l.. Oppenheim has peen
posted for transfer to bis son, Laurent on
penheim.
CORN PRODUCTS REFINING cost
PANY. Charles NJ Pratt has retired from
the directorate Of the corn frodac,.
fning Company. George NJ. Morett ha'
been elected i'm Mr.. Pratt's place
SUGAR PRICES LOWER. An sugar 70.
finng companies have reduced the price ~
refined sugar 10 points. 10 SO cents
pound. less per cent for cash.
r. @ HUTCHINS. JR.. A DIRECTOR.
r. @ Hutchins, jr.. who two months ago
retired as vice-president Of the Chlcago
Railways Company 10 become vtce-presi-
dent OF the National Bank Of Commerce
I'm this city. has been elected also direc-
tor of the bank. ---,