New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING. Transactions Tor
foreign account amounted 10 500 sharesi
about evenly divided between sal'S anu
purchases The chief purchases were OF
United States steel
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividsnds
have been declared as follows. ne ".lar ~
deiphia Company, regular quarterN ,'? Pr
&c M on the common. payable on MAY J.
the f. W. Bliss Company. regular q"h'
terlv o., per cent on the common ana
pei cent on the preferred, paNa4le OH HPu''
!: the American Power ana lhEnl IL
.rnrv. regular quarterly lic per cent oi, llle
preferred. payable on April ;; the Bankeis
Trl 81 Conipanv. regular quarterly pc.
cent. payable on April J; La hose , ,pm-
teriv . per cent PAYABLE OH April -e' tne
Minis sing Mircs Company. regular qnaIiel
" = per cent ind 30 per cent sNlra' por 20
a bile on April %. the Kansas City S9u'htIu'
REGULAR niarterly ! per cont on inc ih
rerred payable on April -. the Natondl
Bank OF Commerce. regular quarterlN per
cent. payable on April ]: the corn frou uI,,s s
Refining Conrany: roI per cen. s,ncl! .o ,oavng %
re~ cent IN back dividends still quo tn'
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. regular Qld,
terly ~ per cent on the common paSd
on Iuue I: the Fourth National bank' reg
,,iar nIartcriv per cent. pavabl" on April
{. The International Nickel COMPANY: ~
nor cent on the common. tho Empire Iru.
Company. regular quarterly ~ per ''H''
payahle on March 81.
l., ~
est and dividend disbursements Tor Ap'il.
-qil arc estimated by The NaU Stft''
Journal 10 exceed Sl5S.o10.1o. Interest pay
monts onount 10 ~ S'' -; ~ ndTstriaIs I}St and
r,iscallanoous $40 900 Sa2: electric railways.
snO,2ss7: New York city alone St"'"s'' "I
other cities. counties 2rd states ~ ,.l7
United STATES S.G21. .69j. Dividend d'SnurN'
r,ents VIII approximate sq0.~nQn made m
as follovs. Railroads S5l2L79l: industfiaiS
and miscellaneous sl1l9i6l3. electric ran,
waIs S3S5s.2l1. New York 1ltN naihs H''i
-ruet companies. & aS6.51o. Tho 's'linaie ."
interest payments f. based on S.lH S3'"'
railroad bonds. s.oi 10000 industrial ava
miscellaneous bonds. sr5 5000 street or
electric railway bonds Ef,f'hN', S,hue c1.,n @''
civ bonds exclusive Of New York Citl
and $50 90 80 government bonds. ul''u
w ich quarterly interest payment fs que
I'm ArrU Narch disbursements were estl-
mated az NlS.0"o oH and FenruarN hlsou' S'
ments ~ $3.50 co.
THE STEEL MARNET.-steel producers
report a slight improvement IN orders 90
far this week compared WIN ImN CORE
spending period Of last week. 1here mas
been better business in structural steer
and rlates The wire and tinplate nllls
continue to operate up to practically tull
capscitv The Steel Corpora TONS increase
I'm percentage operations IS due i3rgoiH 70
Tho iucrea sed operations Of the mills turn
ing ont light finished material Tho heavy
steel mills are not operating much more
than ~ per cent oi capacity bN INC cloS'
OF the current month II ~ oNpectcn I'e
steel Corporation viii be operating about 80
nor cent Of It's blast furnace capacity.
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING.-M 4
meeting Of tie board ot directors or thc
American Sugar Retinin- company ycster.
day Samuel McRohcrts. Nice-pr"Sldcnl 0r
the National City Bank. was elected a d.
rector ana James H. Cannon. jr. tor nc
last six wears financial iitor ~ ''Tho Ne"
York Times" was appointed assistant sec
rc.ary OF tho COMPANY
naxrH o.
& 90. have been advised that the kansas
Railway Commission has approved IN" IS
sue of x2.5o.,"0 Missouri. Kansas IcNda
Railway Company two-year per cent 20.
cured goil notes. du" May J.. 49,; purc "'seo
hy them last week from the railway com
rsny. The notes nave al been sold ap'n-
cations exec adinr NrV'.f7"
THE FINANC: FCRCM.--Johu Harsen
Rhoades. Charles t.. Sprague AMI Edwin
T. MAYNARD Will he among the speakers
az the special savings bank session Of The
Finance Forum at tie West Side Young
Mems Christian Association on Nednes .dN
evening. ORION II. Cheney stat" Super-
intcndtnt Of Banks Will nc ono or the
guests of honor.
NEW YORK DOCK PREFERRED
DIVIDEND REDI tED.-The New YORK
Dock Company has declared S'nl-anoNt
dividend OF ~ per cent on us pFcir. reu
stock The last preceding disbuiNcmtnt en-
the issue was per cent. on octooel 10, IVY.
TN. dividend is payable on AErll 10 20
holders of record Of AIrl J.
PETITION FOR COTTON EXCHANGE
HOLIDAYS. petition was circulated On
th. New York Cotton EXchangy Yesterday
to close IN" exchange on Good Friday,
Auril H. and the SATURDAY folloWinS.
VALENTINE CHAIRMAN OF CEN
TRAL LEATHER BOARD. p y \aicn-
,inc has been elected chairman of the
board of directors aud chairman of tie
executive committee of the Central Leather
Company.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY BONDS OF
FERED Potter thoatc Ft'nu,e.
White. Weld a 60 and kissci l>in-
nicutt 4 GO. are offering the unsOll pur-
tion of block OF 100000 southern Eaii-
way first consolidated mortgage PEE cent
gold hoads due July I. l"i. at the unikr',
Welding oVci - per cent ON the invest