New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28
ITEMS OF THE STREET.

Foreign houses bought nearly 10000
shares Of stock In this market and sold a
small quantity.
Exports OF copper for the week ended
September &c were 7.245 tons, and from
January TO September &c have been 251,-
0f7 tons, the latter figures comparing with
246,634 tons for the corresponding period
in 1911.
William L. Harris has been elected a
member Of the New York Cotton Ex-
change.
The indication from the reported move
ments OF currency this week is for loss
Of $1,000. 600 in cash by the banks. They
received from the interior S13.774.OOO and
shipped TO interior points sl0.129. 900, IN
Guiding s2.674.00o national bank notes
turned in for redemption. the gain from
the interior being S3.645.000. Ordinary
disbursements by the Sub-Treasury were
s10.oo5. 900, and payments by the banks
TO the Sub-Treasury aggregated s1S.S2i,-
O00 the loss on Sub-Treasury operations
proper being sS.S16.O00. The total gain
from the interior and by new gold Cs2.-
$4,000 was s6.116,O0o, which deducted
from the sS.S1G.000 loss on Sub-Treasury
account makes the net loss Of the banks
SO, 700 900.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey has
ordered 1000 steel hopper cars from the
Standard Steel Car Company and $4,000
tons of steel rails, the order for which
has been divided between the Pennsyl-
vania steel Company and the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation. The Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company has ordered $4,000
tons Of steel rails from the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation.
The Indiana PIPE Line Company, ore OF
the former subsidiaries OF the Standard
OIL Company. has declared a dividend Of
81 q share payable on November Is. This
compares with the SO dividend declaration
Of three months ago.
Bradstreet's reports the exports OF
grain for the week, with comparisons. fig
ures in bushels. as follows: Wheat, -four
included J.s50.s02, against 3.S01,477 last
week and S,1e5,392 In this week last year !;
from July 1 10 date, 44,21s.451, against
36,201 ,2s3. Corn. 1898. contrasted with
7l.27O last week and 1857. 394 IN this
week a year ago; from July l 10 date,
I.049.S46. compared with 6,s92,S32.
The Iehigh Valley Coal Sales Company
has declared al initial dividend OF 2i4
per cent, payable October q. G. y. WI
son has been elected president Of the
company. succeeding the late John w
Skeele: W. r. Evans has been made vice
president and general manager, and Will
lam J. Burton. treasurer Of the company,
has been chosen secretary also.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany reports for the two months ended
August 81 gross operating revenue OF H.
Co. $50. an increase OF S365 6S9 operating
expenses. s2,o9f, 764; increase. sjl,757. and
net operating revenue. $2,G05, 7s6; increase,
S314,s32 Gross income for the period was
s.. 9198lG, and, after deduCting interest
rentals and other charges, amounting to
81. So. az, the net corporate income was
S371, 731. an increase OF s25O.09i. The operat-
ing percentage was 1873. against 1875
for the same period Of 1911 The system
carried In the two months sg.3s3, 800 pas
sengers. an increase OF 742I,Zz3
The Corn Products Refining Company
has declared a quarterly dividend Of IA
per cent on It's preferred stock, payable
October 10. The annual return has for
several years been at tho same rate OF
per cent, per cent being declared each
quarter and an extra l per cent each
year, but the company has now put into
operation the plan Of declaring the dlvi-
dends IN regular quarterly instruments.