New-York tribune., 1912-08-17

market were about 1000 shares "itn
purchases and sales nearly equal IN
amount
Dividends have been declared as FOL
lows: Federal Mining and Smelling Com
pany regular quarterly IL per cent on the
preferred stock. payable September 10;
T. W. Woolworth Company. regular
quarterly Is. per cent on the preferred.
PAYABLE October l; General Electric Com
pany. regular quarterly per cent, pay
able October Is: Studehaker Corporation.
regular quarterly IA per cent on the pre-
ferred, payable September 8; Utah Cop
per Company, regular quarterly 10 cents
a share, payable september 80: Nevada
I Consolidated Copper Company, regular
quarterly 37i5 cents z share. payable Sep
tember 30; General Chemical CompGnU
regularly quarterly Ia per cent on tho
preferred payable October /: Eastman
Kodak Company regular quarterly "
per cent on the preferred and resu1r
quarterly 2la per cent and extra 10 ger
cent on the common. all payable Octo-
Der L
Matthew ]. Connors. Of Boston; Edward
/ r. O'Reilly. OF York. Penn. and Z. ".
i Briggs. OF this city. have been elected
members OF the Consolidated Stock EX-
change.
| Exports of copper for the week encef
August Is have been $500 tons. From
January TO August Is tho exports haze
( totalled 2fo.sl4 tons. against 2lo.6A tons In
the corresponding period Of islL
Spever e. Co have bought S,2Oon
per cent equipment gold notes. series b.
Of the Frisco Construction Company,
guaranteed principal and interest by tho
81. Louis e. San Francisco Railroad Com
pany and secured by equipment costl's
q. .Tl6 40. toward which the company MI
pay in cash 1856 40. issuing its notes for
the remaining amount. The company r.
ports that although part Of the equip
Inent securing the Issue has been IN use
FOR twelve 10 eighteen months It IL prac-
tically as good az new.
These former Standard on subsidiaries
have declared dividends: Ohio on Com
pany, regular quarterly IA per cent, pay
able September 20; South Penn OIL 'om-
pany. dividend OF $40 a share payable sep
ten1ber H. the same amount as decla'cd
three months ago; New York Transit
/ Company. dividend Of so d share. payable
october Is. same rate as that al the last
preceding quarter.
The reported movements OF money vi
the current week indicate gain IN cash
by the banks OF between $4,000 ano SS"'-
600 Their receipts from the interior were
$3.50, 900 and shipments to Interior points
q 252 000. which included NeoOO rent
through the Sub Treasury 20 San tran-
cisco and s3,629.O00 national bank notes
SorUarded for redemption, the gain from
the interior being :3.30J,OO Ordinary as
hursenents by the Sub-Treasury were
f4l7.OOO and payments by the banks 70
,hat institution were sls,5S8'oOo, the loss on
sub-Treasury operations proper being a.
1s1 00O. The total gain from the Interior
and bv new gold 81. O0O) was So.Oi4'O Oco'
end 6educting the loss on sub-Treasury
operations, the net gain shown oS INC
banks was $4,000.
The FeCeral buEAT INDHHA"b
has advanced It's price for refined sugar
10 points to sos cents pound for prompt
delivery and 610 cents for delayed snip
ment.
All OF the manufacturers or Hon Oais
have raised their minimum price 81 ton
10 the basis of Las cents pound' Inc
Carnegie steel Company has advanced its
price for steel wheels 20 cents Ton anu
for steel axles 81 ton.
The I.ukens Iron and Steel Company
has ordered from Eastern furnaces 90
600 tons OF basic pig iron. at price sai'
TO be about SIC %.
Plane are being worked out for H'er-
ger of the Nassau Fire Insurance CoH-
pany. OF Brooklyn, and the Dutehess flre
Insurance Company, OF PouehheepS'e'
william Hardness. president OF the MAS
sau. will be al the head Of the consoH-
dated company, which will be known aS
the Nassau and Dutchess Fire Insurance
Company.
The members OF the New York Conee
Exchange will vote on Monday upon tIie
question OF holiday on August Sl' the
Saturday preceding Labor Day. The No'-
ton Exchange is 10 be closed on Hu-
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