New-York tribune., 1912-02-24
TOPICS OF THE STREET

FOREIGN TRADING.-Practically no
,,.iness was transacted Tor iorelsh ac-
mi IN this market. Some OF the leauins
o,btrage houses were Without any o"O'e
orders
r,vrnENDs Observation-Disclosures
hssn declared as follows: Eastman
nav. :, Company. regular quarterly IL per
49, ~ the preferred, and 2i2 per cent and
''"s ~tra ~ per cent on the common, all
ahrehie an April l: Knickeroocker Ice C9ho
peav Of Chicago, regular senli-a'iliudiii ii
pSr cent on the preferred pS pdSdpIe Iadpptbiy
psI!,NS Service Company, regular monthly
luz cent on the preferred, . per cent
= ~ common, payable March |; Onoer-
jill ol typewriter Company, resud, quet,
VIZ 1& per cent on the prelerreu sIoCh ,i
eI5't ner cent on the common. Doln pay
ana anil /. Nevada Consolidated copper
aolS aolSoonv regular quarterly 5t2 cenls
Ssre Dayable March 30; Jtah copper
Sn,nnapv, sIay regular quarterly 70 cehtS
.tnrs pavable March 80; Railway steer
ssnrina Company. regular quarterly let per Pso.
spiineo On The preferred, payable March ~;
International Silver company, iS ISsuldI 5iIo,
ausrterly Ia per cent ana dele!Ieu pl,t ,L
9ua5d o5 ~ u per cent on the preferred, Poth
nsysble April /, and deferred u'NluehD
XII per cent, payable May 10.
p.NKS LOSE CASH.-rhe reported
,aaTements OF currency this week lnalSs
IRE a loss in cash held by the banks o.
are Oo than $1,000, 900, largely on account
i.oi ne' S,,b. Treasury operations. The banks
Vl.siVed from the interior Sll,2S2,VVO anu
sbinped into the interior S9.2S2.OOO' lnciuu-
,rg sS. .O95, 900 national bank notes SEM 10 -
Washington for redemption. me Sat,, Sts,
s,ena the interior was s2,000,000. Receipts
~ new gold were $l,57I009Lon New
" %ort ASSAY Office checks, S722,O0O; on
San Francisco Mint checks, $S42,OV9:. an1 adH
IN Seattle Assay once checkS, siSS,Vy.U,
IN
coin, sent to Argentina, Ordinary DIS
bnrsements by the Sub-Treasury were
eli 045. 900 Payments by the banks 10
ne sub Treasury for customs, internal
.avenue. .av 5 per cent redemption fund, etc,
amounted to $20,326,000, showing a loss
an Sub-Treasury operations proper OF
Ss PSI 600 The total gain from the. lnte-
nor and by new gold amounted TO $50 T.
aO0S Deducting this from the loss on sun,
Treosury operations proper and by goiu
EXPORTS. the net loss TO the banks was
&.s04,000.
ELECTRIC BOND AND SHARE CON-
PANY.-A. j. Hemphill, president OF me
GUARANTY Trust Company, and r. W, Hill
treasurer of the Electric Bond and Share
Company have been elected directors OF
fhe latter company in place of the late
A " Young and George E. Moffat.
LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED.-The New
York Central has placed with the AmeIl-
can Locomotive Company an order Tor
twenty Pacific type freight locomotives,
equipped with superheaters. for deliver
this spring. The Southern Railway COM
many has ordered nine Pacific type ioco,
motives from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works.
AMERICAN SURETY COMPANN.-L' L.
T Loree. president of the Delaware d
Hudson Company mas been elected a truS-
fee of the American Surety company.
Henry D. King, assistant secretary OF the
american Surety Company, has been ap-
poirted resident vice-president and man
sger for Long Island, with headquarters
In Brooklyn.
MORE GOLD FOR ARGENTINAA..MooTrhhee rhe
National City Bank has engaged S5UO,OVV
gold coin for shipment to Buenos Ayres
next Friday
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEk.,-
"Bradstreets' reports the exports Tor the
week. with comparisons, figures In busn-
els. as follows: Wheat, -four included,
1855, S93, against 2,299,l57 last week ana
1.gO5559 I'm this week last year; for the
fiscal year to date, 10S,167.555. compared
with 7s530,757 in the corresponding time
in 1911. Corn, 905,202, contrasted with
.532.56e last week and l,S5ISI6 in THIS
week a year ago; for the fiscal year to
date 24,9l5.l40, against 20Ol2204 In the
GORE spending time in 1911.