New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
OF THE STREET

y,NI< CLEARINGS FOR FEBRC AK -
.oxchanges in February made much
pa satisfactory comparison with last
nv than those of the preceding month.
!ee' ,otal at all leading cities in the United
M uo according to statistics compiled by
Dun & Co. which include returns
l,s leading cities, aggregating $2'9OO'-
80 -qS IN increase of ~ per cent as COM
,od with the same month last year, ana
p~ttoss of only Is per cent, as tOIHPdleu
~ ,re corresponding month IN 1910
Nsu. NIsHu the hetter showing Of the past month
~ mart due 10 the improved WeatHeI con-
'si,i,ns and the fact that feDruaIy CtlS Se1i
ol.i,D,'Ies one more business day, u also ull-
hVlSS,oSlv reflects some revival III general
SVusnoss activity. The returns al New Norh
gHsr ggg,.. sre especially gratifying, showing az
~ ~ 40 a small increase over last ear anu
ithe! c6 smaller loss than IN January IN the
"a u.us,ts5u with lHll. notwithstanding lne
ieoinP,bat u.eratiOus in tine STOCK ahu
Ia SPECULATIVE markets were on much
o'Sreed scale as compared WIN Ihe ~ ~
leueSNUe wears The total OF outside Clues
ple,lo'Sp Increase over 1911 Of l34 per cent
sDy"o ovsr Two years agO of 10 per cent
tsnS Gains ar" general i'm the comparison
With both years. ,.,e,
"in "i,rn,rC,cO INDIANAPOLlS & LOUIS
SIHIiFIt is understood that applica lions
NlLLEi. chicago. Indianapolis 4 Louisville
lOI lOI,r,-sy Nonon Coal Company per cenl
falsS' Icing brought out by the Equltaole
TrIst COMPANY and Redmond u CO. large
i'uS,,ced tb, N .5Ve0 Oncreu.
" .,,rprCAN THERMOS BOTTLE COM
nHtSTVNThe American Thermos bottle
f,,.sny II Maine and the American
1tarroos Bottle company ol New 1oIh
-snort combined earnings for the hsCaI year yea.
JspoS on December 81 last, as follows:
eh1tu .srnirCs. S4Ai SOS. operating expenses,
sia Sas. net profits, S'S9l"
Np,TK CLEARINGS.-The total bank
,nrirgs for the United states for the week
I'D March .. 1912 zone day estinlStea}, az
tnuSr tncS;-g IN "The Financial Chronicle. were
sS 9S3 0s7 80 which compares with 81, 10
SsoS-o9i he preceding week and S.3'9 i6s' AIS
,'- so1 the week ended March i lel; Som-
IIsrad with last year. the total bank clear
.gs have decreased 43 per cent New YORK
,hss ,lhlls.S. ranorts a decrease OF 1872 per cent
1phjledsiphia Of lS4 per cent and ST. Louis
It9S nhr cent. while New Orleans shows
" Increase of 55S per cent Boston OF ~
psr cent and Chicago OF IL per cent
'nrvrnENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
-. beeD declared as follows: The Prairie
Ann5 An'o cas- Compauy, s.. payable March 50,
", " Tevss Company. regular quarterly -
rer cent. payable March @y; the an ,,l,1 ia
fto, Gompanv. regular sem-annuai per
lUt III nsvsble April !. and the United Nerde
Copper Company, 20 cents. .....,,,,
AMERICAN GAS AND ELEtI IRlC
,c6NPANY. The American Gas ana EleC-
,rjc Company has declared - per cSII
stack dividend. 10 ut altoN tNN
srs Of record on March 10. Ihe company
siso viii issue and sell at par tor cas-"
S-nS o0O of the SlOVG0W common STOCK au-
thorized but unlssued' ,,.r.r,
.DtRONDACK ELECTRIC POW hk
p6EDS-Harris, Forbes q Co. or TINS cll!,
aD5 \ ". Harris & Co, OF Boston, nave
S,,Tcbosed approximately 9.N0Ooy Adlrou-
AZ Electric Power Corporation hrst mort
SCn oeoA ner cent bonds This company,
E6rb7cb was formed last December 20 take
o,er the so-caJled Hudson River Electric
,ronerties operating in Albany, Troy
scbenectady and a number Of other cities
and towns will be under the managefneht
of the Stone & Webster Association Oh
Boston.
EXPORTS or SPECIE.-The exports OF
snecie from the port Of New York for the
week ended March were S00,5JO gold ara
sss6 5o5 silver, making a total OF $ll9l,o-o,
against a total Of $l.274l70 In the preceding
week and S99l.3C in the corresponding Wetk
last year. Since January l the exports OF
gold amount TO So 430 go. and silver 70
4 564 2I. against Sl,l76.570 gold and $'Si,Oo5
silver In the corresponding period last year
IMPORTS OF sPECIE.-The imports OF
specie at the port OF New York for the
week ended March was S5600i gold and
S5s 9S9 silver. making a total OF SH4,9'5
against total % S44l $50 in the preceding
week and S3ll.Sl in the corresponding
week last year Since January the i'm
ports OF specie amount to A.764999 against
EOS. .4l4 In the corresponding period last