New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-08
ITEMS Of WALL STREET
London bought about 10000 shares OF
stocks in the local market yesterday.
Dividends have been declared as follows;

American Light and Traction Company,
per cent on the preferred stock TO cover tne
four months ended January 81, lVlo' PaSaUIe
February TO stock OF record January 10. Inc
usual quarterly dividends Of 2la per cent IN
cash and 2i2 per cent in stock on its common
stock. payable February ], also was declaIe1'
Books close January 10 and reopen February l.
Commonwealth Power, Railway and lAght
Company, initial OF per cent on the common
stock. payable May TO stock OF record APiI
10: also regular quarterly OF ~ per cen, ci'
the preferred stock. payable FEBRUARY to
stock OF record January IL
Eastman Kodak Company Of New Jersey ex-
ira dividend OF 10 per cent on me soInl nnpd
January 81. and quarterly dividends or l'2 per
cent on the preferred and 2's per cent on re
common, payable April to stock OF record
81. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. regular
quarterly OF 1 per cent on the first preferred
stock. payable February / to stock Of record
Atchison. Topeka & santa Fe. regular quar-
tcrly Of Ia per cent on the common STOCK
PAYABLE March / TO stock OF record January 81.
Commonwealth Edison Company, regular
quarterly Of IA. per cent, payable February
10 stock OF record January 10.
Miami Copper Company. regular quarterly or
80 cents share. payable February 10 TO stock
OF record February /.
The annual meeting of stockholders OF
the Hartman National Bank will be held
on Tuesday, January Il, proxies for the
stockholders being Joseph H. Emery,
president Of Lord & Taylor; Louis Stern,
president Of Stern Brothers; Jar1es Nc
Cutcheon. of James McCutcheon & Co.;
Francis G. Lloyd, president of Brooks
Brothers; William Zeigler and Harold
Roberts.
Announcement Of the Baltimore Il ONO
Railroad Companys new financing VIII
be made to-day or tomorrow The bank
ers of the road said yesterday that they
were working on the plan, but that the
form and amount had not been finally de-
termined.
At the annual meeting Of the Lawyers
Surety Company j: Frank Supplee was
elected a director TO succeed Thomas j.
Mcclure Other directors and officers
were reelected.
Kaufman Brothers, Pittsburgh depart
ment store owners. heretofore doing busi-
ness as a copartnership, are about to or
ganize a corporation under the laws OF
this state 10 be known as the Kaufman
Department Stores Inc. which will take
over the copartnership. The new COM
pany will issue $4,000 per cent cumu-
lative preferred stock and $4,000 COM
mon. portion of which Ladenburg,
Thalmann & Co. have organized syn
dictate to acquire. The Atheimer & Raw
iings Investment Company of st. Louis.
will handle the Western market
The report OF the American Surety
Company for the year ended December
81 showed gross income of s5.ll2,6jj. an in
crease of 1913 607. Expenses were s2,27S,esj,
leaving the years profit at sS39,S59, gain
OF 500, COZ
The sales OF the F. w. Woolworth Com
panv for 1912 were se0.J5l.5lS. against 81
47a,H7 for 1911, an increase OF Ssos9,o5s, OF
15i1 per cent.
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail
road for November had gross earnings
of sS6l75 $50. an increase OF Sl.o42S6 over
November 1911. Net earnings amount
cd to sS,S77,4S7 a gain of ss9s,5l0. The five
months net was Sl5.56S,2o6, an increase of
s2,15s,l2e
At the annual meeting Of the United
States Trust Company Henry w de
Forest was elected a director, succeeding
the late George F. Victor,
w. c. Brown, president of the New
York Central lines, will address a good
roads meeting at Springfield. H., on jan
Uary 81 under the auspices of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association.
Samuel Rea. president of the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad. has resigned as a direc-
tor of the Norfolk & Western Railway
Company.
The annual stockholders meeting Of the
New York Transit Company will he held
at No. IS Broadway Tuesday, January
IS Stockholders OF record on January il
will be entitled 10 vote.