New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-24
ITEMS OF WALL STREET.
Transactions for foreign account yes
terday did not exceed thousand shares
Dividends declared follow:

DIVIDENDS declared follow:
hompson-starrett COMPANY. regular semi
annual Of per cent on preferred. payaol.
November 10 10 stoch 81 record November e
Hanover FIVE Insurance Company. quar-
terly of pc cent. payable october /.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railroad
Company. ! u per cent, payable October
20 stock OF record September -.
Chicag go Pneumatic Tool Compan> regular
quarterly OF | per cent, PAYABLE october IS.
Anaconda Copper Mining COMPANY. regular
quarterly or - cents Z share payable Octo-
her Is 10 stock OF record October 3.
cnited States Smelling. Refining and Min
ing COMPANY. regular quarterly Of L per
cent on common. and Il. per cent on pre-
ferred, payabl. October II.
y sen-Sen Chiclet Company. regular quar-
terly o. 81 per cent. payable september 30
20 stock OF record September Is.
Continental Gas and Electric Corporation,
regular quarterly 81 ] L per cent on pre-
ferred and q Of per cent on common
PAYABLE October 20 stock Of record Sep
H. P. Taylor & CO. regular quarterly Of
to stock Of record September %.
Pittsburgh Gage and supply Company
October 7.
Nipissins Mine. COMPANY, regular quar-
terry OF per cent and 81 per cent extra
payable October Is.
Lee Higeinson & Co, have purchased
81 $4,000 Bell Telephone or Canada per
cent bonds, due April /. 1875. which brings
the outstanding amount Of the bonds 10
approximately 81, 250.0o. They are a first
charge on the lines. works and plants OF
the company other than real estate.
The report Of the Great Northern Rail-
road Company for July shows gross Of
S7.5I5 72s. as compared with s6,46s,a2l for
July of last year, while net earnings
after taxes we're Sl@isio, as against
s2.31s 7s3
The Delaware. Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company's August gross earn
ings were S.5495s3 as compared with
,3.334.45 for the same month last year.
Net earnings were sl,lsT9S?, as against
sl.0s1.5ss
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
reports gross earnings for August OF
Sc .s72, rs. as compared with S.s9sA0 last
August. and net earnings for the month
we're sl,l6s.ls2. as against sl.SSholl.
Resarding unfavorable rumors that
have been current concerning the Rock
Island Company the last few days. an
Official said yesterday: II regard receiver
ship talk as outrageous nonsense. unless
many other roads are going 10 set there
first. This country - all right and ROCK
Island will give good account Of itself
with half chance.
The United states steel Corporations
incoming business since September Is
said 10 have averaged less than 3o'oo'
tons a day. compared with approximately
$4,000 tons day in August.
The report Of the Torrington Company
for the wear ended August 81 shows tota!
receipts Of ss55.sss and total eNpeno-
itures OF $685. $50. leaving surplus OF
sls.9sS. The cash balance on HAND Az
gust 81 was t2s5,I4o.
J. VI. Fitzgerald. president OF the West
ern Maryland Railway, has appointed W.
]. Boriand. engineer in charge OF the
safety first" movement on the company's
lines. Mr.. Borland is an expert In all
the mechanical features Of railroad equip
ment and operation.
The first meeting Of directors OF the
Atchison. Topeka & santa Re Railway
since last July was held 81 the com
panys Offices here Yesterday. President
Ripley denied report that the Atchison
IL considering the purchase OF the Kansas
CITY. Mexico & orient Railway, formerly
controlled BY Arthur z. Stilwell.
The presence OF Samuel insult, president
Of the Commonwealth Edison Company of
Chicago. I'm the financial district yester-
day revived reports Of its contemplated
purchase by the Peoples Gas Company,
controlled by the ANTHONY y. Brady in
terests. No confirmation, however, could
be obtained.
X T Schwerin. president OF the Pacific
Mail steamship Company. subsidiary
Of the southern Pacific denied last night
that his visit here was In connection uith
q reported sale Of the lines by. the holding
company. Mr. Schwerin characterized the
reported sale as coming from "up in the
air"
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