New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-01
ITEMS Of WALL STREET

Business for foreign account on the local
Stock Exchange yesterday totaled about
TO- 600 shares, mostly on the selling side.
Dividends have been declared as fol-
lows:
General Chemical Company. regular quarter
ly Of u per cent on It's common stock, pay
able March / to stock OF record February II.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company, regular
10 to stock Of record February 3.
Republic Iron Steel Company. regular
quarterly OF Ia per cent on the preferred
stock. payable April to stock OF record March
Underground Electric Railways Company OF
London, semi annual at the rate or per cent
per annum the income bonds for the half
year ended December 81, 1912, payable March
| l. 1918.
Temiskaming and Hudson Bav Mines. 300 per
cent, payable February IL. This ~ the forty
fifth dividend, and makes total Of 22,3O0 per
cent declared by the COMPANY TO date:
Portland OrcO Railway, Light ana POWER
Company. regular quarterly OF u. per cent on
its capital stock, payable March TO stock OF
record February II.
per cent on its preferred stock, payable Feb
ruary II to stock Of record January 81
Exports of copper for the week ending
January totalled j,0sl tons. Since Jan
uary 2314s tons have been exported
compared with So,967 tons for the pre-
| vious year.
The final assessment OF SIG SO a share on
! the stocks of the United States Motor
Company and it's subsidiary. the Columbia
Motor Car Company, is payable at the
Central Trust Company February 3. THIS
| Is the fourth instalment OF the ga levy
each of the three earlier payments calling
| for s. 10 Il share.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis Railroad
has sold to bankers here and abroad 81
| 900 600 per cent bonds, proceeds to retire
equal amount OF per cent notes matur-
| ing February l.
The Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad has or
dered 1000 tons OF steel rails from the
Maryland Steel Company and 1000 tons
have been ordered by the Scranton & Bing-
hamton Railway from the same concern.
| The PENNSYLVANIA Steel Company has re-
ceived an order for $50 tons OF girder
rails from the Los Angeles Railway ana
500 tons from the Louisville Railway.
snever &, Co. have engaged 81 100000 ad-
ditional gold for shipment to Buenos
Avres. making a total OF 100000 by this
firm for the week. SO far on the move
ment to Argentine $4,000 has been
taken. J. & w. Seligman d co. VIII snip
81, 900, 900 gold bars to France to-day.
| new sugar CORPORATION has been
formed. with a capital of Soc".c", TO
fight the trust 1t is composed Of seven
| Louisiana. Every sugar company IN the
state is to be taken over. each TO receive
20 per cent OF the value of their plants
in cash and 81 per cent in preferred STOCK
| In addition, they will get bonus OF com
mon stock.
Gerard ]. Comfy was elected VICE
president of the Citizens'-C Central National
Bank yesterday.
Application has been made to the New
York Stock Exchange TO list 10000 cap
ital stock OF the National Nassau Bank
Isaac E. Hess has been elected a men,
her ~ the Consolidated Stock Exchange.
Albert NJ. Chambers, vicc-president or
the Electric Properties Company. mas
been elected a member OF the board oil
directors
The report of the Chicago e. Alton for
the six months ended December OIL lel"'
shows gross operating revenues or ss'I"i'-
S5 an Increase OF s32e,l5l as compared
with the same petod OF 1911. Net earn
ings we're 81, a53 80. a decrease OF SlS''-Si'
Tho Maine Central Railroad reports
December
OF 1858 1875. an increase OF S1S.Ss. Net op-
Grating revenue was s245,47. a gain OF
s46Sl5.
The Toledo. ST. Louis & western re-
ports gross operating revenues Tor the
six months ended December 81, l?lz' or
90 112 Coz. an increase Of s5l,6G over the
corresnonding period of 1911. Net operat-
ing revenue was $50 40. an increase OF
sos 5i5.
The last annual statement OF the Gug-
eenheim Exploration Company SHOWS al
Increase In surplus of s3iO,4I. Net income
was s. %, 40 equal 10 l51 per cent on the
capital stock and Sll2,40 In excess Of
dividend requirements. The market value
OF the company's assets as OF December
81. 1872, was S9G5.60o an increase OF w.
900 for the year.
The estimated gain in cash maze oy
the New York banks during the last week
IL 100000, based on the reported move
ments OF currency.
TIL. matter OF the distribution OF the
nroceeds OF the sale OF various treasury
stocks, amounting TO approximately w.
oO00 600, will be considered by the directors
OF the American Tobacco Company al
rnerphQrs of