New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
Dividends were declared as follows:


Rochester Railway and Light Company
regular quarterly OF j. per cent on the pre-
leired stock, payable May 81 to stock OF record
May "A.
National Biscuit Company. regular quarterly
OF ia per cent on the preferred stock, payable
May 81 90 stock OF record May II.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company.
regular semi-annual of "a per cent on its
The common Is payable June 26 to stock OF
record MAY 81 and the preferred is payable
August y TO stock OF record July 10
Federal Light and Traction Company regu-
lar quarterly Of / per cent on It's preferred
May u.
Ger trail Arkansas Railway and Light Corpo-
ration. quarterly Of = per cent on its pre-
ferred stock, payable June =. Books close
May II.
Ashton valve Company regular quarterly o,
| = PER cent payable May - to stock Of record
city Ice Delivery Company. OF Cleveland. /
per cent, payable June 20 stock OF record
May u.
Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad Company.
regular quarterly OF . per cent, payable May
~ 10 stock " record May =.
Illinois Traction. initial quarterly Of :. ~
! per cent or 'ts common stock, payable May
10 to stock Of record May !.
The New York Central Lines have or
dered ten locomotives from the Baldwin
Locomotive Works This order is I'm adj
dition to the III locomotives ordered By
the Central last week from the American
Locomotive Company.
The members of the New York Cotton
Exchange will vote Monday on the ques-
ton Of closing the exchange on May 81.
NJ. L. Ward has applied for membership
IN the New York Cotton Exchange
John Shelton Williams, Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. who visited the
Sub-Treasury yesterday, said that the
distribution OF 100000 government de-
posts. as announced in a recent treasury
order, would begin next week. Mr.. Will
Jams was non-committal as to whether
New York banks. would got any OF these
deposits.
The estimate OF the gain in cash made
by the New York banks this week is
placed at about g 5000. OF the s7.s59-
90 shipped 10 the interior. $4,000 was
for national bank notes sent TO Wash
ington for redemption. The gain from
the interior was se,527.0oo Gold exports
amounted 10 SCp,0OJ in bars to Paris.
l.. r. Gary chairman OF the finance
committee OF the Steel Corporation. will
probably be the first witness called by the
defence in the government suit against
the corporation on Monday. Other Wit
nesses viii be- Charles NJ schwab and
James \. Farrell
Exports of copper for the week ended
Nav totalled 36g7 tons. Since May J
1000 tons have been exported. compared
with 3 50 tons a year ago.
The board OF representatives OF the New
York Curb Market Association has ac-
cepted .the resignation Of Charles a
Stoneham and Ross T. Robertson. both
members Of the firm OF Charles \. Stone
ham q 90. The firm explains its reslgna-
ton Tor the reason that We have found
the schedule Of commission rates recently
adopted adverse TO our business"
The National city Bank has purchased
$4,000 $ per cent sinking fund treasury
notes ct The Dominican Republic. dated
January I. 1913 and due in 1919 The notes
constitute general credit obligation of
the republic. and the payment OF the
semi-annual interest and amortization Of
the principal Of the debt are secured by
pledge OF S3oeO monthly from customs r.
celpts.
The Union Bag and Paper Company has
advanced the prices OF all grades Of bass
. per cent