New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-26
ITEMS OF WALL STREET

Transactions for foreign account yester-
day on the Stock Exchange were about
2tooo shares. evenly divided between pur-
chases and sales, with Union Pacific the
feature.
Dividends have been declared as fol-
lows:
Quincy Mining Company. quarterly. of 81 30
snare. payable March "a to stock OF record
March /.
Central Leather Company. regular quarter.
~ of Ia per cent on the preferred stock,
payable April to stock of record March 10.
New York Transit Company. regular quar-
tcriy of $40, payable April 10 to stock OF
international Nickel Company. 8 per cent
on the common stock and regular quarterly
of ~ per cent on the preferred. payable
June 10 stock OF record May II. and May
| to stock of record April II. respectively.
California Railway and Power Company
initial of l.. per cent on PRIOR preferencss
stock, payable April | 10 stock OF record
March o.
The issue of sl.sso.o00 New York,
Ontario Il Western Railway co. general
mortgage per cent bonds. due 1850. Is
reported at the offices OF j. !. Morgan q
co. to have been purchased by Laden
burg, Thalmann & Co.
In accord with his desire to lessen his
labors in finance and business f.. {. Con-
verse. who recently retired as director
of the Guaranty Trust Company, resigned
YESTERDAY as a director of the Baldwin
Locomotive Company.
Walter II. Bennett. formerly vice-presi-
dent. has been elected director or the
American Exchange National Bank to MI
"A vacancy. George G. Raigh was elected
vice-president ana Arthur Il. Lee cashier.
Hearings in the suit of the government
against the Steel Corporation. which were
scheduled to be resumed to-day, have
been postponed until February y.
At a special meeting of stockholders OF
the CRANKY Consolidated Mining. Smelling
& Power Co. Ltd, Yesterday. the issue or
S5.0cO.Ooo per cent tifteen-year converti-
BILE bonds was authorized and II was
voted TO increase the capital STOCK from
Si5,o0O0D to not more than s@.vc'"~.
I. A. Jones and W. II. Nallient were
elected directors Of the American Writing
PAPER Company at the annual meeting
yesterday.
Stockholders OF the Northern Texas
Electric Company have authorized an In
crease of $4,000 in preferred stock anu
y.Jp.00J In common bringing the FORMER
10 S5,W',pN anu inc lhtt'l W 'o'''f'''
The California | etroleum Company ana
it, subsidiaries report gross earnings ioi
January of SZ4S.5v; net earnings after an
interest and deduction OF >S,op slnklnb
fund were Sisi.5ll. OF the latter Sifn2
Is available for dividends, or AT the rate
of per cent on the preferred ana APP
proximately 9 per cent on the common.
The Union Oil Company. OF California
showed gross sales OF crude oil ana re-
fined petroleum in 1912 amounting To w.
2l9 S21 as compared with >lf,tplU IN 1911.
Atchisons earnings for January main
tanned the increases of previous months,
with a gross of 50. 59S,sH or S.3s5,b2s more
than in January. 1912 Operating income
was g. 236.7s2, an increase OF Alf.H9 While
net for the seven months was Sol'2o.5-o,
"A gain of $3.50. 1i9. For the same period
the road earned gross OF t10.5g1.2t9. or 81
So. sDS in excess OF the 1912 showing.
Total dividend and interest disnurse-
ments for March are estimated at Sl3,-
On, 90 by THE wall Street Journal. oi
this amount dividends will be See. 2fp.il5
and interest si6,3s5,ss3.
Directors OF the American can COM
pany will meet in quarterly session Ihprs-
day and may take action on the paymch,
OF accrued dividends on the preferred
stock The meeting Is held one week ~
advance of the regular date because OF
the presence here OF several Chicaso III
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