New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-07
ITEMS Of WALL STREET
London sold about 5000 shares in this
market yesterday.
Dividends were declared as follows

"cic ocNioiC GU do AOilO"S'
Deere & Co.-Regular quarterly o. IA per
cent on preferred, payable December l. to stock
OF record November 49,
American Cotton oil Company-Semi- annual
OF per cent On preferred. payable December
J. to stock OF record November 13
American Steel Foundries Company--Quar-
| terly OF u per cent, payable December 81, to
stock OF record December Is
Columbus Gas and Fuel Company-Quarterly
OF Il per cent payable December l. to stock OF
record November 10.
Homestake Mining Company-Monthly of S.
| cents, payable November rs, to stock Of record
November 90
May Department stores-Quarterly OF " per
cent on common. payable December 1, to stock
OF record November IS.
Ontario Power Compsny-Quarterly Of IA per
cent, payable December i, TO stock OF record
November %.
Pennsylvania Light-one per cent on common.
payable November 80 TO stock OF record No
Rochester Railway & Light Company-ouar-
tery OF Ia per cent on preferred, payable De-
cember /. to stock OF record November "a.
United Cigar Manufacturers Company-Quar-
tery Of IA per cent on preferred payable De-
cember l. TO stock OF record November "a.
Butterick Company-Regular quarterly OF Y
per cent, payable December !. to stock OF
record November H.
Henry NJ. Popham, who has been sec
rotary Of the Union Trust Company, has
been elected n vice-president Henry NJ
Myrick was elected secretary in Mr.. Pops
hams place.
The seat Of Ira A. Kip, jr., Of Flower
Co, has been posted for transfer to
Henry F. Haines. The consideration was
100000, a decline Of $1,000 from the last
sale.
Heidelbach. Ickelheimer & Co. have en-
Gagged 100000 in gold for import from
London. which will come on the Maure-
tania. This is the first engagement OF
gold imports since December 4, last year
Two membership certificates Of the New
York Produce Exchange, which were sold
al auction recently, brought s345 and
$780, respectively.
W. Bourke Cochran, L. Napoleon Levy
and Thomas Read. self-constituted COM
mittee to act for for minority sharehold-
ers OF the Brooklyn Union Gas Company,
adopted resolutions yesterday requesting
that stockholders attend i'm person the
annual meeting to be held on November
II at No. $50 Remsen street, Brooklyn.
This committee has been active near an
nual meeting time for several years. Il
demands larger dividends and a larger
directorate.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad reports
gross earnings for September OF $4,000,
67e. as compared with s3,677,s74 for Sep
tember last year; net earnings were ST.
359,97S, as against s1,312,953.
The report OF the St Louis & San Fran
cisco for September shows gross Of So
772,63s. decrease OF s29.474: net earn
ings. after taxes. were s1,1So,744, a de-
crease OF $50 607
The ST. Louis Southwestern's report for
September exhibits a gross Of s1.t23,373,
as compared with sl,11s.96i for Septem-
Der last year: net earnings were S266,2l6,
against s37S,685.
r.. l.. Doheny. president of the Mexican
Petroleum Company, telegraphed the COM
pany's New York bankers, William Salo-
mon e. Co, that no action was taken re-
garding dividends owing ito uncertainty
Of near future Developments in Mexican