Stocks, Produce and Commodities.

PRICES OF STOCKS.

The new home of the New York Stock Exchange in Wall and Broad streets will be one of the finest buildings in the financial section of the city. It is being erected at the cost of about $1,500,000, and in its construction a number of difficult engineering problems are being solved, to be of use in the construction of other buildings in that part of town.

The structure is four stories high, built largely of white marble, and architecturally beautiful outside and in. The main entrance is on Broad street, from which the board room and all the rooms more commonly used will be reached.

The building is to be lighted by electricity, generated by the Exchange's own plant, and a complete system of refrigeration, for keeping the interior air at an even temperature in Summer, will be installed. During the work on the new building the Exchange has met in the Produce Exchange Building. Prices of seats in the Stock Exchange took an upward tendency during 1902. The highest amount ever given for a seat on 'Change was $80,000, paid on December 26, 1901. Between September, 1901, and May. 1902, the prices have ranged as follows: September 12, $62,000; September 20, $65,000; December 5, $71,000: December 22, $75,000; December 26, $80,000; February 14, 1902, $70,000; March 2, $60,000; April 30, $70,000. The original cost of a seat was $400. The initiation fee on the Exchange is $1,000.

In 1902 the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange admitted to the list the 4 per cent certificates of rente of the Imperial Russian Government, taking in this way the first step toward establishing a foreign bond department. The issue is 2,310,000,000 roubles, equivalent to $1,188,495,000. The Listing Committee ruled that for the purpose of dealing in these bonds two roubles should be considered the equivalent of one dollar.

The following table, showing the highest and lowest prices of active stocks for the year ending December 31, 1902, was compiled for The American Almanac by the Wall Street Journal,

Am. Sugar Ref

Am. Sugar Ref, prf.
Anaconda C. M. Co.
Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor prf.
Atch., T. & S. F
Atch., T. & S F. prf.
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio prf.
Brooklyn Union Gas.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
Buffalo, Roch, & Pitts.
Canadian Pacific.
Canada Southern.
Chesapeake & Ohio.
Chicago & Alton

Chicago & Alton prf.
Corn Products

Corn Products prf.

Chi. & Eastern Illinois.
Chi. Great West

Chi. Great West. prf.

Chi. Great West. prf B.
Chi.. Ind. & Louisville
Chi., Ind. & L. prf.
Chi,, Mil. & St. P
Chi, Mil. & St. P. prf.
Chi, & Northwestern
Chi. & Northwestern prf.
Chi., St. P., M. & Ó..
Chi, Terminal Transit
Chi. Term. Transit prf..
Chi. Union Traction..
C., C., C. & St. L...
Colorado Fuel & Iron..
Consolidated Gas..
Delaware & Hudson.
Del.. Lack, & Western.
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver & Rio G. prf.
Erie

Erie 1st prf

Erie 2d prf

Evansville & Terre Haute.
General Electric.

Geo. A. Fuller Co.

Great Northern prf.

Hocking Valley

Hocking Valley prf.

Illinois Central.

International Paper

International Paper prf..
Iowa Central

Iowa Central_prf.
Lake Erie & Western
Lake Erie & Western prf.
Long Island

Louisville & Nashville.
Manhattan Elevated..

High.

Date. Price.
Feb. 11 79

Low.
Date. Price.
Nov. 14 53
Oct. 3 37% Apr. 11 28%
Oct. 31 93% Jan. 14 85%
Apr. 28 57% Jan. 10 30%
Apr. 23 992 Feb. 3 86
Aug. 28 265 Jan. 13 210
Jan. 2 31% July 11 9%
Jan. 3 67 July 10 32

Apr. 30 28 Dec. 11 14
May 26 71⁄2
Sept, 5 29
May 26 49%
June 23 100%
Mar. 31 1352
Aug. 26 122

Jan, 20 5
Jan, 20 21
Nov. 28 37
Nov. 28 87%
Nov. 11 113
Jan. 2115

Feb. 1/146 Dec. 12 80
May 16 48% Feb, 20 33
May 15 77% Jan. 91 63
Sept. 9 96% Jan. 27 74%
Sept. 2106% Jan. 27 95%
Sept. 10 1182 Dec. 12 92%
Sept. 19 99 Dec. 15 92
Aug. 28 253 Jan. 4/210
July 21 72% Nov. 14 54%
Aug. 26 128
Apr. 4 110
Sept. 3145% Jan, 28/112
May 22 97 Dec. 24 71
Sept. 3 57% Dec. 12 42%
July 16 45% Dec. 15 2912
July 17 79 Nov. 12 68
Mar. 24 38% Dec. 15 26%
Mar. 25 90 Dec. 11 79%
July 30 220 Jan. 21 1344
Aug. 20 35 Dec. 12 22
June 24 90% Nov. 14 82
Aug. 20, 51% Dec. 12 33
Aug. 19 914 Jan. 16 41
Aug. 19 91 Jan. 27 54
Sept. 20 198 Jan. 27 1602
Sept. 20 2004 Jan. 14 186
Apr. 29 271
Jan. 14 204
Apr. 29 274 Jan. 18/230
Apr. 30 1701% Feb. 6140
Aug. 19 24% Dec. 11 15
Sept. 10 44 Dec. 12 29
Apr 29 23 Jan.
8 10%
Aug. 8108% Nov. 10 93
Apr. 24 1101 Aug. 22. 734
Apr. 25 230 Dec. 11/205
Jan.
71842 Nov, 14 1532
Feb. 4 297
Nov. 81231
Aug. 21 514 Dec. 15 35%
Aug. 21 96 Dec. 15 86
Jan.
2 44% Dec, 12 28%
Jan.
275 Dec. 12 60%
Jan. 2 634 Dec. 12 41%
Mar. 7 74% Mar, 26 50
Apr. 91334 Oct. 13 170%
July 24 64 May 17 40
Dec. 31 203 Mar. 51811⁄2
Aug. 8 106
Jan, 15 66
Dec. 20 98% Jan. 14 81%
Aug. 271173 Jan. 14|137
Mar. 20 23% Dec. 12 16%
Jan. 71 77 Dec. 15 70
Aug. 21 51 Dec. 15 35%
Apr. 28 90% Nov. 14 65
Jan. 3 71% Dec. 12 40
Feb. 6138 Oct. 8/120
May
2 91% Nov. 18 72%
Aug. 20 15912 Jan. 27 102%
Nov. 24 158 Mar. 12/128

Stock.

Metropolitan Street Ry..
Mexican National ctfs...
Minn. & St. Louis
Minn. & St. Louis prf.
M., St. P. & S S. M
M.. St P. & S. S. M. prf..
Missouri, Kan. & Tex
Missouri, Kan & Tex. prf,
Missouri Pacific.
National Biscuit
National Lead
National Lead prf.
New Jersey Central.
N. Y. Air Brake..
N. Y. Central
N. Y. C. & St. L

N. Y. C & St. L. 1st prf.
N. Y. C. & St. L. 2d prf.
N. Y., N H. & H
N. Y.. Ont, & Western.
Norfolk & Western com.
Norfolk & Western prf.
North American new.
Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast 1st prf.
Pacific Coast 2d prf.
Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania
P., C., C. & St. L.
People's Gas.
Pere Marquette.
Pressed Steel Car.
Pressed Steel Car prf.
Pullman Palace Car.
Reading

Reading 1st prf.
Reading 2d prf.
Republic Iron & Steel
Republic Iron & Steel prf.
Rock Island Co
Rock Island Co. prf.
St. J. & G. I. 1st prf.
St. J. & G. I. 2d prf.
St. L. & S. F. 1st prf.
St. L. & S. F. 2d prf.
St. Louis Southwestern
St. Louis Southwestern prf
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Southern Railway prf.
Tennessee Coal & Iron.
Texas Pacific..
Third Avenue.
Union Bag & Paper
Union Bag & Paper prf.
Union Pacific
Union Pacific prf.
U. S. Leather
U. S. Leather prf.
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Rubber prf.
U. S. Steel
U. S. Steel prf.
Wabash

Wabash prf.
Western Union Telegraph.
Wheeling & Lake Erie..
Wheeling & L. E. 1st prf.
Wisconsin Central
Wisconsin Central prf..
Wells-Fargo Co...

Sept. 20 812

Dec. 11 65

Dec. 23 7214

Mar. 25 106 Jan. 610012
Sept. 8 84%

Mar. 10 49% Nov. 15 37
Sept. 4/170 Jan, 14 147
Sept. 4 105 Jan. 7 80%
Sept. 5 1002 Jan. 15 984
Sept. 10 85% Feb. 15 71
Oct. 3 63% Jan, 14 39
Oct. 25 96 Feb. 4 824
Apr. 29 250 Jan. 13 215
Sept. 3 78% Mar. 10 524
Sept. 10 90% Mar. 10 79%
Sept. 11 80% Jan. 14 60
Sept. 8 24 Jan. 215%
Sept. 10 83 Jan. 16 68
Dec. 31 50%
Nov. 26 852
Sept. 19 81%
Sept. 2 42
July 30 90
July 30 80%
Aug. 13 39
Sept. 9 80
Sept. 10 81%
Aug. 21 41%

Dec. 12 331⁄2
Nov. 14 71
Dec. 31 495
Nov. 10 241
Dec. 12 77
Dec. 12 65%

Dec. 12 241

Mar. 5 55

Dec. 12 50
Dec. 12 28

Aug. 26 113 Dec. 12 93%
Aug. 29 95 Mar. 6 86%
Sept. 22 154 Dec. 15 10%
Sept. 22 914 Jan 211 79%
Oct. 1 19% Jan.
2 14
Mar. 24 64 Dec. 12 49%
Jan. 7 46% Dec. 12 29%
Jan 7 97 Dec. 12 79
Sept. 10 38% Jan. 14 21%
Sept. 10 54 Dec. 12 37
Aug. 26 97% July 10 84%
Sept. 9 30% Jan. 27 17
Apr. 29 66
Jan.
27 49
Aug. 201 31 Jan. 30 19
Aug. 29 57% Jan. 241 39%
Aug. 281255 Jan. 24 185

Pref. 100 Low do 100 High. Boston & Alby. (Bost. Ex.) 100 Low 200 do 100 High. 217 Bost. & Lowell (Bost. Ex.) 100 Low 200 do 100 High.. 209 Boston & Me. (Boston Ex) 100 Low 149 do 100 High.. 171 Boston & Prov, (Bost, Ex.) 100 Low 248 do 100 High.. 267 Brooklyn Rapid Transit.... 100 Low 18 do 100 High.. 25% Brooklyn Union Gas......100 Low 75% do 100 High.. 96 Brunswick Dock & C. I... 100 Low do 100 High. Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts. 100 Low do 100 High. 25 May Pref. 100 Low 51 May do 100 High.. 62% May 66% Dec. Burlington, C. R. & N... 100 Low 70 Mar. 688 Apr. do 100 High.. 70% Dec. 76s

100 High.
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.. 51
Dodge.. 100 Low

104 Aug. 11
17% Nov. 19
27
100 High.. 414
2d pref. 100 Low 13

do 100 High.. 25 Mar.

100 Low 1624
100 High..169
100 Low 133
100 High..168
100 Low

100 High..

Aug. 99% 100 High.. 129 Feb. 123 50 Low 138 Aug. 146 50 High. 166 June 164

HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES OF STOCKS, 1896-1901.-Continued.

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Iowa Central..

do

do

do

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1896.

84%

do

Illinois Central.

do

International Paper..

100 High..
100 Low
100 High.

Pref. 100 Low

Aug. 912 Apr. 96 Apr. 1052 Dec. 110 June 124 98 Jan. 110% Aug. 115% Dec. 122 Jan. 132 Dec 154 June Sept. 17 Dec. 14% Mar. 18

do 100 High.

100 Low ..
100 High..

51⁄2 Aug. 6 Apr. 10% Feb. 131⁄2 Sept.

Pref. 100 Low

19

Api. 41% Sept.

Aug. 23 June

Laclede Gas Light Co.... 100 Low

Lake Erie & Western..... 100 Low

17

July

100 High.

do

do

do

100 High..
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..

Lake Shore & Mich So.... 100 Low

22 May
30 Api. 49% Aug.
12% Aug. 13 May
24 Feb. 222 Sept.
55% Aug. 584 Apr. 53 Oct.
75 Feb. 79% Sept. 83
134% Jan. 152 Jan. 170%
156 Dec. 181

50 High..

Long Island R. R..

50 Low

do

50 High..

Louisville & Nashville.

100 Low

do

100 High.

55%

27% Aug 20%
382 Jan. 32%
402 Dec. 38
84 Jan. 55
37% Aug. 40% Apr. 44
Feb. 63%

Maine Central (Bost. Ex.). 100 Low..

129 July 118 Feb. 122

do

100 High.. 1361⁄2

Jan. 130

Manhattan Elevated....... 100 Low 73%

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Metropolitan Street..

100 High.. 113
100 Low

Feb. 113

do

100 High.

Mexican Central (Bost. Ex.) 100 Low

62 Aug. 5 Aug. 4
123
92 June 7
May 1 Nov.

do

100 High.

2% Feb. 2% Aug 12
89 Aug 90 Jan. 99%
97% Feb. 111% Sept. 118
12 Aug. 10 May
21% Feb. 31% Sept.
30 Aug. 46 Feb.
53% Apr. 624 Sept.
94 Aug. 10 Apr.
14 Nov. 16% Sept.
16 July 24
31% Feb. 42
15 Aug. 10
29% Apr.
14 Aug. 18
June
Jan 32 Aug
Aug. 162 June
Feb. 173s Dec.

23

150

50 High.. 166
100 Low
100 High..

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

100 Low
100 High..
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..
100 Low
100 High.

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..

New York Air Brake.....

do

100 Low
100 High.

N. Y. Cent. & Hud. River. 100 Low

16

Aug.

21% Feb. 28% Apr. 44 Sept 39% Aug. 4012 Jan. 28 Feb 25 June 75 Aug. 88% Feb. 99 Apr 103% Dec. 83 Aug 74% Dec. 92% Nov. 109 Sept. 114% Dec. 115 Jan. 106% Feb. 93% June 31% Dec. 20 June 37 Jan. 63 Apt. 53% Feb. 60%1⁄2 85 May 79% June 90 Aug. 97 Feb 120

do

100 High..

88 Aug.
99% Feb. 1152 Sept, 124

N. Y., Chicago & St. L... 100 Low..

9

do

100 High.

do

1st pref. 100 Low

15 Jan. 17% Sept 15%
67% July 67% Feb. 73

Aug. 11 Feb. 11

do

do 100 High.. 80 Jan. 81% Sept. 76 Jan. 85

N. Y.. Lack, & Western.. 100 Low
do
100 High.. 120

2d pref. 100 Low 20 Aug 24 Feb. 28 Mar. 29 do 100 High.. 43% Sept. 40% Jan. 35% Apr. 41. Jan 58% 50 Low 285 Feb. 295s Feb. 320s Jan 360s Jan. 400 50 High.. 300 Feb. 325 Dec. 352s Oct. 390s Mar. 420 100% Aug. 119s Jan. 120s Apr. 1291⁄2 Jan. 130 Mar. 128s Nov. 138%s Mar 135 Jan. 122s July 160 Feb. 1784s Jan. 198s Feb. 1852 Sept. 201 Dec. 222 12% Apt. 111% Aug. 13% Apr. 100 High. 16% Nov. 2012 Sept. 19% Dec. North American Co.......100 Low 312 Aug. 3% Apr. 4 Jan. 6% Aug. 7% Dec. 6% Feb.

N. Y.. N. H. & Hartford..

do

100 Low 160
100 High.. 186

N. Y.. Ontario & Western. 100 Low do

79 Dec. 84% Apr. 82% Sept. 89 Feb.
91 June 90 Feb 90 Dec. 103% Dec.
Nov.
58% July 57 May 62 Jan.
Sept. 68% Nov. 69% Oct. 83 Nov.

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