The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-14
FINANCIAL ITEMS.

The New York Tribune Of this morning thus
feIs to the m0n'y @ % market s Of ssStsrday ssa9y with
moderate transactions to- & 81 the closing quotations Of
demand ior sos OF 1885, with this exception, the
"Tie railway share market opened steady on New
York Central, Erie was pressed for ,t sale and de-
SorSSwesIern shares, Rock Island and Fort Wayne,
were steady. At the Board the transactions were
well susI aimed, but New York Central and Erie
.The Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railway, when
completed 10 Fshkill, will be one OF the most cesty
Bonds II the So1ds sSoHnsiS Oe SosS ana the
stock 10 the same sum making a total OF forty mil
rate zoo per mile Even per shars for the
!0d hs T Ss s S
petiOr-with more than halt the line doube-tracSed
tSges ID he way OF depot grounds aud bull inss
stands 2. cost Od Of 600 against the $4,000 co.
the stock was sold and hypo.hecsed at from $40 20
PROPORTIONS far beyond the value Of the property"
The N. Y. Herald OF this morning says
'There was more active borrowing demand for
borrower or lender, and at three per cent for
carrying The gIoss amounted TO s2s 1000
Sslanees @ SS to sgscss Steamer Hetmsas, SIyz ~
Havana steamer Eagle ' s5sOOO 'p'fiS The f Oreg1
bankers and other strong paroles continue TO
wen the
There sh1 Is se S
standing and this contributes TO temporarily
me a Ss of foreign
operate any large shipments specie for the
time beipg, but there is knowing how soon the
surplus bills on the street may be absoroed and the
rates advanced above the specie shipping polnt
Money continues abundant at three and four per
factory eostersls and the transactions a. five are
exceptional, even where small amounts are borrowed
large offered them by the banks at three per
cent without reference 10 Tho class OF securities
ply OF commercial paper and the best grade Is scarce
and in request at 5000 per cent. = ---.,...-
Snguid and prices badly supported IL is 70 the IN
,sTest OF the Various @ SSnGoing GSues s
resourcts they are supposed 10 aaXe I a. theT GOm
TO advance quotations. in the event OF the bears
| having the temerity to sell them "snort' TO any
S st2ee the Outside the pSSe SHss Raad
obllglngy buy enough TO make l. :an induce nent o
Hence there is no safety In going either long or
ory ana the only wise plan for o1tsders to pursue
rumor has been current for more than week past
leased the Northern RAILWAY Si New Jersey, but aq
no otncal annoqneement Of this kind has neen made
'The market for Government securities has bee0
very quiet all day the transactions being more mar
OF the principal dealers There is no inquiry a.
present tor he exportable bonds aud al the issue,
viii be observed that the fve-twentes OF lS6S arr
S hSEsr hsn a. b aoSs & 81 hat e SSp
one year p6si Longer ,r 70 run az than the l1ttsr
Most OF the banks report q sufficient numbeE
applications for accommodation 10 balance tnei
nearly oSe 6undTsd snd four millions Ss $50
show cohclnsiyely that but little, conf. .Iatveiy
IDLE There are, however. quite number OF ins1itn
SeRs sty %s sRes T G Vim paper at
cent aEd there Individual lenders 10 the ope
Of whom finally compelled to take up v ith el4l
6!s per eei T. ON call very little doing b9trowsrs o
are charged per cent"