The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-09
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.,
OFYIc- or rAE hVSRITe TELEeRAPH.1
Tuesday MaEcn o. 1853.

Iuesdhy, Marcn D, 1888. y
There is an active inquiry for money. Call
loans rule ut 60s per cent. PRIME 10 fair
CONNIE rCial paper ranges from S0Dl2 per cent.
uer anDum. The Stock market cLened very dull
this morning, bot prices generally were steady.
Government securities W. re traction lower.
ll6 was bid for g. OF 1881; 1864 for 10.49S; 118k
Tor '62 520s; la for "a 20s; 1l6R for '65 520s
ll2s for July. '66, 520s 1l22 tor 'G7 5-20s; aud
1l2{ tor 68 20. CITY loans we're unchanged;
the new issue SOLD at 101, and old do. at 975, no
change.
Railroad shares were firmly held Reading
cold at 45&@46. an advance OF 4; Minehill az
90. no change; North Pennsylvania at 81, no
change; aud PeDnsy sylvania Railroad ut 57b66574,
slight advance. 1929 was bid for CImden
and Amboy; SO tor Norrstown; Sc for Lehigh
Valley: 38 Tor Elnira preterred; 10 for
Cata~issa common: s3I for Gaia Tissa preferred:
20 Tor Philadelphia and Ere: and AZ Tor North
ern Central.
City Passenger Railway shares were in fair
demand. Hestonviile sold at IL. an advance of
); AID Green and Coates at 3S. no change. 40
was bid Tor Second and THIRD: IL Tor Thirteenth
and Fifteenth; 60 for West Philadelphia; and
80 Tor Cirard College.
Bank shares were IN good demand for invest
ment at iull prices, but we hear of no sales. 159
was bid for Phladelphia; 124 for Farmers and
Mechanics; liz for Northern Liberties; 3l4
for Mechanics; lO2 Tor South walk; ito for Ken.
sington; 81 for Penn To wnship; SO tor Girard;
and 765 for Western.
Canal shares were dull. Schuylkin Naviea-
tion preferred sold at lss. decline OF l. 29t
was bid for Lehigh Navie alton: so for Morris
Canal preferred; aud I2s for susquehanna
Canal
PHILADELPHIA BTOOK RIUHANGR sALRs TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven q Bro. No. 20 g. Third stress
,SS ,iSS City e. New.-.lSI sh ReaaIng....l 4ss
;s$$ Gss ISS $ 3, =
ssshMinehi ;..s- s. do ..s....- a. S7 S
SS @ sh 81 PHI hf&ns Z s Sn % Is
----Narr d Ladner, Stock Exchange Brokers,
No., 80 s. Third street, report this mornings
gold quotations as follows:-
1900 A. NJ. 1Slt,i142A. M. 1917
1l06 1915 IL so 1914
-Messrs. De Haven IL Brother, No. 40 Soutn
Third street, report the following rates OF ex.
change to-day at P. M. ~. s. 6s of 1881. 1l5E
@ll6A; do. 1862 1lSs1ll8s; do. 1864, 114t@
l142; do, 1865, 1164@l16a; do. 1865, new. 1l21@
ll2s; do, 1867. new, ll2larl12S; do. 1868, ll2S
@1l2s; do, 6s, 10-40s, l05s cal055; do. 30-year
per cent. Cy., 101S@lo2; Due Compound
Interest In Notes, l9i; Gold, lSl4@l3la; Silver.
-Messrs. william Painter & Co., bankers,
No. SO South Third Street, report the following
rates of exchange to-day at IL o'clocR:--
United States IS, 1881. 1l81ll6A: q. s. B.2os,
1862, 11S4@ll84; do. 1854, 1l4G1l14A; do, 1865,
116401169; do. July, 1856, 1l2s01ll2s; do. July.
1861, 1l2s @1l2h; do 1868, ll2t t@t12l; S. 16-40s,
lO54Ql05a. Compound Interest Notes, past
due, 1895. Gold, I3l}0l311.
-Messrs. Jay Cooke 60. quote Govern.
1851. iiS@iisi; 5.aos Of 1862, ilsSilss: 3; 81
6-20s. 1864, 114b0l14a; 5.20s, Nov, 1886, ll6a0
l13; DO. 1885, ll2aail3; i0-4Os, IO5lNlOb8.
Gold. 1914 Union Pacific bonds, 10l5 @l02a.