The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-08
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
CFF1CK OF THE EVENING TELreRArx;l
MnnlAH- Eah &

The Sock market opened very dull this morn
ing, but .ptlces generally were steady, Gov
ernment securities we're truly held. l0S3 was
bid for lC-40s; ll2S Tor 6s OF 1881; ll3s for '62
5-2Os; llO4 for "a 5.20s; lllj for '65 6-20s: and
109t for '67 520s. City loans were fraction
lower; the new issue SOLD at 1909, a Slight
decline.
Railroad shares were 10 fair demand. Reading
sold at 473@47S, no change; Elmira preferred at
400, no change; Lehien Valley at 56, no change:
Pennsylvania Railroad at SIS decline OF 4;
and Camden and Amooy at 1245, no change. 68
was bid for NorrtstowD; 55 Tor MinehIll; "a for
North PennsylVania; 336 for Catawissa pre-
ferred; and 252 for Philadelphia and Erie.
In City Passenger Rail way shares there was
40 for Tenth and Eleventh; lS for Thirteenth
aud Fifteenth; 46 for Chesnut an1 Walnut; 10 for
Hestonvilie; 63 for West Philadelphia; and SO
for Green aud Coates.
Bank shares were in good demand for In
vestment at full prices. 23S was bid for North
America; l5s tor Phil 4delpbia; l23a for Farmers
Northern Liberties; log for Southwark; 81 tor
Penn Township; and SO or Girard.
Canal shares were dull. Lehigh Navigation
sold at 90t@Sl, slight decline: 10 was bid for
Schuylkill Navigation common; l6 for preferred
do; and 125 for Susluehanpa Canal.
we are requested to state by De Haven g.
Brother, bankers. No. 40 South Third street,
that the balauce OF the hrst mortgage bonds OF
the Central Pacific Railroad have all been dis
posed OF, and that company viii not place any
more on the market.
Reported by De Haven u Bro. No. 40 s. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
sS Pa 90 ssl:!Ss ,ss ss Penn. Am'si = ~
,sSSs sS% City sSISS ss Esw:iS5SS q .n rmss de- Ff
:5SSO :SO M q e. Era16 ad, 7s 100 sh Read RR. iis
10 sh Teh stF ] 81 Si 100 100 do...a"S Do. sSS ss sss
-Narr d Ladner, Stock Exchange Brokers,
No.. 80 S. Third street, report this mornings
gold quotations as follows:-
1000 A. NJ. 1855 1857 A. NJ. 1855
1902 1854 l10l 6 1855
1910 4" 1855 II 20 l9tt
iST iS4P isSs is5s ll4' " 1860
-Messrs. William Painter & Co.. bankers,
No. SO South Third Street, report the folio wing
T rates OF exchange to-day at IL o'clock
United States IS, 1881, 112s G1l2s; o. s. 6.2Os,
1852, ll3$9ll3l; do, 1884, llOB@IiO5; do, 1865.
1ll44ll1s; do. July, 1865, 1O9b@1O95; do July
1867, 1904 0lo99; do. 1865 l09g@lO93; IS, I6-I0s'
l085@l084. Compound interest Notes, past due.
1926. Gold, 135s@1955.
-.-Messrs. De Haven &Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates OF ex.
change to-day at l P. M.:--U. 8. IS of 1881, lI22
Oils; do. 1852, 1l3snl134; do. 1864, IlOl@
1l09; do, 1866, Ill 4@111l: do. 1865, new, 105@
1922; do. 1867, new, lO94 alO9l; do. 1868, lOSl
6 per cent. Cy.,. 10ls s@lolI; Due Compound
Interest Notes, 1874; Gold, 1S5s@l35s; Silver.
-Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern.
ment securities, etc., as follows:-U. 8, 6. OF
1881, l12a@ll3; 5-20s of 1862, lI3l0Il33: |:
5-20s, 1854, ll040ll0a: 5 20s, Nov, 1866 III2 "a
l1ls; Jdly, 1865, l09tD109s; do, 1867, lO9sW
109s; do. 1868. 1904 "a 1909; l0-40s, I0S360lOsi.
Union Pacific bonds, l0l49 Gold. 1855.