The New York herald., 1870-02-10
GOVERNMENTS DULL AND FIRM.

without important change In prices. There were
no sales at the noon board and the transactions at
the other sessions comprised only trlnng amount
OF bonds. About four O'Clock the German bankers
were free buyers, on telegraphlc reports OF very
strong market for the 62s at Frankfort The latest
street prices were firm as follows:-United States
currency skies, 1llA 49, do. skies, 1881, regis
tered, 11s llsj4; do. do. coupon, 11s 11s%; do
nve-twenties, registered, May and November l14s<
| 1l5; do. do, 1862, coupon, do, 116A 115h;
do. do, 1864, do 114Z lis; do. do, 1885, 114I
l15; do. do. registered, January and July, 1132s
ll416; DO do, 1865 coupon, DO. 1l3sS 113A; do
do, 1857, do Ia 1143s do. do, 1868, do, ia
1l46; do ten-forties, registered 100 l09 do do,
coupon, 1l2A 1l2h.
ROCK ISLAND RESTORED TO THE CALL.
At the first session Of the Stock Exchange the
president, Mr.. Nelson announced that Rock Island
would be placed the call list to-day and called at
the afternoon board. The following correspondence,
held with reference to the difficulty between the
Stock Exchange and the directors, then transpred.
The Governing Committee at their meeting the
7th inst, had agreed upon resolution directing the
president Of the board to restore the stock upon
| celving from the Corn Exchange Bank, the newly
appointed registrar OF the stock OF the company,
certificate in writing that the registry of the STOCK
detailed In the letter OF the president OF the
pany 10 the board, has been perfected, and that the
issues OF stock unless notified to the Stock Ex-
change in accordance with their rules The follow
ing the letter OF the president OF the railroad re-
ferred to IN the resolutlon:-
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC n. r. Co.,
IL WILLIAM STREET.
NEW YORK, Eco. g. 1870.
To THE COMMITTEE on ADDITIONS TO STOCK LIST OF
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
GENTLEMEN-lhe Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Is organized under the laws OF Illinois
Iowa.
The entire length OF road owned and operated
by this company lS..... .................., 552
The entire length OF road leased ard operated
by the company is... s.......................... 56
Total Observation-Disclosures. COS
The capital stock of the company is.... s15 900
Fractional shares convertible into sJOck.. 100
Bonds, Chicago ana Rock Island Railroad
Company, per cent. l,3o7,o0o
income bonds, per cent. ............. $1,000
Bonds. Chicago, Rock Island ana Pacific
Railroad, per cent. 737G,O0O
Fractional agreements convertible into
the transfer ONCE is at the ONCE OF the company,
No. IL William street, and the stock Is registered ut
the Corn Exchange Bank. Very respectfully,
]. f. TRACY, President.
The following Is the letter OF the president OF the
Corn Exchange Bank, certifying to the registra-
tom
CORN EXCHANGE BANK,l
NEW YORK, Feb. o. 1870. (
W: H. NELSON, President OF the New York Stock
SIR-By request OF the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Company. inform you that
pany has been accepted by this bank ana that the
terms expressly agreed on are as f0l0ws:-That the
number Of shares at the same time cancelled and
that there shall be registry share without such
cancelment, unless full public notice Of issue
be first given by said company and from tnfOrma-
tion from your Exchange that 1t has received due
notice OF such Intended new issue. enclose GER
tcate from the transfer clerk Of the railroad com.
pany showing its present capital stock to be
Sl6oOo 600, and shares outstanding l90.0 0oe Very
respectfully Il. w. DUNHAM President.
Rock Island is thus upon its good behavior
once more. The price advanced 1l91s but subse.
quenty fell OIL to 119 at The close.
THE STOCK MARKET ACTIVE
But. If Wall street dull for gold and govern.
ments it was more than usually active for Stocks
The speculation again ran upon the railways ana
brought In new fav0rltes. The feature was ST. Paul
common and preferred The former rose to IS and
the latter to s9 an advance for the day OF over two
per cent. strong clique combination Is reported
to nave been organized to bull ST. Paul, and the
effects OF their manipulation were witnessed to-day.
The rival feature Lake Shore, which was pushed
TO sS2s upon renewed reports Of Commodore Van
derbs interest In the stock. AS to the Vanderbilt
shares, they were. with the exception of Harlem
heavy and lower. which strengthened the impression
that the Vanderbilt party were realizing on Central
stock and scrip to take Harlem and Lake Shore.
Harlem rose TO 1883, Illinois Central active in
sympathy with the London quotation, which rose
to 1o9h against LOG last night, and sold
at 146H. Pittsburg touched 90, Fort Wayne
92, and Ohio and Mississippi 29&. Northwest
having heavy bonded debt, was quiet in this buoy
ancy but upon the announcement that the receipts
for the FIRST week In February had fallen OF only
$4,000 against 100000 last week. the price improved
but the stock not active. Erie was weak and
lower on the sudden closing Of the books by the
company for the purpose 1t is alleged, OF intercept.
ing number OF 'stampedn English certificates
which have been sent home from London. The OBJ
ject Of the manGuvre Is not exactly understood by
the street, and some trouble and litigation
looked for. Western Union was heavy ana Pacific
Mail strong Cumberland was stronger ana ad.
vanced about two per cent.
The following were the closing prices at the last
session OF the Stock Exchange:-Canton, SO 5o4;
Cumberland 33% a 35; Western Union 35k 357s
Quicksilver, 14 MarpOsa preferred, 20 Il; Pacific
Mail, 4lsl AZ; Boston Water Power, Is bid;
Adams Express 641s e4a; Wells. Fargo Express,
191s q 2O14; American Express 37Is a71s; United
States Express, so q 5ll4 Merchants Union Ex-
press, bid; New York Central consolidated, 977s
oS1S; Hudson River scrip. 969. 9ds; Harlem, lab
14s7s; Erie 24h q 24A; do preferred, AZ 43;
Reading, 97h q 97&; Michigan Central, III bid;
Lake Shore, s71 o So; Illinois Central lab 1441i;
Cleveland ana Pttsburg, 9s4 934; Chicago and
Northwestern, 735S 731S; do. preferred. S9si
S9H; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, 7i,4 q
741s; Rock Island, 11s7s 119; Milwaukee and st.
Paul, TAX 74et; do. preferred, Ssss a ssh
Toledo and Wabash, An; do preferred, 73k; Fort
wayne, Ola bid; Alton and Tcrre Haute % 2sJs;
do preferred, 60% bid: Ohio and Mississippi 2oa1
29a; Delaware and Lackawanna, lo5 a 1o6 New
Jersey Central looi4 1907; Chicago ana Alton 1is
a 1491i; DO. preferred. $50; Morris and Essex s6l
a s6al; Hannibal and st. Joseph, 1857 a 1887; do
preferred 1854 losl; Dubuque and Sioux CITY
1917 a 1O9a: Columbus, Chicago and Indiana