New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05

of last week ia maintained. Lake Shore continues
to be bought by parties who for long time have
been short of it; and it is rather noticeable fact
that they appear to be able to buy considerable
quantities of it without very materially ad-
yancing the price. 1t is stated that the OASIS
upon which the stock has been purchased al
advancing prices during the past two Gays
is the suppositiOn that at the annual eiecton
for directors, which is to be held at Cleveland 10
morrow 18th inst) there is to be some German piooo
infused into the management, which 1t Is Thought
NAV increase the market value Of the stock. his
NAV 80 happen but il is difficult to understand how
such movement will be likely to increase the roads
business or stop the ruipous competition when exists
between all the railroads east of Chicago and which
has lust caused the rich Pennsylvania Rail-
road 10 reduce its sem-annual dividends
from 3 10 4 per cent The price of Union Pacific for
the past two DAYS has been adversely affected by ex
aggerated stories concerning the extent OF the dam
age which it has suffered from the recent floods, and
it is not unlikely that considerable short interest
has been created thereby; but the confidence OF real
holders of the stock in its value is fully demonstra
ted by the steadiness of its price on decline OF
about per cent, after recent rise OF over
35 per cent. The total transactions OF the
day foot ND al 100 shares, and the following will
SHOW the numDeT OF bnareS vi cdSh npo0h uloh eho
active list sold together with the opening, interme-
date, and closing prices, and also the gains and
losses from last nights close Western Union, 600
shares at sOls0 1884 a sOls079s.0sO no change
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, 2,40O shares at
25l2025as6257s025i20 a gain Of 80 per
cent; Pacific MAIL $500 shares at 44l26
44as0444044as044os, no change; Union Pa
cifc 10000 shares at 76l2@76's0 76l4076l2
076O76os0763s, decline of is per cent;
Kansas Pacific, 700 shares at 23@23i2 no change
Atlantic and Pacific Preferred, ZOO shares at 16i2
016016as, adecne of asper cent st. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern Preferred, $500 shares at 430
422043ls gain of 1s per cent; Pacific of Missouri,
800 shares, at 530534 0527 ga 3is. decline of
"a per cent Northwestern, $500 shares, at 41l2G
IL 7s gain Of per cent; st. Paul. 600 shares. at
37l2D373sG3712, o decline of ls per cent; Rock
Island, 34OO shares, at 104ai@104l2010i7s, a gain
of ls per cent; Wabash $500 shares, at 12is0
012os012as012l2, a gain of 4 per cent; Ohio
and Mississippi, 400 shares, at 2634026G
26as, a decline of 80 per cent; Lake
Shore, 25,4OO shares at l2071l4G707s0
713s gain of q per cent; Erie, 10000 shares at
297s0293. 03Oas, a gain of 30 per cent Central
and Hudson, GOO shares at 1Oo@105h0105ls, n
gain of 1s per cent Del, Lac, and Western, 200
shares at 1885, decline of Il per cent; New-Jersey
Central 500 shares at 1120111, decline Of q per
cent; Cleve. and Pitts 500 shares at 91093S4, a
decline of l. per cent and 200 shares c. c. and l.
c. at 6lsG6ld, a gain of a per cent. The market
closed steady and without feature. The opening,
highest, lowest and closing prices of active stocks
sold to-day will be found in the following table: