The Portland daily press., 1875-04-03
flew York s,ock and aIaneH Market.


NEW YORK, April 2-Evening.-The Wall street
markets have been quiet but strong for shares and all
other securities not dependent on the price OF gold
At the Stock Exchange the general feeling is that
the season upon which we are entering is to be one
Of Improvement in every department The ship
ments of currency have ceased ami money before the
end of another week will begin to return to this CEN
ter. The day closed with a strong feeling In the
stock market with gold to within OF the highest and
with Foreign Exchange strong the nominal rates for
rime bankers sterling having been 485 q 4S9, and
with business up to 4S43 q 4SsA.
Money extremely easy, call loans having fallen to
81 pei cent, at which unemployed balances were
freely offered at close Imports of dry goods for the
week 49, ,426 amount marketed $3,03l 49,.
Gold opened at M and closed az a. LIZ with sales
were 1, a per cent; loans were also made fiat.
The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day $4,000 on
account of interest and $25,S00 in redemption of
bonds. The customs receipts to-day were $64S, 00O
The following the operations at the Gold Ex-
change Bank weremgold balances $2,1S7, 80; cur
600. The following is the Clearing House statement:
currency exchanges $97, 4955O8; currency balances
49, O3S; gold exchanges 81 1856; gold balances
$1192652,. The gross earnings of the Union Pacific
Railway Company for March, 1874 were $651 80;
do 1875, 1923 1855 increase in 1875 Sl72 the
increase the gross earnings for March this year is
equal to gain of nearly 81 per cent. over last year
Governments were firmer. State bonds dull. Rail-
road bonds firm; Union Pacific tirsts advanced to
97t, Sinking Funds selling at 9l5., Stocks opened
firm ; Union Pacific showed an advance OF u per
cent. as compared with the closing quotations OF
yesterdays the price opened at 6S declined to 81 and
reached to 6S4 before the first call; this was followed
by decline to 67s, and subsequent recovery to 6S;
Paciic Mai advanced from 43s a 46, reacted to 4Sa,
and later recovered; Western Union fell from 45s q
A. and afterwards rose to 45A; Erie advanced from
500 a 81 against 81 the close of yesterday; Wab
ash rose from Is a l5a Western Union sold at TIA q
7St. At the second board the market was firm.
Stocks strong the last hour and prices advanced
to the highest point of the day. Union Pacific rose to
6sI, the highest price reached; Lake Shore
TO a. Northwestern to 49, Rock Island to 1863; st
Paul to 3ss, Ohio s. Mississippi to 29s and Wabash
to 15s. The total transactions at the Stock Exhange
aggregated $4,000 shares, including Erie 1880
shares, Lake Shore 1900 shares, Northwestern $4,000
shares Rock Island 2750 shares Pacific Mail $1,000
shares, Milwaukee & st Paul $500 shares, do pre-
ferred 800 shares, Ohio ~ Mississippi $500 shares,
shares, Union Pacific $4,000 shares. The following
are the highest and lowestprices New York Central
1O1 Erie S1t g 300; Lake Shore "a g 1885, Chicago
island 1863 q 1861; Pacific Mail 44t q 49,; st Paul
$50 a. $751; do preferred $50; Ohio & Mississippi 29E az
so; Western Union 7s4 "a 77s; Wabash 15a a Is;
Pacific Mail 6Sl q 81.
The following were the closing quotations of Gov