The Portland daily press., 1875-04-06
New Yerk s,ock and nrone, ,mnrke,.


The money market was easy greater part of the
day at 81 q per cent. on CALI but just previous to
the close there was slight spasm of activity, during
which per cent, was paid by some brokers'. This
brought out more capital and The closing business at
a 6 per cent. The banks are very easy in money
and are buying commercial paper freely at q 6 per
cent Exchange was strong at 4S5 9 tS9 for bankers
long and short sterng commercial bills brought 4S3
up 10 4s44 for Documentary to very choie names.
Gold opened at 11t4 advanced to III and closed at
114s; the carrying rates were l. 2. II, g. q a per
cent; gold loans on time pei cent. for use for
80 days; q per cent for 60 days. q for 80 days;
10 7 per cent. for four months; g per cent. for
The following are the operations at the Gold Ex-
change Bank were-gold balances $2,O73 $50; cur
0O0 The following is the Clearing House statement:
currency exchanges S94,663,,51; currency balances
$s,9U256 gold exchanges gold balances
1855 094 The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day
$14 900 count of interest and Si530O in redemp
ton of bonds. The customs receipts to-day were
$505,000.
Governments were strong State bonds dull. Rail-
road bonds were firm and higher There were some
large transactions in Union Pacific rsts and sinking
tunds the former selling at 9Ss q 1885, and the latter
at 92 There was an active demand for Union Pacific
frsts to-day for Europe, and one banking firm took
important change being in Union Pacific, which
showed an advance of per cent. as compared with
Saturdays quotation. The first sales were at 69a "a
TO- and prices declined to 60 and advanced to 701 be-
fore the first call; subsequently TIL was reached, fol-
lowed still later by slight advance; Pacific Mai de-
clined from 45k a 44s recovered to 44s touching 434
from 57t a 57s for preferred increased business;
Erie advanced from 29a q 30i and later fell to 20;
Western Union ranged from II "a III; Ohio from 2S4
q got, and Wabash from Isl q 15a. The masket
firm during the last hour of business with the
principal ACTIVITY in Union Pacific, PACIFIC Mail, Wes-
tern Union, Northwestern and Erie; Union Pacific
recovered from 705 to 7fa or within per cent. of the
highest price reached Pacific MALL from 43s to
435; Erie 29s but left off at 29 Northwestern
sold at Az q As, and Western Union at 765 "a IT, In
the closing dealing Rock Island sold at 1879 (ax div)
The increase in the receipts of the Union Pacific road
is not from the advanced rates but from increased
tonnage which represents the natural increase of the
companys business. The month of April will give
the first proof of what the receipts OF the company
will be under the rates. The total transactions
at the Stock Exhange aggregated 247 900 shares in
Guiding New York 400 shares, Erie 900 shares Lake
Shore $500 shares, Northwestern 5000 shares, Rock
Island 1900 shares, Pacific Mail $4,000 shares, Mil
waukee 81 ST Paul Al shares do preferred 200 shares,
Ohio, & Mississippi 1000 shares Western Uuion 2s,-
400 shares, Toledo 81 Wabash 2600 shares, Union Pa
cifc $500 shares. The following are the highest
and lowest prices: New York Central 101 a 1909;
Lake Shore 73a a 73l; Rock Island 1864 a 1O6;Wab
ash 153 q lot; Western Union 77s g 76s; Chicago
39a q 3Ss; do preferred IS q 81 Pacific Mail 455 q
4Ss; Erie 303 @ 70; Ohio q Mississippi 293 q 2ss;
oil