New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-20

,-..o1 ,ronsoctions and thereafter generally dull
I'd not more responsive TO the manlpulations or
ol;oues than usual Among the leading stocks
nos Western Union, which sold down TO
oe1, nm Tuesday and subsequently rose to
col and after various fluctuations closed
- es1s While this stock remains under the circum-
stances apparently strong there rumors, whether
ue or m founded we are unable tosay, that further
,aaueton in rates is contemplated by its rival, the
Atlantic and Pacific Company. Erie has been I'M
usually active and uctuating having sold as low as
10 and rs high as $685. closing at 2O4. WhetheE
,horo 10 hitch in the matter of the third rail" or
whether that card in the game has been played for all
q Is worth. VIC cannot say; but the bull movement
ssems 10 have subsidod and the gentlemen who were
20 mt the stock to 40 have apparently subsidized also
axe Shore has been active with wide fluctuations,
,bo price ranging from 62ss to &C, and closing at
as which is decline of only 81 from last Satur-
DAYS final price. The bulls in this stock continue
a. reneat their stories of wonderfully increased earn
;,cs and great savings in running expenses; but
that norton of the public who notice facts ana
events understand that railways and other corpora
,;ns are quite willing that the public may know OF
,ber prosperity when they are really prosperous.
when Will the Stock Exchange puck up the
courage TO strike from its call list the
stocks of all such companies as refuse
70 make TO it for publication monthly or oftener
sworn statements of their earningsf Pacific Mail
on sales of $4,000 shares has fuctuated between
1sle and 24 closing at 81 ls which is an advance OF
Oh per cent over the closing price of last saturday
We hear of nothing new in regard to the affairs OF
this Company since our statement on the 18th con-
corning the issue of bonds to meet the floating debt
The 81 Pauls have ranked next i'll activity to those
already mentioned, and have fluctuated WILDLY,
closing y and / 4 lower for the common and pre-
ferred respectively. The Company reports IFS earn
ings for the second week of March as follows: 1874
S124,GOO; 1870 sos, ZOO; 1876, $4,000.
Other stocks which have shown mark improve
unent on small transactions Adams Express, pa
per cent Co. c., C.. and L., AS; Marposa. Il do
Preferred. 19i Michigan Central, 1ss, aud Panama,
8 per cent. The other stocks which have advanced
fractiOnally are : American Express, Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph, Chicago and Alton Preferred,
Delaware Lackawanna and Western, Fort Wayne
Harlem Missouri Pacific, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, Morris and Essex, Ohio and Missis-
sippi Preferred, Pittsburgh, and Quicksilver.
Consolidation Coal declined per cent; Northwest,
Is; do. Preferred, 1os; Quicksilver Preferred, H.
aud Wells Fargo & Co.. III per cent The follow
ing stocks show declines ranging from g to u per
cent, viz: Alton and TeIre Haute, Atlantic and Pa
cic Preferred c. c. and l. C., st. Joseph, Illinois
Central, Kansas Pacific, New-JeIsey Central Ohio
and Mississippi Common, Rock Island, and Union
Pacific The following table shows the weekly
range of prices: