The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-14
RAILROAD BoNDs-Quiet.

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RAILROAD BoNDs-Quiet.
STATE SRCURlTIEs-Dull.
SroCHS-The market in the morning was
unsettled, with general decline In prices.
Coal stocks as usual were conspicuous in
the dealings, and Western Union occupied
more prominent position than OF late.
The latter fell sharply on the various-Te.
ports, but particularly on one 10 the effect
that the statement to be made would be un.
favorable. The trunk line shares were
weak, although comparatively quiet. After
midday the coal stocks recovered q portion
Of the early decline, but the general mar.
ket did not participate to much extent in
the improvement. Morris L Essex fell
from 5SH O5lh regular, and SO seller 80
days, but later recovered TO 63H. Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western rose from
81 4 to S2A, and declined TO 3lN regular,
and 295s seller 80 days, but afterwards
rallied to 32lS. Delaware L Hudson
rose from % to 2GX, declined to 251<, rose
to 2694, reacted to 25A and rallied to 26If.
With the exception OF Delaware, LacEa.
wanna d Western, the prices made to-day
for coal shares were the lowest OF the year.
Western Union dropped from 6lIS to 50H
Central declined from 029S to DIX, Lake
Shore from Az to 462I, Northwestern pre-.
TERED from AK to An, aud st. Paul pre-.
terred from 40M TO 40. Other changes
slight. Subsequently the market became
trm and pr ices advanced until Just before
the close, when a weak feeling set in and
prices reacted 4 to II per cent in nearly
all active shares. Morris & Essex rose to
54H, declined to 53H and closed ut 81.
Delaware, Lackawanna 4 Western rose to
SIG, reacted TO sax and closed at S25S
Delaware L Hudson advanced to 27sS and
fell to 81. Western Union recovered TO
6OsS and finally sold at6o. Express shares
were frmer for American and United
States.
Western Union Telegraph declared a
quarterly dividend Of y per cent, payable
July l+th. The transfer books close on
the Goth inst. and reopen July 10th. The
following " an abstract OF tho Western
Union statement: The net profits for tho
quarter ending March 81, February bust.
ness being partially and March wholly cbti.
mated, $757,Gl3; official returns for the
same quarter show the profits to be $780,.
6l7, or $G0,695 less than estimated; estimat.
Ell profits for the quarter $65O,3l7;
add surplus April list, $l5s,577, total $77S,'
S9i; from which appropriating one quarters
interest on bonded debt, $ll3,0OO, one
quarters proportion Of the sinking fund,
10000, total $lS3,0Oo, leaves a balance Of
$645, 1871; dividend Of * per cent, $780,.
2lS; surplus June 80, $lSS,6Sl.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
declared quarterly dividend Of per cent
payable JuIy2.
The Graphic says according to PhiIa.
delphia telegram tho fast passenger trains
are liable to be discontinued any day. W.
II. Vanderbilt has written Col. Scott d
communication, in which he says there il
no reason why the passenger business diff
Guilty should not be amicably adjusted, and
urging an early conference with him Oh the
subject. II now looks as though the last
trains would soon be withdrawn and the
old rates re.cstablished.
The transactions were 2S2 900 shares, Of
which 1900 were New York Central, 80,
900 Lake Shore, 1900 Rock Island, 3 ,OC(
st. Paul preferred, $4,000 Delaware L Hud
son, 1900 Delaware, Lackawana Il West
ern, $4,000 Morris & Essex, and $4,000 West