New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-10


.,.ornageD form the burden Of the song faT-
sa,.rIv ia this true of the Western roads whicn
ts,ata the wheat regions of the Northwest anu
pir.. capitals and debts out OF the question:
a. Inns TO be o substantial basis lor tne
~. we have before us the crcuiar Oh van
tank. - dated Milwaukee. March 80. 1878,
a. pso-a,ts In detail the replies to questions adj
VIM VIM 40 numerous correspondents in Wisconsin,
minnesota and other States. The wheat
U"S' i,oodv have donea large business from the
1877 and synopsis of tie circular referred
VT =, tbo average amount of wheat OF the crop
80 cot n come forward. 10 be: from SO points
- I,,;,s,n Is per cent Of the crop; from u points
a. iowa % per cent from 81 points III Mihhes''"'
o, ror cent and from Is points IN NeDrasN" II per
1T The average increase OF acreage so"h 'lIS
Snrno over that of last year is reported from 'he
Np.l"s 80. ~ he Wisconsin, - per cent Iowa,
oal, nsr cent in the State, 50 per cent on line Oh
yT;ani, Central Railroad, and in Nebraska, 90 per
oont Asyet little is heard in the stock market Oh
.ho Immense tonnage" Of the corn roads, yet the
ceipts Of corn at Chicago compare quite as taVora-
blv with those of last year as do the receipts OF
Vbeat Il may he anticipated, If the present specu-
ation is to last that the same arguments VIII soon
he advanced to show that the stocks OF
sreh roads as Chicago and Rock lsiahu,
Chicago and Alton, Chicago, burlington anu
Quincy and Illinois Central should command
higher prices as are used to sustain the s'ocAs
80 ,le wheat roads The fact that this class OF
StocLa has remained dull or heavy 50 Iohs j. IIIo'
2 Cood indication of the character OF the speGuaI
fi6n which has advanced the stocks OF inc "Ho''
roads 10 and . per cent. - 10 ~
mari flat the statstcian Of the New-l OK lTouCS
Exchange calls our attention 10 fact heIoio I".f
I'm TIE Tribune, that the daiiy reports % ~
If fOur and wheat At AhiN"S' ~
tlude the through shipments cast DS way +Ia
Chicago from Milwaukee. nc cT TIJSISr,, rs
follows Leaving ont the Milwaukee SmpIeil'S, I.o
reeepts Of flour at Chicago for the past WeSN 49,
a2s52 barrels instead OF a2@951 aId the ship
ments we're of flour SO, IG3 6a'IelS iilsiic"3 ~
54077 and of wheat 969,27l bushels lH I,,eili
i1291s3 as made up from tHs ua d, NM mn Of
senoris AS il is stated that this douDIlhg up VI
senorts has an effect upon the gram market heIt W
would suggest to the Produce EAchanES un'' 7v'
simple request to the , Jhh5c c ssconarofed prob
bbly would remedy the evil. however, noM n f t.I,
Instrumentation is Open the shipments by ran IIolI
Milwaukee will be so small as hereafter 10 lnaNo O
Satc1ial diNierence i'm the reports from Chicago.
With little larger business in stocks to-tlA lm,'i
was done Yesterday the temper OF the genera ST.
blatlon has exhibited more confidence anu plO'o
sre 'ceIcTaily higher Ohio and Mississippi was
feature of the days operations anu IeCoi1vu .rS
greatest amount Of transactons' my m II Ia
Was 1898 from which there wa, IN aU III :, Doi1t
followed by q decline to lO'4' Inc Po! .i
Mas freely distributed that a recon-, I u't 20
lcbeme for the company was asIoed ~
Ind operators already saw the properly ItLtH ~ 90 -
hom me inenbus of receiver But III seems 'hat
Whatever NAV be accomplished hereafter; these an
Gcipatons ut least were premature W are IN,
iorned bv authority that the persons lhteIealtt
have not vet come TO any agreement, but hopes are
IVnresspi that eventually they will agree VI the
sTaDger sstOcks, St. Paul common At hlst
ms inclined to be weak and sold rom 4O
Town 10 45lo but later it rallied 10 46@l ana closed
n AGlo Northwest common again became tctNe
Ind rose to 1880 9l4. The preferred stock OF
Zach of the companies named did not SHihEitilLe
Nth the movements of the common STOCK, 9ut on
he contrary was dull and heavy. Ihe other W est
.rn stocks were simply steady with niue OF no
Fading Lake Shore was strongly supported ana
r. price marked up from SO 10 Sos. Michigan Zen
tai was steady and dull no GNl2a6S's NeW-10rk
central was neglected at lO6'e0 1864 ana Llle
mas stronger at lOosGll4 49,, r.
The speculation IN the coal stocks makes no l'T-
heT beadway in fact to-day the movements were
backward Delaware, LaCkawanna aud, w eSteInt! e-
Filming to 547sQ55; Delaware aud Hudson 70 - 4;
Morris and Essex to 763a77, and Central OF New
Jersey 10 153ta16. Western Union was extremely
anil with sales at S2l4Go2l2 and of Paclhc Mai
Jingle hundred shares sold at DOS. IL Is
Oggestcd in regard TO the alleged contest Tor
HE election of directors OF the Fachc
Nail Company that if its stock Is as cheap
Is II is represented to be- the wealthy men
Ieeking control could afford 20 buy majority of
The stock al present prices, rather than ask Tor the
proxies of other persons. The general market closed
ItrOng
RANGE OF TIE STOCK Market