, 1879-03-30

cou Total a; ;s15,755'o75 s1,s4u, sos
| year .... Ii. 761. 100 I, TAG, 703
There was sale OF Chicago City Is between
brokers at 1103S.
| In railroad ponds, in New York on Thursday,
the dealings were well distributed. The largest
transactions were in the Kansas Pacific issues,
which advanced from 3615 to 37.N for incomes
No. 16; do Denver Division with coupon certif-
| Gates RANGED between 103 and 103}z; while TO
trust-rece1pts brought 1851, against 1o32S
Wednesday. New Jersey Central consolidated
tirsts assented we're in brisk demand and ad-
Vanced i per cent, to 63]1. Great Western sec
onds cx coupon rose to So; Chicago
d - Northwestern, consolidated gold
coupons to 107A: Delaware d Hudson
Pennsylvania Division coupons to 100;
Harlem coupon 1irsts to 12i; Ohio & Mississippi
seconds to 81; Chesapeake d Ohio drsts series
B to 3515; New Jersey Central frsts to 1141@; !;
and st. Paul l. s. u. Division to 1031{. A1ichi-
gan Central is rose to III, and reacted to 11G4.
Sales OF Missouri, Kansas d Texas consolidated
assented were made at 565<; and do seconds at
23A@33A. Chicago g. Alton hrsts declined to
lis; and Denver & Rio Grande hrsts to
to 904. Erie consolidated gold Is sold at 103sz0
104; do seconds at 102]11; fourths at 1865; and
consolidated seconds, dealt in at the Stock Ex-
change for the first time on Thursday, ut 6294.
Stocks were again strong, notwithstanding
bank statement that could not be considered
anything but unfayorable. There Terc large
purchases Of stocks by operators and outsiders.
Prices had an upward direction. Michigan Cen
tral gained 136. to S6SSS; Lake Shore r. to 7175,
with an intermediate sale. at r.; Northwest
common e, to 6olk; the preferred e, to ssh;
st. Paul. common, II, to Az; the preferred x,
to80115, ex-dividend; Rock Island i, to 1905, ex-
dividend; Union Pacific Is, to TX; Eric u, to
244316; Wabash e, to 2055; Ohio d Mississippi
Il, to 11N; c., c., c. g. I. y, to -; Delaware
& Hudson l, to 4055; Lackawanna 1875, to 4S;
Jersey Central u, to 3s15; Western Union !, to
10511; Canada Southern 56, to G.; Kansas s.
Texas Il, to 9H: St. Louis, Kansas City s.
Northern Il, to S1l; Kansas Pacific Il, to 2114.
The only decline WIS Is in St. Louis, Kansas
City s. Northern preferred, to 81, and in st.
Louis & San Francisco preferred Il, to S36.
Missouri, Kansas s. Texas tfrst-mortgagc
bonds were 57114, aud the seconds a.
New securities placed on the New York Stock
Exchange are the s3,ooo,ooo per cent loan of
Quebec; $37, ,315 800 bonds Of the rcorgauized
Erie Railway. HOW called the New lo:k, Lake
Eric Il Western Railroad Company. Of this
total S25 ZOO 600 arc second consolidated mort
cages which bear per cent interest and rnn
ninety years (the longest bond in the market>;
s., ,99S, 400 stock OF the Erie s. PittsbLrg Rail
road Company, corporation which is leased to
the Pennsylvania Railroad for 999 years from
March l, 1870, and is operated By the Peunsyi-
vahia Company; s.: 1000 st. Louis, Kansas
City s. Northern, Omaha Division, flrst-nort-
gage e per cent gold) bonds; and 81, ,524. 600 |
preferred and s., 600, 100 common stock OF the |
Keokuk g. Des Moines Railway Company.
Erie earnings for the first week in March |
showed O gain of s54,5 ,546 over the corresponding
week OF last year, and those OF the second week |
in March gain Of $50, 125.
By TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.
NEW York, March 29.-Goycrnments we're t
inactive and less firm.
Railroad securities dull.
State bonds dull. i
Stock market active and firm. Speculation
vas attended by much animation. After
slight reaction in the early dealings, most ap-
parent in Northwest, prices took an upward
urn, and, under large purchases, the market
became very firm. Granger and coal shares,
Western Union, and Michigan Central leading
n the improvement. The advance from the
owest point ranged from 76@12< pcr ccnt,-the
after Delaware, Laclkawanna s, Western. This
Idvance was well maintained to the close, the
ina1 dealings being at OF near the highest point
# the day.
Transactions were 216,00o, of which 32,0oo
we're Erie, 5,ooo Lake Shore, 1000 Canada
Southern, 5000 Wabash, II 900 Northwestern
12,000 preferred, 2S,09o St. Paul COM
non, 1000 preferred, 10000 Lackawanna, 1000
tew Jersey Central, 1000 Delaware s. Hudson,
,00O Morris s. Essex, 5000 Michigan Central,
,5C0 Union Pacific 2,0cD Ohio & Mississippi,
1900 Western Union, 1850 Kansas d Texas,
nd l, 100 St. Louis d San Francisco.
Money market easy at 6@7 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 5G6.
Sterling exchange. sixty days, dull at 4s6:
light, 4S3.
The weekly bank statement is as follows:
Loans, decrease, S3,3S1 800: specie, decrease,
est, 500; legal-tenders, decrease, So, 703 700;
deposits, decrease, $685. 500; circulation, in
rease, $231 ,200; reserve, decrease, S1.149,15l
The banks hold $2,979,3o in excess Of their