Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-17
RAILROAD BoNDS-Strong and hig

STATE BONDS Neglected and un-
changed.
SroCKs-The week at the Stock TX.
change has been a most eventtul one,
the dealings having been the largest in
the history OF the Exchange. Prices
were the highest since the panic Of 1873,
and the excitement the widest that has
prevailed since war times. The magni-
tude sof the dealings may be lnIeI-
red from the fact that stock,
Erie. alone contributed over 100000
shares TO the general result. These are
the reported dealings. The actual busi-
ness done in the stock was doubtless very
much larger, but owing 10 the extensive
and animated trading in the stock a large
amount OF business failed to be
reported There was renewed activi-
ty and buoyancy in the share list to-day,
with further sharp rise in many
shares, the advance ranging from to II
per cent, and was quite general. As
usual, of late, the dealings were attended
with much excitement. The largest
transactions were in the trunk line
shares, which rose from ~. 10 ~ for
Erie common, 75l to IS! for Erie pre-
ierred, l0li to lO4l for Lake Shore, and
from 963 to 81! for Michigan Central.
The Granger shares were strong and
higher with n marked advance
i'm some OF the new stocks. The greatest
Improvement was in st. Paul and Min.
neapolis, which rose 81 per cent. 10 %,
reacted to 53t, and recovered To o5a.
st. Paul and Sioux City shares came
next, common rising per cent. to i5l
and preferred 81 per cent To I9i. North
western rose To % and 81. Paul to Sl!.
The coal stocks fell off slightly at the
opening, but afterwards became strong
and advanced, Delaware, Lackawanns
and Western selling up to %, New Jer-
sey Central S9i. and Delaware and liud-
son TO SS}. The southwestern shares
were prominent in the dealings and al
vanced sharply. Chesapeake and ONO
rose 1t per cent. TO 23i first preferred
81 to 81; second preferred, y 10 29!; It.
Louis and san Francisco, / To 50; pre-
ierred > to 80; first preferred, D! Ia AZ;
Ohios, 2! 10 33i; preferred, A. Ia 63i;
Kansas and Texas, 10 to 33; Marietta
and Cincinnati, ! to Is! seconds . Ia
10; indianapolis, Cincinnati aud Iafay-
cite, IA to l6; and Louisville and Nash
vile, q TO sol. The old Missouri Pa
cific advanced from to lS; Oregon adj
vanced to II, and later fell TO llj.
Kansas City and Northern shares were
not dealt in, but in their stead Wa
bash, st. Louis and Pacific stocks were
brought out. Common ranged between
ios 10 iTt, and preferred II. u 72t.
The old Wabash stock fell off from 00s
to 59l. Iron Mountain rose TO 55I and
fell of to 81 and then advanced TO 5j3.
Telegraph stocks were to per cent
higher. Quicksilver stocks advanced
from 20l to y for common, and from 6li
to 81 for the preferred. The production
of anthracite coal last week was 537 ,634
tons as compared with 577,4l7 tons the
previous week, and i62, 1913 tons the
corresponding week Of '7S. The total
production from January | 10 Novem-
ber s, was 22,l23,522 tons, as against
1928, POS tons for like period last
year. 1t was reported this afternoon
that jay Gould had bought several rail-
roads in the southwest, among them the
Atchison and Pixies Peak. The report
saws he paid from 5000 to $3.50 for the
stock fthe latter 81 100000.
The transactions to-day aggregated
$4,000 shares, Of which $4,000 were
Erie, 1900 Lake Shore, 1000 Wabash,
10000 Northwestern, 500 st. Paul,
200 Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, $500 New Jersey Central,
$500 Delaware and Hudson, 5000
Michigan Central, 300 Union Pacific,
1900 G. &. G. & l., $500 Hannibal and
st. Joe, S,IO0 Ohio and Mississippi,
1000 Western Union, $500 A. Il y.
Telegraph, 5000 Pacific Mail, 100
st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern,
200 Kansas and Texas, 1900 Iron
Mountain. 1900 Louisville and Nash
vile, 4,2OO Northern Pacific, 5000
indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette,
$500 Nashville, Chattanooga and -.
Louis, 5000 st. Paul and Minnesota,
5000 Reading, 1900 Kansas Pacific,
5000 Chesapeake and Ohio, $1,000 st.
Louis and San Francisco, 600 Mis-
souri, Pacific, 300 Oregon Railway
Navigation, $500 Marietta and Gin
cinnati, LOO Alton and Terre Iiaute,
| 100 Houston and Texas, 400 Canada
Southern, 1900 st. Paul and Sioux
City, 1000 Mobile and Ohio and 100
Lake Erie and Western.