New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-12
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TUESDAY. Feb. Ii

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The stock market to-day until after midday ~.
as dull and tame AZ any that has been seen FOE.
long time. Evidently There was great dearth =.
orders from the public either to buy or seu. !.
prices, sucRchanges as there were from last ish,.
quotations were generally fractional declines, pn,
later toward the close Of tho day, the market e,.
hiblted considerable activity and prices improved
all around.
Central of New-Jersey was prominent fcatu,s
and on q business amounting To 1860 shsr..
rose from 432i0i3as to ass. The other coal stoek.
also. after the early business were stronet Dell
ware. Lackawanna and Western rising from
524 to 53OsG53as Delaware and Hudso,
from AZ to 43l, and Morris and Ess4,
from 81 to S5Qs4lo These movements we,s
assisted by private information" that q strike o,
the Reading Company's employees was impending
However such an event might inuFe to the tempo
rary benefit of the two Delawares, the movements,
Jersey Central because Of it was not consist.r,
with the previous assigned canse of stiffness for III,
stock-the new business that il was receiving from
tho Reading Company. However, a most positiy,
denial of the report comes from Official sources and
1t is added that there is no foundation for thu
report.
With usual promptness, the Chicago. Milvau
kee and st. Paul Railroad Company to-
day posted its earnings for the first
week of February, showing q loss Of
S5I.0 on an increased mileage of 3l7 miles, ora
loss in earnings of % per cent on 90 per cent IN.
crease of roadway. Before this report was pub.
lished tho st. Paul common stock had declinedn
$685. and the preferred stock to s13i. Later they
sold at Al lsa4O7s and s2a9s2os respectively. In
Northwest common the trading was unusually
light, at figures between 6206ll1 and 024 tho
preferred stock, however, was active. selling AZ
867sG SGssG S7li 0S71s. The doings IN Ohio and
Mississippi preferred had queer" look. Ths
price easily dropped from 95lo TO "a, and later
rose TO 1864 sales-at one moment 81 being bid tcF
1000 shares, final sales were at 3Gl2 tho common
stock sold at 12012l2012as. Hannibal and st,
Joseph preferred sold down to 4l2l against yester.
days good buying" at Al, later recovering to
43li, and tho common stock declined to 1il2 and
rallied TO 1873.
The trunk line shares were not particularly
active, but after an early decline of 3d L per cent
rallied and closed at about the best lguresSf tha
day. BY persons in position 20 know, 1t is positively
asserted that the West bound rates on freight and
passengers are as demOralized as those the East
bound are admitted to be. This may account FOL
the pOstpOnement Of the meeting of the trunk line
presidents to more convenient season. when, per-
chance, the opportunities for display Of temper
will be less than they are now. But at present such
facts have no influence on values at the Stock Ex'
change. OF the investments, to-day Chlcago Bur
iinos Central to S3as, Fort Wayne to 107, Pitts
burg to 93l2 exdividend of ia per cent and Uniog
Pacific after selling at 05ls, to G6l4. Harlem sold
at 159G15S; Rock Island was steady at l3O%q
1907, Chicago and Alton at S63i, and Central and
Hudson was without sales quoted 1lGaiGll6's
Western Union presented no features IN its tuctus
tions of J. per cent either side of 100.
The market closed strong.
KANGEOg THE STOCK MARRFF.
ASrcpoyed byt Gold and stock Isleg5dgb Company