The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-25
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RAILRoAS BoEDs-New York, Like Erie q
Western incomes advanced to 81 from %,
Texas & Pacific hrs's (kio GrAnde Division
TO 100 from ssh, Ohio Central hFsts 70 lOe
from lNk, Metropolitan tirsts 10 100 from
lO5K. Boston, Hartford & EriS tir,ts TO A9N
from ID, Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
ern RrSts TO 1908 from %, C., @. & l. In
comes TO so from IS, San FIAnctscO (claSs 81 20
So from IS, Jersey Central incomes 70 s4h
from esq Milwaukee 4 St Paul hrs4 La
crosse & Davenport Dfyisi ny 70 l03H from
lOl Y. and do Southern (Minnesota DiVision)
10 ITO from 109k
STATE BoSDs-Were remarkable active, the
salts at the boards far exceeding anV that
have taken place for years, the feature be-
Ing the changing hands OF $4,000 Of North
Carolina issues at an advance OF 10 ~ per
cent The South Carolina nontundahIe
skies adyG1c from 5 to Q per cent. Ihs
tennessee skies were ~ per cent lower and
new fraction higher.
Missouri eS--..........llI Virginia es.............
Louisiana ConSols... SIX COns'l, .........ie
DO nsN.................- e01S'
Srocxs-Marketo opened strong and higher
prices immediately took sharp upward
turn. The transactions in the leading shares
we're on very large scale and characterized
by an extremely buoyant tone, and with the
exception Of an occasional slight reaction con-
tinutd strong throughout the entire day, and
~. k.x.
tablished, rang ny from y to 6 per c'nt
as compared with yesterdays closing quota
lions, The st Jcks most prominent IN the ad-
vance were Ohio & Mississippi preferred, which
r Sc 8 per c.nt, Chicago, burlington & Quincy
AZ and Central Pacific SIX; heading was ex-
ceI,tionally weak and fell az per cent.
The advances In prices for the week ranged
from u u per cent, and nearly the whole
list shared in the improvement. The New
York Central. Michigan Central. Northwest
ern, Chicago & Alton, ChiCalO, Burlington &
| Q Iincy. the Z evated Railroad shares, Uni0n
rscifc, Central Pacific, and chesapeake &
Ohio were most prominent, however, and closed
at about the hig est hgares Of tue week and
In soms cases, Of the year. The rise in Cen
trail Pacific at the close attracted special atten-
ton and was ne TO the purchases for foreign
account, based on the fact that the earnings
Of The road, which:haye shown q steady In,
crease for years will be over 5000 on. and
It is fact thSt It's kindred sock, the Union
Pacific Is ling some 20 per cent higher.
The sharp atvance In Lock island at the
close 70 the highest figures ever attained wss
dus to the GROWING belief that the dividend If
the company will bs increased In the future
Chicago & Alton made great advance on
the prospect Of scrip dividend as did 50
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy on the bel ef
that the stockholders will vote in f,yoe OF the
proposed scrip dividend Of 655E per cent
For the third week in December the earning
OF It. taul incrs ased SIS, 900, Northwestern
$4,000, ST. Paul & o naha $20, 900 and Norlh'
eru Pacific Eastern Divisioe) $1,000 Ihe
earnings OF Lake Erie & Wabash increased
81 .OO6 the second week in December.
Tranaantinns 2Gl no ahnk.A