New-York tribune., 1880-02-17
THIRD CAI.Ir-2::3O P. N.
MONDAY. Feb. l6-P. N.

MONDAY, req. lO-P. M
The stock market to-day active and gem
erolv buoyaut Yet the buOyancy was chiefly
exhibited either in the newer specialtes or in the
lowcrpriced fancies while portion of the list was
only steady or weaker. Such stocks Louisville
and Nashville Houston and Texas and Interna-
tional and Great Northern conspicuous for tho
continued advance Of their prices rather than for
rho amount of business done in them. Nash
Vile Chattanooga and St. Louis was at one
time | per cent higher at 05, but after
ward fell to 02lt093 There an exceptional
movement in the Ohio and Mississippi stocks,
~ 200 shares of tho common selling at 33035l20
247s against 327s Saturday. and 1000 shares of
the prelerred selling at 75D79l2G7Sos against
7Alo There was some talk that an amlcab1e settle
meut between the company and the bondholders OF
the Springfield Division was probable but we are
informed chat no negotiations are pending between
the conflicting interests, and that majority OF
tbe holders of the Springfield bonds pushing the
lit,pntion for foreclosure rapidly as possible
the Master appointed by the United States Court
in this case having reported that the
branch is in very bad condition, aud
that probably it will require an expenditure OF ut
least $500 900 to save the property from utter ruin
All of this, in connection with the compauy's recent
answer IN the suit brought to set aside the purchase
of the Springfield Division, points TO protracted
tipatou rather than to early relief from the re-
ceivership.
Tba coo, stocks opened from 3 to y per cent
obovc Saturday's closing figures, but the early
,,o.s ,roved TO be the best of the day. Afterward
tbe fluctuations of Z to 81 per cent were frequent.
and the final prices were the lowest of
tba day. excepting for Delaware and Hudson.
which after selling at from 76l2 down to 75L,
roIlied TO 7GL Lake Shore, Erie and the grangers
Iexcepting Northwest preferredl were only steady.
while Wabash and Union Pacific were exception
allv weak. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph ad-
vanced from 4i7s TO 90 and declined to 477s West
arm Union selling ut 1061O 1007sd 106os. The
market closed irregular and feverlsh.
The final changes from the closing prices Satur-
aav are rs follows: AdyaDCeS-ChicaQO. Burling-
'ton and Quincy, Lake Erie and Western, Lake
shore and Erie preferred. each ls c.. G. and c.,
Chesapeake and Ohio. Northwest, st. Louis and
San Francisco preferred Reading, American Dis
trict Telegraph and United States Express, each
~ Paul preferred, Marietta and Cincinnati second
preferred, ST. Louis and San Francisco, and
Wells Fargo d Co.. each l2; Hannibal
and st. Joseph preferred and Western Union, each
o. Hannibal and st. Joseph, al Boston Air
Line and Pacific Mail, each 7s; Chicago and Alton.
Manhattan Elevated, and Mobile and Ohio, each l /,
Nrw-York, Ontario and Western, 1ls; Chesapeake
and Ohio first preferred, Northwest preferred and
International and Great Northern, each 4 Ohio
Central 1i2; Northern Pacific preferred. los; Chi
cago. 81. Paul and Minneapolis, Ia Northern
| Pacific, 17s; Houston and Texas, Marietta and
| Cincinnati first preferred Ohio and Mississippi and
| 81. Paul and Sioux City, each 2 Iron Mountain,
2as; st. Paul and Sioux City preferred. "a