New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-23
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The transactions IN stocks to-day amourt.a.
| 63S, 800 shares Those figures are we thinr =. :"
preeedcnted. Yet tho excitement, such ~ ~.
was, was confined almost exclusivelv
the high-price shares, which made f,-.,"
important advances in the early de,h,~
There were larger dealings in other soss'
but az a rule, the speculative classes did mt -
more than per cent. For instance, Of Erie ,h..
rs, 900 shares sold at prices ranging from 4sa
at tho opening TO 46ls to 45hGf52s at the eo.''
a large business also was done in 0ntaro .,s
Yves ern between 29I2 and 31ls, but the clos,,.
figure, 3014, is Il lower than the or.,
ing price. The reason for the l,,.
renewed activity 10 this stock is as follow.
The consolidation, or rather tho amalgamation ~
the Ontario Railroad Company with tho Mlal,ns
Improvement Company 10 believed TO be step thu,
is pregnant with important results. By the consoB.
datIoD, the Ontario and Western becomes poss.....
of valuable property and tunnel facilities at w.
haw ken. for which it pays in ITS own stock. Tn.
plan Is to build line of railway from Weehsvts,
to Cora all on-the-Hudson aud thence to Midal.
town the present southern terminus Of N.
Ontario and Western Road. This and other pece.
sary additions and improvements are to be paid fy
out of the cash now in the cotnpany's treasury. "a
that there will be line of 425 miles of railway
from New-York TO Cswego on Lake Ontario fuIy
equipped for large business, without a spg.
dollar of mortgage on the property The Chess.
peake and Ohio stocks also attracting more AZ.
ientiOn although tho activity in them /,
not equal TO that which has deyeloped
in the company's bonds Many Inquirer
however, are made concerning the stock, which ara
hes: answered by a pamphlet recently published
by Messrs. Fisk 81 Hatch, which contains ful
description Of the present and prospective condition
Of the company's property and of Its finances liza
book is for free distribution. and may be had on
application at the firms office, and it will better
answer the numerous inquiries made than we can
do in our limited space As Dir. A. 5. Hatch, the
first Wee president of the company, Is also member
OF the firm of Fisk & Hatch the statements made
may be regarded as official
Western Union to-day was the most active Of the
speculative stocks and sold I'D to 1U41s but clOeed
AT lO2l4. TIE entire market extremely fever
ish all day, and the fluctuations were unusually
frequent and during the last half hour OF business
there was a material reaction from the best prlcesOt
the day. which left the market generally 10 better
and in some instances lower, than it was SATURDAY.
evening" Unless all indications tail, boweSer, the
great bulk of stocks that IN The street has be.
come located In the large houses that represent tho
great specuatOrs the recent STEADY advance OF the
hgh-prce stocks having induced all the smaller
operators to sell out The mar&et closed feversh
and unsettled.
The demand for the later lssnes OF GovernmNt
bonds is active but business is restricted by the
limited supply on the market and the total sales at
the Board to-day amounted only to Sl4250O The
bids for the 4l2s were advanced A and for the As
per cent. The Treasury purchased $1,000 IS
1no3t IstlIct of Columbia o-ils vera
also strong at lO01a. Annexed are the closing quo