, 1880-11-13
BUSIN ESS.
Stocks Less Active, and Still
Depressed.
Few Bears In Sight, nuI No Dulls Ex"
ccpt sltttng.I,ulls.
Liberal Country Calls for Currency
Foreign Exchange.
Ths Produte Markets Fairly lttlte, md Host of
fhem Hsak-Pulk lltaty-lltats Dull.
A Downturn in Wheat, but firmer Closing
Rye Hlghcr-corn Dropping.
FINANCIAL.

Transactions In stocks are steadily diminish.
tnE IL y..lutne, and tho dcpresstnu untler Which
the market hNs been lMbortnu for scvcrhl dhyH
Is still utlrelnOye1. Thcru wGro libnr'il nttoruEs
of stueks. hntt no cvf1rncch Of any fresh support
Tor prices. rhero aro very few operators III this
Vicinity whn have tho Cottrase to sell short, nstd
this is rcgArt,ri with dis.luietudc By sno Of tho
old hrat1s. These cunsItlerst,n tiarkct rs heHIthy
~ which There Ia Mst HtH'A dcl 0E selling short,
Tho only bulls visible aro Slttlug- Ilulls who Aro
willing tu wAtt Hs luttk us mnY 'be necessary Tor
tho rise they believe Is corning. Operators
are as usual divided IN their Views.
Soma are pronounced tifsbcll1vcrs In present
psrcs, aud prclcs thAt the bnnsn Is over tOr this
year. Everything. they say. hns been dlscount-
esl-the results nf tho election, tho winter case
Of luonpy, tho disbursements OF tho january
dividends. Another class Of tcnrs Aro thnse
who belevc In much higher prices ultimately.
but calculate that the lenders ut speculation in
Will street, NOT caring to build 0re hull spec
ulatlon on unpther, will break prices down as 4
preliminary to grent rise In T. month or Two.
ltcNdiug WIS one Of tho most active OF the list.
and soll down frpln I0}1 to 45A. Untun pHcltlc
WIS uls1 freely dealt IN, rlsinE from Us to
D0ss, and clostng at 0jH. C.. C. & /. c. dee
veloped new vitaltS. selling up from 1gE 10
2l3s, nnd closluK ut :0i. Tie general volume Of
transactions WIS srnl md auctunttons, 1estcs
those nroMdy mentioned. uf'tnportunt, except
B71 10 A5}i, closing Mt tNN; Wabasb preferred,
which lust IL, to nj: and Kansas s. Texas ii.
to WIS.
1teports arc again in circulation In New York
tnat the enrnlnfss OF tho Western uufon nro de-
crenslnx--whlch 1t Is very tllNlcult to believe.
Tic eoal companies lrc sutd to hc djsagrcelng
about thu cur,allrnent Of output for tho present
month. and to shtw more anxiety to nuke con"
tracts uhcal than has been tho cnse before this
year. ..
The result Of tho Manhattan election Is to put
MI tho elevated r,Ads Of New York under ono
management. Meanwhile tho preparations foF
tho underground rond, beloved I" be III tho
Vanderbilt Interest. are going fOrwRrd. TIVE
| companies were turmcd to build snch n road
| md measnrcs hnve lust peeo taken to consult
| tlnte thona. Tho Broadway Company WIS Il
build under Broadway. from I'nrk place Il
| Fuurteopth street. issuing bonds to tho hmoun
Ut $..U00, ,000 per mIle. Thu New York CnMphnJ
| WIS to build from the Clty-fIal Park to Mndlsor
avenue and Twenty-thfrd street. anti thence Il
/ Eighth avenue md Fifty ninth street, and be
you'd tn tue IInrietn River. The new consoIf-
dated company Is 10 have capital Of SIT. 1.0ou,000
The business uf the Manhattan Company VIII
| shown 70 be rs foltows, ut the tneetaug in New
York ON Wednesday,. for tho hscal year ending
| Sept. ~, 1RsU: a...-
GrDss ssearnHRs..-........... ea tf6!!M
Opashipx akita.
Not eaEnlnes.....+. e Il
@ @She.ng oss aaf,na Ia thS s xe1r of ......s ~ a, u
Deficiency Oct. /, 1ss1. l&
Tic net earnings wcro: z.-
F. sss sss 5saf sn%ns sn%'ns 9s sE
fncranse. ~ por cent. 4t2u
The Following ahows tho fluctuations OF tht