Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-15

RAILaoAp' Bokps-In the railroad
bond market to-day Indiana, Blooming.
ton and Western seconds advanced to
78; Metropolitan seconds to 9S from 81;
Jersey Central income TO l0t from l0S;
Boston, Hartford and Erie frsts TO sol
from ssh: Denver, South Park and Pa
ci6c 6rsis to 100 from lost; Texas and
Pscidc income land grant sevens 10 Sii
from -; Kansas and Texas seconds 10
s3i from set Iron Mountain. Cairo and
Fu TN 6rsts TO III from ll0i; Wabash
general mortgage sixes to 09i from W.
aud New York Elevated firsts TO ll9
from ISL.
STATE BoSDs-A Active and generally
6rm.
srocKs-The market opened strong
and buoyant, and in early dealings
prices advanced sharply, Nashville and
Chattanooga leading with rise al 10
per cent, while the general list sold up
! 70 81 per cent, the latter New Jersey
Central. Elevated railroad shares, C.,
Z. 4 !. c., Chicago and Alton and
Reading were also prominent in the up
ward movement. Speculation coutin-
ued 6rm until near the close, when sales
TO realize profits caused . reaction Of
per cent Ia Nashville and Chattanooga,
and ! to q per cent In the general list.
subsequently Nashville and Chat;anoo-
q recovered per cent, and the rest of
the market recorded q fractional reoov-
cry. The advance in Nashville and
Chattanooga was due to the report that
the difficulties between that company
and the Louisville and Nashville had
been amicably settled. Tho Vanderbilt
stocks, Lake Shore and New York Cen.
trail were among tho leaders In the
down ward movement
The Euering Post says Il 10 known that
the friends OF the directors OF the Della.
ware, Lackawanna and Western, and
Delaware and Hudson, have Of late
bought and taken out OF the street for
investment large amounts ol these stocks.
Of Delaware and Hudson not less than
20, 600 shares were 10 taken last week
AZ 70 the Jersey Central Il 10 reported
on what appears 10 be fairly good 81.
thority that = pool to buy 10000 shares
OF stock has been formed in anticipation
Of the company being taken out oi tho
hands OF the receiver and Uf other i'm.
pOrtant events.
The Graphic has the following: Ac.
cording to the latest programme il is
gwen out this afternoon by inside parties
In the New Jersey Central deal that IL
has been decided 10 extend the road 90
the West and Southwest, this spring,
through connection 10 be made at once
with williamspot, Pa, by utilizing the
Catawis-a rosd, which In q leased line Of
the Reading Company st Williamsport.
Important connections will he made
with the new roai, now building,
and known % the New York, Chicago
and St. Louis railroad. A new road
will also be constructed from Williams.
port to Buffalo; likewise . branch from
Harrisburg 10 miles south TO connect
with the Shenandoah.
The recent great rise in New Jersey
Central stock is attributed more 10 the
immense purchases by Gould aud Sage
than To anything else. II 10 said Kcens
has sold out his Jersey Central.
&. y. Wo risbofYer, Han y Willard. q.
" Pullman, Horace Porter. r.. r. Wins.
,ow. VIM. Adam, G. ". Jordan. A. VI.
Nickersoa, of Boston, and other promi.
nsnt capitalists and practical men
1 10 couatry and elsewhere are said 10
control tho North River Construction
COM pany 10 make, In connection with
the Ontario and Western Railroad. an
other new trunk line between this city
ard the lskea.
Ii 10 denied In tho latest Mexican
dispatches that Jay Gould haa pcrmis-
sion 10 survey Q line between The Rio
Grsnde and MEXICO City. The Mexican
Soutbern, Z 10 said, has no rights north
OF Mexico City, only between that city
and Acapulco, on the Pacific coast. Jay
Gould. Frank Work and &. y. Wo ri.
shoffer had Q long interview yesterday.
II 10 stated thst there are only about
5OOO0 bushels OF o, u N store and
"A ,at here. and the city consumption
alone 10 about 500 900 bushels per day.
Il looks like an oat famine before the
opening OF navigation.
The Poa says that the mining share
market has been unusually active the
past week. and il 10 estimated that the
transaction In this class of speculative
stock amounted to upwards oi one mil.
lion shares.
The transactions on the Stock Rx.
change sspe stsi 5o3,0oo shares.
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