The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-18
THE DAILY MARKETS.

NEW YoEK. December 17-Goney easy at 2a21,zz
per cent, closed offered at per cent. Prime NOR
camille paper ta6h per cent, Sterling Exchange
bankers bills dull At 81 SIX demand 81 ak.
GovERSkENTs-srons.
Us. 81, 2 So Grsts.-li4
d. 4. i, Coupons. ..l Qi5s d. P. Land Gmnts. l0S
Pscitc Is Of 95..,i27 "a o. p. sinking fund .liS
Central Pacific arstS Ii Tex. PRc land grs 4sk
Erie seconds....... aS54iio Rio Grand diy... 7611s
RAILROAD BospS-Stcady.
stats SECuRrI1Es-DHl.
Lehigh q wilkss..--lM Virginia 6s.............. 60
hEuiS2s Virginia ~ MAJ. oSaSS s.
81 Joserh~;.".~"..',llo, yitgini9 dctGrred~."
Tennessee @,.....,". 811Fl Xxx. div.
Tennessee q, new.". SI1fl
sroCKs-Speculatlon on the Stock Exchange To-
day was active and exciting; AitsEsn irregular
vance Of lAa5x per cent Ia Wizards and AalA in
The other active LIST TOOK place. Northern Pacific
rose per cot 70 251, preferred 81 10 %, Oregon
snd aonisViIe z nashville ii q ss uSon e.
cihcwas exceptionally weak and broke AZ per cent
to n. All sorts Of tutnoEs were current and reasons
given for the rise In vIllardS were various; that
the Oregon d Trantcontlnental statement would
show assets Of COZ In excess Of liabilities
that the Oregon & TrlnSconlnontal only had q call
loan OF SIS, 600 instead Of the enormous amounts
given out by SHIRTS q RalSton. q the Fatmets
with FAbly d Endicott and the Oregon 4 Trans
continental Investigating Committee. The Bear
clique made Spcci.l efforts 10 dep:ets stock and
Boston was free seller.
About 1880 Wizards weakened, Northern Pacific
running 10 25s, preferred 10 5255<, Oregon NAyiga.
tion TO lO5 aud Oregon d TrAnSconttneDtAl 10 34&
Union Pacific rallied 10 16s, End fell OF 10 7S33s
and other active shares Teceded 1zsi5S per cent
Nearly twenty Official announcements were inside
that Viilsrd Rad rctigned The presidencles Of the
Oregon & TnDScont.nental aud Oregon Navigation
companies, and that william Enoicott, Jr., OF
Boston, would succeed him In the Oregon & Trans
continental and T. Jefferson Coolidge, also OF Bos-
ton, In the Oregon Navigation. Coolidge Joins
the 0rCIon q TrGnScontlnental directory officials
In apotice, accompanied by statement, that q
Of the bonds now owned by the Oregon d Trans
continental company, amounting to S9,0oo,0 900 or
sl0,0t OOC0, This will relieve the company Of
large part Of the debt 90 huydetsome, and will
enable II to resume sound financial position,
AZ compared with Saturdays c!o,lng Northern
Tnnscontiheutal7 n, oregon Navigation sH, Gre
gon Improvement ", Northwestern M Canadian
Pacific ", Canada southern ], Louisville 4 Nash.
Vile /, Missouri Paciac J, New York Central y and
v abash preferred x. Union Pacific Il ~ per cent
lower. Western Union ard Kansas & isxas I'M.
changed.
The reason for the sharp rise IN New York Cen.
tral Is that Kuhn, Loeb d Co. bought In under the
rule about GO0o shares Of stock against n. Keath &
Co and other parties delaultlng IN dellyerieJ The
saaEP ne eau e. no siltS; and ives One entirely
Northern Pacific Railroad Company has lOlcgrsphed
the following statement Of the operations Of the
company for oct0Eet: Gross earnings q, Sol. nj;
operating expenses, S6l4,bs6: rentals and taxes,
si4lll; surplus, $40 b. Gross earnings for No.
S5S7, 100. surplus. $3.50 900.
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