Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-26
Enthusiastically lower.
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STATE SECURITIEs-Quiet.
SroCKs-At the Stock Exchange there
was great excitement IN Reading and New
Jersey Central, and marked depression
in prices Of these stocks. Transactions In
Reaching reached the enormous total OF
ll5,GOO shares, and of New Jersey Central
1878 shares were transferred. Reading
opened fraction higher at As, fell OFT TO
49,, rallied to AK, and broke to Az.
New Jersey Central sold down from S2s
to 81, II covered to Sl34, and broke to n.
brought about by reports that Read.
ing vas financially embarrassed, and
would have to sacrifice some OF the
srturliies IN its treasury 10 meet the press
.rg i mand, and that the company had
brtnc lied upon 10 take up Jersey Central
stock held here end at Philadelphia and
c, uld not respond. In the afternoon the
last entioned report vas denied aud Jer'
s.y {, nlrsl sdyanced to sos aud Reading
TO 49,. The bears, however, soon broke
JeIssS Central to IS again and Reading re.
'uIntd to AK in sympathy. In final
desliI gs jersey Contra rallied to
Sat 79A, Reading 44}z@4i2s. In
he other active shares the mar
kst vas comparatively steady through.
out, kept a slight decline early in the
day, closing firm. Northern Pacific and
NrPGt n "C4O hiNuINI
NorIl ern Pacific rising l IS to 2lB, prefer:
red to Az, and Oregon Trans Continental
Ito l654, Canada Pacific quiet, only 1000
shar,s changing hands. The excitement
in Ibis stock has abated. Low priced
Southwestern shares were steady. Trunk
lines were stronger on reports that new per
Cen'sges had been agreed upon and that
OtliC al announcement OF the agreement
VOL Id be made shortly. It was stated that
4, L. AanfAoA m ohida bv the de-
cisiCn of the arbitrators. l.. X n. sold
up 20 AZ on an increase of $33, 81 in earn
lngS for the third week OF April. The
ma ket closed firm. The strength OF the
Tn on Pacific was attributed TO dispatches
fr,m CHICAGO, which stated that the Obi
csio, Burlington X Quincy tfipartite con-
feitncs had been harmonious and that he
ousstions under discussion were nearer
settlement than at any time since ne;
got atoms opened. Northwestern sold
at 1927, seller 60, l% per cent, Jer-
>ev Central at 76 to IS, per cent, and
Union Pacific at IS, % per cent below
pric. in regular sales. Jersey Central re-
Iorts at so seller so" and at sou seller 10
Union Pacific lent at 332@lM per cent.
ger diem for use. Compared with last
night, closing prices are 32s per cent. low
lr for Jersey Central, IA for Reading e
for l. ckawanna, Z Tor Wabash and Jana
'lan Paclnc ana rs TOT hdusdS auu loAaS.
Texas Pacific and St. Paul, New York Central
we're * per cent. higher, Canada Southern,
Contra Pacific, Nor Invest, Denver and Lake
shore "A each. Western Union, Union Pacific
and Missouri Pacific, Quincy and Omaha
pTef, rrsd u, Omaha common and Oregon
Trapscontinen al q, Northern Pacific *
Ere ~, and Louisville Il Nashville and
Northern Pacific preferred u per cent.
higher. Manhattan Elevated rose 81 per
cent, do. fret preferred 2, Ohio & Missis-
sippi ~, Oregon Improvement l, Mani
tot a x and Colorado Coal q. Oregon Nav
ie, tion dropped and rallied /. II. Spring
Vi, untain Coal closed at 10. Transactions
100 600 shares.