National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-28
THE MARK ETs.

Prices on Wall Street About Stationary Little
Doing aud Not Much Prospect for Improve.
ment
NEW YoRK Oct. 27.-Thc big stock traders
were mum last evening about the course Of
the stock market Saturday, and they appear
10 be doing nothing.
Cammack q woershorcr wcro ridicullng the
proposed plan to lease the West Shore road,
and are again predicting the utter collapse OF
the Union Pacific, &c.
on tho other hand. the Morgan and Blood
good people continued strongly bullish on
Union Pacific and Western Union, and II Is
stated that within the past three days 1000
shares Of Western Union have been transferred,
In broken lots, to investors.
The foreign bankers estimate that the gold
shipments Will probably amount to near two
millions each week for long time 70 come,
East-bound tonnage increased 2,2Dl tons last
week via the trunk lines.
The Chicago Tribune says very bitter fool
| ing continues about passenger traffic on the
/ eastern roads with little propcct of carrying
| ont the trunk limo pooling arrangement. The
| Pennsylvania Central and the Baltimore aud
| Ohio are still disputing, and Mr.. Vanderbilt
has ordered the grand trunk out of the Michi.
gan Central depot at Detroit.
| Western advlccs represent the Chicago and
| Northwestern to be rapidly pushing Its No.
brnska road. ninety miles OF grading being
nearly finished.
At the opening to-day Asiel & Co. bought
Eric seconds scllng scattering. Drummond
& lIaght sold Lake Shore Ellison and Yer
milyo Il Go. sold New York Ccntral Mlnton
bought. 81. Paul was bought by wadsworth
and J. Rlrkner: Patchcn Bros. sold.
| A Philadelphia dispatch says the Reading
company proposes to suspend ilnecn OF It's
| collicrles which are the most expensive ones
| and Improbable at present. IL Is said that
| the majority OF Jersey Central stockholders
favor the Reading company retaining the
| lease,
Prominent German. mcricau bankers say
| they have CablCd London and Paris to-day nd.
| wishing further shipments Of gold 10 New York.
| The Wcst Shore announces further rcduc-
tions today on the Hudson river division.
The Evening Post says The aspect OF the war
! between West Shore and the New York Cen
trail Is unchanged, but It is known important
negotiations toward u settlement are pending
aud conference will be held to-day
President Little, of the Jersey Central rail-
rond, says that all interest due Nov. l, on Jcr-
sey Central bonds will be paid, amounting ia
si50,000, and this interest was earned by the
company. The United States court has sus
tanned the Pennsy lvania road In the Baltimore
and Ohio case, and the cars of the latter com.
pany will come oil Nov. 2.
The opening was "a higher, except for Della
ware, Lackawanua and Western, ~ and
Western, - lower. Charges up to noon were
shade better than the opening figures on OK.
tromcly dull trading, which aggregated $1,000
shares.
In the afternoon trading was duller nnC
prices dropped fractiOnally till near closing
when a slight reaction carried quotations L
about the opening figures, The tone was dull
and fairly strong; very little doing In bonds o
sterling; exchange and rates unchanged
money to ~ closing at /.
Quotations OF Mondays Stock Sales.
The following have been furnished by Date
| man & Co., bankers, ljll + street. being tn,