Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-18
A YEAR OF PLENTY,
Yesterday Recorded The Largest Trans
action in Railway Bonds for
Any Day This Year.
\ Bonan,n Week in stoclss-Soiid Cash
Moving south aud west-Grnin u
Little Stin.
TEXAS nllLwAl noNp,.


Special TO the Gazette
NEW loBK, oct l7-Thc following were the
closing quotations TO- day Fort Worth Den
yer Cty, ~ hid, 42i asked.
The bond sales from the opening to
noon were as as follows 10000 Mis-
souri,, kansas * Texas general IS
at ~ 5000 Houston \ Texas Central
OK Central main line coupons, ohcrcdat 100;
1000 ditto at 1901; TO- 900 ditto al 1905 2OO0 Texas
y Pacific ~ Rio Grandc division coup
ons offered at Cal 5000 ditto At Gj.
sales from noon to2p, M Texas 4 Pacific
RIOS eX dividends 1000 al G3l; Texas 4 Pacific
incomes, i7,OO1at 40; Houston Texas Central
rs, Western division, eN dlyIdcuds, 1000 at Oh
kansas aud TcNas generals, 1000 at AZ; Fort
Worth Is, 1000 at -; Galveston
Harrisburg & san Antonio rs, 10000 at 80;
sales from 2o'clock to the closing Texas &
Pacific Rio cX dividends, 1000 at %; Texas Il
Pacific Rio incomes, 5000 at 20.
Money on call was ~ and per cent To day.
The market for sterling exchange WINS steady
in the forenoon and The posted rates were un
changed AZ 81 sja4 ~
The deposits In thc United States sub treas.
ury in this city IN the last week by the
banks for banks IN other cities and for which
lANifiAhii'' % ~ NitAAf ny A'ihFthill 'lNAl w
the sub .trensurers in The several cities, were
as follows, VIZ
New orleans, Ia gold .....4..., . $4,000
Philadelphia, IN gold ..., ....-.. ...., $4,000
81, Louis, Ia currency .-t-.,... JuuuOu
Chicago, In currency. .....--..- .....,... 310OO0
The bank statement shuwsan Increase of over
50 JOO.O0)o loans. which lustabout corresponds
10 the decrease of specie and Legal
tenders, Indicating that the loans
thus Increased have been largely taken out on
currency and specie "a go south and West
for use IN The increased volume % fal trade.
There was another excitement on the con
solldated stock aud petroleum exchange Ia.
day, prices for pipe line certificates rising to
81 10, the highest prlcc known since February
Z, 1854,
The produce market Wns nervous and an
steady.
la the dry goods district lhe jobbing trade ls
reported fair Tor the time Of year. bu there II q
luli Ia the demand for seasonablc goods at frst
hands. iohbcrs arc placing liberal ordors for
certain spring fabrics for future delivery and
the general situation is regarded viii .ap-fac
ton. Collections IN most SECTIONS ~ ihe coun-
try are excellent.
The Eastern inagkets for AMERICAN PIG iron
are less active. The leading companies are
pretty wei sold up on high grade foundry aud
forge iron and on The other hand the largest;
consumers seem 70 have secured enough 20 last
them for some tirne
HOW TfiR HkNKrns fianL
special 70 the Gazette.
CHIctGo. ill.,, Oct. l7.-'rhe links are nov
feeling the revival 81 business more ilan they
ala earlier 10 The falL Al ifsl tl,e merchants
reported ilai their transactions were lncreas.
ing rapidly. hut the bankers discovered litHe
change. Leading bankcrs now -ay thai They
have a .teady and Increasing demand for loans
and that q comes from the mercantile class
While there = 40 considerable advance
IN rates, the lender b In position
where he can rs a rate below which
he win not 70. a fcW weeks ago nie hankers
were glad 10 take almost Anything the borrow,
er offered. leading iendera Gay that Z per
cent u bottom far call losns. aud . per cent
FOR lime There are some oniside iols 81 money
a. lower raies. but tbey 40 not make ths mar
kef AZ Tor Tho paper Offering u N the aniyer
raj Testimony that Il s. o. 40 exceptionally
good grade. u n Bascd pn artnsi transactions.
There mas not yet been suen ~ expansion q
b1-inesta7 dead maas people la t9 tpectla.
i've operations IN nie nsryhaudise inNrhelss