St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-20

to BAT, 700 shares. The market was treated
to midday boom on report that Presi-
dent Garrett had signed the trunk line
agreement. Lake Shore, Erie Eds and
other trunk line securities advanced about a
point The transactions in Erie preferred
were also very large. The bull movement
in Pacific Mail was continued throughout
the day, that stock advancing points.
Manitoba was bid from $1.0719 to S1.O9s.
The entire market was very active and
strong, with Erie, Pacific Mail, Manitoba
and Southwestern leading in the advance.
During the last half hour everything Oh the
list advanced sharply, the closing prices
being about the best for the day.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Government bonds
were duh and steady; state bonds were quiet
and steady. Notwithstanding the great ac-
tivity in the stock market the trading i'll rail-
way bonds was in excess of anything known
in the stock exchange for several years past.
The sales foot up $500 900. Erie second
consols show sales of 81, 1866, 900, at a gain OF
l per cent. There was great activity in East
Tennessee incomes, the sales amounting to
over 81, 900, 900, during which they rose Is
per cent There was al active business in
Atlantic u Pacific incomes, which gained "a.
Ohio Southern incomes were very active and
rose 55s per cent. Many other issues show
decided gains. The bonds which are held
principally by investors and especially those
so held for a long time and then command q
high price, received but little attention, while
firm and show only slight changes, as a rule.
Never before in the history of the stock eX-
change has there been such an enormous
business done as at present. The reported
sales to-day were even larger than on any
previous day during the present movement.
The transactions amounted to T9S, 400 shares.
The actual business was probably in the
neighborhood OF 1,00000Q. The extremely
active stocks to-day embraced larger num-
Der than at any time heretofore and st. Paul,
which has led the list for some time past,
took second place. Four stocks, MISSOURI,
Kansas & Texas, Erie, Lake Shore and St. Paul,
contributed 30l, 600 shares. There was trad
ing in Lackawanna, Pacific Mail and North
western to the amount of IL, 500 shares Ore
gon Transcontinental.N Northern Pacific prefer
red, Western Union, Texas Pacific, Ohio Cen
trail and East Tennessee common made up
105, 200 shares.
THE THIRTEEN STOCKS
mentioned thus contributed 569, 800 shares,
leaving TO be divided among the other stocks
229,O 900 shares, the sales of which in no single
case reached 80, 600 shares. The movement at
times was quite feverish and irregular. The
opening prices, following weak quotations
from London, were irregular, ranging be-
tween an advance of per cent. and decline
of u per cent. The early dealings exhibited
decided irregularity and a feverlsh tone.
The market was intensely active. The sales
for the first half hour amounted to l20,OU0
shares, and for the forenoon 100000 shares.
More strength prevailed by IL o'clock and de-
cided advances were made in the next hour,
but after midday there was considerable
weakness developed on reports that the Balti-
more s. Ohio company had finally refused to
sign the trunk line agreement. The market
ore ir1h Qn Sfr mr. o.
actions the final figures were generally
within small fraction of the highest OF the
day. The greatest advance was in Pacific
Mail. 1t opened l per cent. higher at 6614, its
lowest figure, and closed at SO, its highest, a
gain of 354, or for the past forty-eight hours
of 534. The movement in the stock was per-
sistently upward all day, with only moderate
reactions. Missouri Kansas 81 Texas sud-
denly took its place at the head of the list in
the amount OF business DONE and rose from
1914 last evening and 1884 at the opening to
3514 and closed "a per cent lower with net
gain of "a. with sales of 500 shares. Erie
common stock showed decided weakness at
the opening at 26, and early sold down to
255s. 1t was conspicuously feyerish there
after, selling up to 275a, back to 1878, and
closing at 211a an advance OF per cent. The
Changers were irregular, st. Paul being heavy
most of the day, but closed strong at SO, an
advance of 80. Northwestern is up n per
cent. LAX Shore is
PROMINENT FOR THE ADVANCE MADE,
opening at S75s, selling early at SO and then
down to 77$s before midday, from which
it rose in the afternoon to $685. gain of 2
per cent. New York Central is up "a Michi-
gan Central was heavy and lost ~ per cent.
Other decided advances We're: Texas Pa
cifc, IL; Lackawanna, rs; Denver u Rio
Graude and Oregon Transcontinental, IL;
Wabash preferred ~, and Manitoba. ~ per
cent. Union Pacific was heavy, and closed
with loss of a, and it is believed that there
has been active selling of this stock both by
actual holders and by short sellers. Northern
Pacific preferred was active but heavy all
day at fractions below 81. It rallied. how
ever, in the last hour, and closed with an adj
vance of "a per cent. The common stock is
also up "a per cent. Reading and Jersey Cen
trail both exhibited exceptional weakness.
Ohio Central, which has been traded in small
amounts for some time, took conspicuous
place to-day, and, with sales of $3.50 shares,
rose from 1 q to 2 per cent, and closed at IA
per cent gain. There was report on the
street that Jay Gould had received bid from
a syndicate for large block of the stock
owned by him. the only truth in which is that
he was bid price for 10000 shares of Mo-
souri, Pacific, which he did not accept.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 797, 237
shares, including Canada Southern, 5,445;
Delaware, Lackawanna IL Western, 45,940;
Erie, S3.205; Kansas & Texas, $500; Lake
Shore, 10000; Louisville & Nashville, $3.50;
Lake Erie s. Western, $3.50; Northwestern,
80, 593; New Jersey Central, $3.50; New York
Central, 13,O70; Northern Pacific, 14,60O;
Ohio Central. 24,670: Pacific Mail, 41,040; St.
Paul, "a, SS5; St. Paul s. Omaha, 5,s25; Texas
Pacific, 27,750; Union Pacific, 11,8T0; West
ern Union. 1858; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, 22,9s3; Oregon Transcontinental,
1882.
QUOTATIONS OF STOCKS AND BONDS.