Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-19
ON WALL STREET.
Further Declines Recorded In ies'er'
days Railway Bond Quotations.
Cotton Higher.
Fort worth a Denver city and Atchison
Topeka a Santa re Tnik--stocks ir'
regular, at Tunes Fsverish'
rrxAs RAILWAY DoNDs-

Special 10 tho Gazette
NEW YORK, March 49, Railway bonds
to- day sold at the following prices;
Fort Worth & Denver City rs at
goi. Texas & Missouri at 1876
Kansas s. Texas general 6's de-
cllned TO 10; do. G's to % and Texas 4
Pacific Rios to 52s Gulf, Colorado &
santa he 2's rose 10 105; Galveston, har-
risburg & San Antonio western division
rs at 900; Missouri, Kansas & Texas g
at 500; do SIS at 92b; Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Ee GA at ITO.
Wheat was quiet and steady at about
95i
Cotton futures sold at an advance Of
one TO two points
Oh opened at 77l, was irregular ana
weak and closed at az.
Coifee was fairly active after a decline
Of live points,
Governments quiet.
Money lent at ld@24 per cent on cal !
stocks hat toll per cent for Carvings
foreign exchange unchanged nj 4 sTi9e
s75 for bankers bills; ssie9i ~ for de-
mand, 4 s9i@i 8gA for cables ana J $50
{ s61 for commercial.
The exports OF gold are being made use
OF 10 effect the stock market and errO-
neous Impressions are being created by
erroneous reports.
rIIE DENVER AND THE ArcuisoH.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, March IS. Treasurer
Granger OF the Fort Worth & Denver road
told TIE GAZETTE correspondent to-day
that there are as yet no developments OF
Importance concerning the scheme to
Join the Atchison railway; but he be- !
lievcd some definite plans would be ar |
ranged before the end OF summer. AS
10 the report that the Gulf, Colorado & |
santa Fee is 20 pass under the control Of
the Atchison company Mr.. Granger said |
81 know that such an arrangement, al |
though much talked about, has not yet
been cousummatcd, but 1t may be before |
long. | speak from authentic lntorma-
ton CLEANED here and elsewhere"
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND bonds.
NEW YORK, March ls.--Goyernment
bonds moderately active aud weak, espe-
cally coupon Us.
There was further decline in railroad |
bonds, with slight Improvement in the
amount Of business done.
The coal stocks were the features Of
to-day's stock market They contributed
nearly SO per cent. OF the days business,
aud were the only active stocks that de-
market however was irregular and at
times ipyersh, especially in the early
dealings Lackawanna sold first at 1919,
a decline os 1, dropped as low as 1929 and |
closed at 1854 net loss OF 1, Delaware
g Hudson ON small business, Is down .,
mt a8s, Reading lost &, at
"a, aud Jersey Central 4, at
i0i The sales of Lackaw0nna
were l04 ,000 and the four coal stocks
20s, 500, white the total business OF the
day amounted 10 over $4,000 shares,
The weakness of coalers was due to the
uniavorable opinions about Reading re-
organization and the reduction IN the
price Of anthracite to point where It |
cannot be delivered without loss, The
strike IN the biiumluous coal region has
stimulated the prices OF that article
somewhat. Berwind OF the White Coal
Mining company, the largest shipper OF
bitumnous coal in Pennsylvania, whose
miners are on strike, has arranged TO