New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-14
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state bonds were entirely neglected. There

were no sales of city bank stocks
There was an Improvement in the general bond
market i'm the business done and prices ruled hrm
Chesapeake ana ONO Is ana currency Us were
weak at he opening but they rallied and closed
strong. The NoIthern Paciics were IN eXcep- ior-
ally good dcma al West Shore Is We're largely
dealt In a 1007sd Is We refer 10 our full list
of bend transactions.
Foth of the foregoing ex hibits. if measured by
fairness and a desire TO arrive at a true apprecia-
ton OF the railway world, are remarkably 5000
shovlrgs. Ard nov come thirty-two companies
with their returns OF gross earnings for the first
week in February giving gross OF S2,2i33l5
against 81 921 ,OS1 IN the week If 1Ss7-a l1in OF
S}20 2S4 or | 6 Dor cent OF thc number twenty
Xxx companies have a record for the Week of 1856,
n,d these rive m aggregate of $2,01S,0l5 against
Gf.592 34S in the week OF lSs6-a gam o. $50
Ga7 or S3 ; ner cent. After making due allowance
hibits are little less than DheEomcnal.
NOTHING NEW IN STOCKS.
Tie stock market presents no new features with
the oyeDtng of the new week. The speculation Ie-
mains sfsgnant aud confined exclusively 10 opera
tors working for lower values who are, employing
oyerv conceivable method 10 worry real holders OF
stocks uto selling them, bT constant repstiiions OF
lark catching "if' the sky should fall. Never
was rho old adagc, Necessity is The mother OF IN
veniion,' moie fully illustrated than 1t has been
ana * in fins great bear" campaign against in
fr,nsc merits built on large transactions attending
a rapidly growing population. TO-DAY me market
is nsual recovery when the attack was
over. The Vanderbilts again were the centre OF the
bears' operafIons and were depressed more than
he General lis, The stock loan market rtnccted
,n ,natc,Iai change in the outstanding short
interest. All the active stocks were in ecod de-
/ msud and Chicago Burlington and quincy com
msnded snail premium ior the use Oh IL nc
marker closed strong AT prices that were iriegdiarD
/ and iusgnfcantly changed CO, r.
OF uDiisied securities dealt III at the stock TX
change Cation Seed Oil cert Ifcates sold a. 100 81
/ 81 7sG3lla Western National Bank tlol at "
/ Toledo, ann Arbor and North Michigan 400 al "a
CHICAGO Gas linst 900 at 35i2 Meyican NaiIGnal
! Trust 4 90 AZ s.St Paul, Eastern and Grand Trunk
| 81 900 at 90 aud Kingston and Pembroke 400 at
/ 81 -.
/ Money rulel at 2a2ie per cent and closed offered
at per cent. =,
!. Tie Clearing House statement to-day Is rs fol
( lows: Exchanges. 500 SG0,4OO balances
! $500 402.
The sub rIcasmy was debtor at the Clearing
! Home S22G 300. On saturday and today tb@
/ Sub Treasury gained on balance fle3.6OO. made
up BY a coin gain Of S445.92o less currency los
! Of 1892 .42S The two days operations covered
! Receipts. 81, S3S 800; payments, S@Goo,46O; ne
shifting IN a general balance OF 55,327,2O9 con