Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-13

from the liberal purchases. The temper of the
room, however, was decidedly bullish. which
Ieellng was In great measure due to the
growing strength and interest in the Wander
Dilt stocks, which again to-day were among the
ieadlng shares in point of activity.
Inc trusts. seem to have retired from the
first place andl the coal stocks occupied the
4rst position from speculative point OF view:
Jersey Central, after scoring further gain OF
per cent over the best price Of yesterday. felt
tne pressure later. and retired losing all OF 1ts
early Improvement The purchase of the
adirondack Railroad by the Delaware and
n n auoson was the occasion of a further spurt IN
tne advance. Lackawanna moved within
comparatively narrow range, and ended the
gay with small decline, but the feature of the
IEioS 1ay was the renewed activity in Reading,
Mnlcn road, 1t was said, was making arrange
menus OF value to the company, and. helped by
tne advance in the price of coal, made material
gain as the result of the days operations. The
uealngs In the stock reached high figure and
large blocks changed hands amid considerable
e4cltement at times. The strongest stocks on
!ne ilst however, was Louisville and Nashville,
nVery hour, and scored the highest advance of
Tue day. The Grangers were not neglected,
tnougn their movements were made within
comparatively narrow range, and the decision
OF the ST. Paul to abide by the ruling of the
association no doubt did much to maintain the
strong bullish feeling which prevailed among
the operators.
The opening was made at advances of small
fractions except for Jersey Central, which was
up u and while theugeneral list was quiet the
interest was centered in less than a dozen
stocKs. Material advances were made in those
snares, however. with the grangers leading fol
lowed by the Vanderbilts, Louisville and
NasnVllle and others. The coal stocks then
became the center of interest and toward noon
marked advances were made by Jersey and
DelaWare and Hudson. Reading followed in
tne afternoon and the general list then began
70 snow more animation, with fractional gains
an over the list Realization, however, became
very marked in the last hour and prices yielded
an over the list. though marked strength was
snown In some of the low-priced shares, such
a. tennessee Coal, Louisville, New Albany and
chicago, Denver and Rio Grande and some
Others
The tone of the close was rather heavy at
some some concession from the best prices. The
Trusts were less active and showed but little
strength outside of Sugar Trust, though among
tne other shares Brunswick was much more
actiVe than usual of late and moved up to Is,
anu RhRn1X retired somewhat. The final
changes are generally in the direction of higher
res,though they were for fractional amounts
only, except for Big Four, which is up ~ and
LOUISVILLE and Nashville, which rose ~.
railroad bonds were again active, though
Gne large aggregate of the sales was principally
que to the increased interest in the Reading
securities, sc and out of the total days business of
eAo5AUOO the Reading first incomes contrib
uted SSS3, ,0O0 the fours S294 900 and the seconds
$i65,OO0 The Atlantic and Pacific fours were
is1 also very active, and their sales amounted to
$l6l, 700. The general tone of the dealings was
again firm, but the changes in quotations were
very slight, and the important gains and losses
are few in number. The most marked move
ment was the further advance in the Chicago
and So. Louis consols, which rose 2, to SO, but
which SO lately were quoted at 80, net gain of
SPer cent. This rise is based entirely upon the
recent decision of Judge Gresham which con-
firms the lien upon the road subject to a claim
of only $4,000
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Corrected daily for The DISPATCH by Whit
ney stephenson members of New York
stock Exchange. 81 Fourth avenue: