The morning call., 1891-11-03
THE STOCK MARKET,

The market opened very weak and heavy yester-
day and In the absence of any news from the
front prices showed sharp decline. on the early
call OF the Pacific Board while prices were weak
they did not break as they did in the big board
where the sales Of Walls. Homer King and Epstein
brought prices down with a run Ophir sold at
81 80 TO So IS, with assessment OF so cents
added. Mexican sold at 8 95, Curry 81 40 Best
d Belcher SO 40 and Con. Cal. a. Va 81 IS 10
81 90, to sales of 1000 shares OF which Walls and
Homer King were the principal sellers Savage
was weak at 81 as, POsosI 81 So Chollar 80 cents
and NorcroSs S5 cents. The sOuth-enders showed
no change. Crown Point sold at 81 and Jacket
81 80. After the call prices weakened off Il few
cents under light sales, but closed trlfe higher at
the noon recess and were steady but inactive on
the $3.50 afternoon call
After the call prices remained steady and closed
strong.
NOTES
Silver was trife heavy in New York yesterday,
selling at 95J5c.
An assessment OF cents er share has been lie We'd
on the Cor. Imperial.
Roger Pendergast. the mining superintendent.
arrived In this city yesterday.
The following report Of the committee appointed
some time ago to change the hours OF holding
sessions OF the San Francisco Stock Exchange Will
come up for action at the weekly executive session
tomorrow. If adopted 1t will WORK some very
radical changes aud put stop to the many abuses
that have been practiccd openly Tor the last re
years ana VIII no doubt prove OF great benefit to
the trading public
Your committee appointed the 2lst inst to
consider and report upon an improved method OF
gest the following:
Frst-Regular sessions shall hereafter be held at
$3.50 A. NJ. IL A. and 9 80 p. M and Shall be CON
Quoted as AT present The 2:30 P. NJ. session shall
be omitted on Saturdays.
second-An additional regular session shall also
DC heu al II 40 A NJ on each business day, when
the trading shall be confined to city county state
or national, railroad bank water gas. etc, stocks,
Third-After the reading OF the record OF the
three regular sessions, held for tho purpose trad
Ing In mining stocks, viz: $3.50. l aud 2 80 the
actual Chairman, Mr.. o. V. Walker or a member of
continue to preside and calls OF the various STOCKS
listed shall, by show of hands. entertained by
MIN TO the end that trading shall Tor brief period
DC cohnned TO any one stock ard any sale made
shall be reported and recorded as on regular call
Fourth-Should prevailing dullncss obtain the
Chalrm1n may authorize absolutely informal trad
Ing Yet any transaction made or purporting to
have have been made, SHALL by the parties thereto. be
forthwith reported to the Chairman, aud under his
direction recorded by the then acting Assistant Sec
retary;
ported as per and under third and fourth articles
hereof. ana SO recorded shall, as at regular ses-
sions, be read at 1925 a. NJ, IL 40 NJ. IL NJ and
$3.50 p n, or IL in the judgment of the President
or Chairman; at such carrier period may be
deemed advisable providing such action shall be
announced at least five minutes prior thereto.
sixth-All transactions reported,for record shall
on the reading OF the same, be subject to such OBJ
1ections and corrections as have hitherto prevailed
and the official list furnished for publication shall
be confined to such transactions as appear on the
approved record.
seventh-The San Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board shall advertise in the daily press the object
of the session at IL AS A. NJ, and the Interested
public shall be invited to attend the said sess
without cost let or hindrauce, and the visitors sha
be privileged and empowered to either make or d.
rect their own transactions. yet when made, mem
per OF the board then present shall be given
broker OF record, and the transaction consum-
mated by and between members of the board.
Eighth-The said advertisement shall refer to
the commission chargeabie such transactions
which shall not be more than "a one-quarter nor
less than ga one-eghth OF per cent OF the ac
tual value Of tho transaction.
mint, N,htthGAny stock, the market value of which
shall be less than fifty 500 may be quotad AT
QuIa-
nitteu. THOMAS T. ATKINSON.
GEORGE w. KELLEY,
NJ. J. MCDONALD
The following official letters were placed on file
yesterday:
silver HILL-Northwest drift so level is out
from shaft 325 feet: face in quartz and porphyry
South crosscut 100 level is out from Wine 100 feet
Taco In hard porphyry.
WARD CoNaISArIoN SHAFT-Thc southwes,