Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-12
SALE OF srocKs.
Commented ON by Bankers as Indicating
the High Standing of Home Securities

Commented ON by Bankers as Indicating
the High Standing of Home Securities.
The result of the executors sale of stocks
of the late John Peoples at the court house
Tuesday, is commented upon in every di-
rection as an indication especially of the
soundness of Wilmington Investments.
The total realized upon the sale was
S69,4l7.
The result in detail was as follows:
1870 shares Frankford Il South
wark Philadelphia City Passen-
ger Railway Company to NJ. w.
Upper of Philadelphia, at S2ll.
The stock quotation Tuesday
of this security was $40. Sale .S27, $4,000
$50 shares Wilmington City Pas
senger Railway Co. $50 to w.
S. Prickett attorney, at $3.50;
100 to Head & Co., at SIS 25
This was criticised as cheap
purchase at the price. Total of
sale..........: :............... S,S5o.oo
IS shares Security Trust and Safe
Deposit Company to J. d. Sis
Ter, at Sl4s. This is the highest
public sale price reached as yet
rs, Of this stock. $4,000
The First National Bank, Will
mington, share to ]. d. Sisler. 10000
l6 shares Union National Bank,
Wilmington, to Thomas S.
Jones, at $50. 49,: 49,, l,2so.oo
Bank, Philadelphia, to DIR. II.
B; Hall, Philadelphia, at sill. 2llo.oO
% shares Union National Bank,
Philadelphia, to John Ii.
Dandy at s79......,.......... 1,o75.oo
q Pullman Palace Car Company
shares at $500 to Alfred u.
Peoples These shares sold in
New York Tuesday at same
price. ........ 80: 100000
CO. shares Wilmington Dental
Manufacturing Company, 20 to
Thomas McClary at St03, and
40 40 to ]. D; Sisler at slo2. ..::... $4,000
102 shares Wilmington City Elec-
trio Company to William NJ.
% Field at siS..........;.:.;...,. $4,000
~ shares Delaware and Atlantic
Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, 20 shares ut Sl3i. 80 to W.
:. Prickett, attorney, and IL
shares at Sl3o.50 to Alfred d.
Peoples. ..c;,;;.;;..:.;;...:..:..:. 4,196,oo
share Star Club stables to A. d.
-Peoples...;;....,..,............ 475,OO
70 shares Brandywine Granite
Company TO William NJ. Field
q % ntnS5s..t;,.....;,..,....,;....... i,725.oo
., e 9, George 4 Messick at sl27... $3.50 90
Turnpike to W. S. Prickett, at
torncy at sil5o. .:............. 4o2. so
~ shares Masonic Hall Company
ats57o...........,..,.,,....... 67.5o
lotal. .'.,..............,..b 9,il7.0O
The remaining stock Of oil, mining, coal
and other companies received little or no
offers and there was no proceeds from
them.
Mr.. Lore, one of the executors expressed
himself Tuesday with great deal of sat
| isfaction over the sale.
1t realized, he said, CLOSE to $40. 600.
u shows that there is abundance of money
IN the city and specially that home stocks
constitute very good Investment.
Henry Q. Robinson also spoke very
highly of the sale. lie had sold the pusey
Y Jones securities to Mr. Peoples at $40,
lie referred to the fact that the Sc.
curity Trust Company's stock reached in
TINS instance its highest sale by 80 cents.
He considered it well worth $40.
Another stockbroker. in remarkinr on
the price of the city railway stock. said il
will soon reach so.
The par value OF local stocks is as fol.
lows: Wilmington City railway, (S7 nald
I'M, $40; Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, 500; First National Bank. SlOo:
Union National Bank, S25; Wilmington
Dental Company, $780, Wilmington Gity
Electric Company, $50; the Pusey & Jones
Company, 500.