Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-15
COALERS AND INDUSTRIALS
ALMOST MONoPOLIZE THE BUSINESS
ON WALL STREET
Ontario and Western Prominent for Mo-
ment Among tho Specialties-Lake
Shore, an Exception, Rises steadily All
Rsv-Ro1Iroad Ronds r Rather Ijve1v

Ontario and Western Prominent Tor Mo-
ment Among tho specialties-Lake
Shore, an Exception, Rises STEADILY All
Day-Railroad Bonds Rather Lively.
New YORK. April A-In to-day's market
the Coal Stocks furnished 4 large portion of
the business done, and in all Of them marked
only other group of stocks showing any ami
nation, and of the specialties only Ontario
and Western made any Improvements. Pend
ing the holidays there was a natural desire
on the part of those having ventures in the
market to even up, and as the bulk of the
outstanding contracts were those on the
short side, the covering movement at one
time assumed considerable proportions, es-
pecially in the Coalers, and most of the ma
terial advance in those shares is attributed
to this interest.
The general market showed the general
apathy of business, though the firm temper
was animated to the end. The opening
prices we're in almost all cases from L@%
per cent better than those OF last evening,
and the early dealings saw further slight
improvements all along the line, but only in
the Coal Stocks and the Industrials was
there anything like animation, and the i'm
portant movements were confined to O few
of them. Among the specialties Ontario and
Western became prominent, but this move
ment was extremely short-lived. though it
attained material proportions while it las ed.
The only stock outside of the Coalers and
Industrials which scored any material ad-
vance was Lake Shore, which rose steadily
throughout the day, and in this respect was
a marked contrast to the other strong points
of the day The close was quiet but firm
after the reaction, generally at fractional
gains over last nights figures. The i'm
portant changes, however, include advances
of ~ per cent each in Lake Shore and Jersey
Central; Lackawanna, ~; Reading, ~;
Cordage, IL, and Ontario and Western, IL.
The total sales of stocks to-day. were 1885,
232 shares, including: Atchison, 1884, Chica-
go Gas, $3.50: Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western. 90. l20: Delaware and Hudson, 8, 35S;
Erie, 2G,S30: Lake Shore 1885; Louisville and
Nashville, 5000: New Jersey Central, 400:
Northern Pacific. 4,530; New England, H. l25;
Reading, 1l9, 120: st. Paul. $780, Union Pacific,
1000: Western Union, 5000.
Railroad bonds were unusually active
again. with a firm temper throughout the
entire session, though without many
material changes. The Reading issues and
the Richmond and West Point were strong
points, as well as the active specialttes, and
the dealings in these bonds foot over one
half of the entire business done. The ad-
vances we're not all heavy, and the Reading
Convertibles, with o gain of ~ per cent, Mt
6S marks the limit of the rise. The total
sales were 81, ,86s 600.
The following table shows the price of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.
Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by WHlTNEY& 4
STEPHENSON. oldest Pittsburg members of the
New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth avenue.