Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-02
A SPOTTED STOCK MARKET.
MOST OF THE SHARES ARE NERVOUS,
WEAK AND LOWER.
Atchison Leads the List In Activity-Dis-
tillers' Still Freely Sold-Statements of
Louisville and Nashville and Burling-
ton Have but Little Effect

Atchison Leads tho List In Activity-Dis-
tillers' Still Freely Sold-Statements of
Louisville and Nashville and Burling-
ton Have but Little Effect.
NEW York, Feb. 1.-The stock market to-
day was active only in spots, and those
shares were the ones on which the bears
concentrated their efforts. Atchison, Louis
vile, ST. Paul, Rock Island, Burlington and
Distillers' were most conspicuous during the
entire day. The rest of the market fell away
slightly in sympathy with the leaders, but
the fluctuations, as a rule, were insignificant,
and for the greater portion or the time there
was scarcely any perceptible tendency Of
prices in either direction. There was the
usual proportion of good purchases of both
bonds and stocks but the buying power was
limited, and at no time was it sufficient to
make headway against the pressure of the
bearish element.
Atchison was the most prominent feature
among the railroad list, and the dealings
were especially large, the stock being under
the hammer throughout the session, so that
it closed within slight fraction of its low
est figure. Distillers' was sold freely all day
long, the supply OF stock coming apparently
from Chicago. and again the stock suffered
the heaviest decline of anything on the list.
There was selling of Louisville and Nash
Vile for the poor showing of the road for
December. and the comparatively high
price at which it opened alone prevented q
material decline for the day. On the other
hand, Manhattan was again strong and rose
2 per cent, while Consolidated Gas, after
opening up per cent, retired over per
cent. The very encouraging statement of
Burlington for December, however, met
with no better reception than that of Louis
vile, and the stock retired per cent after
it was made public.
The general list opened generally lower
and displayed a dropping tendency through
out the greater portion of the day, though
when the pressure was abated prices rallied,
especially during the afternoon. The SELL
ing was resumed with vigor in the last few
minutes, probably with the view to infiuenc-
ing the London market tomorrow morn
ing, and the market closed with consider
lowest prices of the day. The final changes
of note comprise losses of 21s in Distillers';
Sugar, IL; AtchiSon and New England, each
III, and Union Pacific, Rock Island and Bur-
lington, per cent.
Total sales of stocks to-day were 313 $50
shares, including: Atchison. S,5l5: Chicago
Gas, A. los: Erie CABS: Louisville, 20, ,925: Man
Sttan, 3,3l5; Northwestern, 1858: Northern
Pacific preferred, 7,005; Reading, u, OPS; Rich
mond and West Point, $500: st. Paul. H. $50;
Union Pacific, 1887: Western Union. 1891
Railroad bonds were active and displayed
considera BILE irmness, despite the weakness
in the share list, and most of the final
changes tonight are advances with few
gains of note. The total trading was 2,9650OO,
out of which Richmond and West Point
skies contributed 100000 the fives $50 900;
Atchison incomes, 293, 600; Union Pacific
notes. $4,000; Chicago and Erie incomes,
III, 600: New York and Northern seconds de-
clined S1l to 5734.
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DIsPATCH by
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth
avenues: