New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-23
r, ocISc PRICES or PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.

WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.
Thursday, September 22-p m.
Tho stock market possessed only one feature
today. In spite of the Hebrew holiday, the
business was larger than it was yesterday, out
nearly one-half of it was in Philadelphia ana
Peadinr which advanced from the opening Inc
,ast price of this stock not the highest, ou'
,ts final gain Of ga per cent was not explained
nv buving for the short account. Ihele were
rumerous rumors in support Of the advance
Some sort of an arrangement with tho Ienhsy /
vania Railroad was reported to have been made,
although the executive head OF that company
had hardly recovered from his return trip ITO"
Europe There were no fresh rumors apoue coll-
solidations among the anthracite coal cotpailir'
and IL was even suggested that tilc prize vi oo1
minht not be advanced next month. nc h'a
Ing Company said to have on l.s Doo or,
sufficient orders to assure 1uIl pay neiiv VI hrs
interest on it's income bonds and, OF course t'fe
ia always the possibility that dividend NAY wv
declared on the stock. The activity ana strength
of Reading must have oeen que, w tSa covcr'
inc Of short contracts. New-Englani rose
pcr cent and il was commonly believed tlla. .,'i
was some connection between 'ie WY Nun i ~,
Zorthern Pacific preferred made IKE gain, ou'
il was not even pretended that the STOCK WIS
wanted except for purposes Of delivery. ..o
Aside from the stocks arep hS men mcI'1 on
ars GENERALLY advances, and only Louisville
and Nashville among tho prominent stocks, was
materially lower The closing was influenced Dy
me sharD rise in the coal stocks, but in many
;mstancos prices slipped of in the last few minutes
with a readiness Which was surprising.
THE DAY IN TIE BOND MARKET.
Government bonds remained neglected at the
Stock Exchange, but the market was firm at
these quotations:
rs - 10 ss1 con 1 uScIr g. se7 liz
- : ls!r3 10
1ls 1 IS g i M
q;s;1 cures rae. iss5 .io7 ..
There were no transactions in State issues nor
sales of city bank stocks. ,ao
There was a larger business in railway BONDS
and the movement of prices was nPwaTpaL. iT
largest pains however, were made by fnlidu"i-
mia and Reading issues, which closed about |
per cent higher. The general mortgage Is closed
at 81 - first incomes at - Sec od dn hcpS n
| con,os at Is IL Northern Pacific consol 3s
we're higher in the early dealings but they close
trife lower at Il 81. ora reference Is '''oe u
Money was again easier, and the bulk OF the
new business was done at IL per conf. IN
THE Clearing House statement wac as follows ::
Exchanges, SIP, 65o,41l balances Si,4li 10:
The Sub-Treosury was debtor TO the Gearing
House S473,s16. It's net loss. on balance was
S2sJ.61?, made up by loss Of S4GO, 81 In cur
rcncy. less a gain Of 81 1851 in coin The day e
| operations included: Receipts, S2,S2o4iG pay
OJ,I ~
of Sl27 81 ,4sj, consisting Of Sll3,376,594 coin
and Sl4, 534, jyl currency. ,. o...a
The MERCANTILE Safe Deposit Complain reported
| silver bullion on hand TO secure outstanding
| certificates l,s3o,134 ounces decrease OF lo26
ounces.
The customs receipts were S575,92o the internal
revenue receipts S35S,222, and the miscellaneous
Torpdays Washington Treasury statement Of
| cash on hand and deposits in bank compares
with the figures of the last previous statement
sSa On s h IA J45s B %s
S on s Ssad ,an5cs7 eo9o.o Dec. .2O'o7
A; T1sa. sl;' yn, {.
bank, &c De- Ds
Ne. cash bal col sIl2l soi Doc: sos 227
| was an Off day. and consequently the market
was featnrel~s. Following are UNCHANGED qpcm,h-
tons for actual business B'nkcis' Mll|,
Sts5 l-2 and Si 81 "a for long and short sterling
respectively: French francs, - Is and DIG 80
| rcichmarks, 90 IA and % 5-o.
| FOREIGN MARKETS
| The governors OF the Bank Of England at their
| weekly meeting made no change Ia IT'S minimum
rate Of discount which remains at per ecnt.
| In the week the bank gained El40, bullion
and the proportion OF reserve to liabilities was
raised from As 6j to 1854 per cent, against re-
duction from Alb to 45.ss per cent in the core
| sponding week last year, when the discount rate
| was advanced from l-2 TO per cent. The
| Pank to-day gained $4,000 Oh balance. At the
ondon Stock Exchange British c0nsols further de-
ciined s per cent to o. for both money and the
| account In the open market money was dearcr
| AZ is per cent for discounts, but easy at l-2
| ner cent for daily balances Bar silver was un-
| ppbapced at 80 l-sd. an ounce. American railway
| shares were dull and irregular. but the closing
| vas inclined to be strong AT Paris French 3 per
cents were steady
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
| CHICAGO AND EAST ILLINOIS.
1890. 1891: 1892
Number OF miles. -, sSo AL, tooo son ,,Sooo
second week In Sept sti'3,99 y 20, ~ 20 aoo
| ciNCINNATI. JACKSON AND MACKiNAw
| second week in Sept. siioo'ssaa. Zoo DO 20 ia
| WrvEIASp CINCINNATI. CHICAGO AND ST
| LOUIS
Number O. mles...... I4a .,o, o5y s,,a 90.
Seeond " ws Sent oi27SO2 lo,ao92ls l2oe,172
FLINT AND PERE MARQUETTE.
.;s SSH s;st; s;i5;s5
| OHIO RIVER.
second week In Sept ~. r.S sooe- 20 zoo
''"' PEORIA AND EASTERN.
| ~... ., r,,,ss ISL ISL 35l