Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-25

ing director Of the company is anxious to
obtain a line of tue STOCK and that the an
uOuucement of the making OF the loan is
deferred to enable MIN to buy his stock
at profitable figures. The shares
advanced IS in the early dealings
receCed q and sold up l per cent. before
noon. Alter midday another reaction set
in of &C, when, on an uuContrmed rumor
that the loau had been obtained, sharp
upward turn was taken on heavy buying,
carrying the stock up ~ per cent. from
the low prices OF the morning, the last
being the best price OF the day.
A vague rumOr was given cur
reucy Of an effort being made by the
Metropolitan Traction Company TO secure
the Gould-Sage stock in the Manhattan
Railway Company and thereby obtain a
controlling interest in the last corporation,
but the story was treated with little con-
sideration. Mr. Sage, when spoken to on
the subject, treated il in a serlo-comlc vein
and took occasion TO comment on the great
value of Manhattan stock, saying that he
would consider an offer Of 200 for his
shares the current price being l2lh.
United States Cordage preferred shows a
loss Of u, Iowa Central preferred and
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern pre-
ferred l per cent, and few other shares
sa$I The more prominent advances on
the day were Hooking Valley pre-
ferred I, Tobacco 3, Ohio Southern
IL, Pittsdurg G.. C.. s; ST. Louis preferred
u, Reading ! : and Richmond Terminal
preferred, Chesapeake and Ohio, Illinois
Central per cent. The bond market was
strong all day and there was decided in
crease in the volume of business, the
transactions aggreEating g., 594, 600. Total
sales of stocks 224. 225 shares. Quotations
closed bid
Atchison. So; Adams Express, AS; Amer
can Express III; Baltimore and Ohio,
=: Canada Pacific. 67; Central Pacific,
1879; Chesapeake and Ohio, 2O3s Chicago
anu Altca. 40; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, ISIS Chicago Gas, rs Delaware
auC Hudson, 1862; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 1864; Denver and RIO
Grande preferred, 81: Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co, 23as; Epe, 1913; DO.
preferred, 30; Fort Wayne 1873; General
Electric 43; Illinois Central, 93$I; Lake
Shore, 1875; Michigan Central, 99h Mis-
souri, Pacific, 500 National Cordage, q;
do. preferred, 80; Norfolk aud Western
preferred, 2jH; Northern Pacific, -
do. preferred, IS; Northwestern 1919
do. preferred, 1925; New York Central,
lO2: New York and New England,
2716; Pacific Mail. l64; Peoria, Decatur
and Evansville. 81; Pittsburg, $50; Pull
man Palace l6t; Reading, 22$5; Rock
Island, 60; St. Louis and San Francisco
first preferred, -; st. Paul, &c; do, pre-
ferred, 12l3; Tennessee Coal ana Iron,
10; Texas Pacific, 1914; Union Pacific,
1877, United States Express, 81; Western
Union, e9k; Wheeling and Lake Erie,
1913; do. preferred, 1914
Mining StOcUs-Band B., -; Cholor, 20;
Grown Point, So, Consolidated California
and Virginia, 40; Deadwood, so; Gould
and Curry, 50; Hale and Norcross, 60;
Homestake, 1850; Independence, -; Mex
lean, 10; North Star, -; Ontario, 700;
Ophir, 2l5; Plymouth, 10; Sierra Nevada,
SO; Standard, 10; Union Con-. 60; yell
low Jacket 40; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver 225; do preferred. 400; Bulwer, 20.