The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-27
SHARE LIST ACTIVE
WEEK ON CHANGE OPENED MORE
BUOYANT THAN ~ A LONG TINE.
Good Demand Led to Improvement In
S-tocks-Local Tradesmen believe
Good Times Are Coming.

At New York. yesterday. money on call
was easy at l per cent; last loan. l per
cent: closed. l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 3A44A per cent
Sterling exchange was weak. with actual
business in bankers bills at A-S9l9q4Ss34
for demand and si.sslz@4.ss4 for sixty days;
posted rates. slssG49O and COM
mercial bills, ASi3qi.&.
Silver certificates. 6szsq671kc. Bar silver.
6szc. Mexican dollars. 5sAc. At London
bar silver Is sOlzd per ounce.
Total sales of stocks were 2s3.242 shares,
including the following: American Sugar,
GA. 600: American Tobacco. 9.400: Atchison.
1880; Burlington, 1920; Chicago Gas, 1900;
Kansas & Texas preferred. $500; Louisville
& Nashville. $3.50: Northwest. $500; Omaha,
4,50: Rock Island. 1920; ST. Paul, $1,000;
Tennessee Coal and Irons $500; Western
Union. 400; Missouri Pacific. 400.
The week opened on the Stock Exchange
with an active and buoyant speculation In
the railway list. the grangers being the
features of the trading. The buying was
exceptionally good and was well distributed
and the commission houses were in receipt
OF a greater number OF orders to buy than
Tor some weeks past. Among the causes
which led to the Improvement the excellent
49, ia tAtt Ivy dAflCto wa ~
tent The street also accepted the reorgan-
1zation plan as a factor Tor good for the
general market, as IL Is calculated 10 en-
courage holders Of shares in other insolvent
corporations to hope for a speedy rehablli-
taton- The heaviness OF sterling exchange,
the small engagements of gold for shlD-
ment to Europe tomorrow and the belief
that this weeks expectations of gold will
be small materially assisted in the steady
upward movement Of values in railway
shares. The last prices made were gener-
0IIU ar n hast rf tho daU hfo aa@.
the gains ass are sS' St. Paul. ai *; ROCK ROCK island'
rs; Northwest, 1; Burlington Is; New Jer-
sey Central iE; Lsckawanns. ia; Della
ferred. Us: New York. Chicago & st. Louis
first preferred. !; New York. Chicago &
Central. 1: ST. Paul & Ohio, H.; Peoria e
Eastern. IL. and Great Northern preferred,
"a per cent. Erie common and preferred
each. and Northern Pacific PREFERRED a.
All four of the companies being in the
throes OF the reorganization. The indus
inss. Sugar was under heavy pressure.
due TO another reduction In refined sugar
and a report that further reductions must
be made to compete with Germany. A
sharp break was made in the stock. fol-
lowed by a rally in the covering OF short
contracts, a subsequent reaction and a
of the railway stocks. restricting the net
loss to Ia per cent Chicago Gas, after an
early gain OF / per cent. reacted q and
a final rally of y. Leather preferred. IL
linois Steel and Colorado Coal are each
down 1 per cent. Most of the other indus
trials are up a small fraction on the day.
and Tennessee Coal has made a gain OF
q per cent on a report that negotiations
looking to the advantage OF the company
were pending.
Bonds were active and strong. Erie Sec
onds consoIs. stamped. sold up So. Chicago
hrsts Ia. Susguehanna & Western terminal
frsts 2. Cordage firsts trust receipts I%
Chicago and Indiana Coal fves 1 per cent
Declines-Ohio & Mississippi consols sink
ing fund sevens, "a per cent; Lake Erie
q Western seconds. pa. and louisville e
Nashville unified tours, / per cent. The
sales were s.. AZ 900.
Government bonds were strong. State
bonds were inactive.
The following table. prepared by James r.
Berry, Room Is, Board of Trade. shows the
range Of quotations.: