The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-07
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NEW YORK, April Cat the opening
OF the exchange to-day there was little
summation to the markets, but on small
buying to cover short contracts, chieay
In the coal shares, prices took an up
ward turn. Before IL O'clock the mar
Ket had taken step backward and spec
ulation was heavy in tone up to the
close.
During the past week the market has
been less active than for some weeks,
with the result that the declines on the
week largely outnumber the advances.
while the aggregate sale8 roach ONLY
1884, 200 6hares, lbs stocks being dealt in.
at the opening Of the week the market
was strong, owing to the advance in
Americana on the London stock ex-
change, the improved outlook for the
crops and In part to the appreciation in
silver. In the latter part Of the week
traalng was dull and Irregular, the de-
pressing influences being the unfayor-
able traffic returns for March, foreign
selling, oscillations of profits and doubts
as to favorable outcome Of the pend
Ing negotiations between the presidents
OF the anthracite coal carrying roads.
Closing stocks were as follows.
Atchison, 6; Adams Express, 143;
Alton, Terre Haute. 1873; do preferred.
-; American Express, Ill; Balti.
more and Ohio, 81; Canada Pacific,
3sE; Canada Southern, 4eN; Gem
trail Pacific. 1914; Chesapeake and
Ohio, 17ss; Chicago Alton, 147; Chi
cago, burlington and Quincy, "a;
Chicago Gas, Tx; Consolidated
Gas, 1872; Chicago, Cincinnati and St.
Louis, 37}<; Colorado Coal and Iron, SIX:
Cotton Oil Certificates, 25X; Delaware
Hudson. 127; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 16O; Denver and Rio
Grande preferred, 375S; Distillers' and
Cattle Feeders Company, 1854; East
Tennessee,- =; Erie, on; Erie preferred,
1915; Fort Wayne, 157; Great Northern
preferred, 1o7; Chicago and Eastern
Illinois preferred, 95; Hooking Valley,
81; Illinois Central, s7S; St. Paul and
Duluth. 25: Kansas and Texas pre-
ferred, 96ss; Lake Erie and Western,
l7ss; Lake Erie and Western Preferred.
AZ; Lake Shore, 1871; Lead Trust,
BIZ; Louisville and Nashville, SIX;
Louisville and New Albany, 7;Manhat.
tan Consolidated, 1l2; Memphis and
Charleston. 10; Michigan Central. "a;
Missouri Pacific, 23%; Mobile and Ohio,
16; Nashville Chattanooga. 70:
National CordaRe, 64: National Cord
age preferred. 10s4 New Jersey Central,
9S&; Norfolk and Western preferred,
49, North American Company, S;
northern Pacific, 4; Northern Pacific
preferred, 1914; Union Pacific, Denver
and Gulf. AZ; st. Paul. M. g. M, 1O7%;
Northwestern, DIX; Northwestern pre-.
ferred, 1881; New York Cen, 95%; New
York and New England, 3s; Ontario
and Western. 1eA; Oregon Improve
ment' 8; Oregon Nav. IT; Oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern, 5A ;Paci.
fic Mail, 22A; Peoria, Dec. and Evans,
~; Pittsburg, 1856; Pullman Palace, 1855;
Reading, 12A; Richmond Terminal, -;
Richmond Terminal preferred, -; Rio
Grande Western. 1885, Rio Grande
Western. preferred, 81; Rock Isla nd,
6Sss; st. Louis and San Francisco. 1st
preferred,-; St. Paul. 57s1; st. Paul
preferred, lis; st. Paul and Omaha,
80; st. Paul and Omaha preferred,
lot; Southern Pacific, 1756; Sugar Re-
finery. 1oO%; Union Pacific, 119s; West
ern Union, s69s; General Electric, aa4;
Southern, 1lx; Southern preferred,
80; Tobacco, 95; Tobacco preferred,