The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-18
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Sept. 17.-Business at the
Stock Exchange less active to-day, the sales Of
stocks footing up only 25S,34l shares, against
499 1893 shares yesterday. The transactions in the
railroad bonds were also on a smaller scale,
amounting to Sl,797, 900, against $2,750O00 yes
terday. The course Of prices, however was up
ward throughout, save for a slight decline in the
early dealings due to a raid on Rock Island, which
CARR ed that stock down from 7S to 1854. The
change in sentiment and the improvement in
prices which followed the break noted was due to
the light engagement of gold, only 100000 hav-
ing been taken for to-morrow's European steam
eTs the slightly easier condition of the sterling
change market some foreign buying OF St. Paul
and other stocks and the further advance in coal
prices announced from Philadelphia.
These favorable developments led to a general
per cent was recorded. The greatest gains were
made in Jersey Central, eading. Delaware and
Northern Pacific preferred ana the industrials
Chicago Gas and Sugar were the features of the
last named group, Gas rising from 6212 to 651a@
IS, and Sugar from 1Ob12 to 1874. The rise in
Chicago Gas attributed to purchases by the
Benedict party. 1t is known, however, that GER
tain Chicago operators were also buyers.
Sugar strengthened by the improved condi-
ton of the trade and bull manipulation. Pacific
Mail rose to 3O1a and closed at that figure bid on
the revival of the report that the differences be-
tween the company and the Panama Railroad had
been adjusted. In the specialties Erie Telephone
advanced to 65 and Flint d Pierre Marquette
preferred 2 to AT Market closed firm with prices
from Is to 212 per cent above Mondays closing.
. .
2s,7O0 sugar $4,000 Chicago Gas and Is, 700 Bur
Ington and Quincy.
Bonds were firm and higher. Sales footed up
$1,757 600. Reading preferred rose Us to 3712
do TOURS ia to IS; do certificates, to 7734 Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Eastern rsts, to 96; st. Louis
tennessee dividend firsts, to &c. Cordage certif,
Gates, 112 to At: Oregon Short Line skies, 11a to
1897: do consol fives. ga to 5734 certificates,
112 to 591a; Atchison tours, 112 TO S13z; do gem
erals 70 to Sl7s: do adjustment, IA to 1854 !;
Belleville and southern LIMOS hrsts TO IO612 !;
Ill do l. and I RI Kan
sas and Texas seconds, "a TO 6614, and do tours,
ia to 1894.
silver bullion hand, 81, 142 ounces; certificates
outstanding, 81.
Grain and Merchandise.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. l7.-Flour, quiet
steady. Winter wheat-Low grades, So 156
so; do, fair to fancy, 81 5O@3 25; do patents
SO 30@3 so; Minnesota clear, 81 5002 co. do
straights 1898 25 90, patents, So 1004 low
extras, 81 1892 so; city mills So 1894; do pat
ents. So 1904 80; Southern -four, quiet, steady;
common to fair extra, 1922 70; good to choice
So sO@3.
Cornmeal-Dun steady; yellow western, 50 65@
270.
Rye-Dull, weak; State and Jersey, 46@47c;
Western, 44@45c.
Barley-Nominal.
Wheat-Dull, firmer, with options: No. red, In
store and elevator, 62@6214c; afloat, 62sl @63c;
Northern. 6314@631ac.
options were fairly active and irregular, closing
firm at 5s6l34c advance frmer cables, better
West advance in stock market, foreign buying
and local covering. December and May most
active. No. red closed: september, 621sc; Octo
Der 6212c; December, 64ssc; March, 6758c; May,
CSC.
Corn-Fairiy active, firm; No. 2, 3S11ac eleva,
tor; 391ac afoat. Options were moderately active
and irmer on better cables, firmer West and local
covering; May and October most active; Septem-
ber 3S1sc; November. 1880; December, 361sc
May. 3514c.
Oats-ouiet, steady. Options, quiet, frmer Sep
TENDER, 24c: October. 23s4c; May, 25$4c. Spot
q. z. n o. Z,
z, Chicago, 241a@26c; No 3, 2314c: No 8, White
27c; Mixed Western, 24@26c; White State and
Western, 27t933c.
Pigron-Firm, moderately active. American
Copper-Unchanged. Lake sl2 25.
Lead-Unchanged; domestic. SO 3712.
spelter-Firm; domestic, s4 25@4 so.
Hops-Quiet: unchanged.
Wool-Quiet; firm. Domestic fleece, 1O@22c;
pulled, l5@34c: Texas. lo@14c.
Lard-ouiet; firm: Western steam, Sc 171a: City
nominal. Refined dull; Continental, Sc 60; South
America, So 80; compoqnd $45g@5.
Pork-Quiet, Mess, $lO@lO rs.
Butter-Choice firm. State dairy, 12@19c: do
creamery, 2O12@2lc; Western dairy, 912@1Sc
do creamery, l3@21c; do factory, S(91212c FL
gins, 2lc; imitation creamery, l1@15c.
Cheese-Light receipts: fancy, firm. State, large
51z@714c: do fancy, 7@7$sc; do: small, 6@s1ac;
part skins, 214@6c; full skins, 142@2c:
Eggs-Fancy in light supply; firm. State and
Pennsylvania 1e@17c; Western, fresh, 15@161ac;
do per case. 81 SO@l4 20.
Tailow~ouiet City, &c; country, 414@41zc.
Cottonseed oI-Quiet: firm. Crude, 24c; yellow
prime. &c asked; do, good off grades. 26@2614c.
Rice and Moasses-Firm; unchanged.
Coffee-Firm unchanged to 10 points up. Sep
tember $l4 65@$l4 70; October, s14 5o9l4 70;
Spot Rio, dull, steady; No z, 1870.
Sugar-Raw dull: firm. Fair refining, quoted at
4@41sc; centrifugals. 96 test, 314@3ssc. Refined,
firm, fairly active; of a, 4@414c; mold'A, 4 GIG
@14s4c: Standard A, 45-16@41ac; confectioners' A
3-16@43sc; cut loaf and crushed 5-l6@45lsc;
powdered and cubes, A e-l6@4$4c; graduated,