The San Francisco call., 1896-04-23
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, n. V, April pat the Stock
Exchange to-day there was further expansion in
the volume of business, the sales aggregating
265,000 shares The temper of the speculation
bulIish, all hough at the start the bears ham
mered the market on the strength of lower quota
tons from London and the receipt OF selling orders
Manhattan which fell 112 to 100 on the passage
by the Assembly of the lhree ecent fare bill" For
the same reason Metropolitan Traction declined
to 100 In the remainder OF the list the losses
varied from ~ to "a per cent, the latter in sugar
The comparatively slight recession brought in
numerous buying orpers and rally quickly en-
sued. During the afternoon the Vanderbilt shares
led the market. There free buying of New
York Central, Lake Shore and Canadian Southern
by firms who usually do business for the Wander
bilts. The advance of 5s@114 on this group gave
encoura cement to the bulls, who commenced to
bid in prices all around. Sugar sold up Ia to
1261s. Western Union, Missouri Pacific, Consoli-
dated Gas, the Grangers, Lackawanna Distillers
American Cotton Oil, Reading and Wheeling and
Lake Erie were all prominent, rising 1a@3 per
cent.
The demaud for the last named was stimulated
by the announcement by President Blair that the
company had secured business for the season
which Will tax the capacity of the road, including
the new equipment ordered early in the year
Taken altogether, the dealings were unusually well
distributed and the feeling is decidedly buish. The
market closed strong at or near the best figures OF
the day. Net changes show gains of IA to PA per
cent. Lackawanna leading. Manhattan lost 1a ana
metropolitan Traction per cent of the day.
Bonds were active and strong, the transactions
footing up $2,3S4,000 Baltimore and Ohio fives
rose to 81; Burlington and Quincy consolidated
fves, to lls1a: Louisville and Nashville gen
eral SKIES, to III: Northern Pacific seconds
ia to ll414; do thirds to rs; do seconds az,
ser ed, 10 ia; do collateral trust SKIES. ia TO
93; do dividend scrip, 2 TO IA; Oregon Improve
ment co nsolidated hves certificates I 11s to 241a
lOs34. -'o' A'
Grain.
FLoUR-Quiet: common TO fair, 50 2o@s.
do fair to fancy, 50 1898 IS; do patents, So Goa
Z 25; Minnesota clear, 81 50@3 Is: do straits,
$3(gSo o. 81; do patents, patent So 1904 s5; low extras
so; rye mixture, 50 50@3 30; superfine S2G
35; fine, 1902 30. southern -four dull: extra,
81 4O@S; good 10 choice do S3@3 80. Rye -four
quiet easier at 50 4042 so.
BUCKWHEAT-4 4094lc.
CORNMEAL-Quiet; yellow Western, Sz 2O6
225: Brandywine, 81 20.
RfE-Steady; Western, ACC:
BARLEY-Firm; ungraded Western, 4905Oc
BARLEY MALT-4SG55-.
WHEAT-Dull easier with options No. 2 red
store and elevator. nominal: afioat. nominal:
{. o. b., 77i4c to arrive; ungraded. red, 64aS3c;
No. Northern. 72s4c TO arrive.
Options opened weak and declined 3s@1ac on
easier cables, weak West and local realizing; raj
lied 12@84c on foreign buying and firmer Liver
pooi cables; fell 14c, and closed unsettled at rn-
fair July and May most sa active No. @' red Apr
z33zac; May. 70s4c; July, 7Ossc; September,
C6RN-Firm, fairy active No. 2. asc elevator:
40c atioat.
Options dull and steady at unchanged prices to
West May and July most active. April, 36Zsc;
May, 35SSc; July, 365sc; September, 37s4c.
OATS-Act1ve, steady.
Options-Dull. firm. May. 241ac.
Spot prices: No. 2. 251lc: No. z white 261hc.
No. Chicago, 2612c: No. s, 2414c; no. 8 white,
and white state. 27d2Sc1lS
FEED BRA N-606d6219c
MIDDLING NGS-65@7Oc.
RfE-Feed, 65@70c
Provisions.
BEEF-Qniet, steady. Family, SO 5O@lO; ex-
ira mess. $7@S. Beef hams, quiet Sl4 5fjca1 r.
iierced beef steady inactive City extra India mess
SI5M15 so; cut meats. ow, picked bellies 10
pounds 4s4c; DO shoulders, 41aa4s4c; do hams.
S14@9c
LARD-Quiet, lower: Western steam SIS Is:
city, 81 6044 65; May. $5 l2iy2. Refined, ouiet:
continent. 35 50: South American. SIS 90. com,
pound. <tz@41ac.
PORK Steady, moderate demand Old -mess
$9@9 SO; new mess, $10@l0 %.
BUTTER Steady. state dairy, s@131hc: