The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, Jan s1-The average recession
IN stock values to-day fractional There
was no pronounced pressure to SELL as was
shown by the diminished volume of business.
There were transactions in about ESQ, 900 shares,
which formerly would have been considered
a large days business, but which is the small
est amount traded in in some time for full-day
session. London continued d moderate seller
on balance and the market showed alternate
spells Of strength and weakness. There was
considerable selling for Chicago account; the
traders were free sellers at the opening and
prices ran off fractionaIly except for declines
OF point and over in Reading first preferred,
New York Central and Tennessee Coal and
Iron. Buying orders appeared in various direc-
tions and there were number of recoveries
from one 10 two points. including Tennessee
Coal and Iron. A decline in Reading first pre-
ferred was runors that the coal deal was
not developing well as expected. Central
and Southern Pacific. Mobile and Ohio C. c.
c. and st. Louis, Long Island. Southern Rail
way preferred. American Cotton Oil and some
other specialties were consistently strong A
vigorous bear attack which was particularly
directed against Sugar caused that stock to
drop on four points from the high price which
had attained on a continuance of the talk of
some arrangement with the Glucose Sugar Re
ming company The facts concerning the
companys intentions are, of course, known
only TO insiders. New York Airbrahe took a
dive Of about seven points. There was activ-
ity and strength among high priced invest
ment stocks including New York New Haven
and Hartford, which touched 2O4; Great North
ern preferred, which made a new high record
of l76; Consolidated Gas, which touched 204Iz
and Brooklyn Union Gas, 149Ik. The strength
Of these two gas stocks various con-
soloation rumors. In regard to the strength
of Great Northern stocks there was gossip
that there might be another melon to be
cut by the company perhaps in the form of
some distribution to the stockholders The
time Tor such action clothed in much rnys-
terry. Generally speaking the market went
through the process of digesting recent realiz-
ing sales, and speculation in them was largely
centered in the specialties.
The bond market was very Irregular, with an
easier tendency toward the close. Total sales
A.I50,O00; United States threes advanced " and
the new tours declined Is in the bid price
Total sales of stocks to-day were 1856 900
shares, including 5571 Atchison a. s95 Atchison
preferred, $3.50 Central Pacific. 9,s15 Burling-
ton, 1905 c. c. c. and st. Louis, $500 D. G. R.
G., 1925 Manhattan. 1900 Metropolitan. 80 2lC
Reading preferred, $500 Missouri Pacific 1920
North American, 41.076 Northern Pacific 475;
Northern Pacific preferred. $3.50 Rock Island
17Sl St Louis and San Francisco 49, 1855 ST
Louis and San Francisco second preferred: II :.
225 Union Pacific, 9,1S0 St Paul 24lS5 South.
ern Pacific, 1880 Southern 2S 742 Southern
preferred, 500 Texas and Pacific, 20 2s5 Union
Pacific preferred 6,230 Cotton OIL, 1000 To-
oacco' %. SS6 Steel, "a. 1877 Steel preferred 64SC
Peoples Gas, 20,3s5 Consolidated Gas, 304O Gen.
eral Electric 7I25 Brooklyn Transit 9045 Pa
cihc Mail, A. 3sS Sugar, 1850 Tennessee Goa
and Iron, $3.50 Leather preferred, 1865 Rubber
S6l5 Western Union, ID 020 Chicago Great West.