The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-04
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONDAY. April 3.

MONDAY. April 2.
The trading in the stock market was in i'm
nense volume to-day, but interest In tho mar
ket was uneuually distributed. Thus, four
stocks furnished 33i, r cent. Of the very large
aggregate transactions. In non" of tle Granger
stocks or in any Of tn" standard issues did the
total dealings foot up as much as 2O,UDOshares.
and the very large volume Of business rolled
mp, apart from the four leaders OF tho market.
was furnished by til" transactions in the IN
dustrial division. Speculative" interest NaS
teenest in BrOoklvn Rapid Transit. Federal
Bteel common. Manhattan Railway aud Mis-.
souri, Pacific. IN the cuse 81 the tive" first
named the highest prices ot IN" daN
were recorded IN III" initial dealings. The
subsequent fluctuations were wild" and crrati",
but both stocks closed Al substantial declines
on the days dealings. A. had been expected.
anaounceuaent was made to-day hv III" Brook.
lyn Rapid Transit COMPANY that the rompanNs
stockholders would be allowed to subsrrihr 4"
. portion OF the authorized incrcas" III the cap
1taI stock al par TO the extent Of I r cent. ~
their holdin gs. The proceeds Of the issue ar"
Go be applied to III" purchase and To the %rlertri-
cal equipment OF some Of the conIpanvs recent
acquisitions. This was the sole piece ~ definite
news that attended III" eXtraOrtiiiary activity
In the four stocks already named asth" leaders
OF the market in respect to activity.
Other conspicuous features 81 the market
ware Sugar Refining. the steel aud Wire
stocks. American Tin Plate. International
Paper. National Steel aud Tennessee Coal and
Iron. All OF these stocks left on al substantial
net advances. but in some eases well below
the highest prices of the day. Except IN tn.
instance Of Sugar refining the heavy dealings
In these stocks were attended by general dis
aussion Of favorable trade prospects. That
argument is not applicable in the case Of Sugar
Refining. and indeed no efforts were made to
assign any cause for ths advance in the stock.
TUHnas fha aurIy nIitipp NJ TuE EyEN-
ING Sun. with It's cogent exposition
Of the status Of the Sugar trade stu
alton. reached the Street the stock de-
clined rapidly. but it still closed at "A net adj
vance OF 3 points ON the day. The only railway
stock In which the dealings auproXimated in
respect 30 activity those in the eases cited was
Atchison preferred, There was a further sharp
and maintained rise IN Third Avenue stock.
which was accounted for by the announce
ment made late after the clos" Of business in
regard to the traffic arrangement made be-
tween that system and the Manhattan Rail
way Company. The details II the agreement
will be found elsewhere III this paper.
As noted, the dealings ia the railway list
Nere comparatively small. ana with the eNcep-
tions named the market for these stocks had a
tagging tendency. The Granger shares were
unIayorably affected by, reports Of damage To
sns -sabstantiated by The course Of the grain
Sparket., Money on call was rather close all
lance made below the legal rate. On the other
hand. in the afternoon money advanced as high
Yithf the heavy profit r]esiisins sales; iinvfisd'" Gy
the rapid advances made in the early dealings.
SaS5eS closed active and rather unsettled. '"'
New York stock Exchange-sales April 3.
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