The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-10
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, Jan. "a persistent and gen.
eral demand prevailed throughout the list, and
on an enormous volume of trading there were
many final advances of l to 8 points, while
standard stocks We're up fractionally. Inhu-
enced in part by Saturdays favorable bank
statement there were more buying than selling
orders accumulated by commission houses over
Sunday. London, while moving largely with
quotations here, was a seller on balance, but it
developed later that on the curb very large
demand sprang up for Americans after business
hours. 1t. was said that Americans were buoy
ant, with Atchisons the feature. According
10 the transfer books of st. Paul foreign hold
ings of the stock limited to about 49, 600
shares, or only one-tifth of the amount in for
eign names few years ago, therefore the
floating supply of the stock abroad appears to
be very small AtchsOn preferred and Sugar
were the leaders in the strength displayed in
to-day's market The heavy purchases of
Atchison preferred. which resulted in eX-
IRENE gain Of points, were said to be largely
for very powerful interests and their allies
The stock made higher record of 56ss, eX-
uINlueIu. mere Were huIhDer OF vague rg-
mors connected with Sugar, but nothing def
mite The stock, however, made an extreme
gain Of ~ points. Glucose Sugar Refinery was
sympGthetically strong. an advance in Penn
. sylvania and some other stocks which move
coEserVatlVely increasing the confidence Of the
bulls. Good earnings were responsible for a
rise in Northern Pacific common. Among
usually inactive shares there were considerable
gains in Great Northern preferred, Rubber and
New York Air Brake.
The dealings in stocks, which exceeded s., OOo =
present movement and of recent years. Tran
sactions in bonds which had showed a con
traction in dealings Of late also reached large
proportions aggregatlng IS. $50 600
Considerable buoyancy developed in the bond
speculation enormous blocks of the AtchIson
and St Louis Southwestern issues being taken
at material advances. Some of the priced
issues made striking gains, Peoria and Eastern
incomes figuring for 5is
United States new Is coupon and the old as
declined L. the old As coupon and SIS coupon
declined 4 in the bid price. The 2's registered
advanced i.
Total sales Of stocks to-day were 1.1O2. COZ
Shares, including 1890 Atchrson; $50. 100 dc
preferred; 24.367 Central Pacific; % 900 Chesa-
peake and Ohio: $3.50 Burlington; $500 Louis
Vile and Nashville: 1890 Manhattan; 977C
Missouri Pacific $500 Missouri. Kansas and
Texas preferred; 5000 Northern Pacific 10 5Ot
.. do preferred; 5000 Rock Island; IA 600 Union
Pacific; 1900 St Paul; $500 Southern Pacific
1890 Southern q. 700 do preferred; 500 Texas
and Pacific; 10000 Union Pacific preferred
1o,4Oo Wheeling and Lake Erie; $500 American
Spirits; 9200 Tobacco; Sc, 200 Steel; 1900 do pre-
. ferred; GAS Peoples Gas; 5241 Colorado Fue
and Iron: 500 General Electric; II. 600 Lacledt
Gas; $500 Lead $500 Pacific Mail; IS. 200 Sugar
500 Leather preferred; IA 432 Rubber: $500 West.
ern Union; 1900 st. Louis and Southwestern
% 300 @ preferred