The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
WALL STREET QUIET
Transactions On Smaller Scale,
With Prices Lower.
SELLING WAS MODERATE
SUGAR THE VICTIM OF A BEAR
ATTACK.
Stock Lost -Four Points-High-priced
Investment Stocks Were Active
and Strong-New Record For
Great Northern Preferred, On
Gossip of a Dividend.

New York. Jan. 81.-The average recess
sion ID stock values today was fractional
mere was no pronounced pressure to sell
az was shown by the diminished volume
VI Dosiness There We're transactions in
ABOUT tnree-quarters of a million shares,
Mllcn formerly would have been con-
sttoSred a large days business, but which Is
the smallest amount traded in in some
t4lne Tor a fuli day session. London contin-
uSa a moderate seller on balance and the
market showed alternate spells of
strength and weakness. There was con-
SSl.eSeiaDie selling for Chicago account
me traders were free sellers at the open
tIis ana prices ran on fractiOnally except
LOT decnnes of a point and over in Read
55nS nrst preferred. New York Central
1Sh4iSSSee Coal q Iron. Buying orders ap-
peared IN various directions and there
were = number of recOVeries from l to .
points including Tennessee Coal 4 Iron.
= decline IN Reading first preferred was
on rumors that the coal deal was not
ueNeiopinS as well as expected. Central
anu southern Pacific, Mobile * Ohio G.
n - & 81 L., Long Island, chicago
terminal issues, Southern Railway pre-
leIreus American Cotton Oil and some
other specialties We're consistently strong.
A vigorous bear attack which was par
tcularly directed against Sugar, caused
that stock TO drop POINTS from the high
ptlce which had attained on a continuance
OF TAX OF some arrangement with the
GLUCOSE Refining company. The facts
concerning the company's intentions are.
Oi course, known only TO insiders. New
york Ar Brake took a dive OF about z
potts. There was activity and strength
among hiGh-priced investment stocks in
GLIDING New York, New Haven x Hart
1oru. which touched 204; Great Northern
preferred, which made a new high record
SA 40. Sonsonaated G2s, %hlcn t0ucnneo
ze432. ana brooklyn Union Gas, i4Jl2. The
strength of these TWO gas stocks was on
various consolidation rulaors.
II regard 10 the strength of Great
n
there might be another ''melon" TO be cut
py the company, perhaps IN the form OF
some distribution to the stockholders. The
time for such action was clothed in much
mystery. Generally speaking the market
Went through the process OF digestlng
recent realizing sales aEG speculative IN
ialt:es - . - - ''
The bond market was very irregular.
vita an easier tendency toward the close.
Total sales, s. $4,000. United States IS
advanced IS and the new As declined Is
In the bid price.
The total sales of stocks today We're
lS6,990 shares, including 5,5n Atcbjson. D.
80 AtcniScn preferred. %. $50 Central "a
ciiic, g.5l5 Burlington, 14.O5l c. c c. & St.
/, GEO d. * X. O.. 10 10 Manhattan. 800
Metropolitan. y, 30 Reading preferred,
4,755 Northern Pacific preferred 500 Rock
Island Z l3l st. Louis q San Francisco,
30 90 St. Louis & San francisco referred.
11,225 Union Pacific, 10 $50 St. Paul. 2i.Ie5
Southern Pacific. 1880 Southern, 2S,!4
Southern preferred, 600 Texas X Pacific.
% Union Pacific preferred, $3.50 Cot
ton OIL. 300 Tobacco. .. SS6 Steel. 24.7S7
Steel preferred. 6,430 Peoples Gas 20.5e5
Consolidated Gas. 300 General Electric,
7,125 Brooklyn Transit. 9,054 Pacific Mall,
BOND QUOTATIONS.
L S. IS .........1079s \. y. Cent. 1stslll5s
L. s. n. Is, res.l2S7s \. J: Cent, 5s-.ll514
L. S. 4s.........n2ss L. Is -l0l3s
Do. coup .....-..l15l2 Nor q W. is. ~
Do 2ds 800. % n west. cons. ..l4i4
L: 5. IS reg.....ll212 Do deb; 3s-.--I7S5-
Do. IS coup .-1l31a o. Nav. lsts....ll3l2
District 3 65s...-ll952 o. Nav. 4s...-.-lJil4
Afehison As --..1995Is4 9. s l. es' / r-i i37z
Can. So DDS ...1101a Reading Is $780, SSts
c. & o. 4sas..- 959s r. 6. ". lists 9ilf
Chi Term. 95l4 St Louis & II.
c x Chic 5s....19 NJ. Con-, 5s. .l1l32
c H & D. 4sS. l045s St. l. & San T..
D. & R. c. 1sJs.1065a Gen. Is ...-..-.l 231s
D. & r. g. is. .10l St. I. Con- To-
East Tenn. 1sts.l0412 St. p c * p.
Erie Gen. 4s...- 74ss lists ........ll9
+ w & d. lists Do; 5s LIS
Gen Elec. 5s.- .11215 Standard Rope
c. IL & 5. a. 6s.lQ & Irvine 6s so
Do DDS ........10I Tex Pac- /. G.
Do. con. 6s....110 Do. Rs. Ids. -
Iva c lsts..119 Union Pac. Is. 1913
/. * y. Uni. As 96l2 L. p. D. & c.
Nj. k. & I. 2ds. 695s wab. ist IS ..1I5;s
DO Is ...... g37a Do. IDS .-...... 93l2
No. Pac. 1sts.1l6 Wis Cent. lists. 6llz
Do IS ...... 6g24 W. Shore 4s-..--ll-3s
Do. As .1035s Colo. South. As. S61a
NEW YORK CLOSING STOCKS.
Atchison - 49,. 227s st. L. & 5. f.. 1875
Preferred 800. 81 First pfd ...-. 1873
Bait d Ohio 7154l Second pfd 43l4
Can South. .... 50 ST. Paul -.--.---lzoss
can. Pac. ...... S6Is. Preferred -....lGN
Cent Pac . SOS ST. =. * Om.... 80
Chcs q Ohio. 2S5s Preferred ..s..15S
chi. & Alton. .17lS4 So. Psc. -.------- ~
Chi b. q Q..1S6 Preferred 800. SOS
Sfi x + Ill. ST. So. Railway .... 1875
Preferred .....116 Tex. * Pac- 1855
Chi @. W. $50. 16ts' CnioD Fac. 800. 800
Chi. Ind. * L.. Preferred .-.-- 80
Chi x N Witt Wabash SIS
Preferred .....I9l Preferred 25ls
q = q a St /. 5S5s Wheel. d L. E. y
preferred .... q Preferred 81
Dei A. Hudson. ll2ia. Adams EX- .....1g9
nj + q W 537s American EX. Up
n e r q. -. PA United States &c %
t,-eferred 49,. 1919 " els Fargo ...l25
77-;t new 80. I5le'A Cot. Oil 800. 54ls
rirsT MD 800 721s' Preferred 800. 500
Fl. Wayne IFS Am Spirits l9ss
g Nor pfd..-.175 Preferred 81
H1r1ccl-inf- Val. . rs Am. Tobacco ...147
1ifj,oiG Cent .1l6l4 Preferred .....137
Lake Erie & W. 1872 cons Gas ;---9yy1e
lake Shore -.--2y9la Col r q Iron--- Sl34
: o-Ifs a Nash. 66Ss Preferred 90
11Tg-,baf+an H. 1875 Gen. Electric .1lJ%l
a. Sr Rv...2162. Haw- Conf Co. 5gis
7ffcb Cent lib 3. Z. 7. Co... %
SIi,- (, s. L. Az lnt'nl Paper &C.. 90
T|i-st pfd 800. IS Preferred 900. 70
40 Pae. 49,. Il Laclede Gas -. -
94o'i5S E T 1885 Preferred ....ll33t
80 p9-.ferred - 3S24 Federal Steel &c. 5224
Central.I02 Preferred ...-- S5ss
Cent III Nat Lin. OIL. :
\. y Chi. & ). Pael1lc N GA 293s
I-;rsf MD - = Pullman Pal. .-l5l
Second pfd $50. 81 Silver Cert $50. 59ie
- XEest - % Standard Rope
g. amer. Co.. ~ X Irvine -..--- 10
- 5ac ... 52l4 Sugar ........l33ff
'1,-.ferred 800 sol. Preferred -----ll23s
,,1,tSrio q W. 22le T. c. * IRON. 4i4l
e \ - 49ja l. 5. Leather. y.
- - u Preferred ----- 1872
-, = Coast IC. s Rubber 80. SIG
a. 49, ,,fd ~ s. Preferred ..--.116
nd ND - G5 West. Union 49, 957s
,l9s,Ii,-~ - 231f Ore. Nav. pfd... l5i2
49, MD 800 6I3. pac. Coast ...... 1872
- " 40 iColo. South. -.
X ,CFor.red 80 a First pfd ..... %
g l. x S. W. IT, Sec2nu p4U go -
Preferred $500 zo1-' i'1'DuIS -. Lev
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS
-,1,r a Ontario e., 1919. ) % 7
Ihol--. poinr "A Ophir e. !........ -
crow f-oi a Va / 80 plymouth $1,000 10
Con, - so Quicksilver =. =. ] 50
DoaSt1f < Curry - Preferred ,.... 4 ~
GS4Le' o. No7-cross . Sierra New $50 -
t5tiIs-+.1lye 80 % Standard -. , 10
ldyLi-' cssix-ey- 50 Union Con. -.--. y
lIon, - % yellow Jacket - Is r
MeA->- francisco MINING STOCKS.
- francisco. Jan. S1.-The official {
closing quotations. ~ 4-'4iii''9 S'SeiA9
dsv were as follows; I,s+ica ~
xAlLa 3 Kentuct- Con. s