The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28
EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK. Jan 27.-The changes as a re-
suit of to-days trading were rather mixed.
with gains predomnating. The market opened
with hesitancy but this was speedily dissi-
pated by an influx of buying orders and the
market started up under the influence OF
strength in the low priced specialties and
standard stocks London was a free seller on
balance, the sales amounting to 80 900 shares,
which encouraged the room traders to put out
large short lines TO check the rise.
Commission houses held a large volume of
buying orders well distributed throughout the
list. which forced the bears to take back
stocks after effecting only a slight relapse in
the markets strength. Prices were forced up
under the leadership of the Flower shares
including Rock Island, Peoples Gas and Brook
lyu Rapid Transit. The low priced stocks were
then taken in hand. Tennessee Coal and Iron
moved up St4, American Spirits preferred @
wheeling and Lake Erie preferred Az, first
preferred l. Pacific Mail 25s, and indianapolis
and Louisville preferred 3. Among the, spe
clalues there were advances OF rs in Rubber
and in Sugar, while Metropolitan moved
within points. There was an average rise of
4 point in the Changers, except North
west. The largest rise in this group was that
stocks and c. c. c. and St Louis were quiet
Long Island jumped 81 and Norfolk and West
eTn preferred. on large transactions. advanced
H. The move in the latter was attributed to-
talk of increase in the dividend. Lake Erie
and Western and Chicago Great Western "A
rose in the neighborhood of points. The
news accompanying the advance included the
favorable report OF the Senate Commerce Com
mittee the steamship subsidy bill benefited
Pacific Mail; explanation that the new beet
sugar company would not invade the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company's territory and
a number OF favorable traffic statements. in
Guiding those OF Northern Pacific and Southern
Railway. The denial of the rumored New York
Central tranScontinental plans was RESPONSE
Bile for early losses in Union Pacific, which
subsequently rallied. closing fractionally off
for the day. Transactions were in excess of
LOCO 900 shares, other days this week.
Considerable irreguarity prevailed in the
bond market with active issues favoring a
downward course Total sales, S6.2l5 900. Bid
quotations for Government bonds were un-
NEW YORK. jan 27.-The total sales of
stocks to-day were 1032, 100 shares, including:
Atchison 16, 050: Atchison preferred. $50; Cen
tral Pacific. IA, ,720; Chesapeake and Ohio. H..
B00 Burlington, q, S,000 Louisville and Nash
Vile % 200: Manhattan, q, $40; Metropolitan,
$3.50; Reading preferred, 15172; Missouri Pa
cifc "A 500; New York Central. Is, 000; North
American u 900; Northern Pacific. %, 745;
Northern Pacific preferred, 1882; Ontario and
Western, II, 1872; Rock Island, 46,479; St. Louis
and Southwestern, Is. .640 Union Pacific, 23. $50;
St. Paul, "a $50; Southern Pacific 10,340; South
ern Railway, % 1875 Southern Railway pre-
ferred. l7,465 Union Pacific preferred, A. 945;
Wheeling and Lake Erie, 1O.440; Paper. $500;
Cotton oil, 1850; American Spirits, u 900: To-
Peoples Gas, &C. 400; Colorado Fuel and Iron,
$500; General Electric. $500; Brooklyn Transit,
%. 400 Pacific Mail, 27.3GO Rope and Irvine,
5640; Sugar. 1000; Tennessee Coal and Iron.
40.S79 Leather, 5234; Leather preferred, $3.50;
Rubber, 1926; Western Union, $500; st. Louis
and Southwestern preferred, 1925; Chicago
Great Western. II. go