New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-01
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The stock market was feverish and irregular In
the morning but strong in the afternoon with last
prices at about the best OF the day. Third Avenue
opened down, rallied three points. lost the improve
ment and rallied again on the announcement that
receiver had been pointed for the company. clos
Ing at a net gain OF nearly seven points. A bear
drive made against Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
and the other traction issues fell off in sympathy.
although rallyng before tho close Buying of Third
Avenue better than at any time since the
rent fluctuations began. Peoples Gas well
bought Sugar Refining moved around in an un-
certain manner. closing a. net gain of over two
points. Southern Railway common was again well
taken and predictions were made Of much higher
price for this issue. Strength in St Louis South
western securities was due 20 buying by insiders
and their friends A new pool said to be at
work IN the Atchison issues The strength in the
railroad list and the good buying throughout
created alarm among the shorts in the afternoon,
and the demand from this for such stocks
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Sugar Refining Amerl-
Tobacco and Metropolitan carried prices up
rapidly United States Leather weak on the
company's annual report. which considered
satisfactory.
Some OF the buyers and sellers were: H. Content
* 90. I'V'D sold, Moore " Schley d.wD bought
Atchisom common Cuyler. Morgan co. 2,0OO.
bought Atchison preferred: J. f. Fairchiid 900
and ]. II Ollphan, & Co bought Union Pacific pre-
rerred; Cuyler. Morgan x co. (20OO sold. Jones.
MAJ Msnry g Co and simmons 4 Shade sold Union Pa
Van Schaick Co and +. +. Ames bought Southern
Railway common; r. Underhill and r. King sold
l.. Wormser made 1t sell par and Halle q stieg-
litz u0oO bought Peoples Gas. Seligman & Mayer
bought Third Avenue. W. d. Hatch U.coO bought
Loulsviile and Nashville A. A Housman s. Co,
bought AtGhison preferred; Clark Dodge * Co
F. F. Ames bought st. Paul; Van Emburgh & At
terbury (2o00) sold. A. II. Combs 4 Co. j. J. Man
ming and !. * y Wormser bought Third Avenue
Dick brothers II Co C25O0) bought American To-
bacCo: l.. Wormser $500 sold. II. q. Campbell &
Co 1900 bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Hasted
Il Hodges. j. NJ Amory & Son, ID. Bacon and IL
Glews & Co bought Third Avenue Railroad; \. J
Wormser w. Il. Lawrence & Son. Halle & Stieg-
n II ~ G. Minzesheimer & Co and Halsey & Hudnut
Co and Flower & Co bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit; Pearl y Co. G,o00), Woerishoeffer & Co
Grant Brothers. T. J. Taylor & Co. and Ellingwood
& Cunningham sold; T. w. Myers & Son and II.
Content & Co bought Sugar; II. l.. Horton & Co
sold Kohn & Co; d,oool and Mendham Brothers
bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit: II. Content & Co
sod W9rdsn & Co. q'Ooo(, l.; Won Hoffman & Co,
London, Watson & Brown COO and Sternberger
Fuld Il Sim G00O bought Southern Railway COM
mon; K. tnderhlll G.50O ID. Barnes. j, J. Manning
ana Iaidlaw co. sold. Noble Il Mestre J. r
Carlisle. II. Content & Co. c. NJ. Dodge 4 Co and
Ellingwood Cunningham sold Sugar Refining. j
NJ Shaw Il Co. and DominiCk e. Dominick q 5GO)
bought American Tobacco; L. Wormser q 500 sold