New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-29
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The market irregular In the morning and
strong in the afternoon. Realizing sales were
heavy. but they failed to depress prices. Commits
sion houses were active buyers all recessions.
Flower & Common brokers bought their specialties.
Federal Steel being In heavy demand from Flower
interests. reduction in the price of refined sugar
and reported remarks by Mr.. Havemeyer divi-
dend prospects caused sharp decline In Sugar
stock. Peoples Gas strong reports that that
company would secure control of the Ogden COM
pany. In the afternoon Baltimore and Ohio Is
sues were strong features; also Northern Pacific
common which rose points buying, induced
by the belief that the stock will be placed on a
regular per cent basis. Union Pacific and all the
international shares active. The market
showed increased activity in the last hours deal
ings with business well distributed throughout the
list. Southern Pacific we'll taken and all the
cheap stocks received speculative attention. Com
mission houses had good buying orders for South
ern Railway common and the soft and hard coal
stocks Londons transactions again heavy
with the balance the buying side Chicago OPP
orators bought Peoples Gas One Broad-st. house
covered 10 900 shares in Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Some Of the buyers and sellers WERE j. 8. Bache
& Co. and II. Content & Co. bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit; G. B. Hopkins & Co. sold. Theodore Will
son. II. KnfCkerbocker & Co. and l., Levy e. Co
bought Baltimore and Ohio preferred II. c. We'll
and W. r. Houghaling & Co sold F. w. Savin q
Co, Dominick & Williams and Iadenburg Thai
mann & Co 1000 bought Baltimore and Ohio COM
mon; J. H GrieseI & Co. Il 500, W. r. Houghtaling
& Co. and A. O. Beebe sold II. S. Sternberger and
A. De COrdova & Co. sold American Tobacco. l. &
s. Wormser (2,OO0 and Otto Hoffman bought On
tario and Western; c. w. Townsend 1000 and
Keeeh Ioew Co. sold. Walsh. Taller & Co and
l. s. Wormser bought Norfolk and Western
common; j. A. Baker q 500 sold. c. E. Carryl
bought Union Pacific common; Moore & schley
and r. w. Newton sold. A. H. Combs & Co. (2OOO)
bought Reading first preferred; Wassermann
Brothers (2,0cD. Henry Brothers g. Co and E. La
Montague, 1r.. sold. J. NJ. Amory & Son. R.
Kepple ]. II. Griesel & Co. r. H Thomas & Co.
and ]. f. Carlisle bought Sugar; H Content & Co.
j. F. Carlisle, w. B. Wheeler. A. K. Chaplin and
Otto Loeb sold. w. d. Hatch 1000 Otto Kohn and
w. M. Imbrie & Co. bought Northern Pacific pre-
ferred w. d. Hatch QOOo) sold c. l. Hudson 3
Co. bought Southern Pacific. Price, Mccormick
Co. bought Union Pacific: Halsted & Hodges sold.
Moore & Schley Q.O0) and ]. S. Barnes & Co.
bought Union Pacific preferred w. Bovine and
Brown, Bruins 8 Co. sold. G. p. Butler & Co. O. OO)
and Halgarten & Co. bought Missouri Pacific Post
Flagg and f. T. Began sold. r. Waller IT,
bought Baltimore and Ohio common TAYLOR Cut
ting & Co. Il 800 sold Peoples Gas J. NJ Amory
& Son, II. l.. Horton & Co, C. A. Harmed g. Co
and Clark. Dodge & Co. bought Union Pa
cifc; I. s. Wormser. NJ. c. Bowler & Co
and w. Bovine sold. J. w. Davis & Co. Wasser-
mann Brothers G,5oO. Barnes Brothers. Bell
& Co, (2.o00) bought Northern Pacific common
Adams Mcneil Bingham and stop orders sold
Leather common. Halle & Stieglitz bought South
ern Pacific Clark, Dodge s. Co. Il 500 and Chaun-
cey & Co bought Peoples Gas. Halle & Stieglitz
oousHt tennessee Coal ana iron. II. Content q
Co. bought Atchison preferred. H. Content & Co
Q5.0oo) bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit. e. Ames
& Moore bought Chicago, Burlington and Quincy:
f. La Montague. 5r., sold. London bought Ontario
and Western. Strong Sturgs g. Co. u.OO0). and
j. r. Williston & Co bought Federal Steel: Beers
q owens Q,VN) sold. f. l.. Seligsburg 1900 and
Mendham Bros. bought American Tobacco; Dick
Bros. & Co. sold. ]. II. Griesel & Co bought
Sugar. II. Clews Co. q OOO) bought Hoop; Strong
sturgis & Co Q,ooO sold. Halle 6 stiegtz sold
Federal Steel Halle Steglitz bought Metropoli-
tan Street Railway; Bell & Co. sold. Wassermann
Bros and Price. Mccormick s. Co sold Wire Edev
& Sons bought American Tobacco: c. l. Hudson G.
Co. sold. j. V. Bouvier bought Norfolk and West
ern; W. NJ. 1mbrie & Co. sold. Halle & Stfeslitz
C. A. Harmed G. Co. +. W. Savin & Co and w r
Houghtaling & Co. bought Rock Island: Ellipgwood
q Cunningham, c. d. Belden Q,OuO and H. B. IIol-
Inns & Co. sold. Chauncey Co GOOD bought Peo-
pies Gas. Halle & Steglitz g. 500 bought Chicago
Burlington and Quincy. Halle & Stieglitz q NsN
bought st. Paul. W. B. Wadsworth. Charles Head
& Co., Rogers & Randolph and c. A. Harmed g
Co. bought Union Pacific: London and r W Nev
ton sold. Halle & Stieglitz (5OO) bought Manhattan