The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26

Prices opened with a boom this morning
DO The STOCK Market. as had been expect
ed, after the Hnc advances OF last week
and the STRONG closing on Saturday The
opening quotations were from samll lrac-
lou TO point or more in advance OF The
saturday close an over the lisi the Steel
and Iron securities. the fractions. and the
Coal stocks participating i'm the FIRST buy
ing with toe railway list The suisse
quvhJ course of the market during the
morning hours was much what had been
looked for There was realizing for a few
minutes after the opening prices. but the
't,iiHea were unimpoTtant The buying at
All times showing prominently. The mar
kSt was broad and active during the en-
IRE morning. the equal OF any Of las
week. The ouuool, Is excellent for the
coming week and for the remainder of
IN" spring. the public evidently coming
INTO the market eagerly. and the cliques
continuing 10 buy their favOrites Many Of
me shorts That have not already covered
acre quite as anxious as the outside public
This morning TO get on the long side
The leader Of the Consolidated clique
comes out with a rampantly bull letter.
The bank statement last Saturday augers
Tor easier money. London was a heavy
buyer Of Americans this morning.
The largest advance was I'm Baltimore
and Ohio. common, which sold at So soon
after the opening, a gain of more than FIVE
points. The preferred went to Sc ana =
fraction The common passed the preferred
al one time Nothing new regarding these
securities OF the wonderful advance of the
common was developed this morning. but
the talk Of a dividend for the stock was
persistent. Il is said that the next month
ly statement will show a continuance Of
the fine increase in net earnings
The advance Of Pennsylvania and New
York Central was continued. although not
al so rapid pace as that Of Baltimore
ana Ohio. II is pointed out regarding the
prospects Of the Pennsylvania for an in
creased dividend that the company paid 6
per cent in the two fat years of '92 and 90
although the per cent rate has not beeu
cut into during any Of the periods Of de
preston in recent years The COMPANY is
earning larger gross and larger net rev
enues than AT any time before in It's his
tory-much larger than i'm the years men
toned, even.
The granger shares were all advanced
Burlington to 1919. Rock Island to within q
fraction Of ia. St Paul 10 124 Atcbiso,
well above q. and Atchison. preferred. TO
IL and fraction. The Atchison securities
we're especially strong the buying being
considered excellent
There was quick advance I'm Reading.
first preferred, which attracted attention
again to the fine earnings of this COMPANY
and OF the entire anthracite group.
Third Avenue declined during the FIRST
few minutes Of the day to l0i. but irnme-
diately began an advance on what seemed
10 be good support Brooklyn Ranid Tran
sit ard Metropolitan were both strong the
former getting al high as % a short time
after the opening. Talk Of the probable
franchise tax assessments did not prevent
covering OF shorts In the group and there
WAS much expression Of hopefuIness re-
garding Metropolitan among the friends of
the stock.
There was more buying and more inter-
est In the Steel stocks than at any time
last week, but their advances in prices