The evening times., 1900-03-26

Prices opened with q boom This morning
in The STOCK Market, as had beea expect
ed, after the fine advances OF last week
and the s;rclg closing on SATURDAY, The
opening quotations were from a SamIl frac-
Ion 10 point Or more in aGya-cc OF The
saturday close all over the lis. the Steel
and lTon securities. the fractions and the
Coal stocks participating in the first buy
ing with lae railway list The subse-
puehi course of The market during the
morning hours was much what had been
looked for. There was realizing for few
minutes after the opening prices but the
ut,ilH5s were unimportant, the buying at
all times showing prominently. The mar
Eet was broad and active during the en-
Ure morning, tac equal of any of las
week. The outlook Is excellent for The
coming week and for the remainder of
the spring. the public evidently coming
into the market eagerly. and the cliques
continuing TO buy their fayorites Many of
the 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 ball 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
ana Ohio common, which scld at So soon
after the opening. a gain of more than fiye
points. The preferred went to 50 and a
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. II is said that the next MONTH
ly statement viii show continuance of
the line increase in net earnings.
The advance of PENNSYLVANIA and New
York Central was continued although not
az SO rapid pace as that of Baltimore
and Ohio. II is pointed out regarding the
prospects of the Pennsylvania for an in
creased dividend that the company paid
per cent in the two fat years of 'g2 and '93
although the per cent rate has not been
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 its his
tory-much larger than i'm the years men
TONED. even.
The granger shares were all advanced
Burlington TO l2g Rock Island to within a
fraction OF ia, st. Paul TO 124 Atchisoa
well above p. and Atchison. preferred TO
Il and a fraction. The Atchison securities
were especially strong. the buying being
considered excellent
There was a quick advance in Reading
hrst 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 101. but imme-
diately began an advance on what seemed
10 be good support Brooklyn Rapid Tran
Sit and Metropolitan were both strong. the
former getting as high as % a short time
after the opening. Talk Of the probable
franchise tax assessments did not prevsnt
covering OF shorts in the group and there
WAS much expression Of hopefulness re-
gardlng Metropolitan among the friends of
The stock.
There was more buying and more inter-
est In he SIaal efocLc Than nf n,,,. Ina