New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-24
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

The market was heavy many quarters ac-
of continued realizing sales, but the greater
number of issues showed net gains for the day
Inside support noted throughout the list, ana
sales we'll taken and the demand was
good that prices showed little disposition to
move down in response to room traders EFFORTS at
depression. The Baltimore and Ohio stocks were
again strong the preferred selling its best price
on record The old story OF retiring the preferred
stock and issuing more common revived.
The soft coal stocks taken by a good class
of buyers especially Norfolk Western and
Wheeling and Lake Erie issues. The first named
made u new high record. Pennsylvania again
a feature, and d big borrowing demand for the
stock reported. st. Louis Southwestern pre-
ferred sharply commission house buying.
said be OF insiders. The traction
shares were sold by the professional element Lon
don traded on both sides of the account The mar
ket sold off In most directions in the last hour.
Profit taking was heavy, and Londons sales
ceeded It's purchases. Sugar Refining was under
pressure the report that the negotia
for trade war settlement had been abandoned.
The traction stocks declined materially on talk of
heavy franchise tax assessments. In the middle of
the day there sharp advance in Missouri
Pacific on buying based the idea of improved
traffic results under the manager. The
eral railway list Off from best points. but there
was no heavy liquidation, and the undertone of the
speculation remained good.
Some of the buyers and sellers were: w B. Oliver
bought Manhattan. Fahnestock s. Co. S A Walsh.
eral Electric. j. Honigman bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit; H Zuckerman and w b. Wadsworth sold.
w. c. Stokes & Co bought Missouri Pacific: ]. NJ.
Amory Il Son sold. Whitehouse & Co. G,50) bought
Pennsylvania. H. Lapsley & Co sold St Paul j.
w. Amory Son bought Third Avenue ElIingwood
g. Cunningham and Fl. Content Co sold. Moore
& Schley (2O0O) and Halle & Steglitz bought Penn
sylvania: 7. j. Taylor & Co. and Dick Brothers &
Co sold. J. w. Davis & Co. sold Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Strong Sturgis & Co. Il 900 bought Sugar.
PROV her g IN sold ir1
NJ. c. Bowler & Co. q 600 sold Manhattan. w. S
Lawson & Co. sold Norfolk and Western. o.
KOhn q ,00o) bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit; c. c.
COTE & Co Q.eoo). II. Content & Co.. w. b. Oliver
and Grant Brothers sold. r. II. BisselI & Co w
b. Wadsworth D. Barnes c. l. Hudson & Co. G.
A. Harmed & Co, w. B. Oliver, Weaver, Harris &
Co. and Bell Co. bought ST. Louis South
western preferred. c. l. Hudson Co bought
American Tobacco; a. De Cordova & Co. and W. {.
Taylor sold Worden & Co (2.O0O bought Norfolk
and Western common; Edey & Sons (2500) sold.
Worden & co. bought 5000 shares Of Norfolk and
Western at 81. c. c. Edey & Sons sold about 200.
w. d. Hatch bought Missouri Pacific; f. T. Bragaw
sold. Halle & stiegtz bought Baltimore and Ohio
preferred. Bell & Co, F. w Savin & Co. II. Con
tent q co. and j. +. Carlisle sold Sugar Refining
Strong Sturgis Co sold Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Moore & Schley bought Atchison common
w. b. Oliver, Ladenhurg. Thalmann & Co. II. b.
Hollius & co. and Pepper < Stern bought Baltimore
and Ohio preferrei Taylor. Cutting & Co. q OoO)
bought Baltimore and Ohio common; J. w Davis
& Co. sold. Sutro Brothers & co. bought Baltimore
and Ohio preferred. T. J. Taylor & Co. and Strong
Sturgis & Co. sold Metropolitan Street Railway
F. W. Savin & Co. sold Sugar. j. NJ Shaw & Co
Deco sold st. Paul. Strong Sturgis Il Co Il eDD
bought Southern Railway preferred: W. ]. Nc
Anerney sold. T. j. Taylor & Co. sold Metropolitan
Street Railway. Joseph Connah sold Sugar Rein
ing Engwood 4 Cunningham and w B. Oliver
sold Brooklyn Rapid Transit and stop orders We're
caught. Leo Levy sold 2 800 Northern Pacific. Man
haitian sold and offered down by NJ c, Bouver
on about 1000 shares. Bell & Co. bought 1000
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. c. c. COTE & Co sold
1000 at 6S2 ass r. H. Bissell & Co bid up St Louis
Southwestern preferred. Strong. Sturgts & Co
bought 1,0o0 Sugar Refining and tried to get much
more at the low limit. ]. ii. Sulzbacher & Co were
heavy buyers of St. Louis Southwestern common
and preferred stocks W. d. Hatch bid up Missouri
Pacific to iS12 and the largest buyer. Emerson
& Turnbull bought 100000 Iron Mountain IS
advancing them l per cent.