The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-28
/. X.,N. H I'll. IS BUSY
Delaware s. Hudson Also Made a
Good Rise.
A VERY IRREGULAR OPENING
Pressure ON the Changers and SOUTH
westerns-Wide Movement
In specialties.

New York, April 2S.-There was very ir-
regular opening In the stock market or
active dealings. Pennsylvania was notably
active at an advance Of about a point. and
New York, New Haven 8 Hartford was car
ried UP 21a. There were gains Of 1. to " in
Rutland preferred. Colorado Southern,
Delaware Hudson, American Ice and
American Cotton Oil. On the other hand the
Changers and Southwesterns and Reading
We're under pressure. the last named reced-E
ing point on running sales of 1000 shares
at 66 to 65A Sugar and st. Louis & San
francisco were also down a point.
The market was confused and irregular dur
ing the first hour. Only the specialties
showed wide movements. Chicago, Indian
apolis Louisville reacted rs, and Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis lost ~, with a
substantial rally in each case. There was a
rise OF SIS in Delaware & Hudson and 1 in
New Jersey Central. Other material gains
included in New York, New Haven & Hart
ford, 41a in American Express, in American
Ice preferred and 1 to 2k in Anaconda, IN
ternational Power. the Pressed Steel Car.
stocks, Pullman, Westinghouse Electric first
preferred, Consolidated Gas, New York, Chi
cago e ST. Louis, Agricultural Chemical,
Virginia Carolina Chemical, Union Bag, Cot
ton Oil, Des Moines B Fort Dodge and Michi-
gan Central. The active railroad stocks were
rather heavy.
The leading stocks continued dull and heavy
and there were realizations in some of the
earlier strong features. New York, New
Haven & Hartford fell of $ from the best,
American Ice preferred 2, Colorado Fuel 21s
and Delaware g. Hudson u.s. A few stocks
were pushed aggressively upward North
Western rose 5R and the preferred 8. North
American, Railway Steel Spring, Minneapolis
St. Louis, Minneapolis, Sault Ste- Marie
preferred, Great Northern preferred Agri-
cultural Chemical preferred Grass Twine and
American Snuff advanced 1 to 2. A rise of
over a point in Brooklyn Transit and Man
haitian steadied the market before mid day.
st. Paul rose nearly point. Bonds were firm
at noon.
The rise of several points each in the
North Western stocks helped the CHANGERS
and southwesterns. st. Paul rose 2, Great
Northern preferred 2A and Kansas & Texas
preferred, St. Louis & Southwestern pre-
ferred, Illinois Central and the Iowa Central
stocks between l and 2 points. New York
Central rose a point, Michigan Central Az,
and Reading recovered to fraction over
Saturday. American Locomotive preferred
| touched par and Cotton Oil advanced 2ss but
the United States Steel stocks, Anal gamated
Copper and Sugar were dull and heavy.
| The general market was dull and unin-
| teresting save for the heavy buying of the
Readings, which carried the common and sec
ouu preferred moro tnan point above Satur-
days close. Prices of the grain carrying
roads were below the best, but there was no
decided pressure. General Electric declined
~ and New York Air Brake 4, while Loco
motive, Baltimore & Ohio preferred, Hook
ing Valley and Chicago Traction gained a
point. Some of the highprice stocks made
further gains, Michigan Central touching 1856,
Pullman 246 and Northwestern preferred 2es
The market was generally reactionary dur
Ing the last hour. Declines ran to a point
or more in st. Paul,r New York Central, Man
haitian and Brooklyn Transit Long Island
fell 2A with a rallysof 2 points and Smelling
~. Late in the day Colorado Fuel and Ten
nessee Coal advancea strongly 1x and ~
respectively over last night. Pullman gained
in all, Northwestern preferred SA, Inter
national Power 51s. Pressed Steel Car and Ann
Arbor preferred g. Cleveland, Lorain Wheel
ing 81 and Minneapolis & St. Louis preferred
~. Colorado Fuel then lost It's rise. Sugar
fell to 124 and Delaware & Hudson reacted 216
and the whole market gave way. The clos
ing was dull and easy. ~
Stock quotations reported for The Journal
by Watson & Co., brokers', Chamber OF Com
merce, Minneapolis
Closing figures are bid.