The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-07
labor troubles It was thought also that
It cleared the way for the further deyel-
opment Of the G ould plans. Sel2

IL
wny
opment Of the Gould plans. n
t Missovri IA P fn showed marked
strength, and It was claimed that. the
Gould brokers had accumulated stock a.
BROOKLYN TRANSIT l2,S
:s brooklyn was firm on the reported, III, puy-
ing for the InterborouEh Interests There
other Traction interests have found to
buy into Brooklyn Transi t. has encoourss
aged the Porter pool, which was out -, Of
pool Is a fairly big one this time and
locks for full justi1ca ton in the summer
earnings and economies In operating.
$E..RLY TRADING rs. ~ gs
a The tone through out the first hour was
generally strong with one or two not very
mp9rtant eXseptons 0 shndY XMAS he
Southern Pacific decision oriwhether the,
market was being advanced In! order. to
de he ywSole she paSns
looked good n . r. # = lS; IS Isl, X, z =
D The tip to buy Union Pacific was said
to come from Hartman sources. Late In
the afternoon the stock improved sub;
5stantially, and IL could hardly be SAID 9
#th et so QUE er'g pasc ail DECISION The buy
ing was nscrlbed to the bullsh senti-
ment Of the people most closely inter-
1ested In the stock. III x. 81 ST n
SUGAR SHOULD BOOM:
4 American Sugar was the early excep.
ton to the general strength and nd shoW yea
5isSa R1 competten IS JIG
street is very frankly Of the opinion that
sugar vars are made to- be settled, bu ut
is a rather weak bull account built up
blythe expectation that the stock would
boom on the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
ROCK ISLAND BUYING:
Rock Island was advanced ON buying
that was al least better. than the runors IS
ID one rspo s{oek h IN
land is merely the warming up Of an old
story. and the talk s6of a five per cent.
dividend ION the common may be dismiss
EXTR EIELY NARROW:
g. The market became extremely narroW!
in the second hour although there did
London buying was a help. but was soon
5tion to deal lightly. pending. the south
thought that favorable decision might
sen Rfefs 1s Col houses
fAaQ very rev OFQeTS.gs a5t. (9sfl tflls III. If1
PENNSYLVANIA E. Il n III
The buying In Pennsylvania was said
to represent the covering OF some Phila-
delpha shorts. s5 I'll Il s,si X ;}l
AFTERNOON TRADING: W.
5 After showing considerable strength be-
fore the publication of. the Southern;
Pacific decislon on which the room In
formation proved to be premature. but
correct, the market became duh although.
advances were fairly we'll maintained
Traders were inclined to follow the rally.
and the more important SPECTATORS did
not seem 10 have had any considerable
shorts out. asA 5sa
SOUTHERN PACIFIC: ss
( Southern Pacific showed some rally on
the day, hut hesitnted. as the market
was by no means clear as to the position
OF the pool. It was rumored, howevep.
that Il good deal OF tho rool stock had
been sold abroad In the recent past. The
possibility Of some Of 1t being thrown on!
the market was, Of course, considered,
but the best opinion was that the stock
was not dear at the present price.
TIE CLOSES:
y The room was not prepared for the very
important string to. the Southern Pacific
decision IN the postponemont of the meet
Ing and tho mutual agreement to appeal
Stocks sold off as much In the last hour
as they Ind gained throughout the day.,
and people who had bought early wore
the quickest to throw their purchases
over. Nt 1ss wv ii.as sls4 SA s{ 3t