Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22

with trades in 10 shares. The stock sold
yesterday at 18TH and today trades were
made as high as 164. At the close Of the
block of 1t was offered at 1856.
Trading in the preferred stock OF the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany was actively resumed at the presen-
tation Of the stock on call at the WASH
ington Stock Exchange today. The COM
mon stock OF this company. which has
been in apparent demand for the past
week. was also traded in to a considerable
extent at fractional advance.
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred closed on the exchange yesterday
at Sc bid, with offerings at S2h. Today
trades of 800 shares Of the stock were
made up to s21k. at which several blocks
were taken. The market closed with 62h
bid and 50 asked for the stock.
Washington Railway common stock sold
at a fractional advance over the bid price
800 shares were traded in today up to 2S1a.
Washington Railway per cent bonds
were of a fraction in the bidding with
none on the market.
There were no trades of moment In the
bonds OF of the stock of the Capital Trac-
ton Company. 142h was the best bid
IA Yesterday the bid was 143, with oner-
ings at 145. Recent sales were at 145.
Metropolitan Railroad per cent bonds
advanced fraction as did the bonds OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company.
When the trust company stocks were
placed on call there was quite a rush for
the stock of the Union Trust and Storage
Company. and as a result the price OF the
stock advanced nearly three points before
the close of the market. Several blocks OF
traded in up to Ill, while at the close Of
the market 1111s was bid for the stock
with liz asked. The closing quotation on
yesterdays market was 1Oeas bid with none
offered.
Quotations in the American Security and
Trust stock went off somewhat. The mar
ket closed today with 215 bid and 219 asked.
The last trade in this stock was at 220.
Thirty shares of the stock of the Metro
politan Citizens National Bank were trad
ed in today, twenty-four shares at the bid
price of yesterday. 374A. Five shares OF
the stock brought 375. At the close of the
market S741s was bid and 37s asked.
Commercial National advanced to 100 bid.
with 100 asked. No trades were made on
today's market.
American National took large jump in
the bidding. One hundred and seventy was
bid for the stock yesterday. with none Of
fered. Today 1856 was bid for the stock.
but none of it could be brought out at that
figure. None of the stock was offered for
sale today.
The days trading in the stock of the
Washington Gaslight Company showed an
active demand and an advance in the prices.
The stock could have been bought yester-
day at 61A, which the offering price.
while 81 was bid for it. Today the first bid
was g., at which several trades We're made.
1t advanced By fractions until 62s4 had been
reached, and the high trades of the day
were made. Blocks of the stock totaling
So shares We're traded in. The market
closed at 62ss bid, with CTS asked for the
stock
Mergenthaler was strong again today and
in active demand at an advance in the bid
prices. On yesterdays market 1874 was
asked for the stock. with 1875 bid. Trades In
~ shares were made today up to 195. The
stock closed 1913 bid with 1857 asked.
LanSton was active and in demand; trades
were made of $40 shares around 1877, which
is the prevailing figure of the past several
days.
The activity in Greene Copper continues;
ESQ shares were traded in today at 29h. an
advance of nearly a point over the bid
price of yesterday.
After the regular call $500 In the Wash
fngton Gas Light Company certificates Of
indebtedness brought 100. the prevailing
offering price of the past week.
Ten shares of the National Safe Deposit
stock brought 1893 after call; 200 was asked
for this stock on call yesterday.
One hundred shares Of the Commercial
Fire Insurance Company were sold at 514 at
Il COmDanYS 0ffica
morning.