The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
STOCKS OPENED
ACTIVE And UP
REALIZING SALES TAKEN, MAR
KET DEVELOPED STRENGTH.
st. Paul, Union Pacific and Ontario &
Western We're Bought In Large
Blocks-Dormant Stocks Have an
Inning Western One Of the
Gamers.

New York, March 15.-The stock market today
opened active and higher with few exceptions.
Ontario & Western and Union Pacific were the
opened at go and then sold at 6OH and 6O4a,
compared with 59% last night, and $500 shares
of Union Pacific sold at 1854 and 1885, com
pared with 1851 last night. Chicago 4 Alton
rose ~, Smelling III and Delaware & Hudson,
Illinois Central, Toledo, st. Louis & Western
preferred and Car preferred large fractions
Realizing sales were we'll taken and the mar
largely extended dealings. st. Paul, Union Pa
cifc and Ontario & Western were taken In large
blocks feature Of the market was the oeea.
sonal bursts sa, OF activity In. usually aormsh d
vances for the first hour reached In ontario
& Western and Chicago & Alton preferred IA
in Consolidated Gas and l to ~ in St. Paul,
Union Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville 4
Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line. Minneapolis st.
Louis Chicago Terminal preferred, Car preferred,
Manhattan, Dstillers'. securities and Pullman.
debentures 21h and Keokuk & Des Moines pre-
ferred 2. Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie, New York, Chicago s. st. Louis and
Wheeling s. Lake Erie second preferred lost a
point. " ---,.. r,
Prices ran of in sympathy with a decline in
New York Central to a fraction below last
night, but hardened again with that stocks gain
Of 1ss. The Metropolitan stocks, some of the
railway equipment stocks. Biscuit, Wooden pre-
ferred and Des Moines & Fort Dodge made 1 to
2-point gains. Federal Mining dropped 2, St;
Joseph q GfanQ lSianQ second preferred "a 1ho
Lead point. The movement was hesitat1ng
and the trading dull at times. Ontario 4 West
ern advanced to 62h before noon, Erie and
Norfolk l. Western rose point and Chesapeake
& Ohio points. Bonds We're firm at noon.
Comparative dizziness prevailed. and there was
also some impairment Of the earlier strength.
After Reading and Illinois Central were marked
up 1 and 27S respectively, the conspicuous buy
ing of standard stocks ceased and number
Of early strong stocks fell back point or more.
General Electric improved ~ and Bag pre-
| ferred ia. ~
Bull operations were unrestrained In several
quarters, particularly among the southern stocks
Louisville & Nashville was bid up over points
and Atlantic Coast line over 8. Low-pricet
stocks were taken hold Of more freely, the re
cent large advances in Ontario 6 Western anc
Chesapeake & Ohio attracting more general at
tention to them. New York Central, after cas-
ing off to near yesterdays closing, was run W
again to 166; and there was active inquiry
for many specialties. Among other midday ad
vances noted Canadian Pacific, Cleveland
Cincinnati, CShicago & st. Louis Erie, the To
ledo St. Louis & Western stocks Colorado Fue
and Minneapolis, st. Paul s. Sault Ste. Mari
preferred was improved to points. North
Western and United Railway Investment were
point lower and S1oss- Sheffeld Steel 4.
Stock quotations reported for The Journal b
Watson s. Co., brokers, Chamber OF Commerce
Minneapolis. Closing figures bid