Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-24

cursion rush that Is one of the features OF
street railway business In this city.
Ii Is the intention of the company to re-
new at the next sion of Congress an APP
plicatfor for authority to build a road from
the Georgetown end of the Aqueduct bridge
across the city to the Union depot
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Arlington Fire Insurance Company today
directors were chosen as follows r Ie-
care. Isaac f. Shoemaker. g. Thomas Brown
Chas r. Edmonston. Norman Gait VIII
lam kfne- Samuel I. Phillips. w. b. Jack
son, Herbert A. GIL. Andrew B. Graham
James NJ. Johnston
Lanston made another squirt ahead AZ to.
days meeting of the stock exchange as Il
sold from 15ls to l6. Yesterday the range
was from 1414 to 49, There was good
deal of trading and the animated scene OF
yesterday was repeated. only perha ms on a
more wan streetish scale. The bids made
and the responsive sold were hurled ou,
from so many throats that Il was difficult
for the secretary to make his record and
for the individual brokers to know exactly
where they stood
The voice was not found to be sufficient
and so some of the brokers waved their
hands wildly about and rushed from their
seats. giving all the appearance of a real
sure-enough stock exchange. which the
Washington institution. however has long
established It's right to be called Still there
nave been bull markets before the present
time. but 1t has seldom been the case that
as much ginger gets into the procedure as
was the case today while I.anston was IN
Ihere was no Lanston sold for less than
1912. ana between that point and 1e the
entire trading was confined A demand for
options rather better than usual had the
erect of stimulating the buying as those
VINO sold the options. as n rule supplied
themselves with the stock at. of course
lower figure. At the close options were Of
1ered at 16S. while 15A was bid for the
stock. and 10 was asked
While in the course of the trading the
nlghest point reached was 16, vet the sub
sequent sales show a falling back gradu-
ally to 1875. The same occurred in the case
or options, which naturally vary with the
market range for the stock Early In the
trading options were sold for 1871. and then
they went for eighth less and finally
they sold al 49,
Including the options for COO shares the
volume of the trading was 5000 shares
For the first time I'm MANY months the
Offering was heard today of Mergenthaler
at 2b There were no sales at that figure
put only difference of an eighth less than
nall point separated this record point
from the highest selling point Altogether
some 1000 shares We're traded in and the
range of the prices was from 1893 to i99S
All the securities of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company sold for higher
prices than usual. Compare lively a small
number Of the bonds were dealt in but SSi1
and SSss were paid for them.
Some 400 shares OF the preferred stock
sold from SSA to SOL. while the common
was dealt In to the extent of 40 shares al "A
range of 30 to 302t. At the close Bog was
bid and 81 was asked
Stock of the Washington Loan and Trust
Company sold in quotation lots of ten
shares each at DO and DOB. and then the
bid was 223 and the asking price ae6A
Ten shares of Union Trust Company
stock brought 1884. and that was bid for
more There was no stock for sale at less
than 100
The stock of the American National Bank
sold up to 175, and after that sale at that
figure the bid was ia and $50 was asked.
Forty shares went for 16S and ten for 10.
Ten shares of Metrop olitan Citizens Bank
stock sold for 337. An offer was made to
buy sell the stock at 337.
The bid for Second National Bank stock
advanced from 152 to 100.