OCTOBER. Average Yield per Acre and Average Condition of Crops, by States and Territories, October 1, 1898 P. c. 27.0 23.5 18.0 17.5 102 30.0 19.1 100 24.5 16.7 Rhode Island.. 18.0 101 Ohio. 30.9. 28.7 17.4 Condition October 1*.....::88785588 88 8:28:8888 90 100 650 99 60 83 91 84 86 90 96 102 97 79 92 96 78 93 93 80 ::: 888: 18: 92: 2: : : : 882: 8: 39: 8: :: : : 8: 886FJK4888882288=8883858888822828388ēēs? Oklahoma. **: 8: 285: Indian Territory.. 72.5 * From State agents' reports exclusively. THE COMMERCIAL YEAR BOOK. NOVEMBER. Preliminary Estimate of Average Yield Per Acre and Average Quality of Certain Crops, November 1 1898, by States and Territories. -Corn -Potatoes (Irish.) Hay Buck-wheat. Average Quality. Average Yield per Acre in 1898. 84.7 Bu. 40 95 89 86 96 92 96 91 88 98 101 100 93 98 98 91 94 89 P. c. Bu. P. c. 102 : 2:: 388: R2ER88: : : 2: : : 288: 2: 88: 5::: : : : §: : Tag: 90808: · · §. · · 208. 8. ŸÃ. § : K: : : : $886: : 88: 8398328882868888883: Bu. : WALL STREET IN 1898. (From the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.) Transactions in Securities. The remarkable activity on the Stock Exchange during the year is clearly indicated by the record of total sales of securities, which shows an increase comparing with 1897 of 22,507,061 shares of listed stocks and of 13,710,975 shares unlisted, while the total sales of State and railroad bonds indicate an increase, par value, of $318,311,000. Transactions in bonds broke all records for the Exchange. Following is the report of the Stock Exchange's business as prepared by Mr. John C Burns, its cashier: High- Low- Clos est. 15 4014 586 Highest and Lowest Prices of Stocks and Bonds. (From the New York Evening Post.) The following table shows the highest, lowest, and closing prices, during 1898, of all stocks dealt in on the New York Exchange this year, with individual sales for the year: Sales. 100 Alton & Terre Haute .. 63 486,456 American Spirits.. 153% 133,186 American Spirits pr.... 414 210,054 Am. Steel & Wire Co... 50 95,877 Am. S. & W. Co. pr.. .1182 190 American Coal.. .120 506,186 Am. Cotton Oil Co..... 394 87,936 Am. Cotton Oil Co. pr. 96% 1,877 American Dist. Tel. Co. 35 150,317 American Malting Co.. 38 101,049 American Malt. Co. pr. 88 13,416,634 Am. Sugar Ref. Co......146% 69,477 Am. Sug. Ref. Co. pr...116 9,659 American Tel. & C. Co. 984 6,698,511 American Tobacco Co. 15334 43,791 American Tob. Co. pr..135 5,806 Ann Arbor... 31,491 Ann Arbor pr. 108,931 Atchison, Top. & S. F.. 195 4,437,425 At., Top. & S. F. pr 5212 566,904 Balt. & O., all asst. pd..*7234 145,472 Balt. & O., w. i....... 52% 119,568 Balt. & O. pr., w. i.... 7914 100,049 Balt. & O.S.W. pr., new. 97% 636,970 Bay State Gas.. 1,110,758 Federal Steel. 52 29 52 416 914 995,565 Federal Steel pr... 100 Beech Creek.. .100 31,349 Flint & P. Marquette.. 1834 7,748 Flint & P. Mar. pr.. 49 5,906 Fort Worth & D. C. 4,617 Fort Worth & R. G..... 17% 436 Fort Wayne... 10 1734 28 .175 14 72 1334 34 25 32 111,517 Canada Pacific.... 225,832 Canada Southern 429,273 Central Pacific.. 17,763 Col. Midland. 6,913 Buffalo, Roch. & P. pr.. 76% 5,444,956 Burlington & Quincy..1254 135 B. & N. Y. Air Line pr.1064 300 Cap. City Traction..... 70 104,978 Chesapeake & Ohio.... 43,218 Chicago & Alton.......172 108,669 Chicago & E. Illinois... 66 45.388 Chicago & E. Ill. pr....113% 35,467 Chicago, Indiana & L... 11 42,484 Chicage, Ind. & L. pr. 38% 1,304,928 Chicago Great Western 18 66,447 Chicago Gt. West. pr.A. 54 29,155 Chicago Gt. West. pr.B. 32 10,700 Chic. & Gt. West. deb.. 85 108,574 Chicago Terminal Tr... 95 155,325 Chicago Term. Tr. pr.. 37 1,633 Claflin, H. B., & Co..... 9634 405,103 Cleve., Lor. & Wheel... 19 98,120 Cleve., Lor. & W. pr.... 53% 460,455 C., C., C. & St. Louis.. ... 47% 7,643 C., C., C. & St. Louis pr. 97 4.700 Col. Coal & I. D. Co.... 134 700 Col. Coal & I. D. Co. pr. 23% 22,465 Col. Midland pr.. 113,497 Col. Fuel & Iron Co.. 327% 400 Col. Fu-1 & Iron Co. pr. 77 75,113 Co., Hocx, Val. & T... 84 13,473 Col., Hock. V. & T. pr.. 25 3,599 Col. Southern, w. i............. 83ģ 43,121 Col. So. 1st pr., w. i..... 5034 44,756 Col. So. 2d pr., w. i... 20 125 Commercial Cable Co..180 100 Con. K. C. S. & R. pr... 99% 900 Consolidated Coal...... 46 450,964 Consolidated Gas....... 2051⁄2 62 74 90% 2638 174 254 150% 170 278 Illinois Cent. L. Lines.. 97% 9714 972 44% #102 *All assessments paid. High- Low- Clos High- Low- Clos Sales. 300 Michigan Pen. Car Co.. 20 225 Michigan P. Car Co, pr. 70 104,830 Minn. & St. Louis. 9,191 Minn. & St. L. 1st pr.. 100 53,068 Minn. & St. L. 2d pr.... 78% 400 Minn., St. P. & S. St. M. 10 200 M., St. P. & S. St. M. pr. 214 236,231 Minnesota Iron. est. est. ing. est. ing. 15% 3 6,180 Quicksilver pr. 1116 5 111% 3834 533,900 Reading.. 1,033,900 Reading 1st pr. 537 268,900 Reading 2d pr. 279% 6% 10 160 Nashville & Chat. 153,691 National Biscuit Co. 15,362 National Biscuit Co.pr.106 315,327 National Lead Trust... 39% 34.534 National Lead T. pr...114% 137,835 National Linseed Oil... 21% 250 Nat. Lin. Oil Tr. Ctfs.. 9% 3,273 Nat. Starch Mfg. Co.... 9 1,269 Nat. S. Mfg. Co. 1st pr.. 80 830 Nat. S. Mfg. Co. 2d pr.. 30 5,915 New Central Coal.. 43 2,899,990 New Jersey Central.... 99 1,777,910 New York Central.....124% 20,900 N. Y., Chicago & St. L.. 15% 975 N. Y., C. & St. L. 1st pr. 76 25,745 N. Y., C. & St. L. 2d pr.. 404 2,096 N. Y., Lack. & West....127 8,748 N. Y., N. H. & H.. .201 178,900 N. Y. Air Brake Co....120 7,916 N. Y., Sus. & Western.. 15% 51,081 N. Y., Sus. & West. pr.. 38 243 Norfolk Southern...... 24,631 Norfolk & Western... 1936 479.974 Norfolk & Western pr. 63% 313,367 North American Co.... 756 4,192,850 Northern Pacific. 561 Rensselaer & Saratoga.185 7,782 Rio Grande Western... 32 17,015 Rio Grande West. pr... 694 2,811 Rome, W. & Ogd.. 30,270 St. Joe & Gr. Island. 48,133 St. J. & G. I. 1st pr. 35,303 St. Jo. & Gr. Is. 2d pr.. 234 93,250 St. Louis & San. Fran.. 94 81,530 St. L. & S. Fran. 1st pr. 70 269,479 St. L. & S. Fran. 2d pr.. 35 61,787 St. Louis Southwest... 7% 192,480 St. L. Southwest. pr... 18 7,666,801 St. Paul.. 56,701 St. Paul pr. .166% 140 166 26,102 Standard Distilling. 233% 13,600 Standard Distilling pr. 75 120 Standard Gas.. 102,754 Standard R. & Twine.. 10 16,946 St. Paul & Duluth... 38% 5,900 St. Paul & Duluth pr..100 30,508 St. Paul, M. & M. ...143 143 1434 34 81 20% 38 78 9914 175 123% 175 121 127 100 Southern Alt. Tel. 208,440 Southern Pacific..:.. 319,451 Southern Railroad. 1034 1,190,700 Southern Railroad pr.. 43 901,690 Tenn. Coal & Iron Co.. 3834 767 Tenn. Coal & I. Co. pr..105 622,900 Texas & Pacific..... 20% 76,421 Third Avenue Railw'y.194% 22,850 Texas & Pac. L. Trust. 12% 214 Toledo & Ohio Central. 25 729 Toledo & Ohio Cen. pr. 48 25,476 Twin City Rap. Tr.... 3654 100 Twin City Rap. Tr. pr..107% 1,630.400 Union Pacific, new..... 44% 4,832,041 Union Pacific pr. 10) 321 Omaha & St. Louis. 10 7 7 1,000,312 Union Pacific, old. 1,224 Ontario Silver... 614 314 614 463,900 Ontario & Western.. 18% 1336 1834 217,300 U. S. Leather. 873 514 716 52,845 Oregon Improvement.. 31 5334 7234 1414 443% 916 64 734 45,365 Pacific Coast... 48% 34% 4616 544,291 Wabash pr... 244 144 223 6,205 Pac. Coast Co. 1st pr... 91 23,605 Pac. Coast Co. 2d pr.... 69 660,900 Pacific Mail... 46 21 4538 1224 17,590 Peoria, D. & E.. 214 16 2,195 Peoria & Eastern.. 86% 1104 38% 63% 57 841⁄44 534 10 159,070 P., C., C. & St. L.... 63% 56,520 P., C., C. & St. L. pr.... 84% 14,727 Pittsburg & West. pr.. 124 199,380 Pullman Palace C. Co..216 **132 ́ ̄***1584 200 Westingh'se E. & M. Co. 634 260,580 Wheeling & L. E 72,655 Wheeling & L. E. pr...83034 14,402 Wisconsin Central.. 37% 1,545 Wisconsin Central pr.. 8 89,000 Silver Bullion ctfs..... 603% Total sales of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange for the year were 112,788.349 shares, against 77,602,419 in 1897 and 54,654,096 in 1896. 6334 6334 +34 $6 +8 82714 + First installment paid. $ Fourth installment paid. *Trust receipts stamped. + Second instailment paid. **Ex. cash and stock dividend. |