Show MARlING MARKING TIME V W w V M IN WALL STREET Stock Brokers Waiting for the 1 Solution of the Erie Problem il IN COPPERS l MARKET MV JED D A TRIFLE BEFORE 1 CLOSE Sew New W York April 4 The stock mar mark k t today toda did little more than mark markt t e t in accordance with ith the evident I 1 to refrain from any extensive commitments in the market until the solution of the Erie problem is ef 9 aiM cleared up by formal an announcement No news was wae Val forthcoming ing on that important topic during the tho th short hort stock exchange session but pinion pino was Inclined to look for the thet t f of a receivership There was an nn impression that the differences at ISSUP concerned the terms to be made madeI I tit Ith the Holders of the notes matur maturI I ig g 8 and that some mar maneuver euver ii for advantage in III these terms was Involved In In the successive delays clela in ing the decision of o the n r There was some sign In a few i of cf a slow liquidation espe II Ia in the copper securities but support was accorded to the market ns n iI io 10 o serious serious inroads on prices ro re t I States Steel wa was war firm and resistance r of this stock tok to pros pres 5 r In contrast with its heaviness the week had some sympathetic effort on tho the selling list The Infer cn ner r was suggested that much of the th iks v list must have come professional sources 11 short contracts to be covered The rho ho weekly reviews of the tile till agencies were scanned with Inter cst ot but offered no very enthusiastic f r count of commercial conditions The Thet ate t j l in prices of stocks today followed an Intimation that the hark hak statement might not show so hF LJ oath gains as preliminary esti est r ates haj Indicated A good effect vas Ls as produced by b the report of the American Railway association of a arther farther reduction In the number of Idle freight cars the total for March 18 8 falling to a decrease of I m in the previous estimate on March if nd of ot from Feb 5 when the number of idle freight cars in the country reached the maximum Ru Rumors mrs mors of 0 in m Erie Erl settlement Helped the lite rally ralty and the th firm closing dosing T The e cash rasi gain disclosed by b the halk was smaller than the preliminary estimates estimate had hud shown but it tt ftp p discrepancy was less I ss In the state t of actual aNual conditions on Friday r l than inan in the statement of aver tg The loan expansion Is attribute ei el e to tc t arrangements for financing the quarterly settlements In the tue first of th month Bonds were steady stead and dull Total sales par Ipar value I cited ted States bonds were unchanged on tal a aL 1 for the week |