Show METROPOLITAN TAKES LEAD IN DAYS DAY'S SALES NEW YORK Feb Felt 5 There There were running rUIning sales sales of shares of Metropolitan Metropolitan Met Met- et- et Street Railway at the opening opa- opa open ing at 17 to compared compare with wih last night The buying was based on reports of or the proposed lease leae of the company to a securities holding holdin cor I Larger offerings canceled canceled the gain in Metropolitan but the general genral market advanced Dealings in United States Reduction and and Refining stocks stocks' were made at 38 to 39 for the common and 63 and 64 6 for the preferred Selling of Amalgamated te Copper u coupled with wih W ALL a ai u coupled with wih W ALL a re reaction c o to yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays close s' s close I or r under de j by the tractions tracton turned the market heavy and nd there were some material declines from from the top figures Amalgamated Amalgamated Amalgamated Amal Amal- Copper fell fel to to 72 but rallied later to above 73 Am American Express I advanced to Northwestern preferred pre pre- ferre gained 4 the common 3 3 Bonds were irregular The rebound carries prices to the 1 best bet of of the day except for the lol local I tractions cent ent Noon Money Noon Money on call caB nominal at 2 per Pime Prime mercantile paper per cent Sterling exchange steady with wih actual business In bankers' bankers bills bis at t for d demand re rea a and at t for 60 G days Posted rates a e Commercial bills bis Mexican dollars dola Government bonds strong refunding registered rAef 10 refunding 25 coupon Is registered 10 Is 3 coupon coupon 1083 losi- losi 10 new registered 13 new coupon coupon 9 old registered 11 old coupon 12 Is 5 registered lo Coupon io 10 Bar Ba silver siver Sc Amalgamated Copper 75 Enormous strongly to 7 buying of Southern Pacific Pa- Pa developed carrying that stock 1 to the hIghest on record The closing up was mOderately irregular and active Closing Stocks Atchison 77 7 Atchison preferred 97 97 ft St. St Paul Paul 16 United States Steel 4 43 United States Steel preferred 93 Wai bash ih preferred 41 MIssouri Pacific Pacing Wa Louisville 10 Nashville pio Peoples People's Peo Peo- pies pie's Gas Ga 10 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Transit 60 65 6 Rock Stock Island Amal Amalgamated Cop per 74 4 Western Vester Union 50 9 SOX New York Central North American 92 9 Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- Coal Cal Iron Irn 64 6 Sugar Metropolitan Met Met- Southern Souther Railway 53 Southern Railway preferred 94 91 Union 3 Pacific 1021 Southern Pacific 64 6 4 Wis Central 20 Wisconsin Central pr preferred erred 4 40 Pennsylvania 19 |