Show WALL STREET WAS FIRM IRM FIM ON OPENING PENING NEW YOn S Sept pt 16 Ge General General eral firmness firm firm- ne ness was shown by the stock Alock market marke atthe atthe at atthe the opening today with especial strength strength in Great Northern LouisvIlle Lul Nashville Nah and Missouri Pacific Trading was ex extremely moderate The only recession of or note was American Locomotive which declined half haifa a point point Dealings took on more snap map and andI I Vigor igor or with wih resultant large gains gain in some of or the thc western railroad stocks and special special- ties tes Among mong those these wore were St St. St St. Paul and Groat Northern Northern preferred Saturdays Saturday's bank statement which was rather favorable in thi sense that that the small smal reserve ruene wn was slightly strengthened strengthened strength strength- ened and and announcement of a moderately largo large gold engagement in London the first frn in over two years year served sered to strengthen today's stock market In the early dealings Great Oreal Northern Norther St. St St Paul Pauli Southern Railway preferred and other the standard railway issues rose rou a R. point or thereabouts thereabout with wIh similar gains In vailous vail vail- vailOUS' vailOUS ous OUS' specialties Later pressure against R Reading ading and Steel caused general re recessions recessions re- re cessions in wl which ch most mot early ealy gains w were re lost Call Cal money opened at 5 S per cent with wih a lighter demand than recently Bonds wore easy Specialties such nuch fuch as u Chino Copp Copper er Am American Cotton Coton Oil on and ad Can wore the features of tho the noon hour at substantial advances nd Tho The rise In Cotton Coton Oil on was wa attended by rumors rumor of a a resumption of or dividends Other specialties specialties- such luch a as a Can pro pre preferred re erred fere Peoples People's Gas Colorado Fuel Fet and Utah Utan and nay Hay coppers were vere taken up later with wih general steadiness in the more roars active issues The market closed cosed irregular Money At t CJ 53 per cent was responsible for or a general setback in the final hour in which Reading was wa IO most moat t conspicuous The prices on the last sale ale wore were St Stock k List Lit Close CHose Amalgamated Copper 86 Ameran American Beet Sugar American Colon 01 American Smelting and Refining Refilling SH American Su Sugar ar Refining American Telephone and Telegraph 1431 13 Anaconda Mining Co 8 Atchison 1071 Atlantic Atlantic Atan- Atan Atlan Atlan- tic tc Coast Coat Line 1401 1403 Baltimore Ohio IOn 1061 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 90 Canadian Cana dlan dian Pacific 27 Chesapeake Ohio Chicago North Northwestern ChIcago Chicago Chi Cht- cago eago Milwaukee St. St Paul C Colorado lor o oFel Fuel Fel and Iron 36 Delaware Hudson 19 Erie Erlo 85 35 3 General Electric lS Great Oret Northern pr preferred 1381 do o doore or ore certificates certificates cates 46 6 Illinois Central 1281 1283 lough ough Metropolitan 19 do preferred 59 International Harvester 1243 14 Louisville Louts Louis ville Nashville 1623 Missouri Pacific ot Missouri Kansas Texas Texa 28 Lehigh Le- Le high Valley VaHey National Lend Lead New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Central Contral Norfolk Western Vester 1161 Uta Northern Norther Pacific 1 1261 1263 6 Pennsylvania Pennsylva nia 1233 Peoples People's Oas Gas 08 1 1171 1173 n Pullman Pal Palace ce Car Reading Rock Island Co 26 do preferred 61 Southern Suther South South- era ern er Pacific Union Pacific 1681 United States St Steel el do pr preferred ferre 1121 Wabash 4 4 Western r Union S |