Show RAILWAY liST LEADS MARKET Industrials Make Gains Oil Stocks St Pui Upward NEW r By YORK yom Feb lG 16 By The pr 3 RumOrs Rumors of Cur fur fur- fur titer ther Important announcements announcement con con- con corning new combinations rc re ived speculative enthusiasm cor corthe forthe or orthe the railroad shares hares which led an- an another another an another other advance In today's today stock tock mar market market keto ket Industrials shook hook oft off their early heaviness and moved for tor forward on- on onward ward with the rails although a few soft spots cropped out here and there S Am nT now The weekly steel t l trade review re r r- r r ported the fifth conS consecutive le wet wel k kot Kot ot of small mall gains ains In tn operatIonS operation but this was offset to some somo extent by a further easing in prices which are arc arenow now at nt the low level reached In 1922 Additional automobile and tire cuts tended to dampen speculative arlor for tor those groups group but the prompt sale ot of the pr el stock ck offering of ot General Motors was accepted as eviden ot of continued public faith In the motor motol Industry Considerable Con mystery surround surround- el e C I the further accumulation of 3 Wa- Wa Wabash Wa-baah Wa bash bsh which with Atlantic Coast CoastLine CoastLine Line Union pacific Kansas City Southern Canadian Pacific Now New Reading second preferred and West est Virginia was bid hId up 3 or 01 or- or more morl point Lackawanna anna Lackawanna an and l Western stern Maryland Wore ere hea heavy It OILS no GO Oils Oll i again pushed on expectations ns despite the sharp Increase in crude oil ott I I production last week Baldwin staged another r sensational gain at atthe atthe the expense o of ot a trapped short In- In In Interest iciest terest t some somo of the being influenced by reports that the I discussed sale salo of o the corn corn- com company's pany's new Pennsylvania real es estate tate would be closed before the end Republic of the year car American epu 4 lie lic broke 9 0 points point National Lead 5 and American Woolen 1 3 The rhe clo closing ing was WM as firm Th TIle The pre pro pro- ailing trend of prices continued upward in the Iho last hour when or of the priced stocks stock sho 0 1 their greatest buoyancy Da its advance to over 11 points and West Wc t VII VII- Vir Virginia ginia gilia Canadian Pacific and Wheel Wheel- In leg Lake Erie recorded gains cains ot of 6 to 7 2 points Total sales Eales shares |