RUANE CUNNIFF & CO INC
13F-HR, 1999-11-03
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                          UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                            Form 13F

                       Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  September 30, 1999

Check here if Amendment [   ]; Amendment Number:
    This Amendment (Check only one.):  [   ] is a restatement.
                                       [   ] adds new holdings
                                             entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue
         New York, New York 10153


Form 13F File Number: 28-154

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Mr. Joseph Quinones, Jr.
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Phone:   (212) 832-5280

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

         /s/ Joseph Quinones, Jr.    New York, NY      11/03/1999
         _______________________ _____________________ _________
              [Signature]           [City, State]        [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X]     13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of
         this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

[  ]     13F NOTICE.  (Check her if no holdings reported are in
         this report, and all holdings are reported by other



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         reporting manger(s).)

[  ]     13F COMBINATION REPORT.  (Check here if a portion of the
         holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
         report and a portion are reported by other reporting
         manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:  NONE













































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                      Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:            None

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:       204

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:       $7,038,790
                                              [thousands]

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: the information for which
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc. is requesting confidential treatment
has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

List of Other Included Managers:              NONE




































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                                                         Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.

                                                                 September 30, 1999

                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
- ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
<S>                            <C>              <C>       <C>      <C>      <C> <C>  <C>     <C>          <C>      <C>      <C>
21st Century Technologies Inc  COM              90130c107        1    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
A.G. Edwards Inc.              COM              281760108     6800   257811 SH       SOLE                                     257811
AMS Realstar                   COM              001785104        0    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
AT&T                           COM              001957109      735    16897 SH       SOLE                      190             16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM              001957208      772    13502 SH       SOLE                                      13502
Abbott Laboratories            COM              002824100      214     5820 SH       SOLE                                       5820
Albertsons                     COM              013104104      371     9384 SH       SOLE                                       9384
Allstate                       COM              020002101      750    30068 SH       SOLE                     1112             28956
Allstate Financial VA          COM              020011102        9    17400 SH       SOLE                                      17400
American Express               COM              025816109    44538   329912 SH       SOLE                   111779            218133
American Home Prods            COM              026609107      729    17556 SH       SOLE                                      17556
American Internat'l Group      COM              026874107    37135   427148 SH       SOLE                   146526            280622
Ameritech - New                COM              030954101      214     3208 SH       SOLE                      152              3056
Aon Corp.                      COM              037389103     5305   179461 SH       SOLE                    47887            131574
Aptargroup                     COM              038336103      247     9218 SH       SOLE                      600              8618
Arctic Cat Inc                 COM              039670104      742    77600 SH       SOLE                     4000             73600
Arnold Industries              COM              042595108      508    40248 SH       SOLE                                      40248
Arrow Electronics              COM              042735100      176    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Associates First Capital Corp  COM              046008108     3029    84134 SH       SOLE                    17374             66760
Automatic Data Processing      COM              053015103      399     8944 SH       SOLE                                       8944
BB & T  Corp                   COM              054937107    12953   400102 SH       SOLE                    36818            363284
Bank One                       COM              059438101      494    14180 SH       SOLE                    11000              3180
Bank of America Corp           COM              060505104     5007    89904 SH       SOLE                    18132             71772
Bank of New York               COM              064057102      201     6000 SH       SOLE                                       6000
Bear Stearns Companies         COM              073902108     1857    48317 SH       SOLE                    17866             30451
Bell Atlantic                  COM              077853109      268     3978 SH       SOLE                      258              3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A      COM              084670108  1447740    26323 SH       SOLE                     9746             16577
                                                           1109625    20175 SH       DEFINED                 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B      COM              084670207   100122    53945 SH       SOLE                    15705             38240
Bestfoods                      COM              08658u101      612    12600 SH       SOLE                                      12600
Bowater                        COM              102183100     3219    61318 SH       SOLE                     3753             57565
Bowl America - Class A         COM              102565108      104    15200 SH       SOLE                                      15200
Briggs & Stratton              COM              109043109      327     5600 SH       SOLE                     2400              3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108      800    11850 SH       SOLE                      400             11450
Brown & Brown Inc.             COM              115236101    18541   557637 SH       SOLE                   149200            408437
CDI                            COM              125071100      881    32260 SH       SOLE                                      32260
CFS Bancorp Inc                COM              12525d102      473    45300 SH       SOLE                                      45300
CNA Financial Corp.            COM              126117100      308     8800 SH       SOLE                      900              7900
CVS Corp.                      COM              585745102      278     6800 SH       SOLE                                       6800
California Center Bank Los Ang COM              13007A103      192    10216 SH       SOLE                                      10216
Capital Federal Financial      COM              14057c106     2363   237000 SH       SOLE                                     237000
Carlisle Companies             COM              142339100      332     8400 SH       SOLE                     8400
Central European Media Enterpr COM              g20045103       24    15625 SH       SOLE                                      15625
Chase Manhattan - New          COM              16161A108     1106    14676 SH       SOLE                     3744             10932
Chicago Title Corp             COM              168228104     5008   125400 SH       SOLE                                     125400
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New   COM              169905106    16486   962700 SH       SOLE                    22200            940500
Cisco Systems Inc              COM              17275R102      759    11074 SH       SOLE                      500             10574
Citigroup Inc                  COM              172967101    18132   412095 SH       SOLE                    20993            391102
Clorox                         COM              189054109      211     5514 SH       SOLE                      418              5096
Coca Cola                      COM              191216100    13940   288921 SH       SOLE                   103957            184964
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A     COM              200300201     1388    34810 SH       SOLE                     4794             30016
Comerica                       COM              200340107     2727    53872 SH       SOLE                    15000             38872
Commerce Bancorp Inc/NJ        COM              200519106     1207    29085 SH       SOLE                                      29085
Community Federal Bancorp      COM              20364Q100      336    20201 SH       SOLE                                      20201
Consolidated Papers            COM              209759109      339    12600 SH       SOLE                                      12600
Corus Bankshares Inc.          COM              220873103     2244    87580 SH       SOLE                    10447             77133
Crane Co.                      COM              224399105      323    14415 SH       SOLE                      690             13725
Daimler-Chrysler AG            COM              d1668r123     9791   141000 SH       SOLE                    20883            120117
Danielson Hldg                 COM              236274106      434    72364 SH       SOLE                    33864             38500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM              247126105     1260    78461 SH       SOLE                    16457             62004
Delphi Financial Group         COM              247131105     1280    42412 SH       SOLE                                      42412
Disney Walt                    COM              254687106     8896   342162 SH       SOLE                                     342162
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.   COM              263534109      715    11811 SH       SOLE                      177             11634
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating    COM              26432F109     1127    14100 SH       SOLE                                      14100
Dynatech Corp                  COM              268140100      125    25000 SH       SOLE                                      25000
EPL Technologies Inc           COM              268920204       17    16667 SH       SOLE                                      16667
Eagle USA Airfreight Inc.      COM              270018104     1931    64500 SH       SOLE                                      64500
Equifax                        COM              294429105      554    19700 SH       SOLE                                      19700
Exxon                          COM              302290101      878    11556 SH       SOLE                                      11556
Fair Isaac & Company Inc.      COM              303250104     3676   131000 SH       SOLE                                     131000
Fannie Mae                     COM              313586109    18906   301589 SH       SOLE                    57648            243941
Federated Investors Inc PA Cl  COM              314211103     1734   100500 SH       SOLE                                     100500
Fidelity Nat'l Financial       COM              316326107     1745   114900 SH       SOLE                                     114900
Fifth Third Bancorp            COM              316773100   552704  9083997 SH       SOLE                  3852764           5231232
                                                            362547  5958662 SH       DEFINED               5958662
First American Fin Corp Calif  COM              318522307     8367   625600 SH       SOLE                                     625600
First Bancorp of Ind Inc.      COM              m97592766      144    15000 SH       SOLE                                      15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM              322387101     1597     1564 SH       SOLE                                       1564
First Security Corp            COM              336294103     3053   128366 SH       SOLE                                     128366
First Union Corp.              COM              337358105      309     8670 SH       SOLE                                       8670
Firstar Corp. - New            COM              33763v109     1527    59580 SH       SOLE                                      59580
Firstfed Bancorp               COM              33761Q102      322    40200 SH       SOLE                                      40200
Ford Motor                     COM              345370100     9138   181855 SH       SOLE                    33155            148700
Franklin Electric              COM              353514102    19503   295504 SH       SOLE                    67832            227672
Freddie Mac                    COM              313400301   584529 11240943 SH       SOLE                  4696475           6544468
                                                            656911 12632900 SH       DEFINED              12632900
G & K Services Inc. Cl A       COM              361268105     4906   121125 SH       SOLE                    54100             67025
GTE Corp.                      COM              362320103      342     4453 SH       SOLE                                       4453
Gannett Co.                    COM              364730101      596     8620 SH       SOLE                                       8620
General Electric               COM              369604103     5545    46772 SH       SOLE                      540             46232
General Motors                 COM              370442105     7249   115171 SH       SOLE                    23552             91619
Gillette                       COM              375766102    21978   647599 SH       SOLE                   181628            465971
Golden West Financial          COM              381317106     6862    69800 SH       SOLE                                      69800
Grey Advertising - Class B     COM              397838103      637     1732 SH       SOLE                                       1732
Gulf West Banks Inc            COM              402582100      123    12300 SH       SOLE                                      12300
Harley Davidson                COM              412822108   177641  3548381 SH       SOLE                  1734889           1813492
                                                            239174  4777500 SH       DEFINED               4777500
Hasbro Inc.                    COM              418056107      772    35915 SH       SOLE                                      35915
Heartland Express              COM              422347104     2705   191509 SH       SOLE                     2955            188554
Herman Miller Inc.             COM              600544100     7803   326409 SH       SOLE                    52250            274159
Hershey Foods                  COM              427866108      565    11600 SH       SOLE                                      11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc.      COM              435569108      881    74200 SH       SOLE                      500             73700
Home Depot                     COM              437076102    14597   212700 SH       SOLE                   118000             94700
Home Port Bancorp              COM              437304108     2732   110950 SH       SOLE                                     110950
Household International        COM              441815107    73779  1838732 SH       SOLE                   799141           1039591
                                                             70821  1765000 SH       DEFINED               1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A            COM              443320106     6800   332727 SH       SOLE                                     332727
Hudson City Bancorp Inc        COM              443683107     1375   100000 SH       SOLE                                     100000
IBM                            COM              459200101     9489    78418 SH       SOLE                     7808             70610
Intel Corp                     COM              458140100     3002    40402 SH       SOLE                      400             40002
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335201     6808   129520 SH       SOLE                                     129520
International Speedway Corp Cl COM              460335300     2523    48180 SH       SOLE                                      48180
Interpublic Group              COM              460690100     5011   121838 SH       SOLE                                     121838
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     1071    11658 SH       SOLE                      200             11458
Kimball Internat'l             COM              494274103      408    21200 SH       SOLE                                      21200
Knight Transportation          COM              499064103     2653   183000 SH       SOLE                     9300            173700
Leucadia Nat'l                 COM              527288104      227    10800 SH       SOLE                                      10800
Lilly Eli & Co.                COM              532457108      882    13740 SH       SOLE                     8660              5080
Liz Claiborne                  COM              539320101      226     7300 SH       SOLE                     1000              6300
Loews                          COM              540424108      493     7018 SH       SOLE                                       7018
Lucent Technologies Inc.       COM              549463107      208     3208 SH       SOLE                      164              3044
Lynch Interactive Corp         COM              551146103      322     4300 SH       SOLE                                       4300
M & F Worldwide Corp           COM              552541104     5040   630025 SH       SOLE                                     630025
MBNA Corp.                     COM              55262L100      593    26000 SH       SOLE                                      26000
MFS Intermediate               COM              55273C107       99    15500 SH       SOLE                                      15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM              561671504        2    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Manpower                       COM              56418H100     3620   124275 SH       SOLE                    25500             98775
Markel Corp                    COM              570535104      847     4650 SH       SOLE                      200              4450
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. COM              573284106      221     5546 SH       SOLE                                       5546
McDonalds                      COM              580135101     3462    80044 SH       SOLE                      200             79844
Mellon Financial Corp          COM              58551a108     2756    81948 SH       SOLE                                      81948
Mercantile Bankshares          COM              587405101     1962    63427 SH       SOLE                    23175             40252
                                                             10014   323700 SH       DEFINED                323700
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107     1116    17214 SH       SOLE                      700             16514
Merrill Lynch & Co             COM              590188108     2277    33800 SH       SOLE                    18000             15800
Microsoft                      COM              594918104     2684    29636 SH       SOLE                     1700             27936
Millicom - Escrow              COM              600813794        0    55250 SH       SOLE                                      55250
Mocon Inc                      COM              607494101       96    21000 SH       SOLE                                      21000
Morgan J P & Co.               COM              616880100      849     7435 SH       SOLE                      203              7232
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM              617446448    13547   151898 SH       SOLE                    10700            141198
Nabisco Group Holdings         COM              62952p102      181    12080 SH       SOLE                    12000                80
Nacco Industries - Class A     COM              629579103     2536    36296 SH       SOLE                                      36296
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp         COM              635449101    78742  3584283 SH       SOLE                  1231670           2352613
                                                             25174  1145900 SH       DEFINED               1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries        COM              637215104      362     9378 SH       SOLE                      327              9051
New Horizons Worldwide Inc.    COM              645526104      218    13750 SH       SOLE                                      13750
Niagara Bancorp                COM              652914102      104    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW     COM              664058989        0    27896 SH       SOLE                    10031             17865
Northern Trust Corp            COM              665859104      835    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
OPT Sciences                   COM              671003101       81    16300 SH       SOLE                                      16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM              693475105      549    10416 SH       SOLE                                      10416
Penton Media Inc               COM              709668107      166    10215 SH       SOLE                      450              9765
PepsiCo                        COM              713448108      589    19322 SH       SOLE                      355             18967
Perini Corp                    COM              713839108     1025   292800 SH       SOLE                                     292800
Pfizer                         COM              717081103      924    25752 SH       SOLE                                      25752
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.        COM              716941109      258     5200 SH       SOLE                                       5200
Philip Morris                  COM              718154107    37188  1087752 SH       SOLE                   373408            714344
Pico Holdings Inc              COM              693366205     6991   326111 SH       SOLE                                     326111
Pittway - Class A              COM              725790208      699    22190 SH       SOLE                      900             21290
Polaris Industries Inc         COM              731068102     5391   155696 SH       SOLE                    36100            119596
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     2735    29170 SH       SOLE                                      29170
Progressive Corp.  Ohio        COM              743315103   363934  4455197 SH       SOLE                  1691781           2763416
                                                            310486  3800900 SH       DEFINED               3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group   COM              751277302      339    12150 SH       SOLE                                      12150
Reinsurance Group of America   COM              759351109     7706   300000 SH       SOLE                                     300000
Renaissance Holdings LTD       COM              G7496G103     1774    51150 SH       SOLE                      400             50750
Robert Half Internat'l         COM              770323103      724    30500 SH       SOLE                                      30500
Royal Palm Beach Col           COM              780908208       11    14000 SH       SOLE                                      14000
Sara Lee                       COM              803111103     1618    69200 SH       SOLE                                      69200
Schlumberger Ltd               COM              806857108      243     3900 SH       SOLE                                       3900
Schwab Charles CP - New        COM              808513105     1137    34000 SH       SOLE                                      34000
Sears Roebuck & Co.            COM              812387108      202     6450 SH       SOLE                      600              5850
Servicemaster Co.              COM              81760n109    20870  1299316 SH       SOLE                   417051            882265
Southwest Gas Corp             COM              844895102      269    10000 SH       SOLE                                      10000
Stanley Works                  COM              854616109      290    11500 SH       SOLE                                      11500
State Street Corp              COM              857477103      862    13340 SH       SOLE                                      13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A   COM              860370105     1970   325000 SH       SOLE                                     325000
Sturm Ruger & Co.              COM              864159108     2677   297403 SH       SOLE                    24700            272703
                                                              2227   247500 SH       DEFINED                247500
Sunburst Hospitality           COM              866948102      163    26401 SH       SOLE                     1299             25102
Suntrust Banks                 COM              867914103     1132    17214 SH       SOLE                      400             16814
Tokheim Corp.                  COM              889073102      215    24057 SH       SOLE                     1456             22601
Tyco Intl Ltd                  COM              902124106      361     3500 SH       SOLE                      300              3200
U.S. Bancorp New - Del.        COM              902973106   130374  4318803 SH       SOLE                  1743800           2575003
                                                            125046  4142300 SH       DEFINED               4142300
US Trust Corp. - New           COM              91288L105     1021    11150 SH       SOLE                     4200              6950
Unumprovident Corp.            COM              91529y106      386    13108 SH       SOLE                                      13108
Valspar Corp.                  COM              920355104     4182   127945 SH       SOLE                    34450             93495
Ventas Inc                     COM              92276f100       95    20000 SH       SOLE                                      20000
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM              927758102      446    30000 SH       SOLE                                      30000
Vodafone Airtouch Public Ltd   COM              92857t107      441     1853 SH       SOLE                                       1853
Vornado Realty Trust           COM              929042109      555    17068 SH       SOLE                                      17068
Vulcan Materials               COM              929160109      792    21624 SH       SOLE                    10800             10824
Wachovia Corp. - New           COM              929771103      220     2793 SH       SOLE                                       2793
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM              930059209     2803   131127 SH       SOLE                                     131127
Wal-Mart Stores                COM              931142103      739    15534 SH       SOLE                                      15534
Walgreen                       COM              931422109      721    28400 SH       SOLE                                      28400
Wallace Computer Services      COM              932270101     3989   196975 SH       SOLE                    31500            165475
Washington Post - Class B      COM              939640108    14134    27713 SH       SOLE                                      27713
Wells Fargo & Co. New          COM              949746101      361     9110 SH       SOLE                                       9110
Wesco Financial                COM              950817106     8092    29860 SH       SOLE                                      29860
World Acceptance Corp.         COM              981419104     1370   254800 SH       SOLE                                     254800
Worldcom Inc - GA              COM              55268b106      218     3033 SH       SOLE                                       3033
Wrigley (Wm), Jr.              COM              982526105     1134    16475 SH       SOLE                                      16475
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