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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: March 31, 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 5/11/99
_______________________ _____________________ _________
[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: 200
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $8,794,023
[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.
March 31, 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
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21st Century Technologies Inc COM 90130c107 1 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AMS Realstar COM 001785104 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT&T COM 001957109 902 11298 SH SOLE 127 11171
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM 001957208 386 6751 SH SOLE 6751
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 277 5920 SH SOLE 5920
Air Express Internat'l Corp. COM 009104100 188 12400 SH SOLE 12400
Airtouch Communications COM 00949T100 358 3706 SH SOLE 3706
Albertsons COM 013104104 588 10834 SH SOLE 10834
Allied Signal COM 019512102 364 7400 SH SOLE 7400
Allstate COM 020002101 1114 30068 SH SOLE 1112 28956
Allstate Financial VA COM 020011102 74 17400 SH SOLE 17400
American Bankers Insurance Gro COM 024456105 7111 136750 SH SOLE 55100 81650
American Express COM 025816109 45931 390902 SH SOLE 113025 277877
American General COM 026351106 215 3054 SH SOLE 3054
American Home Prods COM 026609107 1351 20706 SH SOLE 20706
American Internat'l Group COM 026874107 41109 340801 SH SOLE 118486 222315
Aon Corp. COM 037389103 13170 208220 SH SOLE 55925 152295
Aon Corp. COM 037389103 7154 113100 SH DEFINED 113100
Aptargroup COM 038336103 240 9218 SH SOLE 600 8618
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 973 97960 SH SOLE 4000 93960
Arnold Industries COM 042595108 667 44871 SH SOLE 44871
Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 600 40000 SH SOLE 40000
Associates First Capital Corp COM 046008108 3835 85226 SH SOLE 17374 67852
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 205 2810 SH SOLE 2810
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 370 8944 SH SOLE 8944
BB & T Corp COM 054937107 14519 401216 SH SOLE 36818 364398
Bank One COM 059438101 862 15654 SH SOLE 11000 4654
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 6418 90869 SH SOLE 18132 72737
Bank of New York COM 064057102 223 6200 SH SOLE 6200
Bear Stearns Companies COM 073902108 2159 48317 SH SOLE 17866 30451
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 237 4578 SH SOLE 258 4320
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1867253 26152 SH SOLE 9806 16346
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1485620 20807 SH DEFINED 20807
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B COM 084670207 112742 47955 SH SOLE 15726 32229
Bestfoods COM 08658u101 771 16400 SH SOLE 16400
Bowater COM 102183100 2446 61718 SH SOLE 3753 57965
Bowl America - Class A COM 102565108 99 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Briggs & Stratton COM 109043109 276 5600 SH SOLE 2400 3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1392 21650 SH SOLE 400 21250
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Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 18600 560437 SH SOLE 149200 411237
CDI COM 125071100 776 32260 SH SOLE 32260
CFS Bancorp Inc COM 12525d102 525 50000 SH SOLE 50000
CNA Financial Corp. COM 126117100 338 8700 SH SOLE 900 7800
CVS Corp. COM 585745102 323 6800 SH SOLE 6800
Carlisle Companies COM 142339100 393 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Central European Media Enterpr COM g20045103 1540 119625 SH SOLE 119625
Chase Manhattan - New COM 16161A108 1179 14576 SH SOLE 3544 11032
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 579 5287 SH SOLE 5287
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 19369 303240 SH SOLE 34506 268734
Clayton Homes Inc COM 184190106 534 48251 SH SOLE 48251
Clorox COM 189054109 358 3057 SH SOLE 209 2848
Coca Cola COM 191216100 17794 289921 SH SOLE 105450 184471
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 224 2432 SH SOLE 2432
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A COM 200300201 1095 17400 SH SOLE 2397 15003
Comerica COM 200340107 3365 53899 SH SOLE 15000 38899
Community Federal Bancorp COM 20364Q100 250 20201 SH SOLE 20201
Consolidated Papers COM 209759109 296 12600 SH SOLE 12600
Corus Bankshares Inc. COM 220873103 2871 89380 SH SOLE 11100 78280
Daimler-Chrysler AG COM d1668r123 11950 139254 SH SOLE 20883 118371
Danielson Hldg COM 236274106 231 80364 SH SOLE 33864 46500
Delphi Financial Group COM 247131105 1409 41592 SH SOLE 41592
Disney Walt COM 254687106 10984 352888 SH SOLE 352888
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 778 13404 SH SOLE 304 13100
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating COM 26432F109 1247 23800 SH SOLE 23800
Dynatech Corp COM 268140100 86 25000 SH SOLE 25000
EPL Technologies Inc COM 268920204 70 16667 SH SOLE 16667
Eagle USA Airfreight Inc. COM 270018104 15434 474900 SH SOLE 50300 424600
Equifax COM 294429105 722 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Exxon COM 302290101 880 12472 SH SOLE 12472
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 21297 307539 SH SOLE 57648 249891
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 589094 8934132 SH SOLE 3862154 5071978
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 405216 6145462 SH DEFINED 6145462
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM 322387101 1627 1564 SH SOLE 1564
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 463 8670 SH SOLE 8670
Firstfed Bancorp COM 33761Q102 372 40200 SH SOLE 40200
Ford Motor COM 345370100 10461 184343 SH SOLE 33155 151188
Franklin Electric COM 353514102 20031 308164 SH SOLE 78325 229839
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 629111 11012876 SH SOLE 4722138 6290738
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 744287 13029100 SH DEFINED 13029100
G & K Services Inc. Cl A COM 361268105 5937 128550 SH SOLE 54100 74450
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 269 4453 SH SOLE 4453
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 732 11620 SH SOLE 11620
General Electric COM 369604103 5997 54207 SH SOLE 140 54067
General Motors COM 370442105 9775 112521 SH SOLE 23552 88969
Gillette COM 375766102 38635 650004 SH SOLE 183694 466310
Glaxo Hldgs PLC ADR COM 37733W105 301 4500 SH SOLE 4500
Grey Advertising - Class B COM 397838103 2667 7685 SH SOLE 7685
Harley Davidson COM 412822108 206478 3590924 SH SOLE 1756120 1834804
Harley Davidson COM 412822108 283325 4927400 SH SOLE 4927400
Hasbro COM 418056107 1055 36452 SH SOLE 36452
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Heartland Express COM 422347104 2923 192431 SH SOLE 3255 189176
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 5955 326309 SH SOLE 52250 274059
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 650 11600 SH SOLE 11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc. COM 435569108 1343 99010 SH SOLE 500 98510
Home Depot COM 437076102 13365 214700 SH SOLE 118000 96700
Home Port Bancorp COM 437304108 2169 96950 SH SOLE 96950
Household International COM 441815107 83211 1823798 SH SOLE 804340 1019458
Household International COM 441815107 83051 1820300 SH DEFINED 1820300
Hub Group Inc. Cl A COM 443320106 7856 330790 SH SOLE 330790
IBM COM 459200101 6951 39217 SH SOLE 3904 35313
Intel Corp COM 458140100 3346 28151 SH SOLE 200 27951
Intercargo Corp COM 45844C108 335 29000 SH SOLE 29000
Interim Services COM 45868P100 42662 2844160 SH SOLE 185250 2658910
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335300 2541 48180 SH SOLE 48180
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 4744 60919 SH SOLE 60919
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2026 21625 SH SOLE 21625
Kimball Internat'l COM 494274103 315 21200 SH SOLE 21200
Leucadia Nat'l COM 527288104 327 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lilly Eli & Co. COM 532457108 1166 13740 SH SOLE 8660 5080
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 238 7300 SH SOLE 1000 6300
Loews COM 540424108 229 3068 SH SOLE 3068
Lynch Corp. COM 551137102 303 4300 SH SOLE 4300
M & F Worldwide Corp COM 552541104 3360 480025 SH SOLE 480025
MFS Intermediate COM 55273C107 103 15500 SH SOLE 15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM 561671504 2 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Manpower COM 56418H100 3007 128640 SH SOLE 25500 103140
Markel Corp COM 570535104 838 4650 SH SOLE 200 4450
McDonalds COM 580135101 3627 80044 SH SOLE 200 79844
Mellon Bank COM 585509102 2884 40974 SH SOLE 40974
Mercantile Bancorporation COM 587342106 1361 28650 SH SOLE 28650
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 2347 63427 SH SOLE 23175 40252
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 12351 333800 SH DEFINED 333800
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 1316 16414 SH SOLE 700 15714
Merrill Lynch & Co COM 590188108 2989 33800 SH SOLE 18000 15800
Microsoft COM 594918104 3086 34436 SH SOLE 1700 32736
Millicom - Escrow COM 600813794 0 55250 SH SOLE 55250
Mobil COM 607059102 220 2500 SH SOLE 2500
Modern Controls COM 607556107 94 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Morgan J P & Co. COM 616880100 1041 8435 SH SOLE 203 8232
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 15571 155808 SH SOLE 10700 145108
Nacco Industries - Class A COM 629579103 2274 30702 SH SOLE 30702
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 82207 3603583 SH SOLE 1247732 2355851
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 26960 1181800 SH DEFINED 1181800
Nat'l Presto Industries COM 637215104 332 9378 SH SOLE 327 9051
New Horizons Worldwide Inc. COM 645526104 219 11000 SH SOLE 11000
Niagara Bancorp COM 652914102 100 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Norrell Corp-GA COM 656301108 261 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW COM 664058989 0 27896 SH SOLE 10031 17865
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 888 10000 SH SOLE 10000
O'Sullivan Corp. COM 688605104 559 67725 SH SOLE 1 67724
OPT Sciences COM 671003101 98 16300 SH SOLE 16300
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PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM 693475105 590 10616 SH SOLE 10616
Penton Media Inc COM 709668107 244 10845 SH SOLE 450 10395
PepsiCo COM 713448108 961 24522 SH SOLE 355 24167
Perini Corp COM 713839108 1281 292800 SH SOLE 292800
Pfizer COM 717081103 1108 7984 SH SOLE 7984
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. COM 716941109 323 5200 SH SOLE 5200
Philip Morris COM 718154107 40208 1142688 SH SOLE 386900 755788
Pico Holdings Inc COM 693366205 6843 369911 SH SOLE 369911
Pittston Burlington Group COM 725701882 91 13097 SH SOLE 13097
Pittway - Class A COM 725790208 588 22190 SH SOLE 900 21290
Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 5033 158525 SH SOLE 36100 122425
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3528 36020 SH SOLE 36020
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 635183 4426365 SH SOLE 1711717 2714648
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 562520 3920000 SH DEFINED 3920000
RJR Nabisco Holdings COM 74960K876 302 12080 SH SOLE 12000 80
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 341 12759 SH SOLE 12759
Robert Half Internat'l COM 770323103 4446 135500 SH SOLE 135500
Romac Int'l COM 775835101 2694 316891 SH SOLE 316891
Royal Palm Beach Col COM 780908208 11 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1713 69200 SH SOLE 69200
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 355 5900 SH SOLE 5900
Schwab Charles CP - New COM 808513105 1826 19000 SH SOLE 19000
Scripps Co <E.W> - New COM 811054204 790 17850 SH SOLE 2070 15780
Sears Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 296 6540 SH SOLE 600 5940
Servicemaster Co. COM 81760n109 27807 1368979 SH SOLE 444549 924430
Solectron COM 834182107 238 4900 SH SOLE 4900
Sonoco Products COM 835495102 216 9389 SH SOLE 9389
Stanley Works COM 854616109 295 11500 SH SOLE 11500
State Street Corp COM 857477103 1096 13340 SH SOLE 13340
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 3172 317203 SH SOLE 26100 291103
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 3355 335500 SH DEFINED 335500
Sunburst Hospitality COM 866948102 110 29415 SH SOLE 1299 28116
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 1157 18584 SH SOLE 400 18184
Swisher Int'l Group Cl A COM 870809100 3463 387500 SH SOLE 387500
Sysco Corp COM 871829107 210 8000 SH SOLE 8000
TCF Financial Corp. COM 872275102 3900 150000 SH SOLE 150000
Tokheim Corp. COM 889073102 201 25557 SH SOLE 1456 24101
Tyco Intl Ltd COM 902124106 251 3500 SH SOLE 300 3200
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 145554 4273146 SH SOLE 1767273 2505873
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 145525 4272300 SH DEFINED 4272300
US Trust Corp. - New COM 91288L105 827 11150 SH SOLE 4200 6950
Unionbancal Corp COM 908906100 5246 154000 SH SOLE 154000
Unum Corp. COM 903192102 690 14508 SH SOLE 14508
Valspar Corp. COM 920355104 4191 132800 SH SOLE 34450 98350
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM 927758102 379 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 589 17068 SH SOLE 17068
Vulcan Materials COM 929160109 893 21624 SH SOLE 10800 10824
Wachovia Corp. - New COM 929771103 227 2793 SH SOLE 2793
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM 930059209 1078 51328 SH SOLE 51328
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 716 7767 SH SOLE 7767
Walgreen COM 931422109 802 28400 SH SOLE 28400
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Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 4140 208941 SH SOLE 41500 167441
Warner-Lambert COM 934488107 735 11100 SH SOLE 11100
Washington Mutual Inc. COM 939322103 265 6472 SH SOLE 6472
Washington Post - Class B COM 939640108 9287 17808 SH SOLE 17808
Wells Fargo & Co. New COM 949746101 1511 43100 SH SOLE 43100
Wesco Financial COM 950817106 5239 15500 SH SOLE 15500
World Acceptance Corp. COM 981419104 1369 254700 SH SOLE 254700
Worldcom Inc - GA COM 55268b106 269 3033 SH SOLE 3033
Wrigley (Wm), Jr. COM 982526105 1490 16475 SH SOLE 16475
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