The Washington times., 1894-12-30
WHAT OF mi SSEw YEAR,
Speculation in the Washington Stock
Market on This Point.

Speculation i'm the Washington Stock
Market on This Point.
A tame and slim market characterizes the
fnal dealings ION change for the old year.
Holiday engagements have seemingly been
preferred to those OF business. and rs in the
markets of other cities the transactions were
extremely light
Every one is inquiring what the New Year
will bring in the shape of new effort and
activity, but even those who boast of always
having a ready reply for all questions prefer
10 look hopeful, but leave the question 10 be
answered later on when the tine comes.
In D. c. bonds only 3. e5s were traded in,
a few thousand selling at 1141s. There are
numerous orders out for Washington and
Georgetown per cents. and a consequent
hardening of the price is the result; 135 is
privately bid for 0000.
Metropolitan per cent. are a trife weaker,
with no recorded sales; closing, 1919 bid;
102 asked, and nothing doing in Belt SO.
l06 is bid for Columbia Railroad 1st, offered
at I07; these bonds are looked upon with
great favor by those who are i'll the market
for first class bond.
Sales of bank shares have been limited 10
10 shares Lincoln National at i00; Is shares;
American Security and Trust at 1877. and some
fractional lots of Loan and Trust at 1875.
Columbia Railroad stock remains firm at
81 bid The single sale of the week was Of
10 shares only at quoted price.
For eie :tric light 126s4 is bid; offered at
1271z.
Chesapeake and Potomac. after the sales
last week of some 119 shares at so, has been
quiet and without especial attention. few
shares since above sales changed hands at 81
and So.
Gas has taken on little activity, and,
while the transactions were limited by the
] = I~zll
showed an inclination to cons1c erably ad-
vance their bids. At the close same is quoted
475s bid, 4814 asked.
One hundred Gun Carriage sold at %.
Buyers and sellers in Metropolitan Railroad
stock cannot get together; buyers seem timid
and sellers not inclined TO give away their
/ property.
Arlington Fire scored sale of ten shares
| at 153. and the rest of the insurance list with
out feature.
One hundred shares Washington Market
brought Is and closes firm at Is bid.
In United States bonds 1880 reg. per
cent. sold at 1888; the new 5 per cents. are
down 4 per cent, to 1171.
A large amount OF interest is payable this
week from corporations doing business in
this city.
The Washington and Georgetown Railroad
will pay semi-annual interest on S9, 500, 600 oi
its per cent. bonds on January 2.
American Security and Trust have declared
usual quarterly dividend of u per cent.
payable January 10.
The Real Estate Title Company pay So pei
share January 2.
The Norfolk and Washington S. s. Com.
pany, per cent. January 8.
Peoples Fire Insurance, on January 2, its
usual per cent.
And the Riggs Fire have increased its divi
dend to per cent, 81 per cent. payable
January 2.
Subscriptions are called fozto 800, 600 stock
OF the Washington Warehouse Company
One and three-quarter per cent. quarterly
dividend on Columbia Title Insurance is pay.
able January Z.
All the national banks have declared their
usual dividends.
Rumor has it that the Lincoln Nationa
| will begin paying dividends in July.
Clearingh house returns for the week show
Exchanges. 81, ,592 900; balances, S314, $50. IL
The Poor Mans Dollar VIII
buy just as much butter OF US as the dollar from
the pocket of the rich JAMES F. OYSTER,
900 Pennsylvania avenue