The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-20

bid
New York. Dec. ls.-The treasury baIan-
ces were = follows: Coin. Ssi.ss6 900; cur
rency, S9I,13l.o00
New York. Dec 1s-The following were
me opening quotations at the Stock EX
change.
Erie. ................. Or
Chicago and Northwestern, ............ 97a.
Norfolk ana Western preferred, ...... 1872
IISS--cninohG terminal, --------------..---- l5le
SsSsSSeLn Ihi9h, ----.--..-------.---...-- ss's
southern Railway common. ..-......... 10
southern Railway preferred. ....-.....- 37it
New York. Dee 19.-Speculation at the
STOCK Exchange to-day was quiet, and the
stances. was DOWN. ard. Chicago Gas and
consolidated Gas were in demand, the
former rising IL to Y per cent. and the
CHICAGO Gas reacf TED - Su9 7iS ueiI bnt
the Consolidated left of at the top figure
chicago Gas was bought IN the semi-ofii-
cial statement that the regular dividend
Will be declared, and Consolidated Gas,
on rumors that the East River Company
mas passed into the hands of the latter
company. The securities of the East RiV-
er Gas Company were also in sharp de
mand, and the common closed at 81
BID, against S0is sales yesterday.
This stock is not dealt in at the
board Sugar was a weak spot. and fell
under moderately heavy sales from 9a4
TO syn The reduction in the price
Of granulated of 1 l-l6c per pound
Senate, account for the weakness of the
stock. Distillers was heavy, selling down
TO 81 on the publication Of the Official
circular (which clearly shows that an
assessment cannot be avoided. The rail-
road list lacked support, and the Gran
gers lost Il 10 q per cent. The sellng
ST. Paul. on rumors of a reduction in the
dividend on Jersey Central, the stock
sold down to 929i. Reading touched
1872. the lowest point for long
time SnDrniaTiOn closed barely
steady, with prices anywhere from 4 to
us per cent. lower than yesterday 5 hHals.
Sugar and Jersey Central scored the great
est losses. In the inactive stocks Cordage
common sold down q to "a; Preferred to
lS'4; Guaranteed y to 2, and American TO
bacco So to 9id96. The bond market was
weak. The sales of listed stocks aggre-
gate 1Ol 600 shares; unlisted 63,000 shares.
The quotations at the closing were as
American Cotton Oil. Pa; do preferred.
692. Tf70a,: Sugar Refinery. $3.50 do prefer
red 90%; American Tobacco, 50; do prefer
red 107; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe,
AZ; Baltimore and Ohio. 6Sla; Canada
Pacific, SO, Chesapeake and Ohio, lf12; chi
cago and Alton, 146; Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, us; Chicago Gas, n12' Della
ware Lackawanna and Western, l2Sl2;
Distillers and Cattle Feeders el2; East
Tennessee, ~; do preferred, 49,; Erie, VS.
DO preferred, %; Edison General Electric,
81; lllionis Central, ssh; Lake Erie and
w, Is; do preferred. IL Lake Shore, l3b
Louisville and Nashville, 53ss; Louisville
and n. A, 6ia; Manhattan, lO41ei memphis
and Charleston, 10: Michigan Central. 81;
Missouri Pacific, 275s; Mobile. and Ohio.
Is: Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis,
90; United states Cordage, 49, DO prefer
red 10; New Jersey Central, SO; New York
Central, 99i5: New York and n. e.. Slts
Norfolk and Western, preferred, 49,
Northern Pacific, 4; do preferred, ia
Northwestern. 97ls; do preferred, IA; Paci-
fc Mail, 81; Reading, 1875; RICHMOND Ter
minal, i51s; Rock Island, 6lA; St Paul,
577s; DO preferred, 1872; SILVER CeTtlneates,
597s: Tennessee Coal and Iron, II; do do
preferred, 20 asked; Texas Pacific, 99s
Union Pacific, 11ia; Wabash, st. l., and p,
g. do do preferred. 192. Western Union.
ss5s; Wheeling and l.. r., lOSs; do do pre-
ferred, 4OIa: Southern Railway, 5s, sos; do
common. lis; do preferred, 81.
State Bonds-Alabama 4, lO4; do &, lV6
do c. 90 bid: Louisiana Stamped As, 100,
North Carolina o, As l lG2; North orr
1O3; Tennessee, olds, 60 bid; do, new set IS,
-; do, new set IS, -; do new set IS 50;
Virginia 6's preferred 50; Virginia Trust
Receipts, 10; Virginia Funding Debt. 6Ol2.
Government Bonds-United States As,
registered. ia; United States IS, coupons,
us: United States IS, registered, 81.