The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-30

wick, and Western IS. 20 bid. "A asked:
south Bound railroad IS, 76 bid, n asked
Railroad StOcks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, SSl2 bid, yJiz asked; Central common
l4i2 blu, l5t2 asked; Georgia common, ia
bid, az asked; Southwestern. 80 bid. %
80 bad, p asked; Atlanta and West
Point Railroad stock. 100 bid l0l asked;
Atlanta and West Point per cent. Ger
tihcates, leo bid. 1Ol asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gasiight stock
2O12 bid, q asked; Electric Light and Pow
er company; 62i2 bid, 64ia asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank. 10
bld III asked: Chatham Bank 49 bid,
49, asked; Germania Bank, lO7 bid. lO5
asked Merchants National Bank lO4Is
BID, 1861 asked: National Bank of Sa-
Nannsh, ~ bid, 1873 asked; Oglethrope
Savings and Trust Company. 10)i bid. l0
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, l55ls bid, 1851 asked; Savannah
Bank ana trust Company, 100 bid, 10 a. k
ed; chatham Real Estate and improve
ment Company, a, 53i4 bid, q asked: b.
Jyl2 pa, Ola asked savannah Construc-
ton Company, 1ISi bid, S0ia asked; Title
asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. es
lB bid, 104 asked; Sibley Factory IS lO2
bid, lO3 asked; Enterprise Factory Is lO2
bid, 1Oi asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
fa3et9ring Company per cent bonds, IS
Factory Stocl1s-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, 81 bid, 65 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company. % bid % asked:
Augusta Factory, q bid, Is asked; Gran
lteville Factory. l5S bid, 100 asked: Langley
Eaclory, JOG bid, los asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 81 bid, 100 asked; J. P
king Manufacturing Company JOG bid los
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
a BID, 50 asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, SO bid. 9OIs asked
New York, oct. &.-MOney on call was
firm at 2GG3 per cent; the last loan a. 2is
per cent, and at the closing was offered
al ~ per cent. Prime mercantile paper
5AU6 per cent.
Bar silver, 677kc.
Sterling exchange firmer, with actual
business in bankers bills at S4.S7156i4. S724
for sixty days, and S4SSl6d4SSa4 Tor des
mand Posted rates, S4SSl2d4S91a. Com
mercial bills, Sf.S6l2G4S7
Government bonds steady; state bonds
We're dull; railroad bonds were weak
Silver at the board was firm
New York. oct. 29.-The treasury bal
anees We're as follows; Coin, $50 i27, 1896; cur
New York. Oct 20. noon.-Erie. 1874
Northwestern, 1915; do preferred. l4S;
Lake Shore, l50l2 Norfolk and Western,
preferred, 1213; Western Union, 9O2, ;
southern Railway, common, 1lA; South
ern Railway. preferred IS; American
Sugar, l02A; Baltimore and Ohio, 60is;
Canada southern, 55la st. Paul. 7614 (:
Rock Island, 76l2; Delaware and Hudson,
l3l: Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, l66; Manhattan, 1854; Michigan Cen
trial, 9712; New York Central, 1O0
New York, Oct. 29.-An advance in
sterling exchange to $SSh and 1881
started a fresh selling movement in
stocks in the first hour of business. The
strength OF exchange, of course. revived
the talk about exports of gold, but lead
ing bankers We're of the opinion that
shipments were not likely this week, at
least So far as next week is concerned.
however. they were not so confident
The greatest pressure during the early
part OF the day was directed against the
ny s StIlals ana heesaIlng. Inc last named
| telI from l118 to 1875, rallied to 1872 and
dropped too and closed at 49, Rumors
were current that the assessment on the
stock under the proposed plan of reor-
ganizatlon Will certainly be $50 and may
reach $50, while the income bondholders
will probably have to pay $40 for which
they may received little new preferred
STOCK IN exchange. The stock was I'M
usually active and figured for 10000
shares IN a grand total of 276, S64 shares
IN the Industrials, Tobacco was particu-
larry weak and dropped 3s per cent to
~, on reports that the fight with the
pug TOBACCO people was costing the COM
pany dearly Sugar was steady for a
time but in the last hour. on sales by
brokers supposed to be in the employ Of
lower wan street interests, broke 1st to
d0l$s. General Electric sold down from
5412 10 ga, and Chicago Gas from 6Sik
to 66A. The decline in the last named
was attributed to sales by holders whose
margins had been weakened by loss in
otner parts OF the list. The railway list
fell off 14d114 per cent in sympathy in
the afternoon the losses were partially
recovered, owing to the favorable Sep
tNAA4bNA oblANAAANIt6 u the AllCA2O. Blirl-
lngton and Quincy, Chesapeake and Ohio.
Minneapolis and st. Louis, and Cana,
dian Pacific. Pacific Mail shot up from
3OM to Sl9s on the old story of settlement
with the Panama, but later returned 70
5O12. In the last hour the bears resumed
aggressive tactics, and the Improvement
noted was not only lost, but a number
OF the leading issues touched the lowest
point of the day. The particularly weak
stocks at this time We're Reading, Sugar.
Jersey Central, Atchison. Canada SoHth
"a M III
Erie, Telephone and Telegraph made a
sensational drop of II points to 50, rallied
to 81 bid. and closed at So bid. The sales
were only 1,2gO shares and the break
was considered to be simply an old time
scoop. Ihe general market closed
weak ana a to "a per cent. lower on the
Gay. National Starch, preferred rose
az 10 4912. Bonds were weak; sales foot
ed up Sl,235, 600. The sales of listed stocks
aggregated 2l5,11 shares, and of unlist-
ed stocks 6l,l5S shares.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton OH
~ do preferred, 20; Sugar Refinery, 1Oil5;
do preferred, 1857; Atchison. topeka and
Santa Fe 1888; Baltimore and Ohio. COL:
Canada Pacific, 5Sl5; Chesapeake and
Ohio 10; Chicago and Alton 163. Chicago
burlington and Quincy So; Chicago Gas
66$4; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 1855; Distillers Cattle Feeders. 227s:
Erie, 10; do preferred, 25; Edison General
Electric, 3212; Illinois Central $685. Lake
Erie and Western, %; DO preferred 75ib:
Lake Shore 49, Louisville and Nashville
5S9s; Louisville and n. A, S5s; Manhattan
1854; Memphis and Charleston 10: Mich.
igan Central. $50; Missouri Pacific. S2l5
Mobile and Ohio, p; Nashville, Chatta,
nooga and St. Louis IS; United States
Cordage, z; do preferred, 14A; N. J. Gem
trail, 109 N. Y Central, 100; N Y and N
T., So, Norfolk and Western, preferred
1874 Northern Pacific, ~; do preferred
175s Northwestern, 1O5; do preferred. Az
Pacific Mail, 303s; Reading 147s; Rock Is
land, 757s; st. Paul, 755s; do preferred, 125:
Silver Certificates, 6S1s; Tennessee Coal
and Iron, 375s; do preferred, 100; Texas
Pacific, "a Union Pacific, 12A wabash.
St. L. and p, 81; do preferred 211k; Wes-
tern Union, 903s; Wheeling and L. E. 1881
do preferred, Az Southern Railway So
IS; Southern Railway common, 11% !;
Southern Railway preferred, 35k.
State BOnds-Alabama A, 1095s: do B.
1892; do G, 1003s; Louisiana stamped As
100; North Carolina As. 104A; North Caro-.
lima 6's, 12415; Tennessee, new set, 3s, So;
Virginia 6s, preferred, 6; Virginia Trust
Receipts, 81; Virginia Funding Debt, 62if :
South Carolina AZ 1O6.
Government Bonds-United States As
registered, Ill.,; United States as. cou-
pons. 111h; United States rs, register
ed, 97A.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
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