The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-17

40. =
f'guv' over 5000 at S1.0O per 1900
/ fII,oIeisn ENchange-MarlIet frmer The
| CoI,3 wing are net Savannah quotations:
\ NS6; ninety days. sass; continentals
SS.eauy francs. Paris and Havre. sixty
ma r5sri..s Ss;ly, swiss sixty days. $52Oie:
Nlss I, sixty days, "a 1916.
I hardening tendency.
ne tSbt e B97gndsIGeOrgia, ~ per cent. 1915.
10 DE- ll6 asked; Georgia. z Der Gem
d csr, 10 bid l06 asked; Georgia 3lh per
~ NJ. l99ng dates. lo2 bid. 1O3 asked
| MI s Dohas-New savannah ) per cent,
10y COupohs, luoi2 bid. asked. new Sa-
b biai'i'e'H . per cent, August coupons. 1862
p Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
DdhhlAS company collateral gold IS On
oIu, % asked Central consolidated mort
fI ~ per cent; coupons. January ana
S Jug maturity m; gsy, 12S bid, asked; Savan-
IieI! =. dllu western railroad, per cent trust
1 Cerulcates, a bid, s. asked; Savannah
AlntLicus ana Montgomery per cent 56
1uat,16,o'52 asked; Georgia railroad per cent.
Ivlg pig, 40 asked; Georgia Southern
anu = florida first mortgage 6 per cent on
el1, " asked: Montgomery and Eufaula
GGSr ahioT ra;i per eeQi, Endorsed by
SeHtIal ralroad, l02 bid, -1O3 asked; All
susta ana Knoxville first MORTGAGE Z per
Sent., - pld, 100 asked; Ocean Steamship
S,I Ier cent, Que 1920 97l5 bid. 9Si5 asked:
| SOiumous and Rome first mortgage bonds
hqorseq by Central railroad - bid AZ
I asked columbus and Western & nor cent
suairanteeG no bid, ll2 asked; City ana SUI
- Z
/ "a blu, = asked, Savannah and Atlantic
pgL Cen,., mdorsed, Is bid. % asked; Flee
1ric 5alieWay hrst mortgage 6s, 80 BID. Al
| ASKED, south Georgia and Florida first
mortgage per cent, 106 bid. 107 asked: .
| south Georgia and Florida second rnorr.
gage' TO bld' LOG asked; South Bound rail-
Oama Midland, - bid, 90 asked Brunswick
! ana Western Is, guaranteed. Y asked
hdliroac Stocks-Central common, y
! old, Is asked; Augusta and Savannah 7
/ per cent, guaranteed, Il bid, 81 asked
| SeoI ga, common, l21 bid. 159 asked; :
southwestern per cent. guaranteed in
Guiding order for div, 81 bid. IS asked:
/ central per cent, certificates with order
LOT ueIaulted interest. 1912 bid, 17I5 asked !;
Atianta and West Point railroad stock.
/ Us bid, "a asked; Atlanta and West Point
per cent. certificates, 95l2 bid, 1872 asked
Bank stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 1921
bid. 1914 asked; Chatham Bank, As bid. a
| asked; Germania Bank 103 bid 10i asked: .
| Merchants National Bank, 9Sls bid 100
| asked; National Bank of Savannah i99
bid, 13S asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust company, 100 bid, l0l asked; South
| ern Bank of-the State OF Georgia, 1854 bid
! 165 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, los bid. Jos asked: Chatham Real
bid 5S1s asked; Savannah Construction
Company, "a bid, 75ia asked; Title Guaran-
tee and Loan Company 50 bid - asked;
Brush Electric Light and Power Com
pany, Sc bid, 81 asked; Savannah Gas
Light Company. 20 bid. u asked.
New York, May 16.-Money on call easy
~ per cent, and at the closing was offer
ed at ~ per cent. Bar silver, GG&tc Ster-
| ling Excahnge easier, with actual business
in bankers bills at 81 86J1 "a S6ib for 50 DAYS
rates $4.S612q4SS Commercial bills, S4.S5A
q4.S6. Government bonds firm; state
bonds steady; railroad bonds strong; sill
yer at the board was quiet
New York, May 16.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows Coin, ISL, 694, 900;
currency, $55S26, 900.
western, IS; do preferred. l43; Lake Shore,
1914; Norfolk and Western preferred, 1872;
Western Union, %; Southern Railway
common, 14$s; do preferred, 397s Ameri-
can Sugar 1165s; Baltimore and Ohio, 631s !:
Canada Southern, 81; st. Paul. 664 Rock
Island, 6S19; Delaware and Hudson, 1901;
1872; Manhattan, l16; Michigan Central
1913 New York Central 1924.
New York, May There was a decided
change for the better at the Stock Elk
change to-day, owing to the execution Of
large buying orders for foreign account
strange as 1t may appear the street ac-
York Central treasury stock by J. p. Nor
gan & Co, the English capitalists, as a
bull argument. Less than a week ago.
when it was reported that the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad had placed a sufii-
cient amount of bonds TO pay for the eleva-
ton of its tracks in Chicago, the whole
market sold Off. To-day the announce
ment that the Central had sold block
of stock acted as a filliOs, and nearly ev-
erything on the list moved up. Another
anomaly was the buoyancy of the Graners
in the face OF doleful reports concerning
the crops. These stocks and the Wander
bits were the key note to the market
and figured for 1926 shares in a grand to-
tai of S94094 shares. New York Central
rose 35s Canada Southern 13i Big Four, 2;
Michigan Central, ~; Lake Shore, IA
Nickel Plate, common, 2ls; do second pre-
ferred, IA; st. Paul, rs; Burlington and
Quincy, 2i2; Northwestern, 3; Rhode
Island, 2, and Omaha, IL Great North
ern, preferred, on reports that President
Hill had obtained control of the Northern
Pacific road, bounded up II points to 1872
Mr. Hill is expected in this city to-mor-
row. and pending a definite statement
from him, conservatives were inclined 10
hold off The general list was inclined to
lag until the Nanderbilts and Changers
developed activity, and then the shorts
as well as operators. who have been look
ing for a reaction, turned in and bought
Notable gains scored in the inactive list
were Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred
5 to So. and Wells, Fargo & Co., 50 to 109A
Speculation closed strong in tone. Net
latter in New York Central The railway
and miscellaneous bond market was act
i've and strong. The sales of listed stocks
aggregated 356, 900 shares; unlisted IS 0GO.
New York Stock List-closing bids
stocks and bonds-American Cotton OIL 30;
do preferred. IS; Sugar Refinery, 1172s; do
do preferred, 10; AtchisOn. T. and S. F.,
S2s; Baltimore and Ohio 6Sl5; Canada Pa
cific, $50; Chesapeake and Ohio. 229s; Chi
cago and Alton, $50; Chicago, B. and O.,
1871; Chicago Gas 74%: Delaware and Lack
awanna and Western, 1921; Distillars, Cat
tie Feeders. 2319; Erie 1874; do preferred.
29l5; Edison General Electric 341s; Him
OILS Central. 95i2; Lake Erie and Western,
21h: do preferred 7S2s; Lake Shore, 147;
Louisville and Nashville, 59%; Louis. and
N A. 915; Manhattan, III; Memphis and
Charleston, 10 asked; Michigan Central.
1025s Missouri Pacific 29h Mobile and
Ohio, 2GA Nashville Chattanooga and st.
Louis, "a, asked; United States. Cordage,
51s do preferred, 734; n. J. Central 1894 n.
Y. Central 1885 n. Y. and N. E., 42A Norf.
and Western, preferred 1874; Northern Pa
cifc, rs; do preferred, "a; Northwestern.
q9lb; do preferred, 144; Pacific Mail, 1854
Reading, 191s Rock Island 69la; St. Paul,
67lk: do preferred 120h Silver Certificates,
81: Tennessee, Coal and Iron, 2i9s; do do
preferred IS; Texas Pacific, 10; Union Pa
cific Is; Wabash, St l.. and p, SIS; do do
preferred 1875 Western Union, 927s;
Wheeling and L. E., 14ls: do do preferred,
4e. Southern Railway IS, SO; Southern Rail
way. common, Az; Southern railway, pre-
ferred 405s South Carolina as, 1073s.
State Bonds-Alabama A. 1916; do 3. l07;
do c. 96; Louisiana stamped As, 100; North
Carolina AS 103; North Carolina 6s l24;
Tennessee. new set, IS 81; Virginia 6's,
preferred 81 Virginia Trust Receipts, ga;
Virginia Funding Debt, 597s.
Government Bonds-United states As
,ao;starad 1923 United States As. coupons