The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-20

guaranteed. 1l2 bid. IFS asked; Augusta
and Knoxville railroad. per cent. first
mortgage bonds. 90 bid. l0l asked. City
and Suburban railroad, first mortgage Z
per cent. bonds, - bid. IS asked: Electric
railway bonds. bid. 45 asked: a Ia hama
Midland. 5 per cent. - BID, 81 asked
Brunswick and Western, IS, u asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah per cent. guaranteed, Is bid. 81
asked; Central common, II bid, l3 asked
Georgia common. 157 bid. 15S asked; South
western per cent. guaranteed, with divi-
dend order. 50 bid 40 asked. Central
per cent. certificates, with order for de-
faulted interest, IS bid. Il asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock 20 bid "a
asked: Atlanta and West Point per cent.
certificates. 94l2 bid. 95lz asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light Stock
20 bid, p asked; Electric Light Stock
and Power Company. Sc bid. IS asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. 1924
bid, 1881 asked; Chatham Bank, As bid. a
asked Germania Bank, 1924 bid, 1885, ask
ed; Merchants National Bank 9S bid, 100
asked: National Bank of Savannah. i32is
bid, asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 80 bid, 100 asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia. 1854 bid
lO5 bid, Jos asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 30 bid SO
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
15 bid u asked. Title Guarantee and Loan
Company, 50 bid. 81 asked.
Factory BOnds-Augusta Factory,
s. i92 bid lo2ls -, asked; sib,
asked Enterprise Factory 6s iO2h bid.
l03 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manufac-
turing Company per cent bonds, 80 bid.
Factory stocks-savvannah Cotton Fac
tory, GO bid, 20 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, 20 asked; Au-
gusta Factory, y bid, IS asked; Granite
Vile Factory, 1iS bid. $50 asked. langley
Factory. 100 bid. lO2 asked. ENTERPRISE
Factory, common. 81 bid. IS asked: J. r
King Manufacturing Company. 100 bid
1912 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, 20 bid, Is asked
New York. April l2-The treasury bal
7sl. goo; currency, 1868, 10000.
New York, April l9.-Money on call was
easy at lls92l9 per cent; the last loan was
al IL per cent. and at the closing was
offered at ~ per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4lad5 per cent.
Bar silver was quoted at 66ssc.
Sterling exchange firm. with actual bus
mess IN bankers bills at sfSs1kQ4.s $50 for
sixty days and S4S9ia6i4. e9at for demand;
posted rates. $is9q49ol4. Commercial
Government bonds. steady. state bonds,
dull: railroad bonds, strong,
Silver al the board was without sales.
New York, April 1.-THE treasury bal
ancos were as follows; Coin. $s4,l6S,0m:
currency, $5S, 466, 900.
New York. April 19.-Noon;--Erie IL;
Shore, 14iia; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred. l5s4 Weston Union, $50; Southern
Railway, common, ll7s; Southern Rail-
1854 Baltimore and Ohio, s.; Canada
Southern, 52ih: St Paul SOS: Rock Is
land, G5ss; Delaware and Hudson, 1851;
Delaware, Lackawanna ana Western.
l59s4; Manhattan, 1179s; Michigan Central
1915; New York Central 80.
New York. April 19-Speculation at the
stock exchange opened bouyant. prices
moving up all along the line. The early
gain was equal to iz0las per cent, and
was most marked in General Electric.
Baltimore and Ohio, Changers, the Trunk
lines and the low price issues generally
The rise was checked b. sudden drop
in American Sugar from l07 to 1851. Sales
% this stock were heavy and We're attri-
buted to a prominent room operator ana
not to any change In trade conditions
which, according 10 authorities have
improved of late. The slump in Sugar led
to decline in the usually active list OF
"A to / per cent. Manhattan leading The
inquiry from the shorts in this stock has
abated for the moment, and, in the 40
sence of sustaining orders, the stock, af-
ter its recent rise, is particularly sensI-
tive Inc downward tendency OF the
market was checked, however, by a sud-
den rise in Baltimore and Ohio from 54H
to IS. The fact that London was not dis
turbed on account of the passing OF the
dividend by the directors, brought about
a change in sentiment in the stock ana
there was fair inquiry 10 cover short con
tracts. Low priced issues. such as Kansas
| and Texss, Lake Eric and Western Flint
and Fere Marquette, Erie. Louisville, New.
Albany and Chicago Laclede Gas ard
| Lead were in favor and sold at the best
| prices in months. Lead moved up tc IS
on the reiteration of riTnors Of an early
resumption of dividends. Nothing Of an
/ official character has dew lcped 50 far. In
/ the afternoon, trading SPECULATION was
/ quiet, but the strength Of Michigan Cen
/ trail. which touched 1905 acted as a ba TX
! log and kept the market firm. Brokers
/ Identified with the New England reorgani-
/ cation were accredited with putting that
stock up to 39A, which was the price in
4 the last hour of business. Speculation
/ left off firm with prices anywhere from
/ x to IL per cent, the higher on the day.
/ The total sales were $50 shares. includ-
/ ing % 300 Sugar %, 100 st. Paul, and l., 800
Burlington and Quincy. Railway and mis-
I cellaneous bonds were less active but the
undertone Of the maTAet continues strong.
/ Sales of listed stocks aggregated 49,, 900
| shares; unlisted 5l.W0 shares
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
| Stocks and Bonds-Americsn Cotton OIL,
27@z; do preferred, 75u154; Sugar Refinery,
1854 do preferred. 81; American Tobacco,
/ 99ih; do preferred. 1919 Atchison T. and
! S. F., s; Baltimore and Ohio, 54Iz: Canada
Pacific, IS; Chesapeake and Ohio 1sH
Chicago and Alton, 147: Chicago. B. and 81
1875; Chicago Gas, 71%s; Del, Lack and
I Western, 15os4 Dis. Cat. Feed. IS; Erie. II
do preferred. 247s; Edison General Elec-
trio, 337s Illinois Central. 9llz Lake Erie
! and Western. 2Oek; do preferred. tn; Lake
! Shore. 14l1z; Louisville and Nashville, 54sz
| Louis. and n. A., n; Manhattan, 1174t
Memphis and Charleston, 10; Michigan
Central, 1904 Missouri Pacific 255k; Mo-
bile and Ohio. 1872; Nash, C. and St. L..
/ 20; Z. S. Cordage. 81; do preferred. 9k
Y ard n. e., 30; Norf. and West. preferred.
15i4; Northern Pacific, -; do preferred.
1914; Northwestern, 957t do preferred l4O:
Pacific Mail. ~; Reading, 1lk Rock
Island, 65A; 81. Paul 6)lz: do preferred,
i17h; Silver Certificates, Gs Tenn, Coal
and Iron. 2lis; do do preferred, Is: Texas
Pacific. 1913; Union Pacific. 13ik: Wabash,
st. J.. and p. 81; do 90 preferred I5s. .
Western Union. ss1z: Wheeling and Lake
Erie l2sk; do DO preferred. 1914: Southern
Railway 5s. 8 Southern Railway common.
ll24 Southern Railway preferred 81. South
Carolina 8iks. IN.
State BOnds-Alabama 4. l05. do B.. fOg.
do O., - bid; Louisiana stamped ~ 100.
North Carolina -, 100. North Carolina 81,
49, Tennessee new get, ~ -, virginia a.
preferred 81; Virginia Trust Receipts. 3.
Virginia Funding Deb. 59iz.
Government BOuds-f uifed States a.
registered. iii%s United States ~. oor-
DODs, lizisi United States H. registered. ~
mTscELLAAEOUg MARK ETs.
Baeon-The market Is steady. smoked
clear sides. 1hei or aalted clear rib SIDES,