The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31

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nah. 80 bid. 81 asked: Central common.
lil2 bid, l5ia asked; Georgia common, l15
bid, 177 asked; Southwestern. 94i4 bid 95ia
asked Central s per cent certificates,
zSi5 bid. 24ia asked: Atlanta and West
Point Railroad stock. 100 bid IOl asked,
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent. GER
tihcates, 100 bid 10l asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gaslight stock.
20l4 bid, p asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company. h5 bid. 63la asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank, 10
bid, Ill asked; Chatham Bank. ~ bid,
4912 asked; Germania Bank, lOl bid, l05
asked; Merchants National Bank. lO4
bid, 1c34 asked; National Bank OF Sa-
yannsh, 1872 bid. 1873 asked; Oglethrope
Savings and Trust Company, 1O0li bid, l0l
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, 1879 bid, 1852 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. 1O9 bid, 10 ask
ed Chatham Real Es,ate and Improve
ment Company, y. 534 bid, 81 asked; b,
5Jl2 bid, Ola asked; Savannah COnstruc-
ton Company, Is bid, 50 asked; Title
Guarantee ana Loan Company, 90 bid, 80
asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 6s,
lO3 bid, l0i asked; Sibley Factory 6s, l02
bid, l02 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s. l02
bid, 1Oi asked: Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
tacturing Company per cent. bonds, So
bid, 80 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, q bid, 65 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company. % bid. % asked;
Augusta Factory, 73 bid. Is asked; Gran
AltNiAAE dNNDlAr loo Ulls lou dShttls lAdilEltN
| Factory, lO6 bid, los asked; Enterprise
| Factory, common, '97 bid 100 asked; J. Z.
King Manufacturing Company, LOG bid. lOS
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
| n bid, 50 asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, IS bid, S7i5 asked.
New York, oct. S0.-Money on call was
hrm at 2G2ia percent; the last loan was
! at per CONT, and at the closing was
| offered at per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 5l4d6 per cent
Bar silver. Csc.
Sterling EXCHANGE is 6 with
| business in bankers bills at $4.S7&l "a. IS
for sixty days, and $4.SSA04S9 for de-
mand. Posted rates, S4SSlRq4.S912; com
mercial bills, A.S6l@Q4S712.
Government bonds steady; state bonds
were dull railroad bonds were lower.
Silver at the board was quiet.
New York, Oct. 30-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $S9094S2j;
currency, $97, 425,7A.
New York. oct ao.-5Noon.--,Eriei, 12233s;
| Lake Shore, $50; Norfolk and Western,
preferred 10; Western Union 902t South
ern Railway, common, ia; Southern
Railway, preferred, 56l2; American Sugar,
1O2h Baltimore and Ohio, 60la; Canada
Southern, 5i3t St. Paul, 1872: Rock Is
4 land, 75%; Delaware and Hudson, l3l; Del
| aware. Lackawanna and Western, 165:
| Manhattan, 1855; Michigan Central y8i2;
/ New York Central, 100.
New York Oct 30.-Liouidations were
the order of the day at the Stock Exchange
| during the greater part of the session,
! and the selling was not confined to local
/ operators either London started off
| bright and early with sales Of Reading,
| St Paul, Southern Railway Northern Pa
| cilic preferred, Wabash preferred, Louis
| vile and Nashville and AtchisOn. Some
| authorities place the foreign selling at
] 1900 shares, while others thought that
] London had sold nearly twice as much.
| The foreign liquidations were attributed
/ to the eastern difficulties. rise in the
actual rate of sterling exchange to the
! figures current when the last gold exports
| were made to Germany, revived discus
/ sion about shipments, and this accelerated
! the downward movement in stocks. Read
! ing was the first stock to break. the
| price falling from 141a to 10. The selling
/ was due to limitations that the forth
| coming plan of reorganization Will pro-
| vide for an assessment OF at least $40 on
| the stock. General Electric was then TAX
| en- in hand and in a jiffy the stock
! dropped nearly four points to 29A. a break
| in Electric stocks in Philadelphia having
had a sympathetic influence on these
shares. Northern Pacific preferred, which
| has been very quiet of late, doomed into
prominence and dropped from IN to 1873
ON transactions of 5 100 shares Holders
were frightened by the size of the pro
| posed assessment on Reading and fear
ing similar treatment made haste to sell.
other railway stocks conspicuous for
| weakness were the InternatiOnals. South
westerns, the Changers. Delaware and
| Hudson and Jersey Central. Missouri Pa
! ciiic and AtchisOn were particularly
| heavy, Missouri Pacific falling 23s to 30h
! and AtchisOn IA TO 1874. Considerable
! long Missouri Pacific. which has been
! held by spectators was forced on the mar
| ket by the decline. In the Industrials
| Sugar broke to 101, but later rose to 1929
Gl02Js. Chicago Gas, Tobacco and Leath-
er preferred. after "A weak opening, clos
| ed strong. Lead fell from 33M to 3015, and
| recovered to 30. In the afternoon ndica-
tons OF support were noticeable In certain
parts of the list, and this induced some
of the bears to even up their contracts,
especially as the following on the short
side had become intentionally large Re
ports of rain in the southwest and semi
official statements that the Trunk lines
and Central Traffic Association roads
would certainly sign the new agreement
to-day, also stimulated the buying. This
caused a rally of p to 4 per cent, but
Just near the close, the gain was partially
lost. The general list closed barely
| steady. Net changes show losses of Los
per cent, General Electric leading. To-
| bacco, Chicago Gas, Pacific Mail and SUI
gar gained 1sN# per cent, on the day.
| Bonds were weak. The sales footed up
ST. 965, coo. The sales of listed stocks ag-
gregated 3O3,49 shares, and of unlisted
stocks, 52,656 shares.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
1c3ss; do preferred 3d.; American To-
bacco, 500; do preferred, 1885, Atchison,
T. and s. F., 1S1s; Baltimore and Ohio.
COZ; Canda Pacific, So; Chesapeake and
| Ohio. 10; Chicago and Alton. 1853; Chica-
go, b. and O., 1878; Chicago Gas, g.; Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western, 1854;
Dis. Cat. Feed, ZZ9si Erie Y; do preferred,
%; Edison General Electric, 30B; Hli-
nois Central, $685. Lake Erie and West
ern %; do preferred, 75 Lake Shore.
1872; Louisville and Nashville, 5Slk;
Louisville and n. A, SIS; Manhattan,
1O55s Memphis and Charleston, Is; Mich
igan Central, 81; Missouri Pacific, 301a
Mobile and Ohio, %; Nashville. c. and
st. l., 70; United States Cordage, rs
do preferred 14A; New Jersey Central,
1O9; New York Central, 1C0; New York
and New England, 5l1A; Norfolk and
Western preferred, 1917; Northern Pa
cific, ); do preferred, II; Northwestern,
1854: do preferred, 147; Pacific Mail, 8OsI
Reading, 141l; Rock Island 75A st. Paul,
75is; do preferred, 126; Silver Certificates
IS; Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred,
100; Texas Pacific. 8; Union Pacific, p;
Wabash, St. L. and P, 8; do do preferred.
201s; Western Union. 90la; Wheeling and
L. E., 1885; do do preferred. AZ; Southern
Railway IS, 96is; Southern Railway COM
mon, 1124; Southern Railway preferred,
S.
state Bonds.-Alabama A, 1095s: do B.
1891; do c. 1002s; Louisiana stamped As,
100; North Carolina As, 1914; North Car
DINA SIS, 125: Tennessee. new set, IS, 80;
Virginia 6s preferred. 6; Virginia Trust
Receipts, 81; Virginia Funding Debt,
A: South Carolina 412s, 106 bid.
Government BOnds.-United States As,
registered, 111h: United States As, cou-
pons, 1115s; United States Is, registered,