The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-06

ing Mi Pulitzer of the New York World
Mr., Burnett OF the Investment Co-Upera-
ton company Of New York, and Mr.
Chandler of Boston
The committee to superintend the open-
ing OF bids. United States Treasurer Nor
San, Comptroller Eckels and Mr.. Hunt
ington OF the loans aud currency divisions
had boon at work since early morning.
and nj a few minutes ate noon announo-
cd that they were ready to proceed. II
was nm Interested crowd that listened to
Mr.. Eckels as he read the names of the
bidders aud the amounts subscribed for,
and II is probable that more millions were
represented IN Mr.. Eckols' audience than
was ever before gathered together In the
treasury bidding. Three or four bids car
ried with them evidences OF their being
fictitious, and they we're accordingly
omitted from the list. but the long list OF
bids and the substantial amounts desired
by many bidders soon made II apparent
that the question was not would the loan
be oversuhscrbed?" but "how much would
II b. oversubscribedY"
The first announcement from Mr.. Eckcis
made II known that bids approaching the
$500 600 900 mark had been made, with
enough unopened TO represent another
million. Then came the announcement
that the total was tho stupendous figure
of 1854 269, $40. which was subsequently re
ducod by throwing out three bogus plds
of Sloo. 900, $1,000 00u and 5000, 900 1t
would be Impossible with any ordinary
telegraphic facilities to give n complete
list Of bids, and sayc as matter of his
tory no Importance attaches now to any
bids naming below lloGSI
From the list OF bidders at and above
that figure the successful bidders VIII un-
doubleday come.
Among the bids arc the following: j.
T. Morgan & Co, Harvey FISK x co. and
the Doutsche bank of Berlin. 500 100000
at llo6Sl7; Joseph Pulitzer, New York,
81 900 900 at liz. Hanover National bank,
New York, l,0OO,0o0 ut 1857, Williams
burg Savings bank. Brooklyn. 100000 Mt
III Kuehn Loeb, New York 100000 nj
III. $3.50. loO NJ li2 and $4,000 AT ll3; Third
bnnk, New York. S5o1,OW at
~ % and 500 900 at no. Is. John a, Donald
SON Now York, si75Ooo AT llLG3, William /
Graves and associates. New York, $780,
100 at III SO; Albert Judson. $4,000 at
S75 Robert Il. Glondennng. 100000 at |
Ii2T5.
The highest bidders were: Henry Mer- |
rim, so at laO: j. w Shrader, 500 at 100; |
T.. T.. Mayer, $50 at $50; Shaw Piano com
pany, $50 nj l2i. The following ht III: |
John l.. Farwell, 500; W. II. Brown. 500:
otto a. Stoll, $50. j. +. Pepper $500 Royal
rrust company 500 Charles + Miller,
'SNpf. ! ne IDllphllk ~ ia'''~-f 80 -
-'laggctt. T. T.. Riley. 800; Victor $. obcl.
1000; w g. Sanders. 5000: W. r. Whit
sell, s3N0: First National bank of Woods =
iown. n. d. 5000. Rufus X. Humphrey.
1900; First National bank, Fresno, Cal.
$1,000: Marshall tito $40.
From fls.S22g down to li0ss7 there ls
ong list Of bidders. including The follow
ng from the South Merchants NauorA
>ank. Iuehmond Va. 5000 al III; First
"a III
New Orleans National bank, SiOOW) at
iio5o5; Richmond National bank %l.0N At
Iii.Ol and $50 n0O at liljO. Big Sandy Ma
ional bank, Catletcaburg Ky, 10000 at X
N; CarrolItOn Ky) National bank, $Vo
At III: Third National bank. Louisville
KY, y200oO at 49, Bank Of Charleston, >.
=, $4,000 each at ll2il2j ll2.J1 and 1870;
.icrmania Savings bank. New Orleans,
,25. 90 at 112: First Rational bank ~.
Augustine. Fla $685. 900 a, 1l2. firt Ma
ionai bank. Columbus. Miss. s2D0O at
II; I.eosburg County state bank. Florida.
80 900 at li2; ]. s. Wood, vernon, TexaS.
20 coo at IA: First National bank, Helena,
Ark, $1,000 at III.
OF the bids above 10 SSH. the syndicate
lrlcc, Massachusetts contributes greater
number than any other State. except New
York. the total being S26is,ool, of which
III but .j9S 900 came from Boston. BID,
we're received from -.nrty-five or forty
eading Massachusetts towns outside or
Boston. the bidders including banks and
The bids from New YORK
ibovc the syndicate price. hes,desdhose al
cady mentioned. aggregate 81 .s23,J00, Of
which $l.3735D0 are from New York city
md Brooklyn. S250.0o0 frem Buffalo ana
he remainder from a score OF small
owns
Pennsylvania bond buyers want $4,000
worth and this total includes bids from
, frsater number Of towns ihau Was
heard from IN any other state except
,crhaps, Massachusetts caiifofdit wns a
iberal contributor 10 the mass u offers
-eccived Mt the treasury department, san
Francisco banks and citizens wanting In
~ 5000 OF total OF fi-lc5,iDo bid from
iat state. New Jersey asks for 1850
Illinois will take $4,000 at prices ahove
no Morgan syndicate bid. Of which
mount Chicago 0skE for fJ50.00o. Ohio
,orics next with Total Of ;622 900. OF
which s322. 600 are wanted IN Cleveland; n
core 81 Buckeye ,wns can use the re-
naig1er q she states total. Maine bank
RS and lndiyidrais viii take ANtp. OF
xh.ch MI 900 can be sold al por'lari. 81
outs bids frr s2o5.s Of u total Of fsi,.ro
Other totals are: Rhode Island $4,000