The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-21

ZOE bid. l02lz asked; Georgia ~ per cent
bonds. 1915. 11ils bid, Us asked: Georgia
Smiths, maturity 1896, 101 bid. 1914 asked;
South Carolina as. i07 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 197 bid,
- asked: Augusta fizs, 1875. los bid. 10S
ASKED A Aggasa per cent cent ~ S Sd III
asked; Columbus per cent, 10s bid. 10i
asked; Macon per cent. 114iz bid,
teriy April coupons. los bid asked;
savannah per cent quarterly Feb
-nary coupons. los bid, 1917 asked;
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent in.er s5d eGSIP2on ms, M PIC, S
consolidated per cent. coupons. January
| and July maturity, 1897, 10l bid. 102 asked;
| Central Railroad and Banking Company,
collateral gold, SIS, 80 bid, e6 asked; Cen
| trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS, 1S45 10 bid, nSl5 asked; Central of
| gold bonds, IS bid, 50 asked: Central of
/ Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
80 asked when issued; Central of Geol
| gia Railway second preferred incomes, is
| bid 21I5 asked when issued; Central of
| Georgia Railway third preferred Incomes,
| Is asked when issued; Georgia railroad
Is, 1910, Ill bid. 1l2 asked: Charlotte. Col
umbia and Augusta first SIS, 104 bid, 100
/ asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
/ ia second mortgage IS, III bid, 1fS asked;
Georgia southern and Florida new IS, so
| bid "a asked; south Georgia and Florida
| first mortgage Is. los bid, : asked; South
| 105 bid, - asked; Savannah, Americas and
! MONTGOMERY IS, - bid, As asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds bonds 1920 s. bid
/ first mortgage Z per cent. bonds, rs bid,
| so asked; Electric Railway IS, due 1885,
cent. indorsed, 50 bid, 81 asked; Bruins
/ wick and Western As, bid, 70 asked;
South Bound railroad IS, : bid, rs asked;
0I RAILROAD stocEs~AHguasta and savan
nah. bid, IS asked; Central
mon, 175 bid. l17s asked; Southwestern, s2lz
bid s3lk asked; Central 6 per cent.
West Point railroad stock,99 bid. 1O1 asked:
certificates, 80 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
Gas stocks--savannah Gaslight stock.
and Power Company, SO bid, 70 asked:
Bank stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank,
bid bid y asked asked G Graham Bank BsDk
iO6Ib bid, 1O7lk asked: Merchants National
Bank, 10l bid, 1902 asked; National Bank of
Savings and Trust Company, 1OOlk bid. ioils
asked; Southern Bank of State Of
Georgia, 1si, bid. asked; savan-
nah Bank and T Trust Company lO5A BID
| and Improvement Company, A, 52lh bid.
50 asked; B, 5O1A bid, 51h asked /;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, :
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. es.
103 bid 104 asked; Sibley Factory s. 100
bid, 1Of asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 104
| bid 1O5 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 50
| bid, "a asked.
tory, so bid, 81 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Augusta Factory. Il bid, 50 asked: Gran Gran;
ley Factory, 1914 bid. 1857 asked; Enter
prise Factory, common, SO bid; 1o1 asked
J. p. King Manufacturing Co, los bid. =
| asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company
| so bid SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany. So bid, 80 asked.
New York, Jan; 1s.-Money on call was
at 31k per cent. Prime mercantile paper
6d7 per cent. Sterling exchange inactive
with actual business in bankers bills at
$4.S7% @4Ss for 50 days and $4.ssq4s9A for
mercial bills, $4s6AG4S7l4.
Bar silver 67b.
bonds were dull; railroad bonds were
New York, JAN 1s.-Treasury balances
were as follows: Coin. sS,26O,O26; curren-
New York. Jan. 2O-Money on call was
at BOA per cent; the last loan was at 8
at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
607 per cent. Bar silver 671sc. Sterling
exchange firm with actual business in
| $489Q4.S9A for demand. Posted rates
s4Ss1aq4.90. Commercial bills, $4S6246
ASIA. Government bonds steady; state
| bonds were dull; railroad bonds were
easier; silver at the board was quiet.
New York. Jan. 2O.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $9S,61S,2Os;
New York, Jan. 20, noon.-Erie, 14A;
| Northwestern, 973s; preferred, IA; Lake
Shore, 141; Norfolk and Western, pre-
ferred. Z; Western Union, SO; Southern
Railway, common, S1a; Southern Railway
preferred, 2612 American Sugar, 1O1; Bal
AZ; st. Paul, 67lb; Rock Island, 641k; Del.
| aware and Hudson 124ls; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, 100; Manhattan,
9S7s; Michigan Central, SO; New York Cen
trail, 81.
New York, Jan. 2O-The railway and
miscellaneous shares speculation was
the most active in the stock list, figured
| for 1890 shares and St. Paul, which
was second, for 1920 shares. The mar
ket was unsettled and irregular through
| out the session. At the opening a num-
Der Of stocks. including Metropolitan
| Traction, the Changers, the General Elec-
| trio and Lake Shore were quite heavy
and lost 1sQ21s per cent. Later on Tobacco
| jumped per cent. to 81, on covering of
| purposes, and this strengthened the whole
| market, and tobacco was in brisk demand
| in the loan crowd and in some cases ills
per cent. per diem was paid for the use
| of the stock. The transfer books for the
| annual election will close on Wednesday.
| In the afternoon the tendency of prices
| adversely influenced by the engagement
| of $14 900 gold for shipment to Europe
| on Wednesday and the belief that the
shipments may reach 100000 on the day
| named. Western Union was particularly
| weak in the afternoon trading, and sold
| down to S2k. There was no special pres
sure TO sell, however, and the disposition
| is general to go slow until the new gov
| ernrnent bond loan is out of the way.
| Washington is also being closely watch
ed for financial and political legislation.
The market closed about steady. Net
| changes show gains of 1sG% per cent. in
the railway list and ssq114 per cent. in
the Industrials. Western Union lost u
| per cent. Bonds were lower. The sales
aggregated $1,O87oOO; The sales of listed
| stocks aggregated 1867 shares and of
| unlisted stocks 1890 shares
New York Stock disclosing Bids
| Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
| Is: do preferred, SO; Sugar Refinery, 1903;
do preferred, So; American Tobacco, 1913;
| do preferred, 1912; Atchison, T. and S. e,
| Ia; Baltimore and Ohio, 81; Canada Pa
| cific, 521z; Chesapeake and Ohio 142s; Chi
| cago and Alton, 1888: Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, 1874; Chicago Gas $50; Del
| aware Lackawanna and Western, 1G2; Dis.
! Cat. Feed, 1914; Erie, 1414; do preferred,
231z; Edison General Electric, AZ; Illinois
| Central s415; Lake Erie and Western, IS;
| do preferred. 69ls; Lake Shore, IA; Louis