The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1896.


New York. Dec. 5.-stocks were quiet
and irregular again to-day, The total
sales footed up only 1850 shares fncIud-
ing $500 Chicago Gas, and 1900 Sugar.
The trading was mainly professional
commission house orders being few and
far between. The bank statement was
favorable, but it had no influence on spec
ulation. The statement showed an in
crease in surplus reserve of $l,052,775. a
gain In deposits of $11,d1l,700, ana an ex-
pansion in loans of IS, 600, A net gain
in cash of nearly $4.000000 was reported.
Baltimore and Ohio displayed a little
more strength and on buying to cover
short contracts recovered to l. Union
Pacific was the most active stock on the
list and rose IL per cent to 1lia on the
formation of a committee to reorganize
the road In the industrials Chicago Gas
was in sharp demand, and moved up to Il.
Brokers intimately connected with the
Flower Brady party were buyers of the
stock and one firm took 5000 shares on
the way up. Sugar was erratic, while To-
bacco and Cotton oil We're heavy. Cotton
Oil fell 2la to 1872, and Tobacco, 1M to rs
on liquidations The Changers. Trunk
lines, Anthracite Coalers, and Southwes-
terms moved within a narrow range.
Southern railway preferred. ran oft q to
S0A. on realizations- The market closed
quiet and irregular in tone. Net changes
show net losses of lsd1is per cent. To-
bacco leading Union Pacific gained l per
cent. The bond market was Irregular
The transactions footed up S211,OOO
New York Stock List-Stocks and Bonds
at the Closing-American Cotton Oil 12isi
do preferred, .5l$i; Sugar Refinery 1855;
do preferred 103; American Tobacco as; do.
preferred, 1919; Atchison, T. and IS. r.,
AS; Baltimore and Ohio, Is; Canada Pa
cihc, 55% Chesapeake and Ohio, n; Chca-
go and Alton, 100; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 7S% Chicago Gas. 769s; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western 159; Erie, 15ia;
do preferred. 35l5; Edison General Islec-
tric, S2ih; Illinois Central. 80; Lake Erie and
Western, 1S1a; do preferred, n; Lake Shore
l5S Louisville. and Nashville, 50i2; Louis
vile and N. A., Is; Manhattan, 1864; Mem
phis and Charleston, Is; Michigan Central
80; Missouri Pacific, 22is; Mobile and Ohio,
o; Nashville, c. and st. l., 67la; United
States Cordage, So: do preferred. 12A New
Jersey Central, 103la; New York Central,
50; New York and New England, IS; Nor
fox and Western preferred, 16%; Northern
Pacific, 141a do preferred, 249s; Northwest
ern. 106; do preferred, 149; Pacific Mail. 257s;
Reading, 29is; Rock Island, 69A st. Paul,
IS; do preferred, 130I5; Silver Certificates,
651s; Tennessee Coal and 4ron. 29is: do do
preferred 30; Texas Pacific. 10; Union Pa
cific, II; Wabash, st. l.. and F., SIS; do do
preferred, 1873 Western Union, S6ia; Wheel
ing and l.. T., S3s; do do preferred, 30ls;
Southern Railway. IS, 90; Southern Rail
way common, 1Ola = Southern Railway pre-
ferred, 30ss
State Bonds-Ala ALBANIA. A, 1O2; do b. 102:
do C, IS; Louisiana stamped As, &c. North
Carolina As, 100, North Carolina Us, 1l9;
Tennessee. new set. IS, so: Virginia Is, pre-
ferred, 8; Virginia Trust Receipts 61a; Vir-
ginia Funding Debit, CO.'S; Sopth Carolina
PCS, 100 ?. y 1',
Government Bonds--United States As, reg
istered, 1903; United States As, coupons,
1101a; United States Is, registered, IS;
United States As, new, registered, 1884;
United States As, new, coupons, 1193i.