The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-17

road stock. 100 bid, ITO asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates, 102
bid, asked; Savannah Construction
Company, 20 bid, "a asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
22A bid % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company. 6S bid, 90 asked ex-div.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank. 110la
bid, Ill asked; Chatham Bank, 46 bid,
Al asked: Germania Bank, 107 bid. 1oS
asked; Merchants National Bank, 80 bid,
asked; National Bank of Savannah.
III bid. 100 asked: Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 100 bid, 101 ask
ed ex-div.. Southern Bank OF
the State of Georgia, 1863 bid,
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. 1O1 bid, 1924 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, "a
bid, asked; B. 501a bid, 511A asked; Peo-
PIES Savings and Loan Company 9l12 bid,
92i5 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, IS, 100
bid. 1902 asked; Sibley Factory IS. 100 bid.
101 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 10l bid.
102 asked Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
iEg Company. per cent. bonds, 40 bid, so
asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, so asked; Augusta Factory. n
bid, so asked, ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
tory, 145 bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory,
100 bid, 105 asked Enterprise Factory.
common, % bid, 100 asked; ]. p King
Manufacturing Company. 1902 bid. los ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company. rs bid,
n asked; Savannah Brewing Company, 81
bid. 81 asked.
London. Dec 16.--Bar silver, 3Od Con-
soils. 110% for money and Ill for the ac-
count.
Paris, Dec. 16.-Three per cent. rentes,
102 francs, 20 confines interest for the ac-
count.
New York, Dec. 16-Money on call was
easy at 11aQ2 per cent; the last loan was
at 2 per cent; prime mer-
yer, $3.50. Sterling exchange firm with
actual business in bankers bills at $483$46 a
Asa for sixty days and $SA for de-
mand Posted rates. $4.S412q4Ss. Com
mercial bills. $4.S212d4.S 315. Government
bonds steady; state bonds were steady
railroad bonds firm. Silver at the board
was quiet.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $121, 54O,071;
currency, S46,355,72O.
New York. Dec. 16, noon.-Erie, 14s;
Northwestern, 1872; do preferred, 146; Lake
Shore, 1853; Norfolk and Western prefer
red, 1919; Western Union, S514; Southern
Railway, common, ga Southern Railway.
preferred, Hlb; American Sugar, HIS; Bal
timore and Ohio, 141a; Canada Southern,
1874; St. Paul, 1875; Rock Island 81; Della
ware and Hudson, 125; Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, 1856; Manhattan, 911z;
Michigan Central 80; New York Central.
947s. Speculation firm.
New York, Dec. 16.-Stocks were irreg-
ular during the early trading at the stock
| exchange, but in the main the market
showed more resistance than yesterday.
The opening was steady to firm and less
attention was paid to the Cuban question,
in fact. the resolution introduced by SEN
ator Morgan yesterday was practically ig
nored. Following the opening there was
an attack on Burlington and Quincy, Man
haitian and Spirits preferred, which re-
suited in a break of 13sG2 per cent. in
these issues. Burlington and Quincy got
down to 72%, the lowest price for a long
time. The heaviness of Manhattan was
due to rumor, which was not confirmed,
that certain holders of Metropolitan Ele-
waited first and second mortgages intended
to ask the courts to prevent the payment
of dividends on Manhattan stock on the
ground that they had not been earned.
The fact that money commands COMPARE
lively higher rates abroad, while here it
goes begging at IL per cent, lends color
| to the story. Foreign exchange is also
| much hrmer on account of the demand
| from remitters in connection with the jan
uary interest and dividend payments due
| abroad. During the late dealings there
was decided change for the better in
| stocks, and on moderate purchases to
| cover short contracts a recovery of Is to
| IA ensued. Manhattan rose "a. Sugar
| x, Chicago Gas 6, Reading IA. st. Paul
| rs, Rock Island a, Tobacco p, General
| Electric u and Louisville and Nashville
| rs per cent. London was a buyer for the
| last named, and its purchases materially
| assisted the upward movement. Reading
| strength was based on rumors that the
| attorney general of Pennsylvania will to-
day decide in favor Of the road in the mai
| ter of the companys charter. Specula-
ton closed firm in tone. Net changes
| show gains of I4M15s per cent. Total
sales were 205,695 shares, including 49, 900
Sugar, 2l.S00 st. Paul and 1900 Reading
The bond market was weak in the early
dealings, but closed firm in tone. Sales
were 81, $4,000.
New York stock list-stocks and bonds at
the closing. Cotton Oil, 10; do
preferred, So; Sugar Refinery, 1117s; do pre-
ferred, 100k; American Tobacco, rs; do pre-
ferred, 10l; Atchison, 4. and S. F., 49, Bal
timore and Ohio. 10; Canada Pacific, 54;
Chesapeake and Ohio, 163s; Chicago and
Alton, 100: Chicago, b. and O.. 7Ss4; Chicago
| Gas. 727s Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 1859; Erie, 144 do preferred, 49,;
Edison General Electric. 313s; Illinois Cen
trail, 80; Lake Erie and Western, IS; do pre-
ferred, 20; Lake Shore 1884 Louisville and
Nashville 40: Louisville and N. A., u;
Manhattan. 917s; Memphis and Charleston,
Is; Michigan Central, 80; Missouri Pacific,
20; Mobile and Ohio, 2O12; Nashville, Chat
tanooga and st. Louis, 6715; United States
Cordage, 81; do preferred, 10A; n. j. Cen
trail, 102; N Y. Central, 9424; n Y. and N.
E.. As; Norfolk and Western preferred, 1874 /;
Northern Pacific, 10; do preferred, 2215
Northwestern, 1929; do preferred, 146; Pa
eifc Mail. 24ls; Reading, 9615; Rock Island,
677s st. Paul, 74Il; do preferred. 1870; Silver
Certificates, 65t5; Tennessee Coal and Iron,
25: do do preferred. 30; Texas Pacific, 9ss;
Union Pacific 9A; Wabash. st. l.. and p,
81 do do preferred 1875; Western Union,
S5% Wheeling and l.. f., rs; do do pre-
ferred, q: Southern Railway SIS, 90iz 4;
Southern Railway common, 9lz; Southern
Railway preferred, H9s.
State Bonds-Alabama A. 105; do b, 100;
do c. SO; Louisiana stamped As. So; North
Carolina Is, 101; North Carolina IS, 121 /;
Tennessee, new set, IS, 50; Virginia IS, pre-
ferred. 5: Virginia Trust Receipts, 6lzc;
Virginia Funding Debt, 81; South Carolina
AS, 1O2l5
Government Bonds.-United States Is,
registered. 1895; United States 49, coupons,
11O%; United States Is, registered. 951a;
United States As. new. registered, 120k /;
United States As, new, coupons, 120ls.