The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-08

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incomes, 291a bid. 3O1a asked; Central of
Georgia Railway second preferred in
comes, y bid, l3 asked; Central CT
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes
619 bid 712 asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1870
los bid, 10 asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first 5s, los bid, l07 asked
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs, ITO bid, Ill asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new IS, SO bid 95
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, ia bid, lis asked; Georgia
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
l02 bid, 104 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds, 1926, 100 bid, 10l asked; City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage
per cent. bonds, IS bid, 70 asked; Electric
railway IS, due 1885, IA bid. 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. Endorsed, SO bid
So asked; Brunswick and Western As,
bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad 5s, 70
bid 70 asked; Southern Railway 5s, SO bid,
81 asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred IS, 9S12 bid, 100 asked Georgia and
Alabama first consois, 50 bid, 81 asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
lah, 9Zl2 bid 9S1a asked. ex-div, Georgia
ommon, 164 bid, 1877 asked; Southwestern,
2 bid, 921a asked eX-diV; Atlanta and West
Point railroad stock, 100 bid, 1O1 asked; At
anta and West Point per cent certih-
Gates, 9S bid, SO asked; Savannah Con-
struction Company, 20 bid, "A asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
'21s bid. % asked; Electric Light and
power G mpany, 6712 id, 81. a kel ex-uiv.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank los
bid, 1851 asked, eX-div. Chatham Bank,
~ bid, 4512 asked. eX-div.; Germania
}ank, lO5 bid 106 asked. ex-div.; Mer-
.hants National Bank. 80 bid, SO asked, ex-
liv.; National Bank of Savannah, LIS bid,
| '26 asked, ex-div.; Oglethorpe Saw
u asked ex-div.; Southern Bank
Of the State of Georgia, 165 bid. 16s asked
| ex-div.; Savannah Bank and Trust Compa-
| ny, 100 bid, 101 asked, ex-div.; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company,
| A, 521a bid, asked; B, so bid, 501a asked
| ex-div.; Peoples Savings and Loan Com
yany, 80 bid, SO asked.
| Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. IS, 100
bid. 102 asked: Sibley Factory IS. 100 bid,
! 01 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 101 bid
'O2 asked Eagle and Phenix Manufactur
ing Company per cent. bonds, 40 bid, 80
| isked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
| tory, - bid, so asked; Augusta Factory, s.
| bid, 80 asked, ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
| tory, $50 bid, Isl asked; Langley Factory
| 06 bid, 1U asked; Enterprise Factory
| common, 80 bid, 1O2 asked; j. r. Kine
| Manufacturing Company, 106 bid, 107 ask
| cd; Sibey Manufacturing Company sc bid
| % asked; Savannah Brewing Company, 81
bid 81 asked.
London Jan. Bar silver 80 11-16d
| Consols, III 11-16 for money, and HIS foI
he account.
Paris. Jan. 7.--Three per cent. rentes, TO-
francs IS centimes for the account.
| New York, Jan. money on call was
| 1t 1902 per cent Prime mercantile pa
| Der, 3k@4 per cent. Bar silver. 64Ssc
| Sterling exchange tirmer with actual bus
ness in bankers bills at $4.S494S4l4 for six
" days and S4S7G4.S7A for demand. Posi-
ID rates, $4S41kd4SS. Commercial bills
nj -
cate bonds dull; railroad bonds strong
silver at the board was neglected
| New York. Jan. THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, 1922, 544 9S5
| currency, $5O,S600i6.
New York, Jan. 7. noon.-Erie, ISIS
| Southwestern, lo83s; do preferred, 152,
! Lake Shore, 1921; Norfolk and Western
| preferred, 1872; Western Union, s41s; South
ern Railway common, 81 Southern Rail
| way preferred, 2694 American Sugar
lO3s; Baltimore and Ohio, II; Canada
| southern, 451a; st. Paul, 745s; Rock Island
h6TAi Delaware and Hudson, 1111a De,a
| ware, Lacka wanna and Western, 1856
| Manhattan, SO; Michigan Central So; New
| York Central, a. Speculation steady.
| New York Jan. 1.-The stock market
| while irregular to-day, on the whole, dis
| played more strength than on any previous
| day of the week. 1t successfully with
| stood a further sharp drop in Delaware
|
| Of the directors of the company yesterday
in reducing the dividend rate for the cur
rent year from to per cent, and also
! a spell of marked weakness in some of the
! lndustrials and the Coalers. Delaware
| and Hudson fell 2% to 1854 and finally raj
| lied to 11c14. Jersey Central and Reading
| Sympathized to the extent of IA and Is
| per cent, respectively, but the former par
| tally recovered and the latter fully made
| up the Joss before the end of the session.
! Among the lndustrials, Leather preferred
! broke "a to 5Sh and Tobacco yielded per
cent. Sugar was exceedingly irregular
| although it fluctuated within a range of
| lower than last night. Although the
| street is attaching more and more import
| ance to the war between the trust and
| Arbucke Brothers, the reports current in
| regard thereto fail to stimulate any par
| ticular activity in the shares The gen
| erai list improved a to rs per cent, the
| Grangers Chicago Gas, Louisville and
Nashville, General Electric and Western
| Union being noticeably firm. During the
| forenoon the advance was partially lost.
| but near the close a recovery ensued.
| Among the specialties Consolidated Gas
| dropped to 141; Bay State Gas, 2 to 112s
| and Cotton Oil preferred, IL to So, while
| Pullman rose 1 to 153 and Chesapeake and
| Ohio IA to IS. The volume of business
showed a small increase, the sales foot
ing up l57, 79S shares, against 49, 96 yes
terday The dealings, however were en-
rirely professional and commission houses
| complained Of lack nf outside orders Some
| uneasiness is occasioned by the policy of
| the Baltimore and Ohio which, 1t is
claimed. Is increasing its tonnage at the
! expense OF rates, especially on bituminons
| coal traffic This. 1t is asserted is dis
| approved Of by the Pennsylvania ID
! other trunk lines, and retaliatory meas
ures arc talked of. Speculation closed
! firm Net changes show advances of 4
| to x per cent. Louisville and Nashville
leading. Leather preferred, however, lost
| 10 and bay State Gas ia. Bonds were
| strong. The total sales footed up $l,T0 ,00O.
| New York Stock List--Stocks and Bono.
! AZ the Closing-American Cotton oil, 1919
10 preferred 55 Sugar Refinery, i1O3l' DO
preferred, lO0il; American Tobacco. ~
10 preferred l03%; Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe. AM; Baltimore and Ohio, loN
'anada Pacific, IS, Chesapeake and Ohio
7a,: Chicago and Alton 100; Chicago Bur.
iurton and quincy. ia; Chicago Gas
90: Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
"a: Erie II. do preferred. 81, Edison
General Electric 1884; Illinois Central, %