The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-23

~ DID, SS12 ASKED; Electric Light and
Power Company, Sc bid, 6S asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1OSh
bid,lO9A asked; Chatham Bank, 45%4 bid asa
asked; Germania Bank. 1919 bid. ,OSiA
asked; Merchants National Bank, 81 bid
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1876
bid, 12S asked; Oglethorpe Savings ana
Trust Company. 1924 bid, 1O3ls asked;
southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
- bid, 1855 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company. 100 bid, lOl asked: Chat
ham Real and Estate and Improvement
company, A, 1914 bid, 81 asked; B, 50 bid
5S asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, 80 hid. 81 asked, ex-div
FACTORY Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, 100
DID, lO2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, iO1
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 20
bid, so asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid 10l asked
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory - bid, 80 asked; Augusta Factory, so
bid, 81 asked, ex-dv.; Graniteville Fac
tory, las bid, l51 asked; Langley Factory
1913 bid, 104 asked; Enterprise Factory
common, Sc bid. 80 asked; ]. r. King
Manufacturing Company. 1903 bid, 104 ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company, IS
bid, rs asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany 80 bid. 92 asked
London, March 22.-Bar silver, IS 15-16d
Consols, Ill 1916 for money and 1l2 for
the account.
Paris. March 22-Three per cent rentes
102 francs, Az centimes for the account,
New York, March 22.-Money on call
easy at 1908 per cent; the last loan was
at l15 per cent, and at the closing was at
l1a per cent. Prime mercantile paper, Sl5
per cent. Bar silver, &c Sterling ex-
change firm, with actual business in bank
ers' bills at si.S51aQ4. ssh for sixty days
and "a. SQ4.S7A for demand. Government
bonds quiet; state bonds dun; railroad
bonds firm. Silver at the board was high
er.
New York. March 22-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $1S1, OS9, F02;
currency, SCI, 507, 761
New York, March % noon-The stock
market was firm, at the following quota
tons:
Erie .............. 1872 Balt. & Ohio -. 1872
northwestern ..109 Can. Southern . 49%
90 pref .......156 st. Paul ......... 1875
Lake Shore 80. .168 Rock Island ..... 6Slh
N. d w. pref. 27al Del. & Hudson 10S$t
West. Union =. S3l5 Del, L. & w. ..1541A
90 fty. com. .... Manhattan ...... Sc
do pref ........ % Mich. Central $50 81
Am. Sugar .....I4%N. Y. Central ..1O7
New York, March 22.-There was a fall
ing off in business at the stock excha nge
to-day the sales aggregating only 165. 954
shares. Firmness characterized the early
trading, the absence of unfavorable news
lIOlH the LeNdHl ana t0e steady ABSORB
ton of the Vanderbilts being the man
factors at work. In the case of New
York Central 1t was again stated that
the banking syndicate was making prog
ress with its scheme of refunding of the
company's Indebtedness and on this the
stock rose to 102. The Improvement in
the general run of active stocks was less
important, and ranged from 4 to l per
cent. A sudden break in Jersey Central
from 91A to SO destroyed the good feeling,
however, and the improvement was gem
era1ly,i lost. New York Central, it is 10
be said, did not sympathize, and held
strong throughout. The decision by the
United States supreme court in the trans
Missouri Freight Association case affirm
ing the constitutionality of the Sherman
antitrust law was another unfavorable
development and in the afternoon the
Changers were sold in moderate amounts
on this action of the court. Burlington
and Quincy, st. Paul and Northwest were
especially weak in this group. The de-
crease of over $4,000 in the February
earnings of the Northwest accelerated the
downward movement in the stock In
the Industrials, Rubber and Leather were
weak; Sugar firm and Chicago Gas strong
Rubber declined 1aG11z per cent on the
talk OF increased competition, while Chi
cago Gas was in demand on rumors of
favorable developments shortly The last
named rose TO SlA, the highest point of
the year. Sugar recovered to 114% on
the decision rendered by Judge Morris in
the Woolson Spice Company case, which
is in favor of the Havemeyers. Just pre-
vious to the close the market took on a
firmer tone. the result of a sudden rise
in Western Union to S4a4 The furry was
attributed to coverings of short contracts.
Speculation closed firm in tone Net
changes show losses of Ad1A per cent,
outside of Sugar. Chicago Gas, New York
Central, Western Union and Omaha, which
gained AQ11a per cent. In the total sales
Chicago Gas figured for 5000 shares, Bur-
lington and Quincy for 1920 shares; Sugar
for 1900 and New York Central for 49,
200. The bond market was firm. The
sales footed up 81, $780, 900.
New York Stock List. Stocks and Bonds
at the Closing
Am. Cot. Oil -. HEN. c. and ST. l.. 67ih
do pref ........ 56@N. J. Central go. $50
Sug Refinery ..114lAN. Y. Central ...101h
do pref ........10i ~ Y and N. T. 81
Am. Tobacco =. 76 ~ and w pref 27a4
do pref ....... .105lsNor Pacific 49,. 1894
A., T. and S. F. 11lA do pref ...... 305A
Bait and Ohio 15l5 Northwestern .1083s
Can. Pacific 80. As do pref ........156
G. and Ohio -. l7ssPacific Mail ..... 27ls
g. and Alton LES Reading ....... 23A
g.. B. and Q. -. 7616Rock Island ..... GsiA
Chic. Gas ....... 81 st. Paul .......... 779s
D., l.. and w. .l4 do pref .........137i5
Erie ............. 13RSil. Certificates 62%