The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-07

az eu; south Georgia aud Florida second 4
mortgage Is, 100 bid, 10l asked; Ocean 4
Steamship per cent bonds 1926. lO5 bid /
los asked: City and Suburban Railroad /
first mortgage Z per cent. bonds, 100 old' /
102 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, in /
dorsed, 80 bid, "a asked; Brunswick ana /
Western As, 7S bid, IS asked; South Bound I
Railway SIS 81 hid 80 asked Georgia and Z
Alabama first preferred SIS, l0S bid, lOi ask /
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons 5s, y912 BID, 4
100 asked; Eatonton branch. 90 bid 80
asked; Central of Georgia. Middle Georgia |
and Atlantic division 5s. 90 bid, 92Sl asked |
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan- |
nah, lo2 bid, 1903 asked Southwestern. !
1929 bid, 1OS asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock. 10 bid, 112 asked; Atlanta ana
West Point 6 per cent. certificates lG4
hid, l05 asked; Georgia common, 1875 bid,
19S asked.
Gas. stocks-savannah Gas Light stock,
23a4 bid 2ii4 asked; E ec,rie Light and
Power Company, 65 bid. Il asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizsns Bank, 1l0h
bid, Ill asked Chatham Bank, A bid,
As asked; Germania Bank, noe bid 1llia
asked; National Bank Of Savannah, l25
bid, 127 asked; Merchants National Bank,
1912 bid, S41a asked; Ogiethorpe Savings ana
! Trust Company, lO4l5 bid 1888 asked;
! Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, $50
| bid 1871 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
! Company, 10i bid. 1854 asked; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company
a, 55ia BID. Sc asked; b, IS bid. 55l9 asked;
! Peopie's Savings and Loan Company, SO
bid, "a asked.
! Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 100
bid, i06 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany IS, 100 bid, l02 asked; cage and Pine
nix Mills per cent. bonds, due 1925 1ol12
Did, 1903 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, So
bid, 65 asked; Graniteville Factory, 40 bid,
| las asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid, l0l
asked; Enterprise Factory. common, 80
bid "a asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 20 bid. IS asked; Sa-
vaunah Brewing Company l0l bid, lO3
a sked
New York, Dee. 6.-Money on call was
steady al 202la per cent; the last loan
was at pa per cent. Prime mercantile pa
| per- S104 per cent. Sterling exchange was
steady, with actual business in bankers
! bills at "a S41t@4.Si1a for demand, and
a. S1l5q4. Sl9l for sixty days. Posted rates,
81. S2d4 S2la and $4S5ls@4.S6. Commercial
| Aills, $3.50. Silver certificates, 6Ol2Q 6l12c.
Bar silver. 50 Lice. Mexican dollars, 1880.
Government bonds were weak; state bonds
We're irregular; railroad bonds were
strong.
New York Dec. 6-Fractjoual gains
throughout the list we're the result of to-
DAVIS trading The decided strength of the
.ariy market was in sympathy with Lon
IONS improved prices, and London was
small purchaser on balance. Profit-tak-
rgs at times checked the advance in the
'cca. market. which became dull in the
lfterroon with quotations generally well
maintained. Sugar, after an early ad-
-ance, sold off as usual on the announce
Jnent of the regular dividend disburse-
nent The transactions in this speciality
we're very large, and covering of shorts
brought about fun recoveries to the best
advance of the day, leaving the prices a
point below yesterday. The feature of inn
portance was the Coalers, which were
buoyant on the assumption that a new
trade agreement would be in effect next
month. Delaware and Hudson were espe-
sialy strong on reports of the probable
continuance of the present rate Of divi-
dend to be declared next month. Pacific
stocks were strong, and at periods of de
preston in to-day's trading rallied the
rest Of the list Central Pacific rose 214
points on the dissemination of a report
chat tie government might extend the
: sme for that road TO pay its Obligations
, | 10 the government. The acton Of the
, days market reflected the continued oper-
atoms of large speculative interests, in
having diverted their operations into low
/ priced shares which give promise of in
; creased or impending dividend disburse-
n ments.
} Considerable amounts of stock ruling in
/ the 40s were taken. conspicuous examples
being Cleveland Cincinnati, Chicago and
St Louis, Southern preferred and North
ern Pacific. The Granger group showed
g spurts of activity at times and moved in
D sympathy with the general market, al
though improvements as a rule were less
> pronounced.
The bond market showed decided
6 | strength at many points. operations in
l some of the recent favorites being on a
large scale. Total sales, "a ,413,000.
T United States new As and the IS, regis
tered, reacted 4, and the IS, coupon, 4
3 per cent. IN the bid price.
9 The totai sales of stocks were 357, GOO
9 shares, including Atchison. preferred, 49,
e PCS; Central Pacifc( 1000; Chesapeake and
\ Ohio, II ,925; Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago
and st. Louis, 636; Delaware and Hud-
. son, 5210; Louisville and Nashville. 1925
. | Metropolitan. 9,2G2 Mexican Central 6,150
| Hawaiian Commercial Company preferred
I 2,0lS; Northern Pacific, 1879; Union Pa
= cific. 1922; St. Pau, $3.50; American To
bacco, 40.455; Federal Steel preferred, T.
. 1915; Pacific Mail, 1920; Sugar T6532
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison ........ 1898 do co pref -. 6S
do pref ......... 46s 2. Island ...: 1O7a4
>. & Ohio....... 5724 ST. L. & S. F.. Ga
Can. Pacific .... s4AI do do pref w 66l.
! Can. South 49,. "a do do End pref 3l7l
Z Cent. Pacific 80. S41s 81. L. & S. W.. 81
, c. & Ohio ...... 247s do do pref w ny
, c. & Alton. 1884 st. Paul .........1 133s
, c., B. & Q......11S3s do do pref go. 162
Chi. & E. H.. 5Sl2. st. P. & o.. 81.