The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-19
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preferred incomes, bid asked.
Georgia Railroad 6s. 1910, lis bid III asked.
Charlotte Columbia and August flrat AZ
Jos bid LOG asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, III bid 1iS
asked. Georgia Southern and Florida new
SIS 1861 bid. l0 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is. 1924 bid. 1884
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1924 bid, 1887 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926, 1041k bid
1854 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent. bends, 100 sid.
l02 asked Alabama Midland per cent. in
doTsed 92la bid 1914 asked; Brunswick and
Western A.. 70 bid. Is asked: South Bound
Railway IS. 50 bid. 81 asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred bs, 1n2 bid, lO4 ask
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS, % bid,
81 asked; Eatonton branch. 30 bid 9iasked:
Central OF Georgia. Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division IS. s1la bid. S2l5 asked.
Railroad Stocks - Augusta and Savan-
nah, 99lA bid, 100ia asked; Southwestern,
| 99ls bid 1907 asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock, los bid, 10 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 8 per cent certificates, l03l5
bid. 1914 asked; Georgia common 1876 bid,
1877 asked
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
% bid, % asked Electric Light and Pow
er Company, "A bid. Is asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citzens Bank, 1l0N
bid 110& asked; Chatham Bank, q bid,
| 4Sl5 asked; Germanla Bank, 1l0ia bid, 111h
|
| bid, 126 asked; Merchants National Bank,
/ "a bid. So asked Oglethorpe Savings
| and Trust Company. los bid. 107 asked:
! Southern Bank OF the State OK Georgia,
1901 bid. 1871 asked; Savannah Bank end
! Trust Company. 1925 bid. 1854 askeds
| Chatham Real Estate ana Improvement
| Company, A, 55A bid, IS asked; B. s bid.
| 55h asked Peoples Savings and Loan
| Company 90 bid, 81 asked.
Factory Bonds Augusta Factory. 1O5
bid Jog asked; Sibley Manufacturing COM
| pany, 6s 100 bid, l02 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid Go asked; Graniteville Factory, 10 bid,
| las asked Langley Factory, 100 bad l01
asked; Enterprise Factory. common, 90
| bid 81 asked J. r. King Manufacturing
| Company 100 bid, 10l asked; Sibley Manu-
| featuring Company, 40 bid 76 asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, 10l bed, 100
asked
New York. Oct. 1s.-Money on cain was
! steady at 2a2la per cent the last loan
! was at 2ls per cent. Prime mercantile pa
! per, 3AM4 per cent Sterling exchange
was steady, with actual business IN bank
ers bills az $4.S4AG4.sila for demand, and
| at SSilbM4Sl% for sixty days. Posted
| rates, @S2Q4S24 and 1886. Commerciai
bills SLSOk. Silver certificates, 6OA061c.
| Bar silver, 6oc Mexican dollars, 46sac
| Government bonds strong. State bonds
strong. Railroad bonds firm.
New York, oct. lS,-Prices OF stock
drifted slugglshly and 10 an appearance
4 aimlessly an the days session. The almost
| stagnant condition Of the market was
! scarcely relieved by single feature.
! Even the. trust stocks fell into neglect.
| after bong period Of erratic fluctuations.
| Tobacco was raded down at the opening
| on explicit announcements that The much
talked of plug tobacco combination had
once more failen through. There was IN
1ected into the dullest portion Of the days
trading, TWO successive transactions of l2,-
| $50 shares, and 5000 shares. respectively, OF
] Tobacco preferred a rs. seller 30" This
| represented a transaction of over 2,000000,
! and was supposed 20 show the disposal OF
The Company's treasury stock, application
| for the listing OF which was made yester-
| day The con1mon stock was rather fever
| ish for a time after this sale, but settled
: down into sleadiness and neglect There
was an up-turn in Sugar also during the
| day, which was explained by the news that
/ certain grades of soft sugars had been
| advanced In price. Realizing subsequently,
wiped out practically al of The adj
vance. The railroad list held generally
| FIRM through the early part Of the day but
] subsequently eased Off in sympathy with
| Sugar and the Northern Pacifics.
The daily attack on coalers lacked vi,n,
| and the decline only reached point ia
| New Jersey Central The traffic statement
! of ST. Paul for the second week in Octo-
| Der showing an increase over last years
| large earnings OF nearly $4,000 rs un-
doubleday a pretty fair indication OF vhdt
is going on IN the graln-carrying roads.
All reports agree that It Is difficult 10
4 secure enough cars 10 meet the demand
| for the freight movement, both eastward
and westward bound. The speculative pub
! lie apparently views these Developments
| with apathy.
The same apathy existed to-day 7n an
| the security markets of the world, the
I 4 III
! ing for more settled political conditions,
! and the completion Of liquidation in Ber-
! lin, growing out of the money stringency
/ there. The process of accommodating "a
change here Is going on from day TO day
| and the banks continue to gain cash from
| the sub-treasury. The finai allotment OF
| government 3s from Washington makes
! II probable that government deposits in
national banks viii soon approach 800
| 1900, after which the running deficit in
| the revenues Is expected to steadily d.
mnish this account
| Bonds were dun but were firmly held
to-day. Total sales 81. 345,000. United States
old As registered advanced Il; do coupon
| and the IS 4 in the bid price. The TOAD
| sales Of stocks were 1850 shares, In
| Guiding $500 Metropolitan Street Railways
| 9556 Northern Pacific; 90l5 St. Paul. H.,
| 1855 American Tobacco: 1888 do preferred;
! 1910 Sugar.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchlson :. go. 1874 do pref .......160
do pref. ....... 1885 ST. p. a. ON. =. 10
/ Bait &c Ohio :. A do do pref. Ills
Can. Pacific 80 S27sl ST. p. NJ. & M171
| Can. Southern 521s So. Pacific $3.50. p
! Cent. Pacific :. 25 $50. Railway 49,. SIX
| Ches & Ohio . 2l3sl do pref. ........ 3fas
| Chi. & Alton ..154 Texas & Pacific 1915
/ G., y. & @. .....1i42slU p. pref. ...... S.
| Chi. & e. III. =. "a y. p. d. & g.. 1H
| c. c. c. & st. L. 1914 Wabash go. 80.
| do do pref. 49, s6 do pref. ........ 20
! Del x Huhon 1095l Wheel a. T. H. 3as