The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-06
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ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS 90 bid,
81 asked; Eatonton branch 80 bid 9lasked:
Central OF Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division 5s Slh bid, S2ia asked.
Railroad Stocks cess Augusta and Savan-
nah 80 bid, 1914 asked, southwestern 80
bid. 100 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock. los bid. 10 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificates. 103Ib bid fO4IA
asked; Georgia common, 1913 bid 1877 asked.
Gas Siocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid, % asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company. "a bid 70 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc-Citizens Bank, lfOK
bid 110A asked; Chatham Bank IS bid
4S1a asked; Germania Bank. 1101a bid 1l1h
asked National Bank of Savannah, 1875
bid l2G asked; Merchants National Bank
81 bid, Sc asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 105 bid, 107 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
1870 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 1924 bid. 103ib asked,
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, 65h bid, Sc asked; b, So bid,
55ia asked Peoples Savings and Loan
Company. 90 bid, "a asked.
Factory Bonds Augusta Factory 105
bid, JOG asked Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, 6s, 100 bid, 102 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, 65 asked; Graniteville Factory 140 bid
ll5 asked Langley Factory, 100 bid, 101
asked; Enterprise Factory, common 80
bid, "a asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid 10i asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 70 bid 76 asked; Sa-
Yannah Brewing Company 10l bid, 1903
asked
New York, oct. 5. p. m.--Mouey on
call was at 202& per cent; the last loan
was at 2l3 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 212Q4 per cent. Sterling exchange
trmer, with actual business in bankers
bills at A.SfM@4 S4A for demand and at
%@& for sixty DAYS; posted rates, 81. S21s
AIS; commercial Bills, AS1; silver GER
uticates, 60W60Ac. Bar silver, COO; Next
can dollars, 46Ac. Government bonds were
steady; state bonds were firm; railroad
bonds were firm
New York Oct 5.-SpecuIatfve attention
was directed to the American Sugar Re-
filming Compauys shares to-day by the
cut IN the price of the various grades OF
the product. Advices from the sugar dis
trict were that sellers were holding off
IN expectation Of further reductions and
that lively war in the trade was looked
for.
Wall street received The various depart
mcnts with some concern and il was felt
that renewed liquidation in Sugar would
tend to deprive the market of the outside
support which IL was experiencing and
that the efforts which were being made To-
sustain various specialties would be aban-
doned. Subsequent Developments, how
ever, served to reassure the street -
supporting orders We're placed all around
ana the drop IN sugar OF points 10 l1Zl4
was without appreciable erect. The firm
ness og the general market coupled with
| open buying OF other industrals by lead
! ing interest, brought about a late rally
| of points In sugar lrregularity was
| quite pronounced throughout the day and
the list gave little sembance Of strength
except for a brief interval at the start
| and again in the late session.
! Tobacco responded readily In either d.
rection 10 the usual assortment of rumors
| respecting the status Of the negotiations
witch the Western manufacturers. Fluc-
tuatiOns in the railroad stocks were con-
fined within narrow limits except in one
or two cases, Northern Pacific common
making am early conspicuous display OF
weakness. Improvement In grain prices
coupled with the heavy export demand
exertod sustaining influence on tho
Western shares which offset the frequent
gyratons of the specialties. Final deal
ings were characterized by strength, but
net changes were irregular.
| brisk demand developed for the bond
Issues of reorganized properties and those
| in process of rehabilitation, but realiza-
tons In Denver and Gulf hrsts wiped out
| the Improvement. Total sales were 81 &c.,
! coo.
Government bonds were unchanged all
around IN bid prices.
The total sales OF stocks were 402,35J
shares, including $500 Atchison prefer
| 17O35 Manhattan; 1925 Metropolitan
Street Railway; 1920 Northern Pacific:
| 1853 Rock Island; 1890 st Paul; 1898
Union Pacific; 5S65 Union Pacific, Denver
ana Gulf: 40061 Tobacco; 22790 Peoples
Gas. lis 39l Sugar