The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
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Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds. 1925
l05 bid, 106 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent bonds,
10l bid, 1902 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent. indorsed 99ls bid 100 asked; Bruns-
wick and Western 4s. SO bid. 50 asked;
South Bround Railway 5s. 95ls bid, $50
asked; Georgia and Alabama first preferr-
ed 5s 1906 bid. 1O7 asked; Georgia and Ala
bama consolidated IS, 100 bid, l01 asked:
Estonton branch. 99l6 bid. 1OOls asked:
Central OF Georgia. Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division 5s, 99h bid, 1O015 asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusta and savan-
uah 1855 bid 1914 asked: Southwestern,
iO7 bid. los asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock, i19 bid. 100 asked; Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent. certificates,
1914 bid 1924 asked; Georgia common, 2A
bid POS asked.
Gas Stocks-savannah Gas Light stock,
"a bid. IS asked, ex-dv
Bano Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank, liz
bid, asked Chatham Bank.
1925 bid, 1882 asked; Germa-
mia Bank 1l2 hid, asked:
National Bank of Savannah. 127 bid.
asked; Merchants National Bank OF
Savannah. IS bid 81 asked; oglethofpe
Savings and Trust Company. 1861 bid, =
asked, Southern Bank of the state OF
Georgia, l2S bid 129 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. 1O6 bid, - ask
ediChatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, So bid. 53la asked; b. 52la
bid, SO asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, 90 bid, 81 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. i0l
bid, i02 asked Sibley Manufacturing
Company Is, 100 bid. 1902 asked; Eagle and
Phoenix Mills, 6sper cent. bonds due 1928,
lOlM bid lOS asked; Bibb Mfg. Co., 1903 bid.
10516 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory S.
bid, 60 asked; Granitevie Factory. $50
bid, 1856 asked; Langley Factory, "a bid,
1919 asked; Enterprise Factory. common,
So bid. 80 asked; j. Il. King Manufacture
ing Company, " bid. lOi asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 6S bid, 70 asked:
Savannah Brewing Company, t05 bid l05
asked.
New York. Feb. 2l.-Money on call was
steady at 2a2A per cent; the last loan
was at 2ls per cent. prime mercantile
paper, 2AM3h per cent Sterling exchange,
firm, with actual business in bankers bills,
at 6h04S8ia for demand, and at $3.50
4.s4h for sixty days posted rates, S4sllz
and SLs5, and Si.S61ha4S7; commercial bills,
A.S304SSis. Silver certificates nominal;
591aG6Oh; bar silver, 59%c Mexican dollars.
47he. Government bonds were iirmer;
state bonds were inactive; railroad bonds
were firm.
New York, Feb. 21.-As a result of to-
days trading OH the stock exchange the
standard shares were generally off frac-
tionaly, while the Coaers improved ma
teraily, the advance In Jersey Central
being about points, while the changes
in the Industrials are maintained
The gpecialties and the Industrials shows
| Ell pronounced strength in the early deal
| ngs, then became feverish, with alternate
| displays Of weakness and strength. The
continental and London markets showed
seine firmness after the early dealings,
ira. f.ss thx Atalr ~ Hat
many's reductions In its rate Of discount.
Commission house buying was large IN
the early dealings, but, excepting the In
dustrials. changes were not notable. To-
baceo continued its upward movement. un-
iii a rumor was disseminated that the
short interest had received intimation
that private settlement of their short
commitments could be arranged without
recourse to the open market. Tobacco.
on the circulation of these reports drop
ped over II points, from It's high figure,
49, ending with a net loss of a fraction.
The punishment which apparently had
been meted QUE 10 the shorts IN Tobacco
caused an uneasy feeling among those
with short commitments in Sugar, which
was reflected IN covering from time to
time with a resultant rise at one time of 4
points the greater part of which was
subsequently lost The declaration OF the
regular dividend on Leather preferred lift
ed the price over points, most OF which
1t lost.
Intimations that che steamship mail
srbsidy bin might become a law benefit
ted Pacific Mail 1iA Consolidated Gas,
Metropolitan Street Railway and General
Electric showed strength at times, but fell
off with the rest of the market during
the pr0fit-taklng period in the afternoon.
The strength of the Anthracite Coolers
was attributable to expectations In some
quarters Of an announcement presently of
combination among the companies for
restricting the production and mainte-
nance. Great Northern preferred made
an extreme gain of 81 and Third Avenue
81. The large speculation in the Indus
trials was IN a way responsible for this,
on the eve OF holiday, for some profit
taking, during which most railways fell
off considerably with a slight recovery
In some shares, but the market closed
rather heavy London was a moderate
purchaser on balance, and the total deal
II IS IN the local market were smaller
than yesterday, although they were in
excess of 800 900 shares
The demand for railway mortgages was
less urgent to-day, but prices in the main
showed considerable firmn6ss Total
sales we're s39OO000. United States ys adj
vanced x In she bid price. The total
sales Of stocks we're 9ll1O0 shares includ-
ferred, 21,S2o Central Pacific, 81, 320 Chi
csgo Burlington and Quincy, 600 Della
ware and Hudson. 1920 Louisville and
Nashville. 1880 Mathattan, $3.50 Metro
po.itan, 1855 Reading first preferred. H.
900 Missouri Pacific. 1910 Missouri, KAN
sas and Texas preferred. 20 ,665 New Jer-
sey Central, $40 New York Central 66O0
New York Central preferred 45,17f on
tarlo and Western. $3.50 Reading, 9.220
Rock Island, $1,000 Union Pacific, q, 500 ST.
Paul, 1913 Southern Pacific, 500 South
ern Railway, $1,000 Union Pacific preferred.
6062O American Tobacco, 1880 Federal
steel. 7,i20 Federal Steel preferred. e.22o
Peoples Gas $3.50 Consolidated Gas. is
l2O Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 1890 Pacific
Mall, 1920 Sugar, 1OA5 Tennessee Coal
and Iron, 1890 Leather preferred
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchlson ....... "a ST. l.. & s. w. 10
do pref ........ ssh do do pref ~. 20
Bait. Ohio :. Il 81. Paul ..... 1a2M
Can. Pac. ....,. sOAl do pref ....... 1G9ik
Can. Southern. 591kl St. p e. ON a.