The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-01
PAGES 9 TO 10.

Railroad Bonds-Savanuah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest, coupons, 121 bid, 125
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
hrst mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
1924 lib bid. ll5 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterais 5s 1851
bid, 8i5 askedCentrai of Georgia Railway
first mortgage 5s. 50-year gold bonds, us
DID, ll9 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
hrst consolidated mortgage 5s, 95 bid.
30 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
hrst preferred incomes, 40Iz bid, 41ia asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes, 1915 bid 49, asked; Cen
trial of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, 612 bid, ~ asked: Georgia Railroad
6s' 1910 ll5ls bid III asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta first S. log bid l07
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, 119 bid, 121 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, 1891.
bid, l09% asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 10i asked:
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926.
loS bid lO6 asked; City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds,
lOl bid, lO2 asked Alabama Midland per
cent. indorsed, 99Is bid. 100 asked; Bruns-
WICK ana Western As, 50 bid SO asked;
south Bound Railway 5s, 1O2 bid 1903
asked; Georgia and Alabama first prefer
red 5s, l07 bid, los asked: Georgia and Ala
hama consolidated SIS, 100 bid. i01 asked:
Eatonton branch, 99is bid, 1OOh asked;
Centraf OF Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division S. 1884 bid. 1O0% asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, lO7 bid, 1903 asked Southwestern.
107h bid, 1881 asked Atlanta and West
Point stock, 1l9 bid 40 asked; Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates,
lo2 bid. 1903 asked; Georgia common, 2O4
bid, 2O5 asked Georgia and Alabama
stock, 30 bid SO asked.
Gas Stocks-savanpah Gas Light stock,
"a bid % asked. ex-div.
Bank Stocks, Etc.--Citizens' Bank. ia
bid, asked; Chatham Bank, 1Os bid,
105 asked; Germana Bank, t12 bid,
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 127
bid, asked; Merchants National Bank
of Savannah, So bid 81 asked; Oglethorps
Savings and Trust Company 1861 bid
asked; Southern Bank of the State OF
Georgia, 12Sh bid, 1874 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company, 1O6 bid ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company. A. SO bid. 531s asked; b.
52is bid, SO asked: Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, 95 bid, "a asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, iOi
bid 102 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 102 bid 1903 asked; Eagle and
Phenix Mills 6 per cent. bonds, due 1928,
1011s bid, 1903 asked Bibb Manufacturing
Company. 10S bid, 1851 asked.
| FACTORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FACTORY, DS
bid, SO asked; Graniteviile Factory, $50
bid. 155 asked; Langley Factory, 81 bid,
| 1914 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
| 30 bid, 81 asked; j. r. King Manufacture
| ing Company. 81 bid 10i asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 68 bid, 70 asked;
| Savannah Brewing Company 1N bid, 1854
| asked.
New York Feb. 2S.-Money on call was
| steady at 2hG3 per cent; the last loan
was at per cent; prime mercantile paper.
| 3m31k per cent. Sterling exchange steady,
| with actual business In bankers bills, al
| 81 8614 "A. 861ss for demand, and at %.S4l1GD
/ 4s41k for sixty days; posted rates, s4s4is
| d4s5 and $4.s61z614.S7; commercial bills.
| a. SSIkG4s4. SILVER certificates. nominally.
| 59lkG6O1kc; bar silver, 591kc; Mexican dol
| lars, 47Ac. Government bonds were
strong; state bonds were firm; railroad
bonds were weak
New York Feb. 2S--There were average
declines of from TO 2 points among the
leading stocks, including the railroads.
while IN the case of Burlington there was
an extreme decline of Az.
The specialtes, although showing consid-
cradle strength at one time, made extreme
declines from the highest that were gem
orally large, Metropolitan, ~; CONSOLIDATE
ed Gas O.; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 2M;
International Silver 81; Sugar 3; Ameri-
can Steel. 4, and Federal Steel, 21s; ST.
Louis and San Francisco ends preferred
made an extreme dip of from the top
while Lackawanna and Atchison prefer
red figured for about ~ each Third Ave-
nue. was subject to violent fluctuations
on denials and reassertions of the story
that 1t had been acquired in the interest
of the Metropolitan Traction Company.
After break of points, Third Avenue
rallied 115, lost 10 points and ended UNI
changed on the day.
In trading rpa
buying from London and interests connect
ed with the steel stock, and also some
purchases of Burlington. Realizing by
commission houses sent prices off. Burl-
ington's decrease of $1,000 in surplus dur
ing January had depressing effect on
the railways being coupled as II was by
realizing in Atchison on the unfavorable
Interpretation given to its January state
ment, which appeared late yesterday.
The market rallied and then declined
again on talk of the possibility of lighter
call money and on the circulation OF a
rumor that the Americans had sunk a
German cruiser at Manila. There was
brisk attack on values, stop loss orders
being uncovered and considerable Iiquida-
ton was induced Prices picked up when
il became known that no such disturbing
Manila advices had been received, but
speculation became unsettled again with
the renewal Of pressure.
sugar, winch showed early strength on
reports of the acquisition of rival COM
pany, sold off on the denial Two things
which in a measure would account for the
weakness of the market, were that London
sold in the afternoon, the stock purchased
earlier and that two of the leading inter-
ests that had been prominent on the bull
side were said to be practically out of the
market for the moment, and led some of
the stocks with which they had been iden-
tilted, shift for themselves
Many million dollars worth of American
securities sold by London In previous
weeks reached New York i'm the past few
days, but the agents of some foreign house
expressed the opinion that shipments have
practically ceased at the present and sales
for foreign account had Of late been large
ly balanced by purchases.
General weakness marked the bond trad
ing to-day with the active issues reced-
ing smartly. Total sales $4,15O,o0O United
States new As advanced Il and the 3s X
in the bid price
The total salqa Of stocks were Sne 700