The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23

1Ol bid 102 asked. Alabama Midland per
cent. Endorsed, 80 bid, 100 asked; Bruns-
wick and Western As. 50 bid, So asked;
South Bound Railway 5s. 1O2 bid, lOs
asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
terred 5s, 10TH bid, 1854 asked; Georgia
and Alabama consolidated 5s, 1O2 bid, 1903
asked; Eatonton Branch, 100 bid l01
asked; Central of Georgia. Middle Georgia
and Atlantic division 5s, 1919 hid, 1904 ask
ed
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 1895 bid asked Southwestern, ITO
bid, asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock. 1874 bid. asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, los
bid, lO3la asked; Georgia common, 205 bid,
ZO6 asked; Georgia and Alabama stock.
30 bid &c asked
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
q bid asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.--Citizens Bank, III
bid lis asked; Chatham Bank. 1A bid,
1914 asked; Germania Bank l16 bid, -
asked; National Bank of savannah l2Sta
Did r asked; Merchants National Bank
OF Savannah, 80 bid, 81 asked; Oglethorpe
! Savings and Trust Company, lO7 bid, 80
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
| Georgia. l29 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company, lO7 bid. ask
| ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
/ iANtlA Company a. 90 pll % asked. 81 J0h4
bid, 56h asked; Peoples Savings and
| Loan Company, "a bid, % asked ex-inter-
est.
| Factory Bouds-Augusta Factory 101
bid. l02 asked Slbley Manufacturing Com
| pany Is, 102 bid, 100 asked Eagle and Phe-
nix NILS, 6 per cent bonds. due 1928, 10lh
| bid, 1903 asked; Bibb Manufacturing Com
| pany 1903 bid 1C5l2 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
II aafra -
| bid, l55 asked; Langley Factory, 81 bid,
| 1914 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
30 bid 80 asked; J. Il. King Manufacturing
| Company, 81 bid, 10l asked; Sibey Manu-
| featuring Company, 6S bid,73 asked Savan-
| nah Brewing Company 14 bid, 105 asked.
New York, March 22.-Money on call was
| firm at 91C5 per cent. the last loan was a
| 81 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3A
! d74 per cent. Sterling exchange steady,
with actual business IN bankers bills at
SAS514 d4S5la for demand, and at $LS3G
| 4S3A for sixty days. Posted rates, $4Si0
4.Sils and sissy Commercial bills, $4S2A q
| 4.s2Ia Silver certificates, nominally, 6Od
| 6Ol9c. Bar silver, 591sc. Mexican dollars,
! 47i2c. Government bonds were strong;
state bonds were strong; railroad bonds
were irregular.
| New York, March 22-The market had
| a highly professional appearance to-day
with marked ilreguhh,y In the speclalties,
| Where interest centered and moderate i'm
| provements in the railroads, which were
| comparatively neglected. An easier ten
dency appeared early sympathetically
| with London quotations and prices moved
| nervously in the general market, while
! among the speeialues fluctuations were
| in many cases sensational.
Sugar, after a 81 ght rally, broke to 1853
| and then rallied, moved about aimlessly
| and finally jumped TO 1859, eased off but
retained 61a points Of its advance. Brook
! Ign Transit dropped off sharply. but. re-
| covering left off fractionally above yes
| terday's figures Manhattan was lifted
! over points. Third Avenue reganed
much of its loss Of yesterday, closing 8
! points higher on the day in connection
| with the amendment of the Amsterdam
avenue bill.
On talk of an extension Of the local gas
| war, Consolidated Gas dropped points,
| half of which 1t reganed Continental
Tobacco and American Tobacco lost 4IbQD
| "a, respectively, and left off at the low
est New York Air Brake plunged down
IA points on small offerings and recovered
only g. Fears that the Westinghouse in
| junction suit against General Electric
might disrupt the friendly relations of
these companies, resulted in a break OF
over points in General Electric although
a slight rally followed American Steel
and Wire was strong, and Federal Steel
| was sympatheically SO TO a lesser ex-
tent
The anthracite coalers, particularly the
| Readings and Jersey Central made ma
terial progress upward until realizing in
the Readings caused an easing off from
the best The Changers showed a some-
| what hardening tendency and the market
closed strong,
Good support was noted in some quarters
Of the bond list, but there was llquida-
lions In other sections which caused some
irreguiarity.
The increased case to call money in
huenced more general buying Of the better
known semi-speculative mortgages. Total
sales, s2,N5,OO0
United States new Is, registered, ad-
vanced %, and DO coupons and the IS Il,
the old as coupon gained a in the bid
| price.
The total sa,es Of stock were 65s 400
shares, including 1850 Atchison preferred;
7,140 Central Pacific; 1900 Chicago Burl-
ington and Quincy; 63H Delaware and
| Hudson; 1926 Manhattan; 1850 Reading
first preferred; 1899 New Jersey Central;
1862 Ontario and Western; 1916 Union
Pacific; G,4l9 do preferred; 15,10O ST. Paul;
1885 Southern Pacific; 1925 American
! Steel and Wire; $500 American Tobacco;
| $3.50 Peoples Gas; SITS Consolidated Gas;
! 5,757 General Electric; 1920 Brooklyn
Rapid Transit s6S41 Sugar; 1850 Tehnes-
see Coal and Iron.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison ........ 2O7l do pref ........ 29ssI
IL ,,vaf 30 or paul 1Scili