The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

pany, 1903 bid. 1851 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, s.
bid, SO asked; Graniteville Factory, $50
bid, 155 asked Langley Factory, 81 bid
1914 asked; Enterprise Factory. common,
80 bid, 80 asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company. 81 bid. 1O1 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, IS bid, 70 asked; Savan-
nah Brewing Company. 104 bid. 105 asked
New York, March 25-Money on call
was firm at per cent Prime mercantile
paper was at 5000 per cent. Sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at 81. S515G4 .S524 for demand,
and at 81. S3i40l4. SS15 for sixty days; posted
rates, 81. S4@4S41a and Sassy; commercial
bills, 81 SPY; silver certificates, nominally,
60d601ac bar silver, $3.50; Mexican dol
lars Axe State bonds were inactive;
railroad bonds were strong; government
bonds were strong.
New York, March 25.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes;
Surplus reserve, decreased $5l6,750; loans,
increased, $553OOO0; specie, increased, SOS,-
200; legal tenders, increased $129 800; de-
posts. increased. $S,Ss9OO circulation de-
creased, sec. 100.
The banks now hold $ls,557 AS in excess
of the legal requirements.
New York, March 25.-Stocks were very
strong to-day, with transactions of over
zoe, 600 shares in the two hours session,
material gains were quite general ana
quotations closed at about half the best.
Expectation that the bank statement
would be favorable was an early incentive
for purchases, and when it appeared, al
though showing an increase of only $780,
600 in the surplus reserve, received a faV-
orable Interpretation, and most stocks con-
tinued their progress upward The firm
ness for American securities in London in
anticipation of the fortnighty settlement.
the temperance of large factors in the
market, less apprehension as to the mone-
tary situation and the nearness of the
close of certain state legislatures, We're all
assigned as reasons for confidence in mar
ket operations.
The announcement of the formal trans
fer of the Brooklyn Union Elevated to the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit interests gave
particular buoyancy to the transit COM
pany's stock, which rose AZ per cent on
large dealings. There was n jump of
points in Long Island Railroad, which IL
understood to have working arrangement
with Brooklyn Rapid Transit There were
sympathetic advances with Transit IN
other local transportation shares, Metro
politan figuring for Az, Third Avenue ana
Manhattan fraction. Among the Indus
trials Continent Tobacco preferred got up
"a; Federal Steel rs; Peoples Gas, l, and
Consolidated Gas, 3. Among the Wander
hiieS tiASlS were advances Oh l12 IN New
York Central and l each for Illinois Cen
tral and Canada Southern. Increased in
| terest appeared among the Changers, with
| improving prices, Burlington leading with
| IA. Strength was also displayed by Atch-
ison preferred Southern Railway prefer
red and ST. Louis and. San Francisco AL
| though most loans were made on Friday
to carry over until Monday, the fact that
call rates ruled to-day at per cent. was
lNT RON afa1
| ket closed strong.
This weeks bond market showed a GEN
orally healthy tone, with notable improve
ments in many securities. United States
new As registered advanced q; do coupon
| 9s, the 5s and IS and the old As coupon u
and do registered g in the bid price
The total sales of stocks were "a, 800
shares, including 1926 Atchison, 1926 do
| preferred, 22,4S5 Burlington, II, so Manbat
tan, S,G03 Metropolitan Street Railway 4
oo0 Heading first preferred, 9,315 New York
Central 670 Northern Pacific, 1910 Rock
Island, $40 Union Pacific, 1895 do pre
ferred, 19,7O5 St Paul g. $50 American Steel
and Wire, S0,915 Federal Steel. 1l615 do
preferred 1925 Peoples Gas, IL. 800 Brook
lyn Transit GIGS Sugar, 1000 Leather pre-
terred' 10, 100 Chicago Great Western.
New York, March 25.-Standard Oh
closed 4746O475.
New York Closing Stocks.
ALchlson ....... 2&si st. L. e S. W. 1917
10 PREF '..''.. 68Al do do pref 80. 81
p * ONO ...... 6J92 st. Paul ........127zs
Can. Pacific -. S55s do pref - 17oiS
Can. Southern IS st. p. & ON. !. 93sl
Cent. Pacific 51B do do pref ITO
Z. IL Ohio ...... 2734l So. Pacific 357z
Chi. & Alton LA So. Railway 1917
Chi, B & Q....14415l do pref - 6159
Chi. & E. Ill. e. 7215l Tex. & Pacific 235S
90 PREF .......120 U. p . A73L
IN IN u w go 10Y! DO pref ........ S112
Chi, 1. & L.. S%lU. P d. & G.. IL
do do pref So. AZ Wabash - 49,
Chi & N. W..149 do pref .... a3i1
90 PREF ...'...1sO w. q L. E. =. III
u 7. - q St'L. 5SA do do pref -. 21a4
40 90 PREF -. ~ Adams Elk. lib
Del. & Hudson .11634i Am. Express lao
Del, L. W..1n1s United States :. 81
Den d X. u. 229sl Wells Fargo ....125
do PREF ;..''''. l59sl Am. Cot. Oil :. 80
ERE NueW) .''.. l4Al 90 pref ........ 80
do LIST pref =. 59A Am. Spirits IA
Fort Wayne ...1S0 do pref ...... 391b
CT Nor. pref 1900 Am. Tobacco ..2O9
HOOK. valley So do pref .......142
III. Central ...1l5% Cons Gas eco. 2O5A
L. e. q w. -. 1872 Com. Gable Co.175
do do pref 66 Col. F. & Iron. Sc
Lake Shore 200 do do pref on
=. q ~ 49, 20 Gen. Electric ...11Sh
Manhattan L ..109% Haw Conf Co n
Net. st. Ry, .'256 Brooklyn r. THIS
Mich. Central lib Intn'l Paper -. 50
MINI. & st. L.. 50 do pref ...... %
do do LIST pref. 80 LaClede Gas 54ih
Mo Pacific 49,. 4612l Lead ....... 39s7
Mobile & Ohio. 4OA do pref ...112[
Mo-, *. q I. 10 Nat. Lin. Oil :. Az
do pref ....... 1875 Pacific Mail 80. 4s7s
N. J. Central ..l19 Peoples Gas ..122s4
N. Y. Central.1S71 Pullman Pal ..159
N. Y, c. Vt. Silver Certif -. 60
L. ............. 1872 S. r. & 7. 49,. liz
do do LIST pref. IS Sugar ............1 1901
do do I'd pref 80 do pref .....115
Nor & West. =. 175s r. c. & Iron ! 52sk
Nor. Amer. Co.. 91sl U. S. Leather 6%
Nor. Pacific -. SIS do pref ........ 795s
do pref ,...... 1914 U. S. Rubber 51ss
Ont. & w. ..... 2812 do pref ....116
o., r. & NJ. As West. Union 931l
o. S. L. ANN. Ala Federal Steel =. 547s
Pac. Coast list do pref -. SSls
pref .....,..... 81 Am. S. & W. L.. 64%
do I'd pref 49,. 60 do pref ....s. .103i%
Pittsburg ......1S0 N. & w. pref :. 65I%
Reading ....... 245sl U. p. pref .... s1l5
do Isl pref 674sl O. Nav. pref. Y