The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
PAGES 8 TO 10.


sccurities-The demand is not so urgent
for investments.
Stocks and Bouds-State bonds-Georgia
3ia per cent. bonds Of 1880, 10 bid, III ask
ed; Georgia SO per cent, due 1915, los
bid, asked; Georgia IA per cent bonds
1915, 12l bid, l22 asked Georgia per cent.
due 1920. 1l6 bid, 1l9 asked South Carolina
4Iks 1l5 bid, ll6 asked.
City Bonds--Atlanta AZ per cent, 1923
106 bid asked. Augusta 3i5 1928 1919
bid. l02 asked; Augusta 4ias, 1925. 1O7 bid
los asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, III
asked: Augusta per cent, Ill bid 1l3
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 1O7 bid 10S
asked; Macon per cent, 1l5 bid, ask
ed. Macon iias, 1926 l05 bid, asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly April cou-
pOns, 1924 bid, ll3 asked Savannah per
cent quarterly February commons, liz
bid 11S asked; Charleston As, 100 bid, 1Ol
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent interest coupons, 1ls bid, 1ls
asked; savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
1924 10 bid, III asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals IS, "a
bid, 9o asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds, 1ls
bid, 1l9 asked Central of Georgia Railway
first consolidated mortgage 5s, 81 bid
first preferred incomes, 4Oh bid Az asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes. 1914 bid, 1874 asked Gem
trial Of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, bid. 6i6 asked: Georgia Railroad
Is, 1910, ia bid. ZIG asked; Charlotte. Co
lumba and Augusta first IS, 106 bid. lO7
asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage rs, III bid. 1ls asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new S. 109
bid, ITO asked South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 101 asked:
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds 1926,
lOo bid lO6 asked, City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent bonds.
lOl bid, 102 asked; Alabama Midland s per
cent, Endorsed, 9Sla bid, 100
asked; Brunswick and Western
4s, 80 bid. SO asked; South
Bound Railway IS, 9lih bid, SO asked Geor-
ela and Alabama first preferred 5s 1O5
bid, l06 asked; Georgia and Alabama con-
soldated 5s 100 bid, asked; Eatonton
branch, 81 bid 100 asked; Central Of Geor-
gla, Middle Georgia and Atlantic division
5s, SO bid, IS asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, tO5& bid. 1864 asked; Southwestern.
lO6 bid, 10o1s asked; Atlanta ana West
Point stock, ll8 bid. 40 asked: Atlanta
ana West Point per cent. certificates
l0lh bid, 1902 asked; Georgia. common, 200
bid. 20S asked.
gas Stocks-SaYannah Gas Light stock,
q bid % asked ex-diV: Electric Light and
Power Company S. bid. 30 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citlzens Bank, I11Is
bid, asked; Chatham Bank, 1Oi
bid, 1O2 asked; Germania Bank, 1l2 bid,
asked; National Bank of Savannah
1877 bid, asked; Merchants National
Bank of Savannah s. bid 81 asked:
oglethorpe Savings ana Trust Company,
l0i1s BID 1854 asked; Southern Bank OF
the State of Georgia, 127 bid, 1854 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company 1O4J5
bid. asked Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, So bid 81 ask
ed; II, 52lA bid, IS asked: Peoples
Savings and Loan Company. 1874 bid. 81
asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 1O5
bid, 100 asked; SLbey Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 100 bid 1O2 asked Eagle and
Phenlx Mis- per cent. bonds, due 1928,
1914 bid, 1903 asked Bibb Mfg. Co, 1906 bid,
10 asked.
Factory stoeks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, 65 asked; Granitevllle Factory, 40
bid. las asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
l0l asked; Enterprise Factory. common, 80
bid, "a asked; j. X. King Manufacturing
Company. 100 bid, 101 asked Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, 70 bid, rs asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, l05 bid 106
asked
rather firmer at 2lkGp3 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper, 2kq8A per cent Sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at "a. si1hQt4,S4s4 for demand
and at $AS21kQ4.S294 for sixty days. posted
rates. A.S3hQ4s5is; commercial bills.
ASlAd4S2; silver certificates nominal,
59lAQ6Okc; bar silver, 59hc Mexican dol
lars, 47lsc Government bonds were firm;
state bonds were strong; railroad bonds
were strong.
Il New York. Jan. 25.-There were gains OF
to w points In stocks to-day on trans
actions In excess of 100000 shares, which
were widely distributed many usually
neglected shares figuring In the total The
market here opened hesitatlngly, In SYM
pathy with the irreguarlty In London.
which was a seller of some 10000 shares in
the first hour. The effect of this selling
was but slight, owing to support given by
leading interests. The professional ele-
ment relieved the pressure, which had
been exerting on the market, and turned
buyer. The commission business was in
fair volume and was disposed 10 follow ad-
vances wherever they occurred. London
took back some OF her earlier sales on
noting the improved tendency here. Infiu-
ences bearing on the situation were the
handsome increases of~net earnings for the
third week In January in ST. Paul. Mis-
were a number of very interesting fea-
lures in the market after the first hour
Metropolitan Street Railway started SEN
sational advance, which eventually reach
ed M points above last nights close.
Manhattan sympathetically made an ex-
treme gain Of points. These movements
led TO a revival OF rumors that the rela-
tons of the two companies had been
placed on a more harmonious basis. The
impression in the street. that in spite OF
the denials, progress Is being made in the
Vanderbilt plans for bringing the coIlat-
eral paris of their system into closer fnan-
clal relations, was partly found in the ex-
tensiye and apparently solid character OF
the purchases OF Vanderbilt stocks. In
this group. extreme gains were made by
New York Central Of 81. Northwest 81.
and Cleveland Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis ~. Union Pacific preferred made
a rise of 3IE, on revived belief in the So
called Vanderbilt trans-continentaI deal.
while Lake Erie and Western preferred
was up 61a. on the idea that the road was
being acquired in the Interest OF New
York Central The interest switched then