The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-25

ferred incomes, 1917 bid 1874 asked; Cen.
tral Of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, 6h bid, ~ asked: Georgia Rail-
road IS, 1910, 115h bid III asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta first SIS, LOG bid. l07
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 1876 asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS. 100
bid, 40 asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 10l asked;
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
los bid, lW asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds.
101 bid, 1902 asked: Alabama Midland per
cent. Endorsed 99la bid, 1904 asked Bruins
wick and Western As. 70 bid, SO asked I;
South Bound Railway 5s, 1O2a bid 1903
asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred 5s, 10TH bid. 1854 asked; Georgia
and Alabama consolidated 5s. 1902 bid, 1903
asked; Eatonton Branch, 100 bid, 1O1
asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia
and Atlantic division IS, 1914 bid 1O0lh ask
ed.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 1921 bid, - asked; Southwestern. lt0ik
bid asked; Atlanta and West Point
STOCK l24 bid, asked; Atlanta and
west Point per cent. certificates. 12b
DID, - asked; Georgia common, 2OB bid
zO0 asked; Georgia and Alabama stock
50 DID, IS asked.
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
n bid, asked
Bank Stocks Etc-Citizens' Bank. III
bid llS asked; Chatham Bank, 1O4 bid
lO4B asked; Germania Bank, JIG bid, -
asked; Nationally Bank OF Savannah. 12S
bid asked Merchants National Rank
of Savannah, 81 bid, 95 asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company, 1O7 bid, -
asked; Southern Bank Of the State Of
Georgia, 129 bid, 100 asked; Savannah
[fg,V,a I'M l.
ed Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, A, Sc bid, 81 asked; B, 554
bid, b6A asked; Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, "a bid, % asked, ex-inter-
est.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 1O1
bid 1O2 asked Sbley Manufacturing Com
pany SIS, 1O2 bid, 1903 asked Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills, per cent. bonds, due 1928, 1914
bid 1903 asked; Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany 10S bid, 1864 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory IA
bid, So asked: Graniteville Factory $50
bid 1855 asked Langley Factory, 81 bid
10lB asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid 81 asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 81 bid, 10l asked. Sbley Manu-
featuring Company, 6S bid.7 asked: Savan-
nah Brewing Company. 104 BID, los asked
New York, March 24-Money on call was
firm at 4N41s per cent; the last loan was
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper 81
n4h per cent Sterling exchange firmer
with actual business In bankers bills at
A.S5l9d485% for demand, and at $lS31460
4.s3h for sixty days; posted rates s4s4a
4.S31s and &&la commercial bills $482Ik sill
yer certificates 5994Gt60Ac; bar silver 593ac:
Mexican dollars, H1zc; government bonds
were strong; state bonds were steady; rail-
road bonds were strong.
New York. March 2i.-The total hank
clearngs in the United States for the week
have been $1,ss .50i79l per cent. increase
7S.4 Exclusive of New York. S611, 20 453;
per cent. increase, 35.4.
New York, March A.-The fact that
money was slightly easier to-day. cali
rates, ranging from to AZ per cent. lent
confidence to operators and gave the mar
ket a strong tone most Of the day. Anoth-
er important Influence on quotations was
prediction that because of the curtailment
in loans supposed TO have taken place tf,ia
week the banks would be able TO show IN
increase in surplus reserve tomorrow. pool
buying of Brooklyn Rapid Transit. which
lifted 1t 51s, and Peoples Gas, which gain
ed point had sentimental Influence he
cause OF the prominence of the parties CON
cerned In recent operations for a rise. The
railways were not quite as active as yes
terday, but dealings in Changers improved
them fractionaliy and Pacifics were a tfihe
higher. Consolidated Gas lost So ana
Third Avenue 6 points on the fear that
they will not secure desired legislation.
There were fractional losses, too, in Met
ropoitan Street Railway aud Continental
Tobacco. while in Sugar the loss was ~.
Among the coalers Lackawanna and Jer-
sey Central rose over a point each, while
the Readings were practically unchanged.
Among the railways Southern PREFER I'd
Louisville and Atchison preferred improv-
ed over a point each The activity In
Louisville started in London and aroused
a brisk local demand,
The explanations that the Westinghouse
suit and the General Electric company
was Of friendly nature continued to BEN
eft General Electric to-day, which rose a
point A drive at Burlington Ia the late
dealings reduced its extreme gain over a
point and exercised an unsatisfactory eff
feet on the general market. This stock.
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