The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-04
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pa, lu3 asked; Georgia, Az per cent.
bonds. 1915 12o bid. asked; Georgia,
Carolina t2s. III bid, 1l2 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent, 1922.
les bid, asked; Augusta 3l5, 1923 10lla
bid, 1o2 asked; Augusta il4s 1925. 107 bid.
loS asked Augusta per cent, III bid, lls
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, i'll bid, ll3
asked; Columbus per cent, 107 bid 10S
asked: Macon per cent. III bid - ask
edo Macon p4s 1926 l05 bid. - asked; sa-
vannah 5 per cent, quarterly January cou-
pcns. III bid. asked; Savannah
per cent. quarterly February commons,
ll2 BID ll3 asked; Charleston As, 1Oi b.d,
102 asked
Railroad BouGs-savauuah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, lis bid l19
asked; Savannah. Florida and Western
iiist mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
lGh 10 bid, III asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company. colIaterals IS. %
bid, IS asked; Central of Georgia Railway
hrst mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds. 11s
bid ll9 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
frs consolidated mortgage 5s, 92Ib bid. 98Ii
asked Central of Georgia Railway first
preferred incomes, 40ia bid. 41ib asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
terrcd incomes, 12l3 bid, 1915 asked: Central
OF Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, bid, asked Georgia Railroad
lumbia and Augusta first 5s 1O6 bid 1O7
asked; Charlotte Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, III bid l1S asked
Georgia Southern and Florida new S.
HOG BID, Ill asked South Georgia
ana florida second mortgage 70
100 bid, l0l asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds, 1926 Jos bid, 1876 asked; city
and suburban Railroad, first mortgage 7
per cent. bonds, 102 bid, 1Oi asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent, indorsed 90 bid
% asked; Brunswick and Western As. so
bid, 81 asked, South Bound Railway IS
81 bid. 92h asked: Georgia and Alabama
first preferred 5s l0i bid asked; Geor-
ga and Alabama cons. SIS, 100 bid. 49,
asked Eatonton branch. % bid. 100 asked
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division 5s, 50 bid, SO asked.
railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
man, 100 bid, JOG asked, ex-div; South
western, l05 bid, 1O6 asked, ex-div. Al
ianta ana West Point stock, JIG bid iSo
asked; Atlanta and West Point per
cent certificates, l01 bid, 1902 asked ex-
int; Georgia common 1917 bid, 200 asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
% bid, 26 asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company, IS bid. 30 asked. ex-div.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citlzen Bank. 1913 biA
49, asked ex-div.; Chatham Bank. Az bid
ASA asked eX-div.; Germanla Bank 10s
Did - asked, ex-div. National Bank OF
Savannah, 12l bid, asked ex-div.. MGR
chants National Bank, 50 bid S8lb asked.
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company.
102h bid l03la asked, ex-div.; Southern
Bank Of the State of Georgia 12S bid. 10
asked, oN-div.; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 1903 bid asked, ex-diV; Chaa-
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany, A, 81 bid, asked; b, 52Js bid -
asked, eX-dlY. Peoples Savings ana Loan
Company, 90 bid, % asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 105
bid, JOG asked Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid. 1902 asked Eagle and
Phenix Mills per cent. bonds, due 1923,
10ll9 bid. 103 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory. So
bid, 60 asked; Gramtevile Factory. 40
bid, las asked; Langley Factory. 100 bid
l0l asked; Enterprise Factory common. 90
bid, 81 asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 1O1 asked; sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 70 bid, &c asked; sa
yannah Brewing Company, 1903 bid 1914
asked.
New York. Jan. 3.-Money on cali was
firm at 3Q4 per cent; the last loan was at
3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 816
81 per cent. Sterling exchange steady.
with actual business In bankers bills at
$LSiAM4Sll5 for demand, and at S4s1a4m
4S2 for sixty days; posted rates. 81. s2ts61
4S5&. Commercial bills. AS1. Silver GER
tiicates, 5SAG60c. Bar silver, SOC. Mexi-
can dollars, 46esc. Government bonds were
Irregular; state bonds were inactive; rail-
road bonds were firm
New York Jan. 3.-The market was
Irregular to-day and left off strong with
fractional gains in most shares, with a
larger advance in other stocks where in
terest largely centered. Initial prices
were generally higher, but subsequently
the course of speculation was somewhat
reactory, and London sold some 10000
shares, partly on the Philippine Incident
and renewed talk of trouble between
France and England. Proht-taking sales
caused some of the railways to recede
from the early best figures, New York
Central being especially weak, although
1t subsequently, recovered most of it's loss
American Wire and Steel shares after
opening al improvements, were raised and
the common declined five points while the
preferred lost IS and then rallied 3J5 and
II points, respectively. In the afternoon
rise there was an increase in the volume
Of trading. The favorable November
statement of Louisville started an upward
movement in that stock of r. and a bet
ter tone spread TO the rest of the list,
Reading, Federal Steel, Pullman and
American Spirits, each in turn becoming
strong. PiuSburg Cincinnati, Chi
cago and st. Louis Western Union.
and Kansas preferred, also displayed
strength. Improvement in the Anthracite
trade because Of the cold weather, was
assigned az "A reason for the rise in these
stocks although the advance in the price
of coal predicted for the beginning of the
year failed to materiallze. The increase
an East bound shipments and the rumor-
ed restoration of trunk line rates were
supporting factors in the stocks concern
ed. Money displayed a somewhat harden
ing tendency, the range being from to A
per cent, closing loans at the lesser
figures This advance in money was with
out appreciable effect on stocks. which
closed at about the best In many cases.
American Sugar Refining was hammered
from time 70 time, on the unsettled condi-
tons Of the trade and lost per cent.
Railroad bonds prices forged upward to-
day on heavy purchases. total sales Sc, l0l.-
900. United States 3s declined * and the
old As coupon, advanced * in the bid
price. The total sales of stocks, were 735,-
400 shares, including 1886 Atehison; 1890
do preferred; 5000 Central Pacific; 1225O
Chicago burlington and Oufprv- 1e Q-n