The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-10

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| lOl bid, 1R asked: Alabama Midland per
| cent. Endorsed, 80 bid 100 asked; Bruins
! wick and Western Is, 50 bid SO asked
South Bound Railway IS. 95h bid s5sl
asked; Georgia and Alabama first PREFER
ed 5s, los bid. 107 asked: Georgia and Ala
bama consolidated IS, 100 bid. 1O1 asked
Eatonton branch, 9915 bid 1907 asked
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and At
lantic division 5s. SO bid 100 asked
Railroad Stocks-Aususta and Savan-
nah. los bid, 107 asked; Southwestern,
1854 bid. 107 asked: Atlanta and West
Point stock 119 bid. 100 asked Atlanta
| and West Point per cent. certificates,
| 1Ol12 bid, 1929 asked; Georgia common, 2O4
| bid, POS asked.
Gas Stocks-savannah Gas Light stock
| "a bid, rs asked, ex-div.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank, liz
| bid. - asked; Chatham Bank, 100 bid, 1O1
| asked; Germania Bank, 112 bid - asked;
National Bank of Savannah, 1877 bid
! - asked; Merchants National Bank of
Savannah, s. bid, 81 asked; Oglethorpe
| Savings and Trust Company, 105 bid, 1857
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, 127 bid, 12S1a asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company, 1851 bid - ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, So bid, 531a asked; b. 52lh
bid, 50 asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company. 95 bid. 81 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, los
bid, l06 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 1902 asked; Eagle and
Phoenix Mills 6 per cent. bonds, due 1923
10l12 bid, 1913 asked; Bib Mfg. Co. 1903 bid
1O51a asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, SO
bid. 60 asked; Graniteville Factory, 140
bid, las asked Langley Factory, 100 bid
1O1 asked Enterprise Factory common,
80 bid "a asked; j. r. King Manufactur-
ing Company 100 bid 101 asked; Sibley
Observation-Disclosures hid rs asked
Savannah Brewing Company, 1O5 bid, 106
asked.
New York, Feb 9.-Money on call was
steady at 21a per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 2%@314 per cent. Sterling ex-
| change strong. with actual business in
| bankers bills at $4851a64s5A for demand,
and at "a SS1ad4S324 for sixty days. Posted
rates. $4S4d4.S415 and $4.S6Q4S61a. Com
mercia) bills, $4.S21a@4.S3. Silver certifi-
Gates, 591566O15c. Bar silver, $3.50. Mex
lean dollars 47Ibc. Government bonds were
weak, state bonds were inactive and rail-
road bonds We're strong.
New York. Feb 9.-Stock prices advanced
except for periods of temporary hesit2-
ton pretty generally until the last quar-
ter of an hour, when professional pres
! sure left many shares only slightly above
yesterday.
| Commission houses were said 10 have
! orders to buy literally If the market, a.
! lne opening was weak. As II WAS ulditS
/ commission house customers were disposed
to repurchase stock recently sold Chi
| cago houses were credited with beng
/ sellers, while purchases and sales for for
eign account were about even.
Large operators were said to have pur-
/ chasing orders in their specialties and
traders bought for a turn. There was
some evening up of accounts both ways,
in anticipation of the holidays on Satur-
day and Monday.
The advance brought prices up about
a point in many instances which was ex-
ceeded in some cases. There was a re-
| cession in prices which was dissi pated by
a renewed advance led by the coalers ana
! Burlington the former being affected by
the ,cold weather, which il was assumed
! would cause dealers 10 replenish stock,
| thus assuring increased traffic.
The strength of the Flower group of
| stocks was a pronounced feature. There
was a conspicuous advance in the Stand
ard stocks, including Pennsylvania the
Vanderblts, the Grangers, Southwes Tern
| shares, Lake Erie and Western, Twin
City Rapid Transit and the industrial
| specialties generally, except Tobacco,
which was weak on the prospect of in
creased competition. Chicago, Indianapo-
lis and Louisville, preferred, and General
Electric We're strong on dividend talk. The
dealings for the day were less than at
! heavy.
Transactions in bonds We're relatively
on a larger scale than stocks, footing up
$6,275,000. The great bulk, of The dealings
were concentrated in the speculative is
/ sues, with Kansas and Texas seconds and
! Texas and Pacific seconds rising sharply
The market generally displayed a strong
tone, purchases for out-of-to interests
| being very extensive.
u. S. new As, registered, declined * in the
bid price.
The total sales of stocks we're
500, 800 shares, including Atchison prefer
red, 25, 40; Central Pacific 9,755; Chesa-
peake and Ohio, $780, Burlington, CO. 4O2;
Manhattan, $3.50; Metropolitan Street
Railway. $780, Reading first preferred,
1920; Missouri Pacific, 1880; Missouri
| Kansas and Texas preferred, II 100; Chi
! cago Indianapolis and st. Louis prefer
red, 500; New York Central 9,4O9; North
American Company, 1850; Ontario and
| Western, 5100; Rock Island 1880; Union
Pacific, 1854; st. Paul, 11,17O Texas and
| Pacific, 28,025 Union Pacific preferred
915O; Tobacco, $3.50; Bay State Gas, $3.50;
Federal Steel, 21.665; Federal Steel prefer
red, 1925; Peoples Gas, $685. Consolidate
| ed Cas- 1910; Brooklyn Transit q 100;
Pacific Mail, $3.50; Sugar, 1920; Tennes-
see Coal and Iron. $780, 81. Louis and
Southwestern preferred, 1880; Chicago
Great Western. 10,096
New York Closing Stocks-West
Atchison -. -. 215s do do End pref. 4l2s
do pref. ...... 60a4St. L. & S. W. 1917
B. & o. ......... SO do do pref. &C.. 29A
Can. Pa. ........ 81 St Paul .....125lS
Can. So. ........ SO do pref .....1689l
Cen. Pa. ........ 51Ast. p. & ON. -. 92