The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-28

and Alabama consolidated 5s, lO2 bid, lO3
asked; Eatonton Branch. 100 bid, l0l
asked Central of Georgia. Middle Georgia
aud Atlantic division 5s, @ls bid, lO0la
asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah, 10 bid, asked; Southwestern. 40
bid, asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock l25 bid asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, 1903 bid,
! 10ils asked Georgia common, POS bid
2o6 asked; Georgia and Alabama stock,
81 bid, SO asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
| p bid, asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Ciizens' Bank. III
bid, IFS asked; Chatham Bank, lO4 bid,
l0il4 asked; Germania Bank, 116 bid,
asked National Bank of Savannah, l2s
bid, asked, Merchants National Bank
! of Savannah, 90 bid, 80 asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company l07 bid,
| asked; Southern Bank OF the State OF
Georgia, l29 hid. 1870 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. los bid, i'll ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
menI Company, A, Sc bid 81 asked; b, 55A
| bid. 56l4 asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company. 81 bid, 95 asked. ex-interest
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, l0l
bid, 1O2 asked; Slbtey Manufacturing Com
| pany IS. 102 bid, 1o3 asked; Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills 6 per cent. bonds, due 1923. 1919
bid, lO3 asked; Bibb Manufacturing Com
pany. 1903 bid 1864 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, 50 asked; Graniteville Factory, 100
bid. 1856 asked; Langley Factory 81 bid.
| 1919 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
90 bid. 90 asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 81 bid, 1Ol asked; Sibley Manu-
| featuring Company 6S bid, 73 asked ;Savan-
nah Brewing Company, 1Q bid l05 asked.
New York March 27.--Money on call was
firm at 4l6 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent; prime mercantile paper, sh
a4h per cent. Sterling exchange strong,
with actual business in bankers bills, at
81 S524 6I4.S6 for demand and al &.S3AG4.A
for sixty days; posted rates $.s4@4SiA
and $4s61k; commercial bills, %S2ls. Sill
yer certificates, 6O66Olac; bar silver, $3.50;
Mexican dollars, d71ac. Government bonds
were steady; state bonds were steady; rail-
read bonds were strong.
New York, March H-Nearly all stocks
made advances to-day, and some OF them
were of material proportions Various
reasons might be assigned for the move
ment in individual stocks, but the princi-
pal motive for the general rise apparently
was that the steady advance of prices of
late had again aroused the outside public
to buy. The dealings reached nearly t.,
25O000 shares. Aggressive bull manipula-
ton by the leaders of speculation had
seemingly caused the public to cease wait
ing for an immediate opportunity to Sc
cure stocks at lower level The mar
ket opened under an impetus of higher
quotations from London, and though large
realizing continued pretty steadily untl
near the close, when the rate for call
money reached 6 per cent, leaving the
range for the day from to 6, with the
last loan at 5. Quite a number of new
higher priced records for stocks were made
4 NJ AZ,
day brought large number of commits
sion house orders to purchase stock. This
caused pronounced rise at the opening
and induced elimination OF many short
contracts. The principal activity was the
Flower stocks, being, for instance, 5000
shares of Federal Steel sold at the open
ing over range of points and the stock
made net advance of SIS on reports that
the earnings were large. Brooklyn Tran
sit rose points on rumors that the Brook
lyn Union Elevated was said to have had
$4,000 in cash when taken into control
by the Transit company The continued
talk of negotiations for a combination of
the gas and electric light interests of Chi
cago was used to the benefit of Peoples
Gas TO the extent of over a point.
Among the other specialtes to make
leading Improvements were Tobacco. 10;
Continental Tobacco, a; Metropolitan 62t ;
| s.
OK. The largest improvements among the
leading railways was az on the North
west February traffic returns attracted
| much attention, as they covered the period
during which traffic was somewhat inter-
rupted, because of the storms. ST. Paui-s
decrease of something over $1,000 in the
net was due to the increased operating ex-
penses, the gross earnings having shown
an increase. In the case of Atchison the
| road again a nat g..
time over $tSs,0O0, although the gross earn
ings decreased about $4,000. Among the
Southwestern railroads, Wabash showed a
, net increase in February earnings of near
ly $4,000. The market closed with no de-
cided tone and heavy trading.
The bond market to-day made an ag-
gresslve show of strength, heavy put
chases of the active issues being made at
substantial improvements. Total sales,
900
! United States bonds were unchanged on
bid quotations.
The total sales of stocks were 1213 100
shares. including 7,400 Atchison, $40 do
preferred, 23,22O Burlington, 100 Cleveland.
. Cincinnati Chicago and st. Louis. 7.7C5
Illinois Central, 1920 Manhattan, 2S,Ss0
Metropolitan Street Railway, 29.l5O Mis-
souri, Pacific, 11730 New York Central. l.
800 Northern Pacific, 1905 Rock Island. II
us Union Pacific, II $40 do preferred. 70 gIo
ST. Pau, 1880 Southern Railway prefer
red $500 Texas Pacific, 24.s2O American
! Steel and Wire 16.4O0 American Tobacco
! $3.50 Federal Steel. 1877 do preferred 2e.
/ $50 Consolidated Gas, $500 colorado Fuel
and Iron, 1915 Brooklyn Rapid Transit
1850 Tennessee Coal and Iron, II $40 Unit
ed States Leather preferred $3.50 United
States Rubber.
New York Closing Stocks-West
Atchison .,..... 2214l do do pref Gee. 82h,
90 pref 49,. 65ssl st. Paul ...... 1884
Baltimore e. O.. II do pref .... III i
Can. Pacific 80. s55sl St p. & ON. o.
Can. Southern 5ShI do do pref 49,. 40
: Cent Pacific -. 52h So. Pacific . az
Ches. & Ohio 2Sh So. Railway go. 1874
Chi. & Alton -. 1T3Al do pref ........ 52il
Chi B. q Q. =. IA Texas e. Pacific 23ih,
Chi & p. III. 13kl Union Pac ... 474s
: do pref ....... 100 do pref ....... Slss
Chi q. W. 1872 U. p. d. &c c.. 10
Chi Ind. & L. .. 8 Wabash .......... Sb
do do pref ... AZ do pref ......23
: Chi. & N. w. i5llzl Wheel e. L. E.. Tx
do pref ....... l91 do do pref .... S2h