The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-09

of Savannah, IS bid, 81 asked; oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company. 1852 bid. -
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, 129 bid. 1870 asked: Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. 107 bid, - ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, a, So bid, 81 asked; B, 5413
bid, ssh asked Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, 96 bid. 81 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. l0l
bid, 102 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 1O2 bid. lOS asked; Eagle and
Phenix Mills per cent bonds, due 1928,
1olls bid. 10S asked; Bibb Manufacturing
Company, 10S bid, 1O515 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, SO asked; Granitevnle Factory. $50
bid. l55 asked; Langley Factory, 81 bid,
lOl1z asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid 80 asked; J. R. King Manufacture
ing Company, 81 bid, 101 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company. IS bid Is asked;
Savannah Brewing Company, 105 bid,
asked
New York March S.-Money on call was
steady at 2l2q3 per cent, The last loan was
at 2la per cent. Prime mercantile paper.
SAaS% per cent. Sterling exchange steady
with actual business in bankers bills al
| S4.So4sQ4. S54 for demand, and at ST. S3lb6I
4'o594 Tor sixty days. Posted rates 81. S4120
40 and 81 .S619Q4S7 Commercial bills.
S4.S212q4.SS Silver certificates, 591aG6Olke
bar silver, 59l9c. Mexican dollars, 6g7l9c.
Government bonds were weak. State bonds
We're strong. Railroad bonds were strong
New York, March S.-The stock market
was dun most OF the day. except at the
closing when there was considerable ac-
| uVlty. The interest largely conferred in
tue coalers, which did some handsome adj
Vances, and a number of the specialtjes
went up over a point while fractional
advances were the rule in many other
STOCKS The published report of a COM
bInaton of practically all the eoalers was
the ground for the strength in those prop
eftleS. Much interest was attached to
the declaration of the regular dividends
IN Sugar. The market waited until il
was announced and then moderate activ-
! NY appeared. Sugar, after opening high
er and then losing more than the earlier
gain, rose about points for the day
The large payment which the government
was to make to the Southern Pacific on
the claim allowed by Congress, lent
strength to THAI property. The expecta-
ton of favorable legislation lifted Con.
| soldated Gas some points, there being
| a sympathetic rise in other local stocks
| including Metropolitan Brooklyn Transit
which were up about half as much. The
stagnant lone which prevailed the greater
! part of the session with fluctuations of
| only Is or so were dispelled during the
final dealings, when the coalers were
marked up and there was a sympathetic
! rise elsewhere.
| Lackawanna and Reading first preferred
lea the coalers with an advance Of 8 each.
Among the standard stocks st. Paul gain
| ed a point Money was slightly easier
to-day and closed 21aG3 per cent. Con-
! siderable money was said to be heading
| this way from the interior to take ad-
vantage of the recent hrmer tone in money
| both for call and time. The discount
market also worked closer to-day, rates
for prime names ruling at SAa3ai per
| cent. The closing tone of the stock mar
ket was strong.
There was decided increase in bond
operations to-day, the activity being at
| tended by higher level for the leading
| issues. Erie generals and Chicago Termi-
| mails IS were usually active and made sub
! stantial gains Total sales 81 900, 0O0 Unit
ed States As and the IS declined 4 in the
bid price.
The total sales of stocks were 642, 800
shares INCLUDING 5,4S5 Atchison 20. 80 do
preferred; $3.50 Chicago, Burlington and
| Quincy; 6,365 Delaware and Hudsou "A, 1856
Reading first preferred; 1880 New Jer-
sey Central; 1900 Northern Pacific; $3.50
Ontario and Western; 2O,960 Reading; 5,2O5
| Rock Island; 6,4S5 Union Pacific; 1865 do
preferred; 17,115 st. Paul; 1O,S9O Southern
Pacific; 1880 International Paper; 71OO
American Tobacco; 1926 Bay State Gas;
| 14,035 Federal Steel; $40 Consolidated
Gas; 1859 Brooklyn Rapid Transit; S,165
| Sugar; 1880 Tennessee Coal and Iron.