Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-22
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Some changes were made in the quota
tions in the bond list at today's meeting of
the stock exchange, although there was no
trading AS compared with yesterdays hg-
ures the bid for Capital Traction bonds ad-
yanced from 1862 to 10I; Washington Kali
way bonds fell off in the bid from s3;s 10
$685.; Columbia Railway 5s declined from
1861, to 106; gas certificates fell OH lro"
12O7k to 12oas; for telephone bonds 1854 was
the bid today, while yesterday II WAS i'o1s'
Two fye-share lots of Capital Traction
stock were for sale, but the best pa was
1870 The asking price was 40. Inc piu
for a quotation lot of twenty shares WAS
1881 and the stock was offered at l4l.
For a time there was prospect of good
deal of trading in the Washington fallWdy
preferred stock, as the prospective buyers
and sellers made a near approach IL was
evident there was no stock in lots OF nlty
shares more that was for SAFE at iess
than 81 A couple of fifty-share lots went
at that figure. and one lot OF twenty shaie9
a half point higher
After the sales the stock continued to be
offered at 81, but the bidding dld not go
beyond S3A
There was no attempt to trade in the
common stock A bid of 27A was made
and 2T3s was asked.
A somewhat higher level was reached in
the bidding for National Safe Deposit stock
than has been the case for some days past
A bid of 1854 was made. and the stock was
offered at 100, but that was WlthdraWn ana
19l substituted.
Two shares of Washington Loan and
Trust Company stock We're offered for sale
at PIG. The best bid was 30, and that was
also the bid for ten shares. The latter
were offered a. 30.
After a rather lively competition six
cl=e.ra ~ fIa of ha m
ity and Trust Co. stock We're sold for ~
The bid for ten shares was 2264s. while the
asking price was 22I12.
Five shares of Union Trust and Storage
Co. stock were offered for III. The best bid
was 115. The asking price for ten shares
was lis, and the bid 116.
No change of consequence was made in
the figures in the bank list. Ten shares of
Riggs Bank stock were offered at 595. but
the best bid was $50.
A sale of 100 shares of National Union
Fire Insurance Company stock was made at
~ Then the bid was IA and the asking
price 8.
An offer was made to sell fifty shares of
Real Estate Title Insurance Company stock
at 81. There was no one willing to give
more than so and that was the bid for 100
shares. The bid for this stock for some
time past has been so.
An advance was made of half a point in
the bid for Columbia Title Insurance Com
pany stock. The bid was 4. and the asking
price of AZ remained unchanged.
A couple of lots of Gas stock changed
hands at GA. After the sales the bid re-
ceded to 63%, while the asking price was
64A.
A sale of quotation list of ten shares of
Mergenthaler stock was made at 1884,. AZ
ter that the best bid 1855. The asking
price was 1855, but in spite of the slight
separation between buyer and seller there
was no further trading.
The highest bid made for Lanston stock
was 12A and for options 1917 was bid. The
latter were offered at 1874. The asking
price of the stock was ID.
Options in Greene Copper were offered at
24Is but the best bid was 23k. A block of
100 shares of the stock was sold for 231a.
Then % was the bid and advance was
made to 23A. but at that time "a was the
asking price.
The announcement made today that
there would be no session of the exchange
on Saturday.