Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The bulk of the trading at today's meet
ing of the stock exchange was in the stock
of the Capital Traction Company. 1t was
all done after the call When the stock
was called the bid for twenty shares was
la and the asking price was 144s,. Ten
shares were offered at 144is Highest
prices prevailed when the buying began
The stock sold from 1441e to 1i41s. One
lot of 100 shares went at the last named
price. and the sales reached the rather large
aggregate for this security of 27l shares
The prices paid were we'll maintained on
level which is the best that has yet been
reached.
There was but little trading done I'm the
stock of the American Security and Trust
Company. The bid begsa with pa and
rose to 2I5, while the asking price reached
to 24ile The latter Withdrawn and
80 was substituted. But after call a
block Of forty shares was taken at e41lA.
which is the highest price Yet paid FOR
this security.
A couple of ten-share lots Of Commercial
Bank stock were sold a lG1, which is also
record price. and after the sales the
oid was renewed and then advanced to
l6i1s. Five shares were obtained at 1914.
but there was no more stock offered for
sale at less than l6s. At the close the bid
was half a point below that figure.
There were some dealings in fire in
surance stocks. but none of the transac-
tons We're of any special significance.
The only feature that makes it worth
while to call attention to them is that
usually there is no movement in securi-
ties in this list.
Fifty shares of Potomac Fire Insurance
Company stock sold for 20 and then the
bid advanced to EOS, with % a the ask
ing price.
One hundred shares of National Union
sold for Z, and the bid was renewed at
that figure. and Z Il was asked.
Six and one-fourth was paid for 100
shares of Peoples. and "a shares were
then offered at the same price but the
bid was q. The asking price for 100 shares
was Sc, and the bid g.
A better price was bid for Real Estate
Title Company stock than has been the
asked. but there was no trading.
Columbia Title Company stock was Of
fered at 37s and 80. was bid.
Gas stock sold today at 6lls and after
three nty-five-share lots had been dis
posed of at that price there were stu pur-
chasers about who wanted more on the
same terms. The lowest asking price was
64A. but the difference of a quarter of a
point put an end to further trading The
bid for fifty or one hundred shares rose To
64A.
A higher bid than that of Yesterday was
made for Gas Certificates, but there was
no change in the asking price namely.
LIZ, and there was no trading.
A couple of 81 900 bonds of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company were
bought after call for STA and that com
prised all the transactions that took place
In the securities of that company.
Twenty-nine and one-half was bid for an
option on 100 shares of the common stock
and an offer to sell one at 80 was made
There was no change In the quotations of
yesterday
Mergenthaler in two lots of ten shares
each sold for 1851 and 1855. Then the bid
was 1855 and the asking price was 1854,
but the trading ceased.
Two 1O0-share lots of Lanston were sold
after call for 13A. That was the asking
price during the call, and then 1875 was bid.
An option on 100 shares was offered at IA.
Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption 81 $50 .O64: government receipts
from internal revenue. $3.50, 1876: customs.