Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-23
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The securities Of the gas company were
the important feature of the trading at to-
days meeting OF the stock exchange. Both
the certificates and the stock were for sale
in quantities that are rather unusual.
The per cent certificates were first dealt
in. and bid OF 1914, which was an eighth
of a point In advance Of yesterdays bid.
secured all that were for sale for anything
like that price. The total sales reached
So. 200 The bid was repeated on that level.
but there were no more for sale except at
40. a4s'
The per cent bonds of series b were
also dealt In, without the semi-annual IN
terest payment. A $500 lot was for sale.
and a bid Of 104sS was made. The asking
price was los, and 1t was taken at that
figure. A similar lot was also sold on
bid Of 104&. and that continued to be the
bid The asking price was 1O6.
The amount OF stock traded in reached
a total Of over 400 shares. and 1t proved
to be for the most part In the possession
OF one broker. Three iO0-share lots were
included in the sales. and the price OBJ
tanned for these as well as all the others
was 90. the only exception being ten shares
for which COZ was received and one share
at 81.
Toward the close Of the trading 591s was
bid Tor 100 shares and 60 for Is shares. The
latter was for sale at 0Oh.
The sales Of Mergenthaler were limited to
twenty-five shares. and the price ranged
from 1854 to 1853 At the close the bid
was on the latter level and 1851 was asked.
Two hundred and fifty shares comprised
the entire trading in Lanston. and the
range of prices was 1871 to 16A. The bid
ding started at 16 and crept gradually up
to 16a4, and sale was then made. The bid
then eighth lower and 0n0t her 100.
share block was taken at 161S. A fifty
share lot went for 1914.
AT the close the bid was 16f and 1871 was
asked.
There was some trading in Greene Cop
per. the prices paid being from 22A to 22h.
Ten shares of Capital Traction stock sold
for 1431s. and then 1t was offered for sale
at that figure, and 143 was bid.
The preferred stock of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company was offered
for sale at the opening at 81. and sos was
bid An advance Of an eighth in the bid
resulted In the sale of three f1fty-share lots.
An option was offered at 81.
The stock was for sale at 90k, and a bid
Of sos secured another fifty-share lot The
bid was renewed and 600 shares, or any
part. were offered at 9O14 The closing bid
was 9OA and 9Oh was asked.
For the common stock 34h was bid at
the outset and 351s was asked An advance
in the bid to 34B secured four fifty-share
lots.
A bid of 35 was made for the stock In
quotation lots or in large blocks An OPP
ton was sold at 1914 and another ffty-share
lot was bought for 50. An offer was made
to buy or sell at 35 or 20 buy all that was
to be had at 35 and to sell 100 shares at the
same price. At the close the bid was 34%
and the asking price IS.
The bid for Central Bank stock advanced
from 2GO, which was the bid of yesterday
to 265. There was no stock offered for
SALE
Fifteen shares of American Bank stock
sold for 100 and the stock was still to be
had at the same price. The best bid was
1891.
An offer was made to buy or to sell ten
shares Of Riggs Bank stock at $50. This
Offer was withdrawn. The stock was Of
fered at GO and $40 was bid.
Commercial Fire Insurance Co stockhold-
ers yesterday elected the following trustees
for the coming year: W. E. Abbott, Job
Barnard, l. Behrens ]. A Berberich J. c.
Ergood, W. 8. Hoge, ]. P. Hinkel Robert
N Harper, H. j. Mattern, Maurice Otter
back, F. P. Reside. Leon Tobriner, Will
liam *. Ellis. Oscar w. White and r. Hem
~ Lynn. The new trustees will meet next
month and elect officers. A new vice pres
1dent Will then be chosen to succeed r.. A.
Walker. William X. Ellis, Oscar W.
White and r. Henry Lynn were yesterday
elected trustees to succeed N. H. Shea, r.
A Walker and s. r. Waters.