The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-06


to-day ......, ...,.............. 1888 1885
Receipts same day last year. 1875
FINANcIAI-The market is easy.
Domestic ErchdYlOe-Steady. Banks and bank
ers buying sight drafts at par and selling at
5sl4c per cent premium.
FoTeiGn Exchange The market is weak.
Commercial demand, 81 81; sixty days, 81 S234
ninety days, 81 s034; francs, Paris and Havre,
commercial, sixty days. 30 2216; SWISS, - "a;
marks sixty days, 9414c.
SEcURITIEs-lhe market is rather quiet ex-
cepting for bank stocks and railroad bonds,
which are firm.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-City Bonds-AtlanUa 6
per cent long date 106 bid, ia asked; At
lanta per cent, liz bid, 116 asked; Au-
gusta per cent long date, lO5 bid, 1l21A
asked Augusta per cent long date, 104 bid,
i07 asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 104 bid,
10516 asked; Macon per cent, ia bid, 10
asked; new Savannah per cent, quarterly
April coupons 10534 bid 1861 asked; new Savan-
nah per cent, February coupons, 1854 bid,
1864 asked.
STATE Bonds-Georgia new ~ per cent, 119
bid, 100 asked; Georgia per cent gold quar-
terry coupons, 1902 bid, 103 asked; Georgia 7
per cent coupons, January and July, maturity
1894. 1l6 bid. 1lS asked
Railroad StOckS-Central common, 1925 bid,
1231s asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent
guaranteed, 142 bid, 144 asked; Georgia com
mon, 203 bid. 205 asked; Southwestern per
cent guaranteed, 1925 bid, 1884 asked; Cen
trail per cent certificates 9a14 bid, 9915 asked
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock. 107
per cent certificates, 10011 bid, 10116 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general mortgage,
6 per cent interest coupons October. 1i2 bid
consolidated per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1897, 1121a bid, 1875 asked;
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold, IS, 100 bid, 101 asked; Cen
tral consolidated mortgage per cent, coupons
January and July, maturity 1898, 1856 bid,
l0616 asked; Savannah and Western railroad 5
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad, 81 bid
W asked; Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery per cent, SO bid 9S asked;
Georgia railroad 6 per cent 1891, 1850
III bid, 106@116 asked; Georgia South
ern and Florida first mortgage per cent, 81
bid, 97s4 asked; Covington and Macon first mort
gage per cent. 95 bid, 81 asked; Montgom-
cry and Eufaula first mortgage per cent in
dorsed by Central railroad, 10S16 bid, 10916
asked; Marietta and North Georgia railway
first mortgage, so years, per cent, "a
hid, 95 asked Marietta and North Georgia
railroad first mortgage per cent 1O5 bid.
il5 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
otte, Columbia and Augusta second mortgage,
III bid, 118 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta, general mortgage, per cent, 107
bld. 1903 asked; Western Alabama second
mortgage, indorsed per cent, 103 bid, 104
asked; South Georgia and Florida, Endorsed,
llS bid, 100 asked; South Georgia and Flor
IDA second mortgage. 116 bid, 11S asked; Au-
Eusta and Knoxville first mortgage, per cent,
lJg1s bid. 100 asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and
southern first mortgage, guaranteed, ia bid,
10 asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern
not guaranteed, 1913 bid, 40 asked; Ocean
steamship per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad, 101 bid, 10l14 asked; Gaines
VILE Jefferson and Southern second mortgage,
guaranteed, ia bid, lie asked; Columbus
end Rome first mortgage bonds, indorsed by
central railroad, 1868 bid, 1919 asked Column
ous and Western per cent, guaranteed, 103
old, 10 asked; City and Suburban railway
hrst mortgage, z per cent, IL bid liz asked.
Bank StockS-Firm. Southern BANK of
Ine State of Georgia, $50 bid, 800 asked; Mer-
Saants' National Bank, 175 bid, 1855 asked;
eavannah Bank and Trust Company, 11411 bid,
70 asked National Bank of Savannah. $50
nd' 1874 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
company 121 bid, 1913 asked; Citizens Bank,
" bid, SO asked Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, So bid, "a asked.
o. 1aS StockS-Savannah Gas Light stocks
a q bid, Is asked; Mutual Gas Light stock,
. ,old; Electric Light and Power Company,
O. bid, 90 asked.
BACON = Market firm, good demand;
ssRoulders, size; dry sailed clear rib sides.
80 e4 long clear, $3.50; bellies. 5s4c; shoulders,
SC hams, 1l16012c.
G BAGGING AND TIEs-The market IS steady.
9Ra lots: Jute bagging. "a bs 1O94c;
sn u.s. loc; lA rs, 909Jzc, according to brand
seu quantity; sea island bagging very scarce
al l6Q1614c; cotton bagging, none; prices
n4;Isalinal; a. inches, u u, 13lS11334c; smaller
b,adia5' cheaper. Iron Ties-Sl 1901 20 per
t j;oaiile, according to quantity Bagging and
~ W retail lots fraction higher.
cDClTER = Market dull; fair demand;
ASs9sssn' l5@l7c; gilt edge, 10000; creamery,
HAnRAor. S99c