The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-05

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Savannah. Sept. 4-Money is easy.
domestic EXchange-The tone of the mar
ket is steady. Banks are buying at u per
cent. discount and selling at Is cents pre-.
MUM on amounts below 500; above that
amount at par.
Foreign Exchange-Market shade easier
sterling, commercial demand, "a s5H /;
sixty DAYS, s. 8414 ninety days. 81 s414
francs, Paris and havre sixty'days, IS sOla;
Swiss. sixty days, s. PIX; marks, sixty
days, 81 1915.
Securities-The market is quiet and dull.
state Bonds-Georgia AZ per cent 1915
lO4& bid, 1851 asked; Georgia 81 per cent
long dates, SO bid, $50 asked.
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent.
quarterly October coupons 1864 bid, 1864
asked; new savannah per cent. November
coupons, 1851 bid, lU6 asked
Railroad Bopds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold 5s, So bid,
asked: Central consolidated mortgage 2
per cent, coupons January and July maturity.
1888, III bid.-asked; Savannah and West.
ern railroad per cent trust certih Gates 50
6id, "a asked; Savannah: Americus and
Montgomery 8 per cent. so bid, 50 asked:
Georgia railroad per cent. 1910, 10Y bid, 100
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage per cent 50 bid, s412 asked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage
per cent. Endorsed by Central railroad, 101 bid,
asked Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent. 1904 bid, 1917 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, due in 1920. SO bid 90
-
bonds, Endorsed by Central railroad, - bid, Al
asked: Columbus and Western 6 per cent.
guaranteed, 10l bid, - asked; City and Sub
urban railway first mortgage per cent, -
bid, IS asked Savannah and Atlantic 5 per
cent, Endorsed, 2o bid. 40 asked Electric rail
way first mortgage IS, = bid, - asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage per
cent. LOG bid, 107 asked; south Georgia and
Florida second mortgage, 1857 bid 1857
asked; Alabama Midlands, IS bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central common, - bid,
as ard &Qu NOR
guaranteed, SO bid s41& asked; Georgia COM
mon, las bid, 1852 asked; Southwestern
Z per cent guaranteed, including or.
der for div, nv bid. 7215 asked Central
per cent certificates with order for de-
faulted interest, 25 bid, 271z asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, so old 90
certificates SO bid SO asked
Bank Stocks Etc-Southern Bank Of the
State OF Georgia, l64 bid, - asked; Mer-
chants National Bank, 90 bid SO asked
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, lO2 bid,
1903 asked National Bank of Savannah, 100
bid. 1872 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, 9S bid. 100 asked Citizens Bank.
100 bid, l0l asked Chatham Real Estate
and improvement Company. 50A bid, 81 asked;
Germania Bank, 1917 bid. 1927 asked;
Chatham Bank, 461z bid, An asked Savan-
nah Construction Company. "a bid 70 asked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company 75h bid,
asked.
New York. Sept. 4, 4 p. m-Money on call
easy at 1 per cent. The last loan at per
cent. and at the closing was offered at per
cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 404A per cent
Bar silver 6ohc.
Sterling exchange Is weak; bankers
bills az a. s5l4614 1874 for sixty days and
81 $1,000 seH for demand; posted rates
Commercial bills 81 s4A@4 slh for sixty
days
Government bonds steady State bonds dull
Railroad bonds strong.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
60 bid ana 81 asked
New York. Sept. 4.--The following we're
theopening quotations a. the Stock Exchange
to-day:
Chicago and Northwestern. .............. 1864
Lake Shore NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1875
Norfolk and Western prsferred. ......... 26
Richmond and West Point Terminal 90. ls
Western Unlon..... ............. ......... 81
Southern Railway common ............... l35
do do preferred ...... O.. 4lh
New York Sept. 4-Openng dealings at
the stock Exchange we're characterized by
hrmness and even Sugar which has been
Under the hammer for sometime back. de-
veloped a little more strength. This was sue
ceeded by a weaker tone, London having sold
some J. ouiSville and Nashville which was &C
CO pied by Ice II traders who we're Oearishly in
clined They forced the issue and extended
their lines especially IN the Changers VIII ich
they argued would have 70 60 lower on a.
count OF the tremendous forest hres in the
northwest following the partial failure OF the
corn crop and the poor showing OF earnings