The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-15
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT

Iotal ............. .......... l5s,ll9 ass 563
Exported to-day ............... 500 / 9O6
Exported previously ....... 103,9A 379 2O8
Total. ...~. ....... 1oii94 Ssl.1l4
Stock on hand and on ship
board to day 900. ..... 90. 53625 114449
Stock same day last year.. 31222 l34.7l
Receipts same day last year. ! 573 4 1888
Price spirits turpentne same
day last wear ........... 23c
New York. Aug. 14.-Rosin steady. quiet;
strained, common to good, 81 10Gb1 10.
Turpentine quiet, steady at 3083Ohc.
Charleston Aug. H. Spirits turpentine
firm at 2i19c; receipts 80 casks. Rosin-
good strained firm at soc; receipts 90 bar
rels.
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 14.-Rosin steady;
strained. SIC; good strained. QUc. Spirits
turpentine, trm at 2514c bid; receipts. =
casks. Tar steady at IL 30. Crude turpentine
steady; hard 81 Cd; soft 81 80; vlrgln, & ~.
Financial.
Savannah, Aug. 14-Money is easy.
Domestic Exchange-rhe tone of the m ar
ket Is steady. Banks are buying at par and
selling at 3 per cent. premium up to 5000
and Ito of per cent for amounts Of s.. 900
and over.
Foreign Exchange-Market dull. The
following are net Savannah quotations
Sterling commercial demand, n 81; sixty
days, s. 85A ninety days, "a s5% francs, Paris
and Havre. sixty days, 30 10; Swiss, sixty
days, IS 20]4; marks sixty days, 951s
SecurIt1eS-The market is quiet, but the
undertone is firm.
State Bonds-Georgia AZ per cent 1915,
1917 bid, ll414 asked Georgia Z per cent 1896,
lO4A bid, 1851 asked; Georgia 81 per cent.
long dates, 9733 bid. 9s14 asked,
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent.
quarterly October coupons 1854 bid 1864
asked new Savannah per cent. November
coupons, 1851 bid. lU6 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold IS, SO bid
asked; Central consolidated mortgage 7
per cent. coupons January and July maturity,
1898, III bid. - asked; Savannah and West
ern railroad per cent. trust certificates. 46
bid, AZ asked Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery per cent. 30 bid, - asked;
Georgia railroad per cent. 1910 l07 bid 100
asked, Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage per cent. 70 bid. 81 asked:
Montgomery and Eufaula first MORTGAGE 6
per cent. Endorsed by Central railroad lOl
Did, asked; Augusta and Knoxville first
mortgage 7per cent 100 bid, l0l asked Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent, due in 1920 95 bid "a
asked: Columbus and Rome first mortgage
bonds Endorsed by Central railroad, IL bid =
asked Columbus and Western 6 per cent.
guaranteed, 80 bid. - asked; City and Sub
uroan railway FIRST mortgage 7 per cent,
bid, 50 asked Savannah ana Atlantic 5 per
cent, indorsed, % bid, 40 asked Electric rail
way first mortgage 6s, So bid, - asked; South
Georgia and FLORIDA first MORTGAGE 7 per
cent, l06 bid, 105 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage 1917 bid 1851
asked Alabama Mtdlands. So bid, so asked.
j.
10 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent.
guaranteed, 95 bid. 81 asked Georgia com
mon, lis bid l5' asked; southwestern
Z per cent. guaranteed, including or.
der for div 50 bid, 10 asked: Central per
cent. certificates. with order for defaulte1
interest. % bid, 27J5 asked; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock - lid. IS asked
Gates, 50 bid, 90 asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc-Southern Bank Of the
State OF Georgia, l6l bid, asked: Mer.
chants National Bank. 81 bid y2% asked;
savannah Bank and trust Company, lO?H bid
1857 asked; National Bank of Savannah 40
bid, - asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company. 80 bid. 10 asked; Citizens Bank
10l bid 1917 asked: Chatham Real Estate
and improvement Company, 5O4 bid, asked;
Germania Bank l02 bid, 103 asked;
Chatham Bank, a bid, IS asked, Savan.
nah Construction Company. "A bid, "a asked
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, 7oh bid,
asked
New York. Aug. IA, 4 p. m-Money on call
easy at ! per cent, The last loan at per
cent. and at the closing was offered at per
cent.
Prime mercantlle paper, 868iH per cent
Bar silver p5Bc.
bills at 81 s6}4Q14 ~ for sixty days and
g. sI]4Gt s78 for demand; posted rates
Commercial bills 81 s5i4a4s5 for sixty
days
Government bonds steady. State bonds dull
Railroad bonds rong.
Silver at the stock Exchange to-day was
New York, Aug 1.-THE following we're
the opening quotations a. the Stock Exchange
to-day:
FL. e,...-... .s..'.s.......s -
Chicago and northwestern ............... 1854
Norfolk and Western preferrei.......... PAX
Richmond aat Vest POiat Terminal .. l7A
WesternOn mon. ..,.......... .,...... sea
New York, Aug l4.-London prices for
American securities received before the open.
ing OF business showed decided gains and
created quite bullish feeling among local
operators AS a result there was an advance
in the active railway list OF 4 TO X per cent,
while Disttllers jumped ? TO 2l4. The rise
brought out long stock, especially in the case
Of American sugar, which fell 10 lOjL. unaer
heavy offerings for houses with Washingt ton
connections. This rather dampened the
ardor OF the bllls and led 10 the can
ceiling OF buying orders. For a
time the course Of prices was uncer-
tain. and trading was limited Ia volume After
by sudden break In Sugar TO l0iA on light
sales One reason assigned for the break Is
that one operator in the room discovered
stop orders and offered the stock down az a
lively rate Reports from Washington that
o free sugar bill would be passed by the sen
ate favored the operator In question Lead
IN sympathy dropped - per cent 20 ~ and
whisky 2as 70 2lG. In the afternoon trading
Sugar recovered toiuIa and left on at lu'4a
he railway tissues in the aftcs.
noon developed greater strength, and,
cutting aloOf from the industrlals, made
the best figures for long time