The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-03

StOCk on mana anu on snip
board to day 900. ..... -. So 255 IO6 0s4
Stock same day last year see. % ,364 1879 1852
Receipts same day last year. ,407 1910
Price spirits turpentine same
day last YEAR. ........... 24Hc
New York. Aug. 2-Rosin dull, steady;
strained, common to good, 81 22189S1 271l.
Turpentine quiet but steady at 290291sc.
Charleston, Aug. 3, - Spirits turpentine
firm at 26c; receipts 40 casks. Rosin-good
strained firm at 9Oc receipts 1871 barrels.
Wilmington, n. C., Aug. 2.-Rosin firm;
strained Soc; good strained, soc. Spirits
turpenune 6rm at 26c BID; receipts. 1871
casks. Tar firm at 81 50. Crude turpentine
firm; hard 81 OOi soft 81 20; virgin, 81 20.
Financial.
Savannah. Aug. 2.-Money is easy.
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the mar
ket is steady. Banks are buying at par and
selling at e per cent premium up to 5000
and Ito OF per cent. for amounts of 5000
and over.
Foreign Exchange-Market dull but firm.
The following are net Savannah quotation s:
Sterling commercial demand. "A 49, sixty
days, s. s6A; ninety days, 81 s61s francs. Paris
and Havre. sixty days, s. 10; Swiss, sixty
days, s. 2014; marks, sixty days, 951s.
Securities-The market is very dull and
quiet and inclined to sag in Central issues.
State BondsZGeorgia AZ per cent. 1915,
1881 bid, ia asked; Georgia per cent. 1895
1041s bid, los asked; Georgia 81 per cent.
long dates, 971a bid, SO asked
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent.
quarterly October coupons 1857 bid, 1864
asked; new Savannah per cent August cou-
pons 1864 bid. - asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold IS, SO bid,
asked; Central consolidated mortgage z
per cent. coupons, January and July maturity
1898, III bid. - asked: Savannah and West
ern railroad per cent trust certificates A.
bid, AZ asked; Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery 8 per cent. so bid - asked;
Georgia railroad 6 per cent. 1910, 10Y bid 1903
asked Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage per cent. 1919 bid, 81 asked
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6
per cent. Endorsed by Central railroad 100
bid, asked; Augusta and Knoxville first
mortgage per cent. - bid, 10 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, due in 1920 81 bid 100
asked: Columbus and Rome first mortgage
bonds. Endorsed by Central railroad II bid, -
asked; Columbus and Western 6 per cent,
guaranteed, 80 bid asked; CITY and Sub.
urban railway first mortgage per cent, -
bid, 50 asked; Savannah and Atlantic per
cent, Endorsed, % bid, 40 asked; Electric rail
way first mortgage IS, So bid, - asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage z per
cent, lO5 bid. lO6 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage lO4 bid 1O5 asked;
Alabama Midlands. SO bid. 80 asked.
Railroad StockS-Central common. bid
10 asked; Augusta and Savannah per cent.
guaranteed, IS bid: 81 asked; Georgia com
mon. 149 bid ISL asked; Southwestern
per cent guaranteed, including or
der for div. SO bid 70 asked Central per
cent. certificates. with order for defaulted
interest, bid, 271a asked; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock, Is bid, IS asked;
Atlanta and West Point per cent certt6-
Gates SO bid, 90 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Southern Bank of the
State OF Georgia, 1854 bid. - asked ex divi.
dend: Merchants National Bank, 81 bid, 9215
asked ex dividend; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company 1919 bid, 1929 ex-dividend asked:
National Bank Of Savannah, 100 bid, - ex div
idend asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Com pany 80 bid, 100 ex-dlvidend asked; Citi-
zens Bank, l0l bid, l0lH ex-dividend asked;
Chatham Real Estate and improvement Com
pany, 500 bid ,-asked ex-div; Germania Bank,
I0l bid 1917 ex-dividend asked; Chatham
Bank, 4914 bid, so ex-dlvidend asked Sa-
vannah Construction Company, "a bid, rs
asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Company,
"a bid, 70 asked
New York. Aug. 2, 4 p. m.-Money on call
easy at l per cent. The last loan at per
cent. and at the closing was offered at per
cent
Prime mercantile paper, 3hGi1s per cent
Bar silver 641ac,
Sterling exchange is firm, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at "a s715654 877 for sixty
days and 81 sS1a0t 1884 for demand; posted
Cor Commercial Bills q s6H@4 81 for sixty
days.
Government bonds steady. State bonds dull
Railroad bonds weak.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
New York. Aug. 1.-The following we're
theopening quotations a. the Stock Exchange
today:
Erie Observation-Disclosures. 1917
Chicagoaud Northwestern. 1923
NorfoiRand western preferred ......... 49,
Richmondand West Point Terminal. ..., 14B
Western U nlon...... ............. ....... 81
New York. Aug. 1.-The stock market was
firm in the easy trading on account Of more
encouraging reports from the corn belt,
which. however. were not borne out by late
advices from that section. In addition Lon.
don was more bullish on American securities.
and bought moderately Of its favorites The
foreign according TO private advices,
were Impressed with an idea that an cary
settlement Of the tariff question was close at
hand Louisville and Nashville and the
Changers led the early rise. Louisville and
Nashville rose "a : st. Paul Bto 578 BurlinR-
ton and Quincy 3 to 72A; Rock Island IS 10
64if The bears covered rather freely In these
issues: when their orders had been executed
the market drtfted back into dullness, which
has been its chief characteristic Of late. The
tariff question. the gold exports and the al
legged damage TO the corn crop we're the main
topics Of discussion. so far as the tariff is
concerned advces from Washington were OF
conflicting nature. This Is reflected In
American Sugar. which tirst rose Is 70 1919,
then declined to 1885, rallied 70 1879, and
finally sold on TO i02. The weakness % the
close was due 20 the selling OF a block Of 5000
..s anWnroutlV had "A