The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17

Common, $lk4394c per pound; fair; 39iG
&c; good, 4l40f4i2c; prime. 43405c; choice,
head, Sa5lse; small lots, isQAc higher.
Upland 45Qe5c per bushel; tide water,
75cqS120.
FINANCIAL.
Savannah, Feb. 16-Money is in fair de-
mand; call loans, per cent
Domestic EXchange-The tone of the
market Is steady. Banks are buying al
par and selling at u per cent. premium
from 500 to $1,000; for larger amounts,
$50 per $1,000
Foreign Exchange barely steady
The following are net Savannah Quota
ions; Commercial, demand %S7i4; sixty
Gays. ASoA; ninety days, $3.50; conti-
| Havre. sixty days, S5lSla; Swiss, sixty
days, &.2O1s; marks, sixty days, 81 1915.
SecuritleS-Market is fat; nothing doing.
State Bonds-Georgia, AZ per cent, 1915,
ll41a bid, lisa asked; Georgia Z per cent,
1876, l0412 bid, 1O5l2 asked; Georgia 3la per
cent, long dates, 10l bid, 102 asked.
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent.
April coupons, los bid, JOG asked; new
savannah per cent. May coupons, los
Railroad Bonds-CentraI Railroad and
ranking Company collateral, gold IS, 80
bid, S3 asked; Central consolidated mort
gage per cent coupons, January and
july maturity, 120 bid asked; Sa-
vannah and Western railroad per cent.
trust certiteates. 50 bid, 2 asked; Sa-
vannah, Americas and Montgomery 6 per
| cent, 40 bid, so asked; Georgia railroad
per cent, 1910, 100 bid ITO asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, first MORTGAGE 6
per cent, "a bid, sc asked; Montgomery
and Eufaula first mortgage per cent,
indorsed by Central railroad, 102 bid, 1903
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
| gae per cent, 100 bid, 102 asked;
| Ocean Steamship S per cent. due 1926. 5Iis
| bid, sSla asked; Columbus and Rome first
| mortgage bonds, ihdorsed by Central rail-
! road, bid, 43 asked: Columbus and
| Western per cent, guaranteed, 1917 bid,
10 asked; City and Suburban railway first
Z mn l.
| Savannah and Atlantic 5 per cent, in
| dofsed, = bid, asked Electric railway
| first mortgage 6s, = bid, asked South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Z per
cent, 1903 bid. 110 asked; South Georgia and
| Florida second mortgage, lOS bid, l09 asked :;
Alabama Midland sslA bid, 81 asked.
| Brunswick and Western As, guaranteed, y
! asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central common. -
bid. l5l5 asked; Augusta and Savannah
| Georgia, common. l56 bid, 100 asked: South
! western per cent. guaranteed. including
| order for div, 66 bid, 67a4 asked; Central
| per cent. certificates, with order for de-
! faulted interest 49, bid, IS asked; Atlanta
| and West Point railroad stock, 81 bid. IS
/ cent certificates, 80 bid, 80 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.--Citizens Bank,
lel biz bid l9a asked Chatham Bank
1 l02 bid, 1903 asked; Merchants National
! Bank, % bid, 100 asked; National Bank
Of savannah, 1870 bid; lS1 asked;
/ ,
| IS bid, 100 asked; Southern Bank of the
| state of Georgia, 1853 bid, 100 asked; Savan-
/ nah Bank and Trust Company 105 bid, 106
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company 81 bid, So asked; Sa-
| yannah Construction Company IS bid,
80 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
New York, Feb. l6.-Money on call was
/ ct 1M11a per cent Prime mercantile paper,
! S12dl4 per cent. Sterling exchange is firm
| with actual business in bankers bills at
/ $4.S7Gi4.S7A for sixty days, and S4.SS1A0
4SS% for demand; posted rates, &.S74a@
1 4.S9. Commercial bills, $4S6Q4. 1854.
Bar silver, $3.50.
Government bonds, firm; state bonds
We're dull; railroad bonds were higher.
Silver at the board was quoted at $3.50
! 60Ac
New York. Feb. 1.-THE treasury bal
ances to-day were as As follows FOL Coin. ST.
/ $4,000; currency. $76,9I7,00O.
/ New York, Feb 16.-The weekly state
ment of the Associated banks shows the
! following changes:
/ Reserve, decrease ..................S 20, 800
Loans, decrease .....-..........--....l,2J l bO0
/ Specie decrease ...-...............'. 81 s9g
! Legal tenders, decrease ............ II, 500
/ Deposits decrease .....-........-... .z,o59 wv
The banks now hold S88 513,425 in excess
of the requirements of the % per cent.
New York, Feb. 16-Noon-Erie. g7s;
/ Northwestern, 90; do preferred, 131; Lake
| Shore, 1875 Norfolk and Western, pre-
| ferred, 12l4; Western Union, SIS; Southern
/ Railway, common, 94; southern Railway,
| preferred, ~; American sugar, 9z9S;
! Baltimore and Ohio, 6ll2; Canada South
/ ern, 4S15; st. Paul, 5514; Rock Island, 6l24
! Delaware and Hudson, l2llk; Delaware,
/ Lackawanna and Western, 1855; Manhat-
| tan, 1864 Michigan Central, SO; New York
! Central 1915.
| New York. Feb 16.-Operations at the
! Stock Exchange were resumed to-day
! with a firm market for securities, the re-
! ceipt OF higher cables from London having
| strengthened prices. The retirement OF the
! Benedict action from the Chicago Gas
/ Company's directory and the election of
| the Lincoln-DOane party in the interest of
| the Standard led to a rise in Chicago Gas
! certificates and Sugar was advanced on
| in the Senate yesterday in matter of SEN
/ ate tariff. Prices at the start was equal
/ to I4Ms percent, but this was suisse
| Quently lost, owing to break in Jersey
! Central and Lead. Jersey Central dropped
| from S92t to S2h and Lead from IS to 26l5.
| Later on the former rallied to S3ls, and the
| latter half point. New Jersey Central was
| depressed on sales of both long and short
/ stock, the general impression being that
| the annual report will be very unfavora-
| BILE National Leads weakness was due to
| the companYs annual statement winch
shows a surplus of 672.1T0. a decrease of
| four dividends of 81 $3.50 on the preferred,
| and three dividends of S6f2 40 on the COM
| mon. Action on the dividend on the com
| mon is stated for Thursday next, but the
/ street iuclines to the opinion that none
| will be declared.
Toward The close Sugar became more
/ active and moved to S2i21s24t. The general
| list moved up in sympathy and closed
/ per cent. Interior Conduit made a further
/ advance of IS4 to 40. Lead lost y, and New
| Jersey Central IS per cent Sales 49, 900
| shares of which 44.eOo We're listed. The
! bond market was higher.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
/ Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil