The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-25
FINANCIAL.

Savannah, Jan. A.-NIoney is in fair de-
mand; call loans, S per cent.
Domestic Exchange-The tone Of the
market is steady. Banks are buying a
1-16 per cent discount and selling at Lilo
premium for amounts of $500 or over.
Foreign EXchange-Ihe market Is
quotations: Commercial demand, ST. $50;
sixty days, S4S7l2; ninety days. %.S714;
continentals, depressed; francs. Paris and
Havre, sixty days, $5179s;, Swiss, sixty
days. S5.1S7s; marks, sixty days, 1914.
Securities-Market steady; fair demand
for state and municipal bonds and bank
stocks.
State Bonds-Georgia, AZ per cent. 1915,
114l2 bid. 11512 asked; Georgia per cent,
1896, 1882 bid, 1851 asked; Georgia 80 per
cent, long dates, lU bid, lUl12 asked
city Bonds-New Savannah 3 per cent.
April coupons. 1861 bid, 100
asked new savannah > per cent. Febru-
airy coupons, 1852 bid, 107 asked
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold 5s, So
bid, So asked; Central consolidated mort
July maturity. 1898, 1872 bid. - asked; Sa-
vannah and Western railroad per cent.
trust certificates, So bid. 80 asked; Sa
vannah, Americas and MOtgomery per
cent 80 bid, 50 asked Georgia railroad
6 per cent 1910, 108 bid. 109i2 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, first mortgage 6
Der cent 81 bid. S7ia asked: MONTGOMERY
Endorsed by Central railroad, 1879 bid, l05
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent lUz D1Cs luo dSkeus ocean
Steamship per cent, due 1929, 97l2 bid,
9Sl5 asked; Columbus and Rome first
MORTGAGE bonds. Endorsed by Central rail
road = BID, 43 asked, Columbus and
western 6 per cent. guaranteed. 100 bid
10 asked; City and Suburban railway first
mortgage Z per cent, bid, 50 asked;
Savannah and 4-tlant!c per cent, in
dorsed, - bid. 81 asked; Electric railway
first mortgage 6S, - BID, - asked South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per
cent 106 bid. - asked; South Georgia and
IA second mOTtEa 100 bid asked .
Alabama Midland, SSla bid, 81 asked Bruins
wick and Western As, guaranteed 70
Railroad stocks-Central, common, -
bid. II asked; Augusta and Savannah 7
per cent, guaranteed, 81 bid, IS ex-divi-
dend asked; Georgia, common, 156 bid, 15S
teed. including order for div. n bid, y
asked: Central 6 per cent. certificates
with order for defaulted interest bid
road stock, SO bid 81 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, "a bid,
Bank Stocks. Etc.-zCitizens' Bank,
is bid, 40 asked; Germania Bank
iO21h bid 1852 asked; Merchants National
Bank. 81 bids 80 asked; National
Bank of Savannah, 129 bid, 1S1 asked :;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company
81 bid, SO asked; Southern Bank of the
State Of Georgia, 162 bid, 1855 asked: SaVan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, los bid, LOG
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, 5ll2 bid. 521s asked; Sa-
vannah Construction Company, IA bid
rs asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany Is bid, so asked.
London, Jan. 24-Bar silver was quoted
New York Jan. 24-Money on call was
easy at / per cent; the last loan was at l
per cent and at the closing was offered at
/ per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 314
per cent. Bar silver, 59l2c; sterling ex-
change, strong with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.SS14Q4S812 for 60 days,
81 9SlI4 S9l4 for demand Posted rates,
$4S9T54.9O. Commercial bills. $4.S79i. Gov
eminent bonds were steady. State bonds
were firm. Railroad bonds were weaker.
Silver at the board was quoted at $3.50
New New York, Jan. 4.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $65.Z5,OO0.
'q NeW Yo GG2 Jan am 2i-Noon-Ene 10;
Northwestern. 95A; do preferred. 143; Lake
Shore 1895; Norfolk * Western, prefer
red, 1875; Western Union, SIS; Southern
preferred, 1915; American Sugar 9Sts; Bar
timore & Ohio, 63i2; Canada southern,
ware & Hudson, l2sl4; Delaware, Lack
1 awanna x Western, l60S4 Manhattan,
1853; Michigan Central, 50; New York Cen
New York. Jan 24-The nquidations in
the low-priced issues was not continued
to-day and as there was some covering
of shorts in these and other speclaltles5.
the net result Of the trading at the stock
/ exchange was an advance OIL las per
cent. London was buyer of St Paul,
louisville ana Nashville, and Bio Grande
common, on losing earnings of 5000, re-
ported by tie first named tor the third
week of The current month having had no
Offset. Tine treasury situation again came
In Tor cousidera bic discussion, and the
steady withdrawal Of the treasury S0id Is
/ creatiDg nervousness. To-day S-,TS0.UOO
was taken. making the total thus far this
week $3.50 900. Indications point TO ship
| ments Of about Sl00boJO on SATURDAY. ~
! the shippers can get fun weight gold. The
light weight coin will be turned INTO the
banks. so that in any event, lt is "a iosiHg
game for the treasury department 4heIs