The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18
FINANCIAL.

Foreign Exchange-The market is firm.
| The following are net Savannah quota
! tons: Commercial demand, $3.50; sixty
days, $i.S9; ninety days. 81. $50 francs, Pa
! fls ana HaVre, sixty days, IS. 1853; Swiss,
sixty days, $5.lt; marks. sixty days, 1914.
Domestic Exchange-The tone Of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at X
per cent discount and selling at par to q
per cent. premium.
Securities-The market is quiet, with
very limited offerings; demand is fair.
stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
ga Sl9 per cent. bonds. of 1890, 1919 bid,
l025s asked; Georgia 49, per cents. due 1915
lOlA bid, lO24 asked; Georgia Az per cent.
bonds, 1915, 1l41z bid, 1l515 asked; Georgia
Smiths, maturity, 1895, 102 bid, l04 asked;
South Carolina AIS, 117 bid, 1857 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent los bid.
| - asked; Augusta Z per cent, 1l2 bid ia
ASKED Augusta per cent, 100 bid, 40
asked; Columbus 8 per cent l0l1s bid 1O2jz
asked; Macon per cent, 1141a bid lis
asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly Oc-
tober coupons, 1914 bid, - asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly November cou-
bid. 95 asked
Railroad Bonds-savannah Florida and
| western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. intrest coupons, Il5i5 bid -
/ asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
ed; Central consolidated mortgage per
/ cent coupons, January and July matur-
ity, lssS, 10 bid, = asked; Central rail-
| road and Banking Company collateral
| gold 5s, 9212 bid, - asked; Georgia railroad
/ IS, 1870 Ill bid asked; Charlotte CO.
iumoia and Augusta second mortgage,
| ll5 bid, ll6 asked; Montgomery and Eu-
faula first mortgage Endorsed s per cent,
/ l0l bid, 109 asked; Georgia Southern and
rloriaa nrst mortgage s per cent. trust
| Atlantic IS, indorsed 30 bid. - asked:
| South Georgia and Florida indorsed firsts
| lO1 bid, asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage, 1O6 bid = asked: Sa
/ vannah and Western 5s trust certificates
Endorsed by Central railroad, 81 bid 81
| asked; Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery IS, 81 bid. So asked Ocean Steam
ship 5 per cent bonds 1920 90 bid. 9S ask
! ed; Columbus and Rome first lndorsed Gs,
= bid IS asked; Columbus and Western
6 per cent first guaranteed I12 bid. -
| asked; Augusta and Knoxville railroad 7
| per cent first mortgage bonds, 105 bid
/ - asked; city ana Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, so bid, 81 ask
| ed; Electric Railway bonds, 20 bid Is ask
| ed; Alabama Midland 5 per cent, SO bid,
80 asked; Brunswick and Western As. ~
asked; South Bound railroad 5s, rs bid,
| rs asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusta and Savannah
| Central common, II bid, 141h asked; Georgia
| common, l61 bid, 40 asked; Southwestern
Z per cent guaranteed S6A bid 81 asked;
central per cent certificates. 221s bid; 25
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad
| stock, 81 bid. SO asked; Atlanta and West
Polnt per cent. certificates, 81 bid, =
Gas stocks-savannah Gaslight stock
1s1s bid, 2Ola asked; Electric Light and
1
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank. 1051L
bid, lQol9 asked: Chatham Bank, 4SA bid. 1911
asked; Germania Bank. 105 bid, - asked;
! Merchants National Bank, 10l bid, 1O2
| asked; National Bank of Savannah l3l
nid, l2 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 1Ol bid, lO2 asked;
| southern Bank of the State of Georgia, l64
| bid, l66 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
| Company, l05 bid, l07 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A,
o. bid, 5Sst asked; B, 81 bid, 5115 asked; Sa-
vannah Construction Company. 70 bid, =
| asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
/ pany 80 bid, 80 asked.
| Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s IOl
1 bid, 1903 asked Sibley factory 6s iO1 bid
| 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 1929 bid
/ lO312 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manufac-
turing Company per cent. bonds, 50 bid,
4 50 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, So bid, % asked; Eagle and Phoenix
/ gusta FACTORY, 70 bid, rs asked; Granite
| vile Factory. 100 bid, asked; Langley
| Factory, common, 80 bid, 80 asked; J. p
| King Manufacturing Company 100 bid, IO3
| asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company "a
| bid, rs asked: Savannah Brewing Com
| pany, 81 bid. $40 asked.
New York, Aug. 16.-Money on call is
l per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4Q4k
| per cent Sterling Exchange easier, with
| actual business in bankers bills at 81. S914 a
| 4.S9ia for 60 days, and S490hG4 9O1h de-
mand Posted rates, s4-SOq491. CONNER
Bar silver, 66s4c. Mexican dollars, 5sNc.
Government bonds lower; state bonds
| dull; railroad bonds firm.
| Silver at the board was 662t d67lzc.
New York. Aug. 1.-THE treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, $9S, 1888 900; cur
rency, s67175,000.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE weekly state
ment of the Associated banks shows the
| following changes: Reserve, increase. s.
S26, 100; loans increase. S299. 100: specie, in
crease, sos, 100; legal tenders, Increase, So
| $500. Deposits, Increase, $3.546.OO0. Cireu-
lation increase. $s1, 800. The banks now hold
| 81, SO In excess OF legal requirements.
New York. Aug. f7.-The New York
Financier says this week; The statement
| Of the associated banks OF this city for
the week ending Aug. IL reflects in part
the gold export movement and the Op-
erations Of the bond syndicate. which
were concluded the week previous. That,
there is no Improvement IN prospect Of
hrmer money rates Is evidenced IN the In
crease Of s. 8z5.lo0 in the volume on Idle
cash now lying n the vaults o. the New
York city hanks, making the total exc
cess reserve tii 11bfE. This sum Is larger
than ihe average reserve carried from
week 10 week during the present year. Ia
the meanwhile. loans are being maintain
90 at high leyei. The expansion Tor the