The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-08
FINANCIAL.

Aurpeh'lhe more active, firmer; 2Sd29c.
FINANCIAL
Savannah Jan. Money is steady
Domestlc EXchange-The tone OF the
market is steady. Banks are buying al
Lilo per cent. discount and selling al lis
premium for amounts Of 500 or over.
Foreign EXchange-The market Is
nrm The following are net Savannah
quotations; Comm ercial demand S48.
sixty days, s4N; ninety DAYS. 81 SIS,
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty DAYS,
-, lS12; swiss sixty days. S5lsa4; marks,
Securities-There IS good demand for
dividend paying securities
State Bonds-Georgia Az per cent 1915
114ls bid. ll5l2 asked, Georgia per cent.
1895, 10434 bid. lose asked: Georgia 81 per
cent long dates, 100 bid. l01 asked
City Bonds-New Savannah 5 per cent
quarterly ex-January coupons. 105 bid -
asked; new Savannah per cent Febru-
airy coupons. 105A bid, 1861 asked
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold 5s. IS
bid. IS asked, Central consolidated mort
gage Z per cent. coupons, January and
July maturity, 1895, 119 bid. asked: Sa
Vannah and Western railroad per cent
trust certificates. 55 biz. 56 asked; Sa
vannah, Americas and Montgomery 8 per
cent, 81 bid, 50 asked; Georgia railroad
6 per cent, 1910, 10 bid, Ill asked; Georgia
Southern and FLORIDA, first mortgage
per cent, S6ia bid, S7l2 asked; Montgomery
and Eufaula first mortgage per cent
~
asked Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent, 102 bid, 103 asked: ocean
Steamship per cent, due 1920 97iS bid
9Sis asked: Columbus and Rome first
mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central rail
road bid, 43 asked; Columbus and
Western, 6 per cent, guaranteed, 1OS bid
40 asked; City and Suburban railway first
mortgage per cent, - bid, s. asked;
savannah and Atlantic 5 per cent. in
florsed. - bid, 81 asked: Electric railway
first mortgage 6s, - bid. 60 asked; South
nWfH 10 HVref
cent, JOG bid. - asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage, 105 bid, - asked.
Alabama Midland, IS bid, 81 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As, guaranteed, 73
Railroad Stocks-Central common, Il
bid II asked; Augusta and Savannah
per cent. guaranteed, so bid, SO eX-dvi-
dend asked; Georgia, common, l5i bid, 157
asked; Southwestern Z per cent. guaran-
teed including order for div, II bid, u
asked; Central per cent. certificates.
with order for defaulted interest. p bid
% asked; Atlanta and West Point rail
road stock, SO bid. 81 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 9 per cent. certificates, "a bid,
BanE Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. ex.
div 90 bid, 100 asked; Chatham bank, eX-
div As bid, ~ asked Germania bank;
lO2 bid, 1O3 asked: Merchants National
bank, ex-diV., % bid, % asked; National
Bank of Savannah, $50 bid, l3l asked;
OglethOrpe Savings and Trust Company,
eX-div., SO bid, 81 asked; Southern Bank
of the State of GeorgiaeX-div., 100 bid,
1872 asked, Savannah Bank and Trust
COMPANY cx-diV., l02 bid, asked;
Chatham Real Estate and improvement
Company. ex-div., 50 bid, 81 asked; Sa-
vanrah Construction Company 731a bid,
IS asked: Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany. rs bid, so asked
London, Jan. Bar silver was quoted
at n 7-16d. Paris advices quote ) per cent.
rentes 10l francs and 80 confines Tor ac>
count. -, -
easv at lap per cent; last loan was at Ia
IL per cent, and at the closing was offered
at 10 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
2d4 ner cent Bar silver, $3.50. Sterling eX-
Change stronger. with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S7%q4S8 for 90 Gays
and S4.Ss@4@4S9 demand; Posted 90, rates
$4.SSl2d4.S91s; commercial biIis' $i.ol,2i gov
ernmentl bonds were higher; state bonds
were d g. Railroad bonds Were .o hI Il1g
Silver al the board was quoted at 6Oc DID,
New York, Jan. The treasury sg - 9 6ad-
WY New York, Jan. THE following were
the opening quotations at the STOCK EA-
change: N
Chicago and Northwestern ............. 99is
NorfoIk and Western preferred ....... l5l2
Southern Railway common ;...-.'....-. l07s
Southern railway preferred ...;...... 80
New York jan an tins EReba1 9eeoe wss u o.
Ward to-day At the opening London came
in as a buyer, a belief obtaining abroad
that the caucus of the democratic con
tyressnen will result in something tangible
in tbe way of currency legislation. The
Foreigners, it is estimated, bought about
< ma shares of various stocks, Whicn
is ouite an innovation. chicago Gas leo
tbe4 Iist at the start on semi-official state
ments that the company would declare us
regular dividend. The directors SUISSE
duently met and ordered the payInenII
Of the usual rate of IL per cent. on ana
after Ian % The rumor leo 70 jump
of points in the stock to 20. Part OF me
gain was lost in the late tladlag "nsH
+bara we're sales to realize profits. The
deciaratfon of the usual quarterly dNi-
dend of the Jersey Central OF IA per cent
navable Feb. /, notwithstanding the re-
Torts current for a month past Jhat the
aro+o ,.oilld he cut started lively covering
Inovement and the stock bounded up from
Sefs to q0iadS9&3 The other prominent
stocks moved up Il to laf per cent ana
the Improvement was most pronounced
l., SUGAR the Changers. Manhattan, Louis
Vile and Nashville, Big tour ana New
England. The only really weak Spot on
~ LIST was Missouri Pacihc, Whch
-!e,,,,e,, FROM or to 2279 on foundations.
The selling is still attributed to the poor
showing made by the company on lne
fourth week and month OF DecenipeI-
In tbe late trading the best figures OF the
dav were generally current. Speculation
left off firm in tone, with prices any Wi5 ,
from /; to per cent. higher than on sat
nav American Tobacco. however, sold
~ 10, 10 9s and United states Leather
tx to H. Distilling and Reading lost s
am ~ a ~ Vas a good demand for railway
and miscellaneous bonds ana prices 90
vanced y to 2l9. The inquiry LUIS rI ci Ill.,
stocks aggregated 10000 shares unlisted
"' The quo Quotations at the closing were as
fo hToeTican Cotton Oil, %; do preferred.
eea6s; Sugar Refinery, So, 90 presse e.re,'
on. American Tobacco, 97%; do preferred