The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-26
FINANCIAL.

! We're NSaia,.fa.o4, against N1,tst.NlNAa Tor
/ the same week last year.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
I weak. The following are net Savannah
/ quotations: Commercial. demand. s4S7l4:
/ sixty days Sassy; ninety days, As5;
/ francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days.
| S.2l; Swiss, sixty days, S5.2i.: marks.
| Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market is steady Banks are buying at
| Is per cent. discount and selling up 10 SIS
at l0c premium; SOS to $50 l5c; $50 to 500.
| SeCurities-Central securities irregular.
/ fair demand though all around. and mar
| ket hardening on low priced securities.
Stocks and Bonds.-State Bonds-Georgia
| 3i2 per cent bonds, of 1880. 1919 bid. l02i.
asked; Georgia Sls per cents, due 1915,
| 1913 bid. 1902 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
| bonds 1915, 114ia bid. us asked: Georgia
| Smiths. maturity 1896. 103 bid l0i asked;
South Carolina 4lss, los bid, los asked.
| City Bonds-Atlanta z per cent. l07 bid
90 asked; Augusta AIS, 1875, l05 bid. l07
asked: Augusta Z per cent. ia bid. 115
| asked; Augusta 6 per cent, 10 bid. Ill
asked; Columbus per cent. los bid loi
| asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
January coupons. 1918 bid, asked Sa-
coupons 1854 bid, 1OsA asked; Charleston
is, O. bid. 90 asked.
railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
| Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
| 6 per cent. interest coupons, ll4ia bid, 1854
| asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
| consolidated per cent. coupons, January
| Central consolidated mortgage per cent,
| 127ih bid - asked; Central Railroad ana
Banking Company. collateral, gold IS. q
| bid asked Georgia railroad 6S 1910, ll2
| bid 113 askeds Charlotte, Columbia and
| Augusta first IS, 1914 bid. 10Sla asked;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta second
| mortgage Is. lis bid. lie asked: Montgom-
| cry and Eufaula first mortgage indOrsed
per cent, III bid 1l5ia asked;
| Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, 1914
bid, 1914 asked Georgia Southern and
| Florida 6s 10 bid, i11i2 asked Savannah
and Atlantic IS, indorsed, 30 bid. - asked;
South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
| IS los bid l09 asked; South Georgia and
! Florida second mortgage Is, l0l bid,
| asked; Savannah and Western 5s, trust
| GA bid, 65h asked: Savannah. Americas
| and Montgomery IS. 49l5 bid, 50la asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent bonds. 1920,
| 81 bid, 80 asked; Columbus and Rome first.
indorsed. SIS - bid, 81 asked; Columbus and
! Western 6 per cent firsts guaranteed, ll6
bid, - asked; Augusta and Knoxville rail-
| road per cent. first mortgage bonds
| 119 bid, III asked; City and Suburban rail-
road first mortgage z per cent. bonds, 70
bid, 81 asked; Electric Railway IS, due 1885
| 20 bid, asked; Alabama Midland per
/ cent indorsed. IS bid. 81 asked: Bruins
wick and Western As, % bid, "a asked;
| South Bound railroad IS, rs bid, n asked
| Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 80 bid, 90 asked; Central, common
| "A bid. 10 asked: Georgia, common, 10
bid. l7S asked; southwestern, S2A BID, 1l2
| asked; Central 6 per cent. certihcates
22la bid. 23iz asked; Atlanta and West
| Point Railroad stock, 100 bid 10l asked;
| Atlanta and West Point per cent. GER
Gas Stocks-savannah Gaslight stock.
20ia bid q asked; Electric Light and Pow
! err Company. 60 bid, SO asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1885,
bid, 1l0i5 asked; Chatham Bank, 40 bid.
49ia asked: Germania Bank, l07 bid, 100
asked; Merchants National Bank. l05h
bid 1Of asked; National Bank of Sa-
| vannah, 1872 bid 1913 asked; Ogiethrope
| Savings and Trust Company, l0OA bid, lOl
Il Of he a pf
Georgia, 16iiA bid, 1852 asked; savannah
Bank and Trust Company, les bid. lO9 ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, A, 50 bid 5Sl2 asked; u,
50ia bid. 5l14 asked; Savannah Construc-
ton Company, n bid, SSl5 asked; Title
Guarantee and Loan Company. 80 bid, 80
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 6s.
| 10l bid, 1903 asked Sibley Factory 6s l0l
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 100
bid, 1O4 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
| featuring Company per cent. bonds, %
bid, 80 asked.
tory, 60 bid. So asked; Eagle and Phoenix
! Manufacturing Company, p bid, 25 asked;
Augusta Factory, q bid, "A asked; Gran
iteVille Factory, 155 bid, 100 asked; Langley
Factory. 1O6 bid, 1903 asked Enterprise
Factory, common, 81 bid, 100 asked; J. L.
| King Manufacturing Company lG3 bid, 100
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company
&c bid, IS asked Savannah Brewing Conn
New York, Oct. 25.-Money on call was
easy at 2Q2ia per cent; the last loan was
at . per cent, and at the close was Of
/ fered at per cent. Prime mercantile
paper. 54q6 per cent. Bar silver, 6712c.
mess in bankers bills at A.S7hG4S7A
| for sixty days, and MsS1494S8!s demand
! bills S4.S6NG4S7 Government bonds
were steady; state bonds were easier;
! railroad bonds were firm. Silver at the
board was firm, 10000 ounces having sold
New York, Oct. %, noon.-Erie. 139s
! Northwestern, 1865; do preferred, l4l
Lake Shore, 1909; Norfolk and Western,
preferred "A; Western Union. 912s; South
| ern Railway, common, n% Southern
Railway, preferred, 35A; American Su-
| Southern, 55L; St Paul. 763s; Rock Island,
| 7G$4; Delaware and Hudson. 1871; Della
ware LacRawanna and Western. l6l1s;
Manhattan, l06; Michigan Central 20;
New y ork Central, lOOA.
New ork, Oct 25.-Stocks were less ac-
tive to-day. Lower cables from London
led to weaker opening here, but the de-
cline was confined 10 the fractions; Later
on sterling exchange weakened and posted
rates were put down i2c to $4SS@4.S9. This
was accepted as meaning that gold ship
ments were not likely in the near future
and operators began 10 even up contracts.
Manhattan was the speculative card, ris-
ing from 105 to 1865. The outstanding
short interest is still large. Another traf-
fc statement was given out to-day and il
shows an increase in passengers carried
yesterday of 69,0OO as compared with the
corresponding day in 1894. Pacific Mail
was decidedly stronger and moved up
from 2S3s to 31A@3ils. on an unconfrmed
report that the trouble with the Panama
had been fixed up. The stock was more
active and 8, 500 shares were Traded in. Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding was firm at 23ls
G24 on rumors that the company had
made a deal with the American Distribut-
ing Company. In the Railway list, st.
Paul was bought by London, but the for
eigners sold Louisville and Nashville. Lo-
cal traders was purchasers of the western
stocks, on the belief that the coming re-
ports will be very favorable The south
westerns were all slightly higher on cover
ing of short contracts. In the Industrials
Sugar was sold down fractionally at the
start on the reduction in refined but later
an advance of rs to 1057s01051s took pace
Chicago Gas was quiet and firm at 6,9sG
50. over 157, 900 shares of the stock have
been deposited with the Central Trust
Company under the reorganization con-
tract. Leather was heavy and lower and
on liquidation dropped rs to 1914 for the
common, and 3ls to 7414 for the preferred
Tennessee Coal and Iron preferred 2 to lV2
! Fargo Express dropped to 100. The mar
ket left off firm in tone. Net changes in
the usually active list show gains OF 4 to
Ia per cent. Bonds were higher. Sales