The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-25
FINANCIAL,

FINANCIAL.
Money is easy; demand fair.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
unsettled. The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial demand,
s.. S65s; francs, Paris and Havre. SIX sixty :;
DAYS, S5.1S3s; Swiss, sixty days, S. pos 4:
marks. sixty days. 94%.
Domestic EXchange-The tone Of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at
l-lbc discount; selling at, up to $25, 1Oc;
Up up 10 80 f l5e; up to 500, zoe up to $500
Securities-Very quiet and dnII fo,.
municipal issues.
stock and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
ga ga ~ per cent. bonds, of 1880. 1O8 bid
10S15 asked; Georgia 3la per cents, due 1915
lo2 bid, 1922 asked: Georgia Az per cent
ponds, 1915, JIG bid. III asked: Georgia
Smiths, maturity. 1896 1O4 bid, 1O41k asked;
South Carolina AIS. 106 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, lO7 bid,
asked; Augusta 415s, 1925, 1045l bid, 1861
a as1ed: augusta Z per cent, IL bid, lis
asked; Columbus per cent, 1O4 bid, 1O5
asked; Macon per cent, 115S4 bid,
lll6As asked; Savannah 5 per cent. quar-
savannah per cent. quarterly Feb
Charleston As 95 bid. 96 asked.
railroad Bonds-SaVannah Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds,
. per cent. interest coupons, ia bid 1857
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
and July maturity. 1897, 1O41s bid, los
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company, collateral gold, IS. : bid, $50
solidated 5s. 50-year gold bonds, - bid.
20 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
list preferred incomes, 3S asked when
preferred incomes, 221S asked when i sl
sued; Central of Georgia Railway Sd pre-
ferred incomes, Is asked when issued !;
asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
first IS, = bid. 100 asked; Charlotte. Co
Iumpia and Augusta second mortgage rs,
= bid, 1l6 asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida new IS, = bid, 9S asked Georgia
southern and Florida, IS, bid. los
asked: South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage IS, Jos bid. = asked; South Geor-
gia and Florida second mortgage rs. los
bid, - asked; Savannah and Western IS,
trust certificates, Endorsed by Central
railroad, bid, Go asked; Savannah.
Americus and Montgomery 5s, = bid
As asked; Ocean Steamship 5 per cent.
bonds, 1920, : bid. 100 asked; Augusta
mortgage bonds, = bid, 122 asked; CITY
and Suburban railroad first mortgage Z
per cent. bonds, : bid, rs asked Elec-
Alabama Midland per cent, indorsed,
- bid, 81 asked; Brunswick and West
e ems ds BID 2 S,5 ASKED s South Bound
Railway IS, IS bid, 90 asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 80 bid, :, asked; Central common,
bid, 1888 asked: Southwestern, 104 bid
los asked; Central per cent. certificates
: bid, q asked; Atlanta and West
Point railroad stock, 102 bid, 1Oi asked:
Atlanta and West Point per cent. Ger.
tificates, 101 bid. 1O3 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gaslight stock.
er Company 500 bid 70 asked, ex-div. ~"
ex-diyidend, los bid, los asked:
(.prmaniq
1919 asked ex-div; Merchants National
Bank, 104 bid, 105 asked; National Bank of
Savannah, lS2 bid, 1SS asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company. 100 bid, iOi
asked; ex-div. Southern Bank of State of
Georgia, 166 bid, asked; Savannah
asked exdv; Chatham Real O estate Pad; i sgd
Improvement Company, A, SO bid, 531b ask
ed; B, 81 bid, 5115 asked; Savannah Con-
struction Company, - bid, 70 asked; Title
Guarantee and Loan Company, "a bid, -
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. Is.
1OS bid, 1O4 asked; Sibley Factory IS, lO3
bid 1O5 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent bonds, so
bid 50 asked.
tory - bid, Go asked; Eagle and Phenix
Augusta Factory. n bid. 7s asked; Gran,
ley Factory, 107 bid los asked; Enterprise
Factory common, 100 bid, 101 asked; ]. p
King Manufacturing Company, JOG bid, los
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
80 bid SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, stock, "a bid, IS asked.
Washington Dec. 24.-The treasury gold
reserve at the close of business to-day
with all Withdrawals out, stood at $685.
466 1885, The amount withdrawn to-day at
New York was s1,75O.OOO, of which all but
New York, Dec. A.-Money on call was
easy at 5d9 per cent. The last loan at
5 per cent, and at the closing was offered
at per cent Prime mercantile paper,
Bar silver, 66lkc Mexican dollars, 52lc.
Sterling exchange strong, with actual
business in bankers o bis at at, $4.Ssq4 $50
Posted rates, S4.S9Q49l. Commercial bills,
S. SSA.
bonds quiet; railroad bonds were firm.
Silver at the board was dull.
New York Dec. 24.-The treasury bali
ances were as follows: Coin, $50 962, 2s2;
New York. Dec. "a. noon.-Erie 14al;
Northwestern, SIS; do preferred, IA; Lake
Shore, 143; Norfolk and Western preferred,
z; Western Union. $50; Southern Railway
common. ga American Sugar. 9S24; Balti-
more and Ohio, Al Canada Southern, Asa;
ST. Paul, 66i4 Rock Island 60; Delaware
and Hudson, 125; Delaware Lackawanna
and Western l61: Manhattan 10l; Michi-
gan Central SO: New York Central, S7A.
New York Stock disclosing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton oil.
III: do preferred. 60; Sugar Refinery, 997k;
do preferred. 95; American Tobacco. "a:
do preferred. 81; Atchison, T; and s. F.,
49,: Baltimore and Ohio, 42ia. Canada
Pacific. 90; Chesapeake and Ohio, 49,;
Chicago and Alton, 80: Chicago, y. and
O., 1879; Chicago Gas, 65z; Delaware,
Iackawanna and Western lG0it: Dlstill-
ers and Cattle Feeders 1885: Erie lfiz.
10 preferred ~ Edison General Electric,
%; Illinois Central, &i Lake Erie and
Western. 1913. 10 preferred. esf, Lake
Shore fsf: Louisville ana Nashville. 49,,
Louisville and N. A.. 2. Manhattan, 1912.
Mobile and ohio. - Aashyllle. caatta-