The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-15
FINANCIAL.

Domestic ENchange-Tbe ROM =,
market is steady. Banks are bilyina ~
no per cent discount and selling at l-I6
premium Tor amounts of $500 or over
Foreign EXchange-The market Is
urn. me following are net savannah
sixty days. 4S7ls. ninety DAYS "a g..
francs, Paris ana HAVE, sixty davs
S9l,94., Swiss. sixty days. S5I9. marks
securities-There is stin good DO
mand for dividend paying securities.
State Bonds-Georgia Az Ter cent 1a15
ll+i2 bid, ll5i2 asked. Georgia per cent
1880 1915 bid, 105i2 asked. Georgia n. ne,
cent. long dates. 100 bid, lGl asked 2 -
City Bonds-NeN savannah 3 per cent
quarterly eN-January coupons f05 hid
asked; new Savannah per cent Febr,,
airy coupons. 1868; bid. 1855 asked ~ N-
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad srs
Banking Company collateral. gold 5e ~
bid, IS asked; Central consolidated r,J,,-t
gage Z per cent coupons. January and
vannah and Western railroad 5 per cert
trust certificates. So bid. % asked. ~
vannah. Americas and Montgomery g -
cent, 81 bid, % asked Georgia railroad
6 per cent, 1910 ITO bid. III asked GEORGIA
Southern and FLORIDA. first mortraess q
per cent, S5ia bid. s7l2 asked: Nontgonoery
and Eufaula first mortgage 6 per cert
indorsed by Central railIOad. l6i hid III
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent, l02 bid, 1903 asked. Ocesn
Steamship per cent. que 1920, 97is bid
S6ie asked; Columbus and Rome 6rsf
mortgage bonds. Endorsed by Central ~
road bid. 43 asked: Columbus -
Western. 6 per cent, guaranteed. 10s biI
10 asked; City and Suburban railway firsf
mortgage per cent, bid. S. asked.
Savannah and Atlantic . per cent. in
dorsed, - BID. 81 asked; Electric railway
first mortgage 6s, - bid. SO asked South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 ner
cent 106 bid. r. asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage, Jos bid - aslSod.
Alabama Midland. S. bid, 81 asked; Bruins,
wick and Western As, guaranteed. 73
asked.
bid. II asked, Augusta and Savannah
per cent guaranteed so bid. Sc ex-divi
dend asked Georgia, common, la bid 157
asked; Southwestern per cent guaran-
teed, including order for div, II bid. 70
asked Central per cent. certificates
with order for defaulted interest. q bid,
% asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock. 50 bid 81 asked. Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, % bid,
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank. OK
div. 90 bid. 100 asked; Chatham bank. eX-
div, 4S bid 49, asked; Germania bank.
Bank of Savannah $50 bid 131 asked:
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
eX-div., 96 bid, 81 asked. Southern Bank
of the State of GeorgiaeX-div.. 100 bid
l62 asked; savannah Bank and Trust
Company, eX-diy. l02 bid, - asked
Chatham Real Estate and Improv sment
Company. eX-div., 80 bid, 81 asked: Sa-
vanrah Construction Company, 49, bid
% asked Title Guarantee and Loan Com
New y ork, Jan. 14.-A1Cney on call was
easy at 1d1la per cent, the last loan was
at 1l2 per cent. and at the closing was Of
fered at liz per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3a4 per cent.
Bar Silver, $685.
Sterling. Exchange. strong. with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 .S724dS4SS
for 50 days, and S4Sss4 QS4S9 for demand.
Posted rates, A.S9GSi9. Commercial bills,
S4S6l2d$AS7i2
Government bonds. steady; state bonds
bipb er- railroad ho0de
Silver al the board was 6Olsc, bid.
New York, Jan. 1.-THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, S7266o, 900;
New York, Jan. 1.-THE following were
the opening quotations at the Stock Elk
change:
Chicago and Northwestern ...........- .95i2
Lake Shore Observation-Disclosures. 1876
Norfolk and Western, preferred.......1Sls
Western Union Observation-Disclosures.
Southern Railway, common ............10ie
Southern Railway, preferred ...........3534
New York, Dec. 14-Stocks were ir-
regular to-day. but in the main firm
Transact were again on a small scale
the total sales footing up 1880 shares
OF this total Chicago Gas figured for
80 500 shares. The stock was weaker
opening at 49, ex-dividend Of IL per cent
declining to 1914, and closing at 72ls. The
borrowing ate was also easier, and the
shorts had no difficulty in getting all the
stock they wanted at lis per cent, and
under. The reasons assigned for the heavi-
ness of the stock We're first, sales for the
account of the Benedict interest which,
it is said. will he retired from the direc-
tory, and second. the threat of Attorney
General Mooney of Illinois, TO prevent
voting on Fidelity Trust Company re-
Ceipts. American Sugar was weak in the
early trading, falling rs to s9i4, but later
on there was an advance TO 9O1sg9ol2. A
good demand prevailed al one time for the
Changers. Louisville and Nashville, Cen
eraI Electric and Coalers and Manhattan
The Changers advanced = to Is per cent.
The Coalers, Is to %; Manhattan. rs
Louisville and Nashville, IL, and GenerS al
Electric / per cent. Delaware and HUI L.
son first fell 4 TO 1903. rose to 1873, a, nd
receded to 1919. DiStillIng and Cattle Fe ed
ing rose to 11ia6l15s on the announcer ent
that the stockholders movement loOl King
to a change in the directorate was max
ing progress. A meeting of the CONN Gttee
will he held shortly. The great sig ength
Of Sterling exchange and the belief hat at
least 81 $4,000 gold will be shipped TO Eu-
rope on Saturday had no effect. Wash
ineton advices were conihcIlnS. but the
hest opinion here IS that the stterson
pooling bill will pass the Sena' e. There
will be no currency legislation, however,
and the President Will call an extra ses-
SION Ia act on this measure. = he market
closed steady Net changes show gains
Of ] .01i. per cent LackaWG ana leading
Chicago Gas lost % per emit, Illinois
Central on purchases OF 100 shares,
ii,roned % to 81 The BON market was
Stronger. The sales of lis Ted stocks az
eregated 128,OOO shares unlisted 5000
T. The quotations at the closing were as
follows:
6S bid; Sugar Refinery. 901z do preferred,
az; American Tobacco }, 9Sla; do preferred.
lbs; Atchison, T, and. :. F., 42s; Baltimore
and Ohio, 623+; CanaF a Pacific, 55i2; Ches-
apeake and Ohio, 17} !: Chicago and Alton,
1885,; Chicago, B an O., 7114: Chicago Gas,
72Ia; Delaware La ok. and w. l03lz Dis
tfIlers and Cattle Feeders, ll5s; Erie, 10;
do preferred 21H i; Edison General Elec-
tr!c, 341s Illinof Central, 81; Lake Erie
and W. 1524; do preferred =; Lake Shore,
III: Louisville and Nashville, 54lz; Louis
vile and y. A. ~ Manhattan, 1913;
Memphis ami Charleston, 10; Michigan
Central. So: Missouri Pacific ~; Mobile
United sta tes Cordage, Z; do preferred,