The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

were 81 i5-, $3.50, against N,ii2, i'2.0f last
year.
Foreign Exchange-The market Is
firm. The following are net savannah
quotations; Commercial, demand, A@%;
francs. Paris and Havre.. sixty days.
S51S94; Swiss. sixty days, "S5.20; marks.
sixty days, IS BIG.
Domestic Exchange-The tone OF the
market is steady. Banks are buying al
par and selling at Is per cent. premium.
Securities-The market is quiet and dull
Stocks and Bonds.-State Bonds-Geor.
gia 49, per cent. bonds, l02 bid, lO3 asked:
new Georgia AZ per cent bonds, 1915, u4is
bid, 1852 asked; Georgia Smiths, maturity
1896 100 bid, 1852 asked.
- asked; Augusta per cent, ia
bid, ll5 asked; Augusta per cent,
cent. lO4 bid. los asked; Macon per cent,
llS bid ia asked; new Savannah per
cent, quarterly July coupons loo bid,
1852 asked; New Savannah per cent.
quarterly August coupons, JOG bid, l06la
asked
Railroad. Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, lis bid. 116
asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons. January
and July maturity, 1897, l0il2 bid, 1864 asked:
Central consolidated mortgage per cent.
coupons, January ana July maturity 1898,
1913 bid asked. Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral gold 5s 80
bid, % asked, Georgia railroad 6s 1910, 10
bid, 1l2 asked: Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage, 10 bid ia
asked; Montgomery and Euf6ula first
mortgage, indorsed per cent, lCl bid. 1903
asked: Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage 6 per cent. trust receipts, S6i2 bid,
S7i5 asked: Savannah and Atlantic IS in
dOrsed, Is bid, 20 asked. South Georgia and
Florida Endorsed hrsts, l06 bid, l07 asked /;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage, l05 bid, l06 asked; Savannah and
Western IS trust, certificates, indorsed by
Central railroad, "a bid, - asked. Savan-
nah, Americas and Montgomery IS. 50
bid, Sc asked; Ocean Steamship per cent.
bonds 1920, 81 bid. 9S asked; Columbus and
Columbus and Western G per cent. first
guaranteed 112 bid, lib asked; Augusta
and Knoxville railroad, per cent, first
mortgage bonds, 9S bid, 100 asked; city
and Suburban railroad, first mortgage Z
per cent bonds rs bid SIS asked Electric
railway bonds, bid, As asked; Alabama
brunswick and Western Is, p asked:
South Bound railroad IS. u bid IS asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah Z per cent, guaranteed, rs bid, 81
asked: Central common, IL bid, l3 asked;
Georgia common l57 bid. l5S asked; South
western per cent. guaranteed, with divi-
per cent. certificates, with order for de-
faulted interest. l6 bid, II asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, % bid, %
asked: Atlanta and West Point G per cent.
certificates 80 bid, 90 asked.
Gas stocks-Savanuah Gas Light Stock.
20 bid q asked: Electric Light Stock
and Power company, % DlN. 81 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. l03
bid l04 asked: Chatham Bank. As bid AZ
asked: Germanla Bank, l021A bid. l034 ask
ed; Merchants National Bank, IS bid, 100
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1921
bid, asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 20 bid lOl asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia, 164 bid,
165 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Co.
105 bid JOG asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 50 bid, SO
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
rod fa4aa md
Company, so bid, - asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory.
IS, 1902 bid. 103 asked; sib-
asked: Enterprise factory IS. 1903 bid
1l4 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manufac-
turing Company per cent. bonds, so bid,
Factory Stocks-Savvannah Cotton Fac
tory, 60 bid, 20 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company 20 asked; Au-
gg t & b Bf 80 asked Ganqey
Factory 101 bid. 1902 asked; Enterprise
Factory, common. % bid. % asked; j. Z.
King Manufacturing Company 100 bid,
1919 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, 10 bid. Is asked.
New York May 3.-Money on call was
easy at 11a@2 per cent; the last loan was
al " per cent. and at the closing was Of
fered at IL per cent Prime mercantile
paper. 4d4la per cent. Bar silver, 66lsc
Sterling exchange easier with actual bus
mess in bankers bills al Sts1A44: SSl4 for
sixty days and S4.SS34 G4.69h for de-
mand. Posted rates, S4sS1a014S0 CONNER
cial bills, A.S7Q4. S7h Government bonds
were Arm; state bonds were steady. Rail
road bonds were active; silver at the board
New York. May 3.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows; Coin, $sS,0s60oo;
New York, May -Noon-Erie, ~;
Eorthwestern. 969s do preferred lna;
preferred, i6la: western Union, s9ss:
Southern Railway common. l41s; South
ern Railway preferred, 3sls; American
Sugar, ia; Baltimore and Ohio, 57A;
island, 66A; Delaware and Hudson 1870;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
100; Manhattan: me-; M Michigan Central,
New York May 3-Prices at the Stock
Exchange opened al higher range. As
usual American sugar set the pace, this
stock rising to 114A on heavy purchases.
Refined sugar was again advanced l-16c
per pound stimulating the speculation IN
these shares sugar. however, did not
monopolize the market by any means on
the contrary there was a better demand
for dividend and non-diVidcnd payers than
at any time since the temper of the spec
ulation changed some two months ago.
London bought freely Of its favorites,
paying particular attention TO bonds,
while local commission houses bought III,
orally OF both the high and low priced
issues. This buying resulted In an adj
vance of 4 TO rs per cent. southern Rail-
way the Coalers the Changers and the
ward movement, In the afternoon trading
in leather stocks broke badly on efforts
to realize paper profits and this led TO
realization IN the general list. United
States Leather fell 81 TO 2115, United
States Leather preferred ~ to 90Is Chi.
cago Gas, ia to ~; Sugar, n to f121a;
Delaware and Hudson. IA TO i2o3s and
Michigan Central. IA to 9Sla. and the 9TH
er prompt stocks anywhere from u 70 1
per cent The market closed rather weak
in tone, under realizations. Net CHANGES
in the active stocks show losses Of An7k
per cent. The Anthracite Coalers gained
h01 per cent. on the day and Southern
Railway preferred ~ per cent. II was
announced that the company has taken
control of the Alabama Great Southern.
Total sales were 377.787 shares Including
Y, 900 American Sugar. Il. 100 Southern Rail
way and "a 800 Reading. The railway and
miscellaneous bonds market continues ac-
tive and strong.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil
49, do preferred. n; Sugar Refinery.
112jz; do preferred. 932f; American To-
bacco, 1914 do preferred, 1857: Atchison,
r. and S. f., 5lz; Baltimore and Ohio
56ss; Canada Pacific, 4sA Chesapeake
and Ohio, 1874; Chicago and Alton l49;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 74ss
Chicago Gas, "A; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western 1903 Dis. Cat Feed 1875:
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