The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-29
FINANCIAL.

ana selling at. y per cent. premium
Eorelgn Exchange-Market firm The
following are net Savannah quotations:
Commercial demand, A.SsA, sixty days,
A-SI%; ninety days, S4.s6is; continentals.
days. S5.1sA; Swiss, sixty DAYS, S5.9i:
marks, sixty days, IS 3-1e
Seeurities-The market is steady, but
State Bonds-Georgia, AZ per cent. 1915.
1lIad4 BID, ll53s asked; Georgia per cent.
cent, long dates. 1914 bid. 1929 asked.
City Bonds-New Savannah 5 per cent.
April coupons, log bid. 1854 asked: new
savannah ; per cent May coupons. 1O6
Railroad Bonds-Centrai Railroad and
Banking Company collateral. gold S. 80
bid. 81 asked; Central consolidated mort
July maturity, 122 bid, asked: Savan-
nah and Western railroad per cent. trust
certificates, = bid, sc asked; Savannah
Americas and Montgomery per cent. AZ
bid, 40 asked; Georgia railroad per cent
1870 = bid. ITO asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida FIRST mortgage 6 per cent, So
bid, IS asked; Montgomery and Eufaula
first mortgage s per cent, Endorsed by
Central railroad, = bid, 1902 asked; Au-
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage per
5 per cent, due 1920. s7ls bid 9sIb asked:
Columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds
Endorsed by Central railroad. - bid, 4S
guaranteed, 10 bid, l12 asked; City and Su,
burban railway first mortgage per cent,
x
per cent, Endorsed, 10 bid, % asked; Flee
trio railway first mortgage IS. - bid -
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage per cent, 100 bid, ITO asked !;
South Georgia and Florida second mort,
gage, los bid, 100 asked; Alabama Midland,
= bid. 81 asked; Brunswick and Western
As, guaranteed, Y asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central. common, 70
bid, l4l5 asked; Augusta and Savannah
per cent, guaranteed, rs bid, so asked I;
Georgia, common, Isl bid. 1883 asked; South
4
order for div, M bid. Y asked. Central
per cent. certificates, =ith order for de-
faulted interest, is bid 17l2 asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 30 bid. 81
asked; Atlanta and West Point s per
cent. certificates 80 bid, % asked.
102 bid. 103 asked; Chatham Bank,
lO214 bid, 1os asked Merchants National
Bank. 80 bid 100 q, asked ID; National Bank
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
sS bid, 100 asked; Southern Bank of the
nah Bank and Trust Company. 105 bid LOG
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company 81 bid. SO asked; Sayan-
asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany, n bid, 49, ex-dividend, asked. Brush
Electric Light and Power Co, 60 bid, 81
asked; Savannah Gas Light Co., 20 bid
New York, March 2s.-Money on call
was easy at 2d212 per cent; the last loan
fered at per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 4Aq5l4 per cent.
Bar silver. 633ic.
Sterling exchange, steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at "a. SSd4SSl for
so days, and $4S9LQ4. S9h for demand.
Posted rates, 81. S9@4.9O12. Commercial bills
$4.S7n4. S7%.
Government bonds, firm. State bonds
dull, Railroad bonds were lower.
Silver at the board was quoted at 64Ac.
New York. March 2S.-The treasury bal
$S7, 099. 600; currency, $6S 10000
New York, March 28.-Noon-Brie, 9A !;
spdre 17s sc DO Pre 6d liz
preferred. 10; Western Union, $50 South
ern Railway, common, 1lss; Southern Rail
way, preferred, S3ss; American Sugar 997s /;
Baltimore and Ohio, IS; Canada Southern,
49i4; St. Paul, 81; Rock Island, 81; Della
ware and Hudson, 12A; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, l6Olg; Manhattan'
109; Michigan Central, 80; New York Cen
trail, 947s.
New York, March 2s.-Speculation at the
stock exchange to-day was far less active
the sales of stock footing up only 160,-
099 shares. In this total Sugar figured for
21100; Reading, 20,700 and Distilling. II. 800
shares. The. falling off in business was
the result of the indisposition of operat-
tors to enter into new arrangements pend
ing definite action by the Anthracite Coal
presidents The latter were in session all
day, and 1t was said that the meeting had
bcel entirely harmonious 1t was not
expected, however, that the presidents
could solve the knotty questions at is
sue at one session and consequently no
disappointment was felt. The trading
in the Anthracites was on a smaller scale
than usual and the fluctuations narrower
Lackawanna declined from 1921 to 1894
and closed al 100 bid. Delaware and Hud-
son sold down from 12Iss to 1868 and later
ADVANCED to d lg1%. Jersey Central o fell
Reading sold down from 1917 to 1885 and
returned to 1871 and left off at 1874 Sus-
quehanna and Western rose y to 10 and
r7r-a rod n f1n 1erf hat I
Pierpont Morgan has endorsed the Earle
Olcott reorganization plan could not be
confirmed here. The railway group was
without feature although the UNDERGONE
was firm. February statements of prom
inent roads submitted to-day were gen
orally favorable. The Pennsylvania, ST
Paul and Jersey Central all reported net
gains, but the Burlington and Quincy
Showed a heavy failing off. Lake Shore
was little more active and touched 1873
on investment buying. New England also
scored a further gain, rising to 81 on the
improved outlook for the property. In the
industrials, Sugar fell to $685. and then
ter demand for the refined and the with
drawal Of the German sugar recently Of
fered in this market. DlstilEng and Cattle
Feeding trust certificates were stronger
and rose IA to 1873. General Electric, Chi
cago Gas. Lead and Tobacco, while firm,
show no important change. Edison IL
Near the close Delaware and Hudson
moved up to within fraction of 12S and
TINS impaired a lTIn tone 10 the Enllre
list. Speculation left off firm The bond
market was lower in the early trading,
but at the close a hrmer tone prevailed.
The sales of listed stock aggregated $780,
600 shares; unlisted 5000 shares.
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil.
257s: do preferred, 71AG73; Sugar Re-
finery, 1905; do preferred, 90; American
Tobacco, 93ss; do preferred los; Atehison,
T. and S. F., 53A Baltimore and Ohio, 55Iz;
Canada Pacific, IS; Chesapeake and Ohio,
17ia; Chicago and Alton, 146; Chicago, b.
and O., 1873: Chicago Gas. 71la; Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western. 1G0; Distillers
Cattle Feeders, 157s; Erie, 93s; do preferred,
1877; Edison General Electric. 355s; Illinois
Central. 81; Lake Erie and Western. 1914.
do preferred, Tx Lake Shore, 1874; Louis.
and Nashville. 5lsa: Louis and N. A.. Z;
Manhattan, 1924; Memphis and Charles
ton, 10: Michigan Central. %; Missouri
Pacific. 23k: Mobile and Ohio II; Nash.
Chattanooga and st. Louis 20; United
States COrdage, 5; do preferred 81 y. J.
Central, 9fb N. Y. Central. 945s: N. Y.
and ~. r.. 1874: Norfolk and Western, pre-
ferred. 127s; Northern Pacific. 4: do pre-
ferred. 1874: Northwestern, o.: do pro
ferred. ~; Pacific Mall. ~; Reading. 49,:
Rock Island so; 81. Paul 57h: do pre-
fcFred. li8iz: Silver Certificates. gfh Ten
nessce Coal and Iron. 1874. DO DO preferred,
10 asked, Texas Pacific, or. Union Pa