The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-24
FINANCIAL.

following are net Savannah quotations.
"a ssil r Jlal demand, sisl2 sixty days,
sIeaayi francs, Paris and Havre. sixty
JAYS %o.lsi2. Swiss. sixty DAYS. $500:
marks, sixty days, IS 1-l6
Securities-The market is otiiat and 60
euIlsles OF the Central system are rather
nominal. but offerings very light.
11s b;S b99fnas1Geo.Eia AZ per cent. 1915.
Loso, iVO DID JOG asked; Georgia 3ib per
cent, long dates, l02 bid. l03 asked.
TnI1y co 1Oi,1s-New savannah 5 per cent.
SaEnah , per cent, August coupons. 1868,
bid, -; asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral cold Is On
bld, 30 asked Central consolidated rnorr-
sage per cent. coupons, January ana
July maturity, l23 bid, asked; Savan-
nah and Western railroad ; per cent trust
Certlhcates, d bid, 50 asked; Savannah
A an and Montgomery per cent, So
nld,o112 asked; Georgia railroad 8 per cent
1910, = Did, 10 asked: Georgia Soutberf,
ana florida first mortgage per cent. 91ib
e.d y asked: Montgomery and Eufaula
HIsl mortgage . per cent. indorsed by
Central railroad, iOl bid. i02 asked. All
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage 7 per
cent, 70 bid, 100 asked; Ocean Steamship
. per cent. due 1920 97l5 bid. 9Sl5 asked:
columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds,
InuoIsed by Central railroad - bid AZ
asked; Columbus and Western G ner cent
guaranteed, 10 bid. ll2 asked: CITY and Su,
6ur9an railway, first mortgage I per cent.
u bld, - asked; Savannah and Atlantic :
per per cent, Endorsed, Is bid. % asked; Flee
lItc runway nrst mortgage 6s, 81 bid IS
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Z per cent, 106 bid, 107 asked;
South Georgia and Florida second r1orf
gage, lc5 bid 1O6 asked; South Bound rail-
road 5s, Endorsed, "a bid rs asked: Ala
bama Midland, SO bid. 90 asked: Brunswick
ana western Is, guaranteed, n asked
Railroad Stocks-Central common -
pld, Is asked: Augusta and Savannah
per cent, guaranteed. u bid, 81 asked
Georgia. common, 100 bid, 1852 asked.
southwestern per cent guaranteed in
Guiding order for div. IS bid S. asked;
central per cent, certificates with order
lor detaulted interest. II bid Is asked
Atlanta and West Point railroad stock
"a bid, 30 asked; Atlanta and West Point
per cent. certificates, SO bid. "a asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. 103i5
bid, 104l2 asked; Chatham Bank 4Si4 bid AZ
asked; Germania Bank, 1903 bid lO4 asked;
Merchants National Bank. 9Sla bid. 100
asked; National Bank of Savannah 1872
bid, asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 100 bid, 1Ol asked; South
ern Bank Of the State of Georgia. 1914 bid.
165 asked: Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, l06 bid, 107 asked: Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, 52ia
bid 5Sls asked Savannah Construction
tee and Loan Company, 79 bid, 81 asked;
Brush Electric Light and Power Com
pany, So bid. - asked; Savannah C1s
New York, May 23.-Money on call was
easy at 16J19 per cent. The last loan was
at l per cent, and at the closing was
ctANiNN ~ PCA Nchts i4ihS
paper. S1sQ4 per cent.
Sterling exchange easier. with actual
business in bankers bills at %S6a4 di.S7 for
60 days, and A.64G4.SS for demand. Post
ed rates Adl3qASsl2. Commercial bills,
4S5404S6l
Government bonds were firm: state
bonds were quiet; railroad bonds were
strong. Silver at the board was duh
New York, May 23.-The treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, $50, 9i5, 600;
currency. S6037l 900
New York, MAY 23.-Noon.-Erie 1875:
Northwestern, $3.50; do preferred 1887;
Lake Shore. 146; Norfolk and Western. pre-
ferred, Is; Western Union, 92A; Southern
Railway common, 1873; Southern Railway
preferred, S9le; American Sugar 1863 Bal
timore and Ohio 63i2; Canada Southern, "a
st. Paul 66l2 Rock Island. SSH; Delaware
and Hudson, 1872; Delaware, LackaWanna
and Western, l62; Manhattan, rs; Michi-
gan Central, 100; New York Central, 101
New York. May 23.-The stocks specula-
ton was irregular in its course to-day
At the opening the railway list was incin-
ed to advance on reports from London
that the settlements were progressing sat
isfactorily. Again the impression is gain
ing ground that the damage to the grow
ing crops by frost have been greatly ex-
aggerated for the purpose of furthering
speculative ends In the grain market. The
fact that the Changers stocks have adj
Vanced, despite the stories referred to, is
considered proof positive that there is
very little basis for the sensational wes-
tern dispatches about the crop situation.
tremendous realizations in Distillng and
Cattle Feeding. Nearly 100000 shares of
the stock were traded in and the prices
declined from 2lA to 20, closing at the
lowest point of the day. The announce
ment that the Greenhut-Morris party had
taken measures to prevent the transfer of
the property according to the lines of the
reorganization plan started the selling
Sugar was freely sold on statements that
the fruit crop had been ruined and broke
from 11SL to 116 on heavy sales for both
afternoon there
decided change for the better and on i'm
proved crop news, break in wheat. a de-
cline in the posted rates of sterling eX-
change and the passing of the frontage
bill by a branch of the Illinois legisla-
ture, prices rose rapidly. The shorts were
the largest buyers and the Improvement
was most pronounced in Sugar
the Changers, Lake Erie and
Western, Mobile and Ohio, ST.
Louis, Southwestern Louisville and
Nashville. oregon Improvement. Jersey
Central Minneapolis. Union Pacific and
American Tobacco. Near the close Dis
tillers weakened and the general market
receded fractionally in sympathy Net
changes show gains of i to per cent for
the railway issues. Distllers lost 1Ss
cent. Sales were S75.0G7 shares. The bond
market was strong. The sales of listed
stocks aggregated $4,000 shares, and of
unlisted stocks. 1900 shares.
New York Stock disclosing Bids
Stocks and Bonds-Amercan Cotton OIL,
%; do preferred, 76s Sugar Refinery l17l5
pref \
do preferred. 112;t Atchison. T. and S. F..
7Ss Baltimore and Ohio, 621s; Canada Pa
cifc 81; Chesapeake and Ohio, 22l5; Chi
cago and Alton. 15o Chicago. B. and G..
70; Chicago Gas. 7434: Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western. 1852: Distillers, Cattle
Feeders. 20: Eric. 1872; do preferred. 27I4;
Edison General Electric. 1884 Illinois Cen
trail 81: Lake Erie and Western, 22ia; do
preferred. s0ta; Lake Shore, l46; Louis. and
Nash, 59is: Louis. and \. a. 93i ; Manhat-
tan. ISL: Memphis and Charleston, -
asked: Michigan Central. 100; Missouri Pa
cjfc. 2Sai Mobile and Ohio. Pa Nash.
G. and St L., 81 asked: United states Cor
dage, AZ: do preferred. SIS; \. J. Central,
1OOis: n Y Central, 1915; \. Y. and n e,
42i.; Norfolk and Western. preferred. 14l :
Northern Pacific 81: do preferred. 1873
Northwestern 9gis; do preferred. IA: Pa
cifc Mail 26is; Reading, 1883; Rock Island,
s9ss: st Paul 6S7s: do preferred, 100; Silver
Certificates. 67h; Tennessee. Coal anc
Iron. POS; do Go preferred. Sc. Texas Pa
cife 125s; Union Pacific, l4%; Wabash. st.
L. and p S7s: do do preferred, l93s; West
Crn Union. 922s; Wheeling and L. p, l4@s;
do do preferred. 45;. Southern Railway IS.
o.: Southern Railway, common, IA South
ern Railway, preferred, S9Sl; South Carol'
ma fi2's, 107. y, 800.
do c. 81; Louisiana stamped as 100: North