The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-10
FINANCIAL.


Money is easy: demand light.
The bank clearings for the past week
were $l39s,aS, against $l,l24,597.54 for the
same week last year
Foreign Exchange-The market is firm.
The following are net Savannah quota
tons; Commercial demand, $3.50; sixty
days, S4.S9; ninety days, $iS8a4; francs,
Paris and HaVre, sixty days, S5.l63s: Swiss,
sixty days, $5H; marks, sixty days, Jo3s.
Domestic EXchange-The tone of the
market is weak. Banks are buying AT
Is per cent discount and selling at par to
Is per cent premium.
Securities-fhe market is dull.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 312 per cent bonds of 1880, 1919 bio,
l02ls asked; Georgia Sl2 per cents, due
1915, lOll4 bid, l0214 asked; Georgia AZ per
cent bonds, 1915, 1l4la bid. r012 asked;
Georgia Smiths, maturity 1896, lU2 Did,
1O4 asked; South Carolina 4las, lUI bic,
1882 asked.
city Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1OS bid,
: asked; Augusta Z per cent, ~ BID,
ia asked; Augusta per cent, 1903 BID,
10 asked; Columbus 5 per cent, lU2 bic,
lOS asked; Macon per cent, ia BID, lO
asked; new Savannah per cent, quar-
terly, October coupons, lOlA bid, - asked;
new Savannah per cent. quarterly No
Charleston Is. "a bid, IS asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, liza bid, -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1852 bid, los ask
cent. coupons, January and July matur-
ity, 1893, 125 bid, asked; Central Rail-
road and Banking Company collatera
gold 5s, 80 bid, 50 asked; Georgia railroad
6S, 1910, Ill bid, asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta second mortgage,
us bid, ll6 asked; Montgomery and Eu-
faula first mortgage Endorsed per cent,
1O7 bid, ITO asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida first mortgage D per cent. trust
receipts, los bid, 100 asked; savannah and
Atlantic 5s, Endorsed, 80 bid, asked;
South Georgia and Florida indorsed firsts,
107 bid, - asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage, 100 pld; - asked; ga
Vannah and Western IS trust certificates,
Endorsed by Central railroad, "a bid, 641a
asked; Savannah Americas and Mont-
gomery 6s, 81 bid, 50 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent. bonds, 1920. 80 bid, IS ask
ed Columbus and Rome first Endorsed 6s,
= bid, 30 asked; Columbus and Western
6 per cent. first guaranteed, ll2 bid, ia
asked; Augusta and Knoxville railroad Z
per cent. first mortgage bonds, 1919 bid,
asked; City and Suburban railf DAD first
mortgage per cent. bonds, = bid, "a ask
ed; Electric railway bonds, - bid, 70 ask
ed Alabama Midland 5 per cent, SO bid,
80 asked; Brunswick and Western As, u
asked; South Bound railroad 5s, 741z bid,
751a asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah
Z per cent. guaranteed, so bid. 81 asked;
Central common, = bid, IA asked; Georgia
common, 1853 bid, III asked; Southwestern
I per cent. guaranteed, S41a bid, S5la asked;
Central per cent. certificates, q bid, 25
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock, 81 bid, IS asked; Atlanta and West
Point 6 per cent. certificates, 81 bid,
asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gaslight stock,
1872 bid, 2Ola asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, SO bid, 60lk asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank, 105
bid, 106 asked; Chatham Bank, 4812 bid, 40
asked; Germania Bank, 1021a bid, asked;
Merchants National Bank, l0G1a bid, 1O11a
asked; National Bank of Savannah, $50
bid, 1872 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1902 bid, 1912 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, l61
bid, 1913 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 105 bid, - asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company. 5214
bid, 5315 asked; Savannah Construction
Company. 70 bid. 76 asked; Title Guaran-
tee and Loan Company, 81 bid, - asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 6s
101 bid, 103 asked; Sibley Factory 6s 100
bid. 1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory, 6s. 1902
bid, 103 asked Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company, 6 per cent. bonds rs
bid, 81 asked
Factory stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, 65 bid, = asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, p asked; Au-
gusta Factory. q bid, rs asked; Granite
Factory 104 bid. 105 asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 80 bid, SO asked; j. p
King Manufacturing Company, 100 bid 1O3
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company, IA
bid rs asked.
New York, Aug. 9.--Money on call. easy
at 1G1h per cent; the last loan was at
per cent. and at the closing was Offered
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4GD
Az per cent.
Bar silver 6s9sc; Mexican dollars. 5shc.
Sterling exchange is firm, with act1iai
business in bankers bills at 81. s9l6 nj $685.
for sixty days and 81. 90i4 d49Olz for demand
Posted rates, s49OQ4.91; commercial bills,
81. SS12Q4S9
Government bonds. easier; state bonds.
firm; railroad bonds, firmer.
Silver at the board was duh
New York, Aug. 9-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin. $95. $50, OCO:
currency, S65, 993, 900