The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13
FINANCIAL.

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market Is weak. Banks are buying al
. per cent discount and selling at par TO
Is per cent. premium.
Securities-The market is quiet
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
GA So per cent. bonds of 1890. l0lls bid,
l0z12 asked; Georgia Siz per cents, due
1919, lUl14 bid 1O2I4 asked: Georgia Az per
cent. bonds, 1915, 114ls bid 1851 asked;
Georgia Smiths, maturity 1886 l02 nd
10 ~, asked South Carolina 4lzs. lO7 BID.
City BOnds-Atlanta per cent, los bin,
= asked; Augusta per cent, III bid
ia asked; Augusta per cent, 1903 BID
4lU asked Columbus per cent, 102 bio,
lJS asked; Macon per cent, ia bid, l16
asked; new Savannah per cent, quar-
terly, October coupons. 107ll bid - asked;
new Savannah per cent, quarterly No
yember coupons, 1ez bid, asked;
Charleston As. "a bid, IS asked.
railroad BOnds-SaVannah, Florida and
" estern railroad general mortgage bonds
o per cent interest coupons liza bid, -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated Z per cent. coupons. January
and July maturity, 1891, 1882 bid, 1e5 ask
ed; Central consolidated mortgage per
cent. coupons, January and July matur-
ity, 1888, l25 bid, - asked; Central Rail
road and Banking Company colls .eral
gold IS, 80 bid, 50 asked; Georgia re Groad
6s, 1910, Ill bid, - asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta second mortgage,
10 bid, ZIG asked; Montgomery and Eu-
faula first mortgage indOrsed 6 per cent,
l0f bid, 10 asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida first mortgage per cent. trust
receipts, l05 bid, loo asked; Savannah and
Atlantic 5s, indorsed so bid, asked;
South Georgia and Florida indOrsed firsts
1O7 bid, asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage, Jos bid; - asked; Sa-
Vannah and Western 5s trust certificates.
Endorsed by Central railroad, Ga bid, 6412
asked; savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery Is, 81 bid 80 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent. bonds, 1920. 80 bid, IS ask
ed; Columbus and Rome first Endorsed 6s,
- bid, IS asked; Columbus and " estern
per cent. nrst guaranteed, III bid, ia
asked; Augusta and Knoxville railroad
per cent. first mortgage bonds, 1912 bid,
asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, - bid, 81 ask
ed; Electric railway bonds - bid, % ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent, 80 bid,
80 asked; Brunswick and Western As, ~
asked; South Bound railroad IS, 7412 bid,
7512 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah
per cent. guaranteed, so bid, 81 asked !;
Central common, 10 bid 14i2 asked; Georgia
common, 1863 bid, Ill asked; Southwestern
z per cent, guaranteed, So bid; S5la asked;
Central per cent. certificates, 22la bid, -
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock, 81 bid, 9S asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificates, 81 bid, -
asked.
Gas stocks-savannah Gaslight stock.
1917 bid, 2O15 asked; Electric Light and
Power COMPANY ,I g bid 6ols asked. ,o-
bid, loo asked; Chatham Bank, 4S12 bid 40
asked; Germania Bank. 10i bid, - asked;
Merchants National Bank 1917 bid. 102t5
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1871
bid, 1872 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1917 bid, 1921 asked !;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia 1854
bid, asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, les bid. - asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A,
5SA bid, 53$ asked; y, o. BID, Ola asked !;
savannah CONSTRUCTION Company, rs bid,
76 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany, SO bid, 901a asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 6s,
101 bid, i03 asked; Sibley Factory, IS, 100
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory, 6s, 102
bid, 1oS asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent bonds, IS
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, 65 bid, - asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, 81 asked; Au-
Vile Factory, $50 bid asked; Langley
Factory, 104 bid. 105 asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 90 bid SO asked; j. Z.
King Manufacturing Company. 100 bid, lOS
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company, "A
bid, rs asked Savannah Brewing Com
pany, 81 bid, 80 asked.
New York, Aug. 12.-Money on call was
| easy at IL per cent; the last loan was
| at l per cent, and at the closing was Of
Paper, 4q412 per cent. Bar silver G61.c.
| Mexican dollars. 53Ac. Sterling Exchange
Is firm, with actual business in bankers
! bills at A.S91A-%c for GO days, and $49015GI
1909 for demand. Posted rates, S490a
| 4.91. Commercial bills, $4.SS126AS9$,. Gov
| eminent bonds quiet; state bonds steady;
railroad bonds firm. Silver at the board
was neglected.
New York, Aug. 12-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $93, 500. $50;
New York, Aug. 12.-Noon.-Erie, ss5;
! Northwestern, 1017s; do preferred, 145; Lake
! Shore, 500; Norfolk and Western pre-
| ferred, l21s; Western Union, "a; Southern
| Railway, common, 1879; Southern Railway,
preferred, 4l%; American Sugar 1l54
Baltimore and Ohio, 64ls; Canada Southern
aware and Hudson, 1909; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western 1912; Manhattan.
| l167s; Michigan Central, 100; New York Cen
New York, Aug. 12.--The general expec-
tations in stock circles at the close of last
week WAS that If the government crop
| report issued on Saturday, proved favor
| able the markets would show consider
able activity and strength to-day On
| the contrary, very quiet condition Of
| affairs prevailed and speculation presented
/ few features of interest. The total sales
| were only 1926 shares After a fairly
| steady opening and an advance of Is TO
| " per cent. in prices, the bears made a
1 series of raids, under which the improve
ment was lost. Around midday, a rise in
| Reading from 1874 to 1871 stea died the gen.
| on prices again yielded. AS compared with
! the highest figures of the morning Amer
| lean Tobacco declined ~ Chicago Gas
! and Manhattan IA, burlington and Qufn-
| cy rs and other shares only u to per
! cent. The selling movement was due in
/ part to the unexpectedly large gold en-
| gage ments-$1, $50, 000-for shipment by the
| steamship Lain to morrow The strength
| of sterling exchange Increased the appre-
| .henSlOn about Stlll heavier gold shipments
| before the end of the week. The dealings
| in stocks was largely professional, and
| the leading opera tors appeared to be TAX
| ing little Interest in the dealings, being
| apparently willing to see the short inter-
! est increased Final quota tons We're Is to
| "a bove the lowest, and speculation closed
| steady in tone. Among the specialtes
| New York. Susquehanna and Western, and
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois preferred
were strong throughout and closed with
| a net gain of IA per cent. The former
| on more favora BILE reports concerning the
| INA nciat condition of the. company and
| the latter on purchases for investment,
| partly for Boston account Net changes
! in the active list generally show declines
| of 1saIl per cent, American Tobacco Went
off IL. while Chicago and Eastern Illi-
| n0is preferred and New York Susque-
| hanna and Western rose II. Out of the
| total sales, Reading figured for l6, 4GO
| shares, Chicago Gas. 4700 shares, Bur
iington and Quincy. 1880 shares and St.
| Paul 1880 shares. 1900 shares were list
| ed and u 900 shares were unlisted stocks.
Bonds were firm: the sales footed up
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
| Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil,
| 25I5; do preferred, 74B; Sugar Refinery,
| 1i47s: do preferred, 1881 American Tobac-
| 90 1f9iL. do preferred, ll2M: AtchisOn, To-