The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
FINANCIAL,

Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was very
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, %.S1;
sixty days. $4.79; ninety days. S4.TA;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.26;
Swiss sixty days, SITS; marks, sixty
days, SO 1916. less $50 per $1,000.
Domestic Exchange-Steady Banks are
buying at $3.50 discount per $1,000
and selling as follows: Up to S25, 10c prem
ium; $25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 800, 20c
premium 500 to $500, 25c premium $500 to
81. Co., at par; $1,000 or over, SOC per $1,000
discount
Securities-The market is fairly steady
with light offerings.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 31b per cent. bonds of 1880, 101 bid, 1O2
asked; Georgia 49, per cents, due 1915, 10l
bid. 1872 asked; Georgia Az per cent. bonds,
1915 ITO bid Ill asked; Georgia 4 per
cent, due 1926, 1O7 bid, 100 asked; South
Carolina 41as, 1861 bid, 1862 asked.
CITY Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 103 bid,
1O4 asked; Augusta 4l2s, 1925, 1O2 bid, 1OS
asked; Augusta per cent, ITO bid, Ill
asked; Augusta per cent lOS bid, lO9 ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 102 bid, 1872 ask
ed: Macon per cent, 112 bid, ia asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly January
counons. 1878 bid, 1888 asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly November coupons,
1O7h bid, 10S asked; Charleston Is, "a bid
% asked.
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, bid, liz
asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1884, 101 bid, lOl12 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
many, collateral gold IS, 80 bid 50 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mort
gage gold bonds, 1906 bid, 107 asked; Central
of Georgia railway consolidated IS, 5O-year
gold bonds, SO bid S5Ia asked; Central
of Georgia Railway, first preferred in
comes. 27 bid, 2Sh asked, ex-interest; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, 1884 bid, l2A as1ed;Central
of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes. 81 bid. 6a asked Georgia railroad
IS, 1910, lO7 bid 10 asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta first IS, 102 bid, lob
asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage u.s. JOY
bid. III asked; Georgia Southern and
FLORIDA new SIS, go bid "a asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage rs. -
bid LOG asked South Georgia and Flor
ida. second mortgage Is, - bid, 105 asked;
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery 5s,
49, bid, 50 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds. 1926 - bid 98 asked; city and
Suburban railroad first mortgage Z per
cent bonds, bid, IS asked; Electric
railway 5s. due 1885. 10 bid 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. indorsed 50 bid,
IS asked; Brunswick and Western IS,
80 bid, 20 asked South Bound railroad 81,
bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway IS, s.
bid, So asked: Georgia and Alabama first
preferred 5s 81 bid, IS asked; Georgia ami
Alabama first consols, So bid 20 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 80 bid, 80 asked; Georgia common, ~
bid. 155 asked: Southwestern, s7l5 bid. SS1a
asked: Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock. 9sih bid, 90ia asked; Atlanta and
p~t4 4 non ri b
9g asked: Savannah Construction Com
pany, 60 bid. s. asked. ex-div.
Gas Stocks-SaYanrah Gas Light stock
2liA bid 2lih asiied; Electric Light and
Power Company 81 bid. 60 asked
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, ITO
bid. III asked; Chatham Bank, i6 bid,
Il asked: Germania Bank, les bid. lO7
skod. Merchants National Eank, % bid
ne asked; National Bank Of Savannah
q bid. 1913 asked Ogcthorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 100 bid. 1903 asked; South
ern Bank Of tic State Of Georgia 1863 bid.