The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
FINANCIAL.
Money-Steady

Money-Steady
Foreign Exchange-The market was very
weak. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, S4.S1;
sixty days, $i79; ninety days, &.T1a;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5B;
Swiss, sixty days, 5275s; marks, sixty
days, 9S 1916, less $1.5O per $1,000.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at $3.50 discount per $1,000,
and selling as follows: Up to $25, 10c prem
Jun; $25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe
premium; 500 to $500, 25c premium; $500 to
81 900. at par; $1,000 or over, SOC per $1,000
discount
Securities-The market is fairly steady
with light offerings, but trading is still
slow.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
Ella. 3D. per cent. bonds of 1880, 101 bid, lO2
asked: Georgia 49, per cents. due 1876 101
bid, 1902 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds,
1915. 10 bid. III asked; Georgia 4 per
cent. due 1926, 107 bid, 100 asked South
Carolina 4las, 1857 bid 1862 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta Z per cent, 1OS bid
1O4 asked; Augusta 41as. 1925, 1O2 bid, 1O3
asked; Augusta per cent, 10 bid, Ill
asked; Augusta per cent, Jos bid, 100 ask
ed: Columbus per cent, 102 bid 1882 ask
ed; Macon per cent, 112 bid, ia asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly January
coupons. 1917 bid, 1857 asked; Savannah .
per cent quarterly November coupons
1071s bid, 1854 asked; Charleston As, "a bid,
% asked.
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, - bid, III
asked: Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated Z per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1Ol bid, lOl12 ASK
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany. collateral gold IS, 80 bid, SO asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mort
gage gold bonds JOG bid, l0l asked; Central
of Georgia railway consolidated S. 5O-year
gold bonds, S3lb bid S51s asked; Central
of Georgia Railway, first preferred in
comes, q bid, 2SA asked, eX-interest; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, II bid, u asked; Central
of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes. bid, asked; Georgia railroad
SIS 1910. 107 bid, 10 asked; Charlotte CO.
lumbia and Augusta first 5s, lO2 bid, l03
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage rs, 10y
bid. III asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida new IS, 80 bid, "a asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is, -
bid 1906 asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida, second mortgage rs, - bid, 100 asked;
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery 9s.
49, bid. SO asked: Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds, 1926 49, bid. 9S asked; City and
Suburban railroad first mortgage 7 per
cent. bonds. - bid IS asked; Electric
railway IS. due 1885, 10 bid. 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland 5 per cent. Endorsed, 80 BID,
IS asked: Brunswick and Western As,
- bid 70 asked South Bound railroad 5s,
bid. 70 asked; Southern Railway S., 81
bid 81 asked Georgia and Alabama first
preferred 5s % bid. IS asked; Georgia and
Alabama first consos. 65 bid 70 asked
Railroad Stocks--Augusta and Savan-
nah, SO bid. 30 asked: Georgia common, l5s
bid. les asked; Southwestern, S7la bid Sl2
asked Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock gS bill, % asked; Atlanta and
Vest Point per cent. certificates s6ls bid
~ asked; Savannah Construction Com
pany. bid. 65 asked ex-div
Gas Stocks-savannah Gas Light stock,
201a bid 2lla asked; Electric Light ana
Power Company. So BID. GO asked
Bank Stocks. Etc.--Citizens Bank, llO
bid. III asked Chatham Bank 45la DID,
1919 asked, Germania Bank, JOG bid lW
sked: Merchants National Bank, 30 bid,
mis asked; National Bank Of Savannah,
ie5 bid. rs asked Oglethorpe Savings ana
Trust Company. 100 bid 1903 asked; South
ern Bank OF the state of Georgia 1853 bid.
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com