The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-22
FINANCIAL.
Money-steady.

Foreign Exchange-The market was
steady. The following are net savan-
q & qg siTf1 5sys % nnet8 davs
1864; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, s519A; Swiss sixty days, $5.2i;
Domestic ExehangeSThe tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
1-16c discount; selling at, up to SIS, 10c;
up to $50, 15c; up to 500, zoe; up to 500,
25c; up to $500, " per cent; $500 and over,
1-16 per cent.
Securitfes-The tone of the market is
quiet, with a fair investment demand.
Stocks and BondS-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, S1a per cent. bonds of 1890. 101A bid.
102 asked; Georgia 81 per cents. due 1915,
1o2 bid, 102ls asked; Georgia ~ per cent
Smiths. maturity 1886. lO1 bid. lo1lz asked;
South Carolina AIS. iO7 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. 197 bid,
asked; Augusta z per cent, ia bid, l15
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, Ill bid, p2
asked; Columbus 8 per cent. 1Os bid, l04
1852 asked: Savannah per cent, quar-.
terly April coupons. 108 bid asked;
Savannah e per cen cent, quarterly FeB.
Charleston As, 90 bid, sS asked M
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1O1 bid. lO2 asked;
Central Railroad ana BANKING company,
collateral gold, IS, 80 bid, SO asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s, 1915, 10 bid, 11SR asked; Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated IS, 50-year
gold bonds SO bid, SO asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
80 asked when issued Central of Geor
gia Railway second preferred incomes, Is
bid. 211h asked when issued; Central Of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes,
Is asked when issued; Georgia railroad
6s 1910 Ill bid. 112 asked: Charlotte. Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 104 bid, 105
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage rs, l12 bid, 113 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s 90
bid. 81 asked; south Georgia and Florida
first mortgage Is 106 bid, = asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
1O5 BID - asked; savannah, Americas and
MONTGOMERY IS, - bid, 4S asked; Ocean
81 sFe asRed; city and Suburban railroad
20 asked; Electric Railway IS, due 1885,
q bid, so asked; Alabama Midland per
cent, Endorsed, SO bid. 81 asked: Bruins
Southern South Railway IS, 80 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad stocks-oAugusta and savan,
Common conf - bid. Is asked; Georgia com
mon. rs bid, 17S asked; Southwestern, 921s
bid 931s asked; Central 6 per cent.
West Point railroad stock, SO bid, 101 asked;
Atlanta and West Point per cent.
certifcates, 80 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
cas- Stocks-Savannah Gaslight stock,
% bic bid, % asked, ex-div.; Electric Light
and Power Company, 6S bid, SO asked.
Bank, Stocks: Efc.- Ghdteas Bank
20 hid 80 asked; Germania Bank,
1i0s1b bid 1O71a asked; Merchants National
Bank 101 bid, 102 asked; National Bank of
savings and Trust Company. 1OOA bid, 1O11s
asked; Southern Bank of State of
Georgia, 164 pld. Co,, asked ,os say an
i io6s5 asked; Chatham Real Estate
md Improvement Company A, 521a bid,
e asked: B. 5OA bid, 511s asked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company. :
Dl Fac of Bonds-Augusta Factory. IS,
1O31s bid, 104 asked; Sibley Factory 6s, 100
bid 106 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent bonds, IS
oid, 90 a. lHStoclxs-Savannah Cotton Fac
torv so bid 81 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, q bid, q asked;
Augusta Factory, n bid, 50 asked; Gran
iey Factory, 10712 bid, 1857 asked; Enter
nryisa FACTORY, common, 9S bid; 101 asked;
!, P. King Manufacturing Co, los bid, -
9sl-ed. Sibley Manufacturing Company,
So hid "a asked; Savannah Brewing Com
prNl Wv York Jan. H.-Money on call was
easy, at $40 per cent; I6e ias H.. ioa a was
was offered at 31s per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper, SAT per cent. Bar silver,
nc. Sterling exchange, easier, with ac-
11al bnsiness in bankers bills at $4.S7S1
ass for sixty days, and $780, $50, sSA for de-
mand. Posted rates ate $4 4;8 Com
honds steady; state bonds, dull; railroad
bonds firm; silver at the board was neg
ie New york. Jan. 2.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, s9S, 1888 20;
currency, $SS, 654,5l4.
Drort western. 97st; do preferred. IA; Lake
shore. 14flb; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, Z; Western Union, s2%4; Southern
Paiiwav common, 81; do preferred, 2SA !;
American Sugar, 102; Baltimore and Ohio,
n. Canada Southern, 4S1s; st. Paul, 6Sls;
Rock Island 65A; Delaware and Hudson,
isfiE. Delaware, Lackawanna and West
a,n 1921: Manhattan. 100; Michigan Cen
frai. 9s: New York Central, 81
New York, Jan. Sl-zBusIness at stock
exchange continues dull. The opening OF
the market was strong; prices in the first