The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-20

49, SUI, o14uS74S' prime, 4l474c' ldhcy'
Rough-UpIand, per bushel, 4Od6Oc; tide
water. 5OqSOc. Stock at mills about no.
600 bushels.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
steady. The following are net Sa-
Vannah quotations: Commercial demand,
A.SIA; sixty days, $4 S6A ninety days,
4.S6; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. $5:lsls; Swiss, sixty days. $5.2l;
marks, sixty days, "a 1916.
Domestic EXchan ge-The tone of the
market. is quiet Banks are buying at
par and selling at LILO per cent. premium
Tor amounts to $1,000 and over.
Securities-The market is extremely dull
and inclined to be nominal.
stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 3A per cent bonds of $780, lO11z bid
l02A asked; Georgia 49, per cents, due 1915
lOl12 bid, lO2l2 asked; Georgia Az per cent
bonds, 1915, 1l4% bid, l1514 asked; Georgia
south Carolina AIS. l071a bid, 1854 asked
CITY BQnds-Atlanta per cent, 107 bid
10y s,, asked; Augusta AS. 1925, lO5 bid, lO6
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, 1l1h bid, lI2%
aske9; Columbus 8 per cent, lU3 bid, 1O4
asked as Macon per cent, 116 bid,
ly April coupons. lO9 bid, asked; Sa-
vannah per cent. quarterly May
coupons 3 R;s 1881 g bid, 1881 asked Charleston
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent; interest coupons, ll4ls bid, =
consolidated per cent. coupons January
and July maturity, 1897, 102Ih bid, 1897
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
1Ol asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage IS, 1896 Iii bid.
III asked Central of Georgia railway
consolidated IS, 5O-year gold bonds, 9Oib
bid, 9112 asked; Central of Georgia railway
nrst preferred incomes, 81 Did, 80 asked;
central OF Georgia railway, second pre-
tral OF Georgia railway third preferred in
comes, ID asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1910.
112 bid, ia asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first IS, 1O5 bid, 1Oe asked:
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is, lis bid, 116 asked; Georgia
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 105 bid, = asked: South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is
lO4 biz, asked; Savannah. Americus
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds. 1920
100 bid, none offered; City and Suburban
1914 bid, 7S15. asked; Electric Railway 5s'
due 1885, "a bid, % asked; Alabama Mid
land per cent Endorsed, : bid, 80 asked;
Brunswick and Western As bid, Is
asked; South Bound railroad IS, - bid.
7612 asked; Southern Railway IS, 80 bid,
81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 9S12 bid, 942 asked; Georgia common,
100 bid, 165 asked Southwestern, % bid,
9315 asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
and west Point s per cent. certificates'
100 bid, 1O1 asked; Savannah CONSTRUCTION
Company, IA bid, rs asked.
Gas Stocks-Sayannah Gas Light stock,
2212 bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 60 bid, "a asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank.
1 1d bid ] 1la asked asked; Chatham Bank.
los bid, 100 asked Merchants National
Bank, 1O2 bid, = asked; National Bank of
Savannah. 1927 bid, 1874 asked; ogle-
bid, = asked; Southern Bank of State
D nah Bank and Trust Company, i SsV bid.
and Improvement Company, A, 5Sh bid:
81 asked; B, 81 bid. sly asked;
Peoples Savings and Loan Company, SO
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Is.
1882 bid, 10S4 asked; Sibley Factory IS,
100 bid, 1887 asked; Enterprise Factory IS,
los bid, 1O6 asked; Eagle and Phenix Man
ufacturing Company, per cent. bonds,
o. FACTORY stocks Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, so bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing Company. Is bid, q asked;
Augusta Factory, Is bid, 50 asked; Gran
iteville Factory, 155 bid, 15S asked; Lang
Factory, common, 102 bid. 10S asked;
7 p King Manufacturing Company, los
bid. ITO asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
Pany 1S BID Sd as IS asked
London, March 19.-Bar silver, 31A con-
soils. 1891 for money and 100 9-16 for the
account. Paris advices quote 3 per cent.
rentes at 101 francs, 6712 centimes for the
account.
at 8 per cent, and the closing was offer
ed at per cent Prime mercantile paper,
5Ib616 per cent Bar silver, 6S4c; sterling
exchange steady, with actual business
in bankers bills, at $4.S61sG4.S7 for sixty
DAYS and $4.S7%d4.S8 for demand. Posted
rates $4.Gd4.SSh Commercial bills, AS53z
G4S615 Government bonds steady; state
bonds dull: railroad bonds lower. Silver
at the board was easier.
New York, March 1.-the treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $127, 592 564.
currency, 800 ga, 146.
New York, March 10. noon.-Erie, 145s:
Northwestern, 102ss; do preferred. 144jL;
Lake Shore, 1862; Norfolk and Western
preferred, SIS; Western Union, So; South
2sib: American Sugar, 1155s; Baltimore and
Ohio 1914; Canada Southern, 49,; St Paul.
7e3t Rock Island. 702s; Delaware and Hud-
son, 126; Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern, 100; Manhattan, 103; Michigan Cen
trail 95; New York Central, $685.. The mar
ket was steady at a decline.
New York March 19.-The Improvement
in the political situation abroad had a
good effect on stock prices at the OPEN
1knlb per cent In this rise Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating of New York and To-
bacco led the upward movement. The
gain in the standard issues was of small
proportions, notwithstanding purchases
of fully 10000 shares of st. Paul, Louisville
and Nashville and Erie for London ac-
count. Local traders. who have been