The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-30
FINANCIAL.



Foreign Exchange-The market was
steady. The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial demand.
4S6s4; francss Paris and Havre, sixty
days, $5.l9A; Swiss sixty days, $5.21;
marks, sixty days, 947s.
Domestic EXchange-The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
1-l6c discount; selling at, up to SIS, 1Oc;
up to $50, 15c; up to 800, zoe; up to 5000.
25c; up to $500, Is per cent; $500 and over,
Securities-There is but little doing in
market, but offerings are light and quo
tations in many instances nominal.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 49, per cent. bonds of 1880. 101 bid,
101A asked; Georgia 31a per cents, due 1915,
102 bid, 1924 asked; Georgia Az per cent
Smiths maturity 1896, 101 bid 1O1Ik asked I;
South Carolina 41zs, iO7 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. l?7 bid.
asked; Augusta per cent, iii bid liz
asked; Columbus. 5 per cent. 103 bid, 1O4
1854 asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quar-
terly April coupons, 1881 bid, asked !;
Savannah per ,o eent quarterly Icee Feb.
Charleston As, 95 bid, 90 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons. l12 bid 113
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent coupons January
j
Central Railroad and Banking Company,
collateral gold, 5s, 80 bid, SO asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s 1915 100 bid Ill asked; Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated S. 5O-year
gold bonds, 81 bid, $50 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
"a asked when issued; Central of Geor-
gia Railway second preferred incomes IL
bid q asked when issued; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred Incomes
* asked when issued; Georgia railroad
&C asked. (fh9rlOffa
umbia and Augusta first 5s, los bid, 107
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage rs, 1l2 bid, 113 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s, 50
bid "a asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage IS, 1O6 bid : asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
los BID - asked; Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery 5s. 40 bid, 81 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1920, % bid,
81 asked; City and Suburban railroad
so asked; Electric Railway IS, due 1885
25 bid, 80 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent Endorsed, - bid, 80 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As, bid, Is asked;
south Bound railroad 5s, = bid. rs asked:
Southern Railway 5s, 80 bid, 81 asked
nah, bid, 951z asked; Central
common, = bid, IA asked Georgia COM
mon. IT'S bid, 17S asked; Southwestern, 91%
bid, 1924 asked Atlanta and West
Atlanta and West Point per cent
certidcates, 80 bid. 100 asked: Savannah
CONSTRUCTION Company; a" bid, q asked.
22 9aS bid i'd 28ls asked; Electric Light
and Power Company, 6S1z bid, 70 asked.
Bank stocks. Etc Etcdi-C5tizens' Bank.
1 lagi7s bid bid 50 asked; Germania Bank
1 fY74 hid. 1OS asked; Merchants National
Bank 1Ol14 bid lsd 1 Sid ASKED i5 National Bank
SAYINGS 60 and Trust Company. 1OS bid, 1919
asked; Southern Bank of State Of
Georgia, 1855 b bio r,,i lfS co asked; sayap
IG4 asked Chatham Real Estate
~ IND Improvement Company, A, 521s bid.
e asked; B, 5O1s bid, 511s asked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company. 90
DIG No. 90 Bonds-Augusta Factory. Ga
,o91I q hid. 1O4 asked; Sibley Factory IS. loo
h tGSIz 101 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s los
bid' i06 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds, IS
hid. IS asked.
+or1 60 bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
H Aastt Factory, u bid, 50 asked; Gran,
i4otS7iIie Factory 155 bid, 1853 asked; Lang
iey Factory, 1071s bid, 1882 asked; Enter
nrisa FACTORY, common, SO bid; 101 asked:
+ P. King Manufacturing Co, 10S bid 10
asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company,
On hid 81 asked; Savannah Brewing Com
many So bid. 80 asked.
New York, Jan. 29.-Money on call was
eas,T at 3q4 per cent; the last loan was a
4 ner cent, and at the closing was offered
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
per cent.
Bar silver, 671sc.
Sterling exchange, steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S7Q4. S7i5
for sixty days, and S4.8SAd4 $50 for de-
mand; posted rates, $4.8714Q4.s9. CONNER
cial bills $4 S614d47.
Goyernment bonds were easier; state
bonds were firm; railroad bonds were
higher
New York, Jan. 29.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows Coin, $50. 1862. $50;
~ New wv York. Jan. %, noon.-Erie, 1s;
Northwestern, s99s; preferred, 144&4; Lake
shore. 1435k; Norfolk and Western pre-
Erred 7%: Western Union, "a; Southern
Railway common SSs; Southern Railway
preferred 2S3 o Amer 1Si1. Sngag lUSs;
ern. ~; st. Paul. ~; Rock Island. s.;
Delaware and Hudson. LIS; Delaware,
Ianl,awanna and Western, 1921 Manhat-
tan. 104Is; Michigan Central, 81; New York
OS New q York. Jan. 29-Ametican Sugar
was the feature of the market at the
stock exchange to-day, the stock figuring