The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-31

comes, 2S1a bid 80 asked, ex-interest; Gem
trail of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, liza bid, l215 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, 6 bid, asked; Georgia railroad
Is. 1910, 107 bid. 40 asked Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta first 6s. 1O2 bid, 1903
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage Is, 100
bid. Ill asked: Georgia Southern and
Florida new 5s, 90 bid, "a asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage rs, lO5
bid JOG asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida, second mortgage Is. lO4 bid, 105 asked !;
Ocean steamship per cent
bonds, 1926, bid. 9S asked City and
Suburban railroad first mortgage per
cent bonds, bid. rs asked; Electric
railway IS. due 1885, 10 bid, 10 asked: Ala
bama Midland per cent Endorsed, IS bid,
So asked; Brunswick and Western As
bid. 20 asked South Bound railroad 5s
bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway 5s, 81
bid, So asked; Georgia and Alabama first
preferred 5s, "a bid, % asked; Georgia and
Alabama first consols, 70i2 bid, 72Is asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, SO bid, 81 asked: Georgia common, 155
bid, 1859 asked; Southwestern. SS% bid, 500
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock, SO bid 100 asked; Atlanta and
West Point, per cent certificates, 80
bid, 100 asked Atlanta and West
point, per cent certificates, SO
bid. 80 asked; Savannah Construction
Company, SO bid, 65 asked. ex-div.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
81 bid, 21A asked; Electric Light and
Power Company 81 bid, go asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1924
bid, 10 asked; Chatham Bank, 46 bid
AZ asked; Germanla Bank, 106 bid, 107
asked Merchants National Bank, So bid
80 asked: National Bank of Savannah
125 bid, 12S asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1919 bid 1913 asked; South
ern Bank of the State Of Georgia. 1863 bid,
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 10l bid, 1921 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 52A
bid, 1914 asked; B, so bid. 81 asked Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company. 80 bid,
9l15 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 6s, 100
bid. 102 asked; Sibley Factory 6s. 100 bid,
10l asked Enterprise Factory 6s, 10i bid,
102 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
ing Company, per cent bonds, 81 bid, Il
asked.
Factory stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, 80 asked; Augusta Factory n
bid. 50 asked; ex-div; Granitevlue Factory,
145 bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
105 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
So bid, 100 asked; j. p. King Manufacturing
Company, 102 bid, 105 asked; Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, rs bid. n asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, SO bid, -
asked.
London, Oct. 3O.-Bar silver 20 15-16I
consols, 1854 for money and 10S 5-16 for the
account.
Paris, Oct. 30.--Three per cent. rentes,
101 francs 57lk centimes for the account.
New York, Oct. 30.-Money on call was
active at $3.50 per cent; the last loan was
at 6, and at the closing was offered at :
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 6Gi0.
Bar silver. 677sc. Sterling exchange
was unsettled, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills, at $4Si15d4.S2 for
sixty days and $4S414GLs49l for demand.
Posted rates, As2Q4S51zc. Commercial
bills. A.791Sd4.S1. Government bonds were
higher; state bonds were dull; railroad
bonds were strong. Silver at the board
was firm.
New York, Oct sO-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $121, 294, 57S;
currency. $50, 920OS9.
New York, Oct. 30.-noon. Erie 14h;
Northwestern, 10lM preferred. 143; Lake
Shore, 146; Norfolk and Western preferred,
141z; Western Union, slla; Southern Rail-
way, common, 8; Southern Railway, pre-
ferred, 25h; American Sugar. 114A; Balti-
more and Ohio, 141k; Canada Southern, as;
st. Paul, 72h; Rock Island, 65I1; Delaware
and Hudson 123 Delaware, Laclkawanna
and Western, 1853; Manhattan, 9214; Michi-
gan Central, 90; New York Central, 92l5.
Speculation strong.
New York, Oct 30.-There was decided
change for the better in the financial sit
uation, and at no time did the rate for
call loans advance TO figures exacted yes
terday and in the afternoon the quotation
dropped to 6 per cent per annum, at which
the final transactions were effected. The
decline in money was the result of a con-
ference held last night by the presidents