The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20
FINANCIAL.


Money-Steady.
firm. The following are net Savab-
nah quotations.: Commercial demand.
SASSY; sixty days, $i.S74; ninety days,
A.S6Bc; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. S51S; Swiss, sixty days, S5.197s;
marks, sixty days, IS ZIG.
Domestic exchange-The tone of the
market Is quiet. Banks are buying at
par and selling at lilo per cent. premium
for amounts of $1,000 and over;
Securities5-The market continues very
quiet and dull, with nominal quotations.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia. 3ih per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid,
l02A asked; Georgia Sh per cents. due 1915,
10124 bid, 1021a asked; Georgia rs, Smiths,
maturity 1896, 1011a bid, 1924 asked; Georgia
AZ per cent bonds, 1915, 114l5 bid. 115 asked;
South Carolina 412s, 1882 bid, 109 asked.
City Bonds-Atianta I per cent, I07 BID.
los asked; Augusta 4lks 1925. IOI bid. los
asked; Augusta z per cent, ia bid, 1151s
asked; Augusta 6 per cent. 112 bid, 115
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 1O3 bid, 1Oi
asked; Macon per cent, 1l415 bid 115h
asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly
nah per cent, quarterly August coupons,
108A bid, 1OSA asked; Charlest As, 96 bid,
81 asked.
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons, 112 bid ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
and July maturity, 1897, lO21k bid 10s
asked; Central Railroad and BANKING
Company collateral gold IS. g bid,
railway dFst mortgage IS. 1876. Iii fOi b 9la
l12 asked; Central Of Georgia railwsv;
bid, S9lk asked; Central of Georgia railwaIVz
first preferred incomes, 2915 bid, BOZ asked.
Central of Georgia railway second pre-,
trail of Georgia railway third preferred IN
comes, bid, 10 asked; Georgia railroad
IS 1910 1910, r az Rid' IL. is asked;
first S. ios BID + i05ll AS asRsG;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is, lib bid ia asked; GeorFia
asked; South Georgia and Florida firsff
Georgia and Florida, second mortgage Isl
and Montgomery IS, 20 bid II asked;
Ocean Steamship, per cent. bonds, 1920,
- bid. 10l asked; City and Suburban
rs bid. n asked; Electric railway Isl
due 1885. 10 bid 20 asked; Alabama Mid,
land per cent. indorsed, 50 bid. 80 asked;
Bruins wick and Western, As bid ~
asked; South Bound railroad 5s. hid
rs asked; Southern Railway 5s 911k bid
92z asked; Georgia, and Alabama con-
railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah. S11a bid, 9212 asked; Georgia common
1e9 bid. 17S asked; Southwestern 80 hid
o. asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-,
road stock, 101 bid, 102 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, 1OlB
bid 1O2 asked; Savannah Construction
ton Company, 7414 bid, 751a asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
22lb bid, % asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 6215 bid, 63A asked.
Bank Stocks, Eac-Citizen's Bank. 1ls
bid. 1872 asked; Chatham Bank, 49H bid
so asked; Germania Bank, 100 bid, no ask
s102 asked; National Bank of Savannah
ia bid 1876 asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 1861 bid, 1071R asked;
Southern Bank of State of Georgia, III bid
I72 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany 1857 bid, 1872 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 81
80 roas o.@Ir0 Il. u
pies Savings and Loan Company, 81 bid,
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS. 1O2
bid, 1O3 asked; Sibley Factory 6s 102 bid
109 asked: Enterprise Factory 6s lO2Ib bid
103 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
ing Company, 6 per cent. bonds, IS bid, so
Factory stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory - bid, SO asked; Eagle and Phenix
Fsatgry 81 b9 3 9 askeg aIk Es6
iteville Factory, 100 bid, 155 asked; Lang
lev Factory, 10S bid no asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 100 bid, los asked; J. p.
King Manufacturing Company, los bid, 10
asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company, IS
bid, rs asked; Savannah Brewing Company
London. May 1s.-Bar silver, 81 Lied;
consols, liz 11-16 for money and liz 1916
for the account. Paris advices quote 8 per
cent. rentes 102, francs zoe for the account.
New York, May 19.-Money on call was
easy at 2G21a per cent, the last loan was
at 21z per cent, and at closing was offered
565I5 per cent. Bar silver 677sc Sterling
exchange, steady with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S12d487A for 60 days,
and S4 SS15d4SSs4 for demand. Posted rates
"a S8d4 S912. Commercial bills, $4S67t CAST.
Government bonds quiet State bonds neg
lected. Railroad bonds firm. Silver at the
board dull.
Northwestern, .1Q4s4; preferred, las; Lake
Shore, 49, Norfolk and Western. preferred,
81: Western Union, S49s; Southern Rail-
way comme9n; ga ioost do preferred t;rrd, 29Zs
Ohio 49,; Canada Southern, 50; St Paul,
NJ; Rock Island, 69s4; Del Delaware and
Western. 159; Manhattan. 101; Michigan
Central, 9S16; New York Central, 81. Spec
uIation weak.
New York. May Robustness at the
stock exchange was quiet again to-day, the
dealings in stocks amounting to only u.s.,
GOO shares of which Sugar alone figured
25 200 shares. The tone of the market. al
the opening was characterized by firm
ness, a belief that recent sales of Ameri-
can securities abroad win furnish suf-
6cient exchange to keep shipments of me
tai within moderate bounds having con-