The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
stock on hand and on Shin
FINANCIAL.
Monev-Steadv.

Y.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand
ASaa3s; sixty days, $4.S69s; ninety days
days, $5.19A Swiss sixty days, 1921;
marks, sixty days, "a 1915.
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
1-l6c discount; selling at, up to $25, 1Oc;
up to $50 loo; up to 500, zoe; up to $500
25c; up to 500, Is per cent; $500 and over
Securities of undoubted solidity find
ready sale; municipal bonds very scarce.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, S}a per cent bonds of 1880, 101A bid
102 asked; Georgia 31a per cents, due 1915
1O2 bid, 1929 asked; Georgia Az per cent
bonds, 1915, 1141s bid, 115 asked; Georgia
Smiths, maturity 1896, 101 bid, 1011s asked ;
South Carolina 412s, 107 bid, 10S asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 107 bid
- asked; Augusta 415s, 1925, 1O5 bid 1O6
asked: Augusta z per cent ~ bid llS
asked; Columbus per cent, 1OS bid, 1O4
asked; Macon per cent, 11415 bid,
terly April coupons 1OS bid, asked ;
Savannah per cent, quarterly Feb
ruary coupons, 1903 bid, 109la asked;
Charleston As, 80 bid, So asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, III bid 113
asked; Atlantlc and CUR hrst mortgage,
consolidated z per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1887, 10l bid, 102 asked;
Central Railroad and Banking Company,
collateral gold, IS, 80 bid, Sc asked; Cen
IS, 1915, ITO bid, 1872 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated 5s, 5O-year
gold bonds, SO bid, 901a asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
80 asked when issued; Central of Geor-
gia Railway second preferred incomes, IS
bid, % asked when issued; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes,
Is asked when issued; Georgia railroad
IS, 1910, Ill bid, 112 asked; Charlotte, Col
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage IS III bid, 113 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s, so
bid, 81 asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage rs, 106 bid, - asked South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage rs,
los bid. = asked; Savannah, Americas and
Steamship 5 per cent. bonds, 1920, 50 bid,
81 asked; CITY and Suburban railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, IS bid,
so asked; Electric Railway IS, due 1885
25 bid, 80 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per
cent Endorsed, SO bid, 81 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As, - bid, Is asked;
Southern Railway IS, 911s bid, 9219 asked.
nah al - bid, IS asked. ex-div; Central
common - bid, 10 asked; Georgia COM
mon, 178 bid, $50 asked; Southwestern, 931k
bid. 9415 asked, eX-div.; Central per cent.
certificates, = bid, q asked; Atlanta and
ex-div: Atlanta and West Point per cent
certificates, 80 bid, 100 asked, eX-interest;
Savannah Construction Company, 70 bid
50 asked.
% bid. "A asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company. SO bid 20 asked.
10 P bid II ! asked asked G Germaa Bank Bank
i0sib bid, 1919 asked Merchants National
Bank. 1O1 bid, 102 asked; National Bank of
savannah 100 bid, 131 asked; Oglethorpe
SAVINGS and Trust Company, 100 bid, 10l
aske sti Southern Bank Of State Of
nab Bsnk and Trust Company 1853 bid,
1oS& asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement % company hId "a, a. o. bld.
Ti+le Guarantee and Loan Company, =
Di 4IsS Sf Bonds-Augusta Factory, IS,
100 bid i04 asked; Sibley Factory Is, 100
10 iyo N Ioi asked: Enterprise Factory S. 104
bid 105 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
Facturing Company, 6 per cent. bonds, 50
bid. 81 asked. 4. an.
80 "a hid, GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, p bid, 2 asked;
s,a,,e+a Factory. n bid, so asked; Gran
ifeviIle FACTORY, 155 bid, 162 asked; Lang
iey Factory, 107l5 bid, 1857 asked; Enter
~ Tact0ry common, 9S bid 101 asked
. King Manufacturing Co, 108 bid. -
osl-ed. Sibley Manufacturing Company,
S0 hid. SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
many. IS bid, 80 asked.
New York, Jan. 16.-Money on call was
aasNy at 20I4 per cent; the last loan was at
. nor cent, and at the closing was Of
fered at per cent Frilhe mercantile
Daper, per cent
etarling exchange firm. with actual bus
mess in bankers bills, at $f.ei1sg48l9a for
Posted rates, S4sSd 4S9iz. Commercial bills,
Cove csoyzernmsnt bonds steady; state bonds
dull; railroad bonds firm.