The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-19

Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent. interest coupons. 1l2b bid ia
asked Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity. 1897, 1919 bid, asked !:
Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, collateral gold 5s, 81 bid, 80 asked I:
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS, 50-year gold bonds, ITO bid, liz asked !;
Central of Georgia Railway first consoli-
Central of Georgia Railway. first pre-
ferred incomes, 3Sla bid. 34ls asked I:
Central of Georgia halfway, second
preferred incomes 1872 bid 14i5 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, 6is bid, ~ asked; Georgia rail
road 6s. 1910. 10S bid 10 asked; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta first 5s, 1903 bid 40
asked; Charlotte Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage Is, 113 bid
IA asked: Georgia Southern and
Florida new IS, SO bid, IS asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is
1903 bid. 105 asked; South Georgia ami
Florida second mortgage Is. 102 bid, l0i
asked; Ocean steamship 8 per cent
bonds. 1926 103 bid 1O3is asked; City and
Suburban Railroad first mortgage per
cent. bonds, bid, % asked; Electric
Railway 5, due 1885, IA bid 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. indorsed, IS bid
So asked; Brunswick and Western As
- bid. 20 asked; South Bound railroad S.
20 bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway IS, 30
bid, 81 asked; Georgia and Alabama first
preferred IS, 9S1a bid. 100 asked: Georgia
and Alabama first consols, 50 bid, 81
asked,
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah
95ls bid, 96l5 asked; Georgia com
mon, 1874 bid, l67 asked: Southwestern, 30
bid, SO asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock, 105 bid, 40 asked; Atlanta AMI
West Point per cent certificates, lO2
bid. asked; Savannah Construction
Company, 40 bid, "A asked. g1
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
22M bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 6S bid GO asked. ex-div
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1GS bid,
1903 asked: ex-div. Chatham Bank. 46 bid.
a asked; Germanfa Bank, 1877 bid. 19S
asked: Merchants National Bank, 80 bid,
asked: National Bank of Savannah
127 bid, 100 asked: Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 100 bid, 10l ask
ed, ex-dv.. Southern Bank OF
1.-The State of Georgia. 1863 bid,
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 101 bid, 1924 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company A, 81
bid, - asked; B, 5O15 bid, 5lla asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company % bid,
80 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. IS, 100
bid. 1902 asked; Sibley Factory Is. 100 bid.
10l asked; Enterprise Factory 6s 101 bid,
4VH dohEdf IAdkiC anu hulk AdHuldGAUir
isg Company, per cent. bonds. 40 bid, 80
asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, 50 asked; Augusta Factory. n
bid, Sc asked, ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
tory, 145 bid, $50 asked, Langley Factory,
100 bid, 105 asked Enterprise Factory.
common, 50 bid 100 asked; J. +. King
Manufacturing Company, 1O2 bid. los ask
ed. Sibley Manufacturing Company. IS bid,
n asked; Savannah Brewing Company. o.
bid. 81 asked.
London, Dec 1s.-Bar silver 297sd Con-
sols' ll01s for money and ITO 1916 for the
account
Paris. Dec. 1s.-Three per cent. rentes,
l02 francs Az centimes for the account
New York. Dec. 1S.-Money on call was
easy at per cent; the last loan was at
2 per cent, and at the closing was offered
at per cent Prime mercantile paper,
A per cent. Bar silver 65Ac. Sterling
exchange firm. with actual business in
bankers bills, at &.SS94 @4S4 for sixty days
and %.@hM4S71z for demand. Posted
rates, $4.8415m4 SS1k. Commercial bills,
&.S21ad4835z. Government bonds were
weaker; state bonds were duh; railroad
bonds lower. Silver at the board was
neglected. Wv
New York. Dec. 1S.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, S12l, l25, 500;
currency, $47,S7O,7 Ill
New York, Dec. IS, noon-Erie 49,;
Northwestern, 100; do preferred, 147; Lake
Shore, 1853; Norfolk and Western, preferred.
10h; Western Union, SO; Southern Rail
way common, 91s; American Sugar, 111b;
Baltimore and Ohio, 15ik; Canada South
ern, Asa; st. Paul. 742s; Rock Island, 67Ja;
Delaware and Hudson, 125; Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, 1856; Manhat-
tan, 973s; Michigan Central. 92; New York
Central, 95 Speculation weak
New York, Dec. 1S.-The day opened
quietly enough in Wall street, but by the
end of the session il proved to be one OF
the most eventful at the Stock Exchange
for long time past The market started
off without any special activity, but weak,
in sympathy with the lower prices from
London, advance in the posted rates OF
demand. Sterling from Sass to S4.SSlk. and
the taking Of some 100000 to 50, 100000 in
gold to Germany by the steamers sailing
on Tuesday next. After a moderate de-
cline the usual rally ensued, but oper-
ators regarded 1t as significant that a
prominent brokerage concern with close
Washington connections, promptly sup
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