The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-29
FINANCIAL.


Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange--The market was
vannah quotations: Commercial demand
$4SSA; sixty days, &.Sh; ninety days,
S4S67s; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, $685. Swiss. sixty days, S5.19zs;
marks. sixty days, IS 1-16.
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
par and selling at lilo per cent. premium
for amounts TO $1,000 and over.
Securities-The market is quiet and
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
gia, S1z per cent. bonds of 1880, l02 bid,
1917 bid. 102lz asked; Georgia, ~ Smiths,
maturity, 1896. 101 bid. 1O2 asked; Georgia
41a per cent. bonds 1915, 1l412 bid, lis asked /;
South Carolina AIS, 10S bid, 1854 asked.
City Bonds-Atianta per cent, 107 bid.
los. asked; Augusta AIS, 1925, los bid, lOs
asked; Augusta Z per cent, ia bid, 15h
| asked; Columbus per cent. 10s bid, 1O4
| asked; Macon per cent. ll415 bid,
1l512 asked savan ma per loS sent quarter
vannah per cent, quarterly May cou-
pons, 100 bid, 1091s asked; Charleston As,
| Railroad Bonds Savannah, Florida and
/ Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons, 11S1R bid. =
consolidated Z per cent; coupons. January
and July maturity. 1897. 1o24 bid. 10s
asked Central Rairoa afd and d Banking
| 991z asked. Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage 5s, 1915. Ill bid,
| consolidated IS, 5O-year gold bonds, IS
| bid, 80 asked; Central of Georgia railway
| first preferred incomes 80 bid, 81 asked (;
Central of Georgia railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, 10 bid, 16 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
| 1910. liz bid. l1s asked; Charlotte, Columbia
| and Augusta first 5s, 1882 bid, 104I2 asked /;
| Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is. 115 bid. 116 asked; Georgia
| Southern and Florida new IS. Sc bid, 81
| asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage e. JOG ., bid, .ooon4 asked; South
| 105 bid, - asked; Savannah, Americas
and Montgomsry, 5s, 20 bid, u asked;
0Se Sa S asEped pei City and OOssd @
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds.
70 bid, 50 asked Electric Railway IS,
due 1885, 1917 bid, 2l1s asked; Alabama Mid
| land 5 per cent. Endorsed, IS bid, 80 asked !;
| Brunswick and Western As, = bid. IS
asked: South Bound railroad 5s, bio,
asked; Georgia and Alabama consols, IS
nah III 90 bid. So asked: Georgia common on
We Western BID sl4 ea ss alhsG asked; s0z Ht
r raada stock 1ol bid, i02 asked; Atlanta nti
| and West Point per cent. certificates
| i0ih bid, 1O2 asked; Savannah Construc.
| ton Company, IA bid, IS asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid. 23la asked; Electric Light and
| Power Company, 6z1s DID, "a asked.
NE %nb BID. ii$fs asked; cha5bsm Ba ank,
bid 10 O. as l0s M HegG M NatIona
| Of Savannah, 13419 bid, 1876 asked; Ogie-
| thorpe Savings and Trust Company, 1861
| hid 1O71h asked; Southern Bank of State
of Georgia, III bid, 172 asked; savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, 100 bid
| ITO asked; Chatham Real Estate and I'm
| provement Company, A, "a bid, 541a asked /;
| B. 81 bid, 5ll1 asked; Peoples Savings
and Loan Company, 91A bid, SO asked.
Factory Bondls1;AugIsta Factory IS.
iSix bid, 1881 asked; Enterprise Factory;
| Is, los bid, 106 asked; Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing Company, per cent.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, : bid, 50 asked; Eagle and Phenix
augusta factory, Is bid, IS asked; Gran,
! iteville Factory $50 bid. 155 asked; Lang
| ley Factory. 1Os bid, 10 asked; Enterprise
| King Manufacturing Company los bid no
I asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
! rs bid, 80 asked: Savannah Brewing Com
| pany, - bid 70 asked.
London, April 2S.-Bar silver 81 3-16d; con-
soils. III 7-16 for money and 111lA for the
account. Paris advices quote 3 per cent
! rentes 102f 1Oc for the account.
| New York, April 2S.-Money on call was
| easy at 2d3 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent, and at the closing was
| offered at ~ per cent Prime mercan-
=
| 6SKc Sterling exchange very firm, with
| actual business in bankers bills at $4.S72t
! Ass for sixty days. and S4SS24G4S9 for
J demand Posted rates. S4.SSiRd4 S9Ib
| Commercial bills, $4.s6&4 G4s712. Govern
| ment bonds were firm; state bonds were
| dull: railroad bonds were higher. Silver
| AT the board was firm.
New York, April 2S-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin. SIPS 2s5, S57
/ currency. 81, 5s3. go.
| New York. April %, noon--Erie, 15lsc;
/ Northwestern, 1865; preferred. 1881
! lake shore. 1907; Norfolk and Western
| nreferred. 5ss; Western Union, 86iA; South
! ern Railway common. l0 Southern Rail-
/ vav preferred, 80; American Sugar l25;
| baltimore and Ohio, l7ss; Canada South
/ ern. 50ia; ST. Paul. 1914; Rock Island, %;
! Delaware and Hudson, rs; Delaware,
Iackawanna and Western. 1904; Manhat-
tan, ii0A. Michigan Cenlral, S1z; Mani.at-
/ York Central. 9sss Speculation steady 70
/ firm.
| stock exchange was Eight to-day only ~,
/ go shares changing hands. ~ ihis total