The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-24
FINANCIAL.
Money-sready.

Money-Sready.
The bank clearings for the past week
were 49, 44O 1882. against 50, 445 5O557 for the
same week last year and SO ,499, $685. As for
the same week year before last. 80
Foreign Exchange-The market was very
firm. The following are net Savannah
quotations.: Commercial demand, Sassy;
sixty days. s4.791R; ninety days, &.7S;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.24a4 !;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.26; marks, sixty
days, "a 1-16, less $1.50 per $1,000.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at $3.50 discount per $1,000,
and selling as follows: Up to SIS, 10c prem
ium; SIS to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 800, zoe
premium; 500 to 5000, 25c premium; $500 to
81 600 at par; $1,000 or over, SOC per $1,000
discount
Securities-The market is fairly steady
with light offerings.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 31b per cent. bonds of 1890 101 bid, 1902
asked; Georgia 312 per cents, due 1915, 101
bid 1902 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds,
1915 10 bid Ill asked; Georgia per
cent. due 1926 1O7 bid 100 asked; South
Carolina 411s 1O515 bid, 1864 asked.
City Bonds--Atlanta per cent, 1903 bid,
1O4 asked; Augusta 4iks 1925. 1O2 bid. 1O3
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 40 bid, Ill
asked; Augusta per cent, l08 bid. 100 ask
ed Columbus per cent, 102 bid, 1881 ask
ed; Macon 6 per cent, liz bid, ia asked;
savannah per CGHNst hdANCllJ odhAdiy
coupons, 108 bid, 1888 asked; Savannah S
per cent, quarterly November coupons.
1917 bid, 10S asked; Charleston As, 81 bid,
IS asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, Did, liz
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage.
consolidated per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, ln bid. 1914 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, collateral gold IS, 80 bid IS asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
gold bonds 1881 bid, 10 asked Central
of Georgia railway consolidated IS, 50-year
gold bonds, IS bid, 81 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway, first preferred in
comes, Is bid, 30 asked, ex-lnterest; Cen
trail Of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, u bid, u asked; Central
Of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes bid, asked; Georgia railroad
IS. 1910, 107 bid, 10 asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta first SIS, 102 bid 1903
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage rs, 100
bid, III asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida new SIS, 80 bid, "a asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage rs, =
bid, 1O6 asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida, second mortgage Is, - bid, 105 asked ;
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery S.
bid, So asked Ocean Steamship 5 per
cent. bonds, 1926, 49, bid, 98 asked; City and
OUUuIDdn IdliiOdu llioA AHpiABdbt per
cent. bonds, - bid, 78 asked; Electric
railway IS, due 1885. 10 bid 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland 5 per cent. Endorsed, IS BID,
IS asked Brunswick and Western U.s.
bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad S.
49, bid. u asked Southern Railway SIS, 81
bid, g asked Georgia and Alabama flrst
preferred IS. "a bid. 95 asked; Georgia and
Alabama first consols, 20 bid 72Ik asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, SO bid, 80 asked: Georgia common, 1872
bid. 1856 asked; Southwestern, So bid 50
asked: Atlanta and West Point railroad
stock. 1914 BID, 99lz asked; Atlanta and
West Point. per cent. certificates, 97Jk
bid. 9Sh asked; Savannah Construction
Company 81 bid, IS asked ex-div
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
20iz bid Ply asked Electric Light and
Power Company. % bid. 90 asked
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, 10
bid, III asked; Chatham Bank, &c bid,
"A asked: Germanla Bank, l06 bid lO7
asked; Merchants National Bank, SO bid
30 asked National Bank OF Savannah.
125 bid. 1913 asked: Ogiethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 100 bid, 1903 asked South
ern Bank Of the State OF Georgia 1850 bid
III asked Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pauy. 1917 bid. 1924 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company. A b2ih
bid, 5Sh asked: Y. 50 bid. 81 asked: peo-