The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
FINANCIAL.


Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net Sa-
yannah quotations: Commercial demand,
A.S7; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, S5.1TA; Swiss, sixty days, S5.1J;
marks, sixty days, So.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: For
amounts to SIS. 10c premium; to $50 15c
premium; to 500, 20c premium; to $500, 25c
premium; from 5000 up to $1,000, Is per cent.
premium; amounts over $1,000, at $1.OO per
$1,000
securities-The market is quiet; quota
lions irregular.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 3ik per cent. bonds of 1890, 101 bid
102 asked; Georgia 319 per cents. due 1915,
101k bid, 1011z asked; Georgia Az per cent
bonds, 1915, 1l21s bid, 1874 asked Georgia
per cent, due 1926, 1851 bid, 1897 asked;
South Carolina 415s, lC4 bid 100 asked 56
106 asked; Augusta AIS, 1925, 104 bid, 104h
asked; Augusta z per cent, lib bid, ia
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid, 113
asked; Columbus 8 per cent, 1903 bid, 104
asked; Macon 6 per cent, ia bid, lis
asked Savannah per cent, quarterly Oc-
tober coupons, 1854 bid, 109A asked ;Savan-
nah per cent, quarterly August coupons,
1O9 bid, 1881 asked; Charleston As, 81 bid,
Railroad Bonds-savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, liz bid, ia
consolidated per cent. coupons, January,
and July maturity, 1897. l01 bid, 1919
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company, collateral gold IS, 50 bid.
96 asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage 5s, 1915, = bid.
liz asked; Central of Georgia railway,
consolidated 5s, 50-year gold bonds, 81
bid, SS1b asked; Central of Georgia railway
first preferred incomes, "a bid, 2515 asked;
Central of Georgia railway second pre-
ferred incomes, bid, z asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
road IS, 1910, ITO bid, 112 asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
first 5s, = bid, 1031A asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
7, bid, 112 asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida new 5s. bid, 81
asked: South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage rs. JOG bid, asked South
Georgia and Florida, second mortgage rs,
1O5 bid, asked; Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery IS, bid, 6S asked;
Ocean Steamship 8 per cent bonds, 1925,
bid, 9S asked; City and Suburban
= bid, IS asked; Electric Railway IS,
due 1885, - bid, 20 asked; Alabama Mid
land 5 per cent. Endorsed, bid, 81 ask
ed; Brunswick and Western As, - bid Is
asked South Bound railroad IS, bid,
IS asked; Southern railway 5s, SO1z bid,
811b asked; Georgia and Alabama con-
soils. = bid, q asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
georgia Gaoi common orai 100 bid, isiik
asked; Southwestern, s494 bid, Sc asked,
ex-diy: Atlanta and West Point
railroad stock, IS bid, 80 asked; Atlanta
bid, IS asked; Savannah Construction
Company, - bid, 1871 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
20 bid, q asked, ex-div.; Electric Light
and Power Company 90 bid 60 asked ex-
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, III
bid. 111h asked, ex-div.; Chatham Bank.
a bid, As asked. ex-diy; Germania Bank,
10s1b bid, 1OS asked eX-div; Merchants Ma
tional Bank, 80 bid, SO asked; National
Bank of Savannah 100 bid, 1872 asked, ex-
div; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
many 1031b bid 1914 asked ex-diV; South
ern Bank of State of Georgia, 1853 bid,
1863 asked, ex-div; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 104 bid, 105 asked, ex-
div: Chatham Real Estate and Improve
nent Company, A, 53I5 bid, "a asked; B,
5n1L Ma X asked. ex-div. Peoples Savings
and Loan Company, 9l42 bid, 921s asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Is, l02
bid. 1O3 asked; Sibley Factory IS, 100 bid,
1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 1O3 bid,
104 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufac-
turing Company, per cent. bonds, - bid,
60 asked.
tory, = bid, 50 asked; Augusta Factory.
n bid. 80 asked, ex-div.; GraniteVille Fac
tory, 145 bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory,
l0S bid, ITO asked; Enterprise Factory
common, IS bid, 102 asked, ex-div.; J. p.
King Manufacturing Company. 1O5 bid,
los asked; Sibley Manufacturing Compa-
ny, IS bid rs asked; Savannah Brewing
Company, = bid, rs asked
New York, Aug. 3.-Money on call easy
at % per cent; the last loan was al per
cent, ard at the closing, was offered at
2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, sal
per cent Bar silver steady. 685sc. Ster
ling exchange firm with actual business
in bankers bills, at 81. SSd4 SS14 for sixty
days, and 81 S904. 1914 for demand; posted
rates. 81. S8a4. S9l5. Commercial bills,
81. S7GD4. S71a; government bonds were firm;
state bonds we're quiet; railroad bonds ir-
regular. Silver at the board was steady.
New York, Aug. 3-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $116, 1877, Az
currency, S79.0lS, 203.