The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

FINANCIAL.
Money-steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
weak The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial demand.
sIS65s francs, Paris ana Havre. sixty;
days, S5.l9; Swiss sixty days $0.2O5s;
Domestic Exchange-The tone OF the
market is quiet. Benks are buying at
par and selling at 1-10 per cent. premium
Tor amounts to 81 900 and over.
Securities-There is but little doing in
market, but offerings are light and quo
tations in many instances nominal. Har-
dening tendency in southwestern railroad
stock.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
gia, 3l5 per cent bonds of 1885, 101 bid
101A asked; Georgia 3ls per cents, due 1915,
1902 bid. 1924 asked; Georgia ~ per cent
bonds, 1915, 1l4ia bid, ll5 asked: Georgia
Smiths. maturity 1896, lO1 bid. 1914 asked
South Carolina 412s. 107 bid, l0S asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, i07 bid
los asked; Augusta 4&s, 1925, los bid, 1906
asked Augusta 7 per cent, 1ls BID, IA
asked Columbus 5 per cent. lO3 bid. lOl
III asked; Savannah s per cent, quar- Har.
terly April coupons, l0S1s bid, = asked;
coupons. l08 bid, 1898 asked; Charles
ton IS. IS bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, ll2 bid ll3
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first MORTGAGE
ana july maturity iSs7 io Bd io5 a ased
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold, 5s. 80 bid, Sc asked; Cen
trial of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS. 1885, 100 bid Ill asked; Central Of
Georgia Railway consolidated IS, 5O-year
gold bonds, 81 bid, SSl2 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes
80 asked when issued; Central of Geor-
gfa Railway second preferred incomes Ia
bid Is asked when issued; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes
13 asked when issued; Georgia railroad
6s 1910 Ill bid. 112 asked: Charlotte. Col
urnbia and Augusta first 5s. 1916 bid, l07
asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage Is, liz bid, 113 asked /:
Georgia Southern and Florida new Isl 80
bid "a asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage IS, 106 bid, = asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
los bfd - asked; Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery 5s, 40 bid, 81 asked; Ocean
81 asked City and Suburban railroad
first mortgage z per cent. bonds 78 bid
so asked Electric Railway IS, due 1885,
cent. Endorsed, = bid. 80 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As. bid, rs asked :
South Bound railroad IS. = bid. IS asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah, 9S1s bid, s5 asked; Central
common, 10 bid, y asked; Georgia com
bid, 1914 asked; Atlanta and West
Point railroad stock, 80 bid, 1O1 asked
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent.
COMMUNICATION ceGfS Company, II BID 70 a asked
22% 5as bid. 2slB asked; Eleetric Light Light
and Power sto Sqmpa9Ry 6g Pa; 70 asked
116 sanb BID liz asked; Chatham B Bank
4sA bid, so asked; Germania Bank,
l07 bid 1oS lie, ask SD MERCHANTS re- National
Of Savannah, 1880 bid, 1872 asked; Ogiethorpe
Savings and Trust Company, 103 bid, 10il4
asked s9 9gs ERR Bank 3Ss os q State q
nah Sank and Trust Company. 1O6 bid
107 asked: Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company. 4, 52A bid
| TITLE Guarantee and Loan Company, .:
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, IS
| 1887 bid, 104 asked; sibley Factory Is, lOj
| hid 1Ol asked; Enterprise Factory IS l0l
/ bid 1O6 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-.
! featuring Company, per cent. bonds, s.
w FACTORY Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac.
4 tory 60 bid GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
| Manufacturing Company, 25 bid, 81 asked
| Augusta Factory, Y bid, 50 asked; Gran
! iteyille Factory, 1856 bid, 1853 asked: Lang.
/ ley Factory, 101i2 bid, l0S12 asked; Enter.
| prise Factory common, IS bid; 101 asked
! asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company
/ SO bid So asked; Savannah Brewing Com.
\ pany. IS bid. 80 asked.
| New York, Feb. Money on call wai
Prime mercantile paper, car per cent.
Sterling exchange was weak, with &C
! tual business in bankers bills at $4.S76
ASIA for sixty days, and $4.SSQ4SS14 for de
mand.
Posted rates, $4SS04 s91k
/ Commercial bills, $AS5d4S6&.
Bar silver. 67Ac.
Government bonds steady; state bond.
were dull; railroad bonds were easier.
Silver at the board was neglected.
New York, Feb. 1.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $94 us, 124
currency, SS4, 1884.
New York, Feb THE weekly state
| ment of the associated banks shows tn,
| following changes:
/ Reserve, increase ..................T,9 i4, 80
Loans, decrease ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7lT20
! Specie, increase ................. 6S5 Ol
| Legal tenders, increase ........... ,4S6, so
/ Deposits, increase .................. FOG, 40
Circulation, decrease .............: 1850
legal requirements ...............39 623 40
New York, Feb. 1.-The New York ri
| nancier says this week: There was les;
| change in the statement made by the as
ISOLATED banks of New York ending Feb
] than had been expected. The decreast
| in loans was only nominal compared
with the heavy liquidation which ha,
| been going on without interruption fo
| weeks past. The loan item, however
| may show an abnormal expansion durin;
the coming month, but it will not as i
| general the case indicate revival il
| business and an accompanying demand
for money; i has been the custom amons
certain or the New ork banks WheI
| they buy new issues of government bond,
to enter them as loans-that is. loans t
| the government-and there is no reason
| to believe that this custom will be de
| parted from after the allotment of tn,
| pending bond loan. An increase in IN,
| lean column is a feature that might wei
| be made at the present time since tn,
| total has gradually fallen until it is mucl
| the smallest that has been made sine,
the late panic. The banks report a gain
| of 2l2l,509 in cash during the week al
| though the interior movement mus
| have increased their holdings not mucl
| less than 100000 The increase in spe
! Gle was only S6S5,009 II would be inter.