The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
FINANCIAL.
Monev-Steady.


A.8Il4; sixty days, S4.S6h, ninety days,
$4.S6; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. 500; Swiss sixty days, s5.217s;
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
par and selling at 1-10 per cent premium
for amounts to $1,000 and over.
Securities-The market is generally
quiet.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
gia, 81 per cent. bonds of 1880. 1O1 bid.
10112 asked; Georgia 80 per cents, due 1915,
102 bid, 1924 asked: Georgia Az per cent
bonds. 1915. 1l4lA bid, ll5 asked: Georgia
South Carolina AIS. 107 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 107 bid,
los asked; Augusta 413s, 1925, los bid, los
asked; Augusta per cent. III bid. liz liz
asked; Columbus 8 per cent, 103 bid, l04
ii1 MACON sSl per cent. ZIG bid,
terly April coupons. 1881 bid. = asked;
@ Bar c Io agar qGHsgtery May
ton As, IS bid, 96 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
asked ATLANTIS and G uIf FIRST M mo Pia s
consolidated Z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1O1 bid, iO2 asked;
collateral gold 5s, go bid, Sc asked; Cen.
trail of Georgia Railway first MORTGAGE
IS. 1915. 100 bid Ill asked; Central Of
gold bonds, S7lk bid, $50 asked Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
Ssr+r BID 81 c asked when i1, issued;
ond preferred incomes, Is bid,
Is asked when issued; Central OF
Georgia Railway third preferred Incomes,
IS, 1910. Ill bid. 112 asked: Charlotte. Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 1O5 bid i07
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage Is, liz bid, 113 asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS 20
bid, "a asked; south Georgia and Florida
first mortgageer i Ls. doe bid: asked: South
los BID, - asked; Savannah. Americus and
Montgomery 5s, so bid, 81 asked; ocean
81 a5Redp c S Snd 1g9 y Did
first mortgage per cent. bonds, 1914 bid
70 asked; Electric. Railway IS, due 1885,
cent. Endorsed, - bid, 80 asked: Bruins
wick and Western As, bid, rs asked I:
South Bound railroad IS, = bid. rs asked:
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savaf-
nah. 931a bid, 50 asked; Central
common, 70 bid bic Y asked; Georgia com
bid, SO asked; Atlanta and West
Point railroad stock, SO bid, 81 asked
Atlanta and % b NEST lod Point per cent
CONSTRUCTION Company. 7s11 bid, IS asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gaslght stock,
22 bid. 2 S5,,n asked; b Elect ec Light
Bank. stoelS. Etc;-Citizens' Bank.
110A bid. II liz si ssked; Chatham Bank.
107 bid, 1OS asked: Merchants National
Bank, iO1ls bid, 1O211 asked; National Bank
Of Savannah, 100 bid, 1872 asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company, lOS3z bid, 1Oi1a
Georgia, 166 bid 16S asked; Savan-
nah Bank, and Trust Company. los bid.
1O7 asked; Chatham than Real Estate
AZ asked: B, 81 bid, 50 asked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, 92h
PIG, 9272 s &c i1SSonds-AuRusta TTsc+or,, e.
1OS1S bid, 1O4 asked; Sibley Factory IS, 100
hid 1O1 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s los
bid, 1O6 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, so
bid, SPY asked.
Eactory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory. 60 bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Augusta Factory, n bid, so asked; Gran
itevilie Factory, 1855 bid. 15S asked; Lang
lev Factory 10S bid, ITO asked; Enter
prise Factory. common, ss bid; 1O1 asked:
T. p King Manufacturing Co., los bid. Ito
asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company.
80 bid, SO asked; Savannah Brewing Gem
p New York, Feb. 6.-Money on cali was
easy at 212@6 per cent; the last loan was
at 21b per cent, and at the closing was
offered at 2]5 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 6@7 per cent.
Bar silver, STAG.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills, at $4S76I4.87A
for sixty days and S4.SSd4. ssh for demand.
Posted rates, $4.S712@4S9; commercial
100
GO Government bonds were strong; state
bonds were firm; railroad bonds were
higher. -
New York Feb. 6.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $S4, ,s57;
currency, $S4, 1872.
Northwestern, 1025s; do preferred, 1851;
Lake Shore, 1451a; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 81; Western Union, S51a; South
Raiway snear C ait and
Ohio. Az; Canada Southern, 1872; st.
Paul 10; Rock Island 72A; Delaware and
Hudson, 1891; Delaware, Lackwanna and
Western, 161; Manhattan, 1Olla; Michigan
Central, 974; New York Central 9SA.
New York, Feb. 6.-The financial mar
hers were better to-day, the heavy sub
EXHIBITIONS for the new government loan
having had a strengthening effect on Sc
curities of all kinds. According TO bank
ers the good effect of this will be re-
Elected in a further Improvement, not
only at the stock exchange, but in the
commercial world as well. Already there
is more disposition on the part OF banks
TO discount paper now that it is known
that the new loan is success. This de-
parture on the part of the capitalists Will
he welcomed in uptown business circles
for the reason that the buying. of paper
has been practically suspended for nearly
a month The deposits of over A,DO0,0O0
in gold at the suh-treasury in connection
with the bond subscriptions, induced pur-
chases of stocks, Tor the reason that 1t
clearly indicated that there will be little
dificulty in securing the funds to make
the settlement with the treasury depart
ment The premium on the metal was
shaded a bit to-day, and. from all ac-
counts the first instalment will be met
nv bidders without disturbance to the
market. London did not respond to the
extent generally expected, and this was a
disannointment This, with some profit
taking. rather dampened the bullish ar
dor and in the afternoon trading the early
advance of 4 to "a per cent. was par
tiailv lost. The features of the specula-
lion were the Industrials, the Changers.
METROPOLITAN Traction and Southern Rail-
way Sugar was again in sharp demand,
and rose to 11%. Havemeyer brokers
were conspicuous in this crowd
Rubber common dropped 2 to 25l2 on the
gan, and talk of serious differences among