The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18
FINANCIAL.


MOneN-SteauN.
The hank clearances for the past week
we're $3,267 0l953. against S2622, 61265 for
the same week last year.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net SaVan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$iS15s; sixty days, S4.S65s; ninety days,
SLs61s; francs, Paris and Havrc, sixty
marks, sixty days, 81 1916
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
| Lice discount; selling at, up to SIS, Toe;
up 10 $50. lie; up to $780, 20c; up to $500,
Csc; up to $500, Is per cent; $500 and over,
lilo per cent.
Securities of undoubted .solidity find
ready sale; muntcipal bonds very scarce.
Southwestern railroad stock readily taken
by investors.
gia, Sl5 per cent. bonds of 1890. l0lA bid,
lG2 asked; Georgia 49, per cents, due 1915,
1902 bid, 102ls asked; Georgia ~ per cent.
Smiths maturity 1896. lOi bid 10l1a asked !;
South Carolina 41ss, 107 bid, los asked.
City Bonds-Atanta 7 per cent, 107 bid,
asked; Augusta 4i2s, 1925, l05 bid, JOG
asked; Augusta Z per cent, ~ bid, 1l3
asked; Augusta per cent, 10 bid, III
asked; Columbus 5 per cent. 100 bid. 1Oi
asked; Macon per cent, 1l4l5 bid,
1l5I6 asked; Savannah per cent, quar-
terly April coupons. 10S bid asked .
Savannah per &c, cent quarterly Feb
Charleston As, 80 bid. IS asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
s per cent. interest coupons, ll2 bid, 1l3
asked, Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
/ consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 101 bid, 102 askei;
! Central Railroad and Banking Company,
| collateral gold, S. 80 bid, Sc asked: Cen
/ trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s 1915, 10 bid, 1872 asked; Central OF
/ Georgia Railway consolidated IS, 5O-year
| gold bonds, SO bid, 90l2 asked; Central Of
| Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
30 asked when issued; Central of Geor-
crfn a
| bid, 21la asked when issued; Central of
| Georgia Railway third preferred incomes
! Is, 1910, III bid. 112 asked: Charlotte. Col
| umbia and Augusta first 5s 1O4 bid los
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
! Ia second mortgage rs, III bid, 1l3 asked
/ Georgia Southern and Florida new SIS. 50
| bid. "a asked; South Georgia and Florida
| first mortgage Is, Jos bid, - asked; South
! Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
105 bid, - asked; Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery 5s, 49, bid, IS asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1920 So bid,
! 81 asked; city and Suburban railroad
! first mortgage Z per cent. Bonds, ~ bid
| so asked; Electric Railway S.. due 1885
% bid, 80 asked; Alabama Midland per
wick and Western As, bid, rs asked;
| South Bound railroad IS, - bid, Is asked;
Southern Railway IS. 9l12 bid, 92ls asked.
Railroad Stocks-.Augusta and savan-
nah, bid. So asked: Central
| common, = bid Is asked; Georgia com
mon, 17s bid. 1S0 asked; Southwestern 931s
certifcates = bid, 2llS asked; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock 90 bid 10l asked
ex-div.; Atlanta and West Point per cent.
| certificates 80 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
Construction Company, 70 bid, so asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gasight stock,
% bid, "A askeds Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 60 bid, 20 asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens' Bank.
o BID, % asked; Germania Bank,
Bank, 101 bid, 102 asked National Bank of
Savannah, 100 bid, 13i asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company, 100 bid. iOl
asked; Southern Bank of State of
Georgia, 1872 bid, asked; Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, i1oai bid,
1857 asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, A. 521h bid
81 asked; b. 501a bid, 51Ik asked
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, -
bid, IS asked.
1A9 hid iO4 asked; Sibley Factory Gs. i03
bid 1Oi asked; Enterprise Factory Gs 104
bid 105 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 81
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory. 60 bid. Ga asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, 25 bid, q asked;
Augusta Factory, 77"bid, 80 asked; Gran,
iteville Factory, 1855 bid. 1862 asked; Lang
ley Factory, 107l5 bid. 1887 asked; Enter
prise Factory, common, 81 bid, 10i asked;
]. p King Manufacturing Co, JOS bid. -
asked; Sibley Manufacturing COMPANY
50 bid, 50 asked; Savannah Brewing Com,
pany IS bid 80 asked
London. Jan. 17.-Bar silver. SID. Con
soils, 1878 for both money and the ac-
count.
New York, Jan 1.-Money on call was
easy at 364 per cent; the last loan was al
per cent, and at the closing was offered
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
sal per cent.
Bar silver, 67Ac.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at s4S7sl 81
for 60 days, and S4.89dLS9h for demand
Posted rates, $SS04.S9A. Commercial
bills, S4.S619d4. S7A
Government bonds Irregular; state
bonds dull; railroad bonds lower
Silver at the board vas quiet
New York, Jan. 1.-THE treasury bal
ancas were as follows. Coin, 500, 995 $780,
currency. $50, 528. s65.