The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
FINANCIAL.


Foreign Exchange-The market was
weak. The following are net Savan-
NJ nah alb, quotations: Commercial nm demand
1854; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. S519A; Swiss sixty days, S5.2i;
marks sixty days, 947k
Domestic ExcHange@The tone of the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
Lice discount; selling at, up to SOS, 10c;
up to $50, l5c; up to 500, zoe; up to $500,
25c; up to $500, Is per. cent; $500 and over
1-16 per cent.
Securities-The tone of the market is
quiet, with fair investment demand;
gia, S1s per cent. bonds of 1880, 1914 bid
102 asked; Georgia S12 per cents. due 1875
1O2 bid, 102lk asked; Georgia ~ per cent
Smiths, maturity 1896, 1O1 bid. 1O1I5 asked;
South Carolina 41ks, iO7 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. ,197 bid,
asked; Augusta Z per cent, ia bid, lis
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, III bid, 1l2
115la asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quar-
terly April coupons. 105 bid asked;
savannah per t cent quarterly cs,a Feb:
Charleston As, IS bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
6 per. cent. interest coupons. liz bid, l1s
asked; Atlantic and Gulf frst mortgage,
consolidated Z per cent. coupons, January
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold, IS, 90 bid, Sc asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway. first mortgage
5s, 1915, ITO bid, 1131s asked Central OF
Georgia RAILWAY Consolidated IS. 5O-year
gold bonds, IS bid, SO asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
IS asked when Issued; Central of Geof
gia Railway second preferred incomes is
bid, 211h asked when issued; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes,
6s 1910 Ill bid. 112 asked: Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 104 bid, Jos
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage IS, ~ bid, 1l3 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, 80
bid, "a asked; south Georgia and Florida
first mortgage IS, Jos bid. = asked; South
1O5 bid. - asked; Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery IS, - bid, As asked; Ocean
81 S'e asRed; city and Suburban an railroad
first mortgage z per cent bonds, rs bid,
so asked; Electric Railway 5s, due 1885,
Is bid. 30 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent, Endorsed, SO bid, 81 asked: Bruins
wick and Western is, = bid, 70 asked;
South Bound railroad IS, = bid. rs asked;
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
G Gani .. BID, i asked; Georgia com,
m mo 9 49, pa asked SN Central per cent?
c cetrtifcafes = bid, 2iIs asked; Atlanta and
west Point railroad stock,99 bid, 101 asked;
certifcates, 80 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
Construction Company, 70 bid, so asked.
Gas stocks-savannah Gaslight stock,
and az 'i Power Company. IS bid, 50 asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank,
10 bid, II asked: Chatham caat5a m E Bank
1851 bid 1O716 asked; Merchants National |
Bsnk. 101 bid, 102 asked; National Bank Of |
Savannah, 100 bid, 131 asked; Oglethorpe |
asked: Southern Bank of State Of |
Ga6 Bank and Trust company, 1857 BID
1o6sl asked; Chatham Real Estate |
and and Improvement Company. a, 52h bid.
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, =
Oi Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. SIS, |
1o31S bid. 104 asked; Sibley Factory Is, 100 |
hid 101 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, Jos |
hid 106 asked; Eagle and PheniX Manu- |
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, IS |
ol 10 c e. @ Stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory. GO bid, 81 asked; Eagle and Phoenix |
Manufacturing Company Is bid, q asked; |
Augusta Factory. " bid, so asked; Gran |
iteYilIe Factory, 155 bid. 162 asked; Lang |
nrise FACTORY, common, IS bid; 101 asked; |
I p. King Manufacturing Co., 1888 bid, -
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company, |
"a hid SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com |
pany, IS bid, 80 asked.
Nav York Jan. 22-Money on call was |
easv al 3674 per cent; the last loan was at /
per cent, and at the CLOSING was or |
ie Prime r mercantile paper. sal per cent.
Bar silver, &c.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual /
business in bankers bills $4S7lz@4.s73t for |
sixtv days and S4SSN@4.S9 for demand.
Posted rates S4Ss@4. S915.
Commercial bills 4.s634 G4.614
government bonds irregular; state |
bonds higher; railroad bondsfwere easier |
silver at the board was neglected.
New York, jan 22.-Treasury balances |
were as follows: Coin, S9S, 1889, $50; curren- |
y New e York York. Jan. %, noon.-Erie, 147s |
Northwestern. 9s2s; preferred, l44la; Lake
shore 142: Norfolk and Western, prefer |
red. 7: Western Union, 81; Southern Rail- |
way common, SIS; Southern Railway pre- |
ferTed 27Ik: American Sugar 10212; Bal |
timore and Ohio, 49,. Canada southern, |
Is. St Paul, 687s; Rock Island, 661s; Del
aware and Hudson, lbs; Delaware. Lack
ewanna and Western, 1872; Manhattan, |
ieoK: Michigan Central, SO; New York |
Central. 96l2. =, ,,y,.., ,...
the stock exchange showed no material /
Improvement in volume. the undertone Of
the market was distinctly better. The adj /
vance in prices was the direct result Of
the advices from London indicating a
neaceful solution of the Venezuela ques-
lion ana the DISPOSITION on the part Of /