The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29

SASEA2s sixty days Ff.oAlAf Ninety Nos -
$4aIs; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, S5.23ls; Swiss, sixty days, S5.24;
marks. sixty days, @Ac
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
/ buving at Il per cent. discount. and sell
! ing at par for amounts over $500.
Securities-The market is quiet and
sttVdy.
/ Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
| gia, S1a per cent. bonds OF 1880. lOl bid 1902
| asked Georgia Si5 per cents, due 1915. 10l
| bid 1872 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds
/ 1915, 1851 bid, 1894 asked; Georgia 4 per
/ cent. due 1926, 100 bid, l07 asked: South
! Carolina 4lks, 81 bid, 100 asked
CITY Bonds-Atlanta 7 per cent. 1914
| bid 1851 asked; Augusta 4izs. 1925, 102l2
/ bid 1885, asked; Augusta per cent. 1924
/ bid 1872 asked; Augusta per cent, 1l2
! bid 11S asked; Columbus per cent, l02
bid 1OS15 asked; Macon per cent. I2h
| bid ll415 asked; Savannah 5 per cent,
! quarterly October coupons, los bid, 109
asked: Savannah percent, quarterly No
vember coupons, 10 bid, 1914 asked:
! Charleston As. 90 bid, "a asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
| Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent, interest coupons. bid, 1l2
asked Atlantic and Cult first mortgage.
consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
| and July maturity, 1897, bid, 1914 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany. collateral gold IS, bid 80 asked;
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
| IS, 1915, 90 bid, l07 asked; Central of Geor-
| kld railway, GOnSOnudAeQ 5f-Near gold
bonds, - bid. IS asked; Central Of Georgia
railway fist pref incomes, 1864 bid 27ia
asked; Central of Georgia railway second
preferred incomes. 10 bid, II asked; Central
| of Georgia railway third preferred incomes
bid. asked; Georgia Railroad 6s, 1870
| - bid, III asked Charlotte Columbia and
| Augusta first IS, 100 bid, 1917 asked; Char
| lottle, Columbia and Augusta second mort
| gage z. - bid. 1l2 asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida, new 5s bid. SO asked;
! South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
Is bid, los asked; South Georgia
and Florida, second mortgage Is, - bid, lO5
| asked; Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery, IS, - bid s. asked; Ocean Steam
| ship per cent. bonds, 1926 - bid IS asked:
City and Suburban railroad first mortgage
| 7 per cent bonds, - bid, rs asked; Electric
bama Midland per cent. indorsed, - bid
| 81 asked; Brunswick and Western Is. -
bid, 70 asked: South Bound railroad IS. 90
| bid, 70 asked Southern railway SIS 7SIhbid
1912 asked; Georgia and Alabama 5 con-
soils, - bid, u asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah. IS bid. SO asked, ex-div; Georsfa
common, 100 bid, 164 asked; Southwestern
s4I5 bid, ssh asked, ex-dy.; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock, 971sbid. 9sIb ask
ed; Atlanta and West Point per cent.
| certificates, bid, 9S asked; SAVANNAH
Construction Company, IS bid, 70 asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
20 bid, q asked, ex-div.; Electric Light
and Power Company 80 bid. 60 asked
| ex-div
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, 11O,h
bid, 1nl5 asked. .ex-div.; Chatham Bank
46h bid, Az asked ex-div. ;Germania Bank
107 bid, 1071A asked; ex-div. Merchants
National Bank, 80 bid 91lk asked; National
Bank of Savannah. 100 bid, 1872 asked ex-
div; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany 1921 bid 1882 asked, ex-div.; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia, 1894 bid.
1904 asked, ex-div.; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 1903 bid. 1O4 asked,
ex-div.; Chatham Real Estate and I'm
provement Company, A, SO bid 53A ask
ed; B, 501A bid, 81 asked. ex-div.; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, 9112 bid,
9215 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS. 1902
bid, 10S asked; Sibley Factory SIS, 100 bid,
1d2 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 1O3 bid,
104 asked Eagle and Phenix Manufactur-
ing Company. per cent. bonds, - bid. GO
asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, = bid, 50 asked; Augusta Factory,
n bid, so asked, ex-dv.; Granite vile Fac
tory. 145 bid, $50 asked; Langley Factory.
los bid. 10 asked; Enterprise Factory.
common. SO bid, 1902 asked, ex-div.; ]. p.
King Manufacturing Company, Jos bid, 10S
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company, rs
bid. rs asked; savannah Brewing Com
London. Aug. 28.-Bar silver, SOssd. Con-
soils, 112 Ills for money, and 112 1915 for
the account.
p. m.-Paris advices quote per cent
|
New York. Aug. 2S.-Money on call active
at 6d1O per cent; the last loan was at T..
and the closing was offered at 7 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, SGl9 per cent. Bar
silver 66Ac. Sterling exchange, democrat
lied with actual business in bankers bills
at $48115G4S215 for sixty days, and %S31zQ
4.S4 for demand. Posted rates, $4.S212d4. IS.
Commercial bills. S4.SOl5d48lA, Govern
ment bonds steady. State bonds dull Rail-
road bonds higher. Silver at the board was
steady.
New York, Aug. 2S.-Treasury balances:
Coin SIP, 338, 1851; currency, $79, 49, IA.
New York, Aug. o. noon.-Erie Y;
Northwestern, 94 preferred 144; Lake
Shore. 1401z; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, y; Western Union, 76; Southern
Railway common, 7; Southern Railway
preferred 1914 American Sugar. 1854; Bal
timore and Ohio 1875; Canada Southern,
4294; ST. Paul, 641z; Rock Island, 641a; Del
aware and Hudson. ll534; Delaware. Lack
awanna and Western, 1i5; Manhattan, IS;
Michigan Central, 81; New York Central,
o.
New York, Aug. 28.-Stocks to-day
showed some slight improvement both
in volume of business and in prices The
transactions in stocks aggregated 150.76i
shares, and in railway and miscellaneous
MORTGAGES, 1927, 900 These totals in or
binary times would be considered Of IN.
| significant proportions, but they make
| quite a comparison with the dealings On
previous days of the week, and gave ths
brokers hope of better things. The influx
of gold was the dominating influence. the
engagements, since the import movement
started about ten days ago. footing UP
nearly S12OO0,0O0. Better still the
foreign exchanges are democrat
lied and everything points to a continu-
ance Of the movement Of the yellow metal
from Europe to the United States. Dis
counts in the open market in London. 1t
is true, have been advanced, and the BANK
OF England has raised the price for bar
gold. but this has been offset by furth-
er reduction in posted rates for foreign
exchange here To-day sixty day bills
were posted at 81. s2ia and demand at As5
against 1884, and Si.G yesterday. Act
ual business, however, Is transacted az
Nsi7td4 s2A for bankers sixty days
and sls3iaa ts5ss for demand, the lowest
touched since the current downwnri