The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-08

A.s6; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. $50; Swiss sixty days, s5.217si
market is quiet. Banks are buying al
par and selling at lilo per cent. premium
for amounts to $1,000 and over.
Securities-The market is generally
quiet.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor.
gia, Sl2 per cent. bonds OF 1880. 10l bid.
l0ll2 asked; Georgia SO per cents, due 1915
l02 bid, 1921 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds. 1915. 1l4ia bid, lis asked: Georgia
Smiths. maturity 1896, l01 bid 1919 asked
South Carolina AIS, 107 bid Jos asked
City Boads-Atlanta Z per cent, 1g7 bid
Jos asked; Augusta 4l2s 1925, l05 bid, 1Ot
asked asked Agggsta peer cent cent IL bd II
asked; Columbus per cent. 103 bid, l0i
asked; Macon per cent. 1l6 bid.
savannah per cent, quarterly May
coupons, 10Sls bid, asked; Charles
ton As 50 bid, SO asked.
Railroad Bouds-Savanntth Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
9 per cent. interest coupons liz bid. li3
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 102 bid, l03 asked
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold IS, 95ls bid, 90 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS, 1915, 100 bid Ill asked Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated 5s, 5O-year
gold bonds. IS bid, 50 asked; Central of
~.
80 bid. 81 asked when issued:
Central of Georgia Railway sec
ond preferred incomes, Is bid,
Georgia Railway third preferred Incomes,
10 asked when issued: Georgia railroad
6s, 1870 Ill bid. 1l2 asked: Charlotte. Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 1O5 bid. 107
asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage Is. III bid, l13 asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s, 80
bid, 81 asked; south Georgia and Florida
first mortgage Is, 1O5 bid. = asked. South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage is
104 bid, - asked; Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery 5s, 81 bid, 50 asked Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1920, IS bid,
81 asked: City and Suburban railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, 1914 bid.
% asked; Electric. Railway S.. due 1885.
"a bid, 80 asked; Alabama Midland : per
cent. Endorsed. bid, 80 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As, bid, rs asked;
South Bound railroad s., =. bid. rs asked:
Railroad stocks1o.AApgusta and savan-
common. 10 bid. y asked; Georgia COM n
mon, - bid, 176 asked; Southwestern. 92Ii
bid, SO asked; Atlanta and Wesf
Point railroad stock, SO bid, 81 asked:
Atlanta and West Point 9 per cent.
Construction Company 76lA bid. rs asked
Gas Stocks--Savannah Gaslight stock.
22l9 bid, 2s3s asked Electric Light
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank
49A bid, so asked; Germania Bank.
Bank, iO2 bid, io5ls asked; National 1 BANK
of Savannah, 1914 bid, 1921 asked; Ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust COMPANY lOi
bid, los asked Southern hank OF State of
nah Bank and Trust Company, lO6 bid.
1O asked: Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, A, 531a bid.
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, 92ib
bid, 1872 asked.
1031h bid, 10i asked; Sibley Factory Is, 100
bid lOl asked; Enterprise Factory 6s los
bid. JOG asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 50
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, 60 bid, Ga asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, rs bid, p asked /;
Augusta Factory, q BID 50 asked; Gran
ley Factory los bid, 10 asked; Enter
prise Factory. common, IS bid; 101 asked;
]. p. King Manufacturing Co, 10S bid. ITO
asked Sibley Manufacturing Company,
so bid, SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, So bid, S712 asked.
New York, Feb. Money on call was
active at 31ad7 per cent; the last loan
was at per cent, and at the closing was
offered at 6 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 6a7 per cent
Bar silver 673sc.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at $4.s624d 4.s714 for
sixty days, and $4.S734 048S14 for demand.
Posted rates, s4S71bGl4.S9.
Commercial bills, $4.S51a94.S6.
Government bonds easier; state bonds
higher; railroad bonds active
Silver at the board was steady.
New York, Feb. THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $97,2l2S72;
New York, Feb. 7, noon.-Erie. 1GA:
Northwestern, 102l2; do preferred. 145;
preferred. Sa4; Western Union. S5la; South
eTn Railway, common, 10h; do preferred,
3214 American Sugar, 1l21a; Baltimore and
Ohio 40; Canada Southern, 501A; st. Paul,
IS; Rock Island, 72$s; Delaware and Hud-
son, 12912; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, 1852; Manhattan. 1862; Michigan
Central, $751; New York Central. SO.
New York, Feb. Lower cables from
London led to sellers of stocks in the
local market during the early trading ana
a general, though moderate, decline in
prices followed. There was no special
pressure to sell, and realizations easily
account for the slight shading in prices.
AS the day advanced, however, the mar
ket broadened and in the afternoon trad
ing there was an approach to buoyancy
The improvement in the market was the
result of increased buying by commits
sion houses a belief that the Morgan
syndicate will be awarded a large pro-
portion of new bonds, which the street
interprets as meaning a comparatively
easy working of the money market at
least until the settlements of the now
loan are completed. The rise in call loans
to per cent. to-day had no Significance
ana was que 10 Dlu0luB Dy DEBATED borrow
ers. The greatest activity was in the In
dustrials, Sugar having risen nearly per
cent to 1875, on buying by brokers said
to be identified with the refinlng inter
ests. Leather preferred jumped nearly 2
per cent to 6S1s on stories that the divi-
dend will be declared shortly. DistilIing
and Cattle Feeding moved up to 1877 on
an increased business Chicago Gas was
quiet at 64Ame53s, the opinion. of Attorney
General Moloney adverse to the consolf-
dalton companies having had no
effect on that stock. In the late
trading Tobacco suddenly dropped from
1917 to 76ss, and this started selling all
along the line. The prominent issues, re-
coded u to ~ per cent. in sympathy. In
the final trading the market was steadfer
in tone. Net changes show gains of Kd1&
per cent. except for Missouri Pacffic
Manhattan and Tobacco, which lost q to
2 per cent. Bonds were active and strong.
The sales footed up the large total Of
81. 303, 600.
The sales of listed stocks aggregated
%. 2C2 shares, and of unlisted. 81, POI shares.
New York Stock List, Closing Bids.
Stocks and Bonds-American Cotton Oil
lSsz do preferred, 81; Sugar Refinery. 10:
do preferred, 100; American Tobacco, 766:
do preferred, 1914; Atchison, I. and S. r.,