The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
FINANCIAL.
Steady.


vannah quotations: Commercial demand,
S4SSls; sixty days, AS1s; ninety days,
S64s; francs, Paris and Havre. sixty
marks, sixty days, 94s.
Domestic Exchange-The tone of the
market ar Is quiet, Banks are buying at
up to $50, 15c; up to $780, zoe; up to 500.
25c; up to $780, Is per cent; $500 and over.
1-16 per cent
securities-There is but little doing in
market, but offerings are light and quo
tations in many instances nominal.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia, 3i5 per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O1 bid,
1O1A asked; Georgia 3lz per cents, due 1915
lO2 bid, 1921 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds lg5 MAJ bid 1 Ia1 h S5 1G,,t Georgia
South Carolina AS, iO7 bid. los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta z per cent, 19I bid,
: asked: Augusta 4lAs. 1925. lO5 bid. 1O6
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, iii bid iiS
asked; Columbus. per cent, 1Os bid, 10l
115lb asked; Savannah per cent, quar-
tery April coupons, 1851 bid, asked;
Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly Feb
Charleston As. % bid, 96 asked
Railroad Bonds-SaVanrith, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 1l2 bid, 113
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1877 lOl bid, 102 asked;
collateral gold, IS, 80 bid. SO asked Gem
trail of Georgia Railway first MORTGAGE
IS 1916 100 bid Ill asked; Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated IS R-vear
gold bonds, 81 bid, SS1z asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
"a asked when issued Central of Geor-
gia Railway second preferred incomes, Is
bid p asked when issued; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred Incomes,
IS asked when issued; Georgia railroad
IS. 1910. III bid 112 asked: Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta first IS, los bid, lO7
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
nrfcr Tz ~
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, so
bid, "a asked; south Georgia and Florida
first mortgage, IS. l06 BID. - asked; South
los bid. = asked; Savannah, Americas and
MONTGOMERY 5s. 40 bid, 81 asked; Ocean
3 s5Red cRy Snd 0BdT % Il DID
first mortgage per cent. bonds, rs bid,
so asked; Electric Railway IS. due 1885,
cent Endorsed, = bid. 80 asked: Bruins
wick and Western As, bid, rs asked;
South Bound railroad IS, = bid. rs asked:
Railroad stocks-Augusta and savan-
common. = bid. IA asked; Georgia COM
bid, 92s4 asked Atlanta and West
Atlanta and d. West Point per cent
Construction Company, n bid, 70 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gaslight stock.
22 bid 2 Sana asked sSA FSl Ie Fl Light
anu Rank Stocks. Etc.CCitizens' Bank
1lOI bid. H. s, asked = Chatham Bank,
~ fsA BID Do 1O8 asked MeTehants Na hSna
Rank. 1o11h bid, 1924 asked; National Bank
Of Savannah, 1870 bid, 1872 asked; Ogiethorpe
Savings and Trust Company lOS bid, 1914
Georgia. 1866 bid. 16S asked; Savan-
nah Sank and Trust Company, LOG bid.
iO7 asked: chatham GaI6 Real -o Estate
"a ana a amPfdH'B B, 5OIs bid. 5iH ask oi9
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, So
Di Fac 81 Bonds-Augusta Factory. IS.
1oS1S bid 1O4 asked Sibley Factory Is, 100
hid 1O1 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s Jos
bid, log asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds, IS
Oi IA Glory SH Stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory. 60 bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Augusta Factory, n bid, so asked; Gran
iteville Factory, 155 bid, l5S asked; Lang
prise Factory, common, SO bid 1O1 asked;
+ p King Manufacturing Co, los bid, ITO
asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company,
50 bid, SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
New York, Jan. 30.-Money on call easy
at 304 per cent; the last loan was at
per cent. and at the closing was offered
at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 6Q7 per cent.
Bar silver, 671sc.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at $4.S7Ad4S712 for
sixty days and $4.SsAG4SS1a for demand.
Posted rates, S4.SSy14. S91a.
Commercial bills, 81. S615d4.S.
Government bonds steadier; state bonds
were dull; railroad bonds were higher.
Silver at the board was quiet.
New York, Jan. SO.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $95, 407, 1856;
currency, $50, III, 594
New York Jan: 80, Noon.-Erie, 1s;
SoTe BoN oF dS end Western
preferred, III; Western Union, $40; South
ern Railway common, 9ss; Southern Rail
way preferred 2SSi o AmerSan snsssT o iJS
ern, 40; ST. Paul, ny; Rock Island 6Ss;
Delaware and Hudson, 12S%; Delaware,
| tan. los; Michigan Central, SO; New York
New York. Jan. 3O.-WalI street markets
were controlled to-day in a large meas
ure by the various reports from the An
thracite Coal presidents meeting. These
| oficials were in session all day. and after
| the close of business II was announced
| that an agreement as to percentages had
| been arrived at on the following basis,
| the agreement to date from Feb. /, 1886,
| to Jan. 1, 1897: Reading, 2O.5O; IackaWan-
| ma 1335: Delaware and Hudson, $50;
| Pennsylvania, 11.4O; Lehigh Valley 1866;
| Jersey Central, lilo; Pennsylvania Coal
and Erie per cent. each; Ontario and
| western, BIO; Susquehanna and Schuyi-
| kill. $50, and Susquehanna and Western,
| 800 per cent. In the early trading the
| reDorts that the presidents had or would
arrive at an agreement, stimulated pur-
chases of leading issues and prices ad-
| yanced sharply. Jersey Central rose to
| los. Lackawanna to 1885; Delaware and
| Hudson, to 1291s; Reading to 10, and On
1 tario and Western to 1874. A feature of
| the trading was the buying of the low
priced issues and the Changers These
| Stocks made new high records. Northern
Pacific preferred ADVANCED 1t to l6; n North 81
| Paui 10 72ss; louisville and Nashville to
III; Burlington and Quincy to 7Slh and
| was some disposition to realize profits
| because of an advance in the posted -.
| of exchange; unfounded rumors of hIC5a
| Of the coal meeting and reports from
| Washington that vote on the free sill
| ,,er coinage bill will be taken in the Sem
ate on Saturday. The opinion prevails
tbst fhe free silver bill will pass the Sem
ote hui bankers here are equally sure that
| II will not become law at least during
/ he life of the present congress. Opinion
/ is divided as to the effect of the passing
| nf the bin by the Senate on the new bona
/ issue. some arguing that It will shut
/ ont foreign bidders for the bonds, while
others contend that it VIII not have the
/ sightest influence, In the afternoon de-
! cline in Jersey Central was the greatest