The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

Total ........................27 .257 SSSSg7
Stock on hand and on ship
stock same day last year -. I'm 2Ol,s5
Receipts same day last year Holiday
Charleston, s. c., Jan. 1S.-Spirits tur-
pentine at 29c; sales, none. Rosin nrm;
sales, none; y. c, $ll5; ID, SLZ2; -, $l.59'
+. S1.45; G, $50; II. SLIGO; L, Sl.65; X, Sl.S5;
NJ, $40; n, SEQ: w q, $3.50; water white
Wilmington. n. c., Jan. 1S.-Rosin firm;
strained $l35; good strained, 81 Spirits
turpentine steady; machine, E9lec; irreg-
ular, 29c Tar steady at Soc. Crude turpen-
tine firm: hard not quoted; soft SlJ0; viz
New York, Jan. 1s.-Rosin and turpen-
tine quiet and unchanged.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net SaVan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$lg6is: francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, S5.19h; Swiss sixty days, $5.A;
marks, sixty days, "a 1916.
Domestic Exchange-The tone OF the
market is quiet. Banks are buying at
1-16c discount; selling at, up to SO. Joe;
up to $50, 15c; up TO 500, 20c; UP to 500,
25c; up TO 500, Is per cent; 500 ana over
Securities-The tone Of the market is
quiet, with a fair investment demand.
Stocks ana BOnQS-Sldle t1Ouus-A1eOT~
gia, 3i5 per cent. bonds of 1880, 10lA bid,
lO2 asked Georgia 31a per cents. due 1915,
102 bid 1929 asked, Georgia AZ per cent
bonds. 1915, 1l41A bid, 1l5 asked; Georgia
Smiths, maturity 1896, 101 bid. 101l6 asked;
South Carolina 4hs, 10 bid, los asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, lgl bid,
asked: Augusta 4i5s, 1925, Jos bid, 106
asked; Augusta per cent. 10 bid, Ill
asked Columbus per cent, 1O3 bid, l04
asked; Macon per cent, 1l412 bid,
terly April coupons. Jos bid asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly Feb
-uary coupons 109 bid, 1921 asked;
charleston As, IS bid, 96 asked
Railroad Bouds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, IL bid, lib
consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1O1 bid, 102 asked;
Central Railroad and Banking Company,
collateral gold, 5s, 80 bid, So asked; Cen
5s, 1915, 10 bid, 1881 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway consolidated 5s, 5O-year
gold bonds, IS bid, SO asked; Central Of
Georgia Railway, first preferred incomes,
IS asked when issued; Central of Geor
gia Railway second preferred incomes IS
bid. 2lIb asked when issued; Central of
Is asked when issued; Georgia railroad
6s, i9lO Ill bid. 112 asked: Charlotte. Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 104 bid, 1O6
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia second mortgage IS, III bid, lib asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, 20
bid 81 asked; south Georgia and Florida
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
lO5 BID. - asked; Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery Ss en pa bo As ssk 1eSa Ocean Sid
81 asked; City and Suburban railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, as bid,
so asked; Electric Railway 5s, due 1885,
S5 bid, 90 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent indorsed, 50 bid, 81 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As bid, % asked;
Southern Railway 5s. 9l1s bid. 921a asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, bid, 50 asked; Central
common. - bid, Is asked; Georgia COM
mon, IT'S bid, IFS asked; Southwestern, 92lA
bid. 93l5 asked Central per cent.
certificates, - bid 2119 asked; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock. SO bid, 1O1 asked !;
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent
certificates, 80 bid. 100 asked; Savannah
Gas Stocks-savannah Gaslight stock,
and Power Company, 50 bid, 20 asked;
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens' Bank,
10 bid. III asked asked Chatham Caat6 m Bank
1861 bid 1O715 asked; Merchants National
Bank. lO1 bid, 102 asked; National Bank of
Savannah, 100 bid, 1Sl asked; Oglethorpe
asked; Southern Bank of State Of
Georgia, 1874 bid, asked Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, 1858 bid,
1859 asked C4a 1nanorv Real soI Estate
q StIi" asked: B, 5015 bid, 5iib asked
| Title Guarantee and Loan Company, =
oi 4IaS ~ Bonds-Augusta Factory. IS.
103 lid, i4 asked Sibley Factory IS, loo
| hid 1Oi asked: Enterprise Factory Is, 104
| bid lO5 asked; Eagle and PheniX Manu-
! featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 81
| bid 81 asked.
| tory. 60 bid, GA asked; Eagle and Phoenix
/ Manufacturing Company rs bid q asked :
| Augusta Factory, n bid, so asked; Gran
| iteviue Factory, 155 bid, 162 asked Lang
| lev Factory. 10715 bid 1OSl2 asked; Enter
prise Factory, common, IS bid; 101 asked
/ j. p. King Manufacturing Co, los bid, -
| asked: Sibley Manufacturing Company,
! so bid, SO asked; Savannah Brewing Com
| pany, IS bid, so asked
| New York, jan 1S.-Money on call was
/ at 31s per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
sal per cent. Sterling exchange inactive
1 with actual business in bankers bills at
| $4S7$i @4.SS for 60 days and Si.S9@4.S9h for
/ demand Posted rates, S4.SS1I4. S9l2; COM
mercial bills. &S62QAs7A.
Government bonds were steady; state
bonds were dun; railroad bonds were
lower.
| We're as follows: Coin, $93, go, OPS; curren-
| cy, SIS, 2722l9.
New York, Jan 1S.-The weekly state.
| ment of the associated banks show tho
| following changes: Reserve. increase, So
! l62 $50: loans, decrease, A,250. 200; specie.
! increase, $2,36f3G0; legal tenders, increase
/ S3lGl,SUJ, uepoSliSs increase, Al,lS0.Ott. cir
/ culaton, decrease, $79,200 The banks now
hold $32,Sl5,550 in excess of legal require
! mentS.
New York, Jan. 1S,-The Financier saws
| this week; The statement of the Associat-
| ed Banks Of New y ork City, for the week
| ending jan 49, reflects the contraction
| which has been going on for the paSi
| month, and incidentally the preparations
| which are being made to meet the new
| bond loan. Money has continued to flow
to this center without interruption and
| the movement resulted in a gain of over
! S5000,000 for the week Just ended The
| advance in exchange rates at several west.
| ern points is an indication that New Yor,
| funds are in stronger demand. The con
! traction In loans still continues, the de-
| crease for the current week being 81
250.200. The liquidation which has result
ed in the past month, or since the first
noticeable effect of the Venezuelan scare
may be estimated when it is stated thai
! the contraction in the loans of the New
/ York clearing house banks has been fully
] $45,6SS.0OO and the total IS now the lowest